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I have decided to request a refund of the fees in whole. I am giving him 10 days to submit the fees back to me (is this a reasonable amount of time?) If fees are not submitted after the ten days, I will turn him over to the state and local bar and sue him for legal malpractice, also sue him for the time lost due to his mistakes. Does this sound like a realistic approach? Any advice?

Thank you, would it be realistic to send him a request for the fees charged? With a detailed description of the evidence that I found that cost us 8 months extra time away, that will be forwarded to the BAR association if the fees are not refunded... of all of the mistakes and miscare..

Also, so I understand the BAR Association is only for disciplinary action? I don't want to be selfish and get a refund for my money by threatening the BAR association but I definately deserve the fees returned but I feel it is my obligation to let people know about the attorney as well... I am certain other people may not realize that he is not handling their cases with care.

You sue him or get a lawyer to represent you to sue him.

The Bar Association can refer you to a lawyer you can hire. It's not their function to help you file a lawsuit.

Thank you, would it be realistic to send him a request for the fees charged? With a detailed description of the evidence that I found that cost us 8 months extra time away, that will be forwarded to the BAR association if the fees are not refunded... of all of the mistakes and miscare..

My Attorney made several mistakes on our case, costing us about 8 months of not moving, all the way up to the time of the interview, he gave us false information. I want to sue him for the fees charged. Do I sue him personally or can I go through the Bar Association to do this, will they help me? I have evidence of all of the times he messed up our case and gave false information.

Hi,

Check your agreement with the lawyer. Is there an arbitration clause? If yes, then you can not sue. You must go through arbitration.

Tell the attorney that you want a refund. If he does not want to give you one, then tell him you will report him to the local and state bars. This is not a threat. Do not make it a threat. Just tell him that it is within your rights to ask for a refund for failure to provide adequate legal services under the agreement, and a failure to negotiate a settlement means you can pursue other legal remedies. Do not elaborate.

I never signed an agreement? Only have the invoice...

Utter incompetence. Definitely dispute the fees. In Nevada, it goes to arbritration and an attorney hear's both sides. If your attorney has any self respect he will return all monies to you at arbritration or sooner to get this resolved.

I have had a similar experience with an ignorant immigration attorney. She told me that my assests alone was enough and that I did not need a joint sponsor. Even though I had no income, no work history. When my wife got her interview date, the ignorant immigration attorney said that was a "good sign". I thought to myself, this attorney is clueless. As expected, the U.S. consular refused the visa saying I needed a joint sponsor.

I definitely want to dispute the fees, I did pay him to do one job and that was "paperwork" and that couldn't even be done right.... I am worried about our interview as well, trying to do all the research I can to ensure it goes well. I also want to sue him, his mistakes has cost me 6.5 months of not being with my family, I just don't see how this is fair, I knew this was going to be a long process and a hard process but he has taken time out of my life with my family, how can you even put a price on this.. Anyone ever sued an attorney for such a thing?

The attorney filed the I-130 11/1/13, we received a RFE 5/5/14 - requesting documentation for my husband's divorce decree, the attorney submitted only the back page of the divorce decree with no translation, so this set us back 30 days to straighten this matter. Then he filed the online DS-260 8/18/14 and the NVC sent a RFE on 9/11/14 for all of the documentation including I-864, birth certificates, etc. Apparently the attorney submitted the documents electronically which should not have been done because the beginning of the case number started with CDJ and only to mail the documents. Then 12/1/14 the NVC sent a request for evidence for the joint sponsor requesting her "total income" instead of just her "individual income" in part 6, line 13.a., which it clearly states the total from your "federal income tax return." Well, we then signed, scanned, emailed these documents to the attorney as he requested and NOW, the NVC has requested on 2/24/15 the original signatures on the I-864 which it clearly states in the instructions of filling out this form. He has blown all of these errors off such as the fault of the USCIS/NVC and this is common. But from what I have researched an immigration attorney should know how to submit this paperwork. All of the small errors as he has said has caused us a delay of 6.5 months, this 6.5 months our family could have been together instead of now STILL WAITING. Does anyone have any advice on how to handle this situation? Has this happened to anyone else?

This is the total from your Federal Tax Return. Not only one income but the total, I had my paperwork sent back because the attorney only used one person's income on part 6 line 13.a.

Hello Everyone, I was hoping that someone can give me some advice and general information.

USCIS received my packet for the I-130 on the 24th of April and it was FINALLY accepted on the 29th of January. I don't know why it took so long. My wife says it is because she is Mexican, which I cannot disagree with her because of the situation with immigrants from Mexico.

Anyways, I received on the 26th of February an email saying that the NVC has my package and will give me instructions within 30 days. (So far, this process has not been truthful about processing times), my question, what do you think is my estimated processing time. My family is holding a family reunion in July, and now I am doubtful that we will ever go to it because of the immense amount of time for processing.

Also, when I applied for the I-130, I was living in the States, but now I am living with my wife in Mexico. I have a temporary residency here and am currently waiting for approval to work here in Mexico. Would it be in my best interest to change my address or leave it as is?

Also, what kind of things are the NVC are looking for in this part of the process?

Thanks so much!

I am also a temporary resident in Mexico, the NOA1 for my I130 is 11/1/13. I still have a physical address in the U.S, this was the advice given to me.