any chances?

[KateM]

Hi,
I am under this situation: I am originally from Russia, came into USA as exchange J-1 student Work and Travel on May,2008. Later i decided to change my visa to F-1 and was refused. And in April,2009 I got married to US Citizen( withi him we are together already since May,2008). Now we are waiting for a child - 8 months pregnant. We love each other too much. When we were going to apply for my Green Card he was laid off and we hadnt money for the whole process. Now after the baby is born we are going to apply finally. Now I am illegal here. What chances that GC will be approved? Thank you in advance.
Truly,
Kate.
Any help and advice will be appreciated.

[topcatin]

It is hard to say but if you look through other forums, there have been cases were people got their green-card approved inspite of overstaying. However this varies with each case. As far as your husband being laid off, you can find other sponsors too, it may be anyone related to both of you or even friends. The whole green-card process if researched around the web can be done just by you instead of going through a lawyer who are expensive. This does need some researching on which forms to file. This is pretty straight-forward in my opinion but it is upto you to choose a lawyer or not. I mentioned this because you said you didn't have the whole money.