Originally Posted by NattUhhLee

Therein lies the issue my father was never able to adjust status, although his app was approvable when filed. Due to the combined incompetence of the lawyer and his mother/secretary my fathers case was erroneously closed towards the end of the DOL certification step. We were never informed of that by the lawyer, we had to figured it out on our own and then pushed the lawyer to go through the motions of re-opening the case. Once the case was re-opened it was placed in the back of the queue and the lawyer stated he would be charging us again for attorneys fees. At this point we were shocked that we were expected to pay for the process all over again although the attorney had stated the case had been closed because he had note filed needed documents in a timely manner. Even if we had wanted to pay again my father had exhausted all his savings with the previously paid fees. So this attorney essentially held our case and documents hostage until we agreed to pay more money. (At the time none of us knew my father had a right to his own documents)