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
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.
April 2026:
A Mexican man became a permanent resident after winning an I-601 waiver of inadmissibility for misrepresentation of his marital status on a prior tourist visa application.
March 2026:
An Immigration Judge approved the I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence waiver of the joint filing requirement for a client from Kenya. In addition, while the ICE attorney had reserved the right to appeal at the conclusion of the hearing, no appeal was filed. So, after a 13-year wait from when the client first filed his I-751, he is finally a Lawful Permanent Resident!
March 2026:
USCIS approved an I-130 marriage petition filed by a US citizen on behalf of her Sierra Leonen spouse after questioning the couple’s marriage certificate in a Request for Evidence.
USCIS approved an I-751 waiver application for a Liberian client. Congratulations!
A Canadian citizen with Somali heritage successfully entered the US as a lawful permanent resident after consular processing through his US citizen spouse.
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