We believe that the law should treat everyone equally, without regard to race, gender, or sexual orientation, just as it claims to be impartial towards wealth and power. While it’s important to provide special protections for children, the severely disabled, and the elderly due to their vulnerability and need for society’s support, there should be no other privileged groups based on any other criteria.

Mr. Derres’s extensive experience focuses on detention and deportation defense, asylum, family-based immigration, nonimmigrant visas including religious worker visas, waiver of inadmissibility, and naturalization. Mr. Derres is also adept at handling appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Learn more about Mr. Derres and the Derres and Associates Team

Derres and Associates PLLC offers comprehensive legal services in various immigration matters, including:

• Employment-Based Visas
• Family Based Visas
• Investment Visas
• Student Visas
• Visitors Visas
• Asylum
• Deportation Defense
• Appeals
• Waivers
• Green Card / Citizenship
• Personal Injury (Only to the District of Columbia)
• Family Law (Only to the District of Columbia)

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“I was so lucky to have Amha handle my asylum claim. I had to go to immigration court twice, and was very nervous. He made sure I got all the evidence and affidavits I needed to present a strong case in court. He also sympathized me when I got nervous, he showed that he really cared about me. Amha found three professional witnesses for my case. He found an important specialist on country conditions in Eritrea, a medical doctor who examined me and someone from a non-profit organization who knows me very well. I highly recommend Amha to handle asylum claims.”

—Yacob

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“Amha was simply amazing! Clear communication, knowledgeable, kind, and very helpful. I am extremely grateful for his service, he Helped me win my immigration cases. and I would highly recommend him.”

—Esmail Alsabri

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“Mrs.Amha had been explored different options to expedite my case and finally my asylum request was granted. He is very humble person, he has good customer services and knowledgeable. I strongly recommend his services.”

—Almaz

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“I work for an organization that assists survivors of torture in Washington DC— Amha has done an outstanding job representing these survivors. He spends more time helping them prepare for their interviews than most other lawyers usually do. He also is kind and sympathetic when they are nervous about their interviews with USCIS and the Immigration Court.”

—Andrea Barron