Lisa Scott

My association with Ms Lisa Scott starts from 2004, when Ms. Scott was our attorney to process my wife's H1-B visa and the dependent visas. We were so impressed, happy and satisfied with her excellent professional competence and sincerity, that when the time for my green card processing came in 2008,... I never bothered to even consider a second option, but approached Ms Scott again. I could not get an employer sponsored green card, due to certain employer policies. I discussed my options with her with respect to my background of 17 years of research experience as a plant scientist in my home country. Ms Scott reviewed my resume thoroughly and identified that I was eligible to apply for GC in EB1 category, without any sponsor, based only on my credentials. This was a big relief to me and my family as I was so concerned about the GC with my employer unable to sponsor me. Ms.Scott agreed to process my green card application and it was filed in April 2008. We had a lot of correspondence in this regard for getting all the documents ready for filing in EB1. I had to get a number of documents ready and Ms Scott provided me with templates to help me in this regard and was very patient with the time consuming process of getting all the documents ready. She reviewed them very meticulously and approved it. I should state that I am so happy with her proficiency in the latest immigration rules and regulations and extremely impressed with the perfect professional advices and suggestions she gave me, in this entire process. I should congratulate her for the most modern electronic procedures / software she uses to let us give her all the required data and other documents, with utmost ease. Everything was so well organized with no ambiguity. As a scientist, I value that a great deal. I was also very impressed for the quick response to all my questions with the right answers. Her experience, knowledge and sincerity draw my best words of appreciation for her. I should also place on record my appreciation for her staff, highly reflecting Ms. Scott's sincerity and professional abilities. I am proud to say I was a client of Ms Scott and would be happy to recommend her to anyone who needs to successfully get through the complex procedures of immigration. Thank you Lisa. We appreciate your help- a lot. Dr. Saji Abraham and Elizabeth, Chicago June 24, 2008

I have recently used Scott Immigration law firm's cervices to file I-140 NIW and I-485. I-140 was submitted in April 2007, was approved after RFE in June 2008. Price and guaranteed success: Most likely when you look around, you will be able to find a cheaper immigration attorney. However, when I ...was considering different options, the most important factor to me was - the reputation and success rate. From several independent sources I have heard that Lisa Scott is one of the best immigration lawyers in Chicago area. So I decided that in the long run it will turn out to be better to pay one or two thousand more, but to ensure that my case is handled by the best in the business. She does not give you any guarantee that the case will or will not be successful. I found it very professional, as opposed to those who claim certain amount of guarantee. Also from several people I have heard that she takes the case only if she believes that it has a significant probability to be approved. I personally know couple of people who's cases she did not take, although they were more than ready to pay her for the cervises. Preparing documents for NIW petition: It will take you some time and effort to collect all the documents and support letters. Lisa provides you with several templates for the support letters and the questionnaire, which helps you to structure your achievements in a way that USCIS people can see exactly what they look for during decision making process. It will be your responsibility to provide all the information and modify templates for support letters according to your case. Lisa will take care of final corrections and adjustments. When you have all the paperwork ready, you hand it over to her and she finalizes it, indexes and submits to USCIS. Responsiveness and knowledgeability: I am a person who likes to have everything organized, and who does things according to the plan. In this respect, it was my pleasure to work with Lisa, who responded to e-mails immediately, and was always able to give me a time-frame regarding to the preparation of the documents. I found her extremely professional and knowledgeable of what she does. Also it is worth mentioning that her assistants are very friendly, helpful and understanding, which I found to be very important in this stressful situation. Handling RFE from USCIS: In most of the cases with NIW they will send you the request for additional evidence (RFE). Practically the yes/no from USCIS will depend on your response to the RFE. And again I have to say that she was very good in handling that situation. She reviewed the RFE and decided what exactly we needed to submit. Although I felt like I have enough for the RFE response, she insisted to provide more documents than they requested, in order to ensure the approval. Although I was in a time-crunch, I decided to follow her suggestions and never regretted about it. My case was approved in a week after submitting a response to RFE. Overall impression: I highly recommend Lisa Scott immigration firm. She is very knowledgeable, responsive and understanding. She takes the handling of the case personally and ensures that everything, and a little bit more than required, is done for the approval. It was my pleasure to have business with her.

I contacted Lisa to help me with my green card application (National interest waiver). She is rigorous in her selection of clients. I appreciated this as this means that no one's time or money is wasted. Over many emails she carefully evaluated my situation before she told me she could help me. This ...initial consultation was free. I received a list of documentation required. Throughout the process Lisa was meticulous in gathering supporting evidence of my eligibility for a green card. I had to provide copies of awards, claims, publications and professional memberships. I also needed to supply a research statement and media articles which described my area of specialization. In some cases I had to choose what information to supply and her in-depth experience of immigration law really helped clarify what information was pertinent. Gathering all these pieces of documentation was a painful task, but I believe the effort was worth it. My green card application was approved in 3 months. I could not have hoped for a better result. In addition, Lisa was responsive to my email inquiries. I had inquires regarding overseas travel and employment while my application was being considered by USCIS. She was professional in all her responses - she made no false promises, and stuck to the facts. I recommend her without reservation.

This lawyer worked on my greed card application case three years ago, for which I paid her $5,000. I sent my materials to her for a preliminary screening and was told it was a strong case. However, my application finally got denied by USCIS, and her explanation was that she did not work for USCIS and... did not hand out green cards so she was not responsible. Those are exactly what she told me. she lost the case but I did not get a penny back from her. I asked her to send the final package to me but only found out it was a mess and not well organized, at least not worth the money I paid. I DIYed my case later on, and finally my case was approved 5 months later, which proved that my case was strong but this lawyer is incapable.