I-130 after I-129f??

[WaterLeaf 199]

Just get rid of the lawyer. You can do it yourself. That lawyer you got, he just making up excuses to get more money. You can be happily looking over this whole forum and find you can do it all by yourself.

 

I'm a K1 Visa filer petitioner and never used a lawyer or a 3rd party service, and is still going successfully. There are plenty many other K1 Visa filers who already went through AOS and got the green card here.

 

So don't let that lawyer brainwash you, just don't talk to him anymore. Block him and move on. I have a feeling he does it on purpose and maybe on other instead of you as well. This is bad and misuse of lawyer job.

[Hypnos 6,576]

Just to give a bit of a counterpoint here: I would never tell someone that they don't need a lawyer for their particular immigration process. I'd say most people don't need one, but that's not the whole story. 

 

Some people are just not comfortable completing forms like that. Some governmental forms are not exactly straightforward (see your federal income tax return for one, and even the I-864 for two), and it psychs some people out. It's not necessarily intelligence, just a skill set that some people do not have or want. 

 

As hard as some of us are on certain lawyers here (and I certainly include myself in that), as important as it is to call out shitty lawyers and bad legal advice, it's also important to note the good lawyers that exist. People like Laurel Scott, Lizz Canon, and Carl Shusterman. And sure, while you'll pay through the nose for someone like Carl Shusterman, you can pretty much be assured that your money is retaining one of the most knowledgeable and experienced immigration attorneys practicing in the US today. He would not be making the kinds of infantile mistakes the OP in this thread is receiving. 

 

Brent Renison is another lawyer that helped me personally get my AoS sorted out--and I wasn't even his client. He was just very familiar with a niche area of immigration law that affected me, and he put time in to help me for free. 

 

So yes, whilst it's important to understand that not all immigration attorneys are created equal, there are some good eggs out there. Unfortunately, as this thread only confirms, there are a great deal more terrible ones whose law degree is not worth the paper it is printed on. 

 

[nastra30 1,984]

Just fire the attorney. He's fake news.

[NikLR 13,220]

I agree with @Hypnos  

 

If you are going to hire a lawyer, hire a good lawyer and do a little work to help yourself understand the process.  However paperwork isn't something that everyone is good at or has time for.  Lawyers aren't just for complicated cases. 

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from K1 Process & Procedures to Adjustment of Status from K Visas forum.

[Naes 12,205]

On 1/18/2019 at 2:41 PM, becky8159 said:

We are still in the process of K1, but I wanted to be ahead of the game financially when it comes to the AOS part. I sent his assistant an e-mail stating the following:

 

(Attorney) informed me that after (Beneficiary) arrives in the U.S. we will HAVE to file a I-130, but according to the USCIS website this is NOT the case. Please advise why I was told incorrect information. Thank you. 

 

I also included the following attachment. Visas for Fiancé(e)s of U.S. Citizens _ USCIS.pdf

I just hope he also didn’t mess up your k1..

 

Oh and fire him, yep. Like Monday first thing.