Originally Posted by
Amadis of Gaul
Is it? Back when I was going through the immigration process almost 30 years ago, just a basic retainer for an immigration attorney was $9,000. Thirty years ago.
The amount of specialty and time investment required for a well formulated EB2 petition, a qualified lawyer has every right to charge accordingly. If the client is willing to pay $25k, that's up to you.
And to the previous comment, of course not every airline pilot is qualified for a NIW. To suggest otherwise would be highly unethical of a lawyer to do.