U.S. permanent residency and U.S. citizenship can take a very long time to achieve. It does take a lot of trust for the professional with whom you embark on a years-long immigration process and continue with that process year after year. Continuously managing the immigration attorney – client’s expectations, stress, and the many questions over the course of the representation can also test the lawyer’s sense of duty towards the client, and the limitations of his or her own patience, empathy, and emotional availability. 

A true success in this endeavor then is not just one where the desired outcome is finally achieved, but where even after a long and sometimes tiring process, the client still feels genuine satisfaction with the attorney’s work, while the immigration attorney is grateful to the client for the trust, the patience, and the faith.