How Much Does An Immigration Attorney Cost?
Monday, September 7th, 2009 at
9:35 pm
I’m curious of a ballpark range of the fees,costs and alternatives buy generic drugs online available to me as far as immigration procedures are concerned.
Anywhere from $100-300/hr at the lower end. This ‘excludes’ the cost of filling USCIS forms, initial consultation fees & the up-front retainer fee that most attorneys charge. The full cost of an immigration attorney typically ranges from $6,000-20,000 based on the complexity of your case.
You can save up to 75% of that cost by hiring the attorney only for the initial consultation and then doing your own paperwork.
Depends on what the problem is. You should plan on a retainer of at least $5000, and at least another $5000. Attorney fees can easily run $25,000 or more. Typically hourly is $300 – 500, and the time spent on these matters rack up really fast. Plus there are all the costs — every application, court filing, etc, has a fee in addition to all of the attorney’s time. Do not be misled by cheap quotes — the price is always several times more.
Depends on what you need them to do – employment based visa, family based green card. Will you need representation at a hearing or interview? Is your case straight forward or complicated??? Your question is similar to saying how much is surgery? Well that depends are you have your tonsils taken out, or going in for a heart transplant??????
I had an attorney for my green card based on marriage to a US citizen. The attorney fee was $1800.00 (plus filing fees).