Motions to Reopen
Chicago Immigration Attorneys – Motions to Reopen your Removal Order
If you are placed in deportation proceedings or you didn’t show up in immigration court for your hearing. Now, the immigration judge ordered your deportation. Are there legal options available to you? The option to your immigration problem may be to file a motion to reopen the removal proceedings so you can get another chance in court.
Call (773) 687-0549 to schedule a consultation about Motions to Reopen your immigration case. Our Chicago Immigration Attorneys have helped over hundreds of immigrants like you to get a fair chance in court and be united with their families in the U.S.
What is Motion to Reopen?
A motion to reopen is a mechanism often used by individuals to reopen their Immigration Court proceedings following the prior rendering of a decision by the judge in their case. Following the issuance of his or her decision, a judge can reopen proceedings on motion and, under some circumstances, can even terminate proceedings in order to allow the alien to pursue an alternative form of relief outside of the court’s jurisdiction and without the threat of deportation pursuant to a previously entered order of removal.
How to win a Motion to Reopen your Removal Order?
In general, motions to reopen may only be submitted to the Court within ninety (90) days following the finality of the IJ’s decision. However, this ninety (90) day limit can be overcome should the motion sufficiently present either new evidence that became available since the completion of proceedings and/or where extraordinary circumstances preventing the timely filing of the motion to reopen within the ninety (90) day statutory period.
Furthermore, it is often superseding case law, effecting the law supporting a prior decision rendered in a case, that can provide sufficient grounds for overcoming the ninety (90) day statutory period. However, even where there is superseding case law, a motion to reopen must state the new facts that will be proven at a reopened hearing if the motion is granted, and the motion must be supported by affidavits or other evidentiary material.
Lastly, if you have recently become aware of the existence of an order of removal entered against you because of your failure to appear to the Court on the date of your scheduled hearing, a successful motion to reopen will result in the rescission of your order of removal entered in absentia and you will have another opportunity to pursue relief in front of the Immigration Judge.
Call (773) 687-0549 to schedule a consultation about Motions to Reopen your immigration case. Our Chicago Immigration Attorneys have helped over hundreds of immigrants like you to get a fair chance in court and be united with their families in the U.S.
Don’t be deported! Hire an experienced Chicago Immigration Attorney
If you believe one or more of these circumstances apply to you, you may consider consulting with an experienced Chicago immigration attorney to review your case’s history in order to determine whether a motion to reopen is a viable option for you. Having an experienced Chicago Removal Proceeding and Deportation Attorney on your side, will increase your chance of a successful outcome. Contact us today for a consultation so we can review your case and provide you with a honest solution.
Call (773) 687-0549 to schedule a consultation about Motions to Reopen your immigration case. Our Chicago Immigration Attorneys have helped over hundreds of immigrants like you to get a fair chance in court and be united with their families in the U.S.