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Reasonable price for consular process

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10-02-2020, 04:22 PM
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Hey everyone
I just feel like I’m starting to get ripped off by my lawyer .
Initially she charged me 1200 for the i130 and I was under the impression the 1200 was for everything including consular process
So now that my i130 has been approved and I’m on to the consular process with nvc , she is telling me she charges 2500 plus another 1000 for public charge (new eo by Donny).
I feel like that’s too much and tbh some of it I could probably do myself . What do you all think ? Maybe find another lawyer for that portion?
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From personal experience, always get a contract that details every single charge. Not a charge as we go. I will end up paying my attorney 7500. That includes I-130, attending interview with me, I-485, and closing pending immigration court issues. While it is a lot. I felt that was the best way to go considering other things may develop as the case progresses. Other attorneys wanted to charge me 1200 for I-130, 800 for going to interview, 2500 for I-485, and 1000 for every court appearance plus paper work fees. In the short term it seems cheaper but I rather have a contract stating everything will be done for x amount of price. If I were you I would look around and find an attorney that details everything up front.
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Originally Posted by FLDreamerrr View Post
Hey everyone
I just feel like I’m starting to get ripped off by my lawyer .
Initially she charged me 1200 for the i130 and I was under the impression the 1200 was for everything including consular process
So now that my i130 has been approved and I’m on to the consular process with nvc , she is telling me she charges 2500 plus another 1000 for public charge (new eo by Donny).
I feel like that’s too much and tbh some of it I could probably do myself . What do you all think ? Maybe find another lawyer for that portion?
By the way hasn't the public charge rule been placed on hold pending court litigation? I would get a second opinion.

"The second nationwide injunction was issued in a separate case challenging the State Department’s public charge rule as well as the president’s Health Care Proclamation requiring visa applicants to show proof of private health insurance. Because of the ruling, immigrants seeking to go through consular processing will not be subject to the public charge test utilized by the State Department. That case was brought on behalf of individual and organizational plaintiffs by the Center for Constitutional Rights, The Legal Aid Society, the National Immigration Law Center, and Paul Weiss. Today’s ruling is the first decision fully addressing these policies, and it enjoined those policies indefinitely."
https://www.nilc.org/2020/07/29/inju...amid-pandemic/

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We started the process on our own..So NVC process for my husband they quoted at $1750. Initially, they told us $3K just for NVC if we just did that part with them start to finish. I-130 we did on our own, and we also already submitted documents to the NVC, so we saved some money there. Starting the process like I-130 is pretty easy to fill out and gather the documents.
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I’m paying $3000 for the I-130, I-485, I-944, plus attending the interview etc.

Sounds like you’re getting taken for a ride.
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The I-944 is only in an injunction in a few north eastern states (Vermont or something). The national injunction was made more limited in scope.

It’s a pretty easy form to fill out though - it’s just getting the information that’s hard - and your lawyer can’t help with that since they don’t have access to your records.
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So as far as nvc forms I should be able to do that on my own right ?
Also, since I’ve had daca since I was 17 I never accrued illegal presence , any forms or anything I got to fill out to not trigger any ban once I leave to my home country for interview ? Or do I just explain it to them there ?
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