Tsui H. Yee

Attorney Tsui Yee does have the knowledge, legal expertise, and charisma of a great lawyer, but beside that, I would recognize her for devotion, care and compassion that you only see in a great friend. Tsui just helped me with an O-1 visa. My endeavor of switching status from F-1 to O-1 was off t...o a rocky start since right after our first consultation meeting, EO 13769 ― the travel ban ― was issued and my country of citizenship was on the list. During a period that no one had a clear idea as what the implications were and how people like me would be affected by the order, Tsui reassuringly told me “we are going to fight as hard as we can.” Over the course of the next couple of months she made me feel empowered and encouraged, guided me and helped me reinforce my case in a way that my visa was granted shortly after submission. She started with emphatic understanding of me, as a person, not merely as a case (my life circumstances, achievements, my goals, etc.) then she tailored a personal narrative for my O-1 application and helped me bring the evidences and paperworks together. If anyone involved in the case on my end, (like my agent, my clients or those who wrote recommendation letters on my behalf) had any questions, she would personally get in touch with them to clarify the issue, providing detailed legal references, along with layman’s language. She was succinct, persuasive, and made the effort for them to understand fully the scope of their involvement and do their part wholeheartedly. She was always ready for strategic tweaks. Once that I had to replace an entity in my application, she generously redid some works she had already done. All and all, I never felt anything short of full understanding, support and adequacy in representation. In our current political atmosphere that even legal immigrants like me are likely to face a share of distress and disarray, in attorneys like Tsui Yee we shall trust.

I am not sure how I could express my gratitude... Tsui Yee is more than an uncommon immigration attorney -- she is one of a kind human being. Her dedication and her diligence will not be matched by anyone. For more than a decade prior I was (mis)represented by a (so-called) premier INS Attorney.... I had the fortune to meet Tsui Yee and she immediately took charge of my case, which had been mishandled by my prior attorney to the point that it was stuck in process at the INS office. Tsui filed for FOIA; got a copy of my case (which I never received from my previous attorney); and spent time to explain all of the implications. Once she understood the gravity of the situation she took the time to try to find any resolution, even going personally to the USCIS Offices asking for a status update. Due to the confidential nature of my (mis)filed case, she could not get an answer at first but pressed on until I finally received my appointment. She took the time, went with me to the scheduled appointment, and asked the officer to change the nature of my application since there were extenuating circumstances. In the end I received my Green Card and I owe it all to her. If you need help, look no further! Thank you for getting me out of a desperate situation!

Someone once told me that going through the immigration required a lot of faith. The reality is, the process is just brutal. I had gone through several immigration lawyers in three different states to help me with a work petition case and then a family petition case gone wrong. Desperation is a good ...word to describe that period of confusion, information overload, distrust and low self-esteem. (Yes, you are subjected to a form of bullying and battering by well-meaning legal and para-legal beings when they dismiss your questions with no effort to explain at all). I consider myself lucky and blessed that I got connected to Atty. Tsui Yee. I would wish every lawyer specializing in immigration cases would be like her: an attorney who sees her clients as real people and not just a case no. or receipt no. or alien no. She puts depth of understanding in every meeting with her clients. She moved me over from an original I-130 (family petition) to the stressful I-360 (special petition, I was a VAWA case) and the necessary I-756 (work permit) Having a feeling of inadequacy and loss of face is very typical of clients desperate for solutions and sometimes this warps the communication process. With Atty. Tsui, you become one in exhausting all possibilities. Communicating anxiety and a desire to understand the key supporting processes and subsequent documents of proof, becomes easier. With Atty. Tsui, the complex equation of hope plus the number of days and the number of documents and requirements exchanged back and forth with a flawed labyrinth called USCIS, is simplified. With Atty Tsui, you wind up winning your green card with the feeling of genuine gratitude and solid security and the confidence to move forward. (Yes, there will be euphoria and drama for a week or two!) I am moving forward with her to secure the future of my children, too.

Worked Hard on a Difficult Case. I was referred to Tsui Yee through friends who are legal headhunters. I needed an attorney who could communicate with my husband in Mandarine, handled immigration and was not frightened of my husband's case. We were denied by two other attorneys prior to finding ...Tsui. My husband's case was difficult in that he had a deportation in the court system from an Assylum Petition he had filed through a "Middle Man" firm, thinking it was a law firm, which it was not. They have since been busted and his file was likely tagged because of that. To be clear, they did eventually send a licensed attorney to court, but the representation was inadequate at best, I would use fraudulent. This had all occurred before we met, much less married. Too make a long story short, my I-130 petition took 18 months, but was approved, several months later Tsui was able to get the deportation case dismissed and today we received a Permanent Green Card. Throughout the process, Tsui was diligent, efficient and available. It has been over a 2 year process because of the difficulties involved but the important thing is she got it done.