Dan403 .. another thing that we all will highly recommend and suggest is that please dont hire an immigration lawyer if u dont want to go thru headachs. We r all here to help you out. As MM345 has mentioned, she, along with few others, who hv received their visas, are more than willing to help and guide you. The thing with lawyers is that u dobt hv access to online govt accts and then ur heavily relying on this one human who doesnt give a shit abt ur case, as he only cares abt the money ur payin them. Go back several pages and u will hear ppl who had lawyers telling us not to get one as they a pain in the behind .. agay ap ki marzi ..