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On the comment section of a random post on Instagram, a woman that adjusted status some years ago, shared that she had to pay her lawyer the fees for the EAD/AP even though it was filed along the I-485.

 

Even though many comments pointed out it should have been free, she was pretty triggered and insisted it was not free. She was also told that applying for AP has numerous requirements, it is very hard to get it approved 😑 and traveling on it was very risky and she would most likely be denied entry back into the US.

 

It is sad that these lawyers, on top of charging insane amounts of money for things applicants could do themselves, blatantly lie and charge people extra fees they should not be paying. Why this woman so wholeheartedly defended the lawyer is beyond my comprehension.

 

Not that it was necessary to share stories of lawyers lying and scamming people, but it is always shocking to read this kind of thing.

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Our lawyer charged us about the same amount as the filing fee just to fill out the form. Seems once he found out how much money I made the process became a la carte. He also filled out an outdated 485 form and didnt even apoligize. Cost me 2 months processing.

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5 minutes ago, Bob in Boston said:

Our lawyer charged us about the same amount as the filing fee just to fill out the form. Seems once he found out how much money I made the process became a la carte. He also filled out an outdated 485 form and didnt even apoligize. Cost me 2 months processing.

All these lawyers should be reported to the bar.

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99% of all lawyers give the rest a bad name.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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