U.S. Immigration Attorney

If your family member was just detained, you are in the hardest hours of this.

You are scared. You probably do not have every document. You do not know whether bond is possible or what happens next. We have walked many Houston-area families through exactly this — and we can do it with you.

A few things to know right now:

• Find out where they are being held. The ICE online detainee locator can help; we can help locate someone if it does not.
• Do not sign anything without a lawyer reviewing it first. People in detention are sometimes asked to sign documents that affect their case in ways they do not understand.
• Time matters. Bond hearings, motions, and stays of removal have short deadlines.
• The conversation is confidential — a private conversation between you and the attorney.

Call 713-955-4045 — even after hours, leave a voicemail for emergencies.

One attorney, your whole picture

Immigration is rarely the only legal matter an immigrant family or business carries. There is often a business to form, a property to buy, a contract to sign, an estate to plan. Most Houston firms handle one slice and hand you off for the rest.

Prasla Law Firm is built differently — one trusted attorney across immigration, business, real estate, disputes, and estate planning, rooted in the Houston area's immigrant communities. Attorney Zulfiqar N. Prasla appears before USCIS, the Houston Immigration Court, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. When immigration is part of a larger picture, you do not have to explain your situation five times to five different lawyers.

Is this you?

• A family member needs to be sponsored for a green card — spouse, parent, child, or sibling
• You are on a work visa and need an extension, a transfer, or a green card
• Your employer is sponsoring you and you want your own attorney watching out for you
• You want to apply for U.S. citizenship
• You received a Notice to Appear in Immigration Court
• A family member is in ICE detention or has a removal date approaching
• Your case was denied by USCIS or an Immigration Judge and you want to appeal
• You were denied a visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate
• Your green card is conditional and you need the conditions removed

If your situation is not on this list, call anyway — we will tell you honestly whether we can help.

How we help

Family-based immigration — petitions for spouses, parents, children, and siblings; green card applications through adjustment of status or consular processing; K-1 fiancé(e) visas; removal of conditions on a marriage-based green card; waivers where a family member needs one.

Work and investor visas — H-1B, L-1, O-1, E-1/E-2 treaty trader and investor visas; EB-1, EB-2 (including the National Interest Waiver), and EB-3 green card categories; PERM labor certification.

Naturalization — applications for U.S. citizenship; citizenship through parents and grandparents; help when an application has been denied or has stalled.

Removal defense — Houston Immigration Court — master calendar and merits hearings; asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture; cancellation of removal; bond hearings; motions to terminate, change venue, or close a case.

Appeals — appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals; motions to reopen and motions to reconsider.

Emergency stays of removal — Form I-246 stay applications with ICE in Houston; emergency motions before the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Waivers and special categories — waivers of inadmissibility (I-601, I-601A); consent to reapply after a prior removal; DACA; Temporary Protected Status; VAWA self-petitions for survivors of abuse; U-visas for crime victims; T-visas for trafficking survivors.

What it costs

Most immigration matters are handled on a flat fee — a single agreed price, set in writing before any work begins. The amount depends on the type of case. Some matters — long appeals, federal-court review, complex litigation — are billed hourly with a written estimate. Fees are always discussed clearly, in writing, before we start.

Talk to us

If you or a family member is in ICE custody, has a removal date approaching, or just received a Notice to Appear — call 713-955-4045 now. For a non-urgent matter, schedule a confidential consultation or send a message. Either way, the first conversation is confidential, and we will tell you honestly what your options look like.