Chavez & Valko, LLP

It was a great pleasure working with Chavez & Valko. Their Firm's

knowledgeable attorneys and paralegals assisted me with getting my

permanent residence in a very effective, timely manner. They were

quick to answer any questions I ever had and were a great help

overall. Their diligence and hard work in my case is greatly

appreciated. I couldn't have found a better attorney to handle my

case.

I would like to thank Chavez and Valko LLP for taking my case and helping/advising me through the inmigration process and adquiring my husband’s residency. Gary Frost and Cielo Pineda were always available to answer our questions and inform/explain what INS required at all times. INS asked us for a hardship letter in order to make a decision on my husband’s case. I thought it was an easy thing to put together and that I would be able to do it myself and save money by not hiring an attorney but I was wrong. Putting a hardship letter/packet together requires more work thank you can imagine. Gary and Cielo informed us of all documentation need; some of which I didn’t even think of including in the packet.



There are a lot of options out there; however, I can guarantee you that you will not regret hiring them to work your case as they will get the work done and they are very affordable as well. Wish you the best of luck and I hope this testimonial helps you in making your decision. They trully helped me!

We would highly recommend Dallas immigration lawyer Martin Valko of Chavez & Valko to anyone wishing to make their immigration process go more smoothly. When each of us first met Martin Valko both of us felt very comfortable and confident. Mr. Valko was extremely courteous and helpful and displayed exceptional knowledge in the field of immigration law. Mr. Valko assisted my wife and me with her I-485 permanent residence case. He communicated with clarity and all of our concerns, however minor, were promptly addressed either by him or his assistant. He provided us with personal support at a time when it was most needed just days before our scheduled interview with the immigration official. It took us a less than a year of filing the paperwork that my wife was granted a residency card. We cannot explain in words how happy we have been since we obtained my wife’s permanent residency card. Once again on behalf of both of us thank you for the quick, steadfast, honest, and hard work put into our case resulting in success. With warm regards and God Bless.



Para todo aquel que desee realizar su proceso de inmigración sin problemas recomendamos ampliamente al abogado de inmigración en Dallas Martin Valko, de la oficina Chavez & Valko. Cuando mi esposa y yo conocimos a Martin Valko ambos nos sentimos a gusto y con absoluta confianza. El Sr.Valko no solo fue muy cortes y servicial, sino que demostró un conocimiento excepcional en el ámbito legal de inmigración. Fuimos asesorados y asistidos con relación a la residencia permanente para mi esposa (I-485), proceso para el cual el Sr. Valko siempre se comunicó con claridad; todas nuestras dudas y preocupaciones, por muy pequeñas que parecieran, fueron aclaradas y solucionadas por el o por su asistente de manera rápida. Así mismo, nos proporcionó apoyo personal justo cuando mas lo necesitábamos, especialmente al prepararnos y acompañarnos a la entrevista programada con el oficial de inmigración. Para nuestra total satisfacción, el proceso para la obtención de la tarjeta de residencia nos tomó menos de un año. No se puede explicar con palabras lo feliz que nos sentimos desde que mi esposa obtuvo su tarjeta de residente permanente. Una vez más deseamos agradecer la rapidez, firmeza, honestidad, y gran esfuerzo puesto en nuestro caso cuyo resultado no podía ser menos que exitoso. Con cordiales saludos y que Dios los bendiga. Blas y Mirna, Dallas, TX (Ajuste de estado o Estado legal)

“We are very grateful to immigration law firm of Chavez & Valko, LLP and for Martin Valko’s solid and persistent effort and representation on our behalf over the last couple of years in correcting my wife’s immigration status with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.



We genuinely thought that our case was too daunting a challenge and insurmountable when looking ahead to navigating the important, yet intimidating, Immigration and Naturalization process present here in the United States . When we consulted with Mr. Valko in the beginning, we presented him with an 8-year old Legacy case from a different jurisdiction with plentiful uncertainty. He analyzed my wife’s immigration status and her situation after she was ordered deported in absentia, and without any guarantee of success of outcome, he agreed to take on the challenge of bringing our case up to current and lawful status.



During the two-year progression and through the entire legal process - reopening the previous removal proceeding, transferring venue, securing a joint motion to terminate removal proceedings, and adjusting my wife’s status with the USCIS – Mr. Valko remained positive and confident in his abilities to navigate us through the challenges. He continuously encouraged us to remain positive and strong, even through the most difficult challenges, and he proved time and time again that his advice was truthful and correct. We have come to know and admire his truthfulness, sincerity, understanding and compassion. He is exceptional at who he is personally and at what he does professionally.



We appreciate the Firm’s professional knowledge and skills greatly, and we definitely extend a strong recommendation of their services to anyone seeking professional legal immigration assistance,”



- Jeffery and Natalia C., Dallas

We are extremely thankful to immigration attorney Mr. Martin Valko and his paralegal Cielo Pineda of Chavez & Valko LLP for their professionalism, knowledge, care and dedication in my husband’s immigration process to obtain his permanent residency. Before hiring Chavez & Valko Immigration Law Firm, we had hired another local law firm that was not knowledgeable with the I-601 Waiver process which caused us loss of money, time, suffering, a separation of 21 months. Our first waiver prepared by the other lawyer was then denied. We are so grateful that we hired Mr. Valko and his firm to handle my husband’s new waiver and to obtain his residency with an excellent I-601 waiver packet. Thank you for reuniting my husband and me after this long process!

