Immigration Advocacy Law Group

Terms of Service

Effective September 30, 2026

These terms govern the use of this website and of the internal systems Immigration Advocacy Law Group operates in the course of its practice.

1. This website

This website describes the Firm and its practice.

Nothing on this website constitutes legal advice. Immigration matters turn on the particular circumstances of each individual, and general information cannot account for them. Use of this website does not create an attorney-client relationship, nor does correspondence sent through it. Such a relationship arises only upon a written engagement agreement executed by the Firm and the client.

The Firm endeavors to keep the information published here accurate and current but does not warrant that it is. Immigration law and agency practice change frequently.

2. The Firm’s internal systems

The Firm operates internal systems that monitor the status of immigration matters it has filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on behalf of its clients.

These systems are operated exclusively for the Firm’s own professional use. They are not sold, licensed, or made available to any person outside the Firm, and they are not offered to the public.

Authorized users

• Access is limited to attorneys and employees of the Firm.
• There is no public registration. Accounts are established only by Firm administrators.
• Access is contingent on employment and terminates upon separation.

Obligations of authorized users

• Access only those records required for the performance of assigned duties. Access to records is recorded.
• Do not disclose sign-in credentials to any person.
• Do not extract client information from the systems except as duties require.
• Do not attempt to circumvent access controls or to reach records outside an assigned role.
• Report any suspected unauthorized access immediately.

The Firm may suspend or terminate an account used contrary to these terms.

3. Case status information

Case status displayed by the Firm’s systems originates with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Firm presents that information as received. The Firm does not control it, cannot correct it, and does not warrant that it is accurate, complete, or current.

Agency case status is at times updated after an event has occurred, and published status does not always reflect the entirety of a file. Firm personnel accordingly treat this information as one indicator among several, and never as the sole basis for advice to a client.

Where a client observes a discrepancy between information provided by the Firm and a notice received from the agency, the client should inform the Firm. Written notice issued by the agency is the authoritative record.

4. Security

Access to the Firm’s internal systems is restricted through authenticated sign-in, permissions assigned by role and enforced on the Firm’s servers, encrypted transmission, and logging of access to records.

Credentials required for the agency interface are held as protected configuration, are not stored in source code, and are accessible only to authorized administrators.

No system is without risk. Should information be exposed without authorization, the Firm will provide notice as described in its Privacy Policy.

5. Personal information

The treatment of personal information, the periods for which it is retained, and the procedure for requesting its deletion are set out in the Firm’s Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

6. Amendment of these terms

Where the Firm amends these terms in a manner affecting an individual, it will contact that individual and obtain their agreement before the amendment applies. The communication will include a short summary, in plain language, of what has changed. The amended terms will be published here bearing a new effective date.

7. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

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Immigration Advocacy Law Group

Privacy Policy

Effective September 30, 2026

Immigration Advocacy Law Group is a law practice. This policy explains what personal information the Firm holds, how it is used and protected, and the rights available to the individuals it concerns.

1. Scope

This policy applies to this website and to the internal systems the Firm uses to manage and monitor client immigration matters.

Those systems are operated solely for the Firm’s own professional use. They are not products. They are not sold, licensed, or made available to the public, and no member of the public can register for an account.

2. Whose information this concerns

This policy addresses two groups.

• Clients of the Firm. Information relating to a client’s immigration matter is held in the Firm’s internal systems. Clients are not users of those systems, but the information concerns them, and this policy governs its treatment.
• Firm personnel. Attorneys and staff who access those systems in the course of their duties.

3. Information the Firm collects

The Firm limits what it holds to what representation requires.

Relating to clients

• Name
• The receipt number assigned by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to a matter the Firm has filed
• The form type associated with that matter
• The case status published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for that receipt number, together with its associated dates
• Internal notes recorded by Firm personnel concerning the matter

Relating to Firm personnel

• Work name and work email address, as maintained in the Firm’s directory
• A record of activity within the systems, including records accessed, together with date, time, and network address

Information the Firm does not collect

The Firm states these exclusions expressly.

• Location or geolocation data
• Financial or payment information
• Medical or health information
• Genetic information or family health history
• Contacts, photographs, or files from any individual’s device
• Advertising identifiers, and no tracking across other websites

Because the Firm does not collect genetic or family health information, its systems cannot disclose information about a person’s relatives in the manner such data can.

4. Purpose of use

Information is used for a single purpose: to establish the current status of client matters so that the Firm can represent its clients properly.

Immigration determinations frequently carry legal deadlines. A Request for Evidence, for example, must be answered by a date the agency sets. The Firm’s systems monitor case status on a schedule so that a deadline is identified when it arises.

