a fight with my lawyer

[livetolove 2]

After waiting for 17 months and service after service, I finally got a RFE with hundreds of requiremnts since that was my only and last chance to get approved, i gathered all the information including over 300 pic from courtship to post marital and put in over 7 folders ( cause I visited my wife seven times in different countries)... my lawyer is down playing every thing and keep telling me to send only selected e-mails, selected photos, selected fedex airway bills and other selected stuff............i keep telling her that we have to send all pics, letters, envelopes with postages, all western union reciepts, but, she keep telling me that she knows every thing about this procedures and ask me not to panic........I new she was an ignorant when she told me that she want to make a copy of some pics and mail it to the USCIS ( i never heard in my life a petioner who copies his pics and send it to the USCIS ( instead of sending original pics)

today, I went to her office and dropped at her office over 22 folders from A to Z and left her a message to mail it with a cover letter. She called me and told me that we dont need to mail all the folders and we have to send just only 10 folders......

My question is do i have to let her do what ever she see is right or take all the folders from her and mail it myself to the USCIS though I paid her a lot of money? I dont know what to do cause it is my final chance to get approved or denied

Need your adivse..................please help

Edited May 9, 2012 by livetolove

[Anh map 2,098]

Tonnage does not equal better. A small selection from the entire length of the relationship is preferable.

If you were a CO would want to look through all of someone else's vacation pictures?

You can certainly send whatever you want. But you'll be wasting postage $$.

[Kazulie 132]

The way I look at it is no one has ever been denied because they sent in too much information. They have, however, been denied for not sending in enough. It's your decision what you want to do. I understand you worrying since this is your last chance to prove your relationship before either an approved or denial.

[livetolove 2]

Tonnage does not equal better. A small selection from the entire length of the relationship is preferable.

If you were a CO would want to look through all of someone else's vacation pictures?

You can certainly send whatever you want. But you'll be wasting postage $$.

What I heard from some petitioners, who got married and filed in the US, before and after interviews, USCIS send one or two of their agents to the couple's house and visit petitioner and beneficiery before midnight to check if they are living together. The first thing they do is, they go to the bedroom and take a look at the closet to find out if those couples are keeping they dress and sleepwear together. The second thing they ask for is a photo album...................if this happened with those petitioners it is gonna happen to me too. I am sure in case of RFE, they require more and more pics in different locations to find out if he or she did not marry the US citizen just for the sake of getting green card.

I read on VJ forum that all those who got RFE and mailed tons of Skype chat logs, call logs ....finally got approved...............

in my case, my relation with my wife started year 2003 and inspite of this, they send me RFE, my be because I divorce twice 6 years ago and didnt filed a petition for my exes.

Edited May 9, 2012 by livetolove

[Bule&Cantik 8]

I got RFE last January.

I sent 397 pages.

I responded to all points. Including. Bank records. Letter from employer. And pictures from 6 trips to visit my wife.

I called a lawyer for advise. He wanted me to have a different (immigration) lawyer check my RFE submission. Apparently lawyers just take your money and do the minimum.

I sent my 397 page RFE response and waited about 6 weeks to get approved and case forwarded to NVC.

IMHO, as long as you respond to their request, you should be fine.

In our submission I sent perhaps 10-20 pictures from each trip.

Our pictures were digitally stored on PC. Printed on home printer in color. Wrote date range of the trip on each page. Wrote case number on each page.

Good luck

Edited May 9, 2012 by Bule&Cantik

[msheesha 548]

After waiting for 17 months and service after service, I finally got a RFE with hundreds of requiremnts since that was my only and last chance to get approved, i gathered all the information including over 300 pic from courtship to post marital and put in over 7 folders ( cause I visited my wife seven times in different countries)... my lawyer is down playing every thing and keep telling me to send only selected e-mails, selected photos, selected fedex airway bills and other selected stuff............i keep telling her that we have to send all pics, letters, envelopes with postages, all western union reciepts, but, she keep telling me that she knows every thing about this procedures and ask me not to panic........I new she was an ignorant when she told me that she want to make a copy of some pics and mail it to the USCIS ( i never heard in my life a petioner who copies his pics and send it to the USCIS ( instead of sending original pics)

today, I went to her office and dropped at her office over 22 folders from A to Z and left her a message to mail it with a cover letter. She called me and told me that we dont need to mail all the folders and we have to send just only 10 folders......

