Should i hire a lawyer or apply for canadian permanent residency on my own? -

Some tell me that an immigration lawyer isn t necessary, since he will not be able to make the process go any faster. Others say it makes a lot of sense to use a lawyer since this is his area of expertise and i need to make sure everything is done perfectly.

Hiring a Lawyer is not going to make your immigration/permanent residency go any faster, all you will be doing is shelling out money when it is not necessary, if you check the link below you will see what the Official Immigration website for Canada says about hiring lawyers and immigration specialists. Using a lawyer is not going to guarantee that you will be approved either.

Not really. If you do have the necessary qualifications such as enough education and work experience, good in English or French to the extent that you can easily communicate, age under 40 and over 18, and NO criminal records, you don t need to hire a lawyer. Because a lawyer can never make you qualified. and the process is not that complex. You just fill up the immigration forms, attach them to the required documents and pay the fee. Submit them to your local or regional embassy, and that s it. the only problem is that you just have to be patient, for it might take a loooooong time to get landing visa. A lawyer asks a lot of money to do the above for you, and the one who has to do the difficult part of quot;waitingquot; is just you. S/he can t do anything for you in this regard.

You can easily do it yourself but if it gives you a peace of mind to have a lawyer do it then go for it. If you are considering a skilled worker application, you might want to wait a bit since they are changing the rules for it right now.

The embassy staff will help you no charge .My wife and friends coming from the Philippines did not use a lawyer No problems

A lawyer, just in case