Visa Service or Do it yourself? Manila Embassy

[pushbrk 12,106]

Completely agree with this. When you hire a lawyer (and my lawyer was great and reasonably priced) you have to stay on top. Lawyer is just a supplemental tool, one of 3-4. Before making every move I used the following tools:

1) USCIS/Embassy directions/publications. This is by far most important

2) Lawyer

3) VJ tools

4) Common sense.

If you use all 4 you guaranteed success.

There is no way to guarantee success.

[JeWcHee 3]

Visa services are close during weekends! VISA JOURNEY 24/7 365 days a year lol! Patience and Determination!~

[san diego 407]

There is no way to guarantee success.

You can if you have bonafide relationship on both sides.

[vertman 4]

Beware of any strangers telling you what YOU are capable of and prepared to DO. They don't know your abilities. You do. Use your own best judgment. I encourage strangers from telling other strangers the can for sure do something themselves, when they know NOTHING of the capabilities of those they are advising. Many of them, don't yet know if they themselves will be ultimately successful doing it THEMSELVES either.

The vast majority of both the denials AND the successes we see reported here were ALL do it yourself cases. What does that tell you?

Yes, we did it ourselves and knew NOTHING about it until I started to learn but THAT has NOTHING to do with what ANYBODY ELSE can or should do.

Exactly ... if you're an uneducated, dimwitted, old guy, felon, 3 time loser ... get an attorney, otherwise of course you can do it yourself. Who's he kidding???? haaaaa.

[pushbrk 12,106]

Exactly ... if you're an uneducated, dimwitted, old guy, felon, 3 time loser ... get an attorney, otherwise of course you can do it yourself. Who's he kidding???? haaaaa.

I'm not kidding anybody. If you're saying only the dimwitted need to hire help, you're insulting a good percentage of the members here. Some people simply do not have the needed skill to read carefully, interpret literally and respond accurately. Sometimes it's a language skill problem or any of multiple reasons. There are also those who simply think they have more important or productive things to do with their time than to study the process themselves.

It's a personal choice made for personal reasons. Nobody here knows other strangers' capabilities or priorities. As such the arrogant assumption that ANYBODY can or wants to do it themselves is, well, an arrogant assumption that has the potential to cause untold strife and unhappiness when the wrong people follow such idiotic advise.

[vertman 4]

Ahhh I'm just messin ... to each his or her own. Do what ya gotta do to be with the one you love. All the best to you.

[carton025 38]

Please do the visa process yourself. Even if you hire a reputable, competent service that will charge you more than $1000, guaranteed, you will still be the one doing all the work. Download all the forms and instructions, read the instructions for each form twice and have it handy when filling out the form(s). Lease no blanks on each form. Either provide a valid answer, N/A (not applicable), or None. Read the K1 Visa guide here at visajourney and also look at a yahoo group called MAG-ANAK. The solve purpose of MAG-ANAK is to help people navigate the visa process easily and for free!

[TBoneTX 43,058]

I'm not kidding anybody. If you're saying only the dimwitted need to hire help, you're insulting a good percentage of the members here. Some people simply do not have the needed skill to read carefully, interpret literally and respond accurately. Sometimes it's a language skill problem or any of multiple reasons. There are also those who simply think they have more important or productive things to do with their time than to study the process themselves.

It's a personal choice made for personal reasons. Nobody here knows other strangers' capabilities or priorities. As such the arrogant assumption that ANYBODY can or wants to do it themselves is, well, an arrogant assumption that has the potential to cause untold strife and unhappiness when the wrong people follow such idiotic advise.

This post needs to be pinned at least, and very likely enshrined in the pantheon of all-time sensible VJ posts.

[vertman 4]

Haaaa ... yea pushbrk is a funny funny guy huh. Oh wait .. he's Canadian, or at least lives there .. now it make sense :-)

[pushbrk 12,106]

Haaaa ... yea pushbrk is a funny funny guy huh. Oh wait .. he's Canadian, or at least lives there .. now it make sense :-)

There are two Vancouvers. Check a map.

Edited June 25, 2011 by pushbrk

[vertman 4]

There are two Vancouvers. Check a map.