The Firm does not use this information for advertising or marketing, does not use it to construct profiles of individuals, and does not use it to train machine learning models.

5. Disclosure to others

The Firm discloses information to the following recipients, and to no others.

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Firm submits a receipt number to the agency’s official Case Status interface and receives the status of that matter in return. No client name and no other client information is transmitted to the agency through this interface.
• Microsoft Corporation. Provides the identity service through which Firm personnel sign in, and verifies that a person signing in is an employee of the Firm. Microsoft receives no client information.
• Railway Corporation. Provides the hosting on which the Firm’s systems operate, and stores data on the Firm’s behalf on servers located in the United States. Railway has no right to access or use the information for any purpose of its own.

These are the only third parties to which the Firm discloses this information. Should the Firm engage a different provider, this policy will be amended to name it, and individuals will be notified in accordance with section 12.

Each provider is bound by contract to the protections set out in this policy. A provider may use information only to deliver its service to the Firm. No provider may use, disclose, or share that information for any other reason. This restriction applies equally to information that has been de-identified, anonymized, or pseudonymized: no third party may use or disclose such information for any purpose without the active consent of the individual concerned.

No sale of personal information

The Firm does not sell personal information and has never done so. It does not sell personal information for money, and it does not exchange personal information for any other thing of value. The Firm does not provide personal information to marketers, data brokers, advertisers, or commercial partners.

Disclosures in the course of representation

Separately from the systems described above, the Firm may disclose information as representation requires, such as in a filing with a government agency, or where law or court order compels disclosure. The Firm will notify the client where it is permitted to do so.

6. Choices available to clients

Because clients are not users of the Firm’s internal systems, no in-application consent is requested of them. Information is held as an incident of the Firm’s representation.

A client may instruct the Firm at any time to discontinue monitoring a particular matter. The Firm notes the consequence: monitoring will cease, the Firm will no longer receive automatic notice of a change in that matter, and a deadline may therefore be identified later than it otherwise would be. The benefit of monitoring is earlier notice. Its limitation is that agency case status is at times delayed or incomplete, and for that reason the Firm verifies status through additional means.

7. Retention

Client information is retained for the duration of the representation and thereafter for [RETENTION PERIOD], the period prescribed for client files by the rules governing the practice of law in Georgia.

Personnel accounts are removed upon separation from the Firm. An account that remains unused for twelve months is disabled. Activity records are retained for [AUDIT RETENTION PERIOD].

8. Deletion of information

An individual may request that the Firm permanently delete the information it holds concerning them. Requests may be sent to info@htlweb.com or to the address below. No reason need be given and no form is required.

The Firm will acknowledge a request within ten business days and complete deletion within thirty calendar days.

One limitation applies. Where law or the professional rules governing attorneys require the Firm to retain a portion of a client file for a prescribed period, that portion cannot be deleted until the period expires. Where this applies, the Firm will identify precisely what must be retained, the reason, and the date on which it may be deleted. All information not subject to that requirement is deleted within the thirty days.

Firm personnel may close an account by request to an administrator; accounts are closed automatically upon separation.

9. California residents

Residents of California hold rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act to know what personal information the Firm holds, to obtain a copy of it, to request its deletion, and to request its correction. They also hold the right not to receive different treatment for exercising those rights.

The Firm does not sell personal information and does not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. There is accordingly no opt-out to exercise. To exercise any right described here, contact the Firm at info@htlweb.com.

10. Notification of a data breach

Should information concerning an individual be exposed without authorization, the Firm will notify that individual directly, by email or by mail, without unreasonable delay.

The notice will state what information was involved, when the exposure occurred, what the Firm has done in response, and what steps the individual may take. Where any action on the individual’s part would be useful, the notice will state precisely what it is. The Firm will also notify the relevant authorities where law requires.

11. Change of ownership

Should the Firm merge, be acquired, or cease practice, information will be handled in one of the following ways.

• The successor adopts this policy, affording protections no less strong than those described here. The Firm will provide written notice before the change takes effect.
• Alternatively, at the individual’s direction, the Firm will securely destroy the information, or transmit it to the individual or to another attorney of their choosing. A copy in a usable format will be provided on request.

The Firm will notify individuals of any change in ownership. The Firm will not transfer information to a successor that has not accepted these protections.

12. Changes to this policy

Where the Firm amends this policy in a manner affecting the treatment of an individual’s information, it will contact that individual and obtain their agreement before the amendment applies to them. Silence will not be treated as agreement.

That communication will include a short summary, in plain language, of what has changed and what it means for the individual. The amended policy will be published here bearing a new effective date.

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