Too Long a Wait??!!

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Abhipra

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Hello,
This is in reference to the mail that I had sent to the forum earlier about permanent resident status for my brother who is physically injured. I was just browsing the other posts on the forum and read that it takes a very very long time for the family based GC through a relative. In my brother's case, will the fact that he has a medical problem and needs intense medical care entail him to a faster process of obtaining the GC through a relative? If so, how do we go about it? Please do respond to this doubt. Thanks. PR.
 
I suggest that it's probably best for you to consult a lawyer in so important a matter, and a matter where fine points of immigration law may be involved.

You can ask an immigration laywer here: http://www.visapro.com/Message-Board/Immigration-Visa.asp .

IM lawyers often respond here: http://forum.freeadvice.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=9 .

Here is an IM lawyer's private forum: http://www.jdmillsesq.com/forum/.

I got some quite decent free advice here: http://www.visalaw.com/chatlive.htm . (It's really not a "chat", it actually just sends an email containing your question -- wait for the reply via email).

Remember that sometimes the reply will be "your question is too complicated for a free answer, pay me for a consultation". Or even, "This is so tricky on the face of it that you will need to engage me and pay a retainer." Those can be legitimate replies.

Although they seem good sources from what I've seen so far, I'm not vouching for these people. You're on your own in judging the value of these sources!

You can also find a lawyer who will give you a consultation through these folks:

http://www.aila.org/contentViewer.aspx?bc=16

That is the professional organization for immigration lawyers, and they will refer you to someone who will charge no more than $100 for a half-hour consultation. I'd think an experienced immigration lawyer could answer your questions in that time.
A query to the AILA about the level of experience of their referred lawyers resulted in this reply:

"Many of our members are new lawyers, so in that sense you aren't guaranteed years of experience in immigration law with one of our members. Still, a lawyer is not likely to pay the required fees to join AILA unless they are serious about practicing immigration law. AILA membership doesn't confer any special certifications, so the fact that membership is strictly voluntary might indicate that our members are dedicated to keeping up to date with changes in immigration law."

Because *any* lawyer can join the AILA, you could possibly be referred to an immigration lawyer "in training". I recommend interviewing your AILA referral for their level of appropriate experience just as carefully as any other referral you come up with.

Good luck!
Joe
 
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