Welcome to Aust Schmiechen P.A.

who we are

Brian Aust

Brian Aust is in his 23rd 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

August 2024: A district court judge in Minnesota granted an At Risk Juvenile Guardianship petition for a young woman from Guatemala, allowing her to use this order to apply for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status with USCIS.

July 2024: USCIS granted an I-601 Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility based on a misrepresentation made upon entry to the United States and then USCIS granted this client’s I-485 application for lawful permanent residence under the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness act.

The Immigration Court granted a Motion to Reopen an in absentia removal order and then granted a Motion to Dismiss removal proceedings for a Ukrainian TPS applicant.

The U.S. Embassy in the United Kingdom issued an immigrant visa to the spouse of a U.S. Citizen.

April 2024: An Immigration Judge granted another family from Russia asylum based on their religion and political activity.

The U.S. Embassy in Poland granted a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, reuniting a young child from Ukraine with his US citizen mother.

March 2024: An Immigration Judge granted a family from Russia asylum based on their political activity.

January 2024: The U.S. Consulate in Rio, Brazil issued a Fiancé visa to an Aust Schmiechen client.

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