Back in early summer while sitting at the pre-clearance facility, waiting to process my waiver application renewal, there sat next to me a gentleman who told me he had retained an attorney to compile his application. He seemed no more prepared (probably a little less) than I was for he discovered that he was missing certain documents.
There would seem to be as many attorney / immigration lawyer's offices offering I-192 waiver application assistance as there are online university degree programs. Just do a quick Google search and you'll see what I mean. I suspect many people don't understand just how simple it is to compile your own waiver application. So if you did retain an attorney:
As someone who is waiting for a decision on his second self-compiled waiver, I am in no way advocating people 'lawyer up', although there could be individual circumstances why this approach made sense for you. I am merely interested in your feedback.
There would seem to be as many attorney / immigration lawyer's offices offering I-192 waiver application assistance as there are online university degree programs. Just do a quick Google search and you'll see what I mean. I suspect many people don't understand just how simple it is to compile your own waiver application. So if you did retain an attorney:
- What was the cost?
- Why did you select this particular attorney?
- Was it worth it?
- Will you retain an attorney for your next waiver application?
As someone who is waiting for a decision on his second self-compiled waiver, I am in no way advocating people 'lawyer up', although there could be individual circumstances why this approach made sense for you. I am merely interested in your feedback.
For my first application I used the Canadian Legal Resource Centre in Calgary as I found the whole process (pardon and waiver) a little too daunting. With the knowledge I got from that first waiver (which ended up being a one year waiver) I've successfully re-applied three more times (one '1 year' and two 'three year' waivers). Their professional rate is something like $795. Once I knew the process I didn't want to keep incurring that cost.
ReplyDeleteThe only advantage I see in using a service like this is that they are on top of all the laws and the process. If the US ever starts making longer-term or permanent waivers available I wouldn't want to miss out on that because I wasn't submitting something slightly differently.