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Did You Seek An Attorney?

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:

  • 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.


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  1. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2012 at 1:17 PM

    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.

    The 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.

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