Gina Maria Polo

I was introduced to the Weiss, Alden & Polo Law Firm by my peer almost ten years ago and since then I use this company always requesting Ms. Gina Polo for legal needs for my family members. During these years Ms. Polo has been working successfully on several immigration cases for me, my husband, my ...son and my daughter. Ms. Polo is very proficient and very reliable attorney. I always receive her professional guidance required to help to achieve the best outcomes in my cases.

During our immigration process we had on our side the comfort of Ms. Gina's large acknowledgement of the area. Since we landed in her hands we knew exactly what was happening and every single word that she said happened as she said. I already recommended her work to many friends and I'll continue to ...do so as many opportunities I will have. Thank you for the formidable work Gina, we always will be grateful.

As a Texas nonprofit, we have used Ms Polo's expertise for several years in immigration issues involving our employees. She has been responsive, kept us informed, knowledgeable about the issues and brought our cases to successful completion. She is currently handling a case for us that is before CI...S. We appreciate her and have confidence and trust in her.

I have been using the services of Ms. Polo for my immigration needs for the last 8 years, during which she has been very efficient in getting multiple work visas for me, my family, and several business associates. Since I met Gina, she informed me of all the alternatives available for each of us, an...d in all cases, except for one, the process went smoothly, and successful. In the one case that the visa was denied for my colleague , Gina quickly worked around the case and after only 3 months she succeeded again. I definitely recommend Gina for any immigration related case.

Tremendously disappointed with Gina. I hired her to prepare an E-2 visa application, and it was denied. She was a very passive advocate - which in case is not obvious, is not the kind of attorney you want. You want an aggressive and proactive attorney, which she isn't. Firstly, much of the documen...tation was prepared and put together by an associate attorney, not herself. It's unclear to what degree she was involved, although she claims she was supervising all along the way. Secondly, she did not spot a lot of issues with my E-2 documents, which was subsequently pointed out by my second attorney when I showed him the one prepared by Gina and co. For instance, I provided a business plan which I wrote for a school project and the numbers were wildly ambitious. When I asked her if that was an issue, she said no. Turns out, it was indeed an issue because it made the application appear incredible (as in, not credible). Thirdly, after my application was denied, she failed to pursue it any further beyond merely asking the consulate the basis for denial. For comparison, my second attorney not only contacted the consulate, but also contacted Legalnet for assistance, which is a last resort avenue available to attorneys who believe their client (me) has been erroneously denied a visa. Fourthly, she is not very accessible by comparison with the other attorneys I consulted with. My second attorney is almost always available by phone or replies almost instantaneously to emails, whereas with Gina you need to schedule phone calls in advance, sometimes quite far in advance. Lastly, after the denial, she advised me to obtain a B-1 visa for temporary visits and she still wanted to charge what I consider to be a ridiculous amount of money to help me prepare it. My second attorney, by contrast, offered to help me prepare a B-1 visa application at no charge after the denial. As mentioned, I applied a second time for an E-2 visa, with a different and more competent attorney, but was denied again. I believe the second attorney did a good job, but Gina's terrible first application which resulted in a denial has severely "poisoned the well" for me and resulted in a very tough situation for my second attempt. I'm very disappointed with Gina, and would not recommend her to anyone.