Interview not needed?

[Roel 7,193]

You didn't answer my question also. 

 

Are you applying for k3 visa or cr1 visa? 

 

Also you clearly don't believe us here, and that's cool. Just don't be surprised when you'll get a notice to appear on interview. 

[mushroomspore 3,044]

7 hours ago, Cammaray said:

She has been practicing immigration law for over 20 years, I'm having a hard time believing that she would suggest anything that could result in trouble for her as well. She said I probably wouldn't have to attend one, not that I definitely wouldn't. But reading all the comments it seems so bizarre that she would suggest it's not necessary. The information package I was sent from her states that she will assist in preparation for an interview. I appreciate the advice and links sent, and the time taken to help me with my query. 

 

Well, she actually would not really be the one getting into trouble. If you told the embassy/consulate/USCIS, "But my lawyer told me differently!", they're not going to care a single iota. They're not going to reprimand her or punish her and then allow you guys a free do-over. If this is done incorrectly, you and your soon-to-be spouse will be the ones to suffer the consequences. Sure you can complain to her or even report her to the bar but the damage to you guys will already be done. 

[Michael2017 368]

Safe your money and buy your wife a nice gift from it. Fire the 2 lawyers with 2 lawyer fees, read here and do it yourself. This process is not difficult if your relationship is real and you have no inadmissibility wavers.  Someone is taking advantage of you and it is not a good thing to throw away hard earned money.

[Cammaray 1]

Wow there is a lot of animosity here. I have never stated that I do not believe what people are saying. I never stated that I would not go to an interview, which frankly I have no concerns about, or to the medical. I never stated that I would be paying for two lawyer fees.

 

I posted on this website to ask a question, I appreciate the advice given however the condescending remarks and insinuations were not helpful. When the business week resumes I will certainly bring up these valid statements to my attorney and make my decision from there. My soon-to-be husband and I opted to utilize an immigration attorney because we both realize that this is a rather tumultuous time to be moving to the US and want to leave no margin for error. If this particular attorney, who came to me via referral, proves to be unsuitable, we will search for another.

 

Thank you again to the members of this online community who opted to offer assistance without sarcasm  

[Diane and Chris 651]

5 minutes ago, Cammaray said:

Wow there is a lot of animosity here. I have never stated that I do not believe what people are saying. I never stated that I would not go to an interview, which frankly I have no concerns about, or to the medical. I never stated that I would be paying for two lawyer fees.

 

I posted on this website to ask a question, I appreciate the advice given however the condescending remarks and insinuations were not helpful. When the business week resumes I will certainly bring up these valid statements to my attorney and make my decision from there. My soon-to-be husband and I opted to utilize an immigration attorney because we both realize that this is a rather tumultuous time to be moving to the US and want to leave no margin for error. If this particular attorney, who came to me via referral, proves to be unsuitable, we will search for another.

 

Thank you again to the members of this online community who opted to offer assistance without sarcasm  

Let us know how it goes after you talk to her. Best of luck to you and your fiancé!  

[Ryan H 3,834]

Moved from K3 Process & Procedures to IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures.

[pushbrk 13,260]

Often people come away from professional consultations confused.  I'm seeing indications USCIS is cutting down on interviews in Adjustment of Status cases.  The OP has probably confused the attorney's advice for adjusting status with the advice for getting a spouse visa.  My first indication of this is that this discussion started out in the K3 forum.

 

It often takes a bit of repetition, just to get through to them adjustment of status from visitor never involves a "visa".  Visas are used to ENTER countries.  You adjust status from within, AFTER entry.

 

Indeed, if a visa is sought, there will be an interview, not at an Embassy, in this case but at the US Consulate in Montreal.  

[redvines 57]

18 hours ago, Cammaray said:

Wow there is a lot of animosity here. I have never stated that I do not believe what people are saying. I never stated that I would not go to an interview, which frankly I have no concerns about, or to the medical. I never stated that I would be paying for two lawyer fees.

