Richard M. Wilner Immigration Law Blog on Lawyers.com

To be perfectly clear: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) does not require you to have an attorney, and will not provide you with an attorney if you do not have one.  But that in no way means that it is a good idea to go it alone and try to cope with immigration issues by yourself.  Here are some of the many reasons you should take advantage of the expertise and experience of a seasoned Los Angeles immigration attorney.

USCIS will not make things easy or simple for youUSCIS and the two other federal agencies that deal with immigration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, are primarily enforcement agencies.  They want to make sure that everyone follows every rule, and generally have a mindset of keeping as many people out as possible.  Missed deadlines, incomplete or inaccurate forms, and even mildly atypical behavior or appearance will suffice to put USCIS and your Immigration Officer in a suspicious, hostile mood, making it more difficult for you to achieve your immigration goals.  Working with an immigration attorney in Los Angeles from the get go can end up saving you time, money, and aggravation.

Immigration law changes all the timeAs you surely know, immigration law is a hotly contested issue in American politics.  Legislators routinely attach minor and sometimes major changes to immigration law to other seemingly-unrelated bills.  The courts create new precedent and rules of interpretation every week.  Skilled immigration lawyers make it their business to track and monitor all of these changes in the law, and to know how each change will affect their clients. 

Denied applications create bigger problemsIf USCIS denies your application because of a technicality, they will subject future applications to much greater scrutiny.  Rather than deal with the uncertainty, expense, and delay of resubmitting a denied application, work with an experienced immigration attorney.  He or she will help ensure that you answer USCIS form questions completely and in a way likely to satisfy USCIS; that you pay all required fees promptly; and that you deal with any anomolies or difficulties up front, at the beginning, making it less likely that USCIS will deny your application.  The last thing you want is to go through all the time and hassle of filing on your own and then end up paying an attorney more to clean up the mess if USCIS denies your application. 

Dedicated Los Angeles immigation attorneys working for youThe skilled attorneys at Wilner & O’Reilly, APLC have dedicated their professional lives to helping immigrants of all stripes fulfill their goals, whether that means a brief stay as a working professional or permanent immigration and naturalization.  With conveniently-located offices in Cerritos, Santa Ana, and Riverside as well as Salt Lake City, Utah, they are available to help you address any immigration issue you may face.

Contact us today by phone at 888.862.5905 or through our website to arrange an initial consultation about your case with a focused, caring Los Angeles immigration attorney.