Nellisardelli
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Hi, everybody.
Before filing all the papers me and my husband went for a consultation to a lawer advised by our friends. As he asked for his services way more than we could afford we decided to file on our own. After filing all the documents I wanted to clear up a couple of questions with the lawyer but he refused to give us any consultations saying that "he can't be responsible for whatever we have filed and cannot represent us anymore". Is it a common practice between all the lawyers and if I filed all the documents on my own I have to figure out everything else by myself now? Don't I even have a right for a consultation?
The questions I had (may be one of you can answer and I'd be really grateful):
1) My husband have lived in the USA with a GC for 20+ years and filed for naturalization only around 5 months after we met. 8 months after we met we got married, 8 months after the marriage he got naturalized and I filed my paperwork right away. The reason we did everything so fast: we just want to be able to travel together as soon as possible, to visit my parents, have a celebration of our marriage with all our parents and go on a honey moon. Does this timeline look too much like a rush? Will it cause any extra problems?
2) I came to the US in 2008 on a J-1 visa and worked for cash until my authorization expired a couple of months later. I didn't pay any taxes. I changed my status to F-1, my family sponsored me and I didn't work officially since then. Do I still have to pay the taxes from the time when I worked?
3) Two weeks after my husband got naturalized I filed my documents. Now we're waiting for the interview invitation and not sure if we should apply for his passport yet. If we do, we need to send away an original of his naturalization certificate which we might need at the interview, right?...And in case the process gets delayed we may have no originals proving his citizenship at the interview. Should we take the risk and apply for the passport now or wait until we are done with the interview?
Thank you