Dallas, TX (Approval of I-601 Waiver of Inadmissibility in Cd. Juarez, Mexico)



Estamos extremadamente agradecidos con el abogado de inmigración, Sr. Martin Valko y su ayudante legal Cielo Pineda de Chávez & Valko LLP por su profesionalidad, conocimiento, cariño y dedicación en el proceso de inmigración de mi marido para obtener su residencia permanente. Antes de contratar a los Abogados de Inmigración Chávez & Valko, habíamos contratado a otra firma local de abogados que no estaban bien informado con el proceso del I-601 Waiver; el cual nos causó la pérdida de dinero, tiempo, sufrimiento, y una separación de 21 meses. Nuestro primer waiver preparado por el otro abogado fue negado. Estamos muy agradecidos de haber contratado al Sr. Valko y su empresa para que hiciera un nuevo waiver para mi marido y así obtuvimos su residencia por medio de un excelente paquete de I-601 waiver. Gracias por reunir a mi marido y a mí después de este largo proceso! Dallas, TX (Aprobado I-601 Waiver of Inadmissibility en Ciudad Juárez, México)

I had the pleasure of working with the immigration law firm of Chavez and Valko last year for my H-1B specialty occupation work visa petition. The attorney’s and his staff’s attention to detail and quick communication turnaround was exemplary. I wish all attorneys’ services were this good (not just immigration). This is especially pertinent because for someone like me – a client with minimal awareness of quickly changing immigration regulations and laws, it’s tough to keep up while staying on top of my full time job. I had some follow up queries many months after completion of my service obligation with them, and Mr. Valko personally replied on the same day I had emailed him – I really appreciated his excellent comprehensive reply and so will you. They are the specialists who know what they are doing, and I was very thankful for my company (a Fortune 500 company) to choose Chavez & Valko to represent me and the company itself. I would highly recommend immigration lawyers from Chavez & Valko, LLP to anyone looking for their immigration service solution.

We are extremely grateful that we made the decision to hire your office Chavez& Valko. When dealing with immigration you cannot afford to make a mistake and hire someone that is not knowledgeable in the area, we am so glad that we did not make that mistake. Living in Florida we could not find an attorney that was knowledgeable in the expertise of 601 Waivers thru a friend we were referred to your office. Not residing in Dallas never had an impact on our communication and everything worked out smoothly. From the beginning to the end they have been very professional from the main attorney to the paralegal handling our case to the receptionist .



My husband "601 Waiver" was approved at Ciudad Juarez and we could not be anymore happier than we are. Thank you for reuniting our family. Keep up the good work! Many thanks from the Lopez family.





Estamos muy agradecidos de haber tomado la decision de contratar a su oficina de Chavez y Valko. Cuando se trata de lo de inmigracion no puede permitirse el lujo de cometer un error y contratar a alguien que no conozca el area, estoy muy contento de que no cometimos ese error. Vivir en la Florida no podimos encontrar un abogado que era conocedor de la experiencia de 601 Perdones, a traves de un amigo se nos remitio a su oficina. El no residir en Dallas no tuvo un impacto en nuestra comunicacion y todo salio bien. Desde el principio a fin, ha sido muy profesional del abogado principal de la manipulacion de paralegal nuestro caso a la recepcionista.



El "601 Perdon" de mi marido fue aprobado en Ciudad Juarez y no podriamos estar mos felices. Gracias por la reunificacion de nuestra familia. Keep up the good work! Muchas gracias departe de la familia Lopez.

Dallas immigration law firm Chavez and Valko, LLP has been retained by my employer (A Fortune 500 company and a public company traded on NYSE) to handle immigration cases for its employees. Immigration attorney Martin Valko and paralegal Anya assisted with my H1b application. They also prepared my visa application at a U.S. Consulate in China. During the process I asked tons of questions and numerous emails had been exchanged. Each of them was answered promptly with satisfaction. Detailed instructions were given during the H1b application forms preparation process. My new H1b was submitted via premium processing and it was approved within 1 week. Before I went abroad for the H1b visa interview, I was informed of every detail of a visa interview process overseas. As a result, my visa interview abroad went through smoothly and successfully. Recently I was just informed by the USCIS that my new H1b expiration date has been extended for another 1.5 years. This was the result of a request from attorney Valko to the USCIS for correcting a mistake in calculating my H1b expiration date.

“Attorneys and staff at Chavez & Valko law firm were extremely respectful towards Jose and I. I appreciate their patience and attention to detail even though I was being complicated at times. I’m grateful that I chose such a professional law firm that made us feel secure and taken care of. Our lives have been changed for the better and we have a sense of security we have never known. Yolanda and Anya are some exceptional ladies who always made us feel special. This firm stood out to us above all others and I will be recommending their immigration services to my family and friends. Thanks for all your help!



