SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration

Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by imaginenore on Monday June 20, 2016 @02:33PM (#11940131)

The thing about the US immigration is, any mistakes have major consequences, often leading to deportation and/or multi-year bans for country entry. TurboTax can make a mistake, and you will just pay whatever the IRS asks you to. The INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) is not that lenient.

That's why I think you have to be batshit crazy to use any software instead of a cheap immigration lawyer.

(I personally went through the student visa -> greencard -> citizenship process, so I know how it works)

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Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by dudul on Monday June 20, 2016 @03:55PM (#11940909)

The INS doesn't exist anymore. The USCIS is assuming its former responsibilities now.

Otherwise, completely agree with you. You don't want to fuck with these guys. A mistake in your application randomly triggers either them asking for more doc, or them rejecting the application altogether. A rejected application can have very severe consequences indeed.

I read a lot of horror stories in this thread about bad attorneys, I guess I was lucky with mine who was completely awesome.

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Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by ebiester on Monday June 20, 2016 @02:46PM (#11940264)

I would say that the first place I would target would be renewals -- the first time is scary.

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Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by ececconi on Monday June 20, 2016 @04:40PM (#11941375)

They have a lawyer look over the documentation.

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Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by ams6110 on Monday June 20, 2016 @07:27PM (#11942421)

And, even if you hire your own lawyer, being able to present a neat packet of all the forms already completed will surely save you many billable hours.

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Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by kchoudhu on Monday June 20, 2016 @07:36PM (#11942470)

Marvelous. Does the lawyer also take professional responsibility when a mistake is made?

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Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by jessaustin on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @12:12AM (#11943448)

Is that something lawyers do? I've never met a lawyer like that. Next we'll hear that physicians or architects stand behind their work...

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Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by nnd on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @03:17AM (#11944017)

How did you get from student visa to green card?

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Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by spookyuser on Monday June 20, 2016 @03:28PM (#11940658)

Would you recommend that path?

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Re:SimpleCitizen (YC S16) Is TurboTax for Immigration by imaginenore on Monday June 20, 2016 @08:16PM (#11942650)

The US education is crazy expensive. But it's compensated by crazy / high / good salaries in certain fields. So do the math carefully for your field.

For example, if you want to be a lawyer or study something like history, women studies, arts, it's absolutely not worth it.

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