Hello all!

Congratulations Vicky! A little belated but I hope you are wonderful!

Nigel, I am here babe. Hanging around. I dont get online much anymore period. If I could just sit down and talk to you guys about the crap I have been through in the last month you'd never believe me. I am busting out to talk to someone. I cant do it with my family.

Long story short, my husband has finally admitted he is an alcoholic. It took him really hitting rock bottom (which happened Oct. 12th) for him to admit it. I have known for years but I couldnt make him realize it or seek help to get better. Bottom line is he drove drunk, had a minor accident with another person's car (no one was injured) and he got arrested for it. I was totally devastated. I was angry. I still am. I am trying not to hold it against him but it so hard. This has cost us financially so much. More than that, his trial has been continued so he hasnt gotten convicted yet but it is coming, probably around February. The attorney is adamant he will not go to jail but will have to take classes. He is starting those next weekend. He has to attend 15 classes at $50/class. Let me tell you how expensive that is to us. Not only that he could have killed himself or someone else. I was disgusted with him for a long time. I am finally trying to see his side of it. Our lives have been utter hell. If someone would have told me when we moved over here that this would have happened, I would have said you are crazy.

I dont mean to air my dirty laundry in public here...I surely dont mean to bring anyone down. I just needed to tell someone. I cant talk to my family about this. I really appreciate any support I can get. I am torn between wanting to divorce him and get on with my life and trying to fix everything that is wrong.

If anyone has lost anyone to a drunk driver on here I sincerely apologize and I hope I am not offending anyone.

Nigel, I hope you are doing well. I hope things are better with you. Drop me a line. I could use some cheering up.

Misty

I have only just "moved" on here so have never had the opportunity to chat to you while you were waiting for your case to be complete but i do remember you as I used to pop in here from time to time, practising I think for when I knew we would be in here

Have often wondered how you were doing as you were such a long time waiting for the approval and I am therefore so sad to read your post. I have never been close to an alcoholic but I have known one and in a way I can understand what you are going through and I feel for you.

I cannot really offer you any advice Misty and I understand completely your need to get things off your chest, if you cannot talk to your family is there a church leader you could talk to or someone from AA?

I am also sure that as soon as Bailey and Nigel see your post they will be in touch with you, they are both a wonderful source of support and both will be unhappy to see that things are not good.

Misty, I hope and pray that things work out for you and that it will not be to long before you see that light at the end of the tunnel, your hubby,as you say will have to take lessons and I hope that he realises the enormity of what he has done and what he is doing to you. Only you can decide which way you will go and whichever way you choose, I hope it is the best for you.

my thoughts are with you Misty, keep your chin up
Val

Hi...Misty......

Ive sent you a Pm Hon...

Hope everyone is holding in and getting on with there lives....im still watching this Forum Guys/Dolls...Just been a lot busy here of late....

Nigel...

Thanks Munchkins. I really needed that! I hope you are doing well!

gets awfully lonely in here now but really that is quite good because so many who were here before have now gone on to bigger and better things

to all who are waiting for a waiver approved, no matter where you are, I hope that things move quickly for you.

I am not really moving on to bigger and better but definitely more quieter. I need my freedom. I hate to use that word in regards to the end of a relationship as it was used by someone else that left me years ago. It sucks. Our relationship is not getting any better. He snapped at me today for no reason at all. I am tired of his BS. However the divorce requirement here in NC states that we need to be separated for one year. It's technically only been 4 months. I am unfortunately, named on the lease to the apartment and we have a joint account which will make it even harder to get a divorce. He has no idea I am even thinking of doing it. He says he loves me but I dont feel the same. Our relationship deteriorated after we got married. We have been married for almost 8 years. Most of it has been bad. It is time to move on.

I need to know if anyone has any advice, how this will affect his app for citizenship in a few years, how the DWI will affect all of it, and how the affadavit of support will work as well. Am I still responsible for him? He has been working since February. Please let me know if you got the answers. I'd appreciate it! I'd hate to call USCIS as they know nothing and I'd hate to shell out money for an immi attorney.


