Immigration

We are a full-service immigration law firm, with expertise in both family-based and employment-based cases, as well as asylum and removal defense.

CA, Jun 1990
Bar Number: 146433

All of the courts in the State of California, the Federal District Courts for the Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California, the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

California Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, and American Immigration Lawyers Association.

I attend seminars on various immigration topics throughout the year, and also attend the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) annual convention every year. I always exceed, by a very large number, the required number of continuing education hours.

I've been doing this for quite some time and I've been fortunate enough to have experienced many successes. Some of the more recent are obtaining a 212(h) waiver in immigration court for a young man who had fallen in with the wrong crowd and was on the verge of being deported at the time I was retained. He is an only child and the waiver saved his green card so he could continue to live in the U.S. with his mother.

I also recently obtained political asylum for a family who had been fighting their case in various courts for almost ten years.

On the employment-based side of things, I have successfully appealed several denied I-140s, enabling my clients, and their families, to successfully obtain their green cards based on a job offer in the U.S. This is both good for families and good for the economy.

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Nelson & Associates was formed in April 2003, incorporated in 2004, and has been at its current location in Pasadena since 2004. However, I have been practicing immigration law since 1994.

We are a full-service immigration law firm, representing clients at all levels and in all aspects of immigration law. We have particular expertise in both family and employment-based immigration, asylum, and removal defense.

1994 to 1996: Associate Attorney, Reeves & Associates, Pasadena, CA.
1996 to 1997: Sole Practitioner, Law Offices of Franklin W. Nelson, Pasadena, CA.
1997 to 1998: Associate Attorney, Gonzalez and Harris, Glendale, CA.
1998 to 2003: Immigration Partner, Bander Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA.
2003 to 2004: Sole Practitioner, Franklin W. Nelson DBA Nelson & Associates.
2004 to Present: President and sole shareholder, Nelson & Associates, a Professional Law Corporation.

Ethel P. Rellosa.

(626) 683-1151

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Saturday by appointment.

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Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Tagalog.

El Monte
9660 Flair Drive
Suite 148
El Monte, CA 91731

I do offer flat-fee retainers, but I do not have a "price list." I believe every case is different and I want to analyze each case before I quote a fee.

I do, occasionally, charge an hourly rate. When I do, it is $275.

I offer a free 30-minute initial consultation.

The typical range is from $2,500 to $7,500. That range covers probably 80-90% of the cases in my office. Typical terms are a deposit to start the case, and monthly payments for the balance. That general repayment structure covers probably 70-80% of the cases in my office.