melody1058

Hi! I have been living in the UK for the past 6 years and was a stay at home mom. We moved back to the US in August 2014 and I haven't found work yet. My question is when filling out my I-864 I claimed myself and my children and basically $0 for everything else since I haven't worked since 2008. My mom is the Co sponsor and she listed just her and my husband. Is this correct? Should she claim all of us since we are living with her? She hasn't claimed any of us on her taxes. Thank you! Melody

Hello! I have been living in the UK with my husband and two children for the past 6 years. I was a stay at home mom. We returned to the US in Aug 2014 and are filing for an AOS. I still have not found work. When I filled out my I-864 I listed my self and my two children as my depepndents. Everything else was $0. My mother will be the co sponsor and she listed herself and my husband on the form as her dependents. Is this correct? Or will she need to list all of us? Getting ready to mail the packet in and want it to be correct.

thank you!

Melody

Just wondering how long it took some of you or your spouses to receive approval?

Thanks! Melody

Not sure if Im om the right thread but here it goes:

My husband is in the US and we are filing for his adjustment of status. My question is when we mail the packet in since many of the forms require the same paperwork, do they all need to be official copies or can they be photo copies ( birth certificate)? And secondly , since I have been living in the Uk with my husband and have not found a job here yet , my mom will be my co sponsor. Do I have to fill out an I864 too or just her?

Thank you!

Melody

Thank you all for your help!!!!!!

Im filling out form 485 for my husband and there are two questions I'm not sure how to answer

1. Were we inspected by an immigration officer?.....do they mean where the passports are stamped or something completely different

2. They ask have we ever filed for a visa in the US before?......do they literally mean have we filed for a US visa while in the US? We petitioned for one in the UK in London but we never got to the interview because my visa expired

Just want to double check before I print.Thank you!

I am about to file for my husbands AOS, do I mail in the petition and I 485 at the same time?

Thank you

Melody

Hi,

The lawyer is a moron.

1. If he leaves with a VWP overstay, he is ineligible to use the VWP again. He would need a visa to enter the U.S. With an overstay, a visitor visa is out of the question. He would need an immigration visa which would take a year.

2. There is no freakin bar if he stays and adjust status to get a green card. This is what I would do.

3. You do not need a stinkin waiver.

Do some research on this site. You will find many people who have overstayed their 90 days on the VWP. Their best move was to file to adjust. No waiver. No leaving the U.S. And no moronic attorney.

Best of luck.

LOL Thank you for the much needed advice...... and laugh! My mom suggested getting a second opinion from another lawyer but I decided to try this instead.Glad I did! Thanks again!

Horrible information, no more VWP for him and a B is very unlikely.

File and adjust.

Thank you !

Agree with the advice given. File to adjust status and get a greencard for your husband, just make sure he doesn't leave the US until he has his EAD/advanced parole or the actual greencard. You can follow the guide here: http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

Hopefully you didn't pay that lawyer any money, he hasn't a clue what he is talking about.

Good Luck!

Thank you so much!

Is your husband's plan to live in the US permanently? Was he just visiting and you are going to live here permanently?

Has your husband filed for adjustment of status (AOS) to become a permanent resident in the US? If he has, then he cannot leave the US without Advance Parole (approval of I-131) or his Greencard.

We can certainly give advice, but it would be helpful to have a little more background information.

Yes he does want to live here permanently. We had started the process over in the UK , but we were in Scotland and everything has to be done down in London. It cost to much to fly back and forth all the time and my visa expired in June , which meant we couldn't do it from there and the petition was going to expire at the end of August so we decided I would come back, he would come over to help bring the kids then head back to Scotland to sort out the house , etc. Our eldest had such a hard time , he didn't want to leave and here we are 3 1/2 months past the 90 days. Please feel free to ask anything you need to know. I truly appreciate the help.

Melody

My husband and I have been together for 10 years , married for 4 1/2. We have 2 children , one born in the U.S the other born in Scotland ( which is where my husband is from). I have lived in the U.K. for 6 years on a visa , but we were married in the U.S. My visa had expired for the UK so my children and I moved back to the states on Aug. 1st. My husband came with us , to help with the children (the youngest was only 3 months). My husband was going to go back after the 90 days but our oldest child was having such a hard time adjusting to school , she even got sent to the school GC for 6 weeks because of her anxiety. With all this going on my husband wouldn't leave, afraid it would cause her more stress. We went to talk to a lawyer last week and he said we had 3 options : 1. Leave the country for a week and come back because he hasn't overstayed by 180 days so they legally cant bar him from entry (they can shorten the time he is allowed to stay) 2. Go ahead and file because he hasn't overstayed long enough to be barred but he does run the risk of being picked up or 3. File with the waiver ( the I 162 the one you would use if you overstayed or had been banned)

Would just like some advice if anyone has been in a similar situation. Thank you!