What's happening Nigel??? I havent heard from you in a while.

Misty

so sorry to read of this, I perhaps worded that wrong if you understand me. I know how damned long you were in this process. I cannot help you in anyway with the AOS etc but I am here if ever you feel the need for a chat

Val

Hi everybody,

just checking in to see how things are going for all of you.

MistyB,
Dang, I'm so sorry to hear about your troubles 8 years is a long time, but at least you tried to make things work. It really sucks that you now have to deal with this.... biiig hug to you, I hope everything works out for you the way you want it to.

Vicky,
hallooo... hehe, what are you doing I bet you are smiling from ear to ear right now.


As for me, I've been here for about 1 month and... 2-3 weeks now, things are moving along as I'm trying to adapt. I got my drivers license and have been looking for a job, no luck so far but with the Christmas craze coming up, I'm thinking that I might have a shot somewhere, even if it's just for that month
I got everything by now, my SSN and my Green Card. Ofcourse my Green card had to be corrected, it said CR-1 and was conditional, when it should really have been IR-1 because we had been married for over 2 yrs the day I got my Visa. So, I'm not done yet, I have sent it back and hoping that I sent it to the right place and that they'll correct it, we'll see... I'll keep you all posted keep your fingers crossed for me, that I sent it in and had the correct forms and stuff, you guys know how it is with immigration and paperwork

Munchkins,
are you guys on the list yet? I'm hoping for a speedy approval for you guys

.... everyone else, hope everything is great

Hi Beetee, good to hear from you, yes we are on the list and have been since the 7th November. London are really turning them out at the moment, well more than what they were doing while all you guys were going through it. Some of the cases even went from pending straight onto the complete list, so there is hope for all of us on there at the moment.

Hopefully now it is winter and not as many immigration cases going through, it might help the waiver department sail through the ones they have One can always hope

Will someone please, please smack my wrists I KNOW that the London waiver site is only updated every Friday, so why the hell do I keep on checking it everyday, this is worse than addictive it is obsessive.

I thought the immigration process was stressful enough but this waiting for the waiver is ten times worse

Would somebody be good enough to PULL THE PLUG ON MY COMPUTER

There.................that's as close as a hand smack as I can get. Don't worry, It's normal we all did it. You just can't help youself and sometimes they even sneak in an update on you.

Hope you doing ok. Things are going great here except for the sleeping part. He keeps waking up tooooooooooooooooo early for me. We will work that one out though.

Getting busy for tomorrow. Talk to you guys soon,

Vicky

Vicky, you can use that one too on Chris when he wakes up too early he he... just kidding.

Munchkins,
it's great to hear that you're on the list. How come you say that they only update on Fridays, is that something new?? They used to update whenever the felt like it before Hoping that you'll hear some good news soon!!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL

Hi there, good to see that Chris has arrived safe and sound Vicky, you don't have to tell me about the waking up part, I am usually sat on my daughters garden bench around 5.00 every morning having coffee. Just smelling the air makes me feel wonderful.

Beetee, they always seem to update on Friday, I know the week after we had the interview they were updating every few days and then they stopped typical that for me anyway I will continue to check every week (night, morning, day )

We have been so lucky with the people who are buying our house, because of what has happened they have agreed to delay the signing until th 5th January, which is such a load of our minds , we can stay in our house until after the holidays. if we have still not heard by then, we will just put the furniture in storage and buzz of to Teneriffe for a couple of weeks holiday and hope that the letter will be through by then, if not, we will just have to go on holiday for another week or so

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Val

Well so much for the "they always update on Fridays They missed the Friday of Thanksgiving week and updated on the 28th and then they missed last Friday so now I am back to checking every darn day. It's been 4 weeks this week and already it is really getting to me.

