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Finally got the text!!!!! Card production !!!!!!!! Good luck to all of you hanging in there... We are so happy!!!!

Congratulations to the people who are getting green cards!

We placed in a service request 20 days ago and got the same generic response most people have.... Contacted our Congressman today, hope that helps...

Still hanging in here...

Good luck to everyone!

If that Relationship was Abusive. There would be a record/arrests etc. Non of that is mentioned.

This is one persons side of the story alone posting here. Surely, there are 2 sides to every story.

I see what you see. A relationship in deep trouble where as: The OP asks questions to members on a Forum. Is the the answer to their problems. NO

We are strangers and know nothing about the relationship at all. Is it a cry for help? Yes. You only got one side of the story. I would suggest a temporary separation and lay-down some guild-lines between both parties. Work it out! Thats what a Counsulor would say and I just said it for free.

OP If you are unable to compremise and he won't budge as well. The only one that really suffers in the end is YOUR CHILD

So since there's no record, she's not in an abusive relationship? You are something else.

Evylin, I agree with you 100%... I saw Tim/Mav's first response and I was in shock, but saying that it is not an abusive relationship because there's no record goes way beyond... And by the way, for all of you who doubt the OP because she called the cops but no one got arrested, domestic violence is not prosecuted unless the victim presses charges, so if the cops came and in the end she decided she didn't want to do it, then the cops leave... As easy as that... But I guess it is just easier to judge through the anonymity of a message board...

The fact that she fights/talks back does not mean in any way that she is not being a victim of abuse, being it emotional or physical... I do not understand why people are so judgmental...

Anyway, to the OP, I am so sorry for what you are going through. I know it is not easy, and I don't have great advice. I only want to say I admire you for taking the first step on leaving the abusive relationship, because that takes courage... Keep strong. As others have said, maybe a shelter is not a bad idea after all...

Best of luck.

Evylin filed in mid Dec transferred in Feb and was approved this week.

Well if things keep moving like that it means we have like a month or so... That's not bad at all! I thought I was going to have to wait until november LOL

No clue on the filling date, congratulations on the card and interview... Nothing here yet, not even a touch, poke, stab, etc lol

I have a question, does anyone else think its somewhat funny when new people post on VJ questions about, "What if we marry outside U.S, can we use the K1?", and people explain over and over again why not and they still argue over that? I find that funny but understandable because, hell this whole immigration/visas thing is complicated, just wondering if anyone feel the same...

Me neither!!

I have noticed that a lot of people are asking weird questions on K-1, I remember when we first started the process we had no idea what a K-1 was... And now here we are, knowing all the numbers for the petitions, the processes, already waiting for our green card... They remind me of when we first started and it makes me happy to see that our lives have changed so much and we are so happy!!! So I guess that was not what you were asking, but it is how I feel when I see new people filling for K-1's... They have a great journey before them!!!

That is such a nice story!!!! Welcome and good luck on your journey!!!

Congratulations on your interview date!! ?

Does anyone know which filling dates for the transferred cases are getting approved?? ?

I took my husband's out of his passport and no one asked for it. I gave him a note with the CBP instructions I got, but no one cared. A I-94 is not required to leave the country.

Thank you!!!! I am the OP hehehe

The biggest risk is that they find something suspicious on your Xray and make you take a long test that can delay your interview by months. In general there aren't a lot of things that will cause you to get denied. HIV, TB, those yes. But even with TB if they find you have it, they will require treatment before you can enter the US.

I assume that if you are HIV positive you will never get a visa.

But they are not looking to make sure you have perfect health. They are looking for a very few specific things that can cause problems. If you feel your health is good, then don't worry about the medical.

Actually, since 2009 foreigners trying to visit or immigrate to the US are not required to have an HIV test, so if someone is HIV positive he/she can get a visa, since it will not interfere with their immigration.

Thank you both for your replies!!

Harpa Timsah thank you about the advice on the I-94, I was wondering about this!!! In case they ask for it at the US border, should I just show it to them or there is no reason for them to ask for it??? Thank you so much!

