Immigrationdirect.com Reviews

This website came on the first thing when I Googled "immigration." I was trying to apply for citizenship and this was what I came into. I was going through the process and thought this was a gov't website. It looked like one. And then it asked me to pay $189. I did not pay and shut off my computer. Less than 30 minutes, it called me and said, "This is calling from the immigration." I thought, wow, they completed things so fast. But I still didn't pay them. However, 2 days later, I called them back and thought I was ready to complete the application. I thought this was a real gov’t website/agency. So I talked to the guy, named Mark. People from this company have a strong accent, something like Indian accent. He walked me through the paying process and started asking for my credit card info. I first started with doubt and asked him, “Can I do this online by myself?” He then said, “It will take 48 hours to process. I can do this immediately.” I fell into that, and gave him the info.

I got charged $129.00 for papers I can get free! Disputing with my bank for fraud! Is anything being done to shut them down?

I searched at Google for the government's website to renew my green card status and this company's website popped up at first link. Without paying too much attention, I went through the application process and gave my credit card number and so forth. Until I received an email from this company to thank me for choosing their service, then I realized the website I went through it wasn't an official USCIS website. They did nothing for me but charged me for $149.00 just for using their website to apply for my green card replacement. I'm so, so angry about that. Hopefully, this review will help people not to be cheated again.

I went to this website trying to renew my Green Card. I entered my information, including my name and phone number. When it asked for my credit card number, I decided to double-check the source and googled the website name. I found it was a scam so I immediately exited the website. I went to the real immigration website and did all the filing online. I submitted a payment of $450 online to US Immigration Services. Ten minutes later, I got a phone call from immigration asking for a payment of $129. When I told him I already paid online at USIS, he hung up. That was a call from the scam company and luckily, I was able to dodge it. Why is the FBI not raiding these scumbags?

I, too, was duped. I went to their website, thinking it was a reputable site. I needed a passport and ended up losing money for nothing more than them sending me a host of attachments to open and print, finding out I still had to pay almost another $200.00 to get my passport. I don't know how this conniving business is still able to rob more unsuspecting victims out of their hard-earned money.

I searched by Google and I entered this website. I was misled and thought this is a government website and paid them. When I found this is not paying to CIC, I asked for a refund. They refused. I did not use their service but paid $49 for nothing. Their service maybe useful for a newcomer, but it's no use for me. I am applying my PR card for the third time.

I called Immigration Direct for the deferred action and the guy from the customer care told me that their services were $19.99. They ended up charging me $99. When I did my research about this company, I realized they don't even have attorneys around like they told me they have. Biggest scam ever. I have no idea how this company is still in business. I'm going to call the San Francisco Attorney General's Office and file a claim.

I am so absolutely, irrevocably, completely outraged. This website is such a deception and I am very interested as to how they have the audacity to scam students who barely have the money to give that they so greedily steal. My brother and I are both high school students waiting for the availability of the I-821 deferred child immigrant form. It came out today. I woke up early like an excited kid on Christmas to fill out the form and send it out, hoping to be one of the first applicants. I typed in the form number in the search bar and Immigration Direct came up right away, so I clicked it.

I got a call from a rep named Roger who told me he would help me get a new green card which was lost in the mail. He told me that he's a USCIS official and even had my alien number. He said it would take 30 days to replace the card and gave me a quote amounting to $120, no additional fees. They charged my credit card $120. He told me not to worry; no other fees will apply as all fees were already taken care of and that includes the biometric fee. He did not tell me that they charged only for their service. Guess what? They charged me $120 for files that they sent to my email that you can get absolutely free from USCIS.gov. They charged my credit card faster than a rabbit. I want an attorney to look into my case.

This is a predatory website. They give the impression as if they are a government agency. Don’t leave them any of your information. You never know who they’re going to sell it to. All they do is link you to a PDF copy of the application which you can get free of any charge from USCIS directly. Keep your money and spend it on yourself, don’t give it to these wolves. And let all your friends and neighbors know about them. Be smart, don’t fall into this trap. I took the bait, you be smart.

