Barbara J. Brandes

In 2018, I appeared in front of immigration where my asylum status and work permit were taken. I had a previous lawyer whom gladly took the money but did not do any work to help appeal the decision. From 2018 up to the present time, 6 long years, I was unable to work since I no longer had my work p...ermit. I have had great support and help from friends, family, church members to raise funds to obtain the money needed for application fees, documentation and the previous lawyer. Since then I have been working diligently to obtain all the necessary documentation and complying with all the requests by immigration. Fast Forward to May of 2023, all documents were certified and received by USCIS. After months and months of having a pending status, with zero ability to speak with a representative at their office, I was getting frustrated since there had not been word regarding the status of my case. I met Barbara Brandes unexpectedly and our paths were meant to cross. She heard my story and the length of time it has taken for my case status to still be pending. She immediately got involved and was calling immigration to find out why my case was at a standstill. Come to find out it was all still pending because my medical documentation was not even attached to my case because it was sitting in the mail receiving, an entire year later. Then in two weeks’ time she was able to get my case resolved and now I have my green card!