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I think I got some pretty bad immigration advice today

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caliliving Proficient

caliliving   606

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Your teller is right but of course he would not be able to leave until AP or a green card in hand. Up to you. But the good thing is cr1 is only taking 12 months and as he is from a VWP country he shouldn't have problems visiting while it is being processed. 

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On 12/22/2017 at 6:28 PM, CEE53147 said:

Consulting an attorney specializing in immigration law is always an appropriate choice when you have concerns about your best option.

I disagree. 

 

Most immigration attorneys specialize in "muddy cases," where there are criminal offenses to overcome. When talking about a normal IV application without any roadblocks in the way, many of the VisaJourney veterans know as much and sometimes more than the average immigration attorney. All that people with *normal* visa cases (i.e. no previous marriages, no criminal offenses, no overstays, etc) accomplish by hiring an attorney is drastically increasing the cost of the process, and making it take LONGER than it would have because you have to send everything to the lawyer instead of directly to USCIS/NVC. 

 

With regards to OP's post, while the banker is technically correct about AOS, her advice was completely unsolicited and kind of presumptuous. CR1 is not at all a bad path to take, and the average CR1 application, start to finish, takes about 12 months if you do not have any RFEs. If you get lucky and USCIS gets to you quickly, it can even be finished much sooner. Mine took 10 months total, but USCIS approved me in 1 month. I just dawdled at the NVC stage for a bit. 

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