Meeting the world’s immigration needs

Joyce & Associates, P.C., a Boston-based immigration law firm, brings over 35 years of legal experience to its clientele and is in a period of dynamic growth. A full-service firm providing a wide range of legal services, Joyce & Associates, P.C. specializes in assisting businesses with their immigration needs and bringing families together with visas and green cards. Our attorneys have extensive experience representing clients in complex immigration cases before USCIS, Immigration Courts, and federal courts.

Many clients do not find an in person consultation to be feasible due to distance or schedule. Joyce and Associates handle immigration matters throughout the United States and at embassies and consulates abroad. You may schedule a telephonic or video conference consultation with a Joyce and Associates attorney to discuss your immigration situation. The value of such a discussion is that you can quickly get an understanding of your situation and what is the best way to proceed.

USCIS extends deadling to apply for Temporary Protected Status for Haitians

After the earthquake of January 13, 2010, USCIS set a deadline of July 20 for Haitians to apply for Temporary Protected Status in the United States. Yesterday USCIS extended the deadline to January 18, 2011, giving more people an opportunity to apply....

Obama discusses the need for comprehensive immigration reform

In a speech at American University, Obama called the current immigration system “broken” and stressed the importance of passing a new bill to overhaul the system.

NYTimes explores the debate about asylum claims based on South American gangs

Immigration judges around the country rarely grant asylum claims based on fear of gang reprisals. Despite that fact that gangs are very powerful in many countries in South America, the threat of gang violence is often interpreted to be ubiquitous, and...