Problem with Immigration Lawyer - Advice needed!

[Charliehere 0]

Since I need an IMBRA waiver for my K1 petition I thought I needed an immigration lawyer. Thus I did some research and talked to several and hired Alex Halow (www.k1fianceevisas.com). I also checked with the State Bar where Alex is licensed to see if he had any complaints.

My initial interactions with Alex went well with rapid turnaround on draft I-129F and G-325A's. But I sent a large package of documents to Alex more than 2 weeks ago and all communications from Alex have stopped. He doesn't answer email messages and he doesn't answer my phone calls.

Thus I have decided to proceed without a lawyer using advice from this forum.

However, I need to get my file of supporting docs and photos back from Alex and he doesn't reply to email messages or phone calls. I am totally frustrated as this will put additional delay on an already lengthy K1 visa process.

Does anyone have advice about what I can do? What legal recourse do I have?

Thanks in advance

Hello Colombia8T

If you end up needing any paperwork from Colombia and yor fiancee is close to Cali, I can bring it back for you. At least that takes care of the reliability part of it. I go there about every 5 weeks and leave the 19th of March. I do not know if this helps you any but the offer is there. Good luck My email is ccathere@aol.com

[colombia8t 0]

I-129F petition mailed today - finally. Problem with lawyer solved and using visajourney.com for all future advice.

[Beauty for Ashes 257]

I-129F petition mailed today - finally. Problem with lawyer solved and using visajourney.com for all future advice.

he has worked out good for me....he did a great job on my file

Update - last night I talked with another one of Alex's clients who was also having similar problems contacting Alex. But she said that Alex had been her attorney for a year and she said he was a good lawyer and this was the first time this had happened to her. She has also been trying to get in touch with Alex and was surprised that she was having problems contacting him as he had been her attorney for a while. She thought something had happened to Alex and had called called the police in his town.

But then today I finally received a call from the lawyer. Alex apologized and said that his wife had a baby which is why he has been unavailable. He offered a discount or to refund my money and return my docs. I will talk with my fiancee to decide if we still want to use a lawyer.

Well, that's not a great excuse, but....

Since he offered you a discount, personally I'd take him up on that and stick with him.

he dida great job on my file

[Eric-Pris 1,606]

I-129F petition mailed today - finally. Problem with lawyer solved and using visajourney.com for all future advice.

You made the right decision. This site has so many guide and so many members who are going (or have gone) thru the same thing and have more experience than some lawyers.

Plus you saved at least $1500, I'm sure.

That "baby" excuse was weak. Who has a baby for 2 weeks? If he's that irresponsible to leave his clients in limbo for 2 weeks, he's not trustworthy to me.

[Beauty for Ashes 257]

I-129F petition mailed today - finally. Problem with lawyer solved and using visajourney.com for all future advice.

You made the right decision. This site has so many guide and so many members who are going (or have gone) thru the same thing and have more experience than some lawyers.

Plus you saved at least $1500, I'm sure.

That "baby" excuse was weak. Who has a baby for 2 weeks? If he's that irresponsible to leave his clients in limbo for 2 weeks, he's not trustworthy to me.

He did a fantastic job on my file...the only blip was those 2 weeks....he followed up and my exhibits for my case were amazing