We so wanted to be able to spend Christmas with our US grandkids, it would have been our very first one in 14 years, never been able to make it out in December due to it being our busiest time when we had our own business and now that we are at the end or nearly the end of the process we were praying that it would be this year but no such luck.

I know it has been said in this section so many times but why does it take them so long to adjudicate these waivers, sometimes there are none completed in a week, it never fails to amaze me, so we continue the wait.

Sorry for the moan after only 4 weeks in here but it'll soon be Christmas and we have to spend it here again

Munchkins

Did you get the name of guy who did your interview, maybe you could email them and name drop that he said it would not take long to sort out.

It's an idea I suppose but sometimes things like that can backfire on you and I would not wish to push my luck so to speak. Apart from which I did not get the name of our interviewer

Just have to wait it out but thanks for your suggestion it was good of you

I agree... wait it out. It still haunts me that my email asking them for a decision (we needed to make plans or so we thought) might have triggered the denial we received a few days later. Perhaps the ones who were meant to be in the loop ended up not being the ones to process it. Our interviewer had been on the phone with them the day of our interview and the embassy folks did recommend we be approved... .they seemed certain we would be. The way our denial was written, the person obviously did not understand what had happened on the day of the interview.

... and speaking of Christmas... we will never ever spend one with the grandchildren now. The holiday season is difficult for me. I desperately missed Thanksgiving. Of course it would have helped if Tom had not had to work 16 hours that day.

mary

Hey there guys and gals.

Just been peeking in off and on. We have been very busy trying to do some christmas shopping and trying to figure out what we want to do as far as a wedding. I've had all this time to figure it out and I still can't make up my mind. Oh well it will work out one way or another.

We are off to the social security office friday to see about getting his number. Can't wait to see if we have to put up a fight or if it will go smooth.

Hope you are all hanging in there. Don't worry too much with that waiver list. They did that the whole time we were all waiting. Just when you think you have something figured out.................they would do something different. Oh and I did send a couple of emails out to inquire about our case right before it was approved. I was kind of worried it would tick them off but they just ignored them until after he got his visa in the post. Two weeks after that they replied.


Talk to you soon,
Vicky

Hey Vicky so good to see you however briefly, hope things are going well for you both. enjoy the run up to Christmas, it's part of the fun I am not worrying unduly about all this, I say tongue in cheek, it is just so hard as all who have been before know. Trouble is we have sold the house and our completion is the 9th Jan so we have to leave on that date so we have decided that we will probably go away for a couple of weeks and then work out what to do after that. We have got some good friends who's floor we can sleep on until we know one way or another


Mary it is also good to see you about again, I know what you and Tom had to go through and when the immigration officer says that the waiver department will make us jump through a few hoops, I think you and Tom jumped enough for all of us. It still breaks my heart to think of what happened to you both. I feel so much for you Mary with your grandkids being in the states, it must be heartbreaking for you I hope that you will at least be able to talk to your family this Christmas. Tom is a lucky person to have found someone like you, and I wish both of you all the very best and despite everything, I hope you have a good Christmas together.

How are you coping now Mary are you managing to meet people and get out and about??

drop me a pm if you want a chat

Val

Anybody about

Hey Val, I'm about. Just surfing. I'm waiting too. I have to wait till after feb 6 before we can call Vermont again about a wiaver. Not doing much except Twiddling my thumbs. How are you?

Hey there

was beginning to feel like I had B.O or somthing in here I am fine, just fed up and bored to tears at the moment. I finished work in Oct just before we had our interviews, I got my visa but we have had to file a waiver for my husband (we are immigrating through our daughter who is a US citizen)

If it was not for our rottweillers and being able to take them out for good long walks everyday I think I would be going mental with the waiting, we are moving into our 10th week now since we filed and are hoping that it is not too much longer.

