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JustJ   0

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Lots of people handle their waivers on their own and are successful.

BUT

my vote would be yes, hire an attorney. And not just any attorney, but a GOOD attorney, one recommended by others. We made the terrible mistake of hiring a bad attorney to prepare our I-601 (he's been fired from his firm since). You can see by my signature how we suffered as a result. We hired an excellent attorney to file the appeal, which was just sustained after 26 months. Over two years of our lives are gone, never to be recovered. Had we hired a good attorney in the first place, things would have turned out much differently.

Married 2008

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5/21/09 - filed I-130

12/7/09 - Interview (denied for 28 yr old CIMT); filed waiver same day

6/18/10 - I-601 Waiver Denied, added misrep for checking wrong box on landing card (lifetime ban)

7/16/10 - AAO Appeal filed.

8/31/12 - AAO appeal sustained (THANK YOU, GOD FOR YOUR MERCY)

10/8/12 - USCIS sent file to Consulate

11/28/12 - Visa in hand

12/10/12 - HERE AT LAST! (ALL GLORY TO GOD!)

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calibob   73

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Milner-Markee Firm Tifany Markee took care of our 601. Not sure of your circumstances but she was thorough and very professional. It wasn't cheap but reasonable none the less. She's in San Diego,CA. Can't say enough good.

Bob

  • Married in Manila: 08/20/2010
  • I-130 Sent to lockbox: 10/01/2010
  • I-130 Received: 10/03/2010
  • NOA-1 Received: 10/04/2010
  • NOA-2 Received: 02/01/2011
  • Received NVC: 02/08/2011
  • AOS Bill Generated: 02/10/2011
  • AOS Bill Paid: 02/10/2011
  • DS 3032 Emailed: 02/10/2011
  • IV Bill Generated: 02/14/2011
  • IV Bill Paid: 02/14/2011
  • IV Packet Received @ NVC:02/22/2011
  • NVC Completed 03/08/2011
  • Interview Date Post Sputum results May 17
  • Results negative, Interview scheduled 6/13
  • Placed in A/R 06/13/2011
  • I-601 required 07/18/2011
  • I-601 filed 11/9/2011
  • I-601 approved 11/29/11
  • 2nd Sputum test ordered 12/21/11
  • 2nd Sputum Test passed 02/21/12
  • Visa Approved!! 03/15/2012
  • Visa In Hand 03/17/2012
  • POE SFO 03/24/2012

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momof1   205

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We had a lawyer in MPLS handle our waiver for 5k. Whether you should get one depends on many things: inadmissibility, hardships, aggravating factors, and ahonest assessment of your ability to write a high level term style paper with a lot of researched evidence. It's not sn easy task. Some succeed and some do not. I never would have done it myself.

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