express

Do anyone has any good attorney to recommend to represent denied I-751 petition in front immigration judge? I'm in South California.

Elvira

Stuart Folinsky?

Or another AILA member?

Ray

http://www.ailalawyer.com/

express

How do i contact Stuart Folinsky ? What city does she locate?

Elvira

Google?

Proudimmigrant

What does it say on the denial letter? Did you file jointly or by yourself?

express

I had long wait after filed i751. I received 1 year extension letter couple months after I filed I-751 and finally got an letter says that I'm denied and asks to be appear in from the immigration judge on 3/2007. The date and time of the hearing is "to be set". It did not state any reason for denied, just says that it was denied in 11/2006. I called and they can't find any info either. However, the immigration officer on the phone did notice the receipt number that I have on my denied letter is different from my original i751 application and extension letter, but the A No. is correct on both documents.

Can someone check if you have the same receipt number all along or they change the receipt number when they issue the final decision? Filed jointly i-751. The only thing that I can think of for them to deny me is the income was on the low end or not enough support documents. The extension letter and Notice to Appear were sent to the new address that I updated in 2006 which means USCIS has my current address, however, when I went to the window in Feb 2007, they said that they don't have the new address and had me filled out the form again. It's possible that USCIS might send notices to my old address, and if so, it's their fault, not mine! I was not able to confirm that they sent additional notices to me besides these two documents on the phone.

I'd think that they would conduct a 2nd interview or request more documents before they deny the petition. In my case, I did not receive any letters in between. As my current status is in removal proceeding. We are still married, spouse is USC. We've been having problems in our relationship, and currently living separately. We are on good term and my spouse is willing to appear at the court w/ me to prove our marriage.

I sent a letter to service center and would file FOIA to request copy of denial notice. hopfully i'll be able to receive it before the court date.

Here is timeline:

6/03 married
11/03 filed AOS
1/04 receipt number, interview date notice; A No.
1/04 Interview date; A No.
2/04 I-131; A No.
11/04 received GC (9/04-9/06) Receipt No 1
6/06 filed I-751; Receipt No.2
9/06 Extension 1 yr letter to 6/07 ; Receipt No 2
3/07 Denied letter, court requested; Receipt No. 3 (this supposed be the same Receipt No as No. 2) ???

Noorah101

Folinsky did not come up when I searched that site. Evidently he's not an AILA member?

Ray

Apparently to be on that list AILA require another hefty fee ...
Some may choose not to do that ....

Elvira

Hm - this seems strange... Here is his bio:

"Stuart I. Folinsky has practiced Immigration & Nationality Law since 1977. He is certified as a Specialist in Immigration & Nationality Law by the Board of Legal Specialization of the California State Bar. He served as the 1994-95 Chair of the Immigration & Nationality Law Advisory Commission of the California State Bar. He served as the 1991 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association Immigration Section. He is currently serving on the Los Angeles County Bar Association Immigration Section Executive Committee. With Bonnie Stern Wasser, he edited The Immigration Lawyer's Toolbox, Nuts and Bolts for Getting, Doing, and Keeping Business which was published by AILA in November 1993. With Helen A. Sklar, he wrote The Immigration Act of 1990 Handbook which was published by Clark-Boardman Callaghan. He has written articles for publication by AILA regarding the Immigration Marriage Fraud Act and visa practice before the United States Embassy in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Mr. Folinsky has taught immigration & nationality law for the paralegal certification program at California State University, Los Angeles."

Elvira

Actually, that's a point. Our lawyer isn't a member, but his partner is...

Tracym

Anyone ever hear from Mr. F? He seems to have disappeared from the forum, sadly.

olliewat

When did you separate? Perhaps this has something to do with the denial?

scrubbedexpat099

I was scolded for providing contact information, allthough it is an easy enough Google.

Apparently against the site terms. Quite why a Lawyer would not want to be contacted by a client is another issue.

Just wondering if the refusal was to attend the interview and the OP never received notice of the interview date, Seems quite common.

Vincent1978

> > Hm - this seems strange... Here is his bio:
> >
> > "Stuart I. Folinsky has practiced Immigration & Nationality Law
> > since
> > 1977. He is certified as a Specialist in Immigration & Nationality
> > Law
> > by the Board of Legal Specialization of the California State Bar. He
> > served as the 1994-95 Chair of the Immigration & Nationality Law
> > Advisory Commission of the California State Bar. He served as the
> > 1991
> > Chair of the Orange County Bar Association Immigration Section. He
> > is
> > currently serving on the Los Angeles County Bar Association
> > Immigration Section Executive Committee. With Bonnie Stern Wasser,
> > he
> > edited The Immigration Lawyer's Toolbox, Nuts and Bolts for Getting,
> > Doing, and Keeping Business which was published by AILA in November
> > 1993. With Helen A. Sklar, he wrote The Immigration Act of 1990
> > Handbook which was published by Clark-Boardman Callaghan. He has
> > written articles for publication by AILA regarding the Immigration
> > Marriage Fraud Act and visa practice before the United States
> > Embassy
> > in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Mr. Folinsky has taught immigration &
> > nationality law for the paralegal certification program at
> > California
> > State University, Los Angeles."
>
> I was scolded for providing contact information, allthough it is an
> easy
> enough Google.
>
> Apparently against the site terms. Quite why a Lawyer would not want
> to
> be contacted by a client is another issue.
>
> Just wondering if the refusal was to attend the interview and the OP
> never received notice of the interview date, Seems quite common.

I hink they send you interview letter or RFE at your previous address
which was on their file and as you did not respond they send you a
automatic computer generated letter of denial

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