How long have you been waiting and you can "CALL" Vermont to check on your progress??, I doubt if we would get a reply let alone an answer from London even though they are supposed to be one of the fastest embassy at getting the waivers done

Val

Hey Val,
No you don't have B.O. There's only a few of us left waiting for waiver decisions that post here.(but more in the system I'm sure). An interesting fact I've discovered on here recently is that there are more Canadians waiting for waiver decisions now.

Didn't I read that one of your dogs is sick-could be sick. I'm too lazy to read through the posts to see where you wrote that. I hope your "baby" is ok. I do feel your pain about what to do when your best friend is sick. Before I had to leave the States before this visa nightmare started I had a little pupple. Unfortunately she didn't handle the stress of me leaving well. I felt so bad. She was my baby. IN Louisiana we live on a busy street and she got hit by a car. So I've been debating on and off with myself about getting another dog. They are truley mans best friends.

How come you and your husband are immigrating through your daughter?

It's awful waiting to get word on something so important. I'm happy that you got your visa approved. I'm still waiting for both. My understanding is that the waiver will be approved first( if it's approved) and than the visa will be approved. My waiver is for an overstay of 180 days. I just don't understand how immigration thinks and can get away with doing this to families.

To answer your question- we've been at this for a while. Since 2004 when we filed the I-130. Lets see we've been waiting since Febuary 2006, that's when we went to our interview and tried to file our waiver there but the Consular officer refused to take it. we had to get a Senator involved than. We resent the information again and they accepted it. But than the papralegal didn't send some documentation and there was a delay. Than the fee that was sent was the wrong fee, more delay. Right fee was finally sent and it's October. Vermont received all waivers in October and than looks at them the begining of the following month. So finally November our paperwork is placed on someone's desk. So since Febuary we've been waiting 10 months and including October since the waiver was filed it's been 4 months. But Canadian waivers seems to be taking up to a year to process. So that's my journey in a nut shell.

To help me not go crazy my friends and I are going to Cuba. That will help the time go by. The only sad thing for me is my parents are going to Louisiana to visit hubby and step-son and I'm stuck up here. I keep telling myself is soon, soon I'll be back home with them and all this immigration BS will be over. Not soon enough but soon. My only hope. I try not to think about the waiver not being approved.

That's my story. Joanna

Joanna HI

good to hear from you, where to start first???

yes one of my rottweillers is "sick" although you would not believe it if you saw him when I take him to the park, he still runs around like a spring chicken and chases any squirrels he can find as if he was a young puppy, trouble is following on from his operation two weeks ago, the biopsy showed it was cancer and an aggresive form at that. We are fighting for him all the way and the way he is we are hoping and praying that what the vet said, "he may be the one in a thousand who beat it " is true. he is truly a wonderful rotty and does not deserve this. People say that rottys are bad dogs, they have not met my Morgan, he really is a prince, soft as they come, with the biggest softest brown eyes you will ever see and he can wrap me round his "little finger". As he is at the moment he is still coming with us, but we have to take it a day at a time and see how he is when we finally get the case complete from the embassy, praying that it is an approval. Our other rotty is a ###### called Tia and she is just a fat lovable lump, not much brains but as faithful as the day is long

I see that many people in Canada have to file waivers and I have always wondered why, is it because so many overstay/???? It seems that things are done differently for Canadians than they are for us over here, don't know why but they sure make you jump through a lot of hoops. I do not know how you cope with the length of time that you have had to wait.

Where about in Canada are you Joanna, it is a dream of mine to go to Banff and see the Northern lights, or any where in Canada where you can see them, they look so amazing and Canada looks so beautiful.

