US Immigration from Thailand

A friend of ours, who has his green card and is married to a US Citizen, spends about 10 months abroad each year. He is on his 2nd green card I think. So he does come back each year for about 2 months. He is taking care of a family member over there.

The wording about residency requirements is a little hard for me to understand.

Continuous Residence and Physical Presence Requirements for Naturalization - https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1430&num=0&edition=prelim

If anyone has some clarity on this, I'd appreciate the comments. Somewhere I got the idea that they had to spend at least 6 months a year in the US but I con't know where exactly I read that.

Thank you!

Hi all,

Well, it's been closing in on 14 months since I filed an I-824 to have my wife's I-130 moved from USCIS to NVC and still nothing...

The website is saying current processing times are 20 to 24.5 months for I-824. Do you think it is worth it to file a new I-130, or just wait out the next 6 to 10 months and hope the 824 doesn't get delayed further.

Also, if I file a new I-130, does that void the original?

Thanks

My heart is sore as l write this.
I ve been in the US for a little over 2 months now on K1 and sadly our relationship seems to be stuck. A little backstory : we tried for a year and a half to get me a visitors visa and that failed, we were told to apply for a K1 instead. My partner has cancer so the process was painful. Covid was painful. He visited and stayed a month here and there and everything was perfect although some days he felt sick.
I love this man.
But since my arrival in the US he isn t the same person l knew for 3yrs. He s miserable, he s sick he s in pain and l do not know what to do at times. He snaps he yells at me he tells me everything is none of my business when l try to have discussions.
He also refused to discuss marriage. He said he would plan everything by himself.
He doesn t want to go anywhere, doesn t want to do anything as a family, he hates my daughter and constantly tells her how my nephew who s back in Africa is so much better than her.
He s a executive, work from home but doesn t do much which I thought was a great thing and we can get to spend time together. I woke him up after he d been sleeping a few days ago and he said if l do that again he will kill me.
constantly tells me he will send me back to Africa.
he hates that I am somewhat independent but doesn t want to assist me when l ask for anything.
my daughter got into school and she s been doing really well my heart breaks to pull her out and move back home but I feel l have no choice.
why do partners feel they can abuse the other just because they are the US citizen, I do not know if this is being caused by his cancer medicines or if he s just not interested in me anymore. Ps we haven t been intimate since l got here 2 months ago. He hasn t touched me in a sexual way and he hasn t shown any sort of affection. The most I ve gotten and managed to sneak in was a kiss on the lips like a little kid.
I went through his phone and he is in close contact and has phone sex with a certain ex.
I guess l don t really need any advice l just needed to vent.

"Case Was Received And A Receipt Notice Was Sent

On xxxxx, 2021, we received your Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, Receipt Number IOE0xxxxxxx, and sent you a receipt notice or acceptance notice. The notice describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

Current as of today at 11:27 a.m."

checked into USCIS today and both the iI-485 & I-765 says "!Error retrieving case status"

The I-485 says working on case after getting our RFE info.

Anyone see this before? Does this happen if they are near approval? Any ideas? Do I just wait and see?

Is this just a temporary data base problem?