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Good evening VJers, I've used this site tons but never decided to actually make an account and post until now. Anyway, I am looking for some insight since any information outside of this site is questionable. Fiancee and I sent in our K1 December 2021. We are a few months shy of getting our NOA2, I'm aware. I am the petitioner. Little backstory: We met in the early summer of last year while out dancing, he was here visiting his family and at a point throughout the night he approached me, we hit it off, exchanged information and since then we have talked every. single. day. We've also visited tons over the months, over 4 times and right now he is here for a month due to some concerts we decided we wanted to go see together as well as traveling to bordering cities and get to know new places together, like we've always wanted. On that note, we're tired of the goodbyes, they're much too painful and I know the majority of you understand that.. and the time for him to go back is coming up. My question here is, would it be somehow illegal or, for lack of a better term, stupid to just go for it and marry and do his AOS while the K1 is active? Do I have to fill some form to cancel it if we do that and get started on everything need to adjust? We're aware of the long months ahead without work or travel if we choose this route and it's not an issue. I guess my only other concern is that back in 2017 I did a CR1 visa for my then husband, as a way of us finally being able to be together. It was approved and all but once we were actually together the marriage fell through leading to divorce (which was finalized in 2020). Whereas my current fiancee and I have spent a good amount of time with one another, our families even speak to each other and get along. My family is just as much in love with him as his is with me.. not that it matters much, but just thought I'd throw that in there. Everything with ex-husband was resolved easily, nothing was messy and we split recognizing we weren't meant to be. Would the fact that I did that be means for an issue going down this route?

Hello, Our case got DQd on June 29th, 2022 and we are currently waiting for an email regarding next steps. In addition to the DQ notice, we received a review note that stated the following: "This case does not meet the minimum income requirement to sponsor the intending immigrants. To avoid delays, an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this requirement at the time of the interview." My wife had just graduated University and started her first job at the time of this sponsorship process and so her tax documents at the time I guess did not satisfy the minimum income requirements. As we went along the process, she got a new job and has been there for almost a year and we uploaded documents showing her current salary which more than meets the requirements. I didn't think we needed to have a joint sponsor because of this. Now that this note is on our file, we have a joint sponsor and we have completed the AOS form and gathered the financial documents to support it. In terms of uploading this on to CEAC, is there a specific way this must be done? Firstly because this is a joint sponsor and secondly because NVC has already accepted our previous documents and have stated we are documentary qualified. So I'm wondering if we just upload as normal or do something differently. It even says "an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted". I would like to do so anyways to avoid any further conflicts, delays, or issues. Secondly, at the time of me submitting my civil documents, my passport was not expired. It expired throughout the process. I have renewed my passport and have both my old and new ones with me. Should I be uploading the new one on to CEAC or is this not necessary? I'm assuming I should still bring both to the interview? Thank you for the help and feedback!

Hello Everyone, I am an Indian citizen and my wife is a US citizen. We both are in the US right now. I am here on L1-B visa. We were looking into doing the adjustment of status by ourselves without the help of a lawyer and came across a small issue. My passport and birth certificate have different places of birth. Passport has the name of the hometown where as the birth certificate has the hospital where I was born as the place of birth. Now, for filing the I-130 and I-485, is birth certificate mandatory for me? If so, is this mismatch an issue? If so, what should I do to get it fixed? Thanks

Hi, My spouses case got RFE, the confusion I am having is that I moved back to the USA for work, I started officially work Jan 1st, 2022. So on the AOS needed I used my Greek Salary (which covers the requested the poverty line by alot) to do my US taxes and use that transcript for the AOS as well as a employment letter from my US Employer which shows my salary moving forward which will be even more than my last year salary. What is the confusion is they asked for to submit all my W2 from 2021, in Greece they dont have W2s. I took my Greek Tax Transcript and my accountant in Las Vegas did my 2021 US taxes as a foreign based income. How do I submit W2s when they dont exist. Also in the CEAC all the paperwork has been Accepted now, changed from Submitted (even the AOS). Any help will be appreciated because I have no clue what to do from here. Thanks, S

Hello everyone, We're a couple consisting of an American woman and an Egyptian man; we're currently trying to figure out the optimal way in terms of time and legality to get married and reside in the United States. We've done our research regarding the K1 and CR1. It does seem like the K1 could be our best option. Getting married in Egypt and then applying for a CR1 is not an option because of the absence of civil marriage in the Middle East along with other legal challenges (notary appointments, etc.) that would make it difficult to achieve or would take several months before we even get to file the CR1 paperwork, making the K1 actually faster. The problem with the K1 is the period of time spent not being able to work after getting into the U.S, as it could take up to a year if we’re unlucky. So, after searching more, we found out that there are ways to get married on a tourist visa by getting the foreign partner into the US on a tourist visa and then either: Get married after 90 days and then apply for Adjustment of Status and overstay until we get the interview for the CR1. Get married almost immediately after getting into the US and then leave the country on the specified departure date. Wait a few months (90 days?), and then apply for the CR1. Even though the first option would get us together faster, we’re not sure if it’s actually completely legal or not, and it possibly has the same issue of not having a work permit during the period we wait for the CR1 interview. Meanwhile, the second option sounds more doable since the foreign partner can work immediately after entering the US, but we’re still not sure if the USCIS would deny the application because we would have gotten married on a tourist visa or if that would be legal in the first place. We're hoping someone who has done something similar before (getting married on a tourist visa) could help us decide if that's even a legal option or not. Thank you!

