jasonanddenise
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My wife and are are wanting to immigrate from Australia to the US.
My wife is the US citizen and we have been married for 7 years and living in Australia for the past 6.5 years.
We met and married in the US however I overstayed my tourist visa by 18 months .
We went for our visa interview the other day in Sydney and they approved the I-130 and everything else but said because I overstayed my visa I have to apply for a I-601 waiver.
Could someone give me some advice as to how successful these applications are. We have done everything so far without a lawyer, now that we have hit this stumbling block should we enlist the help of one to get this through successfully?
We have a rough draft of a letter explaining our reasons for wanting to immigrate and what type of hardship.
Can anyone tell me what level of hardship is the criteria ?
What are our avenues if this application is rejected as well?
Thanks in advance
J
My wife is the US citizen and we have been married for 7 years and living in Australia for the past 6.5 years.
We met and married in the US however I overstayed my tourist visa by 18 months .
We went for our visa interview the other day in Sydney and they approved the I-130 and everything else but said because I overstayed my visa I have to apply for a I-601 waiver.
Could someone give me some advice as to how successful these applications are. We have done everything so far without a lawyer, now that we have hit this stumbling block should we enlist the help of one to get this through successfully?
We have a rough draft of a letter explaining our reasons for wanting to immigrate and what type of hardship.
Can anyone tell me what level of hardship is the criteria ?
What are our avenues if this application is rejected as well?
Thanks in advance
J