# Check an immigration helper before you pay or sign

A practical method for choosing between immigration legal providers: build a shortlist, ask the same questions on each call, check the person on the register and know the fraud warning signs.

- Level: Practitioner
- Length: 55 minutes
- Exam questions: 10, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Build a shortlist of two or three providers from the filters on this directory.
- Ask every provider the same questions about cost, languages, case types and who handles the case.
- Check the organization and the person on the official register, and know what the register does not show.
- Name the warning signs of immigration fraud that the site's guides list.
- Say where the site's guides tell you to report suspected fraud.

## Lessons

1. [Build a shortlist](https://immigrationhelp.fyi/academy/check-an-immigration-helper-before-you-pay/build-a-shortlist.md) (12 minutes)
2. [Questions for the first call](https://immigrationhelp.fyi/academy/check-an-immigration-helper-before-you-pay/questions-for-the-first-call.md) (14 minutes)
3. [Check the person and the register](https://immigrationhelp.fyi/academy/check-an-immigration-helper-before-you-pay/check-the-person-and-the-register.md) (14 minutes)
4. [Contracts, receipts and warning signs](https://immigrationhelp.fyi/academy/check-an-immigration-helper-before-you-pay/contracts-receipts-and-warning-signs.md) (15 minutes)

## Questions

### Does the course say which provider I should choose?

No. It teaches how to compare providers and which questions to ask. A listing is not a recommendation, and this course does not judge your case.

### Does the course say whether I can file forms myself?

No. The site's guides say this site cannot answer that for your case. Ask a licensed lawyer or a DOJ-accredited representative before you file anything.

### Does the certificate show that I can check providers for a living?

No. It is a certificate of completion from this site. It records that you passed the exam. It is not a licence or a professional qualification.

Also on the [web page](https://immigrationhelp.fyi/academy/check-an-immigration-helper-before-you-pay).

> Beware of immigration fraud: a 'notario' or immigration consultant is not a lawyer and cannot represent you.