lawyer fee?

I would definately ask your agency the question about lawyer expenses. You don't want to run into too many unexpected expenses. For us we have paid our agency for the homestudy, our consultant for all our paperwork, and once we travel we will pay the rest, which is the bulk of the expense. It is in the last payment that our lawyer expenses are included. We only have estimates at this point. Don't be embarrassed...There are a bunch of us out there just like you. Ask the questions! Anita