Business lawyer recommendation

Dear board members, Can you please suggest a Business Immigration lawyer in Canada who specialises or is experienced with E1 or E2 visa applications. Your advise is very much appreciated With k...

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pipehippo
New Member

Joined: 19 Jun 2008
Posts: 8
Location: Edmonton

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:08 am

Dear board members,

Can you please suggest a Business Immigration lawyer in Canada who specialises or is experienced with E1 or E2 visa applications.
Your advise is very much appreciated

With king regards.

Pipehippo

Doodie
Junior Member

Joined: 02 Sep 2008
Posts: 11

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:10 am

Hey Pipehippo, try out The Visa Place based in Toronto. They are pretty good. Toll free number is 866-929-0991 Good luck!

samdonowa
CanuckAbroad Regular

Joined: 27 Dec 2007
Posts: 33

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:19 am

my exp with them was not great at all and they were recommended but i guess it depends on which of the lawyers u deal with

pipehippo
New Member

Joined: 19 Jun 2008
Posts: 8
Location: Edmonton

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:56 am

samdonowa wrote: my exp with them was not great at all and they were recommended but i guess it depends on which of the lawyers u deal with

i strictly need a business immigration lawyer. i've read thru the reqs at USCIS for an E2 visa and I have all that is needed, so i need someone knowledable with this type of visa to process things for me.
any other suggestions?

Reba
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Canuck in NC

Joined: 16 Jul 2004
Posts: 1449
Location: North Carolina

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:40 am

Why do you need a lawyer? There's no real advantage to having a lawyer do it.
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pipehippo
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Joined: 19 Jun 2008
Posts: 8
Location: Edmonton

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:11 pm

Reba wrote: Why do you need a lawyer? There's no real advantage to having a lawyer do it.

I was told the E2 visa application is really complicated and having a (experienced) lawyer would ease the pain in handling all the documentation involved.
Is your opinion that doing it thru a lawyer would make no difference than going solo?

Reba
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Canuck in NC

Joined: 16 Jul 2004
Posts: 1449
Location: North Carolina

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:14 am

Well, I know nothing about the E2 visa, but I didn't know anything about the L1B or the K3 visa either, and I ended up doing those on my own.

Go read the instructions on the visa forms at the USCIS website. If its too complicated and you figure you can't do it on your own, hire a lawyer. If you can read it just fine, a lawyer isn't going to do anything for you other than take your money really. They can't speed up the process or guarantee that it'll be approved. In many cases I've read about, they've actually done more harm than good.

All the paperwork should be available at the USCIS website.
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Steven
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Joined: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 1582
Location: Calgary

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:36 am

No he's right, E-2 is really complex, it does help to use an immigration consultant for E visas. For one thing it requires a visa, which most non-immigrant categories for Canadians don't.

If you do a search through the threads on here, there have been a couple of consultants who have posted about helping with E visas.
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