Do we need a lawyer for I-751?

[AZKira 3]

I'm Canadian and my husband is American. We used a lawyer for the adjustment of status processing, and I am now on the two-year Green Card.

We'll need to do the removal of conditions in a few months. Our lawyer has retired, which got us thinking...

Do we actually need a lawyer to do the I-751? Have most people done it themselves with no problems?

[YuAndDan 153]

You are asking this is a Do It Your Self site. You can figure out what the rest of the answers will be.

Start by reading the removal of conditions guide and FAQ.

http://www.visajourney.com/faq/k1k2visa-re...conditions.html

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=751guide

[Marilyn. 340]

in my opinion you don't need a lawyer..

you would have to do all the legwork anyways... like collecting the evidence etc..

I think a lawyer for this stage would just be a waste of money, specially if your case is pretty straightforward

[MoroccanInTexas 24]

If your case is straight forward, and you have 4 hours to invest. Then go for it and do it your self. I applied for my self, since I do not have a couple of Thousand of $$$ to give to a lawyer. Anyway, even if you get a lawyer, you will be the one who will be doing the work anyway, when it comes to collecting the evidence , and the bills.

Good luck

[Magnolia31 0]

I'm Canadian and my husband is American. We used a lawyer for the adjustment of status processing, and I am now on the two-year Green Card.

We'll need to do the removal of conditions in a few months. Our lawyer has retired, which got us thinking...

Do we actually need a lawyer to do the I-751? Have most people done it themselves with no problems?

I used a lawyer for the K-1 process because at the time, this whole process seemed so confusing to me. I'm the type of person that worries myself sick, and having a lawyer just made me feel more at ease. lol

Anyhow, my husband was the one who gathered everything for our AOS application and did all the work regarding it. I saw that it wasn't so difficult after all so this time around, I did the package myself for the I-751.

I used the guide which is posted here on VJ. It has very simple instructions and is easy to comprehend. The I-751 form is also not long and easy to fill out. I think you can do this process yourself. The most time-consuming part is gathering all of your evidence. However, in the guide it also gives you plenty of examples of what to send in. It shows you pretty simple step-by-step instructions on how to do this correctly. You really don't have to be a rocket scientist after all to do all this stuff yourself, hehe.

[AZKira 3]

The I-751 does seem pretty straightforward and the instructions posted on this site are clear. I think that we can do it ourselves. Thank you, everyone, for your comments and encouragement.

[csoul 0]

[ms514 0]

Hello:

The I-751 seems to be a straightforward form to complete. As someone already stated, please do read over the guides, as they will guide you through the whole process. I personally used the guides to process my wife's immigration from a K-3 to now getting ready to file the I-751. The I-751 seems to be the easiest process so far, as it basically is requesting the form, payment, a copy of the green card (see exceptions in the I-751 instructions) and evidence of your relationship. Granted, it takes time to gather it, but the forum and the guide direct you to examples of evidence, what worked, what didn't and different perspectives on the various outcomes of the process.

But I am going to venture a guess that the decision would be primarily a choice of comfort - some are more comfortable going with attorneys, so the final decision is up to you. But again, two things to keep in mind: 1) as stated earlier, this is a Do It Yourself website on Immigration, and 2) many people have filed I-751s themselves and done perfectly fine.

Safest bet: read the guides, see if you are comfortable with the idea of filing it yourself and make the decision, as it will give a good framework of what is required to file.

Best of luck in whatever decision you make.