why is it so hard to get papers for my husband if i’m an american citizen? any advice on how to get them quick
hlopez82 asked:
we live in CA. we have been married 3 years. we have applied for his papers but they say he will have to go back to mexico and be penalized 1-10 yrs. meaning he will not be allowed into the U.S. for up to 10 yrs. we have a baby together and a mortgage. any advice on anyone who has experience with this? please no rude or racist comments. (meximelt1970 not allowed to answer or i’ll report you to yahoo answers and have you taken off for your racism.)
it’s not my fault that other people abuse marriage and use it to get their papers. if this is “free” country then i have the right to marry whomever i choose.
mexico mortgage lender
we live in CA. we have been married 3 years. we have applied for his papers but they say he will have to go back to mexico and be penalized 1-10 yrs. meaning he will not be allowed into the U.S. for up to 10 yrs. we have a baby together and a mortgage. any advice on anyone who has experience with this? please no rude or racist comments. (meximelt1970 not allowed to answer or i’ll report you to yahoo answers and have you taken off for your racism.)
it’s not my fault that other people abuse marriage and use it to get their papers. if this is “free” country then i have the right to marry whomever i choose.
mexico mortgage lender
Posted by Admin on June 20th, 2008 :: Filed under Immigration
Tags :: American Citizen, Marriage, Mexico, Mortgage Advice, Racism
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June 23rd, 2008
It is so hard, dear, because that is the law. No one wants to reward illegals and the old route using marriage as an accelerator was abused by many many many people.
You are paying the price for a) getting involved with someone in the country illegally and b) the thousands of false marriages that came before you.
June 26th, 2008
It’s so hard because he broke the law by illegally being here. I suggest he go back to Mexico and he get processed legally. Keep anything that shows he can be here in good faith. I don’t think you’re going to find much support here saying otherwise.
June 29th, 2008
It is impossible to obtain papers for someone who has violated the law! You married someone who has committed a felony (illegal entry is a felony). Now you can try to move to his country of citizenship — he will have to obtain immigration papers for you.
He also must take the baby’s birth certificate to the nearest Mexican consulate and obtain a Mexican passport for your child. Since he was a Mexican citizen at the time of his child’s birth, his child is entitled to Mexican citizenship under Mexican and international law. This way you can take your child with you without any immigration hassles. He will only need to obtain immigration papers for you.
July 2nd, 2008
Wow. Sounds much like my situation, and my wife is in Mexico right now, stuck. I know almost exactly what you need, and it sounds like you would have a good case. PLEASE email me. I can tell you all sorts of helpful things.
By the way, as I have learned, there are many ignorant people when it comes to immigration, including the people that answered before me. I have the absolute facts on all this, and I am completely on your side here!
July 2nd, 2008
From what you’re saying, your husband entered the US illegally at some point and never had any legal status in the US. So, yes, as they told you, once his petition has been approved, it will be sent to the consulate in Cuidad Juarez, which does all of the immigrant visas for Mexico. Since he has been living illegally in the US for over a year, under US immigration law, he’s currently ineligible for any visa for 10 years, and can’t adjust to immigrant status in the US.
What they don’t appear to have told you is that he can apply for a waiver of the ineligibility through USCIS because he is married to an American citizen. Fortunately, USCIS has an office at the consulate that does little else but handle waiver requests. It adds a little time to the process and there are more fees to pay, but it can be done. If the only ineligibility he has is illegal presence in the US, chances are pretty good he’ll get the waiver. Once he does, he’ll get the visa, and he’ll be able to return legally to the US, get a green card and live with you happily everafter, more or less.
So, no need to get too upset, it can be done. No need to send him down to Juarez until the petition gets there. Check out uscis.gov or go down to the local office to get the I-601 waiver request. He will need it, so you might as well prepare it before he goes.
July 4th, 2008
I would have thought that once you are married to a unamerican person you would be able to get the papers but it might take a couple of years.