If I can do it, anyone can do it!

[mill 1]

Congratulations i am very happy that is have such a faith in you, and you never gave up. I pray that your husband pass his interview and get his green card and i know with your faith he will get it.

[dwheels76 5,463]

I did it for the family. In a few weeks it will be 7 years since my husband has seen his kids. That's almost half of one of the boys' life and OVER half of the other boys' life. omg, could you imagine? That scene at the airport, when the boys finally get here, is going to be a hot mess! LOL I picture lots of tears and rolling around on the floor and craziness! NIGERIANS DOWN! NIGERIANS DOWN! Clean up on aisle 7!!!

LOL OMG I have tears. Clean up indeed. Throwing confetti and garri and fufu at you.

I love people who don't listen to man (and you are one of them personified) and do what thus saith the Lord. The impossible is always possible with God.

Way to go sweetie. So thrilled for you and the fam.

[Hilario 13]

Very inspiring!! Thanks for sharing and God Bless you and your family,If God is with us who can be against us!

[Boiler 43,692]

Nothing to do with God.

A lot to do with uscis regulations.

[God's mercy 5]

My case is a difficult case. My husband came here on a 6 month visitor's visa in 2006. He has been here ever since. He is currently in removal proceedings and will have his interview with the immigration judge in July - hopefully sooner. But today wasn't about my husband, it was about my step-kids.

A year ago, I spoke to 5 lawyers about my case. Not one of the lawyers would take my case. They would not even touch it. They said there was no way I would even get an I-130 approved, let alone a visa, until my husband (their dad) got his green card. I even asked questions on VisaJourney and a few veteran members, whom are well respected by not only me, but many people on this website, even said that it wasn't going to happen. I even contacted Marc Ellis...he wouldn't touch it.

I read the instructions for a USC to petition for a step-child and the only requirements were that I was married to their father and that their father was their actual biological father. I read and read and read some more about this immigration process. I was confused as to why none of the lawyers would help me, and why people were so discouraged by my case, as everything I've read was cut and dry....I had to be married to the kids' father and the kids' father needed to be their biological father. Well, that fits our situation to a T, so what's the problem?

I decided to go against everyone's advice and petition for the kids in April 2012. We got sent to California and at that point, California was approving petitions in 3 months (sorry to those at California now... ). 3 months to the day rolled around and when everyone else got approved, we got thrown into Additional Processing. I was devestated and cried for a good 2 days. I was second guessing myself and just knew that I wasted money and should have just listened to the lawyers. We got a letter in the mail stating that if we hadn't heard anything in six months ( ) that we could feel free to call them. Wow. What a depressing 4 months that was!!! I was finally called into my local immigration office for an interview. I passed with flying colors and my IO approved the boys on the spot. Their cases were passed on to NVC the next day!!! WHAT A RELIEF!!! We pretty much flew through NVC (23 days or so) and was assigned an interview date of March 20, 2013.

The past few weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions! I would go from being excited one minute, to nervous for the boys the next minute, to extremely scared that those 5 lawyers were right, and that this was an impossible task and they were going to get us at the interview.

My step-kids had their interview today. The IO said if they had pictures they would have been approved on the spot which really is UNHEARD OF for Nigeria. Since they didn't have any pics, they got sent for a DNA test with approval of visa upon receipt of a positive DNA match. THANK YOU BABY JESUS!!!

The point of my story is... Trust your instincts, reasearch on your own, and have faith that all will be well! Had I given up after those 5 lawyers shot me down, I wouldn't even have a petition in for the kids today. I would be no closer to getting the kids here than I was 11 months ago. Our children will be here in America and be green card holders before their Dad even is. No thanks to a lawyer!

Good luck to all who are still going through this process. You will get through it!

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CONGRATULATIONS! GOD IS FAITHFUL

[Calypso 464]

That's one amazing story! Congratulations to you and your family. Soon you will be an even busier mom to the boys.

[Boggy1974 124]

Very inspiring journey indeed. Good luck on the next steps!

[Octagon 3]

Hi, just newly registered here. You know what made me decide to join is I want to give my admiration of your pure intentions and strong willed personality to pursue your desire to petition though the kids are not your own. I can relate the feeling. I also admire one person who married a Filipina (that is me) because of his desire that the latter will see her kids back home. I salute to this person and to you woman. There are few people around this world who has such a good heart. God bless you more and to the person who became my husband. May we all prosper and I also desire that my kids will be here soon. He petitioned the kids as his stepchildren after I got married to him last year. We are on the process of the DS-3032 and paid the Affidavit of Support Fee. Looking at the forums, with God's help my kids will be here by May or June. Looking forward to it and hope everything comes out well too.

[madtownguy 164]

This is a great story, I hope you have a great life together. I may have understood something wrong but it seems like the kids aren't here yet... I'm normally an optimist but I will not be jumping up and down until my fiance passes through immigrations. Unfortunately until the person is a citizen there is always a risk of being denied at POE. It sounds great that you went forward anyway and I know Nigeria is a tougher country for immigration, but it doesn't sound like your journey is quite over yet. Maybe I misunderstood either way I wish you the best luck, it's nice to see you are doing the right thing and I'm sure the kids are super excited.

[Kazulie 132]

Thank you all for the well wishes! It's been a long, emotional road!

[Kazulie 132]

This is a great story, I hope you have a great life together. I may have understood something wrong but it seems like the kids aren't here yet... I'm normally an optimist but I will not be jumping up and down until my fiance passes through immigrations. Unfortunately until the person is a citizen there is always a risk of being denied at POE. It sounds great that you went forward anyway and I know Nigeria is a tougher country for immigration, but it doesn't sound like your journey is quite over yet. Maybe I misunderstood either way I wish you the best luck, it's nice to see you are doing the right thing and I'm sure the kids are super excited.

Of course they haven't POE'd yet. Their interview was yesterday. It's not too often that you get turned away at POE. Sure, it happens, but it's rare. And there is not much you can do to prevent that. If it happens, it happens. But it's not a worry for us right now. The interview is over and we are ecstatic.

[mtcmk1 37]

Wow... great! Congrats and Good luck!

[Ivie & Eguagie 119]

Bravo! Your courage and determination has paid off. Wishing you the best of life with your family.

[dzyrhetom 7]

Congrats Kazulie!

Wow, you're such a strong woman! You never gave up and you did the very best for the whole family! Im proud of you.

[samirsashasafi 3]

Congratulations and like Thanks for sharing this inspiring story with all of us ,we can all definitely appreciate it