Lawrence Richard Holmes

We hired Lawrence Holmes, to handle our petition. They did an excellent job in educating and informing us about the proceedures for filing our I.130 spousal visa. They kept us informed through the whole process and were very helpful and sensitive to our needs. I would recommend them to anyone who is... in need of assistance in immigration matters.

As a bit of background, my wife was here on a J-1 visa when we met, and it had a 2-year home residency requirement associated with it. I hired a lawyer (not Larry Holmes this first time) and filed for a waiver, but it was denied. Now when it came time to petition for my wife for her permanent reside...ncy in March of 2013, this experience with the former lawyer led me to think "Hey, I spent a LOT of money for something that was really straight forward...doing an I-130 with a lawyer must be prohibitively expensive." So I did the I-130 filing myself. ...And then the ever-present anxiety settled in...what if I did something wrong, what if they do a request for evidence? The more I read other people's experiences with I-130's, the more I couldn't sleep worrying about all that could go wrong...and knowing I was ill-prepared to properly deal with something if it did. It was under these circumstances - about 3.5 months after filing - that I came across Larry Holme's very informative website one night while doing some reading on various aspects of the I-130 and NVC process. I was so impressed with the amount of freely available information (and the experience backing it up) that I filled out the contact request form online. Larry called me the next morning and answered tons of questions I had about my case, what may happen, and how to handle various scenarios. Contrary to my prior experience elsewhere, when Larry offers a consultation, he consults on your case rather than using "consultation" as a misnomer for "sales pitch". Even after 20 or 30 minutes of discussing my case, Larry wanted to make sure he answered all my questions. And this impressed me greatly - he was truly interested in my case and in helping me. I was the one who had to switch the topic of discussion to how his firm would assist me with my case going forward. I was really amazed...like "Wow!" amazed...when Larry shared his pricing for taking over my case. Suffice it to say that to hire Larry to take over my case all the way through my wife's final immigration interview and visa issuance was a fraction of the cost I paid for the J-1 visa waiver lawyer - for far much more work. Hiring Larry Holmes and his firm was the best decision I made during this entire I-130 process. Danielle, a top-rate Paralegal Specialist, helped me with my case going forward. I literally have 50+ emails from her answering questions and notifying me of what I needed to do. When you go through any kind of immigration process, especially for your spouse from whom you're physically separated, you will have moments of panic and anxiety about one thing or another. And when those moments come up, Danielle is the person you want to be able to email or call. Really, she probably saved my life from all the stress she made disappear. I wholeheartedly recommend the law firm of Lawrence R. Holmes to anyone dealing with any aspect of immigration law.

Thanks to Mr Holmes and his wonderful team (big thanks to Yvonne!), I was able to stay in the country and be with my husband! This is priceless! The procedure (AOS) went very well, Yvonne always gave us the clear rules to follow, papers to get, things we need to know for the procedure, etc. They a...re extremely serious and will respond to any of your questions in less than 24 hours I would say. I strongly recommend this lawyer and his team, we were anxious about my legal situation here but they made us feel comfortable and confident, and they were right! Thanks again for your wonderful help and work.