Over stayed tourist needs help

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reactif

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Right,
I could do with some professional advice.

I came over here from the UK about 10months ago and now reside in LA.
I am a lighting technician and have been very busy with work, but I really need to become above board and legal.

I believe that my past experience would qualify me to apply for an o-visa but I have a couple of questions regarding this.

Firstly, would I be able to apply for this without the need to go back to the UK?

And would the fact that I've now been over here for the last 7 months illegally (I came on a tourist waiver) be a huge obstacle for me applying?

Any help, advice and suggestions are more than welcome.

Thankyou.
 
You have to talk to good immigration lawyer, but before that, I'll give you what will be problems.

You can not change the status under visa waiver program, so that if you want to change to other status, you have to go out of the US. Now the problem is you already have overstayed more than 180 days which triggers 3 years entry bar to the US.
Talk to the lawyer.
 
Thankyou

Thankyou GotPR.
That's what I thought you would say.
I shall get searching for a good immigration attorney.

I know this is bit of an unanswerable question, but I have no idea how much an immigration attorney costs.

How much would I be looking to spend?

Do they charge per hour or on a set fee?

I get scared at the thought of being ripped off by someone who knows that I am helpless in the area so is ther anything I can do to protect myself from being taken for a ride from a rogue immigration attorney/lawyer?
 
reactif said:
Thankyou GotPR.
That's what I thought you would say.
I shall get searching for a good immigration attorney.

I know this is bit of an unanswerable question, but I have no idea how much an immigration attorney costs.

How much would I be looking to spend?

Do they charge per hour or on a set fee?

I get scared at the thought of being ripped off by someone who knows that I am helpless in the area so is ther anything I can do to protect myself from being taken for a ride from a rogue immigration attorney/lawyer?
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They usually charge by the hour.ANything around 100$ - 200$ per hour is in my opinion reasonable.
 
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