I would not recommended Matthew Streff as an immig...

I would not recommended Matthew Streff as an immigration attorney.

My relationship with Matthew Streff started fairly well when we began my visa application in early June 2018. He was understanding, explained the plan of action for my immigration status and seemed very confident. As time went by, however, he got more and more distant.

By December he had rescheduled a total of 19 times: July 13th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 26th, and 28th, August 2nd, 4th, and 8th, October 8th, 17th, and 18th, November 19th, 26th, and 28th, December, 2nd, 3rd, and 11th.

Every time he rescheduled, he had an excuse: I bought a house , I am sick , I have to take care of another client , etc... The last appointment however, (on December 11th), I waited in front of his office for an hour and 30 minutes, called his office numerous times and left numerous messages for him. A day later he sent me a message telling me he could not make it and he was sorry.

After 19 missed appointments, one no show, and countless text messages, my application was finally filed with USCIS. A sliver of sunshine and happiness shone through all of that chaos! Finally!

Then he became truly unresponsive. I tried to communicate with him numerous times between January 29th and March 22nd, but got no response. He began responding to me sporadically in April, then another period of silence between June 10th to August 7th.

I finally gave up after realizing he typed my SSN incorrectly on my entire visa application, which was a blatant error that will cost me a lot of time and effort to fix going forward. I stuck with him through having to tell him under what category to file my I-765 as he was about to file it under the wrong category, and him informing me, two months late, of a mandatory biometric appointment, but that was the last straw.

Don t get me wrong, Streff is very knowledgeable in many areas, but organization is not one of them. I appreciate the work he did for me, but his lack of communication with me since pretty much the beginning, and the several texts he sent me that were very inappropriate (in my opinion) for a client-attorney correspondance made me want to re-file my application without representation rather than work with him.

I believe that something is probably happening currently in his life that s preventing him from giving his clients the attention they deserve. The lawyer that recommended Streff to me is amazing and reliable, and he could not believe what I was telling him when I asked for advice on what to do about Streff s behavior.

I genuinely hope he gets his affairs in order and can go back to taking care of his clients properly. Meanwhile, no, I would not recommend Matthew Streff as an immigration attorney.

If I could go back and do things differently, I would have used the Immigration Law Center of Minnesota, which has many pro-bono attorneys, and may be able to help you with your immigration issues if you re considering working with Streff. I wish I knew about them before this whole ordeal began.

Good luck to all!