my Mexican boyfriend/fiance unknowingly over stayed his visa back in 2003 and while incarcerated received a letter from INS re: the issue, he ended up going to immigration court and took the voluntary deportation actually leaving the country in 04
he has a son that is a US citizen, the sons mother (x wife whom originally petitioned for him while they were married) needs help from him both to raise the child and financially, she thus agreed to help him fix his papers again for the benefit of the child
their divorce posted in 2007
he is currently trying to get his visa to come back to the US, in his last appointment he was told he needs a pardon for the over staying of the visa and for a domestic violence (i believe is a misdemeanor?) case he had against the wife in 2001
- what are the chances of him actually getting the pardons?
- do those 5 or 10 yr bans apply to these items? if so, is there any way around those?
- since they are divorced should i file the k1 for him or should he continue to work on the paperwork that's already in the process with her being the petitioner (he doesn't want it to seem like a lie and get denied since they are divorced, but the lawyer said it would take longer if i were to refile the k1 for him..he said we can change that later after he got his visa?)
the lawyer seems knowledgeable and experienced but with all the cases i read on here about pardons and bans i cant help but worry so i just want to make sure were not being taken advantage of..
thanks in advance for taking the time to review this, any help is appreciated!!![]()

