extended immigration case costs me too much money should i switch to a free lawyer ?
Asked Today, 02:49 AM — 1 Answer
Hi,

-Originally came to US as a F-1 student.
-After 3 years of studying, i got married with a US citizen-Very happy with my life and my marriage.
-After i got married, i stopped going to school and just a month after Homeland security knocked our door and took me in custody.They took my passport and ID and never gave back to me.
- Because i have no criminal record or anything illegal in my papers, my father in law was able to pay the immigration bond and took me out.

I know i should have applied for green card immediately right after i got married but for financial reasons, i couldn't do it on time.

I hired a lawyer, she filed the documents for green card. it's been 8 months since they officially got the application and still no response from the government . I checked my case number from the official website and it still seems it's in the "initial review" part which is the first step in whole 6 steps. Next court date is on march 2013 and i really don't want to pay her one more time for nothing...

each court costs me an average $3000 and there is no progress.My lawyer shows up in the court to hear "removibility suspended" and i have to pay her just because she shows up there. I mean, literally she only speaks about 10 seconds (maybe even less)each court and it keep costing me money.

From this point, i started to think that there is no benefit of having a private lawyer rather than having a free one which government offers.

we already started sending letters to a senator on the issue to help finalize this meaningless case which holds me back from having a work permit, SSN, proper ID etc ...

1)Does anybody out there who can give me an advice on this ?
2)How can i push this process so it would go faster ?
3)How long more would it take do you think ?