Thomas and Jefferies, PLLC provides immigration legal services in a cost-effective and client-centered environment. Our office specializes in family-based immigration applications, waiver cases, consular processing, immigration court cases, detained cases, BIA Appeals and Federal court litigation and appeals. We work with individuals and families throughout the United States and abroad to find innovative solutions to complex immigration and nationality issues.

Family-Based Immigration Applications

• Immigrant Relative Petitions
• Fiance Visa Applications, Adjustment of Status (Green Card) Applications
• Immigrant Visa Applications (Consular Processing)
• Naturalization (Citizenship) Applications
• Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Applications
• Petitions for Removal of Conditions on Residence
• Applications for Certificates of Citizenship
• Work Permit Applications
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
• Green Card Renewals
• U.S. Passport Applications and others

Waiver Cases

• Waivers of Unlawful Presence (I-601)
• Permission to Reapply for Admission after Deportation or Removal (I-212)
• Waivers for Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude
• Fraud Waivers
• Health-Related Waivers and others

Immigration Court Cases and BIA Appeals

• Bond Hearings
• Cancellation of Removal
• Asylum
• Withholding of Removal
• Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Applications
• Adjustment of Status
• Waivers
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
• NACARA
• Convention Against Torture (CAT)
• Appeals of Immigration Judge Decisions and others

Federal Court Litigation and Appeals

• Naturalization and Green Card Delay Cases
• Petitions for Writ of Mandamus
• Petitions for Declaratory Judgment
• Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus
• Appeals to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Testimonials

"My husband and I started his immigration Process with Matthew Thomas In October and by the end of July my husband was a Permanent Resident Alien. Matt kept us very well informed on how the case was going from the beginning til the end. He has alot of experience and also has a great team of specialists that work close together. I have been and will keep recommending them to anyone who is in need of Immigration help."

“Reyna”, Phoenix, Arizona

"My husband and I worked with Thomas and Jeffries about 2 years ago on a petition to legalize my husband's status in this country. I had spoken to two lawyers previously who told me that there was nothing that could be done for my husband, to wait for the famous "reform." At my wits end I called Thomas and Jeffries and they not only gave me hope, they were very pleasant and professional. They were very knowledgable and helpful from the time that we filed the I130 until the very week of my husbands waiver interview in Ciudad Juarez. They kept me inform of every single thing that they heard from USCIS and made sure that I was always informed of what was happening. They were very thorough and built a huge waiver packet for us. My husband was out of the country for about 2 months, but it was worth it, as at the end of those two months he walked into this country as a legal resident. Thomas and Jeffries was even helpful after he came back into the country, letting him know what his rights were while he was searching for a job. Now we are patiently awaiting the time for him to become a citizen, in about 1 and a half years. I recommend Thomas and Jeffries to everyone I know that needs an immigration lawyer. I will always be grateful to them for helping my family get past our "illegal" status."

“Sandra”, Phoenix, Arizona

"Hire the right person

Having at our side a lawyer serious, competent and that charges reasonable fees make much difference to who is seeking the adjust of status with the U.S. immigration authorities. I say this with knowledge of cause.

I know there are millions of people in the United States who want to adjust their status. I know many of them do not know how to fill an appropriate form that mountain, do not know the basic details of the immigration law and think that hiring an attorney will cost something absurdly expensive. But sometimes it is not. Just find and hire the right professional.

I would like to share with you the name and address of an excellent lawyer who I met in Phoenix, Arizona. His work as a lawyer resulted simply in my happiness and of my husband too. The result his work brought back to us hope and peace of mind. His magnificent work was crucial to the success of our case in such a short space of time. It is true. In the short space of time. He was everything that my husband and I expected of a lawyer's time that we needed: serious, honest, committed, loyal, friend and more than that with charges fees not very expensive.

For you have an idea, I will tell about my case specifically. I tried to adjust my status, as the wife of an American citizen, in January 2008. Unfortunately, in July 2008, my application for permanent residence was denied and our case was closed and terminated. My husband and I just came to know about that denial more than six months later, more precisely on 12 February, 2009. My husband and I talked and we concluded that was the time to hire a lawyer to solve our problem.

We found the attorney Matthew C. Thomas months later and on July 2 this year, 2009, he sent to Department of Homeland Security my request adjustment of status. I thought that would have head a long wait until the final conclusion of my case but I was wrong. To my surprise everything happened very fast. Just within two months, I did my fingerprint, I got my Employment Authorization Document (EAD), I received my Employment Authorization card and at last the  interview the couple, that happened on the morning of September 23, 2009, during which my application for permanent residence was approved.

Since then I felt me another person. I am very, very happy, because to continue living with my husband is one of the most important things of my life. I am very grateful to Mathew Thomas because he offered us a wonderful service and specially for doing is worth every cent of dollars that we pay their fees.

Likewise as it is important to divide bread with who is hungry, donate a blanket for those who are cold, to divide a true and accurate information also has its value and that is it what I am doing now. Dividing with you the information that there is an excellent immigration lawyer in Phoenix that can help you in your case and give you back the joy and peace of mind you deserve. The full name, address, phone number and website of lawyer Matthew Thomas are below.

Very Good luck!"

“Madi”, Phoenix, Arizona