Who has processed their own petition without a lawyer

[MR-SAUDI 122]

6 hours ago, Gojo said:

Hello Im an american citizen born in US. Married my husband in nigeria. Love of my life. Who has processed their own spouse petition? Any suggestions. Im pretty smart and feel like I can do this on my own as I work fir an immigration law firm. 

You won the heart of all VJ's members. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Devon&Julius 21]

6 hours ago, Gojo said:

Great! How long has it taken so far?

14months

[Sunnyland 639]

Unless your case is complicated with red flags, etc you can do this on your own. My hubby and I did my K1 to Citizenship ALL ourselves. No lawyers involved. Just with the help of this awesome forum. 

[Hagrid 22]

8 hours ago, Gojo said:

Hello Im an american citizen born in US. Married my husband in nigeria. Love of my life. Who has processed their own spouse petition? Any suggestions. Im pretty smart and feel like I can do this on my own as I work fir an immigration law firm. 

We didn't do spousal visa but fiancee all by ourselves. From fiance visa petition to citizenship, step by step with visa journey.

 

If your case is not unusual, you sure can manage.

 

[Bengoj 133]

8 hours ago, Roel said:

If immigration lawyers start coming to this forum for advices, we will all be doomed.

 

Literally 90% of people do their own paperwork. 

Im new at the firm. Will have access to the forms. Just dont want the attorneys I work for in my business.

[Bengoj 133]

4 hours ago, O&O said:

I'm an US citizen as well.. husband Nigerian..did my petition by myself..now at NVC stage...if you need help.. feel free to ask ..we all r here for each other. 

Thanks. Im gonna start the process soon. Im new to that firm and dont want those attorneys in my personal business. To begin what did u submit with the i130? And was that the only application u submitted first? Or did u send the affidavit of support as well?

[Bengoj 133]

2 hours ago, MR-SAUDI said:

You won the heart of all VJ's members. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Lol maybe I shouldve left out the immigration lawfirm part out which is irrelevent. Im new there. Dont want them in my business. I am doing it myself.

[geowrian 22,337]

3 minutes ago, Gojo said:

Thanks. Im gonna start the process soon. Im new to that firm and dont want those attorneys in my personal business. To begin what did u submit with the i130? And was that the only application u submitted first? Or did u send the affidavit of support as well?

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

I-864 is provided at NVC.

Start by reading the guides, forms, and all instructions of the forms. This will answer most questions, and possibly raise a few others.

[Aishat919 14]

I did my I-130 on my own. Did my recommendation for  NOID rebuttal on my own and got reaffirmed. It’s possible to do it yourself but everyone is different. This is a helpful community and when i needed answers i came online and found it on this site. My husband is from Nigeria as well and i petitioned for him.

Edited June 23, 2018 by Aishat919

[Dutchster 1,107]

My husband and I did the whole K-1 process ourselves, like a majority of the community here. Immigration is certainly not the easiest process but it's definitely not impossible to do on your own-- unless you have any legal barriers that prevents your spouse from obtaining a visa or if  you have major red flags in your case (e.g. major age difference, met only one time, married on first meeting and filed right away etc when the beneficiary is from a high fraud country and/or dealing with a difficult Embassy). Lawyers are not a guarantee for approval.

Just take your time to read through the process and all the papers, don't rush filling out the papers and make sure you add enough proof of bonafide marriage. It starts with the I-130 process and will evolve in the CR-1.

Edited June 23, 2018 by Dutchster

[O&O 330]

50 minutes ago, Gojo said:

Thanks. Im gonna start the process soon. Im new to that firm and dont want those attorneys in my personal business. To begin what did u submit with the i130? And was that the only application u submitted first? Or did u send the affidavit of support as well?

I submitted marriage certificate, letter from my mother in law, my bother, bank statement of our joint account we have in Nigeria, pictures of our engagement in Dubai, wedding in niaja, copy of stamped passport to Dubai n niaja.

Along with i130 plus fee..

[Bethany123 56]

I am the applicant and my husband is petitioning me. We are almost done the process and we did not use a lawyer. Lawyers cost thousands of dollars and they can make mistakes, too. I don't recommend using one. Just educate yourselves on the process and use visajourney for questions.

[OlayemiLoray 172]

13 hours ago, Gojo said:

Hello Im an american citizen born in US. Married my husband in nigeria. Love of my life. Who has processed their own spouse petition? Any suggestions. Im pretty smart and feel like I can do this on my own as I work fir an immigration law firm. 

My spouse is Nigerian and we did our own petition from start to finish..No need for a lawyer and as one suggested, if you have any questions, just come here or go to the links provided..You are more than welcome to visit my timeline to get somewhat of an idea..Good luck on your journey!

[Abies 1,713]

4 hours ago, O&O said:

I submitted marriage certificate, letter from my mother in law, my bother, bank statement of our joint account we have in Nigeria, pictures of our engagement in Dubai, wedding in niaja, copy of stamped passport to Dubai n niaja.

Along with i130 plus fee..

How about other initial evidences like i130a,2X2 white background passport photographs of you and the beneficiary?if you didn't add them,you will be RFE'd during the later part of the i130 process.

Moreso,for the joint account,make sure you keep the account very active because your husband will most likely be asked for it during his visa interview by CO 

[Abies 1,713]

In addition to what O&O has stated,you can add other supporting docs if you have like flight itenery of any family member that came to Nigeria with you during the wedding,a brief write up on how you both met,screenshots of calls/chat logs,add him as a beneficiary on your insurances(life,retirement)if you have one,copy of the confirmation page  of his registration with the Intergovernmental marriage committee(IMC)which enables anyone that has access to your marriage certificate number anywhere in the world access online. as well as any other supporting document you have.

 

For the IMC,it depends on where the marriage was done because if it was done in Ikoyi,you shouldn't bother about the registration with IMC.