Missing Appointment Letter

[Jo and Gordie 0]

Maybe this situation is an anamoly but I thought I would mention it in case anyone else has used an immigration lawyer. My fiance and I hired a lawyer to look over our I-129f package and to send it off with a cover letter. We then dismissed her services because we felt we could handle it from there. The thing is, she asked for all correspondence to be directed to her, unbeknownst to us. Everything went smoothly; i.e., the NOA1 and NOA2 were mailed to my fiance directly but I now suspect an additional copy might have gone to the lawyer. The problem was, we never got out appointment letter from the US Consulate. I kept calling the Consulate in Montreal and they kept telling me they had sent it to me. Finally they admitted to me today that they had never mailed it to me, rather, they had mailed two copies to the lawyer who we haven't had contact with since February. This aggravation I didn't need. Aren't we all so vey fragile during this process? Agh!

[Mew 0]

Did you guys inform USCIS that the lawyer was not working for you anymore? Maybe that was the problem. They probably just kept your lawyer's mailing address in their records and because it was never updated with USCIS, NVC or the consulate, the consulate sent the appointment letter to your then lawyer.

Edited September 7, 2006 by Mew

[Yodrak 7]

Jo and Gordie,

Possibly because it was unbeknownst to her at the time that you were going to dismiss her.

Reminds me of my house move last year. Although it was a move of only 2 miles to just across the border of the adjacent town the local phone company had to change my phone number. Unbeknownst to me, even though the local phone company knows that I have a separate long distance carrier and who that long distance carrier is, they don't carry that information over automatically - I have to formally tell them. I learned the ugly truth when I saw the whopping 'spot market' long distance charges on my 1st phone bill at the new number.

Yodrak

Maybe this situation is an anamoly but I thought I would mention it in case anyone else has used an immigration lawyer. My fiance and I hired a lawyer to look over our I-129f package and to send it off with a cover letter. We then dismissed her services because we felt we could handle it from there. The thing is, she asked for all correspondence to be directed to her, unbeknownst to us. .....

[Jo and Gordie 0]

Did you guys inform USCIS that the lawyer was not working for you anymore? Maybe that was the problem. They probably just kept your lawyer's mailing address in their records and because it was never updated with USCIS, NVC or the consulate, the consulate sent the appointment letter to your then lawyer.

Because the NOA1 and NOA2 came to us directly, we were assuming that everything would be coming to us. I'm sure you're right; i.e., the lawyer's address was still on file somewhere. Live and learn, eh? What p***ed me off additionally was that the Montreal Consulate kept telling me they had sent it to me at my Toronto address. Although improbable, I could maybe understand Canada Post losing the letter once, but not twice! At least it all came out today and they can send me a copy in time for my interview. Whew!

[Mew 0]

Because the NOA1 and NOA2 came to us directly, we were assuming that everything would be coming to us. I'm sure you're right; i.e., the lawyer's address was still on file somewhere. Live and learn, eh? What p***ed me off additionally was that the Montreal Consulate kept telling me they had sent it to me at my Toronto address. Although improbable, I could maybe understand Canada Post losing the letter once, but not twice! At least it all came out today and they can send me a copy in time for my interview. Whew!

Yeah, all is well when it ends well, right?