Evita Tolu, Member of Stientjes & Tolu LLC
Evita has been practicing immigration law since 2000. She assists her clients in obtaining permanent and temporary employment visas, setting up businesses while maintaining compliance with all U.S. immigration laws. Evita’s clients include students, exchange visitors, business personnel, nurses, doctors, athletes and entertainers, religious workers, investors, persons with extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers, professors, and multinational managers.
She is familiar with DHS and USCIS’ administrative procedures and provides client representation at all levels of the immigration review. She also litigates immigration cases in federal and immigration courts. Evita immigrated to the United States in 1993 and experienced the application of the United States immigration process first hand. Evita’s cross-cultural background allows her to provide legal and business advice that fits the cultural context of her clients.
Experience
Evita Tolu Missouri Immigration Lawyer, (St. Louis, MO)
Evita Tolu St. Louis Immigration Attorney, 2006 - present
I launched my own practice in 2006 when I realized that after several years of practice with big national law firms I accumulated signficant knowledge, experience and confidence to become successful in my own practice.
We represent employers in obtaining immigrant and non-immigrant work visas, individuals in obtaining family visas for relatives abroad, and foreign students and trainees in seeking visas to pursue their respective endeavors in the United States. We have been extremely successful in immigration litigation involving adjudication of delayed naturalization and adjustment of status applications in federal courts. In addition, we work closely with foreign nationals facing criminal convictions, to minimize the negative impact of criminal violations on their immigration history.
Education
St. Louis University School of Law, (St. Louis, MO)
JD, Law 2000
Evita graduated magna cum laude in the top 2% of the class with the highest ranking in International Law, Evidence, Foreign Trade and Investment as well as in Constitutional Law. Evita is Order of the Coif and a Member of the Alpha Sigma Nu, a Jesuit Honor Society.
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Articles
Conviction Under Immigration Law: Suspended Sentence or Execution of Sentence, Pretrial Diversion
Submitted By: Evita Tolu On: Jul 6th 2010
Category: Criminal Charges
My clients often ask me why United States Immigration & Citizenship Services (USCIS) put them in deferred inspection, removal proceedings or denied their application for citizenship if a state court or municipality dismissed...
Political Asylum: Process and Eligibility
Submitted By: Evita Tolu On: Mar 16th 2010
A person who is not a United States citizen may be eligible for political asylum if he or she can demonstrate a credible, well-founded fear of persecution in his or her home country on account...
Rules for Widows/Widowers of U.S. Citizens to Immigrate After Petitioner's Death
Submitted By: Evita Tolu On: Jan 15th 2010
Category: Green Card
Sections 568(d) and (e) of the FY2010 DHS Appropriations Act provide relief for aliens who are the surviving beneficiaries of pending or approved petitions filed by U.S. citizen...
