Lawyer Recommendation Writ of Mandamus

[Laura and Taha 13]

Hello,

 

We are looking into filing a Writ of Mandamus suit against the embassy in Cairo, Egypt. I have consulted with an attorney who quoted about $6000.00. 

 

If anyone knows if that's average or has any recommendations of another attorney please let me know.

 

 

Thank you!

[SalishSea 17,801]

4 minutes ago, Laura and Taha said:

Hello,

 

We are looking into filing a Writ of Mandamus suit against the embassy in Cairo, Egypt. I have consulted with an attorney who quoted about $6000.00. 

 

If anyone knows if that's average or has any recommendations of another attorney please let me know.

 

 

Thank you!

Doubt you’ll find anything cheaper.   That seems to be the going rate.

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, Laura and Taha said:

 

We are looking into filing a Writ of Mandamus suit against the embassy in Cairo, Egypt. I have consulted with an attorney who quoted about $6000.00. 

Your timeline says the interview was less than a month ago.  
 

I am surprised any lawyer is willing to take the case after so little  time.  I don’t see a judge granting WoM yet. 
 

 

[Boiler 45,445]

I have seen cheaper but not by much.

[Laura and Taha 13]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

Your timeline says the interview was less than a month ago.  
 

I am surprised any lawyer is willing to take the case after so little  time.  I don’t see a judge granting WoM yet. 
 

 

The lawyer stated they go by the priority date. Not the interview date. As it's been more than a year, they can file.

 

Also, they stated it rarely gets to court. Basically it puts pressure on the embassy to make a decision as the embassies usually want to avoid court. 

Edited January 10, 2023 by Laura and Taha

[Boiler 45,445]

There no specified time line for when you can and can not file, more a question of when they will fight, seems that about 90 per cent are not contested

[Family 3,988]

Read through this thread and post questions to the members for recommendations. Most recent very good review of his attorney is linked. That member did some excellent leg work in picking an attorney .
 

 

[Mike E 11,739]

Wow.  I thought conventional wisdom was that a WoM for a case in AP was generally a waste of money for

a consular case.  
 

What changed?

 

I am now exiting the Twilight Zone and returning to my universe. 

Edited January 10, 2023 by Mike E

[Boiler 45,445]

7 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Wow.  I thought conventional wisdom was that a WoM for a case in AP was generally a waste of money for

a consular case.  
 

What changed?

 

I am now exiting the Twilight Zone and returning to my universe. 

I participated in one of those threads, WoM is normally just a kick up the bum to get some action.

[jan22 3,049]

18 hours ago, Laura and Taha said:

The lawyer stated they go by the priority date. Not the interview date. As it's been more than a year, they can file.

 

Also, they stated it rarely gets to court. Basically it puts pressure on the embassy to make a decision as the embassies usually want to avoid court. 

I would ask some questions of this lawyer.  Perhaps he/she is phrasing things to simplify them for you, but as you have written them here, there doesn't seem to be a clear understanding of the paperwork flow and timelines...at least as I read it.

• Who is "they" in regard to going by priority date?  The PD is only used in the USCIS process; it has no relevance to timing once a case is at the Embassy level.   Cases arrive at the Embassy in vastly different order, based on visa category, workload, how long it took the petitioner to submit documents, etc. If "they" refers to the court, they will more likely be looking at the time frame in which the Embassy has had the case.  Or, at least when the Department of State (DOS) portion of the process started.  Neither of these has anything to do with the PD.
• A WOM going to court usually puts no pressure on the Embassy.  The lawsuit is handled/responded to by the DOS in Washington, DC.  They often don't even have to ask the Embassy anything about the status of a case, as they have access to all of it in the computer records.  Although the DOS will, of course, tell them a WOM has been filed, the Embassy's actual involvement would usually only be after the WOM is decided.
• A WOM within a month of the interview will likely not increase the speed of your case, when the Embassy/DOS says upfront that most cases of administrative processing are resoloved within 60 days.  Highly unlikely a WOM suit would be decided favorably before at least 60 days after the interview -- and more likely only after a delay occurring after the 60-day mark.

Edited January 10, 2023 by jan22

[TBoneTX 45,251]

Laura and Taha, you can believe everything that jan22 tells you about all consular issues and processes.  Trust in this.  

[Boiler 45,445]

This just popped into my feed

 

 

[Dashinka 24,479]

6 minutes ago, Boiler said:

This just popped into my feed

 

 

A fast forward button?  So a de facto expedite?  

[Boiler 45,445]

Just now, Dashinka said:

A fast forward button?  So a de facto expedite?  

In most cases that has been my understanding.

 

Now there is no way you can tell where you are, how long you could have waited. He mentioned a few cases where there was fairly immediate action, now I could not help but wonder if this would have happened anyway, in which case you wasted a chunk of change.