Glynn County, GA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

Significantly more information is needed in order to provide a legal analysis, but generally if you entered the U.S. lawfully and with inspection and then became married to a U.S. citizen you may succeed in a marriage-based adjustment of status application process notwithstanding that your wife is unemployed. As you appear to recognize, if your wife does not have sufficient documentable income, then it will be important to have a joint sponsor. If your wife's uncle is a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident, if he has sufficient documentable income and if he is willing to assume the responsibilities contemplated in the Affidavit of Support, then he may qualify as a joint sponsor. There really is no substitute for you and your wife to consult with an immigration attorney who, after learning all of the relevant information, could advise about eligibilities, options and strategies to attain your goals, and who then could offer legal representation in the often complex application process.

Although not clear from your question, it sounds like you have been asked to serve as a joint sponsor for your aunt's immigration application. To do so, in addition to providing documentary evidence of your earnings, you would need to sign an Affidavit of Support, by which you essentially would safeguard the government from having to pay needs-based benefits to your aunt after she were to become a Lawful Permanent Resident. The obligation can last a long time - often for 10 years or until the beneficiary may become a U.S. citizen. It is important for you to learn the details about that obligation in order to make an informed decision about helping in that way.

Although not entirely clear from your question, I presume that when you initially applied for and were approved for a Permanent Resident Card (a "Green Card"), you disclosed all of the offenses you mentioned and provided to the USCIS certified court disposition documents. If that is accurate, then those criminal offenses should not stand in the way of eligibility to renew your "Green Card." Nonetheless, the matter can be complicated. It would be wise for you to consult with an immigration attorney who, after learning all of the relevant information, could advise about eligibilities, options and strategies to attain your goals, and who then could offer legal representation in the often complex application process.