Jean Ellen Padberg

I wanted to file for my GC under EB1A category as a Postdoc and new entrepreneur. I had been a postdoc at Princeton for 2 years and had cofounded a company less than 6 months at the time when I found Jean through some online reviews. I had approached V Chen's firm but they refused to take my case as ...I had less than 50 citations at the time. Jean seemed to have won multiple cases similar to my profile (PhD Engineering from a top 5 school, 9 Journal publications, 50 citations, 25 conference talks, 3 patents, 4 journals Reviewer, Media coverage including phys.org, Newsweek, ChemWorld, etc., new start up with 4 employees & some gov. grant money). Jean was great from the very start, very prompt at responding to emails or video chats. Legal fees were more expensive than some others, but she agreed to take 1/4 up front and the rest after I-140 approval. She sent some sample reco letters and requested me to provide drafts of at least 7-10 recommender’s letters. She also sent over the forms and documents needed for filing the I-140. After about a few months of writing the letter drafts, Jean’s edits, sending them out to the recommenders and receiving them back (This is the biggest time bottleneck, which i did not anticipate), we finally submitted the I-140 package in Dec 2016. I had 9 letters at the time. Then the following events occurred: Dec 2016: I-140 premium processing received by LIN NSC. 4/10 categories - Publications, Judge of others work, Major media material, Business contribution Jan 2017: I-140 RFE - “not enough significance of original contribution” Mar 2017: RFE response with another 6 very strong letters from academia & industry, +10 citations, another ~$2M raised in funding for company. Mar 2017: I-140 denied with exact same response from NSC “not enough significance of original contribution” At this time I started panicking. Jean calmed me down and said that we’ll send the exact same package (with not a single thing changed) to TSC. She was supremely confident that the case would get approved at the Texas center, and not to go for a review of the denied I-140 at NSC. I also insisted that we apply for O1A. Jean was initially opposed to O1A application since she completely believed in my case and her ability to win it, but under the circumstances (my H1B at Princeton running out), she agreed to file it using the same package as EB1A i-140. Audra handled the O1A case filing. Apr 2017: I-140 premium processing package received by TSC Apr 2017: O1A premium processing package received by VSC Apr 2017: I-140 approved (in 7 days) Apr 2017: O1A RFE - “role in company as employee or as cofounder” May 2017: O1A RFE response submitted. May 2017: i-485 + EAD + AP applied for me and my wife to TSC Jun 2017: O1A approved. I started working at the company full time. Jun 2017: i-485 Finger printing done Aug 2017: Still waiting for EAD, AP, GC. Jean has been great throughout the process, providing me with information and guidance. I only wish I had pushed Jean to apply for O1A back in Jan 2017 when I got the first RFE. It prevented me from working at the company full time for 6 months.

Jean was recommended by a friend (postdoc at UTK and Iranian national) who hired her for EB2-NIW and got her green card in less than 6 months (filed I140 and I485 concurrently). In the free consultation through email, she described everything very clearly and precisely, responded to all my emails qui...ckly and honestly. I strongly recommend her for EB2-NIW cases.

I cannot thank enough Jean Padberg for her extraordinary work. My I-140 in EB-12 category was approved in one day!!! One day really!!! When I started my hunt for finding an attorney for filing for my green card under EB-12(EB-1-B-outstanding researcher category) I approached the so called big name at...torneys with my case. One of them refused to take up my case and offered to file in NIW, the other charged me around $ 13,000 not to mention how demoralizing and negative the whole episode was. When I approached Jean I was myself in doubt due to the previous debacle with the so called “top EB-1 attorneys” who flaunt their percentage of success. Jean readily took up my case and assured me that my chances were very good. She and her office were very prompt, answered my entire question, walked me through the process, gave me samples from previous cases and communicated effectively with my office and accomplished all these great professionalism. Her fees were only a fraction of what other attorneys demand. I highly recommend Jean Padberg and Associates to for any immigration needs. Thank you Padberg and Associates for make our dream into reality.

We, my wife and I, had a great experience with Jean when I was applying for my green card. Jean was always prompt to reply to any questions we had. She kept track of the process and prompted us at any and all crossroads we encountered. Her professionalism and knowledge on these matters is surpassed o...nly by her charming, friendly and helpful demeanor. We would recommend Jean to anyone that has immigration questions, issues or simply need help to navigate the bureaucracy surrounding the immigration/green card process.

Jean is the BEST immigration lawyer !!! Period. She knows what she is doing. Very prompt on email replies. Always available. Helped our complicated case to a success. She is quite a humble person and I've noticed she is liked by the immigration officials too. Please do not waste time looking around. ...You can not go wrong with Jean Padberg and Associates. I thank Jean and her associates every single day for the freedom she brought to our lives. I highly recommend her.