Laurel Deborah Scott

Laurel has been handling our family's waiver applications (for me & my parents). She's very responsive to our emails & gives clear guidance on the steps we need to prepare. At the beginning of our case, she provided an honest review of our chance & thankfully we were able to get waiver approvals. O...ur family's case is quite complicated and we're glad to meet Laurel as our attorney. She is very knowledgeable & always ready to answer our questions & concerns. Also, looking at our waiver supports, we could see how much she prepared for each application. Our family is very satisfied with the services. We greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much for all your help, Laurel!! :)

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.

Laurel Scott did a tremendous job filing my husband's provisional waiver. She has a great website and database you can access at any time and write an e-mail, to which she always responds within 24 hours and sometimes even right away. She knows more than anyone else about waivers (both I-601 and I-60...1A). If you are lucky enough to qualify for a provisional waiver and you go ahead and hire Laurel Scott, then you have won half the battle. I loved that fact that I never had to schedule any in person appointments. Everything I ever needed was in writing within the database and it was all set up in the most efficient way possible. Laurel had to prepare my waiver packet twice since right after she was originally done with the first waiver packet, I experienced a significant change in facts. She redid the whole waiver packet in no time and did not charge us any additional fees. She has no hidden fees and everything is spelled out in the original contract that you sign. Please do yourself a favor and perform a thorough research before hiring your immigration attorney. I have heard of so many applicants that hired an inexperienced attorney, wasted time and money and then finally hired Laurel and wished that they hired her in the first place. Laurel's reputation is impeccable and her knowledge and experience will make a difference in your complicated immigration case.