I am so angry with useless and costly websites! Immigration Direct is one of them, making business using free information. Pay first, you will figure out later. I'm trapped like the other complainers. When I finished the application, I saw the scam. It was too late. The first thing I did was a stop payment on the transaction and filing a dispute with Visa. This scam must stop. It is a great idea to promote freedom of entrepreneurship. Freedom is the best way to create value. However, when someone uses his freedom to cheat publicly honest people, we can understand that more regulation and enforcement is needed. Please, shut this company down.

I’m furious. This company is a con. They are ripping people off. They are pretending to help with immigration under the disguise of the US immigration website. They are not doing anyone a service by providing immigration help. You can do everything yourself online using the official immigration website the US government has provided. Do not use Immigration Direct. These people will steal your money - your hard-earned money. Use the internet for research and use the US immigration website for help with your immigration paperwork.

I decided to apply for US citizenship and searched online for the required forms and requirements. Immigration Direct presented itself as an online service for filing and application; however, after taking a credit card for $189, the final submit required you to print and mail the forms. When I printed the forms and reviewed all instructions, I then realized that I had to send a processing fee of approx $800! I thought I had already paid a fee of $189. This was apparently for the form only which should have been free! There was no service provided for this fee; a terrible misrepresentation (con). I can only now warn everyone to not use this site.

Earlier this month, I wanted form I30 and when I put it in the search, Immigration Direct popped up looking exactly like a US Government site with US flag. It is very deceiving and misleading. It asked for credit card which I thought was for the filing fee so I put in the info. Halfway through, I realized that it was not what I wanted. I called Immigration Direct and asked for a refund which they refused. I asked to speak with a supervisor and was asked to leave a contact phone number and somebody would call me.

I have done my application for Canadian citizenship through the website of ImmigrationDirect. They made me believe that this website belongs to Canadian Immigration. They said that is the online application, but no. I filled out the form and paid $100.45 for that. Then I have to pay $200 to Canadian Immigration for my application. They sent me the greeting like: "Congratulations! You reached the final step for citizenship application.” But that is not true. I have to start from the very start except filling out the form. To complete my application, I have to print out the form and send it to Canadian Immigration. They charged me $100.45 for the free form in the website of Canadian Immigration. I tried to contact them by email, but the email address doesn't exist. Then, I called them and noticed that this number is outside of Canada. Finally, I reported them to Internet Crime Complaint Center. I hope people who have the same experience as me will support me to prevent these crimes.

I stumbled on Immigration Direct thinking it was an official government site. They make it look that way and then claim that they don't. I clicked on forms and then on the I131 and the only option it gave was to file online for $90. You had to pay before you even saw what the form looked like. I paid with a credit card and it made the form available. I filled out the form and submitted it and all it did was return an incorrectly filled out form for me to download and print. It wasn't filing online at all. And the form had two mistakes that I noticed, maybe more. On one, it asked the question of how long you intend to stay out of the country and the answer was put in a different question when the form was returned for download and printing. Another was a misworded question on the date and it returned an incorrectly written date.

So far, I’m just starting down the road to get restitution for the charges that occurred. I went online to look up the DS-82 form and was linked to fill out the form on line through immigration direct for renewal of passports. I thought that this would be more convenient and proceeded with the process. Without realizing that the charges for the renewal are $149.00 plus the current government charges for the processing of an expedited passport renewal. I called the next day because the paperwork that I requested still had not been sent and they said to just be patient. It was 4 days later that I received it and then it said to include an additional check or money order for the renewal of $170.00.

I didn't realize that they were a scam until they had my information - demanded a refund which they finally did, but then the next day, my credit card had been used in France! They are scam artists and need to be shut down.

Immigration Direct is a scam. The story we have to tell is similar to other complaints. Their website is so like the U.S. Government's USCIS site, that we got taken. I have filed a complaint with our senator's office, asking that this type of thing be addressed. We were charged $149.00 for a form that is available for free on the USCIS website. After phoning them to ask for a refund, I knew it was a scam when they didn't even ask for any identifying information from me (it was my husband that made the online transaction). They immediately refunded $120.00 without question. Will everyone contact your senators and representatives to congress? We can only hope that someone in government can get these guys!

If this Immigration Direct company is originally based in San Francisco, why am I getting phone calls from Henderson, NV? Sounds like a scam business operation to me. I'm just glad I didn’t pay the amount that they asked for. They called me and I know for sure that they were trying to get money out of me since I didn’t complete their form. A scam is what this website is.

