Andrei Romanenko

Romanenko was hired to submit a TPS application and handle the asylum case. After a few months, Romanenko refused to continue with the asylum case unless the fee was increased by $2,000, providing the following justification: "our signed contract does not specify a fixed price for the future," with t...he contract indicating a total amount of $10,000. Romanenko also violated other terms of the contract. The contract states: "Preparation and submission of the I-589 form - $1,000." Not only did Romanenko fail to fulfill the contract’s terms in the "submission" section, stating, "you will need to file it in court in Sacramento," but he also withheld approximately $3,660 instead of the agreed $1,000. When asked why this was the case, I received the absurd response: "We do not provide services for a fixed fee of $1,000. There was never an agreement that we would communicate with you, submit documents to USCIS, prepare contracts, etc., for a fixed amount of $1,000." In other words, the contract with Romanenko is essentially useless. Additionally, the I-589 statement prepared by Romanenko contained at least five errors. When asked to correct them, I received the following response: "I'm afraid that if we start messing with the spelling now, it will cause additional complications." About 1.5 years later, I decided to change lawyers because Ukrainian TPS holders started receiving letters about the removal of their cases from the hearing calendar. Romanenko assured me that TPS would not affect the asylum case. Under Romanenko, no individual hearing date was set, he did not file a declaration with the court, did not request evidence for the case, and did not work with them as part of the "Representation in Immigration Court - $12,000" agreement. After terminating his services, he provided a report of allegedly completed work amounting to $9,085. After receiving my case from Romanenko, it only contained motions and outdated country conditions. To this day, Romanenko has not refunded any part of the $12,000.

First of all, I would like to start by defining what a lawyer is. A lawyer is a person whose profession is to provide qualified legal assistance to individuals, including the protection of their rights and representation of interests. Having hired Andrei Romanenko there was a feeling that I had hir...ed a prosecutor, there was no talk of protecting the rights and interests of the client. Technically, the documents were prepared and filled out by his secretary with many errors, the work was not done in good faith. And as it turned out later, the final version of the case with amendments was not even checked by the lawyer himself, this is with regard to the documentary component. From the point of view of consultations in the course of the case, it is even worse. The lawyer responded promptly only until the moment of full payment for his services. What followed was a quest. Talking on the phone with a hired lawyer is unrealistic. The call ended in nothing, always answered by his secretary, who, for obvious reasons, is not competent in my matters. To communicate with a lawyer, there was only one option - to write letters to which he answers at best from 2 working days, and at worst, he simply does not answer. The process is not fast. Due to an unscrupulous approach to my duties, due to the lack of a timely response to specific negative factors in the process, unfortunately, my case was on the way to failure and we hired another lawyer with whom we continue our cooperation. Based on my experience, I definitely do not recommend Andrei Romanenko as a migration lawyer. In my case, there are many doubts about the qualifications of a lawyer. Tip: if you still want to work with this lawyer, first talk to him personally, and not by phone, and only then decide whether to work with him or not.