Legal Question in Immigration Law in New York

Re: i paid a lawyer to file for a work visa with the dept of labor and my lawyer

The department of Labor does acknowledge the receipt of applications. So there is a way of knowing if the application arrived to the Department. However, the lack of a receipt does not necessarily mean that the application was never filed. Your attorney might have sent the application and it might have been misplaced somewhere along the way. However, he should have followed up on it when he saw that there was no answer from the DOL.

I suggest you tell your attorney what your concerns are. Look at the retainer or any papers you signed when you hired him. What was he supposed to do for you? The receipt for the money you paid is also an indication of the services that you contracted for.

Good luck.