The Lewis Law Group Aplc

I have had a very unfortunate experience with Pia Dyquiangco and the Lewis Law Group, whose poor representation in my O-1 case had cost me thousands of dollars and an incredibly aggressive denial from the USCIS. I have consulted 7 lawyers after the denial, and most have told me they don't see how I can get an O-1 now after such a horrible misrepresentation. I was lucky enough to file a new petition with a new lawyer afterwards, and was approved within 7 days after filing without even getting an RFE. This also speaks a lot of how horrible of a job The Lewis Law Group and Pia Dyquiangco have done. Good: - Good record of approved cases for O-1 visas - Relatively cheap - Looks like a fair deal: pay a portion of the fee when you sign the contract, and the other portion when the case is approved. - Willing to schedule regular phone appointments - Very nice people on a personal level Bad (minor): - Text mistakes - Misspelled names - Sometimes unreachable by email and phone - Late with scheduled calls - Late with documents Bad (major) - The internet printouts serving as the evidence for my employers and projects were messy, unnumbered, with web advertisements and user comments getting in the way of text (no surprise the officer wasn't happy looking at those) - For certain evidence materials, she made printouts from Wikipedia and my official website!, which USCIS is officially considering as insufficient (and states it in their regulations) - Didn't give an estimate for the future filing and printing fees, not written in the contract (cost me around $800) The Disgustingly Unforgivable: - Put me in the wrong, very narrow category of my expertise. Because of that, more than half of my employment and accomplishments were disregarded by the USCIS - Diminished my critical role by calling me a composer's assistant, instead of orchestrator and composer of additional music, which has undermined my critical role in several very important projects - Promised to send 2 union letters out to USCIS to support the petition (which were crucial) - one came in late, the other one was never sent, even though I kept reminding again and again - Didn't do a thorough check of the documents and letters prepared by me. - Didn't explain that the recommendation letters have to come from independent experts. AND, didn't tell me anything till the very end. USCIS officer eventually was the one to say: "This just doesn't count, sorry". - Approved and sent out plenty of weak and counterproductive materials, such as certain media about me and certain letters, which eventually dragged the whole petition down - Didn't provide sufficient evidence of my critical role or even slight participation in projects that were presented in the petition. Moreover, convinced me that what we had was enough. (well, that wasn't right in the end). In fact, there were plenty of materials prepared and submitted that "fell outside of the prescribed forms of evidence". - Didn't use some key things that were later used by my new lawyer, which eventually helped the new petition to be approved - When the RFE came, suggested to get more media coverage and send that in. As explained to me by several lawyers who I have consulted with afterwards, there is a direct regulation that states that "the evidence submitted as response for the RFE must establish eligibility at the time of the original filing (original petition)", which alone can count as a disqualification. - Didn't explain the consequences of being denied the petition, such as that the person will start acquiring the unlawful presence and has to leave the country asap (this is exactly what I had to do after my petition was denied).

Personalize attention with sincere advise