Laurel Deborah Scott

I live in Long Island,N.Y.I am a Mexican immigrant married to an american citizen I have 2 children. After years of doing research and consulting lawyers in this area including NYC, I was disappointed for the lack of knowledge that some immigration lawyers have for the waiver process ,specially 601 a...nd 601-a provisional waiver. I found laurel in the internet a few years back,and in reading her chat is that I became familiar with the terminology of my case.After a big immigration law firm told me that there was nothing they could do for me I finally decided have a consultation with Laurel I was not going to give up my hope that the big immigration law firm was wrong. I thank God I did it, after having the consultation with Laurel she told me what was going on with my case and she gave a time frame , she said 12 to 18 months you will have your green card in your hands.(the other law firm had done the FOIA and FBI fingerprint check for me already, do your homework) If you are planning to hire an immigration lawyer, do yourself a favor have a consultation with her first and then you can go ahead and hired whoever you want, however when you go back to the consular interview believe me you want laurel to be your lawyer because she knows the process so well that it will give you peace of mind. by the way I got my green card and I couldn't be happier. I have never written a review for nobody before in my life.however I feel this is very important. good luck in your immigration journey.

About seven years ago Laurel won a very challenging hardship waiver case for my spouse and I. Her style is unique. No she is not chatty but straight to the point. Listen and do what she tells you and you should be alright. She is passionate and real and no amount of money can pay for a piece of mind ...not having to worry about whether your spouse will be deported or not.

I hired Laurel back in 2012 regarding my Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). She was refereed to me by my sister. ( Not a client) My sister is always interested on learning about immigration cases and found Laurel online, while reading her comments on her chat. I read about Laurel on... her page and saw how many cases she has helped int he past. When I called for an interview I was a little nervous as I did not know what to expect, I live in California and everything was handle thru the database which was more nerve racking not being able to see her personally. After I spoke with her she explained that DACA was new and attorneys out there did not know what to expect. She explained everything with further detail and i was more relaxed. Her associate Lauren (LC) as we called her took over my case, I was scared that she may had not been as good as Laurel, but she did. Laurel informed me that she went over everything before LC filed. That made it more less stressful to me. I got approved about 3 months later. Now I have hired Laurel for my Permanent Residency Status. We are working on that at the moment. Even tho I am not able to meet in person with Laurel I can not say with words enough how much I trust her and her team. Very professional, always responding and on top of the case. I recommend everyone following her on her Facebook, and read more about her cases and what her passion about immigration really means to her. Very educated women, different from other attorneys. She may ask for documentation that you may think what the heck is this going to help with my case, just do as she says. SHE IS THE PROFESSIONAL one, she knows what she is doing. At this moment I am currently waiting patiently while she is working on my case and know this will be a positive result. So yes I do highly recommend her! (ps. she has a great sense of humor) read her FB and blogs!

My husband and I hired Laurel Scott to compile his I-601 Waiver packet after he had entered without inspection and was subject to a ten-year ban. We had consulted with another lawyer who specializes in immigration. This other lawyer was knowledgeable, experienced in I-601 waiver packets, and cheaper,... BUT she did not inspire much confidence and wanted me (as the USC) to do all sorts of things that felt unnecessary (or at least very annoying). Laurel was highly recommended on a website for which she offered free Wednesday question-answer sessions. Her own website is very well-organized and has extensive information for immigrants. Immigration law is what she does. We paid for a 30 minute consultation, which lasted 20 minutes. During that time Laurel listened to our case, which I feared was weak, and gave us her very straightforward opinion. She was very clear and articulate, and we hired her as soon as we figured out that we could afford her. She was in consistent contact with us through her own website, asked me (the USC) to write a hardship letter. From that letter, she gave us simple directions on what she needed from us to compile our strongest argument. We sent her the information all at once, and she had our packet mailed within days of receiving the last piece of information from an outside source. We received a copy of the completed packet, which was huge and well organized. There were a couple pages missing (just from the copy), and 1 item was misorganized. I feared that the adjudicator would request further evidence to address this small issue. They did not, and we were approved! Laurel comes with the highest recommendation from myself and others, which is not to say that she is perfect. She is not cheap, but you don't want to drag this process out by getting denied or a request for further evidence because of a poorly constructed packet (believe me the short version is long enough!). She is not chatty, but she will update you monthly, and will continue to watch your case after she submits the packet for a monthly fee. She is not going to request an unnecessary expedite or call the centers about your case until it is outside of the timeline that she tells you about, AND you can't step on her toes by doing it yourself (it's in the contract). The contract is super specific, so read it carefully, and it lays out your payment schedule. For us, she was very flexible with our payments, and allowed us to pay a certain amount upfront and then the rest monthly. I really can't recommend her highly enough. Like I said earlier, I thought our case was kind of weak, but she compiled a strong argument, organized it, and we were approved in just over 6 months (at the time the average was 7 months). She continued to monitor as the visa was issued in Brazil, and my husband is due home in days. Priceless.

We worked with Laurel for several years as our case had issues to due to our previous attorney who was incompetent in the area I-601s. Long story short, Laurel is knowledgeable in immigration law, especially I-601s. She is straightforward and honest about your case. She will let you know whether your... case has a chance or not. Laurel is very passionate about immigration law, it is evident when you speak to her. She also has a FREE weekly chat that allows people to ask general questions pertaining to immigration, not very many attorney is willing to take the time to do such a thing. I know that had we hired her initially, our case wouldn't have been so drawn out.