Hi,
My wife is a Physical Therapist. She got a job offer in late April/early May 2006. She had been given APT (Approval To Test) and a Temporary License in State of Illinois.
On the basis of this our GC was started by company given lawyer in May-June 2006 (we had all documents required to file).
We got an RFE in mid-september and the following documents were required:
1. Marriage Certificate
Primary Applicant
1. Medical Exam
Dependent (myself)
1. I-20s
2. H1-Bs
3. Medical Exam
4. Affidavits for Birth as my birth certificate did not have my name
Our lawyer has always been curt in answering our questions. One thing that is baffling me is how could we file jointly (me as dependent) if our marraige certificate was not provided ?
Secondly why were we not informed to provide Medical Exams (I read in the forum that Medical Exams are supplied while filing I-485). We had all the documents mentioned in the RFE to begin with. If this birth certificate issue would have been caught earlier I could have got the affidavits done right at the time of filing.
The only document that we did not have was Visa Screening from FCCPT which we received on September 15th and forwarded it to the lawyer the very same day.
I totally agree that the immigration procedure is not predictable but did our attorney represent us in our best interests ?
If the answer to the above question is no we plan to inform her employer so that atleast others could benefit.
Also is there something I can do for our case.
Thanks in advance
My wife is a Physical Therapist. She got a job offer in late April/early May 2006. She had been given APT (Approval To Test) and a Temporary License in State of Illinois.
On the basis of this our GC was started by company given lawyer in May-June 2006 (we had all documents required to file).
We got an RFE in mid-september and the following documents were required:
1. Marriage Certificate
Primary Applicant
1. Medical Exam
Dependent (myself)
1. I-20s
2. H1-Bs
3. Medical Exam
4. Affidavits for Birth as my birth certificate did not have my name
Our lawyer has always been curt in answering our questions. One thing that is baffling me is how could we file jointly (me as dependent) if our marraige certificate was not provided ?
Secondly why were we not informed to provide Medical Exams (I read in the forum that Medical Exams are supplied while filing I-485). We had all the documents mentioned in the RFE to begin with. If this birth certificate issue would have been caught earlier I could have got the affidavits done right at the time of filing.
The only document that we did not have was Visa Screening from FCCPT which we received on September 15th and forwarded it to the lawyer the very same day.
I totally agree that the immigration procedure is not predictable but did our attorney represent us in our best interests ?
If the answer to the above question is no we plan to inform her employer so that atleast others could benefit.
Also is there something I can do for our case.
Thanks in advance