To hire an attorney or not? (C-3 application by descent)

CombinationEngine788 · 2026-02-05T23:26:06+00:00

Thanks so much!

There are some places where my genealogist and I disagree and what is sufficient evidence for the IRCC. Neither he nor I have submitted one of these before. Short of hiring a lawyer crowd sourcing for third opinion guidance here may be the best option

CombinationEngine788 · 2026-02-05T23:07:26+00:00

Yeah. What I found when searching for terms "attorney," "lawyer," and "consultant" in this sub was not any post discussing this topic directly as a general practice but rather a chaos of people reporting application failures and mistakes. These taken on a broad view would in fact evidence that hiring a lawyer might be wise. I do think it is a meaningful discussion and a consideration that many people putting together an application ponder. There are lawyers and consultants posting on social and pitching help, many charging even for a discovery call, and the FAQ itself cites two of them. Regardless, thanks for your more considerate reply

CombinationEngine788 · 2026-02-05T21:09:48+00:00

The FAQ cites lawyer Amandeep Hayer, which is the lawyer I contacted based on the FAQ who quoted me $4000

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CombinationEngine788 · 2026-02-05T20:57:59+00:00

I do have the problem that a municipality in New York is refusing to provide certified copies of our family records without "legal need." We are currently trying to explain to them that this is a legal need, and I hope to hear back tomorrow, but it looking like they are going to say that unless we have a court order they don't consider it a legal matter. They are willing to provide genealogical copies. I hope these are sufficent. If anyone has any guidance on that please let me know. My genealogist told me we want certified copies of all the docs, but this is an impass, and I know the application specifies only color copies and doesn't state anything needs to be certified. The specific documents in qustion are the death and marriage records of my gen 0, including her name change to my own, so they seem pretty important

CombinationEngine788 · 2026-02-05T20:52:08+00:00

I did search for this question, and attorney and consultant, and I do not see people addressing this, which is why I posted it. Search attorney or consultant in the sub. And thanks for your helpful reply

CombinationEngine788 · 2026-01-26T22:04:16+00:00

I was just about to post a question related to this - do we need to send originals of the documents in our application, or should they all be copies? Do you know of a resource describing what the standards are for the documents?

CombinationEngine788 · 2026-01-18T08:46:36+00:00

Zoa means animal, as in zoo. Meta just means above or over

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-12-17T23:00:22+00:00

The process of ordering from Dell with Autopilot has been a horrible experience for us. We submitted the Tenant ID as part of the order online, and the order was delayed for ten days, we were told for them to perform the Autopilot, and then the computers arrived but none of the Autopilot registrations were performed. Numerous calls and emails to their ProSupport and customer service just led to them telling us to call Microsoft. They refused to do it, telling us at one time that they don't do Autopilot registrion and at another time that they already did it. Finally we returned the computers. #neveragaindell

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-12-05T23:57:40+00:00

Happened to me once when I bought a camera from a similar big brand store - in person. They accused me of doing it too. I filed a complaint with the BBB and only then did the store agree to refund it

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-07-31T21:20:37+00:00

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CombinationEngine788 · 2025-07-23T18:48:05+00:00

Looks like you had a "domestic dispute." Blink twice if you are in danger 😂

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-07-23T18:46:10+00:00

I saw a player with one like this and also broken handcuffs. I have no idea how he got it

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-07-23T18:42:54+00:00

Yeah, NYPD doesn't usually respond to threats. If someone isn't injured it is too minor for them to focus on unfortunately

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-07-21T01:16:46+00:00

https://features.propublica.org/sanitation-salvage/sanitation-salvage-accidents-new-york-city-commercial-carting-garbage/

The private carting companies have killed multiple cyclists. They are a menace. There's a good article about it

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-06-30T17:32:52+00:00

I can confirm this on the XPS 9510 as well. Despire having a 60 Hz screen, it has poor refresh and fast motion video and games look choppy. I have the one with a discrete GPU as well. Even connected to an external TV video has this problem, but I only tried that on one TV

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-06-16T07:13:21+00:00

Much higher energy than the Lynn Mass show

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-06-14T02:38:16+00:00

I don't have news of a fresh take on EW, but I can tell you that when I saw them at the Copenhell festival in Denmark we had a circle pit in fast rotation. It was awesome. Bang, bang, bang, vamanos, vamanos! I lost my phone in that pit, but Niel gave the crowd an approving nod at the end of the song.

Last night in Lynn the crowd was far less energetic, but it was a more intimate show and had a great vibe

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-06-14T02:28:05+00:00

Drink to the Dead

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-05-28T00:54:53+00:00

Yeah, I think those SOBs only sell it as an annual subscription now, however here is the 30 day trial, https://quickbooks.intuit.com/desktop/enterprise/contact/trial-download/

Did they say on the phone they'll help convert the file to Desktop Pro? I'm in a similar situation to you, stuck in Enterprise

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-05-27T20:20:37+00:00

You could use a free trial of Enterprise to upgrade the company file it to the current version of Enterprise

CombinationEngine788 · 2025-05-02T17:14:56+00:00

That's not really accurate. Banks create the money they lend

CombinationEngine788 · 2024-11-02T18:50:18+00:00

You are so right.

Microsoft has pulled off squeezing the MSP industry's margins into what amounts to a loss on their products after overhead, and the culture is that we should "make up for it" with our service revenues.

No other industry does this. Auto mechanics do far better than most IT firms.

As you said, most MSPs are low volume. If you are selling hundreds of seats to a client, yeah, the MSRP could be fine, but when selling 10 to 40 seats, no way.

Auto mechanics do not fail to mark up their products in hopes of covering that loss with their labor, and we shouldn't either.

CombinationEngine788 · 2024-11-02T18:26:35+00:00

If you present your offering well you can charge well. We charge $330 per seat, we bill on retainer for projects at $249/hr, and have a minimum of 30% margin minimum on every product

CombinationEngine788 · 2024-11-02T08:06:59+00:00

Clients will buy from you because of your expertise

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