Ms C

My husband is an engineer and he got a job at Walmart until he found a job in his field. Many employers will not hire a foreigner with no US job experience. Get yourself at least a part time job somewhere, anywhere...even if it's minimum wage

Have you tried going to a temp/staffing agency? They can help with your resume and equip you with skills to get an interview and nail it. Since they do a lot of hiring they can tell you where you're falling short. Also they may be able to find you some short term stuff to get your feet wet.
I'm not trying to be judgmental but it doesn't really sound as if you're trying really hard. Trying to find a job is more than just applying online. Have you tried to take some short training courses? Gotten out of you house with a stack of resumes and looked for places that hire people in the roll you want and spoken to them in person? Started networking and going to social work events in your areas? Looked up job fairs at colleges near you?
When I first moved here i spent the first week applying online. After that I took a stack of resumes and Monday morning I put on my only professional suit. I walked business to business, asked for the manager and told them I was interested in applying for a job at their company. Half way through the first week I landed an interview on the spot and started the next week. Treat your job search like a job- do it Monday to Friday. Do your research, find out how you can better yourself, research positions you would like and see what requirements you don't need. If you're bent on not working an inferior job you will have to work you're butt off for it.
Good Luck- You're hard work will pay off.

Sometimes you have to just take what you can get at first, if you want to work right away.
My wife had a masters degree in education from the Philippines. She was a school teacher, and then became the principal of a 1000 student elementary school before coming here. But the first job she took here was in housekeeping at a nursing home, doing laundry. Then she got a second job part time working in housekeeping at a hospital cleaning rooms. She got a 3rd job part time working in food services at an elementary school cafeteria. So she had 3 jobs at that point at the same time. So she was well educated, but worked at jobs that were available, and poured her heart into it.
She still works as a resident assistant at an assisted living, and is an airman in the U.S. Air Force Air National Guard, but is finishing up a degree to become a registered nurse now. She opted for a complete career change at her own choosing. But the point is she worked hard at what jobs were immediately available to her and did not consider any job beneath her. All things work out in time.

You are way too picky. I have graduate degrees, and more than 8 years experience working in academia in my country. Yet I worked a low paying, night job at walmart for a while. I had another job in education in which I commuted for 60 miles, waited for two hours, then took two more buses for an additional 90 minutes. Wake up at 2 every morning so that I could be at work at 8. Thankfully, that was a temp job, because it was difficult on me.
Currently, I have a better paying position and my commute time is 45 minutes. Yes, I use two buses because I can't drive. Honestly, if you really want a job, and don't live in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, you can find one.

Vol,
I did not personally pay to get the vaccines re-reviewed in the US.
I listed it as a possible expense as part of the visa process.
There are quite a few folks on this site who have paid additional fees to civil surgeons in regards to vaccines as part of the visa process.

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actually, she did NOT share what the emergency was. She merely said she went to stop a disaster, you have no idea what her disaster was, nor does it matter in the least. She came here asking for help, not for a bunch of drama queens making judgments. In a perfect world she would have gone to USCIS and applied for emergency AP, but she CLEARLY stated she did NOT have enough time. And why does it matter to you or anyone else on this site if she was "careless", as you state? She had an emergency, she went home, it's water under the bridge. It's no ones business, including mine, why she went.

Honestly she doesnt have to share her circumstances in a public website even for an advice. It's none of our business to know her personal life . So no its not BS. Besides to help a person you dont have to know the exact situation to help with her mistake. All we had to know is she had an emergency ( don't have to know what it is), she got out of the country without proper authorization (unknowingly) and what to do to fix the problem. And thats how problems get solved without going into personal life.

Honestly it doesn't matter at this point, and it's really not your place to judge her. Leave well enough alone. If you can't post something productive, stop making her feel worse than she already does.
To the OP, your only real option is to have your husband file an i-130 on your behalf and get things in motion ASAP. Right now it is taking about a year from NOA1 to visa in hand, but processing times are constantly fluctuating and you never know, perhaps it will happen faster. Good luck and keep us updated.

