Advanced guidance on the intersection of U.S. and Canadian immigration law with divorce, custody, sponsorship and cross-border enforcement.
Family breakdown frequently triggers complex immigration consequences for individuals and children who live, work or hold status across the United States and Canada. Divorce, custody disputes, allegations of abuse, criminal charges, immigration options to remain in the US legally and financial orders can directly affect non-citizen, sponsorship obligations, admissibility and cross-border mobility.
Practitioners who fail to account for immigration implications in family proceedings risk exposing clients to removal, inadmissibility or long-term bars. Both U.S. and Canadian immigration systems contain highly technical provisions that intersect with family law outcomes, including conditional residence, sponsorship breakdown, VAWA protections, waivers of inadmissibility. Custody determinations and protection orders may also engage international child abduction principles and border enforcement considerations.
This program provides a comparative, practice-focused examination of immigration consequences arising from family disputes in both jurisdictions. Participants will gain practical tools to identify red flags, structure settlements that protect status, and coordinate cross-border strategy between family and immigration counsel.
Principal Attorney | Faith Nouri Law Firm
Sole practitioner focusing in the areas of Immigration and Family Law in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and throughout Southern California. Handled numerous family law cases, including notice of motions and request for orders, default hearings, obtaining nun pro tunc orders, and trials ranging from breach of fiduciary duty, division of assets, annulment, paternity, international custody, interstate custody and move away requests to other states and countries. Handled independent adoptions, enforcement of judgments, domestic violence resolutions and civil harassments, and selected as Minor’s Counsel for the Superior Court of Los Angeles and Orange County. Familiar with the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and utilizing the State Department and Embassies abroad, and the FBI and Child Abduction Units in both LA and Orange counties, for international child abduction. Handled numerous immigration and citizenship cases, including deportation hearings, bond hearings, motions to re-open and re-consider, appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals, judicial review and appeals to the Central District Court, adjustment of status, consular processing, family-based petitions, US & Canada investors/entrepreneurs visas, applications for waivers with the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department and U.S. Consular offices abroad, Canadian criminal rehabilitations, inadmissibility waivers, US & Canadian border crossings inadmissibility resolution, Habeas Corpus Petitions at the Central District Court of California, correcting and disputing Customs and Border Protection records, releases from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and National Security Entry and Exit Registration issues.
