Filing Adjustment-fee waiver-late stage breast cancer

[OneLifetoLive 0]

I am facing a very tough situation and I am needing the wisdom of some of the people here to see which way I need to go. I am a US Citizen married 13 months ago to a Gentleman from the UK. He entered the United states legally with every intention of returning home and lost most of what was waiting at home by remaining here. I was injured on the job and due to this was unable to file for Adjustment of Status due to the fee costs. Today I was diagnosed with late stage breast cancer and am beginning the early days of finishing tests and determining a treatment plan. I am terribly worried that my spouse is 100% dependent on me and I want to do everything I am suppose to, make sure he is taken care of in case I die. I do have life insurance. I do have an income but its below the require amount for sponsoring my husband. My mother who makes 60K a year has agreed to sponsor us if need be. The problem is with due to my disability income (which provides medical insurance for us both) I can hardly afford to support us, much less come up with the fees for filing AOS. I had read some where about applying for a fee waiver. Does anyone know about this, how it works, and whether I would have any chance of obtaining one or would I be wasting my time. Do I need a lawyer?

Any help would be much appreciated. I do understand that with an approved AOS that INS will forgive any over stay.

[Lisa and Ian 7]

I am facing a very tough situation and I am needing the wisdom of some of the people here to see which way I need to go. I am a US Citizen married 13 months ago to a Gentleman from the UK. He entered the United states legally with every intention of returning home and lost most of what was waiting at home by remaining here. I was injured on the job and due to this was unable to file for Adjustment of Status due to the fee costs. Today I was diagnosed with late stage breast cancer and am beginning the early days of finishing tests and determining a treatment plan. I am terribly worried that my spouse is 100% dependent on me and I want to do everything I am suppose to, make sure he is taken care of in case I die. I do have life insurance. I do have an income but its below the require amount for sponsoring my husband. My mother who makes 60K a year has agreed to sponsor us if need be. The problem is with due to my disability income (which provides medical insurance for us both) I can hardly afford to support us, much less come up with the fees for filing AOS. I had read some where about applying for a fee waiver. Does anyone know about this, how it works, and whether I would have any chance of obtaining one or would I be wasting my time. Do I need a lawyer?

Any help would be much appreciated. I do understand that with an approved AOS that INS will forgive any over stay.

I'm very sorry to hear about your medical issues.

I was able to find this on the USCIS website. Hopefully it will be helpful. It looks like the USCIS officers have broad discretion to waive the fee if it can be demonstrated via the list of evidence that you are unable to pay.

Good luck with your testing/treatment plan.

[OneLifetoLive 0]

I'm very sorry to hear about your medical issues.

I was able to find this on the USCIS website. Hopefully it will be helpful. It looks like the USCIS officers have broad discretion to waive the fee if it can be demonstrated via the list of evidence that you are unable to pay.

Good luck with your testing/treatment plan.

Thank you for this information. Do I need a lawyer to do this? Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of anyone actually being granted this financial waiver. I would hope that since our financial situation is well documented (disability) along with my newly diagnosed cancer, and our having a sponsor to meet the filing requires in addition to my income and medical insurance, that some how I might quality. I understand its up to the officer who reviews this. I just wondered if I need a lawyer (not sure how I would afford one lol) and if anyone knew of anyone actually being granted this waiver.

[OneLifetoLive 0]

Thank you for this information. Do I need a lawyer to do this? Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of anyone actually being granted this financial waiver. I would hope that since our financial situation is well documented (disability) along with my newly diagnosed cancer, and our having a sponsor to meet the filing requires in addition to my income and medical insurance, that some how I might quality. I understand its up to the officer who reviews this. I just wondered if I need a lawyer (not sure how I would afford one lol) and if anyone knew of anyone actually being granted this waiver.

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[Laura & Kyle 16]

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I'm very sorry but I do not have any advice for you. You may want to post this question, specifically regarding the fee waiver, in another forum so more "eyes" look at it. Good luck with this.