CaseyLE82

To everyone who says I was scammed, I don't believe that is the case, however you all seem to be very convinced. This lawyer has been in practice in Dallas since 1982 with very few complaints registered against him. This is what happened (without putting too much out there): I went to this lawyer because I was married in July. When my husband came to the US in 2007 he came illegally and was caught once before re-entering. The lawyer told me that if he has an FBI record there will be SERIOUS issues like a possible 10 year ban to our petition. I did not want to spend the money to file the petition without first knowing if we were going to encounter that issue, because my own independent research showed that in some cases those sorts of things are not still on file with the FBI. The lawyer informed me that we could do the background check pre-emptively before spending a lot of time and heartache on a petition that would eventually be denied and therefore also potentially getting my husband deported for 10 years. So, we opted for the pre-emptive background check in an abundance of caution.
The lawyer DID advise me that it was possible to file the petition and continually delay it if there were a problem until immigration reform occurred or something changed. At that time, and at this time for that matter, I did not/do not want to risk it.
I realize that there are probably many opinions against my husband for his actions, but he was 17 at the time and most of his family was already here. Please keep your unhelpful comments to a minimum if possible, you're just going to hurt my feelings for no reason.

To everyone who says I was scammed, I don't believe that is the case, however you all seem to be very convinced. This lawyer has been in practice in Dallas since 1982 with very few complaints registered against him. This is what happened (without putting too much out there): I went to this lawyer because I was married in July. When my husband came to the US in 2007 he came illegally and was caught once before re-entering. The lawyer told me that if he has an FBI record there will be SERIOUS issues like a possible 10 year ban to our petition. I did not want to spend the money to file the petition without first knowing if we were going to encounter that issue, because my own independent research showed that in some cases those sorts of things are not still on file with the FBI. The lawyer informed me that we could do the background check pre-emptively before spending a lot of time and heartache on a petition that would eventually be denied and therefore also potentially getting my husband deported for 10 years. So, we opted for the pre-emptive background check in an abundance of caution.
The lawyer DID advise me that it was possible to file the petition and continually delay it if there were a problem until immigration reform occurred or something changed. At that time, and at this time for that matter, I did not/do not want to risk it.
I realize that there are probably many opinions against my husband for his actions, but he was 17 at the time and most of his family was already here. Please keep your unhelpful comments to a minimum if possible, you're just going to hurt my feelings for no reason.

To everyone who says I was scammed, I don't believe that is the case, however you all seem to be very convinced. This lawyer has been in practice in Dallas since 1982 with very few complaints registered against him. This is what happened (without putting too much out there): I went to this lawyer because I was married in July. When my husband came to the US in 2007 he came illegally and was caught once before re-entering. The lawyer told me that if he has an FBI record there will be SERIOUS issues like a possible 10 year ban to our petition. I did not want to spend the money to file the petition without first knowing if we were going to encounter that issue, because my own independent research showed that in some cases those sorts of things are not still on file with the FBI. The lawyer informed me that we could do the background check pre-emptively before spending a lot of time and heartache on a petition that would eventually be denied and therefore also potentially getting my husband deported for 10 years. So, we opted for the pre-emptive background check in an abundance of caution.
The lawyer DID advise me that it was possible to file the petition and continually delay it if there were a problem until immigration reform occurred or something changed. At that time, and at this time for that matter, I did not/do not want to risk it.
I realize that there are probably many opinions against my husband for his actions, but he was 17 at the time and most of his family was already here. Please keep your unhelpful comments to a minimum if possible, you're just going to hurt my feelings for no reason.