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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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Yes they do.... This is just my own question not from them... Im just curious if for example they both live in different state. Is there gonna be some problem? What if for example they work in different state... Just curious here...

It depends on the totality of the situation.

You make it sound like they got married so she could work. In that case it does not matter if same town or state.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Jamaica
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Even if it's a genuine marriage,I have no doubt USCIS, will deny their, application, based on separate dwellings. Sounds childish and foolish to me. In the eyes of immigration, it will appear, fraudulent. Think of some quick action before the interview.

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The way you've explained it, it doesn't sound like a very good reason to live apart, and they will have a problem imo.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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I am certainly no officer, but if I was one, I would have many problems with this petition.

It makes no sense to me, personally.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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I thought couples got married and filed because they desperately wana be with each other and live together ..this case is strange.they should be prepared for what lies ahead with the uscis

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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I think the overall opinion is that if it sounds fishy here, USCIS will also find it fishy. You said they both live with their respective parents meaning both sets of parents are (I am assuming) legally in the U.S. If I was a USCIS officer, I would think this was a potential scam with a set of parents looking for a way to get their adult child entry into the U.S.

If this is a real marriage, they should move into one of the parents houses, then save the money to move out together.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Sweden
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Hi,

My friend just ask me a favor to ask this here. she got married to a US citizen, all paper works got submitted already. And their interview will be next week. From the moment they got married, they decided to live on separate house, because they want to save more money so they can move easily and conveniently when they have enough savings. She is worried that this might be a problem in the approval of her green card. What is the best arguments to the interviewing officer on why they decided to live separately??

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You need to read your two posts because they're conflicting. Here you say your friend got married to a USC, making your friend the foreign spouse.

They file early because, so my friends' fiancee can work while waiting for the green cards interview. Thats the truth. Is there gonna be a problem in their situation? They do not want to pretend they live together that's gonna be a lot of trouble. Better tell the truth.

Here you say you friend got married so quickly so your friend's fiancee can work while waiting for the green card interview, implying that it's your friend's fiance/husband that's the foreign spouse....

Just a thought. If her parents live in the US, in fact in the same city as your friend's husband's parents, why didn't they just petition for their daughter? Was it because that process is longer than doing a K-1 visa? How long did your friend and her husband know each other before starting the K-1 visa? Is your friend and her husband/his parents from the same country/culture. Honestly, if I was the one handling your AOS and had the same information as we have here now, my thought would be that your friend wanted to move to the US and reunited with her family. For some reason that couldn't be done by her parents or they wanted it done faster so they got a friend's son to petition for their daughter and marry her so she could stay in the US.

I think your friend have quite a few hurdles to overcome. My first suggestion would be for your friend and her husband to live together at either of their parents' house. Either they both move in with his parents or they both move in with her parents. That way they can continue to save money while living together. I think the fact that they live in the same city but not together is gonna mean A LOT of extra scrutiny for their AOS. Probably would be better if they lived in different cities/states, at least then they could argue that it's difficult to find a job and that's why one of them had to go out of state/to another city. Just my opinion though.

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the USCIS are granting the green card on the condition that this is a married couple living together who want to spend the rest of there life togather...(a)there not living together raises red flags and questions as to why did they got married in the 1st place was it jut to get a green card? (b) is the marriage declared since they are living in with there respective parents might have been a secret marriage or so to hide from the family for whatever reason or some religious obligation

let it be clear not living together after getting married is very very fishy and the officers wont hesitate for a second in concluding this to be fraudulent

they need a really really good reason for not staying togather and proper documents and proof they are still together.

in some instances the couple gets married but start living together after a period of time due to religious or culture obligations if its also a reason other then just saving up money it can be favorable for them.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Senegal
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humm, you get married to live together and get away from the parents. Unless they work in different cities, this might not fly. And your reason, so you can save money? how so? this is really weird. 99 % of people here think it's fishy.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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