Christopher Edward Kurczaba

Myself, nor my family, have ever been more dismissed and taken advantage of by anyone as we were by Kurczaba Law Office. The lack of professional courtesy, customer service, and proper business practices at this law office makes it mind-boggling to me that they not only have such a high rating, but a...re in business at all. My first interaction with the team, specifically Chris, was very pleasant and encouraging. This was the interaction that made me decide on this firm to help me with my immigration needs. In the very beginning, I couldn't have been more pleased. There were many encouraging interactions and quick responses. However, after I paid the initial $6000...the phone calls started to become mostly ignored, the emails were mostly ignored, and the frustration started mounting. On the rare occasion that I did get to speak to someone at the desk, they were frustrated to be answering the phone and couldn't have sounded more put-off to just be speaking to me. Finally, after what seemed an eternity, we moved to the second stage (and second set of fees) of our visa application (after the petition approval). This is where things really went south. When I went to pay the Thousands of dollars more that they quoted me to have them help with the forms (to get us documentarily approved through the National Visa Center), they DOUBLED the fee. Not exaggerating...Doubled it! I fought. I was told "Prices have changed since we started". Still i fought back, saying that this was ridicules, and unfair, that I had a quote. The response to that was "He must have quoted you wrong". I couldn't believe that a law firm would take advantage of me and my family like that. After a LOT of deliberation my wife and I decided to pay the Grossly engorged fee. What else could we do? It had already taken WAY more time than we had been told in the beginning, and we needed to get this done. After that, it was the same story as the first time. Once payment had been made, my emails and calls went mostly unanswered. Finally we got our interview. My email about uploading a few extra forms went ignored. As such, when I was there at the consulate for our interview, they told me that we didn't have all of our forms uploaded. Thankfully, they gave me till the end of the day to upload it myself. I would give less than one star if I could, and I would suggest that you VERY much consider a different law office for your immigration needs. As for the fee? I'd say get it in writing, but I had that and they still ignored it. This will forever be the Worst part of my experience immigrating to the United States.

I used Mr. Kurczaba's services in 2005 with regards to Humaniatarian Parole for my grandfather. Mr. Kurczaba was knowledgable in regards to the information gathering, however his execution and conduct in composing a comprehensive request package was substandard. The Humanitarian Request letter compo...sed by him (or his firm) contained spelling mistakes, incomplete sentences and errors pertaining to events and situations. The cost of writing this letter was (in 2005) $700. When I tried to contact Mr. Kurczaba regarding status of the case, my telephone calls were not returned. Neither was I given any response after I sent Mr. Kurczaba and his associate Mr. Whitcup a letter. I finally had to drive to his office to demand a status update. It turned out that his law firm mailed the letter 3 months after my request. The letter was also sent to DHS without my approval and full of mistakes. It is my belief that Mr. Kurczaba and his law partner prey on Polish immigrants who have poor language skills. I would never recommend this firm to anyone who has important immigration issues.