Agency or lawyer in CR1, does it help?

[Chez&Rick 11]

Hi guys!!

I just wanted to ask if having an Agency or a lawyer will help you to be approved faster than having none or if you just self applied. Im on CR1 Spouse Visa process.

Thank you for your inputs

[dwheels76 5,468]

Hi guys!!

I just wanted to ask if having an Agency or a lawyer will help you to be approved faster than having none or if you just self applied. Im on CR1 Spouse Visa process.

Thank you for your inputs

Who files for you has no baring on speed. It's about the workload at the service centers and a bit of luck.

[Chez&Rick 11]

Who files for you has no baring on speed. It's about the workload at the service centers and a bit of luck.

I just want to assure myself if my decision is right. My husband wanted to use a lawyer but I insisted not to. I said its a waste of money since we could do it ourselves. But now i saw a similar timeline like us and we are a few days ahead when we filed but they got approved first and i discovered that they used a lawyer in filing.

So nw am thinkng it may have a bearing.

[dwheels76 5,468]

I just want to assure myself if my decision is right. My husband wanted to use a lawyer but I insisted not to. I said its a waste of money since we could do it ourselves. But now i saw a similar timeline like us and we are a few days ahead when we filed but they got approved first and i discovered that they used a lawyer in filing.

So nw am thinkng it may have a bearing.

Are you both at the same service center? Just because they finished faster has nothing to do with having a lawyer if that was the case we all would have one Lawyers have no government pull. Your senator or congressman can't get your file through faster.

Did you ask them if they expedite it? maybe they filed from abroad? or was military? Usually its just good old luck.

[Chez&Rick 11]

Are you both at the same service center? Just because they finished faster has nothing to do with having a lawyer if that was the case we all would have one Lawyers have no government pull. Your senator or congressman can't get your file through faster.

Did you ask them if they expedite it? maybe they filed from abroad? or was military? Usually its just good old luck.

we are in the same service center. I dnt knw if he was in the military, i dnt knw nothng more.

Does it help? I mean, my husband WAS in military. He just resigned last year.

I hope we get approved soon.

[dwheels76 5,468]

we are in the same service center. I dnt knw if he was in the military, i dnt knw nothng more.

Does it help? I mean, my husband WAS in military. He just resigned last year.

I hope we get approved soon.

Active Military. And usually about ready to be deployed.

[Vic20r 14]

I just want to assure myself if my decision is right. My husband wanted to use a lawyer but I insisted not to. I said its a waste of money since we could do it ourselves. But now i saw a similar timeline like us and we are a few days ahead when we filed but they got approved first and i discovered that they used a lawyer in filing.

So nw am thinkng it may have a bearing.

If hiring a lawyer will REALLY speed up the process, we should have done that long ago. What is an extra couple bucks compared to the agony and anxiety we had been through, but sweetheart, a Lawyer will never speed up the process. It just depends on so many variables like the adjudicator who will do the review, the service centers, the workloads and the LUCK!

[Chez&Rick 11]

If hiring a lawyer will REALLY speed up the process, we should have done that long ago. What is an extra couple bucks compared to the agony and anxiety we had been through, but sweetheart, a Lawyer will never speed up the process. It just depends on so many variables like the adjudicator who will do the review, the service centers, the workloads and the LUCK!

It just sometimes frustrating, when u see couples being approved. And you are checking day and night to see a good news. Nt that am not happy for them, coz i am. The process is so unpredictable. Makes my mood unpredictable too

[Vic20r 14]

It just sometimes frustrating, when u see couples being approved. And you are checking day and night to see a good news. Nt that am not happy for them, coz i am. The process is so unpredictable. Makes my mood unpredictable too

Yes, it is really frustrating and depressing seeing my friends and their relatives submitted their papers later than we did and they are already in the states with their husbands, and im still here with a stagnant, unproductive life but i have to accept it.

[zyzzx 2]

long time lurker, first time poster. We used a lawyer, mainly because each of of our travel schedules for work, we wanted to make sure there was one place the paperwork was being sent to where it wouldn't be missed and someone was sure to act on it. If I had to do it over again, I probably wouldn't have used a lawyer. We hired a really reputable lawyer and he did an ok job, but the NVC lost one of our forms he'd submitted, and I was the one who caught it, because of the knowledge I'd gained here on VJ. From looking at the guides and reading the forums, I knew exactly how long it should have taken from the date the DS230 was sent until our case completed, and when 2 months had passed with no word, I got all over our lawyer to follow up. Lo and behold, the NVC didn't have a record of it being received. (and I know he'd sent it, he copied us on all tracking numbers, etc) He re-submitted it and within 14 days our case completed. So having a lawyer doesn't mean it's going to be any faster. They can't fast track things, they can only make sure it's done correctly and that someone is keeping on top of your stuff. And the NVC misplacing paperwork somewhere in the shuffle doesn't happen every day, but isn't completely unheard of. Doesn't matter who files it if that happens.

If you have a straight forward case, have clean police records, have a good co-sponsor (or make enough to do the I-864 yourself) and are a detail oriented person, it should be really easy to do it yourself following the guides here and asking questions of the people on the forums to make sure you're doing it correctly. I think you certainly will feel like you have more control over the process if you do it yourself.

