US Immigration from Finland

Hello,

I got my GC in 2017 as derivative (spouse) beneficiary of my husband s EB2 green card.

At the time we filed for the GC we were married less than 1 year so I got an RFE asking for proof of bona fide marriage.

We sent the RFE response and my case got approved and I received my GC.

Now the 5 year mark of getting my GC is approaching soon. I understand I m able to file for citizenship 90 days before the 5 year mark on my GC. And that the 3 year rule won t apply to me as I got my GC as a derivative beneficiary and not through marriage to a US citizen. I am planning on filing the N400 mid next year.

We are still married, but we have been informally separated for some time (since 2019), and we are not living together. COVID put a dent in things, and we are trying to reconcile but this may end in divorce. We have no children and currently do not share finances (haven t since end of 2018)

Questions are

1) if we do not divorce and I file N400 while (informally) separated and living separately, will I have to prove a bona fide marriage during my N400?

Am I going to be questioned about why my spouse does not live with me, etc? Or does it not matter since I am filing based on 5 year residency?

What if we manage to salvage the marriage and we do resume a life together (living together, shared some finances)?

2) If we divorce before my N400 application. Will this impact my ability to naturalize? Will I be questioned on the marriage during my N400? I don t have any marriage proof beyond 2018 as in 2019-2021 we have been living separately. And i don t have much marriage evidence for the period after getting the GC as I didn t think this situation would materialize. My husband and I did take a trip to my home country to meet my parents and extended family in late 2018. And we have a lot of pictures from that. But we didn t save much in the way of other things.

I understand by filing using the 5-year rule I am applying based on 5 years residency and my marriage status is not relevant anymore but I have read cases before on here where the marriage was questioned even at the N400 stage and filing under the 5 year rule. I didn t plan to be separated but that s just how things panned out.

Just want to understand what my expectations should be under each of the 3 scenarios.

thank you

Due to a clerical error, his middle name was put as a second first name, and the application sat for a month, so we've been back and forth with our local office. We didn't call sooner because were advised of covid delays and USPS processing times. I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. Upon the follow-up in August since it was about a month waiting, the mistake was realized and the new application supposedly sent to DHS on Aug. 6. We originally applied on July 8. Exactly 2 weeks after his entry to the US.

We've been calling weekly for an update, as instructed.

My question is, has anyone every heard of calling DHS for an expedite on SSN processing? The SSA rep said that this is an option, I've personally never heard of this, or know if it's possible to help the situation. Our I94 will expire on Sept. 21. We will be cutting it pretty close and if this is actually a thing, might be worth a try.

Hi,

I will arrive in North Carolina soon on K1 visa and plan to have a wedding in either Ashville, North Carolina or San Francisco, California where my fiance comes from. I wonder if it is possible for us to get married in CA then live and do all papers work in NC? Or we can only get married in NC? My fiance is currently living in NC and we will have a house there.

And does anyone knows if the marriage process is normal in NC and CA or there is still disruption due to Covid?

Thank you a lot

Im moving to the US in a few weeks and selected a SSN to be issued in my DS-260.

To my understanding, I should be receiving the card within three weeks after being admitted to the country. Is that somewhat likely or will it take longer? Anyone with recent experience?

Has anyone (non plaintiffs in Milligan or other suits etc.) gotten a K1 visa recently under Secretary Blinken's NIE to K1 applicants?

My fianc had his interview today and was given verbal approval and they took his passport, but we're Schengen Area, so I told him to specifically ask that if granted the K1 visa, it be noted within his passport that the visa is an NIE to PP 10143 "the travel ban", just to try to avoid anyone at CBP or airports who may not be up to date on the news that I so vehemently follow. I skimmed through some K1 NIE posts here already, but can't seem to find anything that's for a non-Milligan plaintiff or who's been granted a K1 in a travel banned nation since the Secretary of State's order.

The CO told him after the interview that the rules changed and he doesn't need it anymore and that previously, he would have had to travel to a 3rd party country to quarantine to then enter the US.

Does anyone in a similar situation and timeline have any experience? Was "National Interest Exemption to PP 10143" blatantly written in your passport? Am I just too worried? Regardless of what it says in the visa, we're still going to have all the DoS webpages and items printed and ready to go when he is scheduled to fly (we're planning for end of June). The last thing I want to do is have him turned away at POE.

Thanks in advance if anyone can give advice or past experience.