6 month wait on advisory opinion

[celticpa 2]

Hi I hope I find everyone well.

I have had my lawyer send off a request for an advisory opinion from legalnet. She said by law I shouldn't have been refused IV and that the post made a mistake by law as I was seen as a juvenile (17) at the time of the incident I was refused for. 

The only thing is its now 6 months since it was sent to Washington and after a number of follow-ups by my lawyer, they keep saying its under review. Its only meant to take 30 to 45 days and its now 6 months.  

Has anyone else heard of this going on so long?

My mother has in the last few days asked her local congressman to try to find out more.

Just wondering has anyone any insight on this or legalnets times. My lawyer said it should not take this long.

 

**I have more info on this case on my other past post on here.

[Crazy Cat 39,136]

What did Liz Cannon say about your case?

[celticpa 2]

2 minutes ago, missileman said:

What did Liz Cannon say about your case?

Hi thanks for the interest, Liz said I didn't have a strong hope to show hardship to my mom and that I would be best advised not to have gone for the I601 waiver unless I really wanted to take that chance and see.

Liz was only advising me really on the 601, she wasn't my lawyer but was just looking at it to see if I had a chance at the hardship waiver.

I know now that there are a lot of lawyers who will tell you-you have a great chance even if you don't just to try to get you to pay and go with them. 

Liz is one of the good ones for sure.

 

[celticpa 2]

Hello everyone, just to update. The transfer was actually the Dublin embassy starting the process of sending my case back to the US to start closing my case. 

After getting my mothers local congressman to try to find out why it has taken nearly 7 months to give us an advisory opinion within less than two weeks we now have got it.  This the response from LegalNet

 

The U.S. Embassy in Dublin has completed their review and is in the process of removing your client’s ineligibility under INA 212(a)(2)(A)(i).  Once the ineligibility is removed, your client will be contacted with further instructions on how to proceed with his case.

 

So now my CEAC is changed to Administrative Processing. I guess I just need for Dublin to contact me on what to do next. I'm guessing with it being over a year and a half now that I'll need to do the medical again and get updated police reports from Ireland and now also the uk seen as I'm living in London the last 14 months. 

Anyway, great news I can hardly believe it, to be honest, Still not there but its looking much better. Thanks, everyone for the feedback its greatly appreciated, as some of you know its a difficult thing to get stuck in and hard to know what to do or whats going on so places like this are a great help. When I hear more I will update.

[celticpa 2]

Hello again,  know one or two followed this so I'm just letting you guys know that I made. I am now in the USA a week with my visa stamped and waiting on my green card being posted. Vicki K. Anderson | Ferman Law, PLLC | Minnesota is who I owe it all too, she sent an argument to legelNet and after a 6-month wait and only getting told it was being looked into she told me to try to get my mothers, local congressman, to look into it. Just over a week after his office got in contact with Legelnet they had said as a matter of law I shouldn't a been refused. Redid my medical in May, had a bit of a wait until August 2nd as embassy as busy in summer months and was granted my visa.  Just want to thank everyone for there time in any way and helpful info. So lucky I found Vicki as I was told by many I wouldn't get a visa now. She really is great at her job and just as a person. 

Again thanks to you all. 

[Greenbaum 12,258]

3 hours ago, celticpa said:

Hello again,  know one or two followed this so I'm just letting you guys know that I made. I am now in the USA a week with my visa stamped and waiting on my green card being posted. Vicki K. Anderson | Ferman Law, PLLC | Minnesota is who I owe it all too, she sent an argument to legelNet and after a 6-month wait and only getting told it was being looked into she told me to try to get my mothers, local congressman, to look into it. Just over a week after his office got in contact with Legelnet they had said as a matter of law I shouldn't a been refused. Redid my medical in May, had a bit of a wait until August 2nd as embassy as busy in summer months and was granted my visa.  Just want to thank everyone for there time in any way and helpful info. So lucky I found Vicki as I was told by many I wouldn't get a visa now. She really is great at her job and just as a person. 

Again thanks to you all. 

I am so glad things worked out for you. I only wish the ride was smoother and quicker. You did receive what you signed up for and that is a visa. Good luck.