BigDaddy28

So what's your question and what is your situation?

Hello:
I wanted to post my travel experience as a US citizen because I had so much pride in showing my US passport.
First my travel was to my home country Tunisia and France and back to the US. Second I respected the entry and exit laws of each country by showing the appropriate passport.
So I was traveling to my home country mainly with my wife and three kids. I always overthink stuff when it comes to laws and that happened to me when I applied for my ROC and citizenship and traveling to my country lol.
I also had fear because of what was going on in the world these days, and I was afraid that I wouldve been picked by authorities in paris and the US just because of my origin, name, religious belief.
Traveling day comes took all passports ( me and two of my kids were dual citizens, my wife and my other kid are just US citizens). When I went to my home country I presented my Tunisian passport. Entry was quick, no questions asked.
On a side note my parents had their interview for IR5 visa, however the guards couldn't let me and 2 other US citizens in the embassy because of security measures even when we showed our US passports ( they said we needed an appointment to get). I thought to myself what if it was an emergency will an appointment be necessary?
When we were traveling back to the US we had a long layover in paris. Of course getting out Tunisia I showed my Tunisian passport. Coming to paris I showed US passports for all family members. I thought we were going to be asked questions about how long our stay was, do we have any money... However the officer just stamped our passport and let us go. At that moment the happiness I had when we were let in was great. The pride I had in showing a US passport in a foreign country was so awesome. ( I know some of yall are probably thinking this guy is a weirdo, but it's all right lol).
So after our layover,we were coming back to the US. I was scared honestly. The last time I came back to the US (with a green card) from my home country, a US representative was in the gate to question me and some other people ( some were US citizens). I didn't get offended and I understood it was a security measure to protect the country which I support. This time though no one was in the gate but flight representatives. As I said I always overthink stuff, and I start imagining what could go south in the boarder. So we come to the US and I told my wife they might question me and run all kind of screenings about me and I started freaking out. My wife said, relax nothing will happen. And boy she was right. I presented my US passport for all family members, the officer was smiling and joking with the kids man that put me at ease. he asked how long were we out of the country, did we go to other countries, did we bring anything prohibited? and than he stamped all of our passports and he said Welcome Home. I almost cried hearing those 2 words. I missed the US more than I thought I would. Going to France and Tunisia made me appreciate the US, made me love the US more and made me realize that the US is my home country too. It made me realize that I want to spend the rest of my life in the US.
I don't know about yall but I was so proud showing my US passport, getting it stamped. That made me feel like I belong here. That I might not be a born American but Im 1000% American. It made me feel like I belong to THE GREATEST NATION on earth.
That was my story.
Yall have a good day.