My question is do i have to let her do what ever she see is right or take all the folders from her and mail it myself to the USCIS though I paid her a lot of money? I dont know what to do cause it is my final chance to get approved or denied

Need your adivse..................please help

Your lawyer isn't going to have to live with the consequences of what is sent/isn't sent, so go with what you feel is right.

We had an attorney for our I-130 after our K1 was denied. If we listened to the attorney's advice and didn't go with our own instincts, we'd still be waiting for my husband to get here.

[Darnell 8,478]

I say go back to the lawyer's office and stay there until the packet is generated your way.

This lawyer is responsible for the RFE in the first place, don't forget that.

Some lawyers are trainable (even on yer dime) whilst others are best served after a slow roasting cooking process.

Edited May 9, 2012 by Darnell

[immiprocess 1]

In my case, I sent only one photograph and my case approved on time without REF. It is really very easy process, if you are using this forum, you don't need to hire any lawyer even if case is complicated too.

[livetolove 2]

In my case, I sent only one photograph and my case approved on time without REF. It is really very easy process, if you are using this forum, you don't need to hire any lawyer even if case is complicated too.

thank u 4 your feedback....in my case, when i filed i-130 for my wife, i sent around 8 to 10 pics. The reason they sent me a RFE is because of the proxy marriage I have, cause according to the USCIS, I have to proof to the USCIS that marriage has been susequently consummated. That's why i have to send them courtship and post marital documents.....

Edited May 9, 2012 by livetolove

[Egypts Girl 9]

thank u 4 your feedback....in my case, when i filed i-130 for my wife, i sent around 8 to 10 pics. The reason they sent me a RFE is because of the proxy marriage I have, cause according to the USCIS, I have to proof to the USCIS that marriage has been susequently consummated. That's why i have to send them courtship and post marital documents.....

Proxy marriage is accepted by USCIS, BUT, you have to have hard evidence you and her were together after marriage, such as back to back ATM receipts, purchases at stores, (her card- then your's) pics under a outdoor clock with time and date is excellent proof. Speaking as a former proxy marriage filer, we got an RFE also, but were approved 45 days later, but that was a LONGGGGGGG time ago, since then, I withdrew his visa, hopefully had him banned from USA forever, and divorced him.....

Best wishes on your journey......

[immiprocess 1]

ok. so you did nikkah on phone/webcam.

[Egypts Girl 9]

ok. so you did nikkah on phone/webcam.

You mentioned you think RFE is due to proxy marriage, well if she has not been there to see you more then 1 time, that there is a RED FLAG. Marrying Proxy and a 1 time visit, in a high fraud country is truly a RED FLAG. (And Im not saying your marriage is a fraud)

Even with me being in Paris 3 times to see my former husband before proxy marriage, and then arriving 1 day after our marriage, we had an RFE, USCIS frowns on proxy marriage.

[Amanda & Juan 1]

I only sent in about 10 pictures and some of them were just photo copies because we had the picture taken on vacations and I didn't want to give them away. We didn't any RFE's with the USCIS but I would do what you feel to be right for you.

[Chicagoguy 2 27]

On another web page I go to we had a poster from Vermont Visa Center. He said "just follow the instructions". He also said that those huge files are annoying. Not that they get you rejected but that overkill is unneccesary.

[Lisamarie 79]

I hired a lawyer after we got our RFE and she told us to put around 100 pictures (not including what we already sent in our original petition), everything (and I mean everything) they asked for, letters from both of us about our relationship from the beginning, letters (which we also included with the original packet but she wanted more detailed ones) from family members about our relationship, etc. According to her, there is no such thing as front loading, especially in a MENA country. We were approved almost immediately after that and then everything just flew from there.

I would rather them get bored at looking through all my documents than send me a denial based on not enough information. Good luck to you:)

thank u 4 your feedback....in my case, when i filed i-130 for my wife, i sent around 8 to 10 pics. The reason they sent me a RFE is because of the proxy marriage I have, cause according to the USCIS, I have to proof to the USCIS that marriage has been susequently consummated. That's why i have to send them courtship and post marital documents.....