Recent content by PaulK

It is official! I've got the approvals for both I130 and I485 in the mail today. We should be receiving the green card soon.

To all following our immigration journey: We just received a notification e-mail from the USCIS that “On August 30, 2010, we ordered production of your new card.,etc” I believe my wife was just granted permanent residence. I can’t believe that this 11 year ordeal has coming to an end. Thank...

Yes, same lawyer. $2K for 2 pages - not bad. As I said, she only argued the F1 – D/S vs. unlawful presence. She did not bring up the fact that my wife has already served the 3 year ban while in the US if the ban applies. The attorney left that out in case we need to file MTR

Update Our newly hired attorney responded to the request for evidence today. She wrote 2 page letter arguing that my wife may have failed to maintain continuo lawful status but she did not accrue unlawful presence because of her F1 status. Therefore the 3/10 year bar wasn’t triggered I’ll...

That's not the point. I wouldn't spend a single $ on something with such a low probability of success. My attorney told me that Chicago is horrible for waivers. Recently, she had a client with three US citizen kids, been in US for over 15 years, husband US citizen. The waiver was denied because...

Jacko, Thank you for the advice on MTR. Unfortunately the majority of lawyers are driven purely by $$$. Ethics and lawyers don’t go together. The lawyer I went to , after realizing that I’m under time constraints charged me $2000 to write that letter with the two arguments I posted earlier...

Jacko, I was surprised by her comments too but I started to dig around the web and found this article(has a link to the actual explanation letter received from the director of CIS). My attorney may have a point after all. Let me know what you think. Here is the article...

Hello guys, I thought I should post with an update for all who are interested in our rather complex case. We met with two attorneys. Of course, both had different opinions on the matter. Anyway, we decided to go with attorney #2. She will argue two things 1. My wife did not accrue “unlawful...

Gene Meltser from Birg/Meltser helped my buddy by cancelin his deportation a few weeks ago. Give him a call and see if he can help. ph: 847.444.9000. His office is in Deerfield, IL

Vizanuts, I’ll have to disagree with you. My wife did not violate her B2 status. The INS change regulations on B1/B2 to F1 COS back in 2002. “The Students who entered the US on a business or tourist visa will not be permitted to attend school until the BCIS (a.k.a. INS) has approved their...

Hi guys, I have an update. We went to my wife’s school this afternoon. Unfortunately, it is impossible for them to alter her graduation date. However, they were able to give me a letter stating that school program was successfully completed on 01/14/2002 and the Annual Commencement date was...

Jacko, Thank you for taking the time to put such a long and thorough response. I believe I understand the legal path. I have scheduled an appointment with another attorney for Wednesday next week. Hopefully the IO will have a little patience and keep our file on her desk for a little...

I was digging through my 10 year old pile of immigration documents and I found RFE for my wife’s F1. It was dated January 21,2002 (7 days after completion of studies). We were asked to provide additional evidence regarding I-134. They wanted us to show more cash on hand. At that time, we...

Thank you for the referral. We live in Chicago and I‘d rather hire a local attorney who has a better understanding of local judicial system including IJs.

I’ll be hiring an attorney. There is no doubt about that. I have already interviewed 2 lawyers and I’m not very happy with either. I want to make sure I’m represented by someone who knows his stuff. It seems like many mistakes were made by my previous lawyer. I want to make sure my future...