from the
BEGINNING
from the
BEGINNING
On Saturday, August 4, 2018, my life changed forever.
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I opened the mailsbox and I saw a priority mail envelope addressed to me. It was exactly like the envelope I had seen so many times at my law office, addressed to my clients. It was an unusually sized envelope that arrived whenever USCIS issues a green card.
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I opened the envelope and for the first time and set eyes on a green card with my name on it.
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It’s hard to describe the emotions I felt. These were different than the emotions of graduating college with awards and distinctions; different than the emotions of graduating law school; different than the emotions of passing the bar exam; different than the emotions of marrying my wife.
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A unique combination of joy, pride, relief, elation, gratitude, love, awe, and happiness all came together in that moment as I read “Welcome to the United States.”
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These emotions were a culmination of something that started when I was 4 years old when my parents – refugees from Czechoslovakia who resettled in Canada – moved our family and their business to the United States.
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Even though I grew up in the U.S. for most of my life, I always knew that my situation was different from my friends’s. My family had to have visas to live in the U.S., which meant that we always knew that we might have to leave on day, which we did a couple of times.
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When I was a teenager, there was a new type of hope in my family. Through my father’s work, there was the possibility of us becoming lawful permanent residents. I understood that it meant that we wouldn’t have to worry about leaving our home, leaving my school and friends, being able to work, and to experience life in a different way.
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That hope came crashing down when our green card application was denied because the attorney that handled it made a serious error that could not be fixed.
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Since I turned 18, I went through various student, work, and investor visas, each having their own challenges to maintain. Worrying about the future of my legal status in the United States was part of my everyday life, even after I started my own immigration law practice. It was a dark cloud that I learned to live with, until it finally lifted in that moment, standing on my porch, holding the green card that arrived as a result of my wife petitioning for my permanent residence.
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I’ve dedicated my career to helping people who long for a definite, lawful, permanent future in the United States, because I know how that feels when it finally becomes a reality.
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I’ve spent the last 10 years and thousands of hours working with those types of people. I’ve learned a lot about the process and the laws & regulations. I’ve learned about what works and what doesn’t. I’ve made mistakes and learned from them. I’ve uncovered problems in the processes of working with immigration clients in the traditional attorney/client environment that needed new solutions. I’ve talked to people who tried to DIY their applications, only to find themselves in situations where they wasted time, effort, and money.
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As a result, I’ve designed innovative solutions to help as many people fulfill their dreams through immigration as I can.
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I hope you’ll try one of our immigration application programs so that I can show you what it’s like to have a great experience while reaching your immigration dreams.
David Vyborny
Founder of Occam Immigration
EDUCATION
Seton Hall University, BA in Business Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Business Administration Program Award, highest Grade Point Average
University of Richmond School of Law, J.D.
President, Student Bar Association
President, Trial Advocacy Board
Associate Editor, Journal of Global Law & Business
Order of the Barristers, National Order of Barristers
Advocacy Award, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
International Business focus
Licensed to practice federal U.S. immigration law in all states through admission to the state bar of Virginia and United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. State law cases outside of Virginia, such as criminal, divorce, probate, etc., are referred to locally-licensed attorneys.
100% DEVOTED to practicing u.s. immigration law
first-hand knowledge of
IMMIGRATION
100% DEVOTED to practicing u.s. immigration law
