Seems to be caught in plenty of bed luck: filed NIW when INS impose tougher rules in 1997. When it was approved after refiling, the PD regressed. My first lawyer abandoned my because I chose to change my job--in the same field. He did not want to be bothered checking the rules and laws to see what would be my best options. Wait patiently till 11/99 when I-485 was filed. 1st FP lost: Lawyer refuse to check becaue he thought it would come if I just sat tight; IIOs did not check because they did not want to help, and it was much easier to say "wait for 60-90 days" than doing anything useful. Finally got hold of a nice IIO, who re-sent me the FP notice---more than 3 month past the original FP notice date. Got FP down on May 18th. Wrote a letter to INS request that all future correspondence to be sent to me directly. My lawyer already got his money, he did not care anymore. In fact, the longer I wait, the longer he could squeez more money out of my pocket. I am wondering if secreatly he even wished my case got denied so he could collect additional fees. On June 18th, I called INS after an hour and 30 minutes dialing. A pleasant IIO told me my case is with a "good" officer since June 13th, and I should get a notice in 2-3 weeks. She said all documents seem to be in order, and she did not see any problem for approval. I shrugged my shoulder. I then sent 2 letters to the Commissioner of INS and Senate Immigration Subcommittee to complain about the backlog problems, the jammed phone line, and the faulty services at VSC. Yeasterday, when I checked AVM, I heard "this case is approved on June 20th..."
Seems like that another round of battles with INS will begin soon. At least this time I won\'t use my lawyer anymore. In fact, I will try my best not to use any immigraion lawyers. Some of them are good, but others just incompetent, unethical, and indifferent. Sad things are, there are just too many of the bad ones. I think we should have a forum to objectively evaluate lawyers.
Good luck to everybody, and thanks to all who have contributed to this site in a positive way.
Seems like that another round of battles with INS will begin soon. At least this time I won\'t use my lawyer anymore. In fact, I will try my best not to use any immigraion lawyers. Some of them are good, but others just incompetent, unethical, and indifferent. Sad things are, there are just too many of the bad ones. I think we should have a forum to objectively evaluate lawyers.
Good luck to everybody, and thanks to all who have contributed to this site in a positive way.