out of status due to lawyer mistake. Help!

adi25

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Hi! In 2004 I hired a lawyer to extend my H2b status. She applied for my extension without a petition as I found out later. When that case was closed she applied for reinstatment of status. In 2005 I started the employment based green card proccess while I was still on status as she said. She said we will go for RIR to gain time, that never happened though. I am waiting for an answer from labor certification department within weeks. Last week she told me that even if my labor cert gets approved and the I-140 is approved I will not be able to file for adjustment of status because I am out of status. I know part of it is my fault by not following the lawyer closelly, but I paid her to do the job that she didn't do. I am asking for advice as how to proceed from here. As the law says, whule out of status there is only one option: marriage to Us citizen. But if anybody had same experience and maybe got help from experienced attorney or something please advice! Thank you!
 
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