Visa Lawyer...

AltoHombre · #1 (**permalink**) 12-06-2009, 12:49 PM

Does anyone have any suggestions on a good lawyer for visa related issues. Both tourist and immigrant (k1,k3) visas?

Jook · #2 (**permalink**) 12-06-2009, 05:07 PM

Good and lawyer seems to be an oxymoron. Seriously, straightforward stuff can be handled without a lawyer. A very helpful forum is http://www.visajourney.com/.

If it's less than straightforward, I was given names of a couple of lawyers in Colombia, one in Bogota and the other in Medellin. I corresponded with them and they did seem competent. If you're interested, I'll try to dig up the info.

***Gringos*** · #3 (**permalink**) 12-06-2009, 06:19 PM

We need lawyers, because if we did not have, our society would be the wild wild west of count to 10 turn around and draw!

However, the unfortunate fact remains that the majority of lawyers are out for their own self-interest which is of course money, and according to USA Today, we ( USA ) have three times more lawyers than any country in the world. The US has more lawsuits; frivolous or not than any country in the world the last 20 years. According to Forbes, lawyers get richer and richer while the working class grows smaller and smaller, and poorer and poorer. One of the fastest growing professions to wealth is being a lawyer.

Ask yourself: Do I really need to employ a lawyer? Can I do it myself? Do I really want to suffer thru a long ordeal to bring a person Stateside, and then continue the process? How much will it all cost when it‘s all said and done? Am I 100% ready to do this? And finally, do I want to employ a lawyer when most don't sincerely care about my well-being?

Ever wonder why we have so many rules? If we compliment a woman, we are sued for harassment. If a Cop ask us to many personal questions, we sue the city over privacy. At public pools we have to sign 30 liabilities to swim a few laps. And the big one: If you enter a divorce, your soon to be x-wife is most likely bedding her lawyer while he/she are plotting to take every dime you've worked for.

My advice: Should you resort to a lawyer, search out a young guy, fresh out of law school, and if he came up the hard way... +1.

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Jook · #4 (**permalink**) 12-06-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Two Gringos

We need lawyers, because if we did not have, our society would be the wild wild west of count to 10 turn around and draw!

Ah, the good ol' days.

***Gringos*** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-06-2009, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Jook

Ah, the good ol' days.

Yes... like some parts of Latin America, allegedly.

rocketajax · #6 (**permalink**) 03-09-2010, 03:44 PM

i am applying for a fiancee visa for my colombian fiancee. Do you think i need a lawyer to process the petition? What do you guys think? This will be my first foreign wife and i have little experience with immigration law. But i consider myself quite a bright person and i am able to understand legal terms. What did you guys do who brought your foreign novias here to the united states.

thanks

JMitch1959 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-09-2010, 05:02 PM

Gonzalo really helped my wife and I out on her fiance' visa, and spousal visa. He was very thorough, and his services were reasonably priced. You might check with him. His office is in Cali. He's not an attorney. gonzaloservices@yahoo.com

Rogbo · #8 (**permalink**) 03-09-2010, 05:27 PM

The forms are pretty strait forward, unless you or she have issues like police records, financial problems, children, etc it should be pretty easy to do without a lawyer, like any Government forms just provide the answers and documents that they ask for, we did our own in 2000, and last week I helped a friend dot the i and cross the ts on his. Judging from his documents I think it is easier now than 10 years ago. Also I thought it was a six month to a year long process, I was surprised that he started in mid December and they where approved last week, a little over two months.

Jook · #9 (**permalink**) 03-09-2010, 09:39 PM

Yeah, what Rogbo said. I did it once on my own and am planning to do it again with my fiance in Medellin. And I'm no rocket scientist. No need for a lawyer unless there's extenuating circumstances. Just follow all the instructions carefully and don't be afraid to call with any questions. A great site/forum that can answer any questions and also walk you through the process is http://visajourney.com/forums/index.php?act=home. Good luck!!

John Wayne · #10 (**permalink**) 03-09-2010, 11:46 PM

Rogbo is 100% correct......

You can down load the applications for them from the local US Embassy fill them out and submit them.....

I don't remember the numbers of them right now....

No muss no fuss, but you do need as a sponsor of her, to prove you can handle the financial part, plus your existing household, your income needs to be at least 125% above poverty level.....

The child/ren would be a problem if they had a father, if she is a single mother and the child has no father on record, no problem....

But if the child has a father on record, she is going to have to obtain his permission for the child/ren to leave the country documented by a lawyer, with his consent, here in Nicaragua, a lawyer will make it for about 50 dollars....

If the legal father does not give consent, then a tourist visa is a must for her to go without the child and the child left with family if in her custody....

So it won't kick back on the father applying for and getting custody on abandonment charges in leaving the country permanently.....

This is what I found out in Nicaragua, but I would be willing to bet a dime against a doughnut it is about the same in Colombia.....