waitinginlorton

Hello Nicole,
I am sorry to hear that your husband's visa was denied. I have been through the same journey with my husband and we had to file the I601 waiver. I would suggest that you hire a good attorney to help you prepare the waiver. When you consult with an attorney, they will be able to tell you if you have good hardships or not. You have to prove why you are not able to stay in the U.S. without your husband and also why you are not able to move to Mexico. Now I read from your post that you have already moved there and that may or may not be a good thing for your case.
If you are abel to prove that you have encountered harships while living in Mexico and that you are no longer able to continue to live there and need to move back to the U.S. then I guess it won't be a negative factor in your case. But I do know that while my husband's waiver was pending and I went to visit him in Pakistan, the CO at the consulate told me, why did you come to Pakistan when in your waiver you are trying to prove that you cannot come and live in Pakistan. So I know this is something they strongly discourage.
Also, visit www.immigrate2us.net because they have a lot of people there who have filed the waivers or are in the process of filing one and they could be helpful to you.
Good luck with everything!

Hello Nicole,
I am sorry to hear that your husband's visa was denied. I have been through the same journey with my husband and we had to file the I601 waiver. I would suggest that you hire a good attorney to help you prepare the waiver. When you consult with an attorney, they will be able to tell you if you have good hardships or not. You have to prove why you are not able to stay in the U.S. without your husband and also why you are not able to move to Mexico. Now I read from your post that you have already moved there and that may or may not be a good thing for your case.
If you are abel to prove that you have encountered harships while living in Mexico and that you are no longer able to continue to live there and need to move back to the U.S. then I guess it won't be a negative factor in your case. But I do know that while my husband's waiver was pending and I went to visit him in Pakistan, the CO at the consulate told me, why did you come to Pakistan when in your waiver you are trying to prove that you cannot come and live in Pakistan. So I know this is something they strongly discourage.
Also, visit www.immigrate2us.net because they have a lot of people there who have filed the waivers or are in the process of filing one and they could be helpful to you.
Good luck with everything!

Hello all,
I have been a silent viewer of this thread and I feel that I can relate to a lot of people here because I have been trying to bring my husband back to the U.S. for the past 6 years. It has been a volatile journey and a very tiring one as well.
I wanted to share some of my experience with some of the people here because sometimes you think you are going through this alone but I want you all to know that there are people like me who have been struggling for years and have not given up hope.
My husband came to the US in 1999 on a duration of status student visa. He wasn’t able to continue with his education and due to his special circumstances he applied for an asylum petition which was referred to a judge. He later withdrew his petition and took a voluntary departure. Meanwhile, we met and decided to get married here in the U.S. before he left for Pakistan. At that time I was only a green card holder so when we filed our I130 in March of 2006 we had to wait till December 2010 for his consulate interview. While our case was pending, I went to visit him every other year which meant I couldn't advance in my career because I had to leave my job every time I went to Pakistan.
Finally when we had our consulate interview in December 2010, my husband's visa was denied due to illegal presence of more than a year in the U.S. We were told we will need to file an I601 waiver but when we consulted with lawyers here in the U.S. we were told that he does not need a waiver and should be issued a visa as he never accumulated any illegal presence due to his "duration of status" student visa.
We filed a Motion to Reconsider with Laurel Scott, one of the very reputable lawyers in the US, but Islamabad refused to acknowledge it. For several months we tried but at the end, we hired a local attorney and filed our I601 waiver. Meanwhile, we have a 2 and half year old daughter that had never met her father because I wasn't able to visit due to my job. Finally, I took her to see her dad earlier this year while our waiver was still pending.
Our waiver took 1 year to process and in May 2012 after all this time we were told by Bangkok that a waiver was never needed and that they are going to ask Islamabad to reconsider issuance of visa.
Islamabad is now in the process of issuing us a visa and they have requested for new medical exam as well as a new police certificate. We are hoping hubby will be here soon. I hope it is before November because that will be our 7th wedding anniversary and so far, we haven’t even spent ONE of them together.
Those of you who are going through this situation where you are waiting for your spouses to join you, please remember people like me and my hubby who have a journey that is spread over years and it might offer you some comfort and hope that there is an end to it. Be strong and you will get that good news soon!
Good luck to everyone here who is struggling to unite their families. May the month of Ramadan bring blessings to all of us.