Lawrence Richard Holmes

I'm an American and fell in love with a beautiful, fascinating Brazilian Amazon Indian woman, Hiracy. Due to our ages she is 28 and I am 69 years we never dreamed we could ever really be married and she could really be here as my wife beside me 24 hours a day. She taught me Portugues and I taught her... some English. We talked by Skype day and night and her family and I all built a great relationship. At one point we decided we both wanted to get married and of course her come to America with me. I searched online and found Attorney Holmes, never dreaming he would be so friendly and his staff would be so kind and helpful to us. They began to help us and we decided it would be all the way with them to represent us. We began the process sometime last year 2014 in about August - every single step of the way went just as they said it would. Every time they received a notice or we did we were instantly in contact. Since my wife now is from the capital of the Amazon, Manaus, there is no embassy there or any office to help us get her US Visa. So we had to meet in Rio De Janeiro and take all our photo albums and documents, and financial records and her police clearances, etc. to the Rio office. It was a three week process. First the medical testing had to be done - it was then sent to the Embassy. Then we went for the interview and were handled at a window just standing there before a very friendly agent who cleared us and our documents before we were called to stand before another window in a private room in front of the Consul of America in Brazil. He asked about five simple questions then he said she was approved to travel to the USA! We had been very nervous about the interview but it was approved and then we had to wait another week for her passport to arrive at the hotel in Rio before our plane was scheduled to leave on March 18th. I decided to push it and buy our tickets to USA ahead of time and as luck had it we received it the day before our plane left. We were so relieved to get out of Brazil and her for the first time to the USA - and we had heard horror stories about the Immigration agents in Miami where we entered. How they would surely separate us and scare her to death since her English was practically zero. However Mr Holmes and Danielle and the staff assured us we would pass fine. When we got to Miami we were surprised again... the agent took us straight to a room and we waited till someone came in at 5am or so and that agent asked us a few questions and if we were truly going to get married because we loved each other and we assured him we would be married within a week of arriving to Tucson, Az where we live. Our last hurdle which we gladly hired Mr. Holmes and Danielle who did everything again for us was our final interview with the agency here in Tucson. We were perfectly prepared by Danielle and the interview went much easier than we thought. They just notified us today that my wife's Green Card has been approved and on the way. Her social security card is also on the way and now we are free to travel the world and she can get a job if she wants and learn English and Get a driver's license... and such. Although it has some conditions, we are ecstatic now - but a year ago we had many obstacles to jump. It has been a long and arduous mission, but we have done it! Mission completed! Their fee was worth its weight in gold. They walked us through the entire process. I didn't have to worry if I had it right or wrong - and when we were in an interview - we were so well prepared they hardly looked at our documents. Many many blessings to the Angels and Geniuses at Lawrence Holmes, Attorneys!

I first hired Larry Holmes to guide me through getting my wife and daughter a visa to join me in the USA two years ago. I made the decision to hire Larry after over a year of frustration in personally trying to get these Visa's. My challenges included travelling half way around the world to meet ...with my own US Embassy and being treated rather poorly by our own embassy personnel. My wife had to go to the Embassy three times and was humiliated each time by the same personnel. I am an aerospace engineer, and I am used to doing a lot of research to find facts. When I searched for an immigration attorney I discovered that all the websites made the same promises with the exception of Larry Holmes. I called several of these Law Firms before Larry and they all made the same claims. When I got around to speaking with Larry personally, I knew right away that Larry was the ONLY attorney that understood the new laws and practices for immigration. Larry's staff was excellent in helping my wife getting her spouse visa two years ago. The day they arrived in the USA, 100% of all their paperwork was properly completed and Green Cards were issued so fast I couldn't believe it. After two years in the USA, I hired Larry Holmes to extend my family's green cards. We were very concerned to get all of the Visa extension completed in a timely manner because the Green cards were about to expire right as we were returning from our first trip overseas to visit family. Larry's assistant Yvonne handled everything perfectly according to the timing of our plans. Now less than a month after returning from overseas, and these Visa's have been extended with no problems at all. Great thanks to Yvonne for taking good care of us. I definitely plan to hire Larry again next year when the time comes for my wife and daughter to gain citizenship. This has been money well spent for us after first seeing how poorly the US Government Immigration System treats applicants both in the USA and overseas at the Embassy. I will tell you I felt like I was in a Martin Scorsese movie when I tried to go it alone. With Larry on my side it was a completely different story. When you hire a good attorney like Larry Holmes, the government knows you are serious about your application. Larry is a Vietnam Veteran who went on to a career as an attorney. Thank you for your service back then, and thank you for coming home and making a difference representing those of us that need your help.