I-212 is making me CRAZY!

[Lonely-in-Ireland 0]

Hello, my name is Erin and i am a US citezen from St. Louis, MO. I married my Irish husband in February of 2004. When we married, he had overstayed a Visa Waiver by about 2 years. We hired a lawyer immediately, and filed all of the appropriate paper work to get him a green card. My husband withink a month or two, recieved his SS card and a work permit. We had our interview in November of 2004 and heard absolutely nothing afterward. Until September 22, 2005 when police and immigration officials removed my husband from our home early in the morning while i was at work, took him to prison where he then spent 2 months awaiting deportation for his previous overstay that we were told by our laywer, would not matter. So in November 2005 after his deprotation and recieving his 10 yr ban for overstaying, i moved to Ireland with my hubby. Where we have been living since, awaiting approval to come home. We filed our I-130 and I-129 in January 06 and got our first approval notice, in June. Since then, everything has gona smoothly to date. Yesterday we recieved the notice saying that our paperwork was on its way to the Embassy in dublin having had the Financial support approved. So i should now be recieveing our last packet with what we need for our interveiw right? Since he has the 10yr ban, we are going to file a I-212 waiver request, which i have researched now, and it looks like it is pretty hard to get!..And i am getting so worried! We have no major hardships if it is denied, except that, the USA is where we made our home, i come fro a very small family or 3 people, and being away is killing all of us. There are also debts in america that will not be able to be paid until i come home. The hardship would be mainly on myself, i dont know how much more stress i can take. So, what should i do?..I have heard that they will not Approve us on our I-130 because we need to file and 1-212, but we cant file the 212 until we goto the 130 interveiw...so how does this work?...We go through the 130 interveiw as normal, wait for them to say no, then request to file an 212, wait for that to be approved, then REDO another 130 interveiw?.....I am just SOOO confused! How long do you think i have left until we can go home. My husband has no criminal record or anything, anywhere. Or do you think that they will approve our 130,and then just say "Ok, now all you need is your 212, then you are DONE!?"....Im pretty sure we couldnt get that lucky though!...PLEASE HELP< I NEED ADVISE!

And what do i need to be ready to file the I-212 beside the money?

[nathmc31 0]

Hello, my name is Erin and i am a US citizen from St. Louis, MO. I married my Irish husband in February of 2004. When we married, he had overstayed a Visa Waiver by about 2 years. We hired a lawyer immediately, and filed all of the appropriate paper work to get him a green card. My husband withink a month or two, recieved his SS card and a work permit. We had our interview in November of 2004 and heard absolutely nothing afterward. Until September 22, 2005 when police and immigration officials removed my husband from our home early in the morning while i was at work, took him to prison where he then spent 2 months awaiting deportation for his previous overstay that we were told by our lawyer, would not matter. So in November 2005 after his deprotation and recieving his 10 yr ban for overstaying, i moved to Ireland with my hubby. Where we have been living since, awaiting approval to come home. We filed our I-130 and I-129 in January 06 and got our first approval notice, in June. Since then, everything has gona smoothly to date. Yesterday we recieved the notice saying that our paperwork was on its way to the Embassy in dublin having had the Financial support approved. So i should now be recieveing our last packet with what we need for our interveiw right? Since he has the 10yr ban, we are going to file a I-212 waiver request, which i have researched now, and it looks like it is pretty hard to get!..And i am getting so worried! We have no major hardships if it is denied, except that, the USA is where we made our home, i come fro a very small family or 3 people, and being away is killing all of us. There are also debts in america that will not be able to be paid until i come home. The hardship would be mainly on myself, i dont know how much more stress i can take. So, what should i do?..I have heard that they will not Approve us on our I-130 because we need to file and 1-212, but we cant file the 212 until we goto the 130 interveiw...so how does this work?...We go through the 130 interveiw as normal, wait for them to say no, then request to file an 212, wait for that to be approved, then REDO another 130 interveiw?.....I am just SOOO confused! How long do you think i have left until we can go home. My husband has no criminal record or anything, anywhere. Or do you think that they will approve our 130,and then just say "Ok, now all you need is your 212, then you are DONE!?"....Im pretty sure we couldnt get that lucky though!...PLEASE HELP< I NEED ADVISE!

And what do i need to be ready to file the I-212 beside the money?

You will go to the interview and obviously the consular officer will deny him a visa. You are allowed to file the waiver and not all are denied. I would have the waiver ready to go when you attend the interview and file it the same day. You will need to do a hardship letter stating the US CITIZEN'S hardships not the applicants hardships. The hardships being what they would be if you couldn't return to live in the US. Look on the website www.immigrate2us.net they have a lot of examples of approved hardship letters as well as denied hardship letters. If your not confident in writing the hardship letter yourself then talk to an attorney, check their credentials because a lot of them are bogus. Its all a process that USCIS needs to go to. If your hardships are good you will get approved. I had to file a waiver for 2 crimes that I committed 6 years ago and I got mine approved no problem, so don't live you life without hope because you never know what they will say.