As for why we are immigrating through my daughter, well she met and married and American over 18 years ago and has taken the US to her heart and they now have two kids, my grandson is 14 and my grand daughter is 9 and I have only seen them 2 weeks in each year, so I have missed so much of them. I have always wanted to live in the US ever since the first time I visited her, I just fell in love with the place but it was all down to my hubby who is her stepfather but has been for over 28 years and finally when we were on holiday in 2004 he finallly said that he did not want to go home, so we started the process. We are fortunate that we have enough savings and investments plus the equity from our house sale to enable us to buy a house for cash and still have some over, which will help until my hubby gets his business going as he has done over in the UK. He does what is called "artexing" here in the Uk and it is wonderful patterns that you put on ceilings and they have seen nothing like it in Jaxs so he has people waiting for him to get there so he can do their ceilings. Hopefully he will be as successful in the US as he has been here in the UK.

I also have son here in the UK who has a partner and they have a little boy who is 2 years old, but they live in Kent which is nearly 300 miles from us so we do not see them as much as I woud like and I am going to miss him and them of course, but where my daughter is, is where my heart is and it is killing me to have to wait like this.

I am hoping that we will hear something very soon now, London seems to be pretty good at getting these waivers through in a decent time but it still seems like forever.

It's nice to talk to you Joannna, hope you have a good time in Cuba and that it is not long before you to hear something

Take care
Val

WOOOHOOOO - CASE COMPLETE As of the 23rd January so hopefully we will have THE letter within the next few days and god willing on our way to Jax 3 weeks tomorrow

YAY!!! Hoping you get your letter fast, with good news in it

London emailed me this morning and told me they're going to adjudicate my I-130 at the same time as my I-601, so BIG worry gone for now

Great news Angela, fingers crossed for you that it goes quickly

Really good news and it seems to make sense. Good Luck. You should have smooth sailing from here.

Hi, folks----

My name is Anna. I'm the USC and my husband, Paul, is English. We both live in the UK now and are desperate to move to the USA. Unfortunately, when he was young and foolish (10 years ago), Paul was convicted of possession of cannabis and fined.

Should we assume that we'll have to file a waiver, and if we do, how do I prove extreme hardship since I live in a modern, Western country and have no family in the USA?

Any help would be greatly appreciated; I've asked this question all over the place; hopefully someone can assuage my fears

Anna

ps---is there ANY chance they'll approve us at our interview?

Well it's always a chance they will approve you but better be safe than sorry and go ahead and prepare your waiver so you can turn it in to them at the interview in case it goes that route.

Did he get convicted? I am sorry I cant be of much help as I dont know much about the UK laws.

As for the waiver part..

Do you have community ties?
A desire for an american education, student loans, debt?


When I wrote my waiver I was based in Sweden living with my then spouse. I compared and contrasted and made my case for the worst possible outcome if I didnt return to the US. Although our situation was far more complex and we had children.

Dont worry, it will turn out just fine I am sure!

You can always go to Immigrate2US to see some waiver brief examples relating to the UK. (I hope I didnt overstep my bounds with VJ there..)

Hi,

I had an F-1 visa for study at the University of South carolina. I went there and attened school as required. I did miss school for a year in 2005 but then I returned to school for another year before coming home for chrsitmas in Dec 2006. Home is the UK by the way. After being denied entry at atlanta in Jan I was told that I need to get a new F-1 visa and my application for admission was withdrawn. I applied for a Visa in London on March 2nd and got denied under 214b. So with more evidence of intent to return to the Uk in hand, I tried again this time in Belfast and this time I was told that I was going to be refused a visa and I may be subject to a 3 year ban from the USA but she didnt know and that she (consular officer) was sending my case to different Agencies in the US for information about me. Sounds scray to me but I have had no trouble with the Police in either the UK or The US so I don't know what that is all about. Anyway she gave me my passport back but took my I-20 form.

This paperwork from the US could take forever to get back to me. What should I do? Should I file the a waiver form? If so which one? I do not have any family in the US all I want to do is complete my degree. At my first interview in London he did say something about a waiver but did not give me specifics. Can I file this for study or at least to get to the States to recover belongings? Please give some advice. I feel like I did more than enough to overturn the reason for denial in London under 214b. Any help would be most gratefully received. HELP!!!!

