Hi All - OK so hubby went to the interview yesterday in Guayaquil (city on the coast) - and was given a purple slip. I used a lawyer to help us and my mom was the co sponser. Apparently the now obviously worthless lawyer used the older version of the I864 - so we were rejected on that reason alone but here is where it gets complicated - so my mom was the co sponser and she owns a business with my dad. Technically she is the owner as she owns 51% of the business. My dad does not know that I am married and he would divorce my mother if he found out that she signed the I864 without consulting him etc. He is very much against my relationship. The lawyer told me that because my mom made enough money that there would be no problems with my dad - despite the fact that they file joint income taxes. Evidently the lawyer included too many papers in the whole package that had my fathers name on them (stating partial ownership of the business) and so now the consulate says that my father has to also sign an I 864 - in other words that aside from me - that my husband needs 2 co sponsers. I am wondering if they did this because flags were raised at our I 130 interview because I said that I hadnt told my father yet. It is TOTALLY out of the question that my dad sign the I 864. Not just because of me, but because he will become irate with my mother etc etc etc ....... I feel like these are mistakes made by our lawyer that could have been prevented. Of course it is now his responsibility to try to clear some of this up but I am positive that VJ members are more insightful that him! Do you think there is a way out of this mess? Or am I doomed? Culd we try a fiance visa? We were doing the CR1. Also I will be making enough to get him here by myself - it is just that I dont get paid until Sept. - could we start the process over and void using a co spnser?? Does it matter that my tax history shows that I have previously made next to nothing???
What to do what to do???
I am very distraught..... Please let me know if you have any suggestions.... Thanks!

If you are already married.. you can not apply for the fiance/e visa. that is for ppl that are not yet married. as to the whole lawyer thing.. wow.. that does sound complicated. hopefully someone like Yodrak or Mermaid can help out more here... not to sure what you could do if they are stating that they NEED your fathers sig on papers for financial support.

just my suggestion though.. not actualy lawlike stuff.

Perhaps you can find another co-sponsor altogether?

jess, have you spoken to the CO about your job situation? Shown them your contract?
You may find that your husband will just have to wait until you've started your job and can complete an I-864 of your own (this is just one possibility).
I would be tempted to speak frankly with the CO at this point; the secret end-run did not work.

Thanks for the advice everyone.... C urrently my lawyer is seeing what can be done about this mess - I will update you when I know what we are going to do.