On average, how much does a lawyer cost for Common-law PR application?
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MaryLou6
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But do you have any red flag?
Because I think in a straight forward application, all a lawyer can do is show which forma you need to fill out.
At the end, you will have to do the forms by yourself.
Because I think in a straight forward application, all a lawyer can do is show which forma you need to fill out.
At the end, you will have to do the forms by yourself.
DanSlh
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At first it looks a bit scary but trust me: it's pretty easy since you don't have aby red flag.denbert said:DanSlh, good point.
maybe I just do it all by myself. the horror of all these paperworks
Any question about forms you can ask on this forum, it won't be a problem.
Good luck
Agreed.DanSlh said:
unless you have a situation to hire lawyer, you would not need them.
who would know your story more than you do when it fills out all those forms about relationship.
plus their fee would start from CAD 5000 (one of my friend hired for his pr- not sponsorship, and paid 5000.)
For everyone on this thread - a good lawyer in Toronto will cost between CAD 3300 and CAD 4000.
Anything below that and you're getting into the "seedy" territory. Telling you by experience.
The low-cost lawyers treat you terribly once they realize yours is a "straightforward" case.
Straightforward means - when your spouse didn't have a criminal background, wasn't rejected from entering CA, wasn't overstaying and going out of status.
Mine was a straightforward case and it was pathetic the way 2 low cost law firms treated us. Last minute cancellation of meetings, not providing a payment receipt, asking to be paid in cash only etc. etc.
We decided enough is enough and invested ourselves into a highly experienced, empathetic law firm. It cost us an arm and a leg, but it was soooooo worth it!!
The stuff they put into our application was amazingly detailed, and included documents we hadn't even thought of.
So my advice- if you feel you need a lawyer, go and invest in an established law firm. This is a question of your whole life, afterall.
Anything below that and you're getting into the "seedy" territory. Telling you by experience.
The low-cost lawyers treat you terribly once they realize yours is a "straightforward" case.
Straightforward means - when your spouse didn't have a criminal background, wasn't rejected from entering CA, wasn't overstaying and going out of status.
Mine was a straightforward case and it was pathetic the way 2 low cost law firms treated us. Last minute cancellation of meetings, not providing a payment receipt, asking to be paid in cash only etc. etc.
We decided enough is enough and invested ourselves into a highly experienced, empathetic law firm. It cost us an arm and a leg, but it was soooooo worth it!!
The stuff they put into our application was amazingly detailed, and included documents we hadn't even thought of.
So my advice- if you feel you need a lawyer, go and invest in an established law firm. This is a question of your whole life, afterall.
IMHO, there are two types of applicants that use a lawyer.
1. Those with real red flags, such as criminality, non-genuine relationship with their sponsor, etc..
2. Those that simply can't be bothered to do the work...which really isn't work. Who knows their story better than they do?
Yes, it's a daunting task...especially the racing mind that overwhelms you after the application has been mailed, but...you'd still have those same concerns/fear/ anxiety, etc., after the lawyer mailed the application...but would have ~ $4k less in your pocket!
1. Those with real red flags, such as criminality, non-genuine relationship with their sponsor, etc..
2. Those that simply can't be bothered to do the work...which really isn't work. Who knows their story better than they do?
Yes, it's a daunting task...especially the racing mind that overwhelms you after the application has been mailed, but...you'd still have those same concerns/fear/ anxiety, etc., after the lawyer mailed the application...but would have ~ $4k less in your pocket!
Hey Denbert!
We used an immigration lawyer because it was provided through my common-law spouse's work. He was an expat in the UK and his company used the lawyer to sort his visa etc so they helped us out sorting out my options for applying for PR. No criminal record for either of us but used it because his work recommended them.
We used Egan in Calgary - they also have offices elsewhere. http://www.eganllp.com/EL/en/Services they do both business immigration and PR.
Their service was exceptional but pricey (around $5,000-$6,000 but they are a respected & legit immigration law firm). We would both really recommend them and it was worth the money. It was reassuring to have a second pair of eyes look over our forms and make sure we had answered everything correct. One of the main reasons applications are sent back is because something is filled in wrong.
This forum is really great too for asking Q's and if you don't want to spend that much money then I would recommend using here! We hadn't discovered until after we applied.
We used an immigration lawyer because it was provided through my common-law spouse's work. He was an expat in the UK and his company used the lawyer to sort his visa etc so they helped us out sorting out my options for applying for PR. No criminal record for either of us but used it because his work recommended them.
We used Egan in Calgary - they also have offices elsewhere. http://www.eganllp.com/EL/en/Services they do both business immigration and PR.
Their service was exceptional but pricey (around $5,000-$6,000 but they are a respected & legit immigration law firm). We would both really recommend them and it was worth the money. It was reassuring to have a second pair of eyes look over our forms and make sure we had answered everything correct. One of the main reasons applications are sent back is because something is filled in wrong.
This forum is really great too for asking Q's and if you don't want to spend that much money then I would recommend using here! We hadn't discovered until after we applied.
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I actually hired an immigration lawyer.
My husband and I knew that our application was going to be questioned.
He was married when we met and we got married quickly after his divorce.
We were able to complete all of the documentation and the application pretty much by ourselves. The hardest part was organizing it all.
We have paid in total 4700.00 to our lawyer.
We did this because we know our situation does not look good so we wanted to get a lawyer upfront.
But to be honest, he hasn't done anything for us to this point that we couldn't have done on our own. If we didn't have red flags I would have kept the 4700 and went a vacation!
My husband and I knew that our application was going to be questioned.
He was married when we met and we got married quickly after his divorce.
We were able to complete all of the documentation and the application pretty much by ourselves. The hardest part was organizing it all.
We have paid in total 4700.00 to our lawyer.
We did this because we know our situation does not look good so we wanted to get a lawyer upfront.
But to be honest, he hasn't done anything for us to this point that we couldn't have done on our own. If we didn't have red flags I would have kept the 4700 and went a vacation!