US Immigration from Germany

Hey there! I don't know if this Group already exists or if this is even allowed just yet lol But... I am gathering all my paperwork to send in the new big packet in August.

Who else is going to file in August?

Dear all,

the I.130 for my children via DCF was approved in Frankfurt. My husband is the petitioner. I am unclear about the next steps and had assumed we would receive another email clarifying the information.

Am I right thinking we need to fill out the DS-260 AND mail the original documents to Frankfurt prior to making an appointment as well as upload them on CEAC? We have two kids and would we need every document (such as marriage certificate and divorce decree) as an original twice?

I can't find a good list of what we need but I am assuming the following:

1. Divorce decree previous marriage - husband and ex-wife as well as mine and my ex-husband

2. Marriage certificate previous marriage husband and his ex-wife

3. Marriage certificate my husband and I

4. Birth certificates husband and stepchildren.

5. His orders?

6. Biographic page of passports - all three.

Am I missing anything?

I would really appreciate if someone could shed some light into this.

Hi all,

Was searching this forum all day to find something similar to my situation but failed. Trying to make this short.

Back in June 2018 I entered the US with my ESTA to see my GF for 5 weeks (been together long-distance for 18 months by that time). We decided to get married at the end of my trip and 3 days after that I left the United States as I was still bound to the German military and had to get back to work.

We hadn t decided yet if we would move to Germany or settle in the US. But we decided to create our own Homebase and rent a place. So whenever my work would let me, I came over to the US to see my now wife, helped her signing the lease (we are both on it) and moved in. We have been living this life for three years now, with us traveling back and forth whenever we could.

At some point (14 months before my contract with the military ended) she told me that she doesn t want to relocate to Germany as she is not ready to give up her work/family/friends etc. which I totally understand and I didn t really care where to start over after my discharge.

My wife is a US-Citizen so she filed a I-130 petition in April 2020 for the consular processing. It got approved and forwarded to NVC some time later in 2020. We got our logins and I started gathering the documents. At some point (early 2021) we noticed that our Visa Class is categorized as F21 instead of CR-1/IR-1.

We emailed NVC several times but no answer on that (by July 2021).

And now (entered the US in June and my flight to my home country is August 5th)

that I am back home for our three-year-anniversary she is telling me to file for AOS as

we had a pretty tough discussion about I don t want to wait any longer to have my husband over here and I have been waiting for three years . I refuse to do so because I want to do it the right way, but I am willed to give in for the sake of this marriage without putting everything in jeopardy. Just trying to get some more information as the majority in this Forum is getting married with ESTA/VWP and do AOS after that.

Citizenpath says it is possible to switch from consular to AOS in their FAQs at the bottom.

https://citizenpath.com/adjustment-status-vs-consular-processing/

(please edit if I am not supposed to post links)

The mind-boggling thing is the mentioned 90-day rule. Does it affect me as we have been married for three years now? Some say it does, some say it doesn t. Some say there is no 90 day rule, some say there is.
Should I go and look for a immigration lawyer in my case?

Maybe some of you know more and advice would be appreciated.

Thank you

Hi all,

My wife and I recently got married and we are standing before a major decision. Should we do the green card process in the U.S. (AOS) or my home country Germany (consular processing).

Even though we would prefer AOS, the issue we have with AOS is the long waiting time for the work permit (I-765).

I am currently in the U.S. on a J-1 without work authorization and my personal funds are coming to an end very soon. My wife wouldn t be able to financially sustain both of us because she pays a lot for student loans. So we cannot wait 5-7 months until I would potentially receive the work permit.

If we move to Germany while waiting for the green card, I would be able to work and financially maintain both of us. However, we are not pleased with the long wait times for consular processing either (up to 2 years). Our goal is to live in the U.S. together, not Germany.

Do you have any suggestions or recommendations?

My wife has listed her assets in her savings account with Bank A in the I-864 for my AOS. We view them as supplemental as she earns more than the required amount to qualify as a sponsor, but figured it would make her case stronger and included proof of those assets (account statement issued by the bank).

Now that we're married, we would like to restructure our finances, and move our savings from Bank A to Bank B (which offers higher interest, and is our joint bank account). Do you think we should hold off on that transfer until my AOS is approved?