pshrestha, i have a friend goint to college and his case is pending in court; and he is paying instate fee and getting all state credit from NY state.
If case goes on court u are right you might be stuck for 5-6 years also;i know som1 who is running for 11 years. but you will have all facilities of green card ; only one thing is you cant go to nepal. you will have work permit can run business. go school . whats stressfull on that. i am on f1 and i guess i have more tension that all those my asylee friends. paying 6000 fee, rent, expenses etc.
about lawyer fee ; its fixed until you finis your case. if you wanna hire lawyer each time you went court you will be paying more. but there are so many lawyers who will work till ur case is over in fixed amount.
About sakkali Asylum there is 1 in million from nepal. do you think a person from rolpa and rukum can come here to file asylum? those who are here are from kathmandu and big cities where there is no maoist problem .