Lawrence Richard Holmes

Lawrence Richard Holmes

4.9
Rating: 7.1

Licensed for 38 years

Immigration Lawyer at San Diego, CA
Practice Areas: Immigration

1940 Garnet Avenue, Suite 210, San Diego, CA

About Lawrence

Practice Areas

1

Practice Area

Immigration 100%

Since 1991, 100% of my practice has been devoted to obtaining K1 fiancee visas and K3 spousal visas. In support of the foreign spouses we also handle their adjustment of status (green card), naturalization (U.S. citizenship), temporary work authorization and temporary travel document. I am licensed to practice immigration law in ALL 50 STATES. If you are interested in the services we provide, please call 888-3685886 for a FREE CONSULTATION.

35 years

100%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 45 minutes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in Pennsylvania for 38 years

State: Pennsylvania

Acquired: 1988

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Lawrence R Holmes Immigration Attorney

1940 Garnet Avenue, Suite 210, San Diego, CA, 92109

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Lawrence Richard Holmes's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

283 Client Reviews

Showing 51 - 55 of 101 reviews | Staff & Support

Posted by anonymous | February 27, 2015 | Immigration

Phenomenal!!

My husband & I were so fortunate to find the law office of Lawrence R. Holmes. He and his staff made both the green card and adjustment of status process stress free. Whenever we had a question, there was no wait time for an answer. In less than 3 years of coming to the US, I am officially deemed... a lawful permanent resident. We owe many thanks to the staff at the law office of Lawrence R. Holmes, but a huge thanks goes out to Yvonne for all of her hard work and dedication. It has been such a privilege to work with her and we can't thank her enough for all that she did. We highly recommend their services to anyone in need!

Posted by Devon | February 06, 2015

TRUSTED AND PROVEN

The team at Lawrence Holmes made my experience a trouble free one. Diana did such a wonderful job, all I had to do was review my documents, signed and showed up for my appointments. she kept me informed every step of the process.

Posted by Rory | January 05, 2015 | Immigration

Entire process was smooth as butter!

We had Lawrence Richard Holmes help us with our immigration papers for my wife when she came over to the United States and we got married. We were concerned that we might make mistakes on the paperwork and being as it was a sensitive process we wanted to have as much help as we could get. We were ...assigned a paralegal specialist who helped us every step of the way and answered every question we had. She was readily available both by phone and by email so it really helped make the paperwork less stressful. Once we got to the interview, the immigration officer already had almost everything we needed and there was very little asked of us. Shortly after my wife received her green card in the mail.

Posted by Lily | January 02, 2015 | Immigration

K-1 Visa Processing

The service I received from Yvonne with the Lawrence R Holmes Immigration Attorney's office was very helpful and professional. They quickly answered any questions I had quickly, they were knowledgeable, and efficient. Yvonne made what seems like a cumbersome process run smoothly and without any hitc...hes. My fiancee and I were much more comfortable during this process because we had Yvonne's assistance.

Posted by Charles | December 22, 2014 | Immigration

Lawrence Holmes was great

I first discovered him online last summer when I was living in Yokohama, Japan and contemplating the bewildering intricacies of the I-864 Affidavit of Support form, which I had to fill out in order to get my Japanese wife an immigrant visa to my native America. I had been struggling with the DS-260 O...nline Visa Application form for about two weeks at that time, and it was a royal pain, a constant, never-ending irritation, but at least it looked like it was possible; it looked like eventually I might be able to get through that thing if I just kept my head down and my attention focused on the task long enough. But the I-864 Affidavit of Support form? No, that was NOT possible. The more I looked through the pages of that form the more I realized that I was caught in a terrible bind. I had no idea how to proceed through the bureaucratic gobbledygook of that form, especially since I was unemployed at that time, and had no income to prove that I was able to support my wife in the States. They were going to stop me, I knew; they were going to keep me from bringing my wife back to America. And then one night I discovered Lawrence Holmes online. He said, in his web page, that if I was having visa problems he was my answer. Immediately I sent him an email, basically outlining my problem: I couldn’t understand the I-864 Affidavit of Support form, I told him; I just couldn’t follow it. The only thing that was clear to me was that according to that form I didn’t have enough money to support my wife in the States, and so the government was not going to let her in; it was not going to give her an immigrant visa. I had an answer from him the next morning. “Even though you’re unemployed,” he said, “according to what you said in your email to me you have enough money in the bank to prove you can support your wife.” I was very surprised. “I do?” I said in a return email to him. “How do you figure?” And he wrote back and said, “call me as soon as you get to the States and I’ll tell you how it works.” To make a long story short, Lawrence Holmes did the impossible: he got my wife a visa; he did it because he knew how the system works. He knew that if you have a certain amount of cash in the bank you don’t need an income. Nobody at the embassy in Tokyo told me that, and the I-864 form didn’t tell me that, at least not in any way that I was able to understand, but Lawrence Holmes knew that. “You’ve got no problem,” he assured me, “none at all.” He’s expensive; he cost me $2,000; but it was cheap at the price because he saved my life. As soon as I signed the dotted line on the form he sent me, and paid him with my credit card, he turned me over to one of paralegals in his office, a woman named Yvonne. She was the one who did all the work, but she did it under his guidance. She filled out all the forms for me, gave me telephone numbers, email and postal addresses and URLs so that I could get my hands on any info I needed in a flash, explained all the intricacies of all the government workings to me, and…in the end she set my wife up with an interview at the Tokyo embassy in record time. She always answered every question I had instantly, either by email or telephone, and led me calmly, cheerfully by the hand through every single step of the way. Without Yvonne and Lawrence Holmes I never would have gotten my wife a visa. NEVER! But with them it was easy; it was just as easy as it could be. What more can I say?

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James Dicks

Immigration lawyer | Nov 29

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"This attorney works very hard for the clients and keeps up with the law by attending legal seminars to assist them in this regard. I endorse this attorney."

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John De Luce

Immigration lawyer | Mar 06

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"have practiced immigration law for 32 years and have known Larry for over 20 years. In my opinion he is absolutely the best immigration attorney in the United States when it comes to obtaining K1 fiancee visas and the various marriage visas."

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Experience

Rating:  7.1 (Very Good)

Honors

1986

MENSA, MENSA MEMBER

Work Experience

1991 - Present

Owner, Lawrence R Holmes Immigration Atorney

Associations

1990 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member

Education

1987

California Western School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1972

California State University, Long Beach

MBA (Master of Business Administration)

1968

California State University, Fullerton

Bachelor of Arts

Languages

Spanish

Mandarin

English

Tagalog

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