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Matthew L. Kolken

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About Me

Matthew L. Kolken, Esq. is a trial lawyer with experience in all aspects of United States Immigration Law – including Immigration Courts throughout the United States, and appellate practice before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, and U.S. Courts of Appeals.

He is admitted to practice in the courts of the State of New York, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

My Interests

I handle cases in all areas of United States immigration and nationality law.I am able to represent people located all over the world and in all 50 States.

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While past performance is no guarantee of future results, I welcome the opportunity to act as your advocate in an effort to solve your immigration problem.

"Immigration law is a mystery and a mastery of obfuscation, and the lawyers who can figure it out are worth their weight in gold" -Former Legacy INS Spokesperson

Television:

Matthew L. Kolken, Esq. has appeared on and been interviewd by CNN American Morning, CNN News, Fox News, CBS News, ABC news, MSNBC, the Associated Press, Allen Colmes of Hannity and Colmes, People Magazine, Good Morning America and the USA Today, among others.

My Blog

Determination of inadmissibility reversed

My client was previously refused entry to the United States at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in 2002. At that time, the Immigration Officer denied our client's application for admission, a...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:51:00 PST

Green Card Approved

Our client, a citizen of Bolivia, was just granted her Green Card by Citizenship and Immigration Services in Buffalo New York. Our client came to the United States as a visitor, but did not depart the...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Tue, 13 May 2008 06:56:00 PST

Deportation Terminated, Client Applying for Green Card

After three years of contested litigation we were able to obtain the termination of immigration Court proceedings for our client, a citizen of Iran. Our client was in the United States and lawfully em...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:09:00 PST

Stop The SAVE Act

"The SAVE Act is Co-Sponsored by Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) and Rep Brian Bilbray (R-CA), who now chairs Tom Tancredo’s Immigration Reform Caucus. Two identical bills have been introduced in the S...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:31:00 PST

Green Card Saved: Deportation Prevented

We were able to save our client's Green Card in an immigration court hearing in Buffalo, New York. Our client, a citizen of Ghana, came to the United States as a young child with his parents. On his ...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:03:00 PST

Deportation Charges Terminated: Client May Apply for Green Card

We just obtained the termination of deportation proceedings that were instituted against our client, a citizen of Suriname. Our client came to the United States as a visitor in 1985 as a young ch...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:33:00 PST

Deportation Prevented, Green Card Granted

We just successfully defended our client who faced deportation before the Immigration Court in Buffalo, New York. Our client narrowly escaped persecution in his native country Ghana. Back in the early...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:10:00 PST

Client Admitted as H-1B After 2nd Trade NAFTA Refusal

Our Canadian citizen client was twice denied Trade NAFTA status as a Management Consultant because she was going to train employees, and because she was married to a U. S. citizen. The employer then f...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:53:00 PST

Green Card Approval

After six long years we were finally able to get a green card for our client who is stateless. Our client came to the United States as a student. After getting her masters she was hired as a network a...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:09:00 PST

Green Card Saved: Deportation Prevented

We just were able to save our Client's Green Card. Our client came to the United States as a young boy from England with his parents. He was raised here, and is now in his forties. As a young man he m...
Posted by Matthew L. Kolken on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:21:00 PST