{"id":56,"date":"2020-03-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/portfolio\/rodriguez-family-reunification\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:03:26","slug":"rodriguez-family-reunification","status":"publish","type":"canvas_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/portfolio\/rodriguez-family-reunification\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodriguez Family Reunification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead wp-block-paragraph\">When Maria Rodriguez came to us, her family had been separated for almost three years by a stalled visa petition and an ever-growing backlog.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Challenge<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The petition had been pending so long that key documents had expired, and every routine inquiry received the same automated response. Each month of delay kept two young children an ocean away from their mother.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Approach<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our immigration team re-assembled the record, filed a mandamus action to compel a decision, and worked directly with the consulate to schedule interviews the moment the file moved.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Outcome<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both visas were approved within four months of our filing. The family was reunited in San Francisco before the school year began.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facing a similar situation? <a href=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/contact\/\">Talk to our team about your case<\/a>: the first consultation is free.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mother and two children reunited after a three-year visa backlog was cleared in four months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":77,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"single-portfolio-law-firm","canvas_portfolio_category":[21],"class_list":["post-56","canvas_portfolio","type-canvas_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","canvas_portfolio_category-immigration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/canvas_portfolio\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/canvas_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/canvas_portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"canvas_portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/canvas_portfolio_category?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}