So hello everyone, and thanks for taking the time to read my post... I came to the US through a K1 on december of last year, got married within the 90 day period and filled AOS before my I-94 expired, we got EAD/AP card but are still waiting on the green card. Obviously my I-94 has expired already and I was reading some horror stories about traveling outside of the US with AP and the expired I-94. We bought tickets for Mexico after we received the AP but after what I have read, I am scared to go out of the country and not be admitted back in...

Should I calm down and travel or should I be freaking out I might not be admitted back in???

Thank you.

it is really frustrating. our case has not been touched since transfer in february

We're in the same situation... I am very frustrated since it seems that the transfers are taking a lot longer...

You don't work for the secret service, do you?

Just Kidding.

Just a thought. Maybe you could use the fraud issue to get more favorable terms in the divorce.

This is unbelievably unethical advice. Manipulate her with the fraud so you end up getting more from the divorce? That is not good.

OP, as most people have said here, just try move on and you will find happiness soon. The best of luck.

Thank you to both! I think you have to submit certificates even for the 5 year requirement, but no evidence of being married to a US citizen... Weird...

My advice would be to wait for a couple of weeks and get her a social security number, as a K1 she qualifies for one, and with that SSN, add her to your healthcare...

Hello everyone!!! This question is for my aunt... So she married a US citizen approximately 12 years ago, she came to the US 11 years ago and she is still a permanent resident (and has been all this time), she will have to renew her green card next year and I suggested it would be easier for her to file for citizenship. She remained married to her husband until last year January when he passed away.

My question is: Since she has been a permanent resident for 9 years, as I understand it, she will not be applying on the basis of marriage to a US citizen, but on the basis that she has been a lawful permanent resident for over 5 years, correct? So does she still have to send marriage certificates, death certificates and all the evidence related to her deceased husband??

And another question, she has a 23 year old son who came with her with a green card too (from previous marriage) and he doesn't live with her, there is no court order or anything that states that my aunt has to support him economically, he currently has no job and my aunt sends him a little bit of money but doesn't support him fully. My common sense tells me that she is under no obligation to support him now that he is 23, but would he count as a dependent child?? And her not fully supporting him count as lack of good moral character???

Thank you so much!!!!

Carolina

Hi all!!!! Are there any January filers that haven't been so lucky to get approved already??? I know I filed by the end of the month, but I see so many of you already with green cards since April!!! I know it is normal, I just wanted to see if there were some filers that don't have their interview date yet or approval... I am so looking forward with forgetting about USCIS for a while hehe...

Good luck to all and congrats to the people who have been approved already!!!!

on the 5th of April i was granted a K1 visa to visit the U.S.A to married my fiance within 90 days, but after receiving the visa my fiance attitude became strange and she even advice me to wait until the last week of the visa expired date, before coming i told her that i have sold almost everything and i have giving-up my job so it will be difficult for me to wait as my ticket has been paid for already and a date has been set for departure so as a result i left on April 5.

I arrived on the 8th of April and she was waiting for me at Seattle airport and i was warmly welcome, and she was actively planning for our wedding but she was not consistence in her planning there was so much confusion, she told me she want to get married and after three days she says she don't think she is ready to go a head with the wedding, as we need to spend more time to get to know each other,i could see that she was not serious as a result i had to leave the UNITED STATE few weeks later as my I-94 was only valid for 90 days,and i left before the visa expire she is on social security benefit from government because of substance abuse so her brain does not function properly that is what she told me and she was surfing from depression i was under serious emotional abuse she is a problematic person she smile next minuets she has issues.

HOW DID WE MET

in 2005 i met her on internet and we started dating and she came to visit me in sierra Leone and we got married and became pregnant, but two years later she divorce without my consent and all this years she has been asking for child support, i told her i am from Africa life is not as easy as it is in the USA i mean in terms of jobs and now in 2011 she file for k1 and our petition was proved.

and after leaving USA i told her i want to seek custody of our 6 years old daughter as a result she has been sending fabricated messages to the south African consulate in south Africa that i attempted to bribe her to get a green card and i am a dangerous person in terms of national security, i shouldn't be granted visa to visit united state all this lies is to keep me away from our daughter.

Visa journey has been my guidance through out this visa process, any advice and suggestions will be highly appreciated my problem is as she is painting me negatively to I.C.E and the consulate general that i shouldn't be granted visa

so my visa journey brothers help me with an advice that will pave the way forward for me to at least be visiting my innocent daughter, as she is still a child she cant take decision on her own and she miss me as well.

