Rapid Visa

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

I don't know what all the fear is surrounding RFEs.  They aren't "dreaded" and you needn't be stressed about receiving one.  You get the RFE - you respond appropriately - and voila! approved.  

 

It is a lot of money to waste if you are capable of reading and don't tend to panic over having to figure out forms yourself.

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

In my opinion, if you need a payment plan to pay for any part of the immigration journey, you need to very seriously think about the process as a whole and how you are going to afford life in America while supporting an immigrant.

[Umka36 781]

Rapid Visa reminds me of H&R Block in which you provide all your information/data and they input and review them prior to submitting. There's nothing wrong using them, it's just another added cost is all. No matter what, you really need to review the paperwork before signing anything.

[Umka36 781]

10 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

In my opinion, if you need a payment plan to pay for any part of the immigration journey, you need to very seriously think about the process as a whole and how you are going to afford life in America while supporting an immigrant.

Especially when filing the initial K1 petition which is the cheapest part of the process. It only gets more expensive after that. Look at the AOS stage, when some folks are very surprise how expensive it is.

[Scandi 4,176]

It must be an American thing to panic and hire lawyers and other services as soon as it involves some reading and planning. They hire lawyers for everything, even something so simple as filling out a very easy form and double check it. They must love to spend unnecessary money.

 

Where I come from we only hire someone to help when actually needed. For a straight forward case it's absolutely not needed.

Edited November 22, 2017 by Scandi

[Umka36 781]

1 hour ago, Scandi said:

It must be an American thing to panic and hire lawyers and other services as soon as it involves some reading and planning. They hire lawyers for everything, even something so simple as filling out a very easy form and double check it. They must love to spend unnecessary money.

 

Where I come from we only hire someone to help when actually needed. For a straight forward case it's absolutely not needed.

A bit of over generalization of us Americans don't you think? I personally don't worry about things like this.

[Scandi 4,176]

9 minutes ago, Umka36 said:

A bit of over generalization of us Americans don't you think? I personally don't worry about things like this.

Sure, in general, yes. I have never heard so much about lawyers this, lawyers that since I moved here.

[Umka36 781]

Maybe it's a California thing?

[Scandi 4,176]

3 minutes ago, Umka36 said:

Maybe it's a California thing?

Nah, there are posts all over this board about lawyers, as an example, and far from all of them are from California. 

[Umka36 781]

14 minutes ago, Scandi said:

Nah, there are posts all over this board about lawyers, as an example, and far from all of them are from California. 

It's getting off topic, but I made the smart ### (aka buttock) remark since you said "...I have never heard so much about lawyers this, lawyers that since I moved here." which I implied as where you are at and not these forums.

 

 

Edited November 22, 2017 by Umka36

[ThomasNC1988 762]

I read a post a few days ago that said something along the lines of "I used rapidvisa because I think when the officer sees that's who prepared the petition they will think ohh that's an easy one an approve it right away." Now don't get me wrong I'm all for being positive, but I think that is a pipe dream at best. The fact is most of the stories I have read dealing with rapidvisa the petitioner would have saved time by simply sending in whatever they had and waiting for an RFE. Meaning that the delay caused be rapidvisa is just as long or longer than the delay caused by an RFE. It took me about 2 hours to gather my evidence and submit my petition and it was free. I covered every single thing they asked for and if I get an RFE so be it because what is 3-4 weeks compared to a life time? Plus it was absolutely free.

[pajobra 1,395]

2 hours ago, Scandi said:

Sure, in general, yes. I have never heard so much about lawyers this, lawyers that since I moved here.

Try watching American television and watching wheel of fortune and then jeopardy. All the commercials are lawyers and meds. Something we do not do in our commercials in Canada for the most part. 

 

Personally in regards to the topic. Use it if you want and don't if you don't want. We never used it because honestly if you read everything over and make sure you have all your ducks in a row you can do it  yourself. Lawyers or RapidVisa or the like do not necessarily make things faster but in some cases have hindered the process a lot and in others they proceeded exactly as planned like lots that did it themselves.  Sometimes you get RFE's with RapidVisa and Lawyers too.

[Murph4865 597]

5 hours ago, Scandi said:

It must be an American thing to panic and hire lawyers and other services as soon as it involves some reading and planning. They hire lawyers for everything, even something so simple as filling out a very easy form and double check it. They must love to spend unnecessary money.

 

Where I come from we only hire someone to help when actually needed. For a straight forward case it's absolutely not needed.

But see that is why us americans hire lawyers and other services is because some people have money here in the U.S.A. unlike other countries where people get walked on all the time and a lot of people around the world wants to come america for the money.

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

2 minutes ago, Murph4865 said:

But see that is why us americans hire lawyers and other services is because some people have money here in the U.S.A. unlike other countries where people get walked on all the time and a lot of people around the world wants to come america for the money.

 

  You do realize that you are talking to people against it who are from wealthier countries than America (or whose spouses are), right?  As an American myself, I find frugality and financial literacy to be incredibly valuable.  I did my own divorce, immigration, and we will be filing an adoption petition on our own.  Lawyers are important for trials and contracts, not for routine things.

[Scandi 4,176]

1 hour ago, Murph4865 said:

But see that is why us americans hire lawyers and other services is because some people have money here in the U.S.A. unlike other countries where people get walked on all the time and a lot of people around the world wants to come america for the money.

"We Americans spend unnecessary money because we have lots of money". Mhmm.. I'm from Sweden, it's a great and rich country, better than the US in many ways. We don't spend money on lawyers unless absolutely necessary, so that argument does not work with me. Try something else. 

 

Btw, weren't you the guy who had issues paying for the rapidvisa service so you had to delay sending in your petition? 

Edited November 23, 2017 by Scandi