US Immigration from Lebanon

My day is finally coming this Thursday!! I won't lie, I'm a little nervous, not of the English and civics test, but the re-examination of my immigration history.

- I'm a Lebanese citizen who entered the US on a student visa from 2013-2018
- I dated, and co-habited with my then-would-be wife in 2015. We got married in 2018 and divorced in 2021 due to adultery. She cheated on me with another man and became pregnant with his child.

- I was granted PR status through marriage in 2019. We filed i-751 to remove conditions on my PR, and it was filed as a joint petition, but when the news of her betrayal was revealed, I filed for divorce, denied paternity and delivered a letter to USCIS requesting the joint petition to be converted to a divorce waiver, accompanied by the divorce decree, denial of paternity, and more proof that the relationship/marriage had been bona fide until our divorce.

- USCIS acknowledged my correspondence while the joint petition was pending and granted me a 10-year permanent residence without an interview.

I've read on more than one occasion that USCIS will go through my "entire immigration history" to make a decision on my N-400 case and given the way my USC marriage went, I'm dreading the idea of having the office ask for details of my failed relationship. It was a very, very dark time in my life that happened around the pandemic, and so much misery and depression arose because of it. I honestly hadn't realized how the scars still linger and bringing them back up will be a very, very tough thing to do.

However, because I applied under the 5-year general provision rule, would details of my former marriage be relevant? I would think since I filed for a conversion to divorce waiver, and I placed myself in a rare situation most immigrants aren't in, I feel like USCIS already did all the tight research they need to constitute my case as legitimate and good, considering no RFE or interview was issued to begin with.

I guess my only concern (and I may sound a bit paranoid when I say this, given how much I'm overthinking this) would be that the IO who was handling my I-751 case did not actually look at the divorce packet and issued a 10 year PR as a joint petition (even though I got a letter of USCIS receiving my correspondence, long before the case got approved) and that I do not actually qualify for permanent residence, and may revoke my status when it comes to light in the naturalization interview.

I know, it sounds pathetic to think like this. It's a federal agency who takes its job very seriously, and to assume a mistake like that could happen is laughable, but human error still exists.

What are my odds looking like, in your opinion?

Good afternoon, everyone!

I completed an AOS back in 2019 when I was married to an American citizen (we had been together since 2014) and my initial conditional residence had been approved, and everything was peachy perfect.

We applied for my conditions to be removed around 90 days before the 2-year mark as a joint petition

The pandemic happened, economy crashed, tensions ensued, mindsets change, and in short, she cheated on me, became pregnant with another man's child and I ended up filing for divorce due to adultery.

We completed the divorce, had the biological father acknowledge his paternity and sent USCIS a request to convert my joint petition to a divorce waiver, accompanied with the divorce decree. USCIS acknowledged my request and approved my I-751 with no interview or RFEs.

I applied for Naturalization in September of 2024 on the general 5 year basis instead of the 3-year marriage to the USC (obviously), and my interview is next month.

With all of these things considered, would the fiasco with my ex-wife possibly cause some problems in the N-400 interview? Is there anything I should prepare in advance? I know I have to bring divorce decrees of all annulled marriages to the interview, but considering I applied for the 5-year provision instead of the 3-year USC filing, what preparations should I take in consideration?

PS I have never paid for a lawyer for any of my immigration cases. Everything was done by myself and my ex-wife alone. I simply cannot afford it

Hello all,

I am asking for someone I know, they are in the US as LPR currently and might need to travel outside the US soon for extended time (over 1 year).

They wanted to file I-131 reentry permit, just to be ready in case they have to leave on short notice. My question is:

Is the reentry permit valid for 2 years from the date of issue, or 2 years from the date of leaving the US?

Thanks!

Hey guys!

I came here in June 2020 on a green card from Lebanon. I spent ~2 months in June 2020 - August 2020, then came again in December 2020 and spent ~1-2 months till Late January 2021. Afterwards, I came in June/July 2021, enrolled in college in the US, stayed till approx September October 2021 (college was online at the time), then went back to Lebanon. Did college online and then moved here to the US permanently in January 2022. Will I be eligible to apply for citizenship this summer? My physical presence has been more than 2.5 years but I'm worried they won't count that first year where I went back and forth as residency. I had to do college In Lebanon because it was too late to apply after I got my green card

I never stayed more than 180 days outside the country.

Hello everyone,

I have a situation with my family and I am looking for some insight and/or suggestions:

My spouse and I are LPR's. We filed I-130 for our son (under 21) and it was approved last year and case at NVC. PD is few years away.

My wife and I were in Lebanon visiting our son and then the war started. We couldn't find any available seats on departing flights. The U.S. embassy posted on their website that they are assisting US nationals to evacuate on flights that they are arranging. We contacted them and they assisted us to evacuate on one of these flights. The took us to Turkey. My wife, my son and myself. They said that's where their role ends. We have to make our own accommodations to whether stay in Turkey or go the U.S. or anywhere in the world.

What are our options? We are unable to leave to the US and leave our son alone in Turkey for many reasons. One of them is the financial burden. We can't pay rent and bills in the US and another rent and bills in Turkey. Going back to Lebanon is not an option for a while since the war is intensifying.

Is there any kind of program or visa that allows our son to join us in the US for a period of time? We are trying to figure this out and not sure what to do. We extended our vacation from work as unpaid leave. We are currently staying in a hotel that is costing us a lot of money on daily basis.

Thank you