Sincerely,

The Ceja Family”

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to immigration lawyers at Chavez & Valko and their staff for the great service received during our consultations. I am thankful for their assistance, suggestions and directions during the naturalization interview process, and for coming to the rescue during this critical period of my life.

We wish to thank Martin Valko from the Chavez & Valko LLP Immigration Law Firm. They were 100% professional and handled our case with seamless ease. We would have no hesitation whatsoever in highly recommending this law firm to anyone. We would especially like to thank the paralegal, Anya Schendeler, who handled our case, for her kind and courteous demeanor at all times. All of the staff that we encountered at the firm are completely competent and professional at all times ... Thank you guys for a wonderful service. GAVIN WALSH & ELLEN ROGERS

"Our L visa case history:



After a very bad experience with our previous New York-based immigration attorney, we started looking for another one with experience in the immigration sector. We scheduled a meeting with Dallas immigration lawyer Mr. Martin Valko of Chavez & Valko, and asked him what he thought about our case.



In April 2008 we received our L- 1A Visa (L2 for the family) to establish a new office of our German Software Company in the US. Unfortunately we were not able to leave Germany before October 2008. In December 2008 we asked our prior attorney to apply for the extension of the Visa. He filed the application for the extension of the L1-A Visa in April 2009 (5 months later). Instead of answering the INS request for evidence (RFE), he tried to change the Visa application from L1-A into a L1-B. The US immigration denied the petition because we were not able to change the status for a filed petition. To do so, we would have had to file a new one. However, not worst enough, he told us not to leave the US and to stay during he was filing a petition for a B1 Visa to gain additional time to prepare a new L1-A application.



Mr. Martin Valko took on our case. He told us that it will be difficult but he would try to rescue the case, thoroughly explained the case to us after his analysis of the immigration laws and regulations, and promised us to do the best. After he had all our paperwork, he and his legal team needed only a few days to prepare the new L1-A petition (L-2 for the family). We used the premium processing service of the USCIS, and we had our approval after less than one week!!! We then scheduled a visa appointment at the US Consulate in Berlin, Germany the following week, and our new L-1A and L-2 visas have been granted for a full one year!



When searching for a good immigration attorney, you will find thousands of attorneys and all of them promise to be the best and to do the best work. After all this experience we can tell, that there are only a few really good immigration attorney out there and it is hard to find them. We found one of them and are proud of this work, and we can't thank him enough. Mr. Martin Valko knows what he is talking about! He has a lot of experience in immigration law and his rates are absolutely fair. For all of those people in need of an immigration attorney, we recommend the law firm of Chavez & Valko in Dallas, TX."

- Provox Systems, Dallas, TX

“We would like to say Thanks to Dallas immigration law firm of Chavez & Valko and their paralegals for going the extra mile in getting our documents accurately prepared. Because of their hard work and dedication, I was able to become a Permanent Resident of the United States in less that a year. I went home ( Jamaica ) in July and I was so happy to see all my friends and families. Martin Valko is a great Lawyer and we will recommend his service to anyone, who needs help with Immigration matters. We will be filing for our son in the near future. They have done an awesome job for us!"

We wanted to write to thank everyone that helped us obtain my wife's green card, and wanted to stress how helpful and caring everyone at Chavez & Valko was through out this process. Their support staff was simply amazing and assisted us through every step of the way, we couldn't have asked for more. Mr. Valko thanks for your kind words, advice, guidance and patients with our situation. The process went much faster and smoother than what others said it was going to be. I was actually scared of the meeting from what others had told me but Mr. Valko calmed us down, assured us things were fine and the interview was over in less than 10 minutes.

When it comes to Immigration & Naturalization Law, you can't beat immigration attorneys at Chavez & Valko. A+ work, thanks again guys and warmest regards!!!

"Mr. Chavez I cannot THANK YOU enough for helping us in reuniting our family. The WAIVER you completed for my husband was EXCELLENT. We will forever be grateful to you and your professional staff. I knew from my first consultation that you were sincere about helping your clients. You are an example of what a great attorney is.

I also want to thank Cielo for being patient with me and for answering all of my million questions promptly.

I HIGHLY recommend your law firm to everyone."

"It is my greatest pleasure to take this opportunity to thank Martin Valko and the law firm of Chavez & Valko LLP for the tremendous help in adjusting my immigration status. I was extremely pleased with the professional services your law firm provides for your clients. Not only my immigration petition [EB-1, Extraordinary Ability Alien in Athletics] resulted in a very fast approval but I also received my Permanent Resident Card in a just a few months! Friendly attitude, family-like setting, and flawless process made my experience very pleasurable. I would absolutely be glad to recommend your services to other folks with immigration needs as I am sure they too will find your expert legal advice very valuable. Great Job! Thanks so much!"



- Libor Charfreitag, 3-time Track & Field Olympian (Sydney, Athens, Beijing), Dallas, TX (Slovakia)