Immigration Law

Austin Immigration Lawyer and Texas Immigration Attorney

If you, your family, your employees, or your business have U.S. immigration needs, the path forward is often less obvious than it should be. Immigration matters are deeply personal and consequential. They involve families, businesses, careers, and the difference between staying in the country you call home and being forced to leave it.

We understand what is at stake. A denied family petition can keep a spouse or child overseas for years. A missed deadline in immigration court can mean removal. A botched naturalization filing can put a long-time permanent resident into removal proceedings. The legal mechanics of immigration matter, but so does choosing someone who treats your case with the seriousness it deserves.

Kinzy Law has handled thousands of U.S. immigration matters across the full range of immigration law, from investor visas to family petitions to removal defense and federal circuit appeals. Attorney Kyle Kinzy has been practicing as an Austin immigration lawyer since the late 1990s and brings more than two decades of experience to every case. Our firm serves clients in English, Spanish, Hindi, and Urdu, and our federal immigration practice is available nationwide from our Austin office.

How We Help: Practice Areas Within Immigration

Each of the areas below links to a dedicated page with more detail on how we approach those cases.

Investor and Business Immigration

E-2 Treaty Investor visas for active business owners from treaty countries. EB-5 Immigrant Investor visas for qualifying investments that create U.S. jobs. L-1 intracompany transfers for executives, managers, and specialized-knowledge employees being transferred from a foreign company to a U.S. office. EB-1C multinational executive and manager petitions for permanent residence. O-1 visas for individuals of extraordinary ability.

Investor visa work is one of our deepest areas. We routinely combine the visa case with U.S. entity formation, real estate acquisition, contract review, and source-of-funds documentation, so the immigration filing and the underlying business transaction line up. For a detailed discussion of our investor visa practice, see our Investor Visas page.

Family-Based Immigration

Petitions for spouses, children, parents, and siblings of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. Marriage-based green cards (both for spouses inside and outside the U.S.). K-1 fiancé(e) visas. Removal of conditions on two-year green cards. Adjustment of status and consular processing. As a Texas immigration attorney practice, we walk families through visa bulletin wait times, document collection, and embassy interviews. See our Family-Based Immigration page.

Naturalization and Citizenship

Applications for U.S. citizenship through naturalization (Form N-400) for permanent residents who meet the residence, presence, and good moral character requirements. Citizenship through parents (derivation and acquisition). Applications for Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-600). We are particularly careful with naturalization filings where there are complications in the client’s immigration or criminal history. See our Naturalization page.

Removal Defense and Immigration Court

If you or a family member have been placed in removal proceedings, time matters. We handle bond hearings for detained clients, master calendar and individual hearings, cancellation of removal for both permanent residents and non-permanent residents, defensive adjustment of status, voluntary departure, prosecutorial discretion, and waivers. See our Removal Defense page.

Asylum and Humanitarian Relief

Affirmative and defensive asylum. Withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture protection. Temporary Protected Status (TPS). U visas for crime victims and T visas for trafficking victims. VAWA self-petitions for survivors of domestic abuse. See our Asylum and Humanitarian Relief page.

Immigration Appeals

Most of our appellate work has been in immigration. Attorney Kinzy has handled dozens of appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and matters before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO). We also handle motions to reopen and reconsider, and petitions for review before federal circuit courts. Kyle has appeared as counsel in immigration appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, including cases where prior counsel’s mistakes were the central issue.

Why Our Immigration Practice

More than 20 years as an Austin immigration lawyer, beginning in the late 1990s. Multilingual team (English, Spanish, Hindi, and Urdu). Appellate experience including dozens of matters before the Board of Immigration Appeals and matters in the federal circuit courts. Integrated approach for clients whose immigration needs cross into business, real estate, or estate planning. Federal practice nationwide from our Austin office.

If You Are in Detention or Just Received a Notice to Appear

If you or a family member are in immigration detention or have recently received a Notice to Appear, contact us as soon as possible. Time matters, and the relief that is available depends on issues being raised correctly and on time.

Get clear answers about your immigration options. Schedule a consultation with our Austin immigration lawyer team today.