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Lawyer fee for GC
- Thread starter AJ576
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AJ576 said:Hi ,
I have completed 1 year in H1 . I want to apply for GC .How much is the total lawyer fee charged by the famous ones like Attn. Khanna or Attn. Murthy ? Would appreciate if someone can give the fee for each stage of the process ..
Thanks..
Go to Homepage of this site and click "Our Fees" link and you will see the detailed rates.
Complete GC Fees
I had posted this earlier a few months back to a similar query then. The Entire GC cost came to me as a shock from what I heard in the begining and what I ended up spending. Its still not finished yet.
Understand that this is an estimate for RIR and Non-RIR (before PERM), but would be similar with PERM too with a few changes in the labor phase. I am sure the lawyeres would ask more with the PERM.
This is taking into account the fees for submitting the application in INS. Also I am putting all the other extra fees and costs to come up with a final figure for entire GC process.
Labor stage
RIR
$1000 - Advertisment in the news paper.
$1000 - lawyers fees for preparing the labor petition, will be higher for PERM.
$300 - Lawyers fees for doing the education evaluation if you dont already have one
$1000 - Labor approval fees. This is lawyers fees again. Some lawyers take the full $2000 at the begining.
Total Labor costs for RIR - $3300
RIR is the closes estimate for PERM, add maybe another $500.
Non-RIR (does not apply to PERM this is obsolete now)
$1000 - lawyers fees for preparing the labor petition.
$300 - Lawyers fees for doing the education evaluation if you dont already have one
$1000 - Advertisment cost when the state picks up the petition and instructs to do recruitment efforts.
$1500 - Lawyers fees for managing the recruitment efforts and resubmitting the papers for the recruitment efforts.
$1000 - Labor approval fees. This is lawyers fees again. Some lawyers take the full $2000 at the begining.
Total Labor costs for Non-RIR - $4800
Post Labor approval
$1000 - Lawyers fees for preparing the I-140
$1000 - Lawuers fees for preparing the I-485
$900 - INS fees for applications 485/AP/EAD. Some lawyers may charge nearly $500 extra as lawyers fees for filing AP/EAD. I have seen most lawyers charge extra for EAD and AP.
$400 - $500 for doing medical for submitting along with 485.
Total costs after Labor - $3400 (can go upto $4000)
Add another $200 for sending all the documents with next day FedEx, photocopies, passport size photographs etc etc.
Total GC costs Non-RIR- $4800 + $3400 + $200 = $8400
Total GC costs RIR- $3300 + $3400 + $200 = $6900
I have seen that you really cant get anything below this.
No idea about PERM. I would say it should be similar to RIR, but the lawyers will say that they have to do more work there. So add another $500 - $1000 above RIR. So $8000 for entire GC is a real thing.
Lawyers fees alone would be nearly $4500.
neocor
I had posted this earlier a few months back to a similar query then. The Entire GC cost came to me as a shock from what I heard in the begining and what I ended up spending. Its still not finished yet.
Understand that this is an estimate for RIR and Non-RIR (before PERM), but would be similar with PERM too with a few changes in the labor phase. I am sure the lawyeres would ask more with the PERM.
This is taking into account the fees for submitting the application in INS. Also I am putting all the other extra fees and costs to come up with a final figure for entire GC process.
Labor stage
RIR
$1000 - Advertisment in the news paper.
$1000 - lawyers fees for preparing the labor petition, will be higher for PERM.
$300 - Lawyers fees for doing the education evaluation if you dont already have one
$1000 - Labor approval fees. This is lawyers fees again. Some lawyers take the full $2000 at the begining.
Total Labor costs for RIR - $3300
RIR is the closes estimate for PERM, add maybe another $500.
Non-RIR (does not apply to PERM this is obsolete now)
$1000 - lawyers fees for preparing the labor petition.
$300 - Lawyers fees for doing the education evaluation if you dont already have one
$1000 - Advertisment cost when the state picks up the petition and instructs to do recruitment efforts.
$1500 - Lawyers fees for managing the recruitment efforts and resubmitting the papers for the recruitment efforts.
$1000 - Labor approval fees. This is lawyers fees again. Some lawyers take the full $2000 at the begining.
Total Labor costs for Non-RIR - $4800
Post Labor approval
$1000 - Lawyers fees for preparing the I-140
$1000 - Lawuers fees for preparing the I-485
$900 - INS fees for applications 485/AP/EAD. Some lawyers may charge nearly $500 extra as lawyers fees for filing AP/EAD. I have seen most lawyers charge extra for EAD and AP.
$400 - $500 for doing medical for submitting along with 485.
Total costs after Labor - $3400 (can go upto $4000)
Add another $200 for sending all the documents with next day FedEx, photocopies, passport size photographs etc etc.
Total GC costs Non-RIR- $4800 + $3400 + $200 = $8400
Total GC costs RIR- $3300 + $3400 + $200 = $6900
I have seen that you really cant get anything below this.
No idea about PERM. I would say it should be similar to RIR, but the lawyers will say that they have to do more work there. So add another $500 - $1000 above RIR. So $8000 for entire GC is a real thing.
Lawyers fees alone would be nearly $4500.
neocor