Lawyers time wawsting for spousal visa?

[The Heub's 0]

Hey there,

Has anyone had problems with lawyers? We have changed from a AOS to a spousal visa and they claim they have to change focus and documents on their end, and must completely reorganize the filing? I understand file a different application but i have seen so many people do it on here! how long has it taken everyone else?!

My concern is that there is hardly any paperwork compared to the AOS and we have been left in the dark for weeks unable to contact them by phone, only by e-mail which takes them days to apply to!! Do we have any rights in this matter !

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Eww, don't use a lawyer, waste of time and $$. Sorry. I'd fire them and just do it yourself. Are you back in England now? Also, to initiate a CR-1 visa, all they need is the I-130, which they would have had to do with the AOS you were considering. So there is no real "switching gears" at this point yet. Sorry. Fire them?

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Hey there,

Has anyone had problems with lawyers? We have changed from a AOS to a spousal visa and they claim they have to change focus and documents on their end, and must completely reorganize the filing? I understand file a different application but i have seen so many people do it on here! how long has it taken everyone else?!

My concern is that there is hardly any paperwork compared to the AOS and we have been left in the dark for weeks unable to contact them by phone, only by e-mail which takes them days to apply to!! Do we have any rights in this matter !

Rights? No, you don't have any rights. Immigration is a privilege you make a request for. It isn't a right.

Are you trying to continue with the I-130 you filed while withdrawing the I-485? I can see how that would confuse them. Yes, it is a completely different process. In both cases you're using the I-130 to establish that an immigrant visa number is available, but for different purposes - to adjust status, or to pursue a visa. It probably would have been easier and faster to withdraw both petitions and submit a new I-130 package for a spousal visa.

This isn't a legal process that requires filing petitions with a court and hearings in front of a judge. This is 80% paperwork, and 20% discretion. I don't see how a lawyer could help you with this.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I was under the impression that they hadn't actually filed anything yet, as she was still weighing her options. Did you submit anything yet?

[The Heub's 0]

I was under the impression that they hadn't actually filed anything yet, as she was still weighing her options. Did you submit anything yet?

Hey, thanks for your replies, No we hadn't yet filed anything ..we orignally started forwarding information back and forth to the lawyer (well paralegal) for the AOS. We then decided to change and go for the CR1 due to the uncertainty off a visa being approved. This is why we are so frustrated as all that needs to be corrected is a few spelling mistakes and a my new address added (for the UK). It has taken over 2 weeks to do this and we still have not recieved them, I wish I had found this forum before we had gone down this route of lawyers etc..I just wonder how long it will take them to contact us, when and if the petion is filed to let us know about any future information.

Rights? No, you don't have any rights. Immigration is a privilege you make a request for. It isn't a right.

Are you trying to continue with the I-130 you filed while withdrawing the I-485? I can see how that would confuse them. Yes, it is a completely different process. In both cases you're using the I-130 to establish that an immigrant visa number is available, but for different purposes - to adjust status, or to pursue a visa. It probably would have been easier and faster to withdraw both petitions and submit a new I-130 package for a spousal visa.

This isn't a legal process that requires filing petitions with a court and hearings in front of a judge. This is 80% paperwork, and 20% discretion. I don't see how a lawyer could help you with this.

Sorry for the confusion,i did not mean rights as in immigration, I understand that it is a privallige. I actually meant with the problems I having with the lawyer's apparent time wasting .

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Ok. I didn't know you'd already hired a lawyer, and that the problems you were having was with the lawyer and not USCIS.

Fire the lawyer and do it yourself.