Welcome to the Law Office of John F. Roth
Experience
90% of our practice is devoted to the K-1 Fiancee* visa. We have submitted over 2500 K visa applications to date. Click on K-1 visa to learn about the K-1 and other visas. We handle fiancee visas for clients from throughout the U.S. and throughout the world.
Success
We have a 100% success record for visas being issued by the Embassy (rather than merely being approved by the USCIS). See our Standards of Practice to learn how we have achieved this unique result for a practice of our size.
Speed
Our extensive experience and ongoing contact with the USCIS (formerly, BCIS) and embassies ensures that the visa is processed in the minimum amount of time, with the minimum amount of worry.
Full USCIS Support
We make sure that the USCIS petition is done right the first time, and we help the USCIS examiner avoid mistakes. As a result, 99% of our K-1 petitions are approved on the first submission.
Full Embassy Support
From the beginning of our K-1 practice in 1995, we have placed a unique emphasis on supporting the fiancee through the Embassy phase. The Embassy has always been where most potential problems arise (initial turn down rates in the embassies typically range from 20% - 50% for the general population; our rate is close to zero), and it has become particularly challenging with the implementation of the USA Patriot Act after 9/11. We contact the fiancee on the first day of the representation and stay closely engaged with her, identifying and resolving problems, both hidden and apparent, until the Embassy interview and beyond if necessary. We prepare all Embassy forms for the fiancee, and review all her documents prior to the interview. Further, we have legal assistants in Moscow, Kyiv, and Warsaw (and soon in Guangzhou) to provide additional preparation for the Embassy interview (for other embassies, one of our attorneys calls the fiancee directly to prepare her for the interview).
Building Trust
Since words alone are not enough to earn a clients trust (and shouldnt be enough, learn about the unauthorized practice of law in the K-1 field), we disclose our contract, fees, attorney background and client feedback on our web site. We also offer a free start-up kit, so that clients can evaluate our work prior to hiring us.
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Our You can learn more about how we might help you by calling us at 845-623-1100 (M-F, 9am until 5pm, Eastern Time). There is no charge for the initial consultation.
* Fiancee is used herein, rather than the more proper Fiancé(e), for ease of reading across multiple Internet platforms. Gender of the overseas fiance(e) is assumed to be female, even though we have helped numerous clients with overseas male fiances.