Tim Hart, Member of Hart Law Office, PLLC

Tim Hart is the owner and founder of Hart Law Office, PLLC.

Tim practices exclusively in the area of immigration law.  It was a fascination with immigration that first led Tim to the study of law.  Prior to opening Hart Law Office, he worked as an associate attorney at one of the Twin Cities’ largest immigration law firms, served as a judicial intern at the Executive Office for Immigration Review (Immigration Court) in Bloomington, Minnesota, and volunteered with the Centro de Derechos Laborales. 

Tim brings experience with a wide range of immigration law topics, including:

• Marriage-based applications for adjustment of status (green card)
• Adjustment of status under 245(i)
• Adjustment of status for "wave-through" applicants
• Adjustment of status with issues of "preconceived intent"
• Family-based immigrant visas
• I-601 waivers for unlawful presence
• 212(d)(3) waivers for nonimmigrant visas
• Change and extension of nonimmigrant status
• Naturalization
• Certificates of citizenship
• Applications for U.S. passports under the Castelano settlement
• Requests for hearings on a decision in naturalization proceedings
• Removal of conditions on permanent residence
• VAWA self-petitions for victims of domestic abuse
• U visas for crime victims
• Employment authorization
• Replacement of permanent resident cards and citizenship documents
• Affirmative asylum applications before USCIS
• Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
• NACARA
• Labor certification applications (PERM)
• H-1B petitions
• H-1B transfers, extensions, and time recapture
• O-1 petitions
• TN/TD status
• Defensive asylum applications before the Immigration Court
• Adjustment of status before the Immigration Court
• Cancellation of removal
• Voluntary departure
• Bond/custody redetermination
• Proof of citizenship for individuals in ICE custody
• Motions to reopen in absentia removal orders
• Appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals
• Petitions for Review before the Fifth & Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals
• Petitions for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court

Tim also volunteers as a pro bono attorney with Linea Legal Latina, the ILCM Detention Project, and the Park Avenue UMC Walk-In Legal Clinic.  He is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), currently filling the role of New Members Division Liaison for the MN-Dakotas Chapter, after previously serving as Chapter Co-Liaison to the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services.  Tim lives in Northeast Minneapolis with his wife, Fernanda.