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PSA: If entering the USA 2 years after marriage, kindly remind the immigration officer of this

By spicynujac in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   47,589

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11 hours ago, spicynujac said:

If you are married, just think about the GOOD way to ask your wife a question

Or, how to answer a wife's question:

 

Wife:  Does this dress make me look fat?

You:   No, the dress doesn't make you look fat.  You ARE fat!  :P 

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Sam Burns Explorer

Sam Burns   201

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Can someone answer this question ELI5 😂. My wife came in on a K1, she has a two year conditional green card. We are about to file for removal of conditions. Our 2nd anniversary was in early July. She is returning from Europe on Wed. Is this post saying she could ask to be granted a 10 year green card without us having to through the whole removal of conditions rigamarole?

 

thanks! 

OldUser Grand Master

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8 minutes ago, Sam Burns said:

Can someone answer this question ELI5 😂. My wife came in on a K1, she has a two year conditional green card. We are about to file for removal of conditions. Our 2nd anniversary was in early July. She is returning from Europe on Wed. Is this post saying she could ask to be granted a 10 year green card without us having to through the whole removal of conditions rigamarole?

 

thanks! 

No way to avoid removal of conditions in your case. She must file I-751.

 

Removal of conditions can be avoided when coming on spousal visa. If somebody is married for 2+ years and enters on spousal visa for the first time, they'd get 10 year GC. But you chose K-1. And this means no way to avoid I-751, unless it took more than 2 years since date of marriage to receive green card.

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Crazy Cat Grand Master

Crazy Cat   44,648

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9 hours ago, Sam Burns said:

Our 2nd anniversary was in early July. She is returning from Europe on Wed. Is this post saying she could ask to be granted a 10 year green card without us having to through the whole removal of conditions rigamarole?

What you described applies only to foreign spouses entering the US visa a spousal visa after 2 years of marriage.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

 
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