Hello:
I wanted to post my travel experience as a US citizen because I had so much pride in showing my US passport.
First my travel was to my home country Tunisia and France and back to the US. Second I respected the entry and exit laws of each country by showing the appropriate passport.
So I was traveling to my home country mainly with my wife and three kids. I always overthink stuff when it comes to laws and that happened to me when I applied for my ROC and citizenship and traveling to my country lol.
I also had fear because of what was going on in the world these days, and I was afraid that I wouldve been picked by authorities in paris and the US just because of my origin, name, religious belief.
Traveling day comes took all passports ( me and two of my kids were dual citizens, my wife and my other kid are just US citizens). When I went to my home country I presented my Tunisian passport. Entry was quick, no questions asked.
On a side note my parents had their interview for IR5 visa, however the guards couldn't let me and 2 other US citizens in the embassy because of security measures even when we showed our US passports ( they said we needed an appointment to get). I thought to myself what if it was an emergency will an appointment be necessary?
When we were traveling back to the US we had a long layover in paris. Of course getting out Tunisia I showed my Tunisian passport. Coming to paris I showed US passports for all family members. I thought we were going to be asked questions about how long our stay was, do we have any money... However the officer just stamped our passport and let us go. At that moment the happiness I had when we were let in was great. The pride I had in showing a US passport in a foreign country was so awesome. ( I know some of yall are probably thinking this guy is a weirdo, but it's all right lol).
So after our layover,we were coming back to the US. I was scared honestly. The last time I came back to the US (with a green card) from my home country, a US representative was in the gate to question me and some other people ( some were US citizens). I didn't get offended and I understood it was a security measure to protect the country which I support. This time though no one was in the gate but flight representatives. As I said I always overthink stuff, and I start imagining what could go south in the boarder. So we come to the US and I told my wife they might question me and run all kind of screenings about me and I started freaking out. My wife said, relax nothing will happen. And boy she was right. I presented my US passport for all family members, the officer was smiling and joking with the kids man that put me at ease. he asked how long were we out of the country, did we go to other countries, did we bring anything prohibited? and than he stamped all of our passports and he said Welcome Home. I almost cried hearing those 2 words. I missed the US more than I thought I would. Going to France and Tunisia made me appreciate the US, made me love the US more and made me realize that the US is my home country too. It made me realize that I want to spend the rest of my life in the US.
I don't know about yall but I was so proud showing my US passport, getting it stamped. That made me feel like I belong here. That I might not be a born American but Im 1000% American. It made me feel like I belong to THE GREATEST NATION on earth.
That was my story.
Yall have a good day.

I think regardless of color everybody should understand that: WE breath same air, eat same food (organically made from same organic stuff), sleep the same, we bleed same color... If people accept that concept many problems in the world will disappear.
I'll be honest I had few instances in the US where I was judged based on my color or accent, did it bring me down? No. Talking a little more to them, let them get comfortable with me made them realize we are not very different.
However the band aid thing is still weird. I mean its a bandaid I don't think you were supposed to hide that.

But let's get back to the original topic of the thread I feel like we are diverting a little lol

I think regardless of color everybody should understand that: WE breath same air, eat same food (organically made from same organic stuff), sleep the same, we bleed same color... If people accept that concept many problems in the world will disappear.
I'll be honest I had few instances in the US where I was judged based on my color or accent, did it bring me down? No. Talking a little more to them, let them get comfortable with me made them realize we are not very different.
However the band aid thing is still weird. I mean its a bandaid I don't think you were supposed to hide that.

But let's get back to the original topic of the thread I feel like we are diverting a little lol

I think regardless of color everybody should understand that: WE breath same air, eat same food (organically made from same organic stuff), sleep the same, we bleed same color... If people accept that concept many problems in the world will disappear.
I'll be honest I had few instances in the US where I was judged based on my color or accent, did it bring me down? No. Talking a little more to them, let them get comfortable with me made them realize we are not very different.
However the band aid thing is still weird. I mean its a bandaid I don't think you were supposed to hide that.

But let's get back to the original topic of the thread I feel like we are diverting a little lol

I think regardless of color everybody should understand that: WE breath same air, eat same food (organically made from same organic stuff), sleep the same, we bleed same color... If people accept that concept many problems in the world will disappear.
I'll be honest I had few instances in the US where I was judged based on my color or accent, did it bring me down? No. Talking a little more to them, let them get comfortable with me made them realize we are not very different.
However the band aid thing is still weird. I mean its a bandaid I don't think you were supposed to hide that.

But let's get back to the original topic of the thread I feel like we are diverting a little lol

