Proof of Ability To Support

[slim 1,514]

Why not get married there and do a DCF? That would pretty much guarantee you'll get to talk your way through it.

[Tanya and Barry 59]

For?

Exactly. Is the lawyer going to be able to generate income for the OP? A lawyer will only eat up 2-3K of his 80k in savings. The I-134 is pretty straight forward.

On a lighter note, why on earth would you go to the FSU for surgery? Unless it is a specialized Western style hospital. I told Tanya if something happened to me and I couldn't speak please medivac my a** out there. Don't let them cut on me!!!

Edited April 20, 2011 by Tanya and Barry

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Exactly. Is the lawyer going to be able to generate income for the OP? A lawyer will only eat up 2-3K of his 80k in savings. The I-134 is pretty straight forward.

On a lighter note, why on earth would you go to the FSU for surgery? Unless it is a specialized Western style hospital. I told Tanya if something happened to me and I couldn't speak please medivac my a** out there. Don't let them cut on me!!!

I had the same thought but there are procedures they do there that they will not do in the US. In general I agree with you. Our hospital in Ukraine was terrible...they could make a WW1 movie there and change nothing. I heard there are some good hospitals there but haven't seen them.

[Captain Hammer 113]

Private hospitals in Ukraine (and I hear Russia) are generally very good. You pay a hefty premium (in Ukrainian terms anyway) to use them for just that reason.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Private hospitals in Ukraine (and I hear Russia) are generally very good. You pay a hefty premium (in Ukrainian terms anyway) to use them for just that reason.

Proabably explains why all the Canadians run down to the private hospitals in the USA for treatment. Same thing I guess. Our private hosptials in Vermont have to build larger parking garages for all the cars from Quebec. Can you even imagine if we had a land border with Ukraine?

Edited April 21, 2011 by Gary and Alla

[eekee 182]

Private hospitals ARE really nice and they will take many major American insurance providers.

[sea-monkey 13]

For?

Well, the guy is uncertain about meeting the requirements. Might be better off if he speaks to people who handle these types of cases daily.

He could go through all of the steps, pay the fees and find it, its all a waste of time. Or they could tell him, he has nothing to worry about and cause him less stress worrying.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Well, the guy is uncertain about meeting the requirements. Might be better off if he speaks to people who handle these types of cases daily.

He could go through all of the steps, pay the fees and find it, its all a waste of time. Or they could tell him, he has nothing to worry about and cause him less stress worrying.

I suggest he get the best price he can from an attorney and then let me give him the right answers for half price.

Lawyers do not "handle" anything on a daily basis. Their clerks fill in forms with information you give them and they read the same instructions you can read right here. There are no tricks, no schemes and no court appearances. You fill out some papers and present them. Lawyers do not go to interviews where income is precented and no one meets about it. Your fiancee presents the I-134 you give her, they take it in the back office, study everything and come out to ask her questions...almost never about finances

[sea-monkey 13]

The guy is incapacitated and doesn't have any family. He might not be able to do the stuff himself.

[dogspot 90]

How do you know he is incapacitated?

If he is able to find this site, he is able to do it himself. It doesn't take much to sponsor someone on a K1. You don't have to be a genius to follow the guides and fill out some forms. He is obviously willing to ask questions and seek answers on a site where most of his questions can be answered. He knows he can and will find a job if needs be. Fortunately for him, he already has assets that exceed the minimum requirements, so he doesn't really need to worry about that as far as the first stage is concerned.

For a person in his situation, hiring a lawyer is throwing money away.

[Captain Hammer 113]

Not really sure why the issue continues to be discussed. He meets the requirements based on his assets. He needs to just file and be done with it.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The guy is incapacitated and doesn't have any family. He might not be able to do the stuff himself.

What stuff? What could a lawyer do? stand at the copy machine and make copies of stuff "the guy" gives him? My offer stands. I will do it for half.

[Captain Hammer 113]

What stuff? What could a lawyer do? stand at the copy machine and make copies of stuff "the guy" gives him? My offer stands. I will do it for half.

Actually the lawyer pays a clerk to do that. If he's really lucky, he's got a law student intern working for free.

And Gary, I know you're joking, but if the OP or anyone else were to take you up on your offer, you should be very clear tha your "client" understands that you are not a lawyer, you are not practicing law, and that you are in no way, shape, or form providing legal advice. In fact, you might want to hire a lawyer to draw up a contract stating the same and absolving you of any damages that might arise if, for example, your client believes his petition was denied due to some error, omission, or act on your part. That's why lawyers get paid the big bucks--we incur a lot of liability.

[Codeblue009 3]

Good Luck getting a malpractice suit on the immigration cases. It will cost you more to sue, than to just do it yourself! Lawyers, take risk yes, but rarely do they get disbared or sanctioned.

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[Captain Hammer 113]

Lawyers, take risk yes, but rarely do they get disbared or sanctioned.

Perhaps. But it's rarely the threat of being disbarred or sanctioned that sends chills down your average lawyer's spine. It's the cost of mounting a defense. You can literally win your case and lose your house.