Lawyers

[theecon 0]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if any of you had any troubles with immigration lawyers while K1 process? Ours seems to not answear our calls or emails when we need it most.

We have to fill the DS 230 form and send it back to the embasyy and can't reach the lawyer.

Thanks for any feedback

[one love 0]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if any of you had any troubles with immigration lawyers while K1 process? Ours seems to not answear our calls or emails when we need it most.

We have to fill the DS 230 form and send it back to the embasyy and can't reach the lawyer.

Thanks for any feedback

yes seems after they have your money they not as concerned about your case

[sara..... 371]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if any of you had any troubles with immigration lawyers while K1 process? Ours seems to not answear our calls or emails when we need it most.

We have to fill the DS 230 form and send it back to the embasyy and can't reach the lawyer.

Thanks for any feedback

oh ho look at my time line we have an attorney he flat refuses to answer our calls or return any emails sent to him so as far as im concerned lawyers only want ur money and give u nothing back.........as far as we are over the normal processing time he should have at the very least contacted the pres or something but nothing nada.................

[theecon 0]

Oh my God! These guys are incredible !

At this point you don't even know what to do, if you wait for them to move you get delayed and all that if you do it on your own .......

[Carol and Bruno 0]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if any of you had any troubles with immigration lawyers while K1 process? Ours seems to not answear our calls or emails when we need it most.

We have to fill the DS 230 form and send it back to the embasyy and can't reach the lawyer.

Thanks for any feedback

Yes, I have the same problem with my attorney. They will not respond in a timely manner and just refuse to return phone calls. I'll get a response to an email weeks after I've sent it. I no longer call them. I've also learned more about this process due to them not responding to me so I had to research everything on my own. I paid $1900 for nothing.

People enter this website frequently asking if an attorney is a good idea. Most reply with "NO" and that they're only necessary if you anticipate legal problems. However, they make the decision to hire the attorney anyway and then find themselves in the same shoes as those people who warned them not to hire one. However, this is not always the case, but I've seen it too many times. I am not implying that this is your story.

I will say that once you're approved, you no longer need the attorney. You can get all the information ready for the interview and send it to your fiance. Be sure to have the attorney email you a copy of both the NOA1 and the NOA2.

Good luck.

[daboyz 36]

Oh my God! These guys are incredible !

At this point you don't even know what to do, if you wait for them to move you get delayed and all that if you do it on your own .......

I am at least 2 months behind due to my lawyer not filing my I-130, and then once he did that and got the NOA1, it took him another month to send out the I-129F. After that was done I got an email from them saying don't contact us until the end of the Summer because we wont have any information for you.

Whenever I did send an email I get an automatic response saying we will get back with you within one business day. This never happened. Whenever I called, they would never call me back, or if I called after 3 pm they would say our phone hours have ended for the day... call back tomorrow. I would do that and then still never get a hold of the person. I guess they figure that since a K-3 or K-1 is most likely a one time thing, and you will never have a reason to retain their services in the future, that there is no reason to offer any kind of decent customer service. The sad thing is peoples future with their families depend on them, and somehow they end up being treated as though they are trying to send back an under-cooked steak.

That said, I think they may have made some personnel changes since then. I did get an email a few weeks ago saying that Vermont is slow, and will probably be sometime in Sept. before I hear anything. Although I already knew that thanks to visajourney, it was still nice to know that they seem to be monitoring things.

[Laura+Tom 2]

Dump your lawyer and do it yourself. Once you've read through the guides a few times you can manage by yourself.

[theecon 0]

Thanks, you guys are great! If only i'd found this website before throwing out money and killing our nerves

[daboyz 36]

Thanks, you guys are great! If only i'd found this website before throwing out money and killing our nerves

You should fill in your timeline. It's how they get estimates on this website

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

We have to fill the DS 230 form and send it back to the embasyy and can't reach the lawyer.

Look at the top of this page in the thin blue bar. The third one Example Forms will show you an example of the DS-230 filled out.

The forum Marriage Based Immigration (K1, K2, K3, etc) to the USA > The Foreign Embassy and Consulate General Discussion is the place to ask for help on Embassy forms.

Edited July 23, 2008 by Nich-Nick

[Brad and Vika 129]

I know several couples that went through the whole process without lawyers and made it. It is possible, and I am doing it too. I also work with law firms from time to time, and attorneys have told me that they definitely use voicemail and secretarys to blunt the effect of "panicky clients" - meaning any one who thinks their question is urgent. As a rule they are terribly cynical, and really don't care about the urgency you feel.

[Ban Hammer 12,830]

We have to fill the DS 230 form and send it back to the embasyy and can't reach the lawyer.

Look at the top of this page in the thin blue bar. The third one Example Forms will show you an example of the DS-230 filled out.

The forum Marriage Based Immigration (K1, K2, K3, etc) to the USA > The Foreign Embassy and Consulate General Discussion is the place to ask for help on Embassy forms.

correct and moved.

[Kongfu Panda 0]

Actually, you do not need any lawyer for the K1 visa application. It is quite simple and anyone can do it by himself. It is a waste of money to hire a lawyer. That is what I want to say to everyone who is planning to apply for fiancee or spouse visa.

[theecon 0]

Hi again,

I've seen some suggestion on writing our time line so :

03-28-08 Sent I-129F to Vermont Service Center

06-13-08 NOA 2

07-07-08 left NVC

07-08-08 Consulate received

07-14-08 Packet 3 received

Now - Stuck

[Tsup2 0]

I hired an attorney for my K1 for $750. I would leave messages for him and he would not return phone calls. I would email him with no response. Then I typed "State Bar Complaint" in the subject line of an email and he called me within 5 minutes. I did my AOS package myself without any problems using the guides on Visa Journey. Lawyers dont add any value to the process and are mainly a hindrance. Don't waste your money. If you initially call an attorney and voice mail answers the phone instead of a person then that's a good indication of the level of service you can expect.