Hello:
I wanted to post my travel experience as a US citizen because I had so much pride in showing my US passport.
First my travel was to my home country Tunisia and France and back to the US. Second I respected the entry and exit laws of each country by showing the appropriate passport.
So I was traveling to my home country mainly with my wife and three kids. I always overthink stuff when it comes to laws and that happened to me when I applied for my ROC and citizenship and traveling to my country lol.
I also had fear because of what was going on in the world these days, and I was afraid that I wouldve been picked by authorities in paris and the US just because of my origin, name, religious belief.
Traveling day comes took all passports ( me and two of my kids were dual citizens, my wife and my other kid are just US citizens). When I went to my home country I presented my Tunisian passport. Entry was quick, no questions asked.
On a side note my parents had their interview for IR5 visa, however the guards couldn't let me and 2 other US citizens in the embassy because of security measures even when we showed our US passports ( they said we needed an appointment to get). I thought to myself what if it was an emergency will an appointment be necessary?
When we were traveling back to the US we had a long layover in paris. Of course getting out Tunisia I showed my Tunisian passport. Coming to paris I showed US passports for all family members. I thought we were going to be asked questions about how long our stay was, do we have any money... However the officer just stamped our passport and let us go. At that moment the happiness I had when we were let in was great. The pride I had in showing a US passport in a foreign country was so awesome. ( I know some of yall are probably thinking this guy is a weirdo, but it's all right lol).
So after our layover,we were coming back to the US. I was scared honestly. The last time I came back to the US (with a green card) from my home country, a US representative was in the gate to question me and some other people ( some were US citizens). I didn't get offended and I understood it was a security measure to protect the country which I support. This time though no one was in the gate but flight representatives. As I said I always overthink stuff, and I start imagining what could go south in the boarder. So we come to the US and I told my wife they might question me and run all kind of screenings about me and I started freaking out. My wife said, relax nothing will happen. And boy she was right. I presented my US passport for all family members, the officer was smiling and joking with the kids man that put me at ease. he asked how long were we out of the country, did we go to other countries, did we bring anything prohibited? and than he stamped all of our passports and he said Welcome Home. I almost cried hearing those 2 words. I missed the US more than I thought I would. Going to France and Tunisia made me appreciate the US, made me love the US more and made me realize that the US is my home country too. It made me realize that I want to spend the rest of my life in the US.
I don't know about yall but I was so proud showing my US passport, getting it stamped. That made me feel like I belong here. That I might not be a born American but Im 1000% American. It made me feel like I belong to THE GREATEST NATION on earth.
That was my story.
Yall have a good day.

If your authorized stay you were given at the airport has expired that means you are staying here illegally. The illegal stay is not forgiven for spouses of green card holders. That means if you apply now you will end up denied. You can go back to your home country however that will trigger a ban on you once you cross the border. But you can file for a waiver if your wife applied for an I130 once she becomes a citizen. If your intentions were not to immigrate here I would say get married wait until your wife becomes a citizen and than file for adjustment of status.
Somebody else can give you a better advice if there is one. Good luck.

If your authorized stay you were given at the airport has expired that means you are staying here illegally. The illegal stay is not forgiven for spouses of green card holders. That means if you apply now you will end up denied. You can go back to your home country however that will trigger a ban on you once you cross the border. But you can file for a waiver if your wife applied for an I130 once she becomes a citizen. If your intentions were not to immigrate here I would say get married wait until your wife becomes a citizen and than file for adjustment of status.
Somebody else can give you a better advice if there is one. Good luck.

