DCF immigration firm cost and selection

[Tim Davidson 2]

Hello,

I am a US citizen on a NAFTA work permit in Canada. My wife is Canadian, we have no kids and we are planning to relocate to the US. As a nurse who has ICU experience I am hoping to be able to use the new job offer and critically ill family members (6-12 month prognosis for my father) exceptional circumstances to attempt to expedite the process and use DCF. But before actively seeking out employment opportunities (which honestly I anticipate taking 2-4 weeks because of the current COVID situation) I have been reaching out to various immigration attorneys to get a pulse on approximate costs. Most firms will refuse to provide me a quote unless I pay 2-500 dollars for an hour long consultation. One that did provide me a quote was 6k CAD in addition all associated fees. Anyone with experience using an immigration attorney, how much does it typically cost?

  

Also we are based in Ottawa, with Montreal handling most of the requests would it be better to go for a firm specializing in US immigration in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto (just because it is a large city) or some place like Buffalo because they deal with a lot of US/CA immigration issues?

  

Thanks for your time.

[milimelo 4,487]

You can do it all yourself (once you get permission to do DCF) for the cost of I-130, DS-260, AoSupport form processing (not sure if paying if doing DCF) medical exam, and any other official paperwork required (police certificate, marriage certificate, birth certificate). 

[SalishSea 17,852]

3 hours ago, Tim Davidson said:

Hello,

I am a US citizen on a NAFTA work permit in Canada. My wife is Canadian, we have no kids and we are planning to relocate to the US. As a nurse who has ICU experience I am hoping to be able to use the new job offer and critically ill family members (6-12 month prognosis for my father) exceptional circumstances to attempt to expedite the process and use DCF. But before actively seeking out employment opportunities (which honestly I anticipate taking 2-4 weeks because of the current COVID situation) I have been reaching out to various immigration attorneys to get a pulse on approximate costs. Most firms will refuse to provide me a quote unless I pay 2-500 dollars for an hour long consultation. One that did provide me a quote was 6k CAD in addition all associated fees. Anyone with experience using an immigration attorney, how much does it typically cost?

  

Also we are based in Ottawa, with Montreal handling most of the requests would it be better to go for a firm specializing in US immigration in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto (just because it is a large city) or some place like Buffalo because they deal with a lot of US/CA immigration issues?

  

Thanks for your time.

If you use a lawyer, it doesn't matter where they are located because any immigration process/interview will be done via Montreal.

 

Also, you should know that using an attorney will not speed up the process in any way or make an approval more likely.

Edited May 16, 2020 by Jorgedig