subject: Why You Should Always Use An Immigration Attorney [print this page] One common question we usually get from potential clients is whether the services of an immigration attorney are required in most immigration matters. Although you are never required to utilize an attorney in most immigration matters, you do stand to potentially lose a lot by not utilizing a good immigration attorney.
The simple reality is that if you are selling your house, you dont require a real estate agent and if youre filing taxes you dont require a CPA. But people use the services of a CPA and a real estate agent because these professionals make it their business to know the ins and outs and all the rules of the game to prevent you from making costly mistakes.
In addition, you do have potentially a lot more to lose by filing an immigration matter by yourself unlike attempting to file your taxes or sell your own house. When filing out any sort of immigration paperwork, you are revealing information about yourself to the government. This information can be potentially incriminating and even information that you might find benign; but it could raise red flags in the governments viewpoint.
In addition, when filing multiple immigration documents without the assistance of counsel, you also open yourself up to inconsistencies in your biographical information and this also raises red flags. In order to save a few hundred dollars, you could end up jeopardizing your green card or citizenship and this is not something that is easily overcome.
Unfortunately, there is so much misinformation on the internet and so many scam sites that people make the mistake of reading a few blogs and articles and they think they understand the nuances of the law that lawyers spend several years studying. The biggest mistake you can make in using information from the internet for your immigration case is in assuming that just because another person received a certain decision in their case, that you will also have the same outcome.
There are several details, which people who post online do not mention about their case that might or might not apply to your situation. In addition, laws change frequently and therefore what works last year might not work this year.
Lastly, the other benefit of using an immigration attorney is in the benefits of presenting evidence to the immigration officer or the court in an organized and efficient manner. Immigration officers have jobs like most people that are a lot of work and they appreciate it when applicants make their job easier for them.
If an immigration officer is reviewing 15 lengthy applications a day, he or she will appreciate the lawyers who submit their clients information in an easy to read and organized manner. Law firms such as Dream Law have filed so many applications with the USCIS that they know what information immigration officers look for and how to approach it and present the evidence in the most favorable light to the client.
Save yourself the trouble and protect your immigration status and your future by utilizing the right lawyer to get the right outcome. Experience the Dream Law difference today.
