John501

4 hours ago, QueenComley said:

Memphis was my local office. If you do end up needing a Lawyer inbox me. I used one as did my husband. He certainly would not charge you the prices others have given you. 

Is there anyway to message me his info? 

On 12/13/2018 at 4:56 PM, Boiler said:

Have you involved your Congressperson?

No i haven't yet

15 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I would go with the last Lawyer

 

I emailed him twice.he didn't respond me 

5 minutes ago, Georgia16 said:

I have a hard time seeing why that should delay it so much. When you switched to a divorce waiver did you then send in more evidence also?

If you were married for that long there should be a lot of evidence and a divorce waiver should not be a problem.

That she sent in joint accounts is fine and one old insurance policy should cause all these problems.

Yes, i sent them everything i attached small notes with explaining everything. 

I'm thinking that maybe everything is good in my case but they have punished me for 6 years.

1 hour ago, Georgia16 said:

OP..

 

What is the background behind all this? What visa did you enter on and for how long were you guys married? Did you have good evidence from your marriage when you submitted your ROC?

I was a student. And we were married for 4.5 years. Our 1st interview didn't take 5 minutes. Officer asked some questions and said congrats!

The reason was my ex-wife filled my form. We didn't have enough money to fill the form i751 with a lawyer. she did everything in order but she made a mistake. The mistake was she sent  our joint accounts one of the copies each and she accidentally put my old car insurance policy from 2009.

1 minute ago, John501 said:

Thank you for your comment.

I have went to many different lawyers in my time. 

The first one was from Mexico.  I went him in 2014. He said that he needed a little time to work on my case and I should wait until they make a decision.  When I received the first letter I called him and told him about the letter. He said that "I will call you back " he never called me back 

(2015)The second one was an American guy.  He didn't charge me for consultation. When I showed him the letter he straight advised me find another lawyer or I should mail all the letters pictures and bills with written small notes. He wished me the best

 

The third one was an American lady. She is an attorney since 1976. I called her office for an appointment and her secretary told me that $100 for consultation. I went to her office on time she showed up after 45 minutes. I told her about my situation. She was like I have never seen a case like yours before she needed 14 hours work on this case. Which was over $8k 

She also charged me $275 for consultation 

 

(2016)The fourth one is from Turkey (in Memphis) his review was 4.5 stars. He's been an attorney for over 40 years. I contacted with him. The first consultation was $300.  He didn't showed up. His assistant came to talk to me. I told her everything about my case. She took some notes and told me tgat she would give me a call after talk to him. After two weeks she called me. She told me that she would file a new form i751 ($2500)  and she needed to work with her boss for my case. She wanted me to put down $4500 deposit pay her $350/hr and for him $550/hr. If they needed to go to out of the office there was a flat fee $1500 for every time.  I asked her how many hours would it be? She said depends between 15-25 hours.  I asked her that why would I pay for two attornies? I told her that I don't have free money to give them. She emailed me after 6 months the price was only $175/hr for her /350 for him and no deposit needed. 

 

(2016-2017) one of the church has immigrant services. It is super low cost. I spoke with one of the attorneys on the phone. She said that I should wait until they make a decision.  Because of the Election. That's it

In 2018 I called her back for file a citizenship. She didn't agree with that. I should try with another attorney and said good luck

 

(2017) I contacted with a lawyer from at Louis. He said that I need to sue uscis. I asked him how much would it be? He said close to $50k 

 

(2018) from Arkansas. She is a European lady. I straight emailed her that. I told her everything and asked her straight that if she would take my case. She said no problem just come see me at the office.  I went to her office and wttalkedd. She said that it's an extreme case. She wanted to charge me $1500 deposit $600/hr if she needs to work on the weekends $725/hr for trips $1100 plus 2hr charge. If I call her or email her she would charge me 30 minutes for each of them. 

 

(2018 ) he is forming Middle east lives in Arkansas. I emailed him.He explained everything and straight told me that he wouldn't take my case. I should contact with the congressman he didn't charge me and he was super honest to me. 

 

 

So I don't know that if I should hire an attorney or do everything by my own.

46 minutes ago, xillini said:

Assuming you have not much red flag (meaning your case is just within normal couple's issue) your legal fees shouldn't be that much.

 

How many lawyer have you tried? Just one? If so please hedge the risk by hiring second opinion lawyer and even third. Also have you reviewed the lawyer's site? How are their reviews? Are they American immigration lawyer associate? What's their membership?

 

Understanably ROC with divorce waiver or VAWA cases cost more than joint case but even 6500$ is not reasonable. My understanding is if it's waiver case the general lawyer fees would be around 3000-4000$. Yes there are always outflies who might charge more based on their performances but then question should go into "what can they really do when I 751 received RFE?"

 

I 751 is supposedly one of the easiest process where there isn't much technicality as well as easy forms with enough supporting documents if provided. 

 

In some cases yes lawyers might prevaricate the case to explain why certain documents are not provided but in general it doesnt require much, nor does the expensive lawyers expediate the process at all for granted. 

 

So consultation fees are too high, in which case you hired the best of the lawyer or the lawyer must be near close to fraudulent if not frivolous. 

 

Please follow other advices such as contacting Congressmen and ombudsman

Thank you for your comment.

I have went to many different lawyers in my time. 

