firing my lawyer at NVC stage

[nyali 0]

Hello all,

I was using an attorney for the processing of my hubbys Cr1 visa. I am at the NVC stage, and havent paid any of the bills, I however have received my invoice numbers and nvc number. The attorney has added extra charges that I wasnt aware of when I began using him and I just cant afford him anymore. He has indicated he isnt going to proceed without the attorney fees, and he is willing to let me proceed on my own. Since the choice of agent form was automatically sent to him, is there a way to reverse this since I do see the form gives me an option to choose another agent? How should I proceed? Completely confused.....

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Thomas&Cleofe 358]

Hello all,

I was using an attorney for the processing of my hubbys Cr1 visa. I am at the NVC stage, and havent paid any of the bills, I however have received my invoice numbers and nvc number. The attorney has added extra charges that I wasnt aware of when I began using him and I just cant afford him anymore. He has indicated he isnt going to proceed without the attorney fees, and he is willing to let me proceed on my own. Since the choice of agent form was automatically sent to him, is there a way to reverse this since I do see the form gives me an option to choose another agent? How should I proceed? Completely confused.....

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

You just need to call NVC and tell them that your attorney has been taken off the case.

[IMANCO 13]

Hello all,

I was using an attorney for the processing of my hubbys Cr1 visa. I am at the NVC stage, and havent paid any of the bills, I however have received my invoice numbers and nvc number. The attorney has added extra charges that I wasnt aware of when I began using him and I just cant afford him anymore. He has indicated he isnt going to proceed without the attorney fees, and he is willing to let me proceed on my own. Since the choice of agent form was automatically sent to him, is there a way to reverse this since I do see the form gives me an option to choose another agent? How should I proceed? Completely confused.....

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Yes, send them an email that your lawyer has been sacked. but before you do that, i expect that you have you relevant NVC case number and Invoice identification number. If you do, log on to the payment portal and pay the 2 bills, when you receive confirmation that you have paid, then you can sack your lawyer, by informing the NVC. If you sack him before you pay, it might delay the process a bit. I hope this helps.

[nyali 0]

Thank you for your quick response. I have been on hold for a while now, will keep trying. Is it advisable to make my AOS payment?

[nyali 0]

Hi,

Thanks for your response, yes I have both invoices. So making the payment on both invoices will not affect my choice of agent portion as long as I tell them or email them that I will not be using my attorney anymore? Correct?

[IMANCO 13]

Yes, as i mentioned earlier, if you go on right away and make payments on the invoices, you will avoid the delay that would have occurred if you informed the NVC now. The advantage of having an attorney is that the 2 bills gets invoiced at the same time, killing 2 beds with one stone. So u can pay for them together. Once payment is made, you will be asked to send in the AOS forms and DS 230 AND your case will be complete.

[nyali 0]

Gotcha, thank you so much.. would I just be using the generic nvc email address? NVCInquiry@state.gov?