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Immigration Lawyers in Santa Cruz County, California

Searching for a immigration lawyer in Santa Cruz County? Counsel for status, relief, and the road to citizenship. This page indexes the county's immigration coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · 30 days to appeal an immigration judge's decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals (8 C.F.R. § 1003.38). Immigration law is federal. Other hard deadlines include the one-year asylum filing rule (8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B)) and strict motion-to-reopen windows (8 C.F.R. § 1003.23).

This page is the Santa Cruz County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Immigration Lawyers in California collects all 58 counties.

The clock

Statute of limitations

30 days to appeal an immigration judge's decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

8 C.F.R. § 1003.38

Immigration law is federal. Other hard deadlines include the one-year asylum filing rule (8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B)) and strict motion-to-reopen windows (8 C.F.R. § 1003.23).

Immigration · Santa Cruz County roster

24 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list immigration among their practice areas with an address of record in Santa Cruz County.

20 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Santa Cruz (14), Aptos (5), Watsonville (4) and Ben Lomond (1).

3 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

For 2, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1976 to 2025.

The employers most represented here are Samarron & Schwartzapfel (2).

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Immigration matters in Santa Cruz County

The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.

  • family-based green cards
  • employment visas (H-1B, L-1, O-1)
  • naturalization and citizenship
  • asylum
  • deportation and removal defense
  • DACA
  • U and T visas for crime victims
  • waivers of inadmissibility
  • adjustment of status
  • immigration bond hearings

From the answer files

How long do I have to apply for asylum in the United States?8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B)How much does an immigration lawyer cost in California?8 C.F.R. pt. 106; Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6148How does a marriage-based green card work?8 U.S.C. § 1255

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Immigration in nearby counties

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Source: 8 C.F.R. § 1003.38 · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.

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