Caro Kinsella

I had a complex case with a visa overstay in the States and by seeking Caro's assistance I was able to understand the process and get the visa issued to me. Caro and her team were always kept me updated about my case by email so I felt comfortable even when I was traveling a lot for work. I will alwa...ys recommend her to anyone who is looking for an immigration lawyer.

Firstly, I'm sure plenty of people have had success with this office but unfortunately I cannot say the same. After being denied at Dublin airport preclearance for not demonstrating home country ties, my partner and I reached out to the office of Caro Kinsella for help. Her assistant scheduled a me...eting for 2 weeks time in the Dublin office at something around $500. My US based partner flew into Dublin, only for the meeting to get moved out by a week later, just a few days beforehand. I was pretty disappointed as my partner had to return to the states. When the day finally came I went to the office myself and waited for over 40mins. My partner was waiting on the phone all this time to join. Eventually I met with Caro and told her my story. She had said this situation was common and refusal at point of entry is becoming more frequent but as I had not received any paper work at the airport and my passport was not stamped, my ESTA (visa which I was traveling on) was most likely not canceled and that it was most likely "immigration using scare tactics". She advised I should try to return to the US via an alternate route to visit my partner. After a few weeks mulling over this and googling I realized I could check status of my ESTA on the USCIS website- which I did and saw yes it was canceled indeed andI was not authorized to travel. During these weeks Caro's assistant had been emailing to schedule a follow up meeting ($$$). When I responded with a screen shot of the the ESTA status I heard nothing back. I realized this office was not trying to help here but just make more money. If I had followed through on the advice I had received, and tried to enter the US I could have been met with worst ramifications than refusal, I could have been blacklisted. Why I was told to "take a chance" rather than providing advice on how to check status of ESTA is beyond me. I'm happy to say we went through k1 fiance visa process ourselves and I'm here in the US with no extra money paid to lawyers. Based on the service received and poor advice I would not recommend Caro Kinsella.

I made contact with this office to help me prepare for an interview for a US visa. Caro decided to charge me €1600 for this 58 minute conversation. She did not cover everything in this telephone conversation and was cut off mid sentence. She hadn't the manners to call me back, to put my mind at ea...se going into this interview. They will argue that I agreed to this fee prior to the conference and this is true but I am very angry with the service provided and the arrogance displayed by the office after my call was so abruptly ended. The service and advice I thought I would get, I didn't. They took the money though. Would NEVER recommend.

Caro has been great for helping me and to my children to get our Green Cards. She was always on top of everything that needed to be done. She explained the necessary steps in detail. We are very thankful for her help and can fully recommend her to anyone who need an experienced and dedicated immigrat...ion lawyer.

BEWARE. While I live in NY, my Green Card bearing (Irish)spouse has been working in Palm Beach, and so when I was going to be in the area visiting him we rang the office for an appointment several weeks in advance to discuss the process of his obtaining citizenship ASAP. The immediate response was t...hat there were no face-to-face appointments available, but that we could book a phone consultation to occur in two days. I thought this odd, but went ahead and completed the online form, requesting an appointment for 5PM or after, and providing credit card information--which I really thought odd. Being Irish--as is Karo--I figured surely they're not going to rip me off. Very shortly afterwards, we were booked for a phone conference at 12:30PM [not possible and not as requested]. And informed that my CC had been charged. A series of aggravating phone calls followed, neither of which was resulted in our getting an appointment at a suitable time. It then took over ten days to receive a refund to my CC account. Shabby, amateurish, wholly ineffective concern.