EB2 NIW COMMUNITY RETAINER AGREEMENT (AGREEMENT)

You (Community member) agree to join this community based on the following terms and conditions.

COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ATTORNEY CANNOT, HAS NOT, AND DID NOT IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER GUARANTEE THE RESULTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBER’S EB2 NIW PETITION OR ANY PETITION OR PROCEEDING AND COMMUNITY MEMBER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY ATTORNEY ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THIS MATTER.

COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTAND AND AGREES THAT THE FEE PAID TO JOIN THIS COMMUNITY IS EARNED ON RECEIPT AND WILL NOT BE DEPOSITED INTO ATTORNEY’S CLIENT TRUST ACCOUNT. COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THIS FEE PAID EXCLUDES THE USCIS FEES ASSOCIATED WITH FILING THE PETITION, AND COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THIS FEE IS NON-REFUNDABLE.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS A DO-IT-YOUR-SELF COMMUNITY, AND COMMUNITY MEMBER AGREES TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMUNITY MEMBER WILL BE PREPARING COMMUNITY MEMBER’S EB2 NIW PETITION BY COMMUNITY MEMBER’S SELF WITH THE GUIDANCE OF ATTORNEY AS NECESSARY.

COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ATTORNEY IS ONLY PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND SAMPLE DOCUMENTS TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBER PUT TOGETHER OR FORMULATE HIS OR HER OWN DOCUMENT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBER EB2 NIW PETITION. COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ATTORNEY WILL NOT BE PUTTING A G28 (NOTICE OF ENTRY OF APPEARANCE AS ATTORNEY OR ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVE) FOR COMMUNITY MEMBER EB2 NIW PETITION UNLESS ATTORNEY HAS ENTERED A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBER WHICH AGREEMENT SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY BOTH ATTORNEY AND COMMUNITY MEMBER.

COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ATTORNEY WILL NOT BE PERSONALLY REVIEWING ANY DOCUMENT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBER UNLESS COMMUNITY MEMBER AND ATTORNEY ENTER INTO A SEPARATE AGREEMENT.

COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THIS IS THE ENITRE SCOPE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBER AND ATTORNEY AND THAT COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS NOT RETAINED ATTORNEY IN ANY OTHER WAY OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. 

COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBER AND ATTORNEY CONCERNING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND SUPERSEDES ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS ORAL OR WRITTEN, IF ANY.

COMMUNITY MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN ATTORNEY AND COMMUNITY MEMBER. ATTORNEY ADVISES THE COMMUNITY MEMBER TO READ THE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AND TO DISCUSS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH AN INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUSNEL REGARDING THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.