Hello:
I wanted to post my travel experience as a US citizen because I had so much pride in showing my US passport.
First my travel was to my home country Tunisia and France and back to the US. Second I respected the entry and exit laws of each country by showing the appropriate passport.
So I was traveling to my home country mainly with my wife and three kids. I always overthink stuff when it comes to laws and that happened to me when I applied for my ROC and citizenship and traveling to my country lol.
I also had fear because of what was going on in the world these days, and I was afraid that I wouldve been picked by authorities in paris and the US just because of my origin, name, religious belief.
Traveling day comes took all passports ( me and two of my kids were dual citizens, my wife and my other kid are just US citizens). When I went to my home country I presented my Tunisian passport. Entry was quick, no questions asked.
On a side note my parents had their interview for IR5 visa, however the guards couldn't let me and 2 other US citizens in the embassy because of security measures even when we showed our US passports ( they said we needed an appointment to get). I thought to myself what if it was an emergency will an appointment be necessary?
When we were traveling back to the US we had a long layover in paris. Of course getting out Tunisia I showed my Tunisian passport. Coming to paris I showed US passports for all family members. I thought we were going to be asked questions about how long our stay was, do we have any money... However the officer just stamped our passport and let us go. At that moment the happiness I had when we were let in was great. The pride I had in showing a US passport in a foreign country was so awesome. ( I know some of yall are probably thinking this guy is a weirdo, but it's all right lol).
So after our layover,we were coming back to the US. I was scared honestly. The last time I came back to the US (with a green card) from my home country, a US representative was in the gate to question me and some other people ( some were US citizens). I didn't get offended and I understood it was a security measure to protect the country which I support. This time though no one was in the gate but flight representatives. As I said I always overthink stuff, and I start imagining what could go south in the boarder. So we come to the US and I told my wife they might question me and run all kind of screenings about me and I started freaking out. My wife said, relax nothing will happen. And boy she was right. I presented my US passport for all family members, the officer was smiling and joking with the kids man that put me at ease. he asked how long were we out of the country, did we go to other countries, did we bring anything prohibited? and than he stamped all of our passports and he said Welcome Home. I almost cried hearing those 2 words. I missed the US more than I thought I would. Going to France and Tunisia made me appreciate the US, made me love the US more and made me realize that the US is my home country too. It made me realize that I want to spend the rest of my life in the US.
I don't know about yall but I was so proud showing my US passport, getting it stamped. That made me feel like I belong here. That I might not be a born American but Im 1000% American. It made me feel like I belong to THE GREATEST NATION on earth.
That was my story.
Yall have a good day.

Hello:
I wanted to post my travel experience as a US citizen because I had so much pride in showing my US passport.
First my travel was to my home country Tunisia and France and back to the US. Second I respected the entry and exit laws of each country by showing the appropriate passport.
So I was traveling to my home country mainly with my wife and three kids. I always overthink stuff when it comes to laws and that happened to me when I applied for my ROC and citizenship and traveling to my country lol.
I also had fear because of what was going on in the world these days, and I was afraid that I wouldve been picked by authorities in paris and the US just because of my origin, name, religious belief.
Traveling day comes took all passports ( me and two of my kids were dual citizens, my wife and my other kid are just US citizens). When I went to my home country I presented my Tunisian passport. Entry was quick, no questions asked.
On a side note my parents had their interview for IR5 visa, however the guards couldn't let me and 2 other US citizens in the embassy because of security measures even when we showed our US passports ( they said we needed an appointment to get). I thought to myself what if it was an emergency will an appointment be necessary?
When we were traveling back to the US we had a long layover in paris. Of course getting out Tunisia I showed my Tunisian passport. Coming to paris I showed US passports for all family members. I thought we were going to be asked questions about how long our stay was, do we have any money... However the officer just stamped our passport and let us go. At that moment the happiness I had when we were let in was great. The pride I had in showing a US passport in a foreign country was so awesome. ( I know some of yall are probably thinking this guy is a weirdo, but it's all right lol).
So after our layover,we were coming back to the US. I was scared honestly. The last time I came back to the US (with a green card) from my home country, a US representative was in the gate to question me and some other people ( some were US citizens). I didn't get offended and I understood it was a security measure to protect the country which I support. This time though no one was in the gate but flight representatives. As I said I always overthink stuff, and I start imagining what could go south in the boarder. So we come to the US and I told my wife they might question me and run all kind of screenings about me and I started freaking out. My wife said, relax nothing will happen. And boy she was right. I presented my US passport for all family members, the officer was smiling and joking with the kids man that put me at ease. he asked how long were we out of the country, did we go to other countries, did we bring anything prohibited? and than he stamped all of our passports and he said Welcome Home. I almost cried hearing those 2 words. I missed the US more than I thought I would. Going to France and Tunisia made me appreciate the US, made me love the US more and made me realize that the US is my home country too. It made me realize that I want to spend the rest of my life in the US.
I don't know about yall but I was so proud showing my US passport, getting it stamped. That made me feel like I belong here. That I might not be a born American but Im 1000% American. It made me feel like I belong to THE GREATEST NATION on earth.
That was my story.
Yall have a good day.

