Dedicated Exclusively to Immigration Law
LANGUAGES WE SPEAK
Español
Русский
Polski
Kiswahili
Soomaali
WHO WE ARE
BRIAN AUST
Brian Aust has practiced as an immigration attorney for more than 25 years. Brian works on all types of immigration cases. He represents individuals in family-based immigration matters, asylum, naturalization and removal defense. Brian has a particular interest in working with LGBTQ+ clients. Brian is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and frequent presenter at CLE’s on all types of immigration case types. Brian is fluent in Spanish.
Malinda Schmiechen
Malinda Schmiechen is licensed to practice law in Minnesota and has been dedicated to improving the lives of people born outside the United States for over twenty years. Malinda understands the stress and strain of living outside your home country and traveling abroad because she lived in the former Yugoslavia and Poland and has visited countries in Africa, Central America, Asia and Europe.
SERVICES
Adjustment of Status (“Green Card”)
Adjustment of Status (“Green Card”)
Read MoreAsylum
Asylum
Read MoreCitizenship and Naturalization
Citizenship and Naturalization
Read MoreConsular Processing
Consular Processing
Read MoreDACA
DACA
Read MoreFederal Litigation
Federal Litigation
Read MoreFamily Immigration
Family Immigration
Read MoreRemoval of Conditions on Residency
Removal of Conditions on Residency
Read MoreGLBTQ Matters
GLBTQ Matters
Read MoreRecent Victories
July 2026:
The Chicago Asylum Office grants Aust Schmiechen client from the Middle East asylum! Congratulations to our client who can now have the security of being an asylee!
We are so happy for our client from Somalia who has finally received her Permanent Resident Card. In July, USCIS finally approved our client’s application after she had to wait for nearly 20 years. She is finally secure in living in the United States permanently.
In July, an Immigration Judge granted asylum to our Cuban client who had participated in the July 11 protest. His spouse was also granted asylum.
USCIS granted a client from Sierra Leone a green card based on his marriage to a US citizen after we responded to their Notice of Intent Deny questioning the validity of his prior divorce.
An Immigration Judge terminated immigration court proceedings for clients with green card applications pending with USCIS based on the Cuban Adjustment Act.
July 2026:
Our Turkish client was granted Conditional Permanent Resident status based on his marriage to a U.S. Citizen 6 months after we filed.
June 2026:
In June, an Aust Schmiechen client from Somalia received his Green Card after having entered the United States as a refugee and undergone a PARRIS Interview in Minneapolis. We are so happy for our client!
USCIS granted an I-90 green card renewal to an Ethiopian client just 4 weeks after filing online.
Since the federal district court in Dorcas v. USCIS issued an order vacating the USCIS Benefits Hold Policy on June 5, 2026 (https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/court-order-on-hold-policies), our client who was born in Somalia, but carries a Danish passport, was granted Permanent Resident status after a hold of many months following the couple’s interview in mid-January 2026.
June 2026:
Congratulations to our client who has been in the United States since entering as a child in 1997. He received his green card based on his marriage to his U.S. citizen wife.
We are so thrilled that the Chicago Asylum Office granted asylum to our LGBTQ client from Bangladesh, just several weeks after his interview. Congratulations!
The United States Asylum Office granted our Tigrayan, Ethiopian client asylum. We are so thrilled!
May 2026:
An Iranian asylum seeker received her work permit after attorney Mrynna Rutan sued the government in the federal District Court of Minnesota because the application had been pending for almost two years.
Quick Contacts
Location
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The Medical Arts Building
825 Nicollet Mall, Suite 623
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-2612 - 612.724.4860
- 612.338.5233
- info@AustSchmiechen.com