The 12 Best Immigration Lawyers in Houston

Mana Yegani suits families facing detention or removal who need a fast response. Her office lists airport detention and deportation defense among its services, along with DACA, family petitions, visas, citizenship and appeals. She assisted travelers held at the Houston airport during the travel ban. The team works in Farsi, Spanish and Russian, and clients can contact the office by text. The office is on Studewood Street in the Heights. Persian- and Russian-speaking families can work in their own language here.

Cano Immigration suits families going through consular processing or a waiver, two steps where paperwork errors are costly. Founder Olsa Alikaj-Cano is an immigrant herself and is board certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The firm handles family and employment cases, asylum, DACA and waivers, and it represents clients across the country and abroad. Its office is on Wickchester Lane in west Houston. Relatives still overseas can work with the firm without being in Houston.

Spanish-speaking families on the north side will find a practice limited to immigration. Aaron G. Christensen spent two years in Mexico City learning Spanish and now handles only immigration cases. He has represented clients in immigration courts in Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, and files USCIS applications for green cards, adjustment of status, citizenship and waivers such as the I-601A. The office is on the North Freeway near Greenspoint. First consultations are free, which lowers the cost of getting an initial opinion.

Asylum seekers will find a firm devoted almost entirely to their type of case. Founder Brian Manning spent 11 years with the government's two main refugee and asylum agencies, deciding hundreds of applications as an Asylum Officer. The team handles cases from filing to decision and runs a mock asylum interview with feedback before the real one. It also challenges denials. The office is on Washington Avenue. Rehearsing the interview with someone who once conducted them is an unusual form of preparation.

Abbasi Immigration Law Firm suits clients who need flexibility on payment. It offers payment plans through Affirm and covers family petitions, work visas, green cards, asylum, DACA, citizenship and deportation defense. Its attorneys represent people facing removal at the Houston Immigration Court or detained by ICE, including at bond hearings. One attorney on the team handles investor visas and national interest waivers and speaks Portuguese. The office is on Park Ten Place in west Houston. Spreading the fee helps when a case cannot wait.

Shoreline Immigration suits applicants who are still abroad as well as those already in Houston. The firm supports clients outside the U.S. through the visa steps that must happen in their home country. Its services cover visitor and student visas, investor and business routes, family immigration and options for asylum seekers. Its lawyers belong to the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and consultations are booked online. The office is in Arena Tower One on the Southwest Freeway. Applicants overseas can begin their case before arriving.

Shelle-Ann Simon's office suits survivors of violence, crime or trafficking looking for a protected path to status. Its humanitarian work covers VAWA, U visas, T visas and humanitarian parole. The firm also handles spousal and fiancé petitions, green card renewals, naturalization and inadmissibility waivers such as the I-601A. It serves Houston and Katy from an office on the Katy Freeway, with Spanish pages on its site. Clients with a past immigration problem can explore a waiver before filing for residence.

BBA Immigration fits skilled professionals and the companies that hire them. Partners Diego Bustillos and Adriana Bello, like many of their associates, are immigrants who went through the process themselves. The firm concentrates on employment-based cases, including EB-1 and EB-2 petitions for scientists, engineers and other skilled workers, and helps employers in energy and technology recruit talent. Its office is on North Eldridge Parkway in the Energy Corridor. Engineers in the oil and gas sector have a firm located where many of them work.

Couples applying for a marriage-based green card are this firm's focus. It publishes flat-fee estimates for each case type, set around the middle of fee survey data from the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Services cover spousal green cards by adjustment or consular processing, K-1 fiancé visas, removal of conditions and naturalization. Financing is available through Affirm, and the team explains government fee waivers. The office is on Fournace Place in Bellaire. Knowing the legal fee before the first meeting makes budgeting easier.

This boutique firm suits clients who need a work visa and help for relatives at the same time. Adan Vega holds Texas board certification, and the practice covers employment visas such as the H-1B, E treaty visas, EB-1 and H-2A for agricultural workers. Family petitions, naturalization, waivers, asylum, deportation defense, VAWA and U visas round out the list. The office is on Tuam Street in Midtown. Workers, employers and families can each find their category covered by one small team.

Alcozer Law Firm suits Spanish-speaking families dealing with a detention or seeking humanitarian protection. The firm helps people held by ICE obtain bond so their case can continue outside detention. It also handles U visas, T visas, VAWA, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, asylum, work visas, residency and citizenship, and it takes personal injury cases. Attorney Yolanda Alcozer runs educational sessions explaining immigration law in plain Spanish. The office is on Post Oak Boulevard in Uptown. Families can start with an online questionnaire on their possible options.

Quan Law Group suits cases that do not fit a standard form, from displacement by war to complicated family histories. All of its founding partners are board certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The firm handles family petitions, work visas for companies relocating or hiring staff, and humanitarian cases. Its office is on Westheimer Road near the Galleria, with a team of more than ten attorneys. Employers and families can keep business and personal filings under one firm.