Can I apply for a green card?

[shlon]

Hello,
I really need your help!
This is my situation:
I’m Russian. I was granted asylum in 2006. Last year trying to save my fiancée’s life (she is also Russian), I brought her to the Mexican-American border where we both were arrested. She asked for protection in the USA and provided proves. The only problem was that we were not married. To be exact, we just didn’t have a chance. After 1 month of legal proceedings, the judge wrote “time saved” and I was released (I guess it was a misdemeanor). In a few months she was granted asylum. As soon as she was released we got married and now we are expecting such a hoped-for baby.
I’d like to apply for a green card this year, but I don’t know if I qualify. Except what happened to me last year, my record is clean. Please, tell me if I have a chance of getting green card and if not, how much time should pass for me to apply.
I’m looking forward to your reply, as your opinion is very important to me. Thank you very much.

[Jason Hecht]

Originally Posted by shlon I’d like to apply for a green card this year, but I don’t know if I qualify. Except what happened to me last year, my record is clean. Please, tell me if I have a chance of getting green card and if not, how much time should pass for me to apply. I’m looking forward to your reply, as your opinion is very important to me. Thank you very much.

I don't know.
But I can give you someone who knows: There's a private company that's offering help with registering to the green card lottery. It's not free, but at least it's a place where you can talk to a human being and not filling out forms by yourself in front of the computer. I guess you can try and check their website, and their people will contact you, help you fill the application and YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ASK THEM ANY QUESTION YOU WANT - that's what's important to you.
This is the site: http://www.usafis.org
Good luck! I'm expecting a baby too, so I really hope for you everything will turn out to the best.

-Jason.