Gina Maria Polo

As the President of a CPA firm specializing in International Taxation, I, as well my company, really count on Gina Polo and her team to assist our clients with their immigration matters. Gina has helped various clients of ours establish residency in the US and assist them with their U.S. Business ven...tures and investments through the E2 Visa Program. She is fully knowledgeable on all aspects of immigration but most importantly, the service she provides our clients is first-class. As some attorneys may rush through the Visa process in an effort to close the deal, Gina takes the time to analyze and review all best possible aspects and best approaches. She has consulted with us on various cases to ensure that obtaining residency for her clients is tax efficient from their point of view. Gina’s knowledge, service, and expertise really set her apart from many attorneys.. She is very highly recommended by our firm.

I got through Gina because a close friend of my husband had success in his work visa process. Everything happened exaclty the way she informed us in the very first meeting. My process was fast. We started working on it in July of 2012 and January of 2013 I have my green card approved. My work author...ization was approved in three months after we started my process. She was really nice to me, and very patient with my constant questions. Some small incidents happened. She had an assistent filling my G-325 (biographic information) and it was filled wrongly twice. After that I asked to Gina to have my case handled just by her which she did. Second and third smaller incidents happened during the interview. She could not come with us (my husband and I) and the lawyer representing us did not have one of the papers requested by the immigration representative. The third and funny incident was that the same representative complained about my process coming in 3 copies each document, she said we were killing too much trees. This one made us laugh and get through the interview more relaxed. I definetely and highly recommend her work.

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.