Well, the K-1 application is about finished and I will take it with me in a few weeks for her signature.
I wanted to explain my situation and why it took three months to file. I hope some of you experienced guys can tell me what I did wrong besides hiring an attorney.
From the feedback I received I thought my case would be a little different from most. She is Ukrainian, has a 14 year old son and an ex-husband in the militia. Her English is very limited. I hired the first attorney because he was inexpensive, Ukrainian and could phone her to request all the information we needed to file.
Needless to say the first attorney did very little except to put my G-325A on his pc. He phoned her twice in 2 1/2 months and wrote it off because he could not reach her. I phone 10 times some days before I can reach her because of the poor reception in Ukraine. Since she goes out of town on business trips, her mobile phone does not work at these times. I gave the lawyer documents she mailed to me and she faxed him additional documents. He never received the documents she faxed to him. To compound the problem the attorney was never in his office. He also practices injury, medical malpractice, contract's and he is a trial lawyer.
Oh well, you get what you pay for.
As a last ditch effort I scoured the Internet and found a very good immigration attorney and I used a translator to translate all the documents. The translator was also able to schedule 3 way telephone conversations between me and my fiance to request the needed documents and information.
One good thing. I filed a grievance against the first attorney and he refunded 100% of my money. He also sent a lame response to the Attorney Grievance Committee. In actuality he did not break any law and he indicated that I was not able to get him all the information that was necessary to file. He never followed up on anything. Isn't it his job to be available so I could deliver the needed documents he had requested? My fiance emailed them to me since he alleged never receiving her fax.
I will not post the information here however, if anyone wants to use an excellent immigration attorney (my second one) and outstanding translator/interpreter, send me a PM and I will give you the information.
I am going back to visit her on February 21 and will file as soon as I return.
I will be using the Vermont Service Center which is good.