These Case Studies Outline Possible Consequences of Filing Your Immigration Application Yourself or with a Non-Attorney

Jagdish, United States citizen

Jagdish became a U.S. citizen and decided to file an adjustment of status application for his wife. Jagdish holds a masters degree from a US university and is a top manager in a leading telecommunications company. Jagdish is an exceptionally intelligent individual, but he still made a few mistakes in his application. As a result, his application was rejected and returned. In the meantime, his wife’s employment authorization expired and she was let go from her position at a prestigious Wall Street investment bank. Confused and angry, Jagdish retained Valentini Law Offices. Within a few days, his wife's application was filed with USCIS. Our attorney got in touch with the wife's job HR department, clarified the case status and made arrangements so that his wife could resume work as soon she received her employment authorization. Jagdish's wife received her employment authorization and went back to work on Wall Street in ten weeks and, two weeks later, became a proud Lawful Permanent Resident (green card holder).

Volodymyr, Ukrainian citizen

Volodymyr entered the US on a J-1 visa. When his visa was about to expire, he decided he wanted to stay in the US. He went to a store front office in Brooklyn that read “Immigration” and paid a fee to have his visa extended. Months passed by and he never received any kind of response from USCIS. Frustrated by uncertainty, he started calling the “Immigration” office. Nobody ever picked up the phone. When Volodymyr actually went back to that office, he saw that the same storefront is now occupied by a grocery store and no one had heard of the “Immigration” office. Volodymyr called New York State Bar Association to find out that the people he trusted to help him with his immigration case were not attorneys. They were con artists who cheated hundreds of people in the neighborhood. Valentini Law Offices applied for a change of status on behalf of Volodymyr. In two weeks, he received an approval from USCIS.

Farhad, Iranian citizen

Farhad is an Iranian citizen whose parents are US citizens. His parents decided to submit a petition for alien relative on Farhad's behalf. Due to unfamiliarity with both, the English language and with legal terms, they incorrectly marked on the form that Farhad had previously been deported from the United States even though he had never set foot on American soil. Needless to say, this error caused an extensive delay with his application. After this mistake, Farhad's parents retained Valentini Law Offices and he was granted his interview within a few months and is now happily residing in sunny California as a US lawful permanent resident (green card holder).