Paniotto Law Firm is specializing in both major fields of immigration practice : representation in immigration courts and application for visas and permanent residency in the US. based on political asylum, employment and family.   Deportation proceedings in immigration court, deportation of undocumented immigrants, deportation of permanent residents with serious criminal record, deportation of undocumented immigrants who recently crossed the border, deportation of immigrants who overstayed their visas, deportation of asylum applicants who were referred to immigration court by the Los Angeles asylum office, deportation of NACARA applicants who were found ineligible for NACARA relief and were referred to Los Angeles Immigration court – all these are deportation proceedings where representation of a qualified immigration lawyer may make a difference between staying in this country and being deported.

Likewise due to a large foreign student and foreign visitor population from countries with unstable political systems, a qualified immigration lawyer in Los Angeles must be ready not only to file a change of status application, to change status from J1 visa to F 1 visa, to change status from B1/B2 visa to F1 visa, handle work travel program, but also file for political asylum for those students who have been in the U.S. for less than 1 year and fear persecution in their native countries based on race, nationality, political opinion , religion or social group.  Our immigration law firm is available to assist the applicants for political asylum who have bona fide fear of persecution in their countries even if these applicants overstayed their visas as long as their presence in the U.S. did not exceed one year.

Additionally, immigration lawyer in Los Angeles must be prepared to assist applicants in filing labor certification, H1B / H2B application, E2 visas and various other visas/adjustment of status applications based upon employment and entrepreneurial activities. We provide these services as well. However, it is important to understand that immigration lawyers in Los Angeles and other areas are supposed to only prepare your paperwork and it is your responsibility to find a sponsor employer.

Our immigration attorney Dmitry Paniotto represents immigrants in Los Angeles immigration court, Lancaster Immigration court, Otay Mesa detention facility and San Diego Immigration Court. There are many good immigration lawyers in Los Angeles, available to apply for visas and represent the large population of undocumented immigrants subject to arrest, detention and deportation by immigration service, homeland security department and ICE.  However, ask yourself:

To all these questions we proudly answer: NOT MANY, BUT WE DO!!  Our immigration lawyer Dmitry Paniotto is one of the few immigration lawyers in Los Angeles who actually puts his cell phone number on his business card, one of the few immigration lawyers in Los Angeles who prefers direct communication with new clients, who speaks both Spanish and Russian. Our immigration lawyer Dmitry Paniotto is one of the few immigration lawyers in Los Angeles who will answer your phone call on a weekend and will meet you in his office after work for a first free consultation and will meet you in his office on a walk in basis. Our immigration lawyer Dmitry Paniotto has a a record of offering affordable and reasonable prices and payment plans to the firms' clients.

Our immigration law firm is based in the center of Los Angeles, two blocks west of the intersection of Normandie and Wilshire and across the street from the famous BCD TOFU HOUSE where after consultation with us you can enjoy a variety of delicious Korean cuisine meals. We are conveniently located at a distance of a twenty minute drive from the Los Angeles immigration court and 300 N Los Angeles Street Immigration building. Dmitry Paniotto is an immigration lawyer in Los Angeles who offers legal representation for the immigrants and their relatives, for undocumented immigrants, for F1 students, J1 exchange visitors, B1B2 visitors and others in greater Los Angeles area and beyond.

Spanish speakers refer to Abogado de inmigración en Los Angeles for more information.