Resources

Please allow this Legal Services Agreement to confirm the terms upon which you (U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident) have contracted our firm to represent you and your spouse (Foreign National) in connection with immigration to the United States. The legal services to be rendered will consist of securing the receipt of a CR1 or IR1 Visa for your spouse, and if applicable, for the receipt of a CR2 or IR2 Visa for any eligible children.

The specific services to be provided are as follows:

1. Case Set Up, Introduction, Electronic Questionnaires, and Required Documents Communications
Upon retaining our firm to handle your case, we will set up your case in our systems and transmit to both you and your spouse—via email—an introduction to our office and processes, a comprehensive required documents checklist, and links to our online database case questionnaires. Your assigned senior paralegal will also reach out to you by phone to introduce themselves.

2. Kickoff Zoom Call / Phone App Conference Call with Senior Paralegal
After you and your immediate relative have reviewed the introductory materials provided in Section 1, completed most of your questionnaires, and uploaded most, if not all, of the requested documents, you will have a Zoom call with your paralegal to review everything you have submitted, provide details on next steps, as well as answering any questions or concerns you or your immediate relative may have.

Foreign language interpreter: If requested by you below, we will arrange to have an interpreter on the Kickoff call at no additional cost to you. However, if you cancel this call, and an interpreter was scheduled to join, you agree to pay a $30.00 rescheduling and cancelation fee.

3. All USCIS Forms, Related Documents, and Petition Package Preparation
Within 48 business hours, after you have fully and accurately completed and submitted your questionnaires online AND submitted all required documents (either online or by US postal mail to our office) our office will prepare all forms and other documentation necessary for petition filing.

All prepared forms and documents will then be sent to both you and your spouse—via email—so you may review, print, and sign. If there are any omissions or incorrect information, initially submitted by you or your spouse, that requires questionnaires or forms to be changed by our staff, such changes shall be made at no additional cost to you.

4. Supporting Documentary Evidence
Our office will provide you and your spouse with all necessary advice, to the best of our ability, regarding the collection of supporting documents and evidence for the USCIS petition and subsequent U.S. Embassy / Consulate interview.

This advice includes, but is not limited to, specific information on how to meet financial income requirements, where to obtain necessary security clearances from foreign countries, how to prepare all documents to comply with required evidentiary exhibits, how to translate foreign language documents, how to obtain birth and divorce certificates or other civil documents, how to obtain criminal records, if applicable, and how to address any other applicable compliance issues required.

5. Spousal Visa Petition Package and Attorney of Record Notice filing via Priority Mail
Upon receipt of all properly signed forms and all other required items, our office will prepare and mail your petition package for filing with the USCIS by Priority Mail with delivery verification. In addition, we will submit a Notice of Entry of Appearance so that our office will be the Attorney of Record on your case.

In the interest of expediting USCIS review of your spousal visa petition package, our office will prepare everything according to the highest professional standards. Every effort will be made to make the package as complete, accurate, and easy to review as possible, so that the USCIS officer is encouraged to approve the application as soon as possible.

This review and preparation will include a complete collated presentation according to USCIS specifications and requirements-including properly formatted cover letter, table of contents, titled sections, fasteners, addendums, if required, and other supporting documentary evidence.

6. Continued Monitoring and Communications with USCIS
Our office will handle all telephone, mail, email, electronic, and/or fax contact with the USCIS. In extraordinary circumstances, we may ask you to voluntarily contact the USCIS to aid our office's efforts to expedite your case. Your voluntary agreement to undertake such contact will not be deemed as a failure by our firm to adhere to the terms of this agreement.

7. Continued Monitoring and Communications with National Visa Center and U.S. Embassy / Consulate
Our office will handle all necessary telephone, mail, email, electronic, and/or fax contact with the National Visa Center and U.S. Embassy / Consulate. In extraordinary circumstances, we may ask you or your spouse to voluntarily contact the National Visa Center, U.S. Embassy / Consulate to aid our office's efforts to expedite your case. Your voluntary agreement to undertake such contact will not be deemed as a failure by our firm to adhere to the terms of this agreement.

8. Preparation of spouse’s DS-260 Online Application, Financial Affidavit of Support, and Uploading of All Required Documents to Department of State Portal
After your petition approval, our office will prepare your spouse’s DS-260 online application for your review and submission, as well as your affidavit of support I-864 form and create a cover letter for the US Embassy / Consulate. The Affidavit of Support and Packet will be mailed to U.S. Citizen for your signature, uploading by us to the National Visa Center, for you to forward to your spouse via mail for the interview.

Our office will also prepare and upload all necessary documents and evidentiary support to the National Visa Center portal (CEAC) so that they may confirm all documents and schedule your spouse’s visa interview.

Our office will also remain available to advise you on the collection, preparation, and /or submission of any other information, forms, and/or additional supporting documents as outlined in Section 4.

9. Electronic USCIS Petition File Prepared on Two USB Thumb Drives
At the same time we prepare everything outlined in Section 8, we will also scan a copy of the originally submitted I-130 petition, including all final petition forms and evidentiary material, and create a comprehensive electronic file for you and your spouse. Our office will transfer the electronic file onto two USB thumb drives and mail them to the U.S. Citizen by Priority Mail at the same time we prepare and send the affidavit of support and spouse packet.

10. “Mock Interview” and U.S. Embassy / Consulate Preparation with Your Spouse
Upon request, one of our staff members or attorneys will arrange a web conference call with you and your spouse prior to the interview and conduct a “mock interview” and answer any questions so that he/she will be prepared, comfortable, and relaxed for the U.S. Embassy / Consulate interview. Your spouse’s failure to be available at scheduled times for this call shall not be deemed as a failure by our firm to adhere to the terms of this agreement.

