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TabeaK

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    Newark NJ
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  1. Thanks, but how do I know which of the two in my state? Neither one matches what I find when using the USCIS field office locator and my postal code...
  2. Trying to figure out what my field office/proccesing center will likely be for N-400 to estimate timelines. I looked up my USCIS field office based on my postal code, but will that be the one handling N-400? Planning to file online.
  3. These don't really look like suspicious frequent visits to me. Short stays each time, you returned as planned. I think you are fine. I visited my partner more frequently back in the day... But to cross your ts and dot your is, bring along evidence that you are returning (rental agreement, job contract, evidence of approved vacation time).
  4. I came with a K1 visa in 2016 fro Germany for the same reasoning, to be together quicker. I would never do so again. The adjustment of status process after the K1 in the US is an expensive and timec-consuming mess during which you cannot work, drive or travel. For someone who lived a completely independent life prior to moving, being completely dependent on my spouse for months was pretty harrowing. And back then things were much quicker than they are now, I had my travel & work permit in about 3 months from filing and the Green Card 2 months later. These days things take MUCH longer and you are stuck in this horrendous limbo. If you plan on getting married anyway, do so and file the CR1. It is cheaper in the end and will make your start in the USA much easier. Not sure what the point of the DV would be? As a US citizen spouse you are guaranteed a green card, no need for DV...
  5. Sorry you had those issue - insist on having a manager look at things next time. I traveled the world on my extension letter for close to 2 years - what else are you supposed to do when USCIS processing takes forever? You'll also likely have multiple extension letters in your future when you have to renew your GC. I never had an issue, from small German airports to remote airports in Asia or South America. And yes, I used to carry a print out of the CBP guide linkd above.
  6. Krass, beim ROC kriegt man mittlerweile ein Verlaengerungsschreiben fuer 4 Jahre (!!!)? Heftig - bei mir waren es noch 12 Monate und dann musste ich mich um ein weiteres Schreiben kuemmern, da mein ROC knapp 2 Jahre gedauert hat... Warum? Keine Ahnung, keine RFEs... Aber, um dich zu beruhigen, ich bin mit dem ROC Schreiben auf der ganzen Welt gereist und es gab keinerlei Probleme. Das mit der deutschen Stabue ist bei mir aehnlich. Meine BBG wurde nach 2.5 Jahren Bearbeitungszeit abgelehnt, also habe ich das Thema US Stabue anzunehmen zu den Akten gelegt...
  7. Sheesh, I am glad I DIY'ed my admittedly simple visa journey, when I hear these attorney consults - you know, back in my day attorneys would also tell you that you should not travel on an advance parole or cannot travel while you have a visa pending. Utter BS, most of it. Do you love & trust your wife and want to live with her in the US? File the damn AOS paperwork, gather evidence for a bonafide marriage between now and the inevitable AOS interview (do not forget to file for travel/work permits with the AOS) and stop overthinking. By virtue of being married to you she is now an immediate relative of a US citizen - intent, impossible to prove misrepresentation and all these other heresay issues nonwithstanding. Do you mistrust your wife and think she is trying to use you for a green card? Divorce and move on. It is really not that complicated.
  8. Do not underestimate the adjustment it takes for the immigrant to come in and go from a busy productive life to a homebound person without a purpose, rights to travel and stuck in an USCIS quaqmire of indeterminate length. If my husband at the time had told me "just use use break", I probably would have bit his head off. Thankfully he is very empathic and understood how bad that period of waiting for AP/EAD was for me - and back in my day you actually got the EAD/AP in 3 months. Attitude is critical, so kudos to everyone raising this with their partners early, but accept that this will most likely suck for your partner and is not a rose-tinted vacation period. I wouldn't touch the K1 with a bargepole agin...
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