This “lawyer”

[Eric&Mirella 367]

According to this “lawyer” immigration is extremely hard and my successful experience doing the paperwork myself is uncommon. I wonder if she ever checked this site 🤨

 

 

[Going through 5,668]

Lawyers like to strike fear in the hearts of potential clients---normally how they make the big bucks.

 

I would probably have replied with "I'm not sure when you became a lawyer.  The petitions/applications do allow for interpreter assistance from a friend or even a relative...and the comma used in your response was out of place."

 

 

Edited December 30, 2019 by Going through
invite her to become a member!!!! :D

[NikLR 13,220]

Geez fear tactics much?! 

H1B is hard to get but the company is in charge of that not the potential employee. 

[Crazy Cat 39,226]

4 hours ago, Eric&Mirella said:

According to this “lawyer” immigration is extremely hard and my successful experience doing the paperwork myself is uncommon. I wonder if she ever checked this site 🤨

 

 

Plain and simple....that lawyer is stretching the truth (to be kind).....imo.

Edited December 30, 2019 by missileman

[geowrian 22,335]

Immigration is very complex.

Not every process is, though.

H-1B petitions are being more heavily scrutined right now. Those type of more complex categories are the ones where attorneys are crucial.

Family-based immigration - barring unusual or complex circumstances, or if a waiver is needed - is very DIY.

 

"They'll reject an application if a single comma is out of place" is just idiotic.

1) An attorney using "reject" here sets off a couple flags. Rejection means they won't accept it in the first place...it fails the basic test to even be filed and accept the filing fee. This is for things like payment issues, not signing the forms, etc. It has nothing to do with the content on the forms.

2) I've never seen an RFE, let alone a denial, for anything so mundane. I get that it's hyperbole, but they do not deny (or "reject") an application or petition for those types of clerical errors.

They can and have denied applications for failure to provide essential documentation with the original application or petition. I'm going to assume that's what he really meant...but then I guess that lawyer tends to not be very careful with his client's cases if he's forgetting such basic documents.

Edited December 30, 2019 by geowrian

[Eric&Mirella 367]

54 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Immigration is very complex.

Not every process is, though.

H-1B petitions are being more heavily scrutined right now. Those type of more complex categories are the ones where attorneys are crucial.

Family-based immigration - barring unusual or complex circumstances, or if a waiver is needed - is very DIY.

 

"They'll reject an application if a single comma is out of place" is just idiotic.

1) An attorney using "reject" here sets off a couple flags. Rejection means they won't accept it in the first place...it fails the basic test to even be filed and accept the filing fee. This is for things like payment issues, not signing the forms, etc. It has nothing to do with the content on the forms.

2) I've never seen an RFE, let alone a denial, for anything so mundane. I get that it's hyperbole, but they do not deny (or "reject") an application or petition for those types of clerical errors.

They can and have denied applications for failure to provide essential documentation with the original application or petition. I'm going to assume that's what he really meant...but then I guess that lawyer tends to not be very careful with his client's cases if he's forgetting such basic documents.

This post was a dirty delete and I only have screenshots of  that part. She got upset at me in a different comment because I said that people should try to find alternatives to the 1000s in fees they charge( the topic was actually a green card through marriage) . To me it was of poor taste because she was “defending” immigrants until got to her pocket and suddenly helping ourselves to do it is no bueno. 

[Boiler 43,433]

H1b is very different, a Company is not likely to have in house staff so will usually is a Lawyer.

[Eric&Mirella 367]

3 hours ago, NikLR said:

Geez fear tactics much?! 

H1B is hard to get but the company is in charge of that not the potential employee. 

To be honest her comments were of very poor taste, especially when the topic was 2 people asking for donations on their wedding to cover the expenses of the green card process. 

[Eric&Mirella 367]

3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

H1b is very different, a Company is not likely to have in house staff so will usually is a Lawyer.

In this case, the topic was to offer a solution to a couple who couldn’t afford lawyers fees to pay for the AOS process.  She came with the h1b thing out of nowhere. 

Edited December 30, 2019 by Eric&Mirella

[Eric&Mirella 367]

7 hours ago, Going through said:

Lawyers like to strike fear in the hearts of potential clients---normally how they make the big bucks.

 

I would probably have replied with "I'm not sure when you became a lawyer.  The petitions/applications do allow for interpreter assistance from a friend or even a relative...and the comma used in your response was out of place."

 

 

Oh, I did! And told her to go and see for herself 1000s of cases of people who have done AOS by themselves. Predatory behavior in a comment section that was already full with people hating on a poor couple for not having money to pay for the lawyer fees. 

[Canerican 242]

9 hours ago, Eric&Mirella said:

Oh, I did! And told her to go and see for herself 1000s of cases of people who have done AOS by themselves. Predatory behavior in a comment section that was already full with people hating on a poor couple for not having money to pay for the lawyer fees. 

Good for you!! Trust me, as has been said, if you do not have any red flags or complex issues then you should be good without a lawyer. I have went K-1 -> AOS -> ROC -> N-400 without a lawyer and can think of thousands closer to 10,000 people on this site that have probably done all of their immigration journey without a lawyer.  

Edited December 31, 2019 by CDN(ON)-USA(VT)