Processing a visa petition can take months or years before a final decision is made. If you try to manage the process without a Melrose Park immigration delay lawyer’s representation, you might encounter frustrating issues and requests that can further delay your petition.
Our skilled immigration attorneys at Godoy Law Office have experience with the visa application process, including overcoming the roadblocks that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has erected. With our help, your visa petition will move through USCIS processing more smoothly and with fewer delays.
Visa applicants can encounter delays in the processing of their immigration petitions as a result of their:
A visa petitioner can better control these and other delays by hiring an immigration attorney from Godoy Law Office in Melrose Park. We have no control over delays inherent to USCIS administration, such as large volumes of visa applications and limited staffing in many field offices, but we do control matters on the applicant’s side, which, in many cases, can be a key source of slow application processing.
If immigration delays in Melrose Park or anywhere else become unreasonably long, a lawyer from Godoy Law Office can file a formal request with USCIS to expedite the application. Expedite requests must be supported by evidence and documentation showing that continued delays will cause an applicant to suffer substantial financial losses or that the application needs faster processing for humanitarian or government interests. In other cases, your attorney might also be able to argue that delays are the result of clear mistakes by USCIS personnel.
Your immigration lawyer might also be able to enlist the help of local congressmen or, with Form 7001, an ombudsman from the Department of Homeland Security, whose role is to act as an interface to resolve problems between individuals and their employers, on the one hand, and USCIS, on the other.
If your immigration attorneys have exhausted all other available remedies without getting adequate resolution of delays, they can sue the U.S. Government in federal court to request a “writ of mandamus”, which will force the government to take action on your application.
Your lawyers will need background information to work on your immigration delays. Melrose Park applicants should gather the following information before meeting with them:
Being organized and proactive with this information allows your lawyer to quickly identify the cause of the delay and take effective steps to move your immigration case forward.
Frustration is a natural response to Melrose Park Immigration Delays. You can ease that frustration when you enlist the help of Godoy Law Office Immigration Lawyers. Please call us today to schedule a free consultation and discuss your immigration delays.