Thanks,

John

i've been to immigrate2us, but for some reason the vast majority of the threads won't download properly and i end up with one line repeated over and over...very annoying because it seems like there is some very important information over there!!

he was convicted and fined, did no jail time and the amount he was caught with was significantly less than 30g...since then he's quit smoking pot, has been employed, is active in the community (as allotment warden) and has had no further problems with the law...

i have tenuous ties to the USA: i have no family, but very close friends that i consider family, including a friend who is disabled and over 70, and a beloved godson who is 14...i know the immigration people won't understand this, but they ARE my family, since my own family died when i was 22 (22 years ago)...i already have a college degree, so no educational needs, but i have some significant health problems (ovarian cancer and diabetes)...however, i receive care here in the UK through the NHS, so i can't see how i can prove 'extreme hardship'...

the only thing i can think of is to try to impress on them how isolated i am socially, how dependent i am on my husband for care and many other aspects of life, and that we are financially stymied here and would be considerably better off in America...does that sound like enough????

i'm frantic; i haven't slept in days, and i'm terrified i'll end up having to stay here in the UK for the rest of my life...

Anna

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6 years, and i have permanent resident status...i hate it here and i want to go home so desperately; i can't see my life being worth living if i have to stay here, even with the love of my life (Paul)...but how do you prove that to a bunch of bureaucrats sitting behind a desk at the embassy? i haven't consulted my GP about it but maybe i should, if only to get a letter saying i'm unstable mentally:)

the problem is that i'm safe, i receive health care, i'm financially stable, i have housing and a job, but no friends, no social contacts, and i'm miserable here...where do you find documentation that says i'd be happier at home?

Anna

Anna I would assume he will need a waiver. It sounds like he has reformed his life quite a bit. I would get him to write a letter on his own behalf explaining his reasoning as to what was going on his head when these things were occurring. Also get some of his closest friends and perhaps his employer to write some character reference letters on his behalf.

You brought up a good point with your elderly friend you are close to. Do you provide care for her/him? If there is really no one caring for them and you seem to be it, then use it in your brief. Use the financial argument although that alone isnt enough according to guidelines.

Use your medical conditions and explain fully what can happen to you. I think you really need to focus on his reform.

I really hope you can get the other site to pull up. I am a mod over there and we have had issues with speed and downloading. Go to the forum and go over to the waiver section. The approval letters are in the sticky section after you get into the waiver forum.

Character letters of reform are helpful but time and again I read where the hardship is the USC's hardship if the beneficiary wasnt in the US....not the hardship for the beneficiary is she or she wasnt allowed in.

i've read the same thing, Mrs BB, but it can't hurt, i don't think

as far as immigrate2us is concerned, i have been to the waiver section many times, hoping that they will sort our the problems, but i still can't download anything of any use; i would dearly like to read the samples of approved HSLs, but i get to about 2/3 of the way through the first one (that doesn't apply to my problem but is still useful) and it starts just showing a big grey block where they text should be...this same thing has been happening since i joined in Oct...i'm beginning to lose hope!! LOL

i've been talking to some folks who are helping me gather arguments, and i think i'm going in a productive direction...i'm going to use my health, my social isolation and dependency on my husband and mental status, the NHS and its multitude of problems and shortcomings, my elderly friend back home (who is also my husband's sponsor), my godson, and our financial situation (not being able to afford a house here but being able to in the US)...i can only hope that's enough for them to allow him in!


Thank you all for your support and suggestions!

Anna

Have been looking for a forum like this for a while now. Had an interview at the Embassy in London and told to file I-601 waiver. The Embassy told me not to use a lawyer, everyone else is telling my wife and I that we should - everyone has an opinion , right? What are your experiences with this? Lawyer or no lawyer?

