britlady70

I have it covered thanks Boiler. No issues there.

Thank you everyone for your help here. I have not had chance today to read or repy to all the posts. I have to go back out again now, but I will be checking back ASAP to read them all. Thanks again! :-)

Yes I have the OK of course. And my oldest is 17, youngest 10.

xjoseyx Thank you!

What is "AOS" "OP" "EAD" "VWP" and B visa please??

Gee aint it great, you fall in love and get married assuming you can stay together in the so called free US or free UK. Only to be made to feel like you are some kind of a criminal because of it. I guess I will have to go home and try all I can. There seems to be nothing I can do from here.

@ boiler I guess reformed baptists are poorer people than the other denominational preachers. Because no one we know meets the required sallary for a co sponsor or would be prepared to take on that responsibility. We actually want to live in the UK and would prefer it to here, we just do not want to be split up for years. I wish I had a crystal ball to know if I can easily find good work back home quicky enough, but we do own our own home here and could sell for the savings required to go to the UK, if the house will sell, the market is slow right now. Could take a long time. Kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. Also thanks for all the advice guys but I have no idea what all the abreviations are for, I know you are all probably experts in all this, but some of us lesser mortals needs things in simpler terms please! :-)

If I were to return to the US, I would not come on a visa waiver program so that is fine. Are you absolutely sure about the10 year ban? And no we cannot get a co sponsor at all right now, not for lack of trying. So is it possible to stay and adjust? I was under the impression from other forums it is better to leave and re apply from home instead of run the risk of a 10 year ban staying here. So much conflicting advice and I cannot afford an immigration lawyer! Very frustrating.

My situation is very complicated and I have no idea where to turn to right now, I am just hoping someone on here can help me.

I am a UK citizen born and raised there. I married my US husband 3 years ago and I have been in the USA ever since. I originally entered the US on ESTA visa waiver that my airline said I had to apply for. But that is all I have obtained and that expired after my first year here. My original intentions was to come here and marry and we were going to go back to England together. My husband is in love with England and it is his dream to go there. We planned on returning before my waiver had expired, but one thing lead to another and mostly financial reasons prevented us from being able to apply for UK citizenship for my husband. I have two UK citizen sons also, who are both here with me and are attending US schools. I entered the country legally and married my husband with the intentions of us all returning to the UK. We both were involved in a car accident that took up all our savings on medical expenses and new vehicle. My husbands health was greatly effected too. My husband is a preacher and the money he earns is sporadic and sometimes none at all. He is desperately looking for secular work so he can support us and so we can make some permanent status changes one way or the other but so far he is having no luck. It has got to the point that now I have to make a decision to return on my own steam to the UK with my kids because it has become impossible for us to stay here on the little money my husband earns. and I am scared about our legal status also. I recently discovered that if I contact the UK embassy they may help me with the cost of travel back home. But I am scared to do that in case I will not be allowed to return if my husband cannot come to England either. The immigration process in the UK seems much harder than the US. I could return to England and return to work and save enough money for the immigration costs etc. I am so worried our family will be split up because of this. I had no idea everything would be so complicated and expensive marrying someone from a different country. I am going to make my situation worse by returning or will it go in my favour? I have a place to stay with friends. But I cannot afford my air fare yet. I am willing to leave ASAP if needed. I have no problem with that, I just don't want my family being split up permanently and we just don't have the finances to return. Also will I run into any trouble on connecting flights from my local airport to the international airport? I would hate for my children to experience any trauma with security there.