Who has processed their own petition without a lawyer

[Bengoj 133]

Hello Im an american citizen born in US. Married my husband in nigeria. Love of my life. Who has processed their own spouse petition? Any suggestions. Im pretty smart and feel like I can do this on my own as I work fir an immigration law firm. 

[Jojo92122 1,924]

You work for an immigration law firm, and you are choosing to come to an online community and ask amateurs for help instead of the professionals in your office?

 

Many people here have gone through the spousal visa process without a lawyer.  After all, this is a DIY website.

 

Since you work for an immigration law firm, I suggest you start there for help.  

 

 

[Bfree3 132]

You can most definitely do it on your own. The majority of persons on this forum have completed their process successfully without a lawyer. All forms come with instructions so whenever you run into an issue, either search for the answer here or post and ask for help as necessary. 

[Bengoj 133]

31 minutes ago, Jojo92122 said:

You work for an immigration law firm, and you are choosing to come to an online community and ask amateurs for help instead of the professionals in your office?

 

Many people here have gone through the spousal visa process without a lawyer.  After all, this is a DIY website.

 

Since you work for an immigration law firm, I suggest you start there for help.  

 

 

Well Im new at the firm and would not like to ask the lawyers I work for for help because I dont want them in my business. So Im doing it myself. Im part of the forum discussion just like everybody else. Im looking for comments from someone that has done it themselves😒 your comment was actually useless

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[Bengoj 133]

1 minute ago, Bfree3 said:

You can most definitely do it on your own. The majority of persons on this forum have completed their process successfully without a lawyer. All forms come with instructions so whenever you run into an issue, either search for the answer here or post and ask for help as necessary. 

Thank you Bfree3. I will try to do it myself and keep everyone updated. I didnt know if I should hire a lawyer because my husband is from "nigeria" .  but thanks for your response. Your statement made me feel a little less scared.

[Devon&Julius 21]

My husband from Nigeria too. Did it myself and now at interviews stage.

[Bengoj 133]

2 minutes ago, Devon&Julius said:

My husband from Nigeria too. Did it myself and now at interviews stage.

Great! How long has it taken so far?

[ms_bobdog 501]

If you don't have red flags in your relationship, it most certainly can be done on your own. Even for high fraud countries, many have been successful without the help of a lawyer. I suggest you read all the instructions carefully and ask questions if you don't understand anything. And reading cases similar to yours on this forum would be greatly helpful too.

[Roel 7,191]

If immigration lawyers start coming to this forum for advices, we will all be doomed.

 

Literally 90% of people do their own paperwork. 

[MXcompadre 75]

@Gojo read the following VJ  CR-1/IR-1 spouse visa petition guides ;  http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1, and http://www.visajourney.com/content/k3flow.

 

 

[WJC 1]

I did it myself and had no issues, so far!

[Abies 1,713]

1 hour ago, Gojo said:

Great! How long has it taken so far?

I'm a Nigerian too,my husband petitioned for me. We are now at the nvc stage.

You can do it yourself

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[debbiedoo 2,339]

2 hours ago, Roel said:

If immigration lawyers start coming to this forum for advices, we will all be doomed.

 

Literally 90% of people do their own paperwork. 

based on some of the advice I've seen people given on here BY immigration attorneys, that might explain a lot

[geowrian 22,335]

I believe most people on VJ do it themselves. The forms and process may seem overwhelming at first, but they are definitely DIY for most cases.

Review all the forms, all instructions, and become an A student in them. Ask questions.

Nigeria is a very difficult embassy to go through...be sure to front load with plenty of quality relationship evidence, visit often, etc.

 

4 hours ago, MXcompadre said:

read the following VJ  CR-1/IR-1 spouse visa petition guides ;  http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1, and http://www.visajourney.com/content/k3flow.

K-3 is obsolete, so ignore the second link.

[O&O 330]

5 hours ago, Gojo said:

Hello Im an american citizen born in US. Married my husband in nigeria. Love of my life. Who has processed their own spouse petition? Any suggestions. Im pretty smart and feel like I can do this on my own as I work fir an immigration law firm. 

I'm an US citizen as well.. husband Nigerian..did my petition by myself..now at NVC stage...if you need help.. feel free to ask ..we all r here for each other.