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Sorry, I should clarify. I don't think rescheduling is possible, except for "emergencies such as your own illness or a close relative's hospitalization....Please be advised that rescheduling will delay processing...require some steps to be repeated...affect your eligibility for other immigration benefits..." (taken from the notice of action form)

My wife and I just got scheduled for our I-485 AOS (B1 to GC based on marriage) interview, scheduled for St Louis. Problem: It's scheduled for 10AM. My wife had planned to be out of town that day for her grad school graduation ceremony. I can change her flight so that she arrives the morning of interview, about 9:40am. The USCIS office is about 20 minutes from the airport, but we'd probably still be a bit late to the interview. Is that OK? Or a complete no-no? I don't want to reschedule if I don't have to; but I also want her to be able to attend her graduation.

First time poster, so please excuse if this is posted in the wrong forum. The situation is ... well, complicated.

Me:

USC

Her:

A dual citizen of Taiwan and Canada, currently a full time medical student in Australia, in Australia on a student visa (not an Aus PR).

Us:

Engaged.

Goal:

to have her have a GC by March 2013 so that she can start a U.S. medical residency training in 2013 (and not have to be on a restrictive a J-1 or H1B visa)

Plans:

Her hospital rotations in Australia go till July 2012, and she has some US hospital rotations from July tilli Nov 2012. Her med school graduation in Dec 2012.

Dream:

Marriage in July 2012, she does US hospital rotations till Nov 2012 as a student, she returns to Australia Dec 2012 for graduation, and return to US Dec 2012 and starts working (residency) July 2013 as a US PR.

Ideally, she wants to get married in her hometown in Canada. We were thinking of marriage in July 2012, after she finishes her Australian rotations and before she starts her US rotations. However, I'm discovering that once we're married in Canada, she won't be able to enter the US until her IR-1 visa is approved, which takes -- months? a year? This would obviously prevent her from doing her US hospital rotations (which, were she not involved with me, she would come to the US for her hospital rotations on a B-1).

Question: Can we get married in Canada and then can she enter the US as a STUDENT while the IR-1 visa is pending?

Question: If not, could we have a church ceremony in Canada but then have a civil ceremony in the US (she would enter on a K-1, thus)?

Question: If we get married in the US, can she travel back to Australia for final school exams and graduation as a STUDENT while the AOS is still pending (Dec 2012)?

Question: Is there any way we can use her dual citizenship to help our situation?

Question: Does anyone else have any other ideas to help out?

Much thanks!