One of the most common misconceptions we Americans think is that once an immigrant and a US citizen marry the immigrant gets his green card. I’m here to say that is 100% false. You have to hire a lawyer to file these confusing litigation papers. You have to sit back and put all your hope in the hands of people that you don’t know and wait. I’m Melissa Rodas a United States Citizen. Not one but both of my parents served in the Army, my mother is retired from the US ARMY and she is a war vet. I have been waiting two year and two months for my I-130 petition for my husband Ruben Rodas (a094-217-672#).