129F — Is It Really So Overwhelming?
There may be time when you need a legal professional (Immigration attorney) to help you with your task of getting your fiance9E0′ to the US. As we travel this road I’ll mention times I recommend you should seek professional assistance. And you,, and only you, are responsible for deciding if an when you should seek it.
But one thing I do not recommend are the many ‘do it yourself’ kits out there for filling out the forms from non-professional sources.
The forms you need to fill out to get the process started are simple and need not intimidate anyone. Here’s atop corner example of the first form you have to fill out … the I-129-F Petition for Alien Fiance(e). It’s available here, at no cost, for online filling out and printing:
Let’s take a close look here. The top couple inches of the form clearly tell you “Do not write in these blocks … for USCIS Use Only”.
Not really too difficult, is it? Where it says do not write, just do not write. On to the hard parts.
OK following along you come to the section labeled Part A. Start here. Hmmm, are you puzzled yet? I’d say this would be a good place to start. Last name (in capital letters, they tell you that), first name, middle name … this is not really all that difficult, folks.
My suggestion is? Do not ket these forms throw you. Just call them up on your computer and take things one step at a time. I truly can not see paying anyone $60 or $100 dollars to fill out this form for you when you are going to have to find all the information (like your name and address, etc.) for that form filler-outer to begin with.
Even if you chose an attorney I would recommend you fill out the complete package and submit to the attorney for his/her advice rather than spending a lot of billable time hemming and hawing about how the form might or might not get filled out.
That way you’ll help the immigration attorney do a better job for you and you’ll also make sure you are paying the money for legal advice for just that. not simple clerical work.
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