That's a hard one to answer. It all depends on your situation and how comfortable you feel about writing your own letters. We did our letters ourself and when my husband went for his interview the officers who was interviewing him made the statement that it was good we wrote our own letters. He said that USCIS preferred them in our own words. Not sure how much water that holds since the officers who interviews is not the person who decides if the waiver is approved or denied. Our waiver was approved after over 20 weeks of waiting, but I think it all boils down to the reason you were denied and how strong you can make your hardship letters. I don't know if you have been told yet, but London requires a letter from both you and the USC.


Best wishes,
Baileyj

Ok, now I'm in panic mode. Our waiver is in London, but we filed in Stockholm and weren't told about the requirements of a letter from both the USC and the beneficiary. In fact, all I sent was the brief my attorney wrote, which was written in similar form as the letters that appear in I2US forums.

we had planned on including a letter from the beneficiary and the USC anyway, if only to show remorse and rehabilitation from his crime...we have a telephone consultation with laurel scott, a US-based immigration lawyer, tonight, so the questions are mounting up hopefully she will know if it is preferable to do the HSL and waiver yourself or get a lawyer to help with it, and she can give ideas what to include in the HSL.

anna

Sorry Angela I didn't mean to cause you worry. It's been almost a year since we filed our waiver so maybe the requirements have changed. If not you can always write a letter up and send it over to London USCIS with your case number on it. We sent over more supporting documents after we filed our waiver with no problems. We made the USC letter more formal and my husbands letter was more relaxed. Showing remorse for what he had done and explaining the circumstances of what had happened. We pulled a few details from the USC letter and that was about it. I would imagine that if your case is still pending then you should have time to send them more documentation if you feel you need to.

You could also try emailing with full name, birthdate and case number. I emailed them a couple of times and they answered me within a few days. I never got a straight answer from them but they will reply.
london.uscis@dhs.gov
Baileyj

It's ok, BaileyJ, I'm very quickly set off into panic these days... you know what I mean I'm probably worried over nothing.

I was thinking of emailing them about this, but I've been bugging them with emails over this Adam Walsh thing and the I-130 RFE weekly for the past couple weeks... in fact I just sent an email to them today bugging them about a decision on the I-130. I'd probably piss them off. I'll wait and see what my attorney advises, since I just emailed her about this.

Well I'm sorry if I got you upset. I know how all this waiting and worrying is. I just saw your post on the other thread and I see that you have had more than your share of problems. Waiting since Dec 2006? Good Grief. I thought our 20 weeks were long for us. I hope things start falling into place for you.


Stay strong

Baileyj

Thanks. I've had my I-130 approved and been to the Embassy twice already for interviews. The Consular Officer told me not to trust the hardship statements to a lawyer, but I am hoping to find one that has some experience with getting a waiver through the Embassy in London. I have no idea what constitutes extreme hardship.

This Extreme Hardship outline is directly from the London Embassy website:
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/dhs/uscis/extreme_hardship.pdf

This is an very helpful guide produced by attorney Laurel Scott:
http://www.visacentral.net/I601Memo.pdf

Angela we filed through Stockholm as well. There was no mention about a remorse letter or anything by the foreign citizen. I chose to write a brief detailing all the hardship information complete with documentation (ended up being about 20 pages), I wrote a letter (about two pages) and he wrote a letter (about three pages). The brief was huge but that was our situation. It was complex. We did not use a lawyer and he had multiple convictions. The cheapest lawyer wanted about $1500 to do the waiver. I even had one tell me I was better off doing it myself. I think it is up to you if you want to include a remorse letter but I think it's a good idea.

Hi Misty,
I remember your case I was on the forums everyday watching what was going on, from the change in adjudication site (Copenhagen to London) to your approval. (I never posted since I was so far from beginning the process due to waiting for my husband's appeals trial)

I didn't think to get him to write a letter, but if they want one, we'll send it. London replied this week to my email inquiry about our case saying they were about to begin working on it. They are reviewing both the I-130 and the I-601. I'll post if they RFE me for a letter from my hubby.