Help..need advice

[russ and mary 0]

Hi Vj's

I just want to ask your opinions about what to do with our case. my case is currently at the nvc now. my visa catergory is IR1. We filed in march 2010 as K3 non immigrant visa, we got approved at the USCIS but then when our case got to nvc, theu sent us a letter that we are going to CR1 route and now since we married more than two years they change it to IR1. During the entire process, we are always stucked at AOS phase because my husband is not working but we keep oir files updated. now, when we got married my husband's mom promise us that she is going to be the cosponsor and for a long time wecwaited on her and my husband took good care of her be ause she is disabled. Now that she got well, she wants to do the rignt thing. my question is does hiring a US immigration lawyer helps with the process, because we found one that is actually willing to help us get to USA. if we hire a lawyer will it hurt the process, my hubby is a lil bit scared because he think it might help us or hurt the entire processing..

thank you so much to those who are willing to share thier opinions. i really appreciate it.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Hiring a lawyer will likely slow things down.

It sounds like al you need is for his mother to fill in the forms, why do you think you need a lawyer for that?

[russ and mary 0]

@penguin_ie because we have to deal with my husband's sister being the legal guardian of his mom. she is really not in the same boat with us..

[jayjayj 571]

It depends on whether your husband's sister has guardianship related to her health and living arrangments or related to her estate (financial decisions) - or both perhaps. If his sister has guardianship of her estate, then I am inclined to think that his mother could not sponsor you without legal consent from his sister, because she has been ruled incapable of making her own financial decisions and no longer has control of her own income and assets.

Does that make sense? If not, I can provide some links you can read.

If that situtation does apply, would his sister be willing to sponsor the immigration application? If so, you should be good to go, as long as the income is above the required level.