If this immigration direct company is originally based in San Francisco, why am I getting phone calls from Henderson, NV? Sounds like a scam business operation to me. I'm just glad I didn’t pay the amount that they asked for. They called me and I know for sure that they were trying to get money out of me since I didn’t complete their form. A scam is what this website is.

I was researching the websites for help on immigration filings and I came across Immigration Direct. I started filling out the information and realized that this was not a government entity. They called me the next day to do business with me and when I said that I was no longer interested, the representative said, "Good luck in handling the rejection!" Wow!

I apply to get a resident renewal. Well, these people are not the real deal. They are an agency that could help you with the paper work but they don't warranty you that they ins will get a renewal. So I did a search and found out some tricky stuff so I had already pay them $149.99 to renew my resident card and they charge my card and I call they they were really rude. Their costumer service sucks! They hang up on me but I call back and got really pissed so I told they I needed my money back but they say that they could only refund me half of what I had paid and that pissed me more.

I start to renew my green card. I used all the ways to contact then but I can't. The web site is. Us immigration services Tel **. My green card will expire in ten days. I don't have much money to complete the total fee for renewal. Please I need your help. Thank you.

I am searching for information about completing an immigration form online. Immigration Direct pops out so I clicked on it thinking it was the government website because they made it look like the office government's website. I completed their form which lead me to believe it was the actual form and I paid $149.

When I try to search for information about immigration, immigrationdirect will pop out first. I have to admit, I shouldn't have clicked it because it is under advertisement. But they made it look like the office government's website. I got started to fill in a couple of questions about I130, then my husband called telling me that we don't need it. Hence, I called to ask for the money ($289) back. They told me that they can only refund me $199, not the $90 for I130. I was surprised and I said that I barely started. They said that it is in the terms and conditions that I agreed when I started.

English is my second language, so I was trapped too like all of you. They don't provide other languages. So, I thought that I filled out my application in the government website. I am very upset. This is financial and emotional abuse. How can they do this to the people? Why is there no control? Where is justice? Who can help me to resolve my issue?

Just Like many Of you, I searched Citizenship Application and and clicked on the first link that came up, that was immigrationdirect.com What was strange to me was that after filling out the information to have access to an account on July 11, 2011 i got tired so i walked away from the computer for about maybe 2 hrs. but never went through the process of filing the application nor gave them any personal information. I received a call around 7;30 pm. As the phone was ringing, on the screen it said US IMMIGRATION Custom 415-375-7854

Immigration Direct pretended to be the government connection to get visas for non-American citizens. I applied for a fiancé visa and they took my $299.00 and I found out they were a huge scam and refused to give my refund back of $299.00. These people are a major scam and need to be stopped now. They are victimizing innocent American citizens trying to bring loved ones into the USA. I want my refund back now. Please do something. Thanks so much.

This little ** just took out $129 from my checking account and tricked me by making me think that they were the official USCIS web page. It is a total scam. I didn't want to fill a form that I can get for free from the USCIS web site, and they just deliberately made it sound like an initial payment for renewing my green card. It is the first link that appears in Google and it was my mistake by not reading well when I was filling all my personal info.

Same thing happened to me. This is a scam. I print out my form, which I filled up myself and send via certified mail. The USCIS returned my form saying this is not a legit form and the only form to be use is from their website. Unfortunately, it was too late for me to dispute the 129 dollars fee on my credit card and sending a email to Immigration Direct aka "Scam Direct". They didn't do anything. They should be prosecuted not only for taking your money, but for wasting your time!

I have just stupidly fallen into the same hole, wrongfully believing that this was an official government web site. It is not, but it is obviously set up and designed to look like one in my opinion. I blame myself also for stupidly trying to get this done in a hurry and not conducting the proper research.

Two months ago, I had already visited the USCIS site and knew that the I-90 forms to renew the green card could be filed online for a total cost (including biometrics processing) of $370.00. On July 16, I decided to do it because my green card is expiring next month. The most visible Google entry for "green card renewal" announces: "US Immigration Services" and below, in smaller type: "Prepare green card forms online. Complete all US Governmental Forms." I made a terrible mistake of assuming that www/ImmigrationDirect.com was an office of the USCIS to "directly" deal online with applicants. Inside, the ambiguous style continues, you have to go to the bottom of the page, in quite small letters, to read that "ImmigrationDirect.com is not a law firm or affiliated with the United States government."