Foreign language interpreter: If requested by you below, we will arrange to have an interpreter on the “Mock Interview” call at no additional cost to you. However, if you cancel this call, and an interpreter was scheduled to join, you will be responsible for paying us a $30.00 rescheduling and cancelation fee.

GENERAL SERVICES / PROVISIONS:

11. Client Updates
We will keep you closely advised of all significant developments in the progress of your case, either by email, phone and/or text.

12. Attorney and Staff Accessibility
You can expect to have general access to a staff member or attorney during normal working hours, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Eastern Time, excluding holidays. You may communicate with us by scheduling a phone call through our online calendar, by email, or by calling the office directly. We strive to return any phone messages and/or answer emails within 48 business hours of receipt. We will also make every effort to return calls and arrange for calls to be placed after hours and, if requested or necessary, on weekends and/or holidays.

13. Expedited Case Processing
Every reasonable effort will be made to expedite your case promptly and efficiently. Please understand, however, that government bureaucracy errors or workload problems, beyond our office's control, can sometimes slow the processing of a case. We will, however, work proactively with the government agencies involved to minimize the impact on your case of any such government errors or delays.

In the event an unexpected circumstance arises, that may satisfy special government expedite requirements, our office will assist and request such expedited processing with the USCIS, National Visa Center, and/or U.S. Embassy / Consulate at no additional cost to you.

14. Attorney Ethics
We expect that all information given by you or your spouse to our firm, either orally or in writing, will be accurate to the best of your knowledge. This agreement is made under the presumption that all material facts concerning your case have been presented to our firm and all material facts to be presented in the future have not and will not be withheld by you or your spouse. If we discover that any information you supply us is willfully inaccurate or false, or has been willfully omitted, we will immediately withdraw from representing you as required by law.

15. Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure
Unless waived by you or your spouse, or impliedly authorized in order for our offices to represent you both, or required by law or ethics, we will keep confidential all matters disclosed by you or your spouse or discovered by Attorney or Staff during the course of representation and, when necessary, will invoke the client-attorney privilege to protect the confidentiality of such matters.

You and your spouse acknowledge that any information or communications including but not limited to instructions, processes, samples, guidance, etc., provided by us in connection with our services-whether oral or written-are confidential and proprietary (collectively “Confidential Information”). You and your spouse agree that you will not directly or indirectly use, post, transfer, disclose, distribute, publish or otherwise share any Confidential Information with the exception of items necessary to carry-out activities directly related to your immigration matter.

By accessing or using any Confidential Information, you and your spouse agree and understand that the direct or indirect use, posting, distribution, transfer, sharing, or publishing of this Confidential Information, for any purpose other than outlined above, shall be strictly prohibited and will cause irreparable harm and damages to Solomon Immigration Law, LLC.

16. Attorney Fee
By signing this agreement, you agree and authorize us to charge your credit card or debit card according to the payment plan and method of payment you choose on our payment form, which will be presented to you immediately after you electronically sign this agreement. As of 06/20/2023, there are two fixed fee payment options:
Option 1: 8 Monthly Payments of $349.00;
Option 2: 1 Payment of $2,495.00.

There is an additional fee of $1,000.00 per child (if applicable, and you choose a payment plan, this fee will be equally divided by 8 and added to the monthly amount). If, at any time before or after you retain us, it is determined that you require a joint sponsor, you agree to pay an additional and separate fee of $300.00 for joint sponsor advice, form, and document preparation.

If you wish to file an optional K3/K4 petition, you agree to pay an additional and separate fee for advice, form, and document preparation and submission, for an additional flat fee of $500 per family for our services.

17. Fixed Fee
You agree that our fixed fee is based on the estimated amount of time our office will spend on an average case and that the time required for each individual case may vary. Our office limits the number of new clients we add each month (based on caseload) and this may result in our inability to accept new work from all prospective clients. The Attorney Fee is earned in full upon retaining our office, subject to reduction if no service is provided. A $37 per month admin fee will be retained prior to calculation of any partial refunds made on a payment plan.

If your case requires more time and work than the average case, whether for pre or post-interview processing, or any other additional work, you will not be charged any additional fee beyond the Attorney Fee stated in Paragraph 16. Conversely, in the event that your case requires less work than the average case, or you decide to withdraw or abandon the case or cancel our services at any time, the fixed fee will remain the same.

18. Money Back Guarantee
If your spouse does not receive a spouse visa, or an immigrant visa, after we have exhausted all other remedies, we will refund your legal fees in full, unless one, or more, of the following issues resulted in such denial: fraud or criminal activities, client cannot meet or exceed poverty guidelines, client cannot / or is unable to provide all requested and needed material, or if client provides inaccurate or fraudulent information, or failed in any way to follow our office’s clear instructions.

19. Expenses
We will not bill you for our office expenses associated with processing your case (e.g. express mail charges, telephone charges, copying costs, etc.). You will be required to separately pay all required government processing fees, medical exam fees, document retrieval fees, and translation / interpreter service fees (except as provided above in Sections 1, 2 and 10) for the CR1 / IR1 and / or CR2 / IR2 visas.

As of 06/20/2023, these fees include, but are not limited to: $535.00 to the USCIS at time of filing Petition (per visa applicant); approximately $150.00- $250.00 for a medical examination (varies by country); and $325.00 for visa processing; $120.00 for affidavit of support fee; and $165.00 for Green Card issuance which

Confidential and Proprietary Information. Solomon Immigration Law, LLC Copyright 2020. V.2023-10.002