Isn't it great for you that you made your research for every single case that could happen, but guess what? Not everybody is you and everybody could make irresponsible mistake which Im sure you have made some in your life. The point that Im trying to make here is that you blaming her for what she did doesn't help. You don't know her situation at that moment. Besides saying that its irresponsible to get out of the country, if you have read her previous comment she said that if she didnt go she couldve regretted that decision the rest of her life. Now if she has done that, thats irresponsible. Now her leaving the country is not the end of the world not to her and not to you either. The only thing she has to do is start again from scratch.
So if you could soften a little bit your words toward her and stop blaming her for a situation you don't have a clue about, that might make her feel a little better. She also said she heard her situation at 4:30 pm and she left at 10 pm same day. Going to USCIS for an emergency AP is not possible depending on where she lives. Most offices close at 5.

I appreciate all the helpful answers. To the ones that are blaming me, I had about a day to get home before something really bad happened and if I hadn't gone back home, I would probably regret it forever. So please, don't be mean to me. It wasn't em easy to buy a plane ticket at 4:30pm to board a flight at 10pm the same day and leave my husband, all we worked so hard for and our GC application. It hurts and we are desperate.
So I kindly ask you guys to be judgement free and mindful to all the pain we are feeling right now.
Thank you!

You can easily check on the IRS website, and while you're there obtain a tax transcript for that year (which is all you need). http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Get-Transcript

Quoting "come here and they aren't licensed, and then they see how hard the process is and they have to get an odd job to support themselves." Well this is not a Latino-only problem, it's a universal problem.

My first job was cashier at McDonald's (early 2009). Previous experience was childcare/retail/customer service, no college. Finding a job back then was super hard!
After McDonald's I worked as a daycare teacher for 1,5 years, then sales associate at Macy's for a little while and then a claims adjuster at an insurance company for 1,5 years. Now I'm back in Finland and go to school full time.
Advice for other people with no education: work hard and keep a positive attitude when looking for jobs or when working at a minimum pay job, but try to find a way to go to school. Life in the US is very hard and challenging without education.

Graduate research assistant while still in grad school. (Then a Starbucks barista while looking for jobs after grad school. Then I got hired as science writer for a cool NASA-funded research institute. Now I'm assistant editor. I was a journalist in my home country.)

My husband got work doing window cleaning and power washing within 24 hours of coming here. It pays reasonably well and he cleaned windows in Denmark for 6+ years and worked in apartment building maintenance more recently, which is not a well paying job in the US.

Bike mechanic! I had no idea I had that skil, but I did enjoy it, especially since it freed my mind and let it think about other stuff. I wish I could do it part time, as I go to graduate school, but I dont think it is possible.
Still waiting for my study papers to be validated for the US.

Is that a Masters degree through Denmark or the US? Were you able to work on it whilst waiting for your AOS?

Thanks for this thread made me wonder what's gonna be my first job when we arrive in US, I'm not picky though, most of my experience are on graphic designs but prefer to work not infront of a computer anymore ...

Sales agent for a cruise line.

Very lucky. I landed a job today that was also the first job I applied for. I had a well paid specialist job back in the UK that I was very unlikely to replicate over here, however with airport security and training experience, I landed a security supervisors job at a large beach resort not too far away. I didn't really want a security job, however, the fact this was a supervisory job paying more than what I thought I'd be earning in my first job means ill have a good crack at it and see where it takes me.

Cook at Pizza Hut then Jewelry/apparel/cashier at Walmart. I still do both jobs now.

I completely agree with this. I'm getting a lot better feedback from large multi-national companies than smaller local companies.

I just got my first job working as an Insurance specialist. Entry-level job, but starting salary of 30k plus full benefits. First job I applied for once my social security number came through too!

I finally managed to land my first job. I got a senior developer job at a municipal company doing almost exactly what I had been doing previously in Sweden. Luckily I have some very rare skills that gave me a huge advantage when applying for this particular job. It took over two months from first interview to agreeing on a salary and I still have to wait for the background check to go through.
I will be making more money then I used to in Sweden (mid 80s), but the amount of vacation is ridiculous. I will definitively negotiate for more vacation time rather then higher salary when the time comes.