Lyons, GA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

The process is relatively easy if your husband can prove he entered the US legally. If not, then it is not so easy and a waiver is needed. It is not easy at all if he had prior deportation/immigration history.

If the mother is still living, the mother may petition for her child. However, it's considered F1 or F3 priority (depending on whether the adult child is married or unmarried) and the priority date for both F1 and F3 petitions for Mexican citizens is currently in 1993. (Meaning it may be two decades before a visa number is available.) For immediate citizenship based on the citizenship of a parent, the child must be under 18.

Although not clear from your question, I presume that you are a U.S. citizen living in Sri Lanka. The U.S. citizen petitioning spouse indeed must file an Affidavit of Support that accurately shows his earnings, and if the earnings are $0 then that should be reported on the Affidavit of Support. With insufficient earnings to meet the requirements of the Form I-864P Guidelines, it will be necessary to have a "joint sponsor" too. The joint sponsor need not be a relative, but instead may be nearly any U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident living in the U.S. with sufficient documentable income, who is willing to assume the responsibilities specified in the Affidavit of Support. Some immigration law firms, including mine, offer legal services on a "flat fee" basis so that a client will know the total expense from the very beginning, and a few immigration law firms, including mine, offer an initial consultation free of charge.