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Re:A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration form... by vijayr on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @12:52PM (#10540945)
True. It is definitely not easy. Another problem is the waiting periods these days is frustratingly long - so if you made a small mistake then it adds anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to remedy it, to an already lengthy process. This is why most people hire attorneys. The ironic thing is that attorneys make mistakes too - happened to me and a handful of people I know.
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Re:A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration form... by artmageddon on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @02:15PM (#10541624)
> The ironic thing is that attorneys make mistakes too - happened to me and a handful of people I know.

I commented on this above, but it nearly happened to me, too. We picked an immigration attorney to look over our paperwork, just to make sure we didn't make any glaring mistakes. While we did get some good suggestions, they missed something pretty big that we found on both the official government documentation and a number of forums, and had decided not to go with their services anymore. Luckily we caught it prior to submission.

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