good/reliable lawyer?

[rxyz]

Hi,
I am looking to start the application for Canadian PR through express entry. Since I am extremely busy and a little bit paranoid about law I prefer to use a lawyer so I don't need to pay attention to all details and someone else figure it out. Now I could not find any information about good lawyers for Canada immigration. By good I mean someone who knows what they are doing, responsive (I hate to wait several days with no response), don't mess up
thanks,

 

[CanadaWeCome]

Hi,
I am looking to start the application for Canadian PR through express entry. Since I am extremely busy and a little bit paranoid about law I prefer to use a lawyer so I don't need to pay attention to all details and someone else figure it out. Now I could not find any information about good lawyers for Canada immigration. By good I mean someone who knows what they are doing, responsive (I hate to wait several days with no response), don't mess up
thanks,

good/reliable lawyer is an oxymoron.

 

[rxyz]

well I am asking for actual help not witty responses. thanks though.

 

[xpressentry]

The EE process is manageable on your own as long as you have the time to do it and follow the guidelines diligently. If you really need to pay someone to do the work for you, why dont you try Campbell Cohen. They are the owners of this site and are so generous to give us their cyberspace for the forum.

 

[ozlis]

Hi,
I am looking to start the application for Canadian PR through express entry. Since I am extremely busy and a little bit paranoid about law I prefer to use a lawyer so I don't need to pay attention to all details and someone else figure it out. Now I could not find any information about good lawyers for Canada immigration. By good I mean someone who knows what they are doing, responsive (I hate to wait several days with no response), don't mess up
thanks,

I'm a strong believer that nobody will care more about your own application than you. The way that the express entry system is set up, you will be paying a huge amount to a lawyer for date entry. The information has to come from you, you may as well be the one to enter it.

Just my two cents.

 

[rxyz]

I am a little bit short on time (working all the week 8-5) and also weekend are busy with some other stuff. That's why I prefer a lawyer so I don't mess up because of not having enough time to read all the details (paying a little bit money worth the time in my case). So Campbell Cohen is good? Know anyone who has hired them?
thanks

 

[dks2323]

Look for Ravi Jain...one of the big names in Toronto....but he charges premium money for his services...

http://www.gands.com/team/bio/ravi-jain

I know couple of guys who used his services for student visa.

But again no one is better than you to file your application.

 

[picklee]

I am a little bit short on time (working all the week 8-5) and also weekend are busy with some other stuff. That's why I prefer a lawyer so I don't mess up because of not having enough time to read all the details (paying a little bit money worth the time in my case). So Campbell Cohen is good? Know anyone who has hired them?
thanks

You make it sound as though we all don't have jobs. The advice of @ozlis is spot on: unless you have a complicated application due to criminal history or prior immigration offenses, then you are paying a lawyer for data entry.

Whether you use a representative or not, YOU still have to spend the majority of the time providing all that information to the lawyer.

 

[rxyz]

no disrespect intended but every single person has different needs or situation. I meant to point out why I think I need a lawer.

 

[picklee]

no disrespect intended but every single person has different needs or situation. I meant to point out why I think I need a lawer.

I understand. My advice is to interview several lawyers. I have read a lot of threads here where people have been screwed over by a representative. I would search the forum using 'representative' to learn what you might get into. Ask for references and check them.

 

[Janaki Iyer]

I'm paranoid too, and that's why I don't trust the lawyers and am doing it myself. Because to the lawyer we are just clients, but it is our PR, so most important to us. ;D ;D ;D

 

[xpressentry]

If you must use a lawyer, ensure that your lawyer gives you access to your profile where you can track the progress of your application. Most of them keep login details even though you are responsible for what they enter in your profile and you have to keep asking them about the progress of your file. When you ask them for login details, they either wont give or tell you that if we give you the login details, we are no longer responsible for your application.

 

[rxyz]

thanks what do you think Cohen Campbell? any experience?

 

[xpressentry]

Not used them but they have good reviews online. If you must give someone business, might as well give it to someone who is giving us this free space.

 

[rxyz]

make sense. I just want to be sure since I have mixed experience with Lawyers in USA. Sometimes they are not as responsive and helpful sometimes they are. Difficult to say : )