It does seem to take forever and there is a lot of luck involved on how fast things get processed. I would look at some of the timelines on here with similar filing dates or NOA2 dates to ours and want to beat my head against the wall. But you just have to take it one day at a time and roll with it. it's a pain in the ####, but you can totally do it yourself. That's my .02 cents anyway.

[Carlos1986 6]

Hi guys!!

I just wanted to ask if having an Agency or a lawyer will help you to be approved faster than having none or if you just self applied. Im on CR1 Spouse Visa process.

Thank you for your inputs

Hiring an agency or lawyer will not make a difference on how fast it's approved. It depends on the workload of the Service Center and a bit of luck for a fast approval time. The other members are very correct, you can do it yourself and save a lot of money. We did it ourselves, and have had a flawless process with no RFE or major delays. All the information that you need for CR-1 or IR-1 and fiance visa are all on this website. The members here are extremely helpful and without them we would not have been able to do this process. I have seen other posts in which members have used a lawyer or agency and they have committed mistakes by forgetting to send a document with their packets. Good luck in the process.

Carlos

[Carlos1986 6]

long time lurker, first time poster. We used a lawyer, mainly because each of of our travel schedules for work, we wanted to make sure there was one place the paperwork was being sent to where it wouldn't be missed and someone was sure to act on it. If I had to do it over again, I probably wouldn't have used a lawyer. We hired a really reputable lawyer and he did an ok job, but the NVC lost one of our forms he'd submitted, and I was the one who caught it, because of the knowledge I'd gained here on VJ. From looking at the guides and reading the forums, I knew exactly how long it should have taken from the date the DS230 was sent until our case completed, and when 2 months had passed with no word, I got all over our lawyer to follow up. Lo and behold, the NVC didn't have a record of it being received. (and I know he'd sent it, he copied us on all tracking numbers, etc) He re-submitted it and within 14 days our case completed. So having a lawyer doesn't mean it's going to be any faster. They can't fast track things, they can only make sure it's done correctly and that someone is keeping on top of your stuff. And the NVC misplacing paperwork somewhere in the shuffle doesn't happen every day, but isn't completely unheard of. Doesn't matter who files it if that happens.

If you have a straight forward case, have clean police records, have a good co-sponsor (or make enough to do the I-864 yourself) and are a detail oriented person, it should be really easy to do it yourself following the guides here and asking questions of the people on the forums to make sure you're doing it correctly. I think you certainly will feel like you have more control over the process if you do it yourself.

It does seem to take forever and there is a lot of luck involved on how fast things get processed. I would look at some of the timelines on here with similar filing dates or NOA2 dates to ours and want to beat my head against the wall. But you just have to take it one day at a time and roll with it. it's a pain in the ####, but you can totally do it yourself. That's my .02 cents anyway.

I agree, having a simple case with no criminal record, no children, no prior marriages and are very detailed in how you organize and present everything it will be easier and straigh forward. Detail is KEY...

[Chez&Rick 11]

long time lurker, first time poster. We used a lawyer, mainly because each of of our travel schedules for work, we wanted to make sure there was one place the paperwork was being sent to where it wouldn't be missed and someone was sure to act on it. If I had to do it over again, I probably wouldn't have used a lawyer. We hired a really reputable lawyer and he did an ok job, but the NVC lost one of our forms he'd submitted, and I was the one who caught it, because of the knowledge I'd gained here on VJ. From looking at the guides and reading the forums, I knew exactly how long it should have taken from the date the DS230 was sent until our case completed, and when 2 months had passed with no word, I got all over our lawyer to follow up. Lo and behold, the NVC didn't have a record of it being received. (and I know he'd sent it, he copied us on all tracking numbers, etc) He re-submitted it and within 14 days our case completed. So having a lawyer doesn't mean it's going to be any faster. They can't fast track things, they can only make sure it's done correctly and that someone is keeping on top of your stuff. And the NVC misplacing paperwork somewhere in the shuffle doesn't happen every day, but isn't completely unheard of. Doesn't matter who files it if that happens.

If you have a straight forward case, have clean police records, have a good co-sponsor (or make enough to do the I-864 yourself) and are a detail oriented person, it should be really easy to do it yourself following the guides here and asking questions of the people on the forums to make sure you're doing it correctly. I think you certainly will feel like you have more control over the process if you do it yourself.

It does seem to take forever and there is a lot of luck involved on how fast things get processed. I would look at some of the timelines on here with similar filing dates or NOA2 dates to ours and want to beat my head against the wall. But you just have to take it one day at a time and roll with it. it's a pain in the ####, but you can totally do it yourself. That's my .02 cents anyway.

its not really on how to do it. I know i could do it right with God's. This forum has been very informative. its the NOA2 am frustrated about. I cant help to get confused.

But i know better not to lose hope.

[zyzzx 2]

its not really on how to do it. I know i could do it right with God's. This forum has been very informative. its the NOA2 am frustrated about. I cant help to get confused.

But i know better not to lose hope.

don't lose hope! it will be 14 months from the day we filed the I-130 until our interview. It took much longer than we ever thought it would, but we are nearly there!

[Chez&Rick 11]

don't lose hope! it will be 14 months from the day we filed the I-130 until our interview. It took much longer than we ever thought it would, but we are nearly there!

Yeah, i hope we could do it that fast too.

I hope i could be with my husband tonight!

Buu u know when u check USCIS every day, it seems like it has been years since we filed the NOA1.