The first one was from Mexico.  I went him in 2014. He said that he needed a little time to work on my case and I should wait until they make a decision.  When I received the first letter I called him and told him about the letter. He said that "I will call you back " he never called me back 

(2015)The second one was an American guy.  He didn't charge me for consultation. When I showed him the letter he straight advised me find another lawyer or I should mail all the letters pictures and bills with written small notes. He wished me the best

The third one was an American lady. She is an attorney since 1976. I called her office for an appointment and her secretary told me that $100 for consultation. I went to her office on time she showed up after 45 minutes. I told her about my situation. She was like I have never seen a case like yours before she needed 14 hours work on this case. Which was over $8k 

She also charged me $275 for consultation 

(2016)The fourth one is from Turkey (in Memphis) his review was 4.5 stars. He's been an attorney for over 40 years. I contacted with him. The first consultation was $300.  He didn't showed up. His assistant came to talk to me. I told her everything about my case. She took some notes and told me tgat she would give me a call after talk to him. After two weeks she called me. She told me that she would file a new form i751 ($2500)  and she needed to work with her boss for my case. She wanted me to put down $4500 deposit pay her $350/hr and for him $550/hr. If they needed to go to out of the office there was a flat fee $1500 for every time.  I asked her how many hours would it be? She said depends between 15-25 hours.  I asked her that why would I pay for two attornies? I told her that I don't have free money to give them. She emailed me after 6 months the price was only $175/hr for her /350 for him and no deposit needed. 

(2016-2017) one of the church has immigrant services. It is super low cost. I spoke with one of the attorneys on the phone. She said that I should wait until they make a decision.  Because of the Election. That's it

In 2018 I called her back for file a citizenship. She didn't agree with that. I should try with another attorney and said good luck

(2017) I contacted with a lawyer from at Louis. He said that I need to sue uscis. I asked him how much would it be? He said close to $50k 

(2018) from Arkansas. She is a European lady. I straight emailed her that. I told her everything and asked her straight that if she would take my case. She said no problem just come see me at the office.  I went to her office and wttalkedd. She said that it's an extreme case. She wanted to charge me $1500 deposit $600/hr if she needs to work on the weekends $725/hr for trips $1100 plus 2hr charge. If I call her or email her she would charge me 30 minutes for each of them. 

(2018 ) he is forming Middle east lives in Arkansas. I emailed him.He explained everything and straight told me that he wouldn't take my case. I should contact with the congressman he didn't charge me and he was super honest to me. 

11 minutes ago, MHZ said:

I never heard of someone's case taking that long! Are you sure it is even still in progress? In all cases, the predominant recommendation applies. 1. Involve your congress man or woman. 2. Apply for naturalization. 3. File for out of normal processing times! This is excessive!

On March --- 2013, we received your Form CRI-89, Petition to Remove Conditions of Permanent Resident Status Received, Receipt Number EAC----, and sent you the receipt notice that describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you do not receive your receipt notice by April 24, 2013, contact the USCIS Contact Center at 

On February 25, 2018, we received your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, Receipt Number EAC---, at your local office. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address

I have two receipt numbers and that's all both says 

14 minutes ago, Ksenia_O said:

Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard  - 10 years green card is required.

I tried to join Air force.

No that's all 

1 hour ago, Luckycuds said:

What country are you from? 

 

Definitely get your congress person involved. 6 years is ridiculous!

I'm from Turkey 

3 hours ago, Brian&Larissa said:

Actually, the good news in your case is that your case was transferred to your local office.  I have a sneaking suspicion that you are in standard processing time now.  Where is your local office?

I say this because of what we experienced from a time line standpoint:  Applied in Mar of 2017.  Case was transferred to local office around May or July 2018.  Now, we applied for the N-400 in March of 2018.  She got her N-400 interview last month, but she was combo'd with the I-751 as you can't proceed to ceremony with a pending 751.  Basically, we were in local limbo for about 9 months.  I know, less than you, but I truly believe that if we didn't apply for the N-400 we would still be waiting.  Go ahead and apply for citizenship.  You qualify based on time...it can't hurt.  Again, being in the local office, to me, is a positive.

Thank you for your comment. My local office is Memphis. When I went to get an infopass last time. The officer told me that I won't have a chance because I got divorced and I'll be deported.

3 hours ago, Boiler said:

Have you involved your Congressperson?

No I have not. One of the lawyer told me that it may be a risk for me

Hello,

I got married in october 2010.recieved 2 years green card in June 2011. I applied my form I-751 in march 2013. I had biometrics april 2013. 

I got divorced in may 2014. I recieved a letter from uscis in January 2015  that they wanted more documents of my marriage. I sent them back  everything I had plus my divorced document and a witness and a letter from exwife... I recieved another letter that was saying that I needed sign it for to help uscis to switch my case to a waiver. I signed it and mailed back to Vermont center. February 2018 my case transferred to the local office.(  I have done all my infopass on time)

So I have talked with many attorney. None of them wanted to take my case or wanted to charge me $7500 plus $650/hr 

Honestly I cannot afford to pay that much money for an attorney. 

Basically I'm all alone in this case. 

Also I have tried to go back to my college to finish my classes. They didn't accept me with experied green card.

Now I'm 33. Even if I finish my school i won't have any career for sure. So I decided to join to military to that I can do something for my future.  But they told me that I must have a 10 years green card. 

If I move back home , there is no job a  there is a huge economic crisis going on. 

Im kinda locked up on every way. 

So Should I apply for citizenship or should I wait for their decision ? 

Thank you