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Our limits

Most products describe their limits reluctantly. Ours are the reason to trust the rest of it, so they get their own page.

Dahlia does not predict outcomes

It will not tell you that your case is likely to be approved, that your situation usually works out, or that you are probably fine. Nobody can know that, including an attorney, and a product that implies it is trading your trust for your engagement. What Dahlia can tell you is what the published requirements say and which of them it was able to check.

Dahlia does not give legal advice

It provides educational information about immigration law and processes. It is not a law firm, using it does not create an attorney and client relationship, and it does not replace advice from a licensed immigration attorney about your specific situation. That is a legal distinction and it is also a real one. Advice is somebody taking responsibility for your particular facts. Dahlia does not do that, and a product that blurred the line would be worse for you, not better.

Dahlia does not review individual cases

Human review happens on the guidance content, before it reaches anyone. It does not happen on your file. Per case review would create the exact relationship this product has chosen not to have, and doing it badly at volume is how people get hurt.

Dahlia does not file anything or contact anyone

It does not submit forms, pay fees, or communicate with USCIS or any other agency on your behalf. Nothing you do inside Dahlia reaches the government.

Some pathways are deliberately not here yet

Asylum is the clearest example. It is excluded for now because the consequences of an incomplete answer there are severe and the people asking are among the most exposed. That is a decision about doing it correctly, not about launch schedules. When it is ready to be done properly it will appear.

When you should stop reading and call someone

  • You have a deadline coming, especially one you may have already missed.
  • You have received a notice you do not understand, or one that mentions a hearing, a denial, or a request for evidence.
  • You have ever been in removal proceedings, or you are not sure whether you have been.
  • Your situation involves a criminal record, a prior denial, a prior order, or anything you were told to leave off a form.
  • Somebody has asked you for money to guarantee a result. Nobody can guarantee a result.
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