Why hire a lawyer for EB-2 NIW (and not a consultant)

A LinkedIn post by immigration lawyer Amber Davis on why you may want to think twice before hiring a non-lawyer EB-2 NIW consultant to file your case:

In recent years, I’ve seen a lot more independent consultants and unlicensed consulting firms help NIW applicants with their petitions.

Telling them to put things down that USCIS has liked in the past but have nothing to do with the applicant’s profile.

For those of you who are looking for shortcuts to NIW, even if you get an approval, when you apply for your green card or even later when you apply for citizenship, you could be scrutinized.

You will be questioned on why, for example, you mentioned in your NIW application a proposed endeavor that you never intended to pursue.

Like why you said you will start a business when you have no prior entrepreneurship experience, and then never actually ended up starting one once you were in the U.S.

Or why you said you were getting a fancy AI job when you were never really that qualified (just got some relevant certifications to use in the NIW) and then always worked a normal software engineering job instead.

Applicants, do not take shortcuts thinking that USCIS is not going to hold you accountable.

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Interested in EB-1A, EB-2 NIW or O-1? Feel free to reach out to Amber at amber.davis@waypointimmigration.org or via LinkedIn messages and she’ll get back to you shortly!