Hmmm... I don't understand, you got married in 2005 but you filed for a K1 on 2011? I don't know if this might have any implications if you seek anything from the US (i.e., custody of child, visitation rights), but it seems to me that filing for a fiance visa when you are already married is fraud... I will let other more experienced members expand on it, but it just occurred to me.

Good luck, nonetheless and I do agree that finding a lawyer is your best bet.

Don't give up!

Starlings~ both eat Ants

Squirrels - they both hang out in parks

No offense but I think American TV is horrible!!! All they show is reality TV... Very, very dumb shows for the most part... Ice loves Coco (or something like that), Girls next door .... etc, etc...

It seems as though the applications get rolled into one. We only got updates on the EAD, the AP application still says initial review but it was approved at the same time apparently.

I hope we get the EAD/AP combo like you, I received an email saying that my EAD card production had been ordered on 3/16 but nothing on my AP...

Good luck to everyone who is still waiting!!!!

Like a couple of you here I am trying to look at both sides of the story... By what you wrote I am sensing that it was more like a personality/religion issue instead of her just USING you for immigration... Why all the hate?? Just be the bigger person, do not threaten her with deportation... Just be civil, if you can, withdraw the affidavit of support, send her back home and wish her the best. You mentioned that she already said she wanted to go back home. After all, this is a person you once loved deeply. If she is using you, then karma will take care of it.

Just my 2 cents here; as the beneficiary I can relate to your wife in the fact that she moved and left everything behind to be with you, don't use fear or threats. That is not playing fair. If she in fact used you, why didn't she wait until she received her green card?

Good luck.

I wish someone wrote a guidebook that is called "welcome to America"

But as messybrownhair said...one goal at a time.

HI gyselle, not sure if you meant this but here's a booklet that is called "Welcome to USA" it has a lot of things you already know, but it has a couple of things that I didn't know... Hope this helps!!!!

Best of luck!

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a5479ddf801b3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a5479ddf801b3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD

I miss nothing. I can get all the food I want here, and more. Food I have never heard of even.

Are you seriously saying you can't get Mexican food in the United States?

Is not the same at all!!! Mexican food here (american style) is all cheesy and mostly everything has green chilli!

It is very very different!!! The food from the small restaurants, the sauces, the veggies... Like paojack said, it is all cheesy with weird cheeses that we don't use, they put all those "taco seasonings" that before moving here, I had never seen before... The whole experience of eating in Mexico, the multiples courses, the long talks, the loud tables, big families is very different... Here in restaurants they just want you to eat and go fast!! What's the fun in that???

Hello everyone!!! I am finally in the US with my husband, and everything has been great...! Even though I like the US a lot, there things that I really miss from Mexico...

Besides my family -of course- and my friends....

The thing I miss the most is FOOD!!! I miss all the spicy dishes, but especially chilaquiles and snacks like corn with cream, cheese and chili pepper and the CANDY, and I mean the salty/spicy candy... My husband doesn't like any of these, when I gave him some candy to try he hated it!!! I think it is very funny how we are so close (Mexico and the US) yet are very different in some things... I would love to hear what you miss the most from your country... The random things...

And good luck to everyone who just moved to the US!!!

I am very sorry to hear about your story, there is a lot of great advice here so at the risk of being redundant, here are my 2 cents... By what you wrote, it seems like you already know the answer... You know deep inside that this girl's heart is no longer in this relationship. I know it is scary because after all, this is the woman you had chosen to marry and spend the rest of your life with; it is overwhelming to think about the future, as you had made so many plans with her in it. I was in a similar situation and let me tell you: it does seem like she has another man. There are so many red flags here. I know it hurts and your heart is broken, but I give you my word YOU WILL BE FINE. After you heal from this heart break, this experience will help you to build a better and more mature relationship with someone that truly appreciates and loves you.

Don't think that just because you have invested all that money or time, you need to go through with it. Realize how you are feeling right now, if you continue in this relationship the feeling will be perpetual. If you move on, you will feel hurt for a bit, but you will start feeling better with time.

I don't agree that you should find someone right away, I think you need to heal and be with yourself for some time to complete the learning experience. Please move on, stop hurting yourself and start healing.

Best of luck!