Hello:
I wanted to post my travel experience as a US citizen because I had so much pride in showing my US passport.
First my travel was to my home country Tunisia and France and back to the US. Second I respected the entry and exit laws of each country by showing the appropriate passport.
So I was traveling to my home country mainly with my wife and three kids. I always overthink stuff when it comes to laws and that happened to me when I applied for my ROC and citizenship and traveling to my country lol.
I also had fear because of what was going on in the world these days, and I was afraid that I wouldve been picked by authorities in paris and the US just because of my origin, name, religious belief.
Traveling day comes took all passports ( me and two of my kids were dual citizens, my wife and my other kid are just US citizens). When I went to my home country I presented my Tunisian passport. Entry was quick, no questions asked.
On a side note my parents had their interview for IR5 visa, however the guards couldn't let me and 2 other US citizens in the embassy because of security measures even when we showed our US passports ( they said we needed an appointment to get). I thought to myself what if it was an emergency will an appointment be necessary?
When we were traveling back to the US we had a long layover in paris. Of course getting out Tunisia I showed my Tunisian passport. Coming to paris I showed US passports for all family members. I thought we were going to be asked questions about how long our stay was, do we have any money... However the officer just stamped our passport and let us go. At that moment the happiness I had when we were let in was great. The pride I had in showing a US passport in a foreign country was so awesome. ( I know some of yall are probably thinking this guy is a weirdo, but it's all right lol).
So after our layover,we were coming back to the US. I was scared honestly. The last time I came back to the US (with a green card) from my home country, a US representative was in the gate to question me and some other people ( some were US citizens). I didn't get offended and I understood it was a security measure to protect the country which I support. This time though no one was in the gate but flight representatives. As I said I always overthink stuff, and I start imagining what could go south in the boarder. So we come to the US and I told my wife they might question me and run all kind of screenings about me and I started freaking out. My wife said, relax nothing will happen. And boy she was right. I presented my US passport for all family members, the officer was smiling and joking with the kids man that put me at ease. he asked how long were we out of the country, did we go to other countries, did we bring anything prohibited? and than he stamped all of our passports and he said Welcome Home. I almost cried hearing those 2 words. I missed the US more than I thought I would. Going to France and Tunisia made me appreciate the US, made me love the US more and made me realize that the US is my home country too. It made me realize that I want to spend the rest of my life in the US.
I don't know about yall but I was so proud showing my US passport, getting it stamped. That made me feel like I belong here. That I might not be a born American but Im 1000% American. It made me feel like I belong to THE GREATEST NATION on earth.
That was my story.
Yall have a good day.

There is nothing you can do to speed it up. Sorry. However when you come back to the US you gonna have to file I130 with the rest of the documents including the original and translated copy of the marriage certificate. You want to apply for a CR1/IR1 Visa.
You begin as I said with I130 and fess and documents with USCIS then your file gets transfered to NVC for more documents and Affidavit of support then it goes to embassy for interviewing.
Unfortunately the process takes about a year, there is no way to expedite it unless if there is a hardship that will be caused to the US citizen by the absence of the spouse.

