Need advice regarding interview

[aapl 1]

Hey everyone, so me and my wife did the whole AOS application on our own, no lawyers or anything. My wife’s employment authorization/advance parole card came in a few weeks ago but she’s terrified about leaving the U.S. and not being let back in. She has no criminal record or anything, she’s just worried that a border patrol agent is going to be a hassle for whatever reason. 
 

Because of this, we decided to have a consultation with a lawyer to have some basic questions answered. He said there shouldn’t be a problem regarding travelling but then he went on to mention that if we’d like, he can double check all of our papers to make sure everything is OK and he can represent us/prepare us for the interview, for $1800. 

I have a good job and my wife is licensed in her respective country (doctor)—I get this feeling that our case is very low risk but at the same time I think I’d feel better showing up to the interview with a lawyer.

 

what do you guys think? What are the largest risks of not having a lawyer? We currently don’t have any joint accounts or anything but I think even then, our relationship is very provable (almost 8 years together), many pictures of trips together, attended the same school (in her country), tons of pictures together dating back to then. 
 

The lawyer said that many USCIS interviewers try finding that you did something wrong to try to not approve you (because that’s how they make money?) and that it’s better to be protected. Kind of scared us a bit.

 

Thoughts? What are good ways to prepare ourselves for this? Thanks so much.
 

 

[HRQX 4,145]

2 minutes ago, aapl said:

Kind of scared us a bit.

Interview is pretty straightforward. Lawyers sometimes use scare tactics to generate business.

[Crazy Cat 41,858]

11 minutes ago, aapl said:

what do you guys think?

1.  She will very likely have zero issues re-entering the US.  After all, that is the purpose of an Advance Parole card.

2.  As stated by @HRQX, attorneys sometimes use scare tactics to drum up business,

[nendu 86]

I think you have a safe case and there's not much to worry about during the interview and the likelihood that you'll need the presence of your lawyer is low. At the same time I feel like you all should get a joint bank account and use that for common expenses like home mortgage and utilities because USCIS does look for financial co-mingling.