I live in Austin, Tx. I am looking for a good, inexpensive immigration lawyer. Can someone help please?
I entered US with a tourist visa in California. Months later, I got married to a US citizen in Austin,Texas. Me and my husband were apprehensive at first to get an immigration lawyer to process my visa but we realized the process of obtaining a visa was not as straight forward as we thought.
We have since decided to hire a lawyer and have met with two attorneys so far. The process is frustrating because of the requirement to pay a consultation fee; we schedule an appointment, meet, and find out that the cost of hiring the lawyer is far greater than what we can afford.
My question is: does anyone know of a good lawyer who charges a reasonable flat fee? $1000 – $1500?
Try your local Catholic Charities – some of them (not all) do low cost work like this. You don’t have to be Catholic. If they can’t help you, ask for a list of low-cost immigration service providers. Most major cities have a few, though there aren’t usually many.
You probably won’t qualify for a pro bono (free) attorney but you could try that option as well.
Whatever you do, please don’t resort to a unauthorized immigration “specialist” (a “notario”) because you could seriously jeopardize your case.
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