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Hi Peter, I'm sponsoring my wife's green card and we're pretty type A and have filled out all the forms and gathered copious evidence of relationship, evidence

by jl108 6y ago

Hi Peter, I'm sponsoring my wife's green card and we're pretty type A and have filled out all the forms and gathered copious evidence of relationship, evidence of financial sufficiency, etc. But we're worried about the current political climate and are considering working with Fragomen just to de-risk. We've heard the current administration is rejecting applications for every little reason (e.g. field that should be marked n/a is left blank, etc). Do you have any advice on this? Thank you so much for what you do.

fitbitq 6y ago
Greencard for a wife should not be an issue. Tip for the pro: if you don't have a middle name, write N/A and not "none". Source: me. I became Michael N. Familyname
- mmaunder 6y ago
  I can do one better. I misspelled my own middle name - Donovan instead of Donavan as it appears on my birth certificate. Delayed my application by a month or two. Could have been way worse if the process wasn’t fairly quick back in 2004. (My wife was born here and I’m from South Africa)
- outworlder 6y ago
  Should have written "Not Sure"
ayberk 6y ago
Please don't even consider Fragomen. Ask any Amazon engineer and they'll tell you the same thing: do not ever work with Fragomen. I personally had to talk to my manager and hire my own lawyer instead of working with Fragomen after countless delays and mistakes. They don't care about you or your case at all and the paralegals are outright incompetent. You don't really get to talk to the lawyer a lot anyway. I'd go with a local smaller firm if I were you. If you're in Seattle area, I can recommend "MacDonald Hoague & Bayless". I personally worked with "Lola Zakharova" and she was amazing.
- mikemac20 6y ago
  Thank you for your feedback, which Fragomen takes seriously. We are committed to providing superior client service, and we are sorry your experience with us has not been a positive one. If you would like to discuss further, please reach out to us at social@fragomen.com. Thank you again, Karen (Fragomen).

by jl108 6y ago

fitbitq 6y ago

Greencard for a wife should not be an issue. Tip for the pro: if you don't have a middle name, write N/A and not "none". Source: me. I became Michael N. Familyname

mmaunder 6y ago
I can do one better. I misspelled my own middle name - Donovan instead of Donavan as it appears on my birth certificate. Delayed my application by a month or two. Could have been way worse if the process wasn’t fairly quick back in 2004. (My wife was born here and I’m from South Africa)
outworlder 6y ago
Should have written "Not Sure"

ayberk 6y ago

Please don't even consider Fragomen. Ask any Amazon engineer and they'll tell you the same thing: do not ever work with Fragomen. I personally had to talk to my manager and hire my own lawyer instead of working with Fragomen after countless delays and mistakes. They don't care about you or your case at all and the paralegals are outright incompetent. You don't really get to talk to the lawyer a lot anyway. I'd go with a local smaller firm if I were you. If you're in Seattle area, I can recommend "MacDonald Hoague & Bayless". I personally worked with "Lola Zakharova" and she was amazing.

mikemac20 6y ago
Thank you for your feedback, which Fragomen takes seriously. We are committed to providing superior client service, and we are sorry your experience with us has not been a positive one. If you would like to discuss further, please reach out to us at social@fragomen.com. Thank you again, Karen (Fragomen).