I came to the United States on a Tourist visa in 2005. When the 6 months expired I filed for an extension. It took a very long time to hear back from the immigration office. I then didn't need the extension anymore because I got married to an American April 2006. We then actually wanted to fill out the paperwork and right away hand everything in.

The problem is we have now been married for a year and 4 months and he still hasn't filled out his portion of the paperwork. I am pregnant right now and really need to know my rights and how to handle this situation. I can't work. I can't go anywhere because I wouldn't be able to come back into the country. I really need to figure out what to do.

Any advice?

Dana.
I am sorry to hear about your situation. I sounds like you are in the country illegally, and in order to make sure all forms and files are completed you should really get a lawyer to help you out. I have heard that lawyers can charge around $2500 for dealing with marriage related applications. There are several things to your story which needs to be sorted like:
- have you filed for a green card?
- did you complete all the marriage paper requirements?
- are you in the country illegally now?

Don't listen to people. Get a lawyer who can sort things out for you. If you do have the baby in the U.S., it is automatically a U.S. citizen.

D.

Similar situation to mine. My husband didn't even stick around for the paperwork.

Its true your baby will be a US citizen but that is useless information for your current situation.

People who do not understand will always ask did you try and get a green card etc like we didn't think of that!

Lawyers charge loads and don't even really help in this matter. Pay a fee for a consultation only just to get an idea then do as the Mexicans do cos they ought to know. Go to your catholic church who has an immigration section and they will be direct and honest of what you can do.

Other than that it is my experience that its a no win situation. We are screwed if we stay and screwed if we leave. Obviously you want to stay otherwise you would have gone home.

Get in touch also with a woman's protection society, there is a lot of red tape mind, you have to have lived together for them to take you seriously, married or not. I'm up shits creek cause my husband and I lived in a hotel so I cannot get any help for the domestic violence he subjected me to, but you are pregnant and im pretty sure that elevates the dynamics here.

Let me know. Perhaps we can help each other. Read my crappy situation under "Can I marry, stay, or divorce-----or something like that!

Almost the same, but different. I have been with my husband eleven years and have two sons with him. We married June of 2006 and now I don't know what to do to help him get what he needs to stay in the country. Right now we are miles apart trying to survive, I have a good job in Nebraska and he is in Arizona working for a cousin just to get by. He chose to live there for fear, of taking from my kids and myself. He doesn't want to be a "freeloader" and doesn't want to be in my household if I receive state medical coverage for our kids. But being miles apart isn't helping with the fact "we are a family". What do I do? I want to file for his papers, but don't know which ones to do. My kids love their dad, and now pick up the cell phone and say this is my "Dad". How sad!?

any advice?
Squiroz

OK, you're good, the two of you are together, nobody has walked out and left the other in the lurch.

Now you simply go ahead with the whole attorney process, which involves gathering paperwork from the both of you and sending it off with a fee of around 2 maybe 3 thousand I cant remember exactly, it increased around early June.

The only clause is you simply MUST be living together. The whole point of a marriage is to be together and the whole point of immigration is to sift out the fraud marriages from the genuine. Free loading or not, he has to get over that otherwise im sorry to say but so long as you live far apart this looks like a fake marriage and will never help his situation to stay!

In response to your post on Husband wont fill out paperwork, but it will not let me post on forum so im sending you advice via mail. OK, you're good, the two of you are together, nobody has walked out and left the other in the lurch.

Now you simply go ahead with the whole attorney process, which involves gathering paperwork from the both of you and sending it off with a fee of around 2 maybe 3 thousand I cant remember exactly, it increased around early June.

The only clause is you simply MUST be living together. The whole point of a marriage is to be together and the whole point of immigration is to sift out the fraud marriages from the genuine. Free loading or not, he has to get over that otherwise im sorry to say but so long as you live far apart this looks like a fake marriage and will never help his situation to stay!

I WILL say try to apply for I-130 and that should help you to get a green card .the good news is your not left out you husband just need the information and he is willing to do it get a info pass appointment and head to the nearest USCIS office they don't help much but you will get little info USCIS has the form to print and send its too bad they raise the fee everyday's it looks like does the economy has some to do with this ?