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DGF last won the day on November 2 2020

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  1. Yeaaaaah I wouldn't file WOM. You have actual background that needs to be checked and it's only been a month.
  2. I haven't filed one myself, no. But I do work with FOIA request results as part of my job and they can be very large. If you request it digitally it'll be cheaper because you don't pay for copies. One I recently looked at was over 1000 pages, so you can see why that would get expensive quickly. The first 100 pages and 2 hours of searching are free apparently and there is also a fee waiver available but you need to prove that it's in the public interest. Source: experience and https://first.uscis.gov/content/pdf/USCIS_FOIA_Request_Guide.pdf
  3. Sounds like an ill informed CBP agent to me. You no longer have an i94 once you are a permanent resident. I'd try to schedule an appointment with your local CBP office to get it stamped.
  4. FOIA is expensive but can be requested online and is pretty interesting to go through. They do redact them though so I wouldn't expect that the reason for the DS-5535 would definitely be available through a FOIA request.
  5. I am, haven't seen anything that needed to be added lately though, but I will add this! Another data point, I submitted my NEXUS renewal back in late 2021 and it was recently approved with no interview. They also added my green card to it when they renewed it without me having to do anything.
  6. This is covered in the FAQ. The only difference is premium delivery is to your door instead of to a canada post location, no difference in speed.
  7. PACER is a website for accessing electronic court records, separate from USCIS but it would be relevant for a WOM since that is through the courts. Also, these stories of poor customer service from Goldstein are terrible. I can't speak to their ability as lawyers but they really should be treating y'all better.
  8. This simply isn't true. I can only speak for the firm I work for (I'm support staff not a lawyer so I can't answer law questions) but both lawyers and paralegals are billed out at different rates. For example, I'm billed at $125/hr. The attorney I work for is billed at $400/hour. From the sounds of it, many of the people in this thread are being charged a flat fee rate, which generally saves people money over paying hourly, ESPECIALLY if it actually goes to court. There's a lot of research involved for the attorney and a lot of drafting for the paralegal. Much more than you'd expect and much more than I realized went into it when I had a lawyer while going through the process. Many of my "straightforward" cases can take upwards of 20+ hours overall between the paralegal and attorney and so for a WOM I could easily see it getting into 5+ digits if it was billed hourly. There are ABSOLUTELY lawyers out there that are in it for the money and not to help people, but if you do your research and find a lawyer that cares rather than picking the first person on google or the cheapest option, you're saving money if they're giving you a flat fee. It's disgusting that Montreal is doing this, but I really wouldn't recommend DIYing a WOM.
  9. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/nvc-public-inquiry-telephone-line-suspension.html
  10. Also @Hawk Riders I think your inbox is full.
  11. This is very well put, and also not an experience I would wish on my worst enemy. The immigration limbo when there are no timelines is a beast of it's own and it did a number on my mental health.
  12. Perfectly fine from an immigration perspective. Does you employer know you plan to do this? It can complicate things for them so I'd let them know if they do not know already. Carrying your work laptop is also perfectly fine. You'll have work authorization once you activate your visa so working from the US will be allowed.
  13. You can't edit the DS-260, tell them the changes at your interview.
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