Matthew Udall

Originally posted by lpdiver

    > I did think from one of the postings in this group that one of the
    > advantages of using an attorney was that they had phone lines
    > available to them that the general public could not use.



Some advantages are issue spotting to see if there are any red flags and
coming up with the best way to handle the potential problem issue or
issues, doing the actual work and putting together a well documented
submission (avoiding beginner mistakes) in an effort to try to reduce
the odds of receiving an RFE, being there to answer the client’s
questions that always come up during the course of a case, and going to
bat for the client in order to try to fix USCIS or Consulate made
problems or screw-ups as quickly as possible.



The MSC/NBC does not have any phone lines in which to call (not even for
representatives to call). There is however an MSC/NBC AILA Liaison we
AILA members can use if we can’t get the problem resolved on our own
through our communication with that service center. In fact, each
Service Center has its own designated AILA liaison attorney. I’ve only
had to use an AILA liaison one time, and that was for an I-129f problem
case that I could not resolve (the problem) on my own with the TSC.
Worked like a charm.

Lpdiver

That was the my point. It would appear to me that this petitioner is not
getting a good value for his dollar.





Originally posted by Matthew Udall

    > Some advantages are issue spotting to see if there are any red flags
    > and coming up with the best way to handle the potential problem issue
    > or issues, doing the actual work and putting together a well
    > documented submission (avoiding beginner mistakes) in an effort to try
    > to reduce the odds of receiving an RFE, being there to answer the
    > client’s questions that always come up during the course of a case,
    > and going to bat for the client in order to try to fix USCIS or
    > Consulate made problems or screw-ups as quickly as possible.


The MSC/NBC does not have any phone lines in which to call (not even for
representatives to call). There is however an MSC/NBC AILA Liaison we
AILA members can use if we can’t get the problem resolved on our own
through our communication with that service center. In fact, each
Service Center has its own designated AILA liaison attorney. I’ve only
had to use an AILA liaison one time, and that was for an I-129f problem
case that I could not resolve (the problem) on my own with the TSC.
Worked like a charm.

Matthew Udall

Originally posted by Matthew Udall

    > In your RFE context, I doubt your attorney will receive any written
    > reply (although he might).



Of course, I suppose receiving your written approval notice might be
construed as receiving a written reply :-).



My guess is that your case or cases will be approved any moment now.
Here, I’m sending my good karma for this matter out into the cosmos.
There, done. They should be approved soon :-).

Matthew Udall

Originally posted by lpdiver

    > That was the my point. It would appear to me that this petitioner is
    > not getting a good value for his dollar.



Perhaps, but the OP has also said his attorney stated the G-325A's were
included with both submissions, and that the attorney has sent multiple
letters to the Service Center(s) about this problem and the fact that
these forms were submitted (although even if the forms were submitted,
it won't do any good to tell them this... if they can't find them they
can't find them regardless who is at fault for this fact).



I've had them lose things that I submitted with a case or two.

Tmushen

Originally posted by Matthew Udall

    > Of course, I suppose receiving your written approval notice might be
    > construed as receiving a written reply :-).


    > My guess is that your case or cases will be approved any moment now.
    > Here, I’m sending my good karma for this matter out into the cosmos.
    > There, done. They should be approved soon :-).



Thanks Matt. I appreciate the time you take to answer me and
everyone else.

Dave Dubya

You will find new ways to have patience when you go through this thing
with immigration. I took up a wood working project. I am making a piece
of furniture. lol

Lpdiver

True...but two submissions back to back seems as if the oods are
awfully long.





Originally posted by Matthew Udall

    > Perhaps, but the OP has also said his attorney stated the G-325A's
    > were included with both submissions, and that the attorney has sent
    > multiple letters to the Service Center(s) about this problem and the
    > fact that these forms were submitted (although even if the forms
    > were submitted, it won't do any good to tell them this... if they
    > can't find them they can't find them regardless of who is at fault
    > for this fact).


I've had them lose things that I submitted with a case or two.

Matthew Udall

Originally posted by lpdiver

    > True...but two submissions back to back seems as if the oods are
    > awfully long.



True.



Speaking of odds, while driving to and from Utah for Thanksgiving, it
seemed I could not lose when placing a bet or two along the way.



On the way out, I stopped at the Eureka Hotel in Mesquite, NV. They gave
me some coupons that I could use in their casino. After watching
survivor, I headed over to try my luck.



I found a nickel deuces wild machine, and during my second $1.00 that I
fed into the machine, I hit 4 deuces, which paid $50.00. Instead of
simply betting more, I hit the "cash out" button so the light on the
top of the machine would turn on to let the attendant know to come
check this out.



When the attendant arrived, I gave her one of the coupons that gave an
additional $10.00 for any "hand payout" on any slot machine, so she
ended up giving me $60.00.



Another coupon was a $5.00 matching bet coupon for any table game. I
enjoy roulette, so I took their $5.00 coupon and added $5.00 of my own
money and put it on the 1st third of the numbers (2 to 1 payout), which
hit so they handed me another $20.00 dollars (plus my original $10). I
took another coupon, got my free shrimp cocktail, then headed back to my
room for some sleep.



On the way back from Utah, I bypassed Vegas (did not stop) and instead
went to the state line before stopping for gas and a bet or two.



I put in a $10.00 bet at the sports book for that week's NFL action,
then found another nickel deuces wild game. I lost around $10.00 on that
machine, and then decided to quit. On my way out, I walked by one of
those big spinning wheel games where they have different denomination
bills on the wheel. I got 10 silver dollars and proceeded to lose six of
them. I took my remaining 4 silver dollars and went to a roulette table.



I like roulette although like all games, the odds are against the
player. I placed 2 dollars on my favorite roulette number (29 black) and
it hit. So they slid around $75.00 over to me. I put out 2 more dollars,
this time putting two dollars on red 5 and 5 hit. Here comes another
$75.00 or so payout. I probably dropped around $10.00 before deciding to
leave with their money in my pocket.



As I was leaving the casino, I stopped by a craps table just to
watch. It’s been years since I played craps and I’ve forgotten most
of the finer betting points, but I do recall some of them. I had this
urge to throw out a $20.00 bill on the one-roll 11 bet (Yo), but
didn’t. Sure enough, the next toss of the dice was an 11, which would
have paid 20 to 1.



I saw that as a signal to leave the casino, which I did. I left for Utah
with $200.00 in my pocket, and came home with $180.00 of it still there.



I know for a fact that when I drive through Nevada next week to visit
family in Utah for Christmas, I probably won’t be so lucky.