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    Applied for wife's I-130....please review

    We understand that there could be a 10 year ban. What I am referring to is that when people are approved, they also get a time penalty of several months.
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    Did you (or your relative) file yourself or did you use an attorney?

    So far, no. The attorneys here want anywhere between $1200 and $2K just to file the I-130. All they do is fill it out, and send it in for you. After that, they told us we would need to find an attorney in Mexico that works with the local consultate to keep working on the case. $1200 to...
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    Applied for wife's I-130....please review

    Wow...thank you. Those are the kinds of things we have been told by the attorneys. We have also been told that sometimes, the consulate will penalize the applying person with a penalty of time before they are allowed to return, which is why she returned voluntarily, as a show of good faith to...
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    Applied for wife's I-130....please review

    ^definitely attorneys. EVERY single one said that she would have to leave for an interview in Ciudad Juarez, in Mexico. All of them said we would have to prove hardship, and would have to go for the waivers. I have heard about the notaries doing that I-130s for cheap, and I made sure to check...
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    Applied for wife's I-130....please review

    thanks for the info.... OK, I spoke to probably 50 lawyers, and ALL of them said the same thing. We apply for the I-130. She will get an interview date, which would be in Mexico. She goes to Mexico to the interview, and we apply for the waiver. The waiver is granted, and she is eligible...
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    Applied for wife's I-130....please review

    Hi there, New to the forum. Wife entered the country without inspection in March 2001. We were married in Aug 2003, and were waiting for an immigration law to pass, which obviously never did. I am a naturalized citizen. Spoke to many, many lawyers, and all said the same thing...
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