Is it worth doing my first try myself, or should I retain a laywer?

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I have several problems with hiring lawyers to do your application for you. Will pen some of them down here:

  1. Lawyers are generally not up to date with the latest guidance, and don’t know what’s working. If you look at the success posts and failure posts here - you probably have more perspective and advantage than them here.
  2. They don’t write well. I’ve seen the evidences lawyers write. It’s filled with legalese and it’s confusing to follow-through. You would be able to write in a clearer manner and with your own first-person perspective.
  3. They aren’t technical. Lawyers don’t know their GitHub from their npm, and won’t be able to guide you how to best present technically-oriented evidences in your application.

You can use lawyers for the submission step or to discuss visa steps. Beyond that, you will struggle to benefit from them.

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