ABOUT LAWYERS:
First, I am not a lawyer, and I am not trying to make a case for or against lawyers; so, I am not taking a position at all with regard to retaining lawyers or not retaining them at all.
Basically, a lawyer is an agent. An agent is someone who acts on behalf of another person, which we all know as the principal. Lawyers are not the only agents on mundane matters. Other agents that handle mundane issues are real estate agents, insurance agents, and travel agents, to name but a few.
I will make an analogy between the agency relationship that a person has with an insurance agent and the agency relationship a lawyer has with clients – for our purposes, an immigrant.
A person can choose or not choose to have an accident and/or health insurance coverage or car insurance with an underwriter; likewise an immigrant can choose or not choose to have a lawyer. If you don’t purchase the required insurance, then you are on your own when you find yourself in an accident or in the hospital. The same goes for an immigrant applicant who self-processed the application, which unfortunately, was not successful.
At the same time, a person can still have insurance and yet face problems when he needs it most, and this is because the final decision is not made by the insurance agent, but by the insurance underwriter company. The underwriter decides whether to accept and process your claim or deny it – considering the fact that you steadfastly made all those premium payments to cover an underlying occurrence or event within the policy. But for some reason, depending on the facts of your claim, the underwriter can deny your claim, usually based on the fine print and /or their interpretation (not yours) of some event.
Likewise, an immigrant can also retain a lawyer and still face the possibility of the application being denied because the final decision is not made by the lawyer but by the Immigration officer. What we fail to realize is that when it comes to immigration, a country’s immigration policies and immigration trends may change between the time your application went in and the time of decision – and this is beyond any lawyer’s control, but of course, the lawyer will always appeal on your behalf.
Also, even though we have straightforward immigration cases, most times, decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, all because of one factor – the facts – surrounding a given application. This explains why two applicants with worst case scenarios may turn out to be that one of them will receive a favorable decision, and the other an unfavorable decision. Likewise, two other applicants with best case scenarios may also turn out as one of them receiving a favorable decision and the other an unfavorable decision. All of these instances or scenarios could happen with or without retaining a lawyer.
At the end of the day, it all boils down to this paradigm: an immigrant’s application is between the devil and the deep blue sea, and the applicant can only hope and patiently wait for the ‘sky,’ with or without the services of lawyer.
And, are we forgetting something here? We are enjoying the benefits of exchanging ideas and personal experiences through this forum – a free platform – which is a courtesy provided to us by a law firm. And many forum members, despite the hurdles and obstacles, have been successful in their applications without even retaining the lawyer that facilitated this forum, or any other lawyer for that matter. The many posts under the subject “SPONSORING HUSBAND FROM MOROCCO” is proof of this including other successful members in other parts of this forum.
Therefore, most definitely, it is okay to talk about lawyers who are unscrupulous – oh yes, it is, but we should try NOT to tag “all lawyers” as unscrupulous or inefficient. That would be a fallacy.
So, it is best if we practice tolerance as well as not to cast “all lawyers” in a negative light, because in case you may not be aware of it, immigration laws and policies have changed in favor of immigrants over the years based on:
1. The tolerant nature of human right activists and their advocacy on our behalf, as well as from,
2. The persuasive arguments from lawyers in the courts on immigration appeals from applicants who were denied.
With all of the above in mind, let us all exercise some form of restraint; and in everybody’s best interest, we should strive to stay away from any form of labeling and name calling in order to maintain and sustain decorum within the forum.
Remember guys, that a forum like this is all about exchanging ideas and personal experiences, respecting our differences, and appreciating one another.
May we all succeed in our endeavors - peace!
Warm regards,
Libra.
First, I am not a lawyer, and I am not trying to make a case for or against lawyers; so, I am not taking a position at all with regard to retaining lawyers or not retaining them at all.
Basically, a lawyer is an agent. An agent is someone who acts on behalf of another person, which we all know as the principal. Lawyers are not the only agents on mundane matters. Other agents that handle mundane issues are real estate agents, insurance agents, and travel agents, to name but a few.
I will make an analogy between the agency relationship that a person has with an insurance agent and the agency relationship a lawyer has with clients – for our purposes, an immigrant.
A person can choose or not choose to have an accident and/or health insurance coverage or car insurance with an underwriter; likewise an immigrant can choose or not choose to have a lawyer. If you don’t purchase the required insurance, then you are on your own when you find yourself in an accident or in the hospital. The same goes for an immigrant applicant who self-processed the application, which unfortunately, was not successful.
At the same time, a person can still have insurance and yet face problems when he needs it most, and this is because the final decision is not made by the insurance agent, but by the insurance underwriter company. The underwriter decides whether to accept and process your claim or deny it – considering the fact that you steadfastly made all those premium payments to cover an underlying occurrence or event within the policy. But for some reason, depending on the facts of your claim, the underwriter can deny your claim, usually based on the fine print and /or their interpretation (not yours) of some event.
Likewise, an immigrant can also retain a lawyer and still face the possibility of the application being denied because the final decision is not made by the lawyer but by the Immigration officer. What we fail to realize is that when it comes to immigration, a country’s immigration policies and immigration trends may change between the time your application went in and the time of decision – and this is beyond any lawyer’s control, but of course, the lawyer will always appeal on your behalf.
Also, even though we have straightforward immigration cases, most times, decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, all because of one factor – the facts – surrounding a given application. This explains why two applicants with worst case scenarios may turn out to be that one of them will receive a favorable decision, and the other an unfavorable decision. Likewise, two other applicants with best case scenarios may also turn out as one of them receiving a favorable decision and the other an unfavorable decision. All of these instances or scenarios could happen with or without retaining a lawyer.
At the end of the day, it all boils down to this paradigm: an immigrant’s application is between the devil and the deep blue sea, and the applicant can only hope and patiently wait for the ‘sky,’ with or without the services of lawyer.
And, are we forgetting something here? We are enjoying the benefits of exchanging ideas and personal experiences through this forum – a free platform – which is a courtesy provided to us by a law firm. And many forum members, despite the hurdles and obstacles, have been successful in their applications without even retaining the lawyer that facilitated this forum, or any other lawyer for that matter. The many posts under the subject “SPONSORING HUSBAND FROM MOROCCO” is proof of this including other successful members in other parts of this forum.
Therefore, most definitely, it is okay to talk about lawyers who are unscrupulous – oh yes, it is, but we should try NOT to tag “all lawyers” as unscrupulous or inefficient. That would be a fallacy.
So, it is best if we practice tolerance as well as not to cast “all lawyers” in a negative light, because in case you may not be aware of it, immigration laws and policies have changed in favor of immigrants over the years based on:
1. The tolerant nature of human right activists and their advocacy on our behalf, as well as from,
2. The persuasive arguments from lawyers in the courts on immigration appeals from applicants who were denied.
With all of the above in mind, let us all exercise some form of restraint; and in everybody’s best interest, we should strive to stay away from any form of labeling and name calling in order to maintain and sustain decorum within the forum.
Remember guys, that a forum like this is all about exchanging ideas and personal experiences, respecting our differences, and appreciating one another.
May we all succeed in our endeavors - peace!
Warm regards,
Libra.