Naylor, GA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

Generally, a U.S. Citizen may marry a foreign national in another country and then succeed in consular processing for the foreign national spouse to be able to enter the U.S. and become a Lawful Permanent Resident (to get a "Green Card"). It would be wise to engage a U.S. immigration to learn all of the relevant facts about your husband and your marriage in order to be able to advise about eligibilities, options and strategies, and to represent you and your husband in the application process. Some immigration law firms, including mine, offer legal services on a "flat fee" basis so that a client will know the total expense from the very beginning, and a few immigration law firms, including mine, offer an initial consultation free of charge.

Generally, a Form I-130 Application for Relative Alien may be filed and approved regardless of whether the beneficiary remains subject to the 10-year bar. Although not clear from your message, I presume that only the consular processing step was denied, and the Form I-130 application remains pending or perhaps has been approved. If you had been represented by an immigration attorney, you could have avoided the costs and waste of time involved in seeking consular processing before you were eligible, and it would be wise to engage an immigration attorney now, who after learning all of the relevant information about you and your immigration history would be able to advise you about the most appropriate steps to take this year to achieve your goals as promptly as possible.