 

I posted on this website to ask a question, I appreciate the advice given however the condescending remarks and insinuations were not helpful. When the business week resumes I will certainly bring up these valid statements to my attorney and make my decision from there. My soon-to-be husband and I opted to utilize an immigration attorney because we both realize that this is a rather tumultuous time to be moving to the US and want to leave no margin for error. If this particular attorney, who came to me via referral, proves to be unsuitable, we will search for another.

 

Thank you again to the members of this online community who opted to offer assistance without sarcasm  

There is a bit of anti-lawyer sentiment here I've noticed. I used an attorney and am through the first half of the process, our attorney was referred to us by my in-laws who are lawyers. I work full time and study at university full time and my wife has a lot going on too, we were in a position of privilege where we can pay someone else to deal with a lot of the time consuming stuff for us. 

 

I'm not saying this is the right choice for everyone and I can see academically that we could have done it ourselves, but each to their own. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

[Little_Vixen 1,869]

6 minutes ago, redvines said:

There is a bit of anti-lawyer sentiment here I've noticed. I used an attorney and am through the first half of the process, our attorney was referred to us by my in-laws who are lawyers. I work full time and study at university full time and my wife has a lot going on too, we were in a position of privilege where we can pay someone else to deal with a lot of the time consuming stuff for us. 

 

I'm not saying this is the right choice for everyone and I can see academically that we could have done it ourselves, but each to their own. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

I think the experiences here on VJ are a bit kilted cause we only hear about the bad cases. The good lawyers don't get their clients on this forum cause they have no need. They are being helped perfectly and have no complaints nor the need to find additional help or information.

There re definitely good lawyers out there. 

 

[Unlockable 7,316]

10 hours ago, Little_Vixen said:

I think the experiences here on VJ are a bit kilted cause we only hear about the bad cases. The good lawyers don't get their clients on this forum cause they have no need. They are being helped perfectly and have no complaints nor the need to find additional help or information.

There re definitely good lawyers out there. 

 

Well said.

[NovaSprings 89]

On 7/8/2018 at 8:40 AM, Cammaray said:

My soon-to-be husband and I opted to utilize an immigration attorney because we both realize that this is a rather tumultuous time to be moving to the US and want to leave no margin for error. If this particular attorney, who came to me via referral, proves to be unsuitable, we will search for another.

 

I can understand and appreciate your position.  In fact my husband and I started out our journey with the same idea.  Both of us had busy jobs/activities schedules and we felt achieving a successful CR1 application was the most important thing in our lives.  My husband searched in the US for the best lawyer, asked for recommendations, read feedback online and finally picked one we thought  was the best.  It turned out that he was not.  He started off giving us bad advise, which in turn costs us the ability for my son apply with me (he aged out) .  He filed our initial application with spelling and other errors, enough that they rejected the application and we had to re-apply.  After these first issues, my husband and I decided that we needed to educate ourselves on the process to ensure that we could question him.  Although we started with him, we ended without him and we did just fine.  I am not down on lawyers, my opinion/observation (and mine only) is that if your case is straight forward (cookie cutter) actual lawyers do not get too involved,  there is no reason to go to court to argue your case, which is what lawyers are trained to do.  Because US family immigration is literally a step by step process, their staff would handle this and therefor they do not have all the steps and information committed to memory.  Choosing to use or not use a lawyer is a personal choice, but I would encourage anyone  who is taking on this journey to educate themselves on the process. At the very least this will give you information on what your lawyer will be asking you and your husband for at each step.  Gather information can take time, so knowing and preparing for each stage can be helpful.  One very import thing that lawyers will not advise you on is personal income tax and investments and with the reciprocal laws between US and Canada, it is important to get out ahead of this and plan as you can save yourself some money.  I would recommend a good accountant that deals in cross boarder incomes.  

 

Everyone's journey is slightly different, and for us, visajourney has been an invaluable source of information in the last 4 years.