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If you are in Louisiana your local USCIS office is most likely Dallas and they are pretty quick when it comes to biometrics and all. But that comes later. It doesn't matter where you live as the application is sent to either CSC or VSC.

Excusing the lack of any documentation is not a problem of where you live, it just shows how incompetent your lawyer is.

If she sent the application properly, she should at least be a tracking number to show if USCIS recieved the application. Then your check should be cashed and you should recieve at least that number from your lawyer.

I think you need to be a little more aggressive with her.

Nadine & Kenneth

Our K-1 journey

02/06/2006 filed 129F

07/01/2007 received visa via "Deutsche Post"

08/27/2006 POE Dallas

->view my complete timeline

AOS, EAD and AP

12/6/2006 filed for AOS & EAD

1/05/2007 AOS transferred to California Service Center

01/16/2008 letter to Congressman

03/27/2008 GREENCARD arrived

ROC

02/02/2010 filed I-751

07/01/20010 Greencard arrived

 

Naturalization

12/08/2021 N-400 filed 

03/15/2022 Interview. Approved after "quality review"

05/11/2022 Oath Ceremony

 

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Did she give you the tracking number? I would really suggest a new, better lawyer, especially given the problems you are likely to have through the rest of the process. Also, you should receive the N

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Your lawyer is taking you for a ride, plain and simple. Find a new lawyer, or lose more time and money with someone who probably won't be able to help you when the going gets tough. Your lawyer does not appear to even be able to file simple documents or understand the timeline or process for them, how is she going to be of assistance when USCIS wants to look into your prior marriage or anything like that? Not all lawyers are good lawyers.

OUR TIMELINE

I am the USC, husband is adjusting from B2.

ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS

08.06.2010 - Sent off I-485
08.25.2010 - NOA hard copies received (x4), case status available online: 765, 131, 130.
10.15.2010 - RFE received: need 2 additional photos for AP.
10.18.2010 - RFE response sent certified mail
10.21.2010 - Service request placed for biometrics
10.25.2010 - RFE received per USCIS
10.26.2010 - Text/email received - AP approved!
10.28.2010 - Biometrics appointment received, dated 10/22 - set for 11/19 @ 3:00 PM
11.01.2010 - Successful biometrics walk-in @ 9:45 AM; EAD card sent for production text/email @ 2:47 PM! I-485 case status now available online.
11.04.2010 - Text/Email (2nd) - EAD card sent for production
11.08.2010 - Text/Email (3rd) - EAD approved
11.10.2010 - EAD received
12.11.2010 - Interview letter received - 01.13.11
01.13.2011 - Interview - no decision on the spot
01.24.2011 - Approved! Card production ordered!

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

11.02.2012 - Mailed I-751 packet to VSC
11.08.2012 - Checks cashed
11.10.2012 - NOA1 received, dated 11.06.2012
11.17.2012 - Biometrics letter received for 12.05.2012
11.23.2012 - Successful early biometrics walk-in

05.03.2013 - Approved! Card production ordered!

CITIZENSHIP

Filing in November 2013

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Here is the story of a member whose lawyer lied to them for 3 months about sending off the packet. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/321280-yet-another-fire-the-lawyer-thread/

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

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Here is the story of a member whose lawyer lied to them for 3 months about sending off the packet. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/321280-yet-another-fire-the-lawyer-thread/

Thanks Harpa! Now I'm really thinking she did not send it. If some lawyers can do it like the one on that thread. She can do it too! She said USCIS received it and that she has the confirmation. I'm so desperate to ask for the tracking number but I don't want her to think that I do not trust her on this. I'm afraid she can make my life miserable since she has all our documents.

On my previous application the one that has been denied, I filed it myself and everything went fast! really fast! If it is only like that easy I should have filed our current application my self. But since my situation is a little complicated, We hired a lawyer. And this is what I'm getting.

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N400Sent - 11/10/2014
Delivered - 11/13/2014
Accepted - 11/17/2014 11:50PM
Biometrics - 12/18/2014
Interview - 05/12/2015 APPROVED!!

Scheduled for Oath Ceremony - 05/22/2015

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Your lawyer is taking you for a ride, plain and simple. Find a new lawyer, or lose more time and money with someone who probably won't be able to help you when the going gets tough. Your lawyer does not appear to even be able to file simple documents or understand the timeline or process for them, how is she going to be of assistance when USCIS wants to look into your prior marriage or anything like that? Not all lawyers are good lawyers.

If it is only that easy. I would fire her and hire a new one right away! But we do not have the money to start all over again. I do not work. And life ain't easy.

N400Sent - 11/10/2014
Delivered - 11/13/2014
Accepted - 11/17/2014 11:50PM
Biometrics - 12/18/2014
Interview - 05/12/2015 APPROVED!!

Scheduled for Oath Ceremony - 05/22/2015

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If it is only that easy. I would fire her and hire a new one right away! But we do not have the money to start all over again. I do not work. And life ain't easy.

I would go down to the office and demand the tracking number and proof that she sent it. That is your tracking number, not hers. If she can't provide it, I would fire her anyway and go it alone for the time being. Your case may need a lawyer but in this situation no lawyer is better than a bad lawyer. If she truly did not send your packet in at all despite the fact that you paid her, I would demand your money back and report her to the Bar as needed. Good luck!

OUR TIMELINE

I am the USC, husband is adjusting from B2.

ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS

08.06.2010 - Sent off I-485
08.25.2010 - NOA hard copies received (x4), case status available online: 765, 131, 130.
10.15.2010 - RFE received: need 2 additional photos for AP.
10.18.2010 - RFE response sent certified mail
10.21.2010 - Service request placed for biometrics
10.25.2010 - RFE received per USCIS
10.26.2010 - Text/email received - AP approved!
10.28.2010 - Biometrics appointment received, dated 10/22 - set for 11/19 @ 3:00 PM
11.01.2010 - Successful biometrics walk-in @ 9:45 AM; EAD card sent for production text/email @ 2:47 PM! I-485 case status now available online.
11.04.2010 - Text/Email (2nd) - EAD card sent for production
11.08.2010 - Text/Email (3rd) - EAD approved
11.10.2010 - EAD received
12.11.2010 - Interview letter received - 01.13.11
01.13.2011 - Interview - no decision on the spot
01.24.2011 - Approved! Card production ordered!

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

11.02.2012 - Mailed I-751 packet to VSC
11.08.2012 - Checks cashed
11.10.2012 - NOA1 received, dated 11.06.2012
11.17.2012 - Biometrics letter received for 12.05.2012
11.23.2012 - Successful early biometrics walk-in

05.03.2013 - Approved! Card production ordered!

CITIZENSHIP

Filing in November 2013

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Thanks guys! I will call USCIS and will let you know what is going on.

N400Sent - 11/10/2014
Delivered - 11/13/2014
Accepted - 11/17/2014 11:50PM
Biometrics - 12/18/2014
Interview - 05/12/2015 APPROVED!!

Scheduled for Oath Ceremony - 05/22/2015

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