Hello,
Short bio, I'm a Dutch citizen living in the UK with my wife and 2 children (all three have US citizenship, we got married 5 years ago).
A few years ago we were living in the UK when my wife got pregnant with our second child, since we thought it would be hard with two young children and no family, we went back to the US for the birth of our second child. The original plan was that I was returning to the UK after the birth and then wrap up things in the UK and we could apply for a green card for me to come over or my wife and children would come to the UK after a while depending on what was easier.
We were staying with my wife's parents and everything was fine until the birth, which was harder than expected and my wife needed a bit more help. Unfortunately my mother-in-law couldn't help due to other family members needing/demanding help as well, this left my wife rather alone and forced me to overstay my ESTA. Because of that we were basically forced to move to the UK, when family got the message they said they'd help us out by paying the $1500 for the change of status and be a sponsor for the green card, since my wife wasn't making any money.
This dragged on for a bit until the family member decided to back-out of the sponsorship, so I had to get back to the UK after all when my wife was capable to taking care of the children herself. When my wife and children finally made it back to the UK, Brexit happened and we're quite unsure if my wife can stay here. Because of this my wife wants to move back to the US.
Now I spoke to a lawyer in my wife's hometown and he said that because of my overstay I was banned from the US for 10 years but he could help out and apply for a 'extreme hardship' case when my green card application gets rejected because I'm the only sole provider for our family, our children won't be able to be with me and the education opportunities for our children in the US. Though he gave helpful advice and quoted about $8k for their services, I don't feel entirely confident in their ability and would like to know if anyone knows or has experience with immigration lawyers and the 'extreme hardship' waivers and could give any recommendations (lawyers) or advice?
If it helps anything, my wife and her family reside in Illinois.
Thanks in advance.
Short bio, I'm a Dutch citizen living in the UK with my wife and 2 children (all three have US citizenship, we got married 5 years ago).
A few years ago we were living in the UK when my wife got pregnant with our second child, since we thought it would be hard with two young children and no family, we went back to the US for the birth of our second child. The original plan was that I was returning to the UK after the birth and then wrap up things in the UK and we could apply for a green card for me to come over or my wife and children would come to the UK after a while depending on what was easier.
We were staying with my wife's parents and everything was fine until the birth, which was harder than expected and my wife needed a bit more help. Unfortunately my mother-in-law couldn't help due to other family members needing/demanding help as well, this left my wife rather alone and forced me to overstay my ESTA. Because of that we were basically forced to move to the UK, when family got the message they said they'd help us out by paying the $1500 for the change of status and be a sponsor for the green card, since my wife wasn't making any money.
This dragged on for a bit until the family member decided to back-out of the sponsorship, so I had to get back to the UK after all when my wife was capable to taking care of the children herself. When my wife and children finally made it back to the UK, Brexit happened and we're quite unsure if my wife can stay here. Because of this my wife wants to move back to the US.
Now I spoke to a lawyer in my wife's hometown and he said that because of my overstay I was banned from the US for 10 years but he could help out and apply for a 'extreme hardship' case when my green card application gets rejected because I'm the only sole provider for our family, our children won't be able to be with me and the education opportunities for our children in the US. Though he gave helpful advice and quoted about $8k for their services, I don't feel entirely confident in their ability and would like to know if anyone knows or has experience with immigration lawyers and the 'extreme hardship' waivers and could give any recommendations (lawyers) or advice?
If it helps anything, my wife and her family reside in Illinois.
Thanks in advance.
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