Don't know where to start

[Angelia]

My boyfriend came from Mexico at the age of 15 illegally to help his family in Mexico. We have lived togather since 1999. Had a daughter in 2003 and I'm pregnant now with a son due Nov 2007. In SC couldn't get married because he had no valid SS#. Even though before the law changed we were common law married. Now that doesn't count but by law here half of everything I own is his and half of everything he owns is mine. Right now we both work. But companies are required by law this month to check validity of all SS# and report any that are not good. So it want be long before he loses his job. Which has me worried since I'm so far along in my pregnancy and at the stage now where I need to step out of work. I''m so worried immigration will find him and take him away. I looking into how to get married and start the process of getting him a work permit. I have no problem after the baby's born returning back to work and let him stay at home to take care of kids. Just so he doesn't get caught. The financial strain would be hard but we could take it as long as he was here with us. But then knowing once the papers go through that he'll have to return to mexico for up to a year scares me to. I really can't live like this anymore. Need lots of help on how to get started. I prayed to God last night to help me find a way to do this. He lead me to this site. I agree with so many others on how the US are treating these illegals who only come over here to better there lifes and help there families. And to the US citizen who fall in love and start families with these illegals it makes me feel that I've done something wrong and am illegal also because I fell in love and started my family. I hope whoever reads this understands my blabbering as I'm sitting here scared, confused, and my mind is all jumbled up with thoughts. Doesn't help that I can barely see the screen through the tears filling my eyes and running down my face.

[aussiewench]

I've not heard of the requirement for an SSN to get married. People get married in the US all the time even when neither are citizens, LPRs etc. When I married my husband (US citizen), all I needed to show was my birth certificate.

As for the law you refer to, there is an injunction against it being implemented.

8/31/2007

Court Halts Government From Implementing Flawed Social Security No-Match Rule

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge today issued an order temporarily blocking the government from implementing a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule that would cause U.S. citizens and other authorized workers to lose their jobs, and which would illegally use error-prone social security records as a tool for immigration enforcement. The judge's order also stops the Social Security Administration (SSA) from beginning to send notices on Tuesday to approximately 140,000 employers across the country notifying them of the new rule, which would impact approximately eight million workers.

See here for FULL STORY (http://www.aclu.org/immigrants/workplace/31537prs20070831.html)


No-match" TRO (http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/immigrants/aflcio_v_chertoff_tro.pdf)
Filed August 31, 2007

To file the I-130 once you are married, see Guides to Filing the I-130 Petition (http://www.familybasedimmigration.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12)

[cherrycandy001]

Hi Angelia...
As far as ya'll getting married there are different counties with different laws. You would have to do some research and find a county near you that will allow you to marry. If you do that then you can file the I-130 petition for alien relative. You send that and once it gets approved. You send the DS-230 and I-864. About a year after they have received everything you will get an appointment to go to Ciudad Juarez Mexico. He will have an interview where they will tell him that he's banned for 10 years..and that he qualifies to submit an I-601 pardon to waive the 10 year ban. You then go to your info pass appointment where you submit your waiver (i-601) if all goes well he will leave with his visa. In my case I was out of the country only a couple of days. I'll get you a link to my post about my experience.

Theres a different route you can take...fiance visa...but I am not to sure how that goes but I'm sure someone else will chime in.

[princesa]

Angelia, I know its hard, but take a deep breath and know you are in the right place. There are many people here that can answer your questions. From what I understand the fiance visa is a faster route if you are not married.

We have numerous members here that have went to CDJ for the first interview, had the InfoPass appt a couple days later and came back home with their significant other. Start looking at the different types of Visas on the Immigration website. And I know others will chime in shortly with much more information than I have.

Good luck and God Bless!

[cherrycandy001]

http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1441
here is the link to my experience in CDJ

[kitkat1]

A fiance visa would be much faster - no year-long wait for an interview.

Start by reading the guide here:

http://www.familybasedimmigration.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13

and then read every link in my signature to understand the process.

[Angelia]

Thanks for all your input. This gives me a place to begin at least. I'll get to researching this fiance VISA.

[Angelia]

Just a quick question the fiance VISA can be filed if he's over here illegally?

[kitkat1]

It's a fiance visa petition and yes it can be filed and will be approved. But keep in mind that having a petition in process or approved does NOT protect him in any way from being deported due his illegal presence.

The visa itself will be denied at the consular interview and he will need to file a waiver.

http://www.familybasedimmigration.com/forum/waivers.php

As long as the requirements of a fiance ( fiancee ) or spousal visa petition are met, the petition will be approved. (An approved petition is simply an approval for the foreign fiance ( fiancee ) or spouse to have the privilege of interviewing for a fiance ( fiancee ) or spousal visa at their consulate). An Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility (Form 601) becomes necessary when a visa applicant has been determined to be “inadmissible” based on one more visa ineligibilities.