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matmertin2016 the Catch-22 is that I need a job to to sponsor my husband, but can't get a job until we move there with his greencard, which I can't get until I can sponsor him.
Why is your reply so vindictive? I shouldn't waste my time justifying myself but I will do so in the hopes that you think about further responses to people on this website:
NO we are not planning on "moving back to get support via food stamps and welfare/unemployment benefits." We are are both highly educated with post graduate degrees and perfectly capable of working. It just happens that the immigrant in my situation is the only one working, as I stay home to look after our 3 small children so have no income of my own at the moment. Obviously I cannot move back to the States with my 3 kids and get a job and then go through the CR-1 process because then we would be separated from my husband and the kids from their father for up to 12-18 months.
NO the country will not need to support us. We will have plenty of money and support once we sell our house and move there. I don't think I should have to ask someone to sign an I-864, which is no small thing, when we are capable of supporting ourselves. However I do think if the USA looked at countries with government subsidised programs like healthcare, the American people would be much better off.
NO I didn't just "wake up one day and say 'hey it's Friday today and I want to pick up and move to USA.'" This is not something that people with 3 small children would take lightly. It has been discussed and thought about for years. It is not an easy decision, especially since we are living in the equally great country of Australia (which, by the way, fully supports migrants when they arrive with full medical benefits and some financial help while they get on their feet).
There is a lot of planning in my decision. My situation is a bit unique to the generic CR-1 process, and the system is not "put in place so I will think further of my decision." It is put in place to ensure that those granted residency are good, well-meaning people who will contribute to society and be positive citizens in our country. My husband will definitely be one of them - are you?

How is it a catch 22?!
You will have no job, he will have no job... how will you live/survive in the USA? The system is put in place to prevent this; so not sure how you claim its a catch 22?
Are you planning in moving back to get support via food stamps and welfare/unemployment benefits!? the rest of the country should not have to support people migrating over here.
Maybe you should think about how you're going about this, like what did you wake up one day and go "hey its friday today and I just want to pick up move to USA". You need to put planning into your decisions and the system ensures you do so....