Overseas Visa Applications

Save for persons from certain countries party to the U.S. visa waiver program, any person who is overseas and is neither a U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident must apply to the U.S. Consulate abroad for a visa in order to enter the U.S. Most visa applications necessitate having an approved USCIS visa petition, although there are certain circumstances where all of the documents in support of a visa application go directly to the consulate.

Nonimmigrant Visa Applications
$1200-2000 Flat Legal Services Fee
These applications are for persons outside the US who seek to enter the U.S. temporarily, or who are entering temporarily but are statutorily eligible for remaining in the U.S. permanently. In many cases, the nonimmigrant visa applicant will have to present an approved visa petition such as form I-129K, for a fiance, for example, or an I-129 for a temporary H-1B worker. In other cases, the applicant will have to file all of his/her documents with the US consulate abroad. My fee will depend on the complexity of the application and the issues that client must address in order to be issued a nonimmigrant visa. I may also be retained, at extra cost, to be present at the nonimmigrant visa applicant's interview at a US consulate abroad, although this may not be an option much of the time because many US consulates do not allow attorneys to attend visa interviews.

Immigrant Visa Applications
$2000 Flat Legal Services Fee
Immigrant visas are applications to US consulates abroad to allow a person to enter the United States permanently, as a legal permanent resident. This fee may be adjusted upwards due to complicating factors in a client's case. I may also be retained, at extra cost, to be present at the nonimmigrant visa applicant's interview at a US consulate abroad, although this may not be an option much of the time because many US consulates do not allow attorneys to attend visa interviews.

The fees on this page do not include expenses fees which apply to all the cases that I take. Please goto the "General Notes on Fees" page that discusses additional charges to be placed in an escrow account as I am working on your case

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