I want you to cancel the payment of $129.00 which was paid from my credit card. I was applying for my green card directly and not applying for a form that can be given to me by immigration free. I was made to understand immigration that this was not the proper link, they reject the receipt. No damage so far, I have also asked my bank to stop the payment, because this was not the service I wanted.

Like others I had the same problem. I landed on their site believing that it was government's website. And the first they do get your credit card number without saying what it was for. I am on the phone with my bank to dispute it.

I went to renew my green card and landed on the immigration direct website which leads you to believe that they are a government agency. The website looks very official and so I thought I had landed in the right place. I filed my application electronically and then was asked for a $129 fee. There was no pop up screen advising that this fee was not a government fee. A few hours later I tried to contact them after Google their company name. They have no contact phone numbers on their website! They told me my application was filed already and that they could not help me with a refund. I feel like they are wolves in sheep’s clothing, eluding to a service that you can get for free at the US Government website. They should at the very least state clearly at the top of their website in bold bright letters that the website is not affiliated with the US Gov. Hope that something is done about them and that some changes are made.

I was applying for renewal of my green card and their website leads you to believe you are dealing with a government entity related to renewal. They charged $129 for a process that is free on the correct site and when asking about it, they advise its cheaper than hiring a lawyer that really isn't needed. $129 for something free from the government. They are taking advantage of permanent residents.

I also fell into the scheme thinking I was on a government website electronically filing for a "green card" renewal, when in fact by deception throughout the entire website found out I was only purchasing the forms which are available online free of charge. I have contacted them for a full refund and was told by one of their representatives and the supervisor that only a portion of the $129 can be refunded. I will be disputing this with my bank and my credit card company.

ImmigrationDirect.com deceives and cheats applicants for US citizenship, specifically US permanent residents (those holding "green cards") into paying an exorbitant $149 fee by substantially representing the $149 to be a US Citizenship and Immigration Services (a government entity) application fee associated with the submission to the U.S. gov't of form N-400 "Application for Naturalization". For example, images such as an American Flag are depicted next to the ImmigrationDirect.com URL. The application fee is not clearly marked as being a fee to a commercial company for the service of generating an application form (rather than the U.S. gov't fee for processing the form). Applicants are misdirected to the ImmigrationDirect.com website after seeking the legitimate dot-gov URL.

We always regret to hear when customers are not fully satisfied with our service. We stand behind our service and in many cases we give a full refund to our customers who aren't satisfied. We are sorry that there was confusion about being on a government site, as we clearly state on every page of our website that we are not affiliated with the U.S. government and that our fees are in addition to any fees charged by the USCIS.

I then clarified to customer service. That's when I found out that this website is scam. I'm sure I'm not the only victim. I'm on the process of negotiating to get my money back. I reported my case to BBB and I plan to write the Attorney General or even talk to my neighbor who happens to work with TV news program. I'm not looking for trouble but I am doing this, not only for myself but for those people who barely speak English. I'm sure they took advantage of them. I read this website's reviews and blogs and several people complained about this website.

I am a senior citizen. I tried to applied for a renewal for a relative. I went online and saw this company website which was at the top of the Google list. I thought that I was entering a government site to apply. I paid the $149 thinking that it was to renew the application. I later tried to print the form as instructed, and I couldn't print nor save it to my PC. It came a blank page and my PC system tried to download the PDF form for 17 minutes without any luck. It was only a blank page. They charged my credit card for $149. I went into the government office and was told that there is no charge for the forms. This company is ripping people off by presenting themselves as a government agency. Only in reading the fine print will you realize that they are a sham outfit and scamming people.

The web site led me to believe I waas dealing with the real immigration department so I gave my credit card information and they have charged me $129.00 to complete a form that the immigration supplies for free and then they don't supply any further information about back up documents that need to be sent in. As an English immi grant I can perfectly understand what i am reading so can only imagine any one with a language barrier would really have a difficult time.