Morgan Hill, CA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

If the USCIS did not deny your i-751, petition to remove condition, on the ground of marriage fraud, your second husband can file petition for you. On the other hand, if it was denied on marriage fraud, your second husband may encounter problem in his I-130 visa petition for you due to a special immigration law that bars immigrant visa for anyone who engaged in marriage fraud. You better retain immigration counsel to assist you.

Please check with your attorney that you have no probation or anything else. Sometimes in such cases the courts essentially want you to stay out of trouble for a number of months and if you get in another trouble, you get a sentence and possibly jail time. If you have any conditions of this nature, you cannot yet apply for the citizenship. You must wait until that time set by the court runs up. If you do not have anything like that, and if your case if final and 100% concluded (check with your lawyer), you are technically eligible to apply for your citizenship. However, your "moral character" will come into question. The USCIS may deny your citizenship if they find, basically, that you do not have good moral character. So you need to submit several letters from your friends, neighbors, colleagues, any community organizations to which you may belong (a church, for example) to state that you are a good person. If you helped someone, ask them for a letter. If you volunteer someplace, or you babysit for someone, ask for their letters. You do not have to explain your issue; just tell the people that you are applying for US citizenship and would like their recommendation. Each person should state their status (they should be either US citizens (better) or lawful permanent residents), name, address, and phone number. Those letter will help support your argument that this shoplifting was a one-time slip-up and you are a good person. Be prepared to explain why you did what you did if you are asked that question in an interview. But without those letters you may have trouble right now with getting approved.

OK so if you are a US citizen, and you married your husband who is a foreign national, then you can sponsor him for a green card provided that he entered the United States with a visa. If he crossed the border without permission or without a visa, then you can still sponsor him but you are going to need a waiver. Consider working with an attorney to handle your paperwork. Some of his charge a very affordable flat fee, with no hidden costs, and process the case from beginning to end, which takes about one year. My office handles cases in every state in the country and cases all over the world.