I hear frequently, “It seems like anybody willing to study and pay attention to details, can do the K-1 or CR-1 visa processes and/or the Adjustment to Lawful Permanent Resident Status themselves. Why do so many people hire professionals to help them?”
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I really love to see how others answer this question. I like to start by telling you that I am willing to study and pay attention to details and instructions, but I personally would rather have a professional who has already not just studied the process and details, but has also completed the process many times, whether this process is for…
- Repairing or Replacing my home air conditioning system . (Three in my home)
- Fixing the major appliances in my home
- Rebuilding the transmission in my SUV
- Selling and buying homes
Just a few examples but I would add that even though I definitely know how to change the oil and filters on my car, I have better things to do with my time than spend it dealing with the mess and disposal. I actually tell most of my prospective clients, they are certainly allowed to manage their process themselves. The difference between them and me is the same as the difference between me and the professional who services my home air conditioners. He already knows how to do it, and I would have to learn.
When it comes to learning and managing a process, the success of which you expect to have major impact on your future happiness, the rest of your life, are you really that confident in your abilities? Do you really not have better things to do with your time, like building your relationship, with your fiancé, fiancée, husband, or wife, than to spend a hundred hours or more studying, worrying then studying more to be certain you make no critical mistakes in a process you’re going to learn and do once in your lifetime?
For some, the answers, are yes, I have the aptitude, attitude, interest and time available to learn the immigration process and manage it myself. Since I am one of those people, who spent literally hundreds of hours learning the process, and managing it myself, I have a certain kinship with those who make that choice.
Platinum Immigration Services clients have spanned the social, economic, and professional gamut, and have included (really a majority) of clients capable of studying, learning and doing it themselves, but also many who for one reason or another, would have been unwise to even have attempted to do so.
Just thinking of those whose testimonials are on our testimonials page we have, in no particular order…
- A Casino floor man
- A Bank Examiner
- School Teachers
- Chief Executive Officers
- A Rancher
- An Automotive Manufacturing Crew Chief
- A Nurse
- A Heavy Equipment Operator
- A Retired Executive
- A Retired Independent Insurance Agent
Each of the above are intelligent, have English as their first language, and certainly have demonstrated their ability to pay attention to details. Each of them hired us for different reasons, but they all boiled down to reasons not to take on this challenge themselves, when competent professional consulting services were available at a reasonable cost.