kaitee27

Hello everyone,

While in the process of gathering documents and money to send the package to Immigration; I realized of a problem.

We were very confident with how much my husband makes a year, being far above the poverty lines. But since he didn't work the whole year of 2008 (he started @ his job in may, so he's missing 4 months) on the tax returns for 2008 it shows less than the required ammount. We thought it'd be ok since we'll be asking for an Employment letter from his boss and it'll show how much he makes a year. But browsing through the forums, i found some info about Immigration paying extra attention to last year's taxes and if the ammount is not met, even though the sponsor is making the required ammount this year, they'll deny it. Is this true?

Since I found that info, I've been looking for a co-sponsor and the only person that'd be able to help us is a friend of mine; the thing is, she already sponsored someone (her daughter) last year. So I'd like to know if she'd still be able to be my co-sponsor. I think it'd be ok as long as she makes enough money a year, but I'm not sure and would like some input on this pls.

If she's able to co-sponsor, what documents should we ask her for?

Any kind of advice and tips will be welcome.

Thanks in advance!!

Anybody living in Wichita, KS??

Hello everyone,

I know some of you will start judging me right away but pls don't, i'm in need of help right now so i don't really want ppl telling me that i haven't made the wisest decisions in the past. I already know that and I would really appreciate it if I can get some answers

I came to the US approx. 6 years ago, i entered the country as a tourist and decided to overstay (i got 6 months to stay).

I don't want to type a huuuuge thing so i'm just going to say i went through a lot of stuff and decided to start working ilegally (using fake documents). <-- I know that was very stupid.

A few years ago i met my husband (we just got married last month) and now we're trying to adjust my status so i can become a resident.

I'm not currently working (i quit last year when my husband (back then boyfriend) and i decided to move in together and i had to move far away from where i was working at that moment).

Back when i was working, Even though I was doing it ilegally, I always did my taxes, every single year (I got an ITIN number form the IRS).

My husband and I are currently working on the whole package to send to immigration and I don't know what to do regarding the question about employment history on form G-325A.

I don't want to lie but I'm scared. And sadly we can't afford an immigration lawyer since their rates are extremely high; we decided to take care of the whole thing by ourselves and luckily i found this great site.

I asked a person that works with immigration lawyers (she's like an assistant or secretary) and she told me I shouldn't tell them I've been working ilegally because they could deport me and that it doesn't matter that I'm the wife of an US citizen.

She claims that's what the lawyers she works for always tell their clients.

I told her that i don't want to lie, what if they find out (they could check with the IRS and see I've been doing my taxes, right?) and I'm not able to adjust my status?

Basically I'd like to know if any of you have gone through this and what did you guys do? What's going to happen when i send my G-325A with my ilegal employment history? Should i also send my taxes transcripts? How do i attach them? or should i wait and see if they ask me to take them to the interview?

I'm really lost because I don't know if I should lie about working ilegally or just give them my employment history and expect to be forgiven for being the wife of a US citizen.

Any pointers?

Thank you all for reading and for trying to help me!! I really appreciate it.