Tips for Hiring a Good H1B Visa Lawyer

There are 85,000 H1B visas provided each year by the USCIS raising the demands for a good H1B lawyer.

It can be difficult to make a decision as to which H1B visa lawyer might be most suitable for you with the thousands of competing professionals offering you their service. Through this post, we aim to give employers and potential H1B visa beneficiaries some tips on a few of the items that they should look for when seeking the services of an H1B visa lawyer.

Good Standing of a State Bar – Being admitted to and having a good standing with a state bar in the U.S should be the foremost qualification of your prospective lawyer. Since U.S. immigration law is controlled by federal law, a lawyer can represent a client in connection with an H1B visa application anywhere in the U.S. as long he or she meets these requirements.

AILA member – Being a member of the American Immigration Lawyers (AILA) means a lawyer devotes all or a large part of his/her practice to immigration law.

Must be an H1B Visa Experienced Attorney – Each of the lawyers has a field they are adept with. Some focus on family sponsorship while others prefer an asylum case. There is nothing wrong if ask about his or her experience with the H1B process.

Open communication at your own comfort - Make sure that you are comfortable with the prospective lawyer. The lawyer should be addressing your initial questions with tact and should give you a sense of the strength of your case. As early as you can, try to gauge how expansive can your lawyer be in dealing with you. Some lawyers respond to you readily, while others do not.

Reasonable Legal Fees – The fees in the H1B processing are fixed and can be accessed publicly by each applicant. These rates serve as your basis whether you are being overcharged.  No two firms or lawyers will provide the same level of service or application preparation. Fees can vary based on the level of service provided and the amount of time the lawyer puts into the application.

However, there is more assurance that you will get accepted if your potential employer pays for the service of the lawyer who would represent you. This shows that they are more inclined that you succeed in your application for you to work for them.

In the end, applicants are advised to know as much information as they personally can. Knowledge is your shield against possible exploitation and being overcharged by an H1B lawyer.

Search terms for this article:

Related posts:

  1. Getting Help from Immigration Lawyers

Leave a Reply

 

 

 

You can use these HTML tags

<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>