Estimated wait time

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My husband and I hired a lawyer to help with his entire process. He is in the US illegal and the lawyer told us he did not have to go back to Mexico until we got the interview date. He basically said since he is already here illegally what difference would it make if he went back before the interview date except to make our separation longer. He said it could take up to 8 months after the interview for my husband to get to come back to the US. Looking at alot of timelines here, alot of you find out at the interview you are approved and back in the US within a week or sooner. Does anyone have any advice on why they are telling us it could be up to 8 months we will be separated?

[germangel 0]

possibly because your husband needs a waiver for overstay. this waiver will take a while but I thought it was around 3-4 months.

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My husband and I hired a lawyer to help with his entire process. He is in the US illegal and the lawyer told us he did not have to go back to Mexico until we got the interview date. He basically said since he is already here illegally what difference would it make if he went back before the interview date except to make our separation longer. He said it could take up to 8 months after the interview for my husband to get to come back to the US. Looking at alot of timelines here, alot of you find out at the interview you are approved and back in the US within a week or sooner. Does anyone have any advice on why they are telling us it could be up to 8 months we will be separated?

Your ILLEGAL situation is what makes it hard for me to sit here and wait for my LEGAL application to take due process. However, I wish you well in trying to put this right........it is not always easy to do the right thing. You will also see from the timelines that for some who get RFEs it can take alot longer than expected.

Edited April 1, 2006 by RMHurd