Welcome to Aust Schmiechen P.A.

who we are

Brian Aust

Brian Aust is in his 21st year of practice as an immigration attorney. 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 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.

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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.

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Some Recent Victories

April 2023- A Guatemalan client was granted adjustment of status to permanent residence this month, based on his status as a Special Immigrant Juvenile. We are thrilled for him!

Our young Guatemalan client received a Special Immigrant Juvenile grant. Our office obtained the Predicate Order granting third party custody and Special Findings from a Hennepin County family Court and also obtained the decision granting him SIJS from USCIS. Congratulations to our client!

Aust Schmiechen helped an asylee from Mali overcome a Request for Evidence related to her permanent residence application and receive her card. Congratulations to our client!

USCIS granted a client from the Republic of Congo Permanent Resident Status along with a waiver based on his marriage to a U.S. Citizen.

The Immigration Court Judge granted an Aust Schmiechen client from the DRC permanent residency. Congratulations!

March 2023- Aust Schmiechen’s SIJS client received his SIJS approval in February and Aust Schmiechen worked quickly to file a Motion to Terminate removal proceedings and draft his work permit application based on deferred action. We are happy that his removal case was terminated in March.

USCIS granted a West African Asylee Permanent Residency after having been out of the country for several years.

February 2023- Aust Schmiechen won an asylum case in immigration court for a domestic violence survivor from Peru. Congratulations to our client!

An asylee from Syria was granted Adjustment of Status and is now a Lawful Permanent Resident!

January 2023- After a 10 year wait, a client from Rwanda was granted asylum by the Immigration Judge, and the government did not reserve appeal.

The U.S. Embassy in Sweden issued an immigrant visa to our client. We are happy he can now join his U.S. citizen spouse.

A Liberian client was approved for Naturalization and will be sworn in on February 16, 2023. 

An asylee from the DRC’s wife and children were approved for derivative asylum status and will be joining him in the United States soon! 

Client reviews

Excellent service and professionalism. Malinda Schmiechen our Immigration attorney explained to us all requirements clearly. The communication and Updates were kept current. She is a very detailed person and very personable. I would definitely use her professional services again if needed. Malinda Schmiechen, nuestra abogada de inmigración nos explicó claramente todos los requisitos. La comunicación y las actualizaciones se mantuvieron al día. Es una persona muy detallada y muy agradable. Definitivamente usaría sus servicios profesionales de nuevo si fuera necesario.

Angel C.

I would definitely recommend Brian Aust to anyone who is looking for an ethical and caring immigration lawyer. He’s definitely the best attorney for immigration cases. We work with him during last two years and he was smooth and professional taking care of our case at the end the result was positive and everyone is happy cause of Brian. Thank you very much

Mohamed S.

Such a wonderful, experienced and classic professional Lawyer to be our Immigration Attorney. Malinda did marvelous job. Very knowledgeable in what is doing. During the period with Lawyer Malinda, she treated us as like her kids rather than client. we enjoyed every minute with Lawyer Malinda. We will never, never forget her services. Her candidness and scrupulous attention make us feel very relax. We will continue to seek her vast experienced services anytime. Malinda will be strongly recommended to anyone who has immigration issues. What a blessed Immigration Lawyer Malinda.

Alhassan O.

If you are looking for a great immigration lawyer – please, look no further! Malinda M. Schmiechen Aust Schmiechen, P.A. is truly amazing. Not only she is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in immigration field – she is super attentive and dedicated and will treat your case/problem as her own. She is always available via email or phone, answers all the questions in details, and during meetings – she is always prepared and will spend extra time with you. She will not just collect your money and forget about your case – she will be in touch, guiding your thru the whole process until full success.I am very glad I chose Malinda M. Schmiechen Aust Schmiechen, P.A.as my lawyer and highly recommend to use her services if you need help in your immigration process. She is Reliable, caring of my case. I was in tour through different offices and finally I chose her. I am a very impatient and she calm me during the process that I thought it was going easy but in the middle I found difficulties that she manage in a very professional and compassioned way and make it easy for me to achieve my immigration goal. A wonderful, amazing lawyer Malinda M. Schmiechen Aust Schmiechen, P.A.

Ahmay Y.

Excellent Legal Services I had an excellent experience with Aust Schmiechen. Malinda, as my attorney, was most professional, respectful and friendly. Her due diligence, meticulous attention to details, openness to understand the context of my claim and offer useful suggestions, and work ethic made sure we achieve our desired results. I am so grateful to Aust Schmiechen, and to Malinda in particular. I highly recommend this firm for your legal immigration assistance. You won’t regret it!

Ikramuddin B.

Brian was always highly professional and communicated well. We has a complicated same sex relationship that was challenged through the course of our petitions. Brian never gave up, and just kept in the ring with us always. I felt with Brian on our side we had a chance. Today my partner and I are together and he also just received his US citizenship. We began with Brian as our attorney and ended with a friend!

James & Ging R.

We just finished working with Brian regarding getting permanent resident status. He was wonderful to work with, very professional, answered all of our questions, is very knowledgeable regarding immigration issues and laws, stays abreast of changes in laws, requirements and forms that affected our case. We would recommend him to anyone!

J N.

Very pleased having Malinda working on our case. Professional, friendly and attentive. Would recommend her to anyone looking for an immigration lawyer.

Carlos R.

Brian Aust was very helpful, professional and friendly. We really enjoyed working with him. Definitely would recommend him to anyone in need of immigration services.

Whiteson M.