My spouse got her temp GC on Sept 19 2019, we filed the I-751 since June 2021. She receive enxtensions of 18 months and 24 months . Notice was dated 6/24/2021 and the second 11/8/2021. We filed the N-400 in June 2022 and USCIS rejected it said its outside the 90 days. Which dates are going by? Is it the extension dates or the original date on her GC?

Hello US Naturalization gurus, I recently got my K1 beneficiary to the US for marriage, and we are planning/working on the AOS route. Looking ahead to the requirements for Naturalization for spouses of US citizens, I'm trying to understand the continuous residence and physical presence requirement? https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/continuous-residence-and-physical-presence-requirements-for-naturalization https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1430&num=0&edition=prelim When does the 3-years of continuous residence and physical presence start for the spouse of the US citizen? From the marriage date? From the K1 entry date? From the AOS application date? From AOS approval date? Would the time traveling abroad internationally with Advanced Parole while waiting for the AOS interview and AOS approval NOT affect the continuous residence and physical presence regardless since the applicant doesn't have the green card yet, and will the time will only start after the green card? If there is a delay to the AOS process, does that count against the continuous residence and physical presence since time starts with the green card? Or would the delay just be part of the "time served" since it starts counting from the AOS application date? If there is a delay to the AOS process say for like 3 years or more to get the green card, can we apply for the Naturalization without having to apply for the Removal Of Condition? Thanks in advanced for any response.

Hello everyone. We had interviewed today in CLEVELAND ohio office. Interviewed at 9.15 am. Women call our name but after really weird happen IO didnt ask about relationship or about my wife all she ask me about marriage, when i came, and yes or no questions. Even didnt want see documents that we bring. Almost after 30 min she hand over me paper. Paper says Interview complete but case under review ?? What is this mean now please help me

Hello AOS gurus, I'm following the visajourney timeline for K1 to AOS https://www.visajourney.com/guides/k1-fiance-visa-flowchart/ Since many of the AOS Field Offices processing times are over 2 years https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ And if the interview date is after the 2-years of marriage from K-1 and AOS is approved, is the 10-year green card granted or the 2-year green card? If the 10-year green card is granted, then it would save a Removal Of Condition process, and we should be rooting for the AOS interview delays? Thanks for any responses.

My wife submitted her I693 prior to entering the US on a K1 visa in May 2021. We have the green card interview for AOS in two weeks and aren’t sure if she is required to get the covid 19 vaccine as it wasn’t required for the medical exam prior to October 2021?

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Please help! A friend and his mom arrived in the US together on a K1/K2 visa. My friend was younger than 10 years old at the time of entry. His mom and stepdad married within the 90 days. Again, this all happened before he turned 10 years old. HIs mom and stepdad are still together and have had kids together. However, his mom and stepdad never filed for AOS for mom and him. My friend is now over 21 years old. Can he file for AOS on his own without his mom? Or does he need his mom to apply with him because he is a K2 derivative? Is K2 still dependent in K1 at this point? I looked and it said that as long as marriage occured within the 90 days, K2 can always apply for AOS but does he need his mom to apply with him at the same time? I understand his mom needs to apply for AOS as well but l am only asking for my friend. He spoke to a few attorneys (free consultations) and they said yes to applying on his own. But found out a lot of applications get denied. I did some research and it said that as long as marriage between K1 and USC is bonafide and within the 90 days, visa overstay in this situation is forgivable due to marrying the USC within he 90 days and green card will be available to them granted they fill the forms out correctly and provide all documents. Is Matter of Le relevant because he entered the US before 21 and marriage occured before he was 18 years old and within the 90 days. Also, because he arrived in the US before 21 years old, he wouldnt 'age out' of getting a green card. He has gotten forms together: i485, i131, i765, i864 (stepdad will fill out) and supporting documents such as i797, visa, passport, birth certificate, etc.

I hope this is the correct forum to ask the question and get some advice! I recently moved back to the us after living abroad for six years, I have been in a relationship with my Korean boyfriend and lived together for the past 3 years. I recently moved back to the us and he came with me on an esta vida to visit. Originally, our plan was to just have him visit and then we would do the k-1 fiance visa application, but after the controversy with roe v Wade, I didn't want to risk how it could affect same sex marriage. So we decided to get married before he leaves in two weeks. Is this fine and what kind of issues could this path to marriage/green card cause? Does anyone have any advice on the steps we should take or have experience in a similar situation? Thank you for any advice!

Hey everyone, this may be a little confusing, but my wife is currently in the process of adjusting from her B2 status based on marriage. I'm a US citizen. My father has been an LPR with Mexican citizenship all my life, and my parents never got me dual citizenship. Now I'm exploring the process of obtaining Mexican citizenship which seems incredibly simple and straightforward as I am the child of a Mexican. My question is can I pursue this at the same time my wife and I are awaiting her EAD and our interview? I would continue living in the USA and have no plans to reside in Mexico. I would love to become a dual citizen and the only thing that is stopping me is our current situation and the fear that this might complicate anything for my wife and I. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks so much.

Hey So, I have a complicated question. I am married to US Citizen, and applied for AOS and just received my EAD yesterday. Now my question is I do not want to lose my F1 so I am thinking about not using my ead. However, while filing out AOS it asked for "Have you ever worked without Authorization?" and I said yes since I have. So, my question is let's say if my I-485 were to get denied will I still lose my F-1 since I said yes to that question? even if I keep my F-1 active? Thanks

Hello everyone, I'm a F-1 student married to a USC, had a question about Employment history for the last 5 years. I worked two different desk jobs at my university during the same time in 2018 but I don't have 2 w-2s for them since it was the same employer (the University). Should I include the 2 jobs separately on my work history and include an explanation at the end or do something else. I'm really confused and any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance