Help Help finding lawyer in Chicago please confused guys help me please...!!

[jhon]

Hi guys i am in chicago and looking for good lawyer who has experience with u visa cases. help me friends so confused have no idea what to do next..please
your very little help will help me out. and after already applying for u visa, you already know who is the best and helpful along the way.
Please guys help for my first step.
Thank you.

[zoofi77]

https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/search?state=IL

[jhon]

Thank you !! zoofi7. So did you also did the same with nonprofit organization or you have done by lawyer or attorney?
Thanks.

[zoofi77]

I tried a couple of attorneys. But they were not as honest as they should have been. So I decided to go through non profit legal aid organization. They take your case based on your income situation and merits of the case. My case has been filed already and now I have to wait for a couple more years to hear something back from USCIS. One drawback of U visa application is that it can take years to get your visa in hand. If you have that much patience and you think there are not any other options, only then you should go the U visa way...

[jhon]

ok cool that's helpful. Any other tips to find out not honest attorneys or lawyers??
Thank again zoofi77.

[zoofi77]

what was the nature of crime that you were a victim of ? this is the most important aspect of the whole case... Sometimes the crime is not a qualified one to apply and the attorneys still take your case. you don't wanna waste 3 + precious years of your life in all this...

[jhon]

am a victim of armed robbery and in illinois its felonious assault.
Thanks zoofi77.

[jhon]

if i may zoofi77 what was your nature of crime?

[zoofi77]

Mine was assault of 1st degree and strong armed robbery at the premises. it was in delaware state

[jhon]

I am sorry for all this you going through . Did you got hurt by this i hope not.and please take care your self.
I am praying for hope everything works out for you.

[zoofi77]

ya i got hurt in that assault case but thanks God i am alive. If you read the non precedent decisions by the USCIS you will see that a lot of U visa cases are being ruthlessly denied by the uscis just because they do not agree that robbery was a qualifying crime. If your legal rep is good enough to file the case smartly at the first hand at the filing time then there can be some good chances. but again it is up to the adjudicator and your luck.

Check these decisions out:

https://www.uscis.gov/laws/admin-decisions?topic_id=1&newdir=D14+-+Application+for+U+Nonimmigrant+Status

[Jabalin05]

Catholic charities you best bet