Attorney wants a copy of the green card

[LlamaInvasion 76]

There's actually plenty of shady lawyers in (and out of) the US who would do exactly that. We have no way of telling whether OP's lawyer belongs to this group or not, but regardless, OP certainly doesn't have to give him anything.

Edited January 9, 2013 by LlamaInvasion

[Shiobhan 235]

Our attorney also asked for copies of our green cards. It's not, as someone suggested, for the attorney to show their success rait, if you lose your green card it gets stolen etc your attorney can easier help you out. You don't have to give anyone a copy if you don't want to!

However, making a copy and keep somewhere safe for yourself is a good idea, just in case.

We R adults and can safeguards our important life's documents, BC, Bapstisms, PP. GC, Marriage Cer. bank info etc, theres no need for an atty to hvae this except to convince

others how many he have gained LPR status for, attys R not gods , some think when an atty sucessfully work for them that person can do no wrong, its the IO that decides in the

the end, by no means should a person GC copy sits in an atty office unless they will be doing a petition, do not be gulliable or follow silly advise, Dont give him/her any copy

god bless.

[Nana098 18]

Hi,

We had a lawyer when started my I-130 process, when I came to US, we let her know that no problems, but she never asked for copy of my GC.

I think you don't have to give it nothing

[johnandkate 1]

Yes, I also think the green card is something like a credit card, or social security card, you don't just hand out copies of them to people who want them. I don't know why the attorney would need a copy of it. Yet, whatever his reason is, he's not going to get one. We are now equipped to take care of the next steps of my wife's immigration.

We were totally ignorant when we started. I signed the contract with that attorney for the whole package, K-1 visa and AOS. In a hindsight I think it was stupid of me. Why AOS when no one guaranteed me that my fiance would get the visa?

I paid the attorney. But he (to be more exact, his paralegal) made us do almost everything. She sent us our forms to fills out, and stuff. So technically we paid him big bucks to mail our documents for us.

After the attorney submitted the K-1 application package we never heard from him. Back then I knew nothing about the procedure. But in her home country, my fiancee was impatient after waiting for 8 months. She went online and asked around (she never found visajourney, though). People suggested that she contacted the US consulate. She flew 1000 miles. At the information window, the lady there told my fiancee, the interview invitation letter had been mailed to her a long time ago (it never arrived). And it was just about 10 days before the scheduled interview date! We almost missed out.

I hope nothing is going to happen to her green card, such as loss, damage etc... However, even if it did, we would never bother to hire a lawyer again.

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

Off the top of my head the lawyer wants a copy of the greencard to put in his portfolio of successes to CONvince a few others into hiring him or believing he's doing a fantastic job.

The only thing he deserves a copy of is 'the finger'.

LOL aaydrian....now I wonder how 'the finger' will boost his self-esteem! LOL Good one, pal!