Copland and Brenner, Immigration and Naturalization Attorneys

Our firm exists solely to represent clients seeking benefits under U.S. immigration laws. We use a team approach to meet and exceed the goals of our clients. We provide service in a prompt, courteous, cost-effective and ethical manner. To continuously improve our service, we encourage communication and feedback from our clients and interested government agencies.

Call us at 518/785-0175 or U.S./Canada - 1/800-990-5744

Copland and Brenner limits its practice to U.S. immigration and nationality laws. The firm represents clients in matters involving family, employment, and investor immigrant and non-immigrant visa classifications, naturalization, asylum claims, deportation and inadmissibility issues, waivers, consular processing, and employer sanctions. Our clients include families, including fiancés, students, scientists, researches, physicians, nurses, healthcare workers and businesses, hospitals, colleges and universities, religious organizations, and bio-medical research institutions before such U.S. agencies as: Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Labor, and the Department of State. Eric Copland has limited his practice to U.S. immigration and nationality matters since 1976; Barbara Brenner has limited her practice to U.S. immigration and nationality matters since 1990.

Current Newsletter and Articles

Immigration News Flash

Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

By notice published in the Federal Register today, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has officially designated Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) for a period of 18 months. This designation of Haiti for TPS is effective on January 21, 2010, and will remain in effect through July 22, 2011. The 180-day registration period for eligible individuals to submit their TPS applications begins today, January 21, 2010, and will remain in effect until...more »

January 21, 2010

The Federal Register

Kucana v. Holder, Attorney General

In a victory for immigrants, the U.S. Supreme Court today held that judicial review is barred only where Attorney General determinations are made discretionary by statute, and not to determinations declared discretionary by the Attorney General through regulation. The full opinion is available on the Supreme Court of the United States web site, at http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-911.pdf....more »

January 20, 2010

Supreme Court of the United States

Humanitarian Parole Policy for Certain Haitian Orphans

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced a policy authorizing humanitarian parole, to allow certain Haitian orphans to enter the U.S.A., following last week's horrendous earthquake. Two categories of children are covered: (1) those eligible for humanitarian parole include certain children legally confirmed by the Haitian government as orphans eligible for intercountry adoption, in the process of being adopted by Americans prior to January 12, 2010, and meet certain other criteria; and (2) children identified...more »

January 20, 2010

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services