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Indy...good luck with USPS...I hate their tracking system...I paid the extra $20 so I could watch it travel city by city =)....good luck though for real!

And it begins Day 1! They just received the package in Chicago and I got delivery confirmation! even got the lady's name who signed for it...lol...and now we wait! yay!

So we haven't filed for Adjustment of Status yet. I am on an F1 visa for school (with a sponsor) until 2013 and plan on staying in school for the next 2 years regardless of whether I get a green card or not. We got married this past January. I have no need to work or leave the country in the near future while we are waiting on the green card process. So my question is, will this look suspicious to them or will it look even better since my intent is obviously to go to school and not just get married to reap benefits (work, travel, etc) of the green card? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

thanks for the input...just didn't want to get questioned about it two years from now when we file...like why did you wait so long bla bla...considering we got married towards the front end of her time period (within the 1st year) on the student visa it may look better as far as intent goes if she has 3 or 4 semesters of college completed...anyone agree?

Question, once you get married do you have to file for green card right away if the student visa has 2 years remaining on it? I mean if you are still in school as you intended this is it okay to wait a while? Was just wondering about the whole if you were married for 2 years and getting permanent green card without conditions... any feedback would be appreciated.

thanks!

Thanks for the input. I may just get everything that I can...better to have it and not need it than vice versa.

I'm sure you all have input on which documents for proof of marriage are more important that others. So far we have joint credit card, joint bank accounts, joint health insurance, joint auto insurance, joint bills and she's beneficiary for my life insurance and Roth IRA (retirement account). We also have pictures of when we got married in the courthouse and tons of other pictures from various outings (fishing, camping, vacation, etc.) I would hope that this should be sufficient to prove that we are married in good faith. I have heard that affidavits are also a good idea from friends/family. Are these necessary? Any input on this is appreciated.

report her for fraud...

working hard on it now...waiting to get the medical exam done...arghh I hate waiting ....lol. good luck! damn docs are all booked up.

Not sure what the best course of action is here...but I'd say the do nothing approach is not an option...reason I asked which country she was from is because some countries have more green card hawks than others....

somethings not right here...where is she from? country of origin might explain some of this behavior....

One more question regarding my situation, I assuming after all that has been said above the most important thing is to prove that the marriage is real and the relationship existed before we left the country for 2 weeks? again thanks to all of your for your advice! You really have helped us so far!

yeah sorry was talking with a lawyer..think shes a quack tho...

boiler...thanks for the confirmation...I think she just wanted us to hire her for the interview process which is another $800 or so...i swear everything is about damn money...its hard to find someone these days who genuinely wants to help you...

thanks to everyone for their replies. I think I may get a new lawyer...my feel is that shes just trying to scare us into thinking we need her..."justifying her existence".

Thanks for the reply. The relationship existed prior to me leaving to go visit my family and yes we have some things together that can prove it, as required by the I-130/I-485 forms. The lawyer just really caught us off guard today talking about fraud...that's the absolute last thing we would ever do is something illegal...we are by the book type poeple so we were shocked...originally from South Africa, resident of New Zealand. Is the CR1 similar to applying for a green card? easier or harder? again..thanks for your reply...makes me feel a tiny bit better...lol

So I entered the USA in 2008 on a J1 visa for to work 2 years. In June of 2010 I applied for change of status to a F1 so I could go to school for 3 years. The change of status was received while I was in the USA so I didn't actually have a F1 visa yet just permission to stay until 2013 as stated on my I-20. In order to get the visa in my passport I would have to leave the USA and get it from the consulate in my home country. So in December 2010, after 1 semester of school, I was allowed to leave the country for 2 weeks to go home and visit my family so and while there I got my actual visa in my passport. Upon returning to the USA, I got married unplanned/spur of the moment to the man of my dreams at the end of January (less than 30 days from returning in USA). We went to a lawyer today to start the green card process and she said that it would be considered visa fraud since I got married within 30 days of returning to the USA...? I had no clue this was an issue and am certainly not one to break any laws...now what?

Anyone have any experience with something like this? My intent is to go to school and get my degree...it was never just to get married and stay in USA...

Please help!