ATTORNEY/CLIENT

RETAINER AGREEMENT: K-1/K-3 VISA

This agreement represent responsibilities of both parties in the K1/K3 visa process. The services to be rendered will consist of securing the receipt by your fiancé(e) of a K-1/K-3 visa to enter the United States. The specific services to be provided are as follows:

Fiancé(e) and Spouse shall be interchangeably used for the purposes of this form.

1. USCIS Forms Preparation/Attorney Service Outline
This office will prepare all USCIS forms for you based on the information and documents you and your fiancé(e) provide us. Upon completion, this firm will send your forms to you for signature. Client is responsible for providing all requested documents such as birth certificates, divorce decrees etc. upon request. Clients are also responsible for providing all information asked for in questionnaire. It is not this firms responsibility to ascertain document, dates, etc and is specifically client’s responsibility. It is further client’s responsibility to review and approve forms before submission. This firm shall not be responsible for any errors and/or omissions once client has signed and sent this firm forms. Clients should send firm all documents at one time. This eliminates any confusion about what this firm and does not have. This firm will not be held liable for any lost, damaged, etc. documents if client does not comply with this. Client is also responsible for all document translations. This firm will finalize your packet and send into the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This firm will monitor petition and support client throughout the embassy process until fiancee/spouse has attained the K visa. The Attorney/Client relationship ends once fiancee/spouse is issued the visa as this is what you are hiring this firm to do for you.

2. Supporting Document Advice
This office will provide you and your fiancé(e) with all necessary advice to the best of our ability regarding the collection of supporting documents for the USCIS petition and Embassy interview.

3. USCIS Application Preparation
In the interest of expediting USCIS review of your K-1/K-3 visa petition, this office will prepare your petition according to the highest professional standards, and every effort will be made to make the application as complete, accurate and easy to review as possible, so that the USCIS official is encouraged to approve the application as soon as possible.

4. Contact with USCIS and Embassy
This office will handle all telephone, mail, and fax contact with the USCIS. In extraordinary circumstances, this firm may ask you to voluntarily contact the USCIS to aid our office's efforts to expedite your case. Your voluntary agreement to undertake such contact will not be deemed as a failure by this firm to adhere to the terms of this agreement. This firm will also contact embassy once this firm receives US approval to set up a provisional file, upon request. Embassy will contact fiancee/spouse for additional documents needed, medical exam, and interview. As most clients prefer to do Affidavit of Support, which contains personal financial information, and fiancee/spouses embassy forms, client is primarily responsible for these forms.  Firm will prepare these forms at clients request. As every US Embassy has slightly different procedures and/or requirements, this firm encourages fiancee/spouse to be as proactive in this process as possible and contact embassy for any questions he/she may have with or regarding forms. If embassy contact is needed and at clients request, this firm will contact embassy via fax and/or email for official inquiries.

GENERAL SERVICES / PROVISIONS:

5. Client Updates
This firm will keep you closely advised of all significant developments in the progress of your case.

6. Attorney Accessibility
You can expect to have access to an attorney during normal working hours, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, excluding holidays. This is accomplished through either email or phone.

7. Expedited Case Processing
Every reasonable effort will be made to expedite your case promptly and efficiently. Please understand, however, that government bureaucracy errors or workload problems beyond this office's control can sometimes slow the processing of a case. This firm cannot and does not guarantee a time of processing. Any time frame given will be based on past cases and best judgment but are only estimates. This firm will, however, work with the government agencies involved to minimize the impact on your case of any such government errors or delays.

8. Attorney Fee
Client will be charged a flat attorney's fee determined by which payment plant client choses for the K-1/K-3 Visa service. Client will be responsible for all filing and other necessary fees.

9. Refunds
If either you or your fiancé(e) withdraws the K-1/K-3 petition, this firm will refund you the unused portion of your attorney fee based on the percentage completed or time spent at the time of withdrawal. Attorney’s rates are two hundred dollars per hour charged in ten minute increments. This firm keeps track of all time spent with client as a general practice. Once questionnaire is sent and client wishes to cancel, there will be a minimum charge of one hundred dollars. It is client’s responsibility to provide all documents and information requested. If your K1 visa petition is not approved by the USCIS we will refund our legal fee or appeal your case for free if we determine that there is merit to appeal the K1 fiancee visa. This firm cannot guarantee visa success if client or loved one has been in any sort of immigration proceeding(s) previously, client cannot meet or exceed poverty guideline, client/loved one have not met or sufficient documentation cannot be provided, client cannot/or is unable to provide all requested and needed material, if client provides inaccurate information, and/or if the embassy finds that there is no proof of a bona fide relationship. 

10. Expenses
This firm will not bill you for office expenses associated with processing your case (e.g.  mail charges, telephone charges, copying costs, et cetera). You will separately pay all required government fees and medical examination fees. This firm sends petitions and/or correspondence to client via regular mail in the domestic USA only. Any special mail requests (ie. overnight) and/or overseas mail will the financial obligation of client.

I appreciate the confidence expressed by you in selecting this firm to act as your counsel in connection with this matter. By paying the firms retainer fee and typing your name above the Client Signature space which constitutes an electronic signature which is legal and binding as per all local, state and/or pertinent laws and under the ESIGN Act and Uniform Electronic Transaction Act (UETA) both CLIENT and ATTORNEY hereby agree to be bound by the terms herein.

PLEASE TYPE YOUR NAME BELOW:

_______________________________

CLIENT

 Karyn Duff, Esquire

_______________________________