Few cases are ever simple in the immigration practice, but your husband's just might be one of them. If he came to the U.S. with a visa and never left, has no criminal history, and never was ordered deported by the Immigration Court, and if you are a U.S. citizen, then you can file an immigrant petition for your husband together with his applications for adjustment of status, employment authorization card, and a travel document. You would also have to show that you have enough income to support your husband (so that he "would not become a public burden" receiving welfare, foodstamps, etc.); if your family consists of only you and your husband, you need to show $19387; add about $5000 for each dependant you have in your family. If you don't have enough income, you will need to find someone (a relative or a friend) who would agree to become a co-sponsor for your husband. The co-sponsor must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and has to have enough income to satidfy the norms for his own family plus one (for example, if the co-sponsor has a dependent wife and child, he would have to show income over the minimum for a family of four (himself, his wife, his child, plus the alien he agrees to sponsor) - $29437. If all the paperwork will be done right, USCIS will call your husband for fingerprints and then call you both for an intervview to determine whether your marriage is real. Basically, if USCIS will decide that your marriage is real, your husband will receive a green card.
Answered on Apr 05th, 2013 at 6:27 PM