Attorney instruction are not the same as the NVC instructions

[Just Paul 4,595]

1 hour ago, carmel34 said:

The attorney that Michael saw in Nigeria knew what she was talking about.  

Uhh she said to file a K3

[payxibka 10,045]

56 minutes ago, praisejourney said:

 Ahhh and I am so afraid to do the process without an attorney, I just love my fiancee to much.

What will the attorney do to get your fiancee here?  It's your story, it's her medical and interview.   All they do is fill forms with your information and separate you from your money. 

 

Visit the Philippines regional forum,  many who are more familiar with the and can help you navigate the Manila consulate much more easily than any attorney can 

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

3 hours ago, praisejourney said:

They keep getting annoyed at me because they say, "We have a half century worth of experience." I guess asking questions insults their intelligence. I am in fear of asking them questions in fear that they will drop me as a client and bill me. As they have told me that.

If they are saying they’ll drop you as a client and bill you, I’d be dropping them as a lawyer and completing the k1 process myself, it’s really not that difficult and unless you have an extremely complicated case there’s truely no need for a lawyer at all. 

 

How rude of them to have forgotten they they are working for you and not the reverse 

[praisejourney 25]

20 minutes ago, payxibka said:

What will the attorney do to get your fiancee here?  It's your story, it's her medical and interview.   All they do is fill forms with your information and separate you from your money. 

 

Visit the Philippines regional forum,  many who are more familiar with the and can help you navigate the Manila consulate much more easily than any attorney can 

Their process has been to send me questionnaire with 20-40 questions and then they transcribe this information to a form. Generally it takes them anywhere from 3-4 weeks to submit anything because they are only available Tuesday and Thursday.  Every form I have received from them has massive errors and corrections that need to take place. An RFE response took them almost 2 months to complete and even their response required corrections that took me 4-6 hours to review and complete. 

[praisejourney 25]

1 minute ago, Duke & Marie said:

If they are saying they’ll drop you as a client and bill you, I’d be dropping them as a lawyer and completing the k1 process myself, it’s really not that difficult and unless you have an extremely complicated case there’s truely no need for a lawyer at all. 

 

How rude of them to have forgotten they they are working for you and not the reverse 

Oh exactly! It's so crazy, they see me as this impatient rude American for having the audacity to ask them very polite questions about the process.

[payxibka 10,045]

2 minutes ago, praisejourney said:

Their process has been to send me questionnaire with 20-40 questions and then they transcribe this information to a form. Generally it takes them anywhere from 3-4 weeks to submit anything because they are only available Tuesday and Thursday.  Every form I have received from them has massive errors and corrections that need to take place. An RFE response took them almost 2 months to complete and even their response required corrections that took me 4-6 hours to review and complete. 

Sounds like its time to complain to the bar.  I'd have walked a long time ago.

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

7 minutes ago, praisejourney said:

Oh exactly! It's so crazy, they see me as this impatient rude American for having the audacity to ask them very polite questions about the process.

Drop them, finish the process yourself.. how they going to bill you and get the so called outstanding anyways? They do nothing without having been paid upfront so you’re likely in front already...

 

theres a world of knowledge here to help you with what forms and next step.. save yourself the time and money... 

[payxibka 10,045]

11 minutes ago, praisejourney said:

Their process has been to send me questionnaire with 20-40 questions and then they transcribe this information to a form. Generally it takes them anywhere from 3-4 weeks to submit anything because they are only available Tuesday and Thursday.  Every form I have received from them has massive errors and corrections that need to take place. An RFE response took them almost 2 months to complete and even their response required corrections that took me 4-6 hours to review and complete. 

What kind of an RFE takes two months to complete and 6 hours to review?  My whole petition was prepared in less than an hour 

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

8 minutes ago, payxibka said:

What kind of an RFE takes two months to complete and 6 hours to review?  My whole petition was prepared in less than an hour 

Is stupid... ours package was a couple of hours at most, only took that long because I stopped for a smoke and beer break... no excuse for 2 months! 

[praisejourney 25]

2 hours ago, payxibka said:

What kind of an RFE takes two months to complete and 6 hours to review?  My whole petition was prepared in less than an hour 

Exactly! Shouldnt have taken more than a week and a half. What is worse is I told them we needed to submit certain documents before we file and they said, nah just don't worry about it. They will tell us if they need it. That decision cost me 750.00 and cost us 2 months delay. Ahhhh

[praisejourney 25]

2 hours ago, Duke & Marie said:

Is stupid... ours package was a couple of hours at most, only took that long because I stopped for a smoke and beer break... no excuse for 2 months! 

I agree. I had to call them almost every week and ask them the status. It was so annoying. Now we have this process and I am worried they will sit on stuff again with no urgency. Since our approval they have done nothing proactive to prepare us for the documents we need. Ahhhhh

[praisejourney 25]

2 hours ago, Duke & Marie said:

Drop them, finish the process yourself.. how they going to bill you and get the so called outstanding anyways? They do nothing without having been paid upfront so you’re likely in front already...

 

theres a world of knowledge here to help you with what forms and next step.. save yourself the time and money... 

Visajourney has been such a great help!!! That is a great point about the billing. Very true.

[praisejourney 25]

Ok to wrap up this post. I think the final conclusion is that the attorney is correct. We just have to wait for them to forward our information to Manila. I was looking at the steps for immigrant visas and is why I got confused. Thanks everyone for your help.

[DakotaKid 38]

9 hours ago, carmel34 said:

Often attorneys are wrong.  That's the truth plain and simple.  Just look at the recent episode of 90 Day Fiance when Angela's attorney said that a K-1 denial in Nigeria could be appealed and that 60% of appeals are successful.  That's so wrong, just one example of attorneys that don't know the US immigration process very well.  The attorney that Michael saw in Nigeria knew what she was talking about.  Good luck!

I was thinking the same exact thing about Angela.

[Dashinka 24,493]

5 hours ago, praisejourney said:

I agree. I had to call them almost every week and ask them the status. It was so annoying. Now we have this process and I am worried they will sit on stuff again with no urgency. Since our approval they have done nothing proactive to prepare us for the documents we need. Ahhhhh

That is really the problem with attorneys, you still have to do all the work.  If you are worried about the services they are performing, it is time to drop them.  They may have years of experience, but as others have said, they really have no skin in the game with respect to you and your fiancé except for the money you already paid them.  If they are threatening you about leaving, the local bar in your area should be notified.

Edited January 15, 2020 by Bill & Katya