What is the name of your state? Nevada
I came to the United States in September 1999 on a tourist visa, which was only good for six months. Technically, I've been here illegally since March of 2000. There was absolutely nothing I could've done about my visa. I'd have to go back and then reapply. I'm from Azerbaijan, which used to be part of the former Soviet Union. I was able to come here because at the time I was working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and it was my vacation. In May of 2006 me and my boyfriend for the past 4+ years became proud parents of a baby boy. Last May we purchased a marriage license. Wedding plans right now are subject to financial difficulties. I was wondering whether the fact that my child is a US citizen changes my situation in any way. I always had a job since the age of 16, and back home supported both parents who lost their jobs as a result of the collapse of the USSR. I want to be able to go to work again, have that sense of accomplishment.
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I copied and pasted this from my follow-up post on another message board:
My boyfriend, baby's father, is a US citizen. We have a marriage license but right now all that is up in the air. However, I'm illegal, he's a citizen, and he's on baby's birth certificate. So basically I have no rights whatsoever. Right now my son and his father are staying with grandma, and I'm homeless all alone, conveniently discarded, with no rights to even try and fight for my son...
Any advice would be tremendously appreciated.
I need to get my life on track, and take care of my son. His father can continue living with his mom who'll be 77 this January; same situation he was in when I first met his mother and him. Mom would never kick him out, he could be unemployed yet he'll always have roof over his head, bed to sleep in, cigarettes and beer. We've had our own place thanks to a rental voucher from Catholic charities for two months, October & November. During that time he didn't bother to get a job to make sure we have a place to stay come the holidays. Now I've been discarded and forgotten, and they know I have no rights, being illegal and all, and have now been separated from my little boy for well over 3 weeks... Somebody, please help me, there's got to be something I can do!What is the name of your state?
I came to the United States in September 1999 on a tourist visa, which was only good for six months. Technically, I've been here illegally since March of 2000. There was absolutely nothing I could've done about my visa. I'd have to go back and then reapply. I'm from Azerbaijan, which used to be part of the former Soviet Union. I was able to come here because at the time I was working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and it was my vacation. In May of 2006 me and my boyfriend for the past 4+ years became proud parents of a baby boy. Last May we purchased a marriage license. Wedding plans right now are subject to financial difficulties. I was wondering whether the fact that my child is a US citizen changes my situation in any way. I always had a job since the age of 16, and back home supported both parents who lost their jobs as a result of the collapse of the USSR. I want to be able to go to work again, have that sense of accomplishment.
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I copied and pasted this from my follow-up post on another message board:
My boyfriend, baby's father, is a US citizen. We have a marriage license but right now all that is up in the air. However, I'm illegal, he's a citizen, and he's on baby's birth certificate. So basically I have no rights whatsoever. Right now my son and his father are staying with grandma, and I'm homeless all alone, conveniently discarded, with no rights to even try and fight for my son...
Any advice would be tremendously appreciated.
I need to get my life on track, and take care of my son. His father can continue living with his mom who'll be 77 this January; same situation he was in when I first met his mother and him. Mom would never kick him out, he could be unemployed yet he'll always have roof over his head, bed to sleep in, cigarettes and beer. We've had our own place thanks to a rental voucher from Catholic charities for two months, October & November. During that time he didn't bother to get a job to make sure we have a place to stay come the holidays. Now I've been discarded and forgotten, and they know I have no rights, being illegal and all, and have now been separated from my little boy for well over 3 weeks... Somebody, please help me, there's got to be something I can do!What is the name of your state?