Immigration Lawyer speeds up Process

[Britingermany 4]

Just to update about our horror story of a human being called a lawyer...

They asked me to send documents to the US which should have gone to Germany, I sent them over next day, he sent them back..

They then sent a package over without proof of citizenship for the co-sponsor.. more delay.. they then sent that over and have now billed me for that postage..

They have been the most incompetent sheisters I've ever had the displeasure of meeting. If you do use a lawyer check their background, get recomendations.. we did off another lawyer and that bint will have a few words of me when I get there.

Cheers

[Darnell 8,478]

Very positive experience so far. Very helpful, answers questions promptly, after-work hours to phone in case of emergency is available. He's done all the paperwork right. Sent our I-129F via Express. We got our NOA1 in Dec 30th. Waiting on NOA2 now. : )

Good to see that your lawyer forgot stuff and now you've an RFE to handle.

'Good' in a 'speed up process by getting a lawyer' -negative sort-of-way.

No, I'm not knocking you. Your Lawyer? Absolutely !

Your RFE date of 2014-02-06 could have been an approval date, instead, if'n he actually did the paperwork right.

Edited February 21, 2014 by Darnell

[Woofey&Chaka 2]

Well, we are using an attorney. She has helped us fill out the forms, translate documents, basically paperwork stuff. I don't regret it because I don't have time to fill out forms nor does my fiance. Also, I'm not very good at filling out papers and get stressed with paperwork process. Do what you think necessary and find a very good lawyer that could help you with the process. I would choose a lawyer from the United States, they might be more familiarized with the process So far my process has been smooth and taken around 5 months with no RFEs. My interview in on March 21st, but it could have been earlier had we collected all the requirements right after I got the e-mail from the Embassy encouraging us to get the interview.

This actually the lawyer we are working with:

http://www.dyerimmigration.com/attorneys/griselle-t-garcia

Edited February 21, 2014 by Justin.Yanfret

[Sambl 11]

u dont need this. We have all the informartion we need here.

we got one, and he just delayed our process time. I asked for my money back

and did everything by myself

[lmihler 23]

A lawyer will not speed up the process. Yes they may help you fill out forms and send the documents in; however, the process time is the same.

You still have to gather all the documents. The lawyer really just fills out the paperwork for you.

All the instructions are easy to follow and if you do end up doing something wrong they send you detailed instructions on what was wrong. If you get an RFE they tell you exactly what you missed/ need to send in.

We did not use a lawyer and everything went smoothly for us.

[bigjohn7502 0]

I had a lawyer file my original I-129f petition and I felt like I did most of the work. All they are doing is filling out the paperwork and all the documents you give them and send it in for processing. I'm doing the K-1 visa on my own.

[Avery Cates 1,141]

The only time I would recommend a lawyer is if you're like me an have the option through work to have one on call at any time for a few hundred dollars a year. Even then, I would not rely on one to file the paperwork, I would use them as a secondary spot check to verify what I've already research and compiled, and send everything out myself.

[NicholasNissel 2]

We used a lawyer and case handler, the money we spent was decent it was just a lil more than what you would spend doing it yourself.It was great, everything went smoothly, no RFE's they are really good cause they know what they were doing.We hired a lawyer and case handler cause we didn't hae time to do the paper works plus we hate paper works, but I would say our case wasn't shaky at all.

Everyone has a diff opinions ofcours we all don't have the same experiences.Lawyers don't speed up the process, no one can.They don't slow it down either, if you just know what kind of lawyers exactly you're hiring.Don't pay a massive amount for lawyers that's so silly.We paid just a lil extra for all the paper works and some other fees but it wasn't big at all.

Good luck guys :)I just shared our experience, we will use them for the AOS too cause it's not really that expensive and won't stress us like crazy.

[PabloGarcia 36]

Our k1 was approved in about 3 months and we had an attorney. Hard to say if that helped but it certainly wasn't a hindrance.

[Darnell 8,478]

Our k1 was approved in about 3 months and we had an attorney. Hard to say if that helped but it certainly wasn't a hindrance.

Hey, that's a blessing. Alas, for the OP, they gots an RFE from the packet the lawyer submitted.

[PabloGarcia 36]

cool man...just sharing my experience

[bigjohn7502 0]

My experience with a lawyer was ok. I didnt have the time and I wanted to make sure the paperwork was done correctly. I collected everything my lawyer needed and she filed the I-129Ffor me. I was approved within few weeks. She was suprised and said it usually doesn't get approved that fast. I am processing the K-1 Visa myself. I think I can follow the instructions from here on out and save some money. The only run in I have had now is The US Embassy in Singapore said they sent out packet 3 on Feb 3rd but my fiance hasn't received it yet so They said they would resend. Still waiting on that. Hopefully get next week sometime.

[mike411 15]

Do it yourself! You have everything you need here and people with experience answering questions and concern as you go.

My friend hired a lawyer, but the person doing all the work was the assistant. They just help filling out documents and the go between on everything and delaying everything.

[Berty 74]

The subject title reads like a statement; I'm not sure why when it's inaccurate.

Edited February 28, 2014 by Berty