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Offline sacalait

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Spouse Visa Services
« on: March 05, 2019, 02:33:03 AM »
Can anyone recommend the best service to use for a spouse visa for my wife ? There are several that promise quick service, but I would like advise from a member before selecting. Any help is appreciated.

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Re: Spouse Visa Services
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2019, 03:41:43 PM »
I would just recommend that you do it yourself.
Visa Journey website has a pretty good guide page to walk you through it. I have done 4 visas myself and assisted on a few others and I always used this website as a guide.
Doing it yourself could save you a bunch of money, just remember to be thorough when filling out your papers.


https://www.visajourney.com/

Here is a link directly to the guides page.
Just select the link to the visa section that applies to your situation.


https://www.visajourney.com/content/guides/

Good luck!

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Offline JoeLP

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Re: Spouse Visa Services
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2019, 06:23:14 PM »
I talked to a lawyer about this very thing.  He specialized in visa work.  Had his own setup and all.  Over a phone call he said to me just to do all the paperwork properly and I should be set and that spending money on him probably isn't worth it.
His words were that if everything is done proper in paperwork, it's around a 95% chance of success in getting a spousal visa.  He said hiring him would cost about 3 times the cost of the visa and raise it from 95% to 99%. 
He said if we were looking for a tourist visa or an immigration visa or any of those things, that's where he is worth paying for.  But for fiance, spousal, school/education, work and other such visas the success is more dependent on the those applying doing the proper job of just dotting every I and crossing every T and filling in all the forms to have success.  All he'd do was double check that we did it all then show up at the embassy with us.
He did say if I wanted to be there with her throughout the process, I needed to petition for her.  Then they cannot deny my presence in the interviews and the processes.  If she applied, they'd keep me from much of the process.
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