I'm going to be totally honest and out spoken as well, so please do not take my comment as an offense but I'm trying to help you:
- Your immigration is your fault, you should've made sure you filed for adjustment. You had 5 years and than when you are about to divorce, all of the sudden you are so concerned? The officer won't care if you don't have family back home and you have friends here. They don't even care if you have a property here. They have a law to follow and that law says if you don't have a path to adjustment (in your case your marriage) you shouldn't live here.
- Of course this is your choice, but I wouldn't advice you to file right now as your marriage is rocky and your percentage of denial are really high unless the marriage is saved. Even a lawyer can't help you. I would advice you though to instead invest your money in marriage counseling. That could save your marriage and than you can file for adjustment.
- the 5 years of marriage doesn't mean anything to immigration, it's like a 1 day marriage and than annulment. Even though you have a lot of sentiments, immigration is like math 1+1=2. I can't really comment about going to school as undocumented school, and I''m sorry for not helping you out in that area.
- I understand that you chose to stay at home to support your wife emotionally, but thats a big mistake. You should've got your status adjusted and got you a job, you should've started you life in parallel with your wife's in case something happens to her job. I don't want to comment more about that area because I feel you are guilty in that one.
Please do not take my criticism as to break you but my intention is to help.
I pray for you and your wife to fix your marriage. You sound like you have sincere feelings. My advice that I will repeat is marriage counseling.
Good Luck.

I'm going to be totally honest and out spoken as well, so please do not take my comment as an offense but I'm trying to help you:
- Your immigration is your fault, you should've made sure you filed for adjustment. You had 5 years and than when you are about to divorce, all of the sudden you are so concerned? The officer won't care if you don't have family back home and you have friends here. They don't even care if you have a property here. They have a law to follow and that law says if you don't have a path to adjustment (in your case your marriage) you shouldn't live here.
- Of course this is your choice, but I wouldn't advice you to file right now as your marriage is rocky and your percentage of denial are really high unless the marriage is saved. Even a lawyer can't help you. I would advice you though to instead invest your money in marriage counseling. That could save your marriage and than you can file for adjustment.
- the 5 years of marriage doesn't mean anything to immigration, it's like a 1 day marriage and than annulment. Even though you have a lot of sentiments, immigration is like math 1+1=2. I can't really comment about going to school as undocumented school, and I''m sorry for not helping you out in that area.
- I understand that you chose to stay at home to support your wife emotionally, but thats a big mistake. You should've got your status adjusted and got you a job, you should've started you life in parallel with your wife's in case something happens to her job. I don't want to comment more about that area because I feel you are guilty in that one.
Please do not take my criticism as to break you but my intention is to help.
I pray for you and your wife to fix your marriage. You sound like you have sincere feelings. My advice that I will repeat is marriage counseling.
Good Luck.

I'm going to be totally honest and out spoken as well, so please do not take my comment as an offense but I'm trying to help you:
- Your immigration is your fault, you should've made sure you filed for adjustment. You had 5 years and than when you are about to divorce, all of the sudden you are so concerned? The officer won't care if you don't have family back home and you have friends here. They don't even care if you have a property here. They have a law to follow and that law says if you don't have a path to adjustment (in your case your marriage) you shouldn't live here.
- Of course this is your choice, but I wouldn't advice you to file right now as your marriage is rocky and your percentage of denial are really high unless the marriage is saved. Even a lawyer can't help you. I would advice you though to instead invest your money in marriage counseling. That could save your marriage and than you can file for adjustment.
- the 5 years of marriage doesn't mean anything to immigration, it's like a 1 day marriage and than annulment. Even though you have a lot of sentiments, immigration is like math 1+1=2. I can't really comment about going to school as undocumented school, and I''m sorry for not helping you out in that area.
- I understand that you chose to stay at home to support your wife emotionally, but thats a big mistake. You should've got your status adjusted and got you a job, you should've started you life in parallel with your wife's in case something happens to her job. I don't want to comment more about that area because I feel you are guilty in that one.
Please do not take my criticism as to break you but my intention is to help.
I pray for you and your wife to fix your marriage. You sound like you have sincere feelings. My advice that I will repeat is marriage counseling.
Good Luck.

I'm going to be totally honest and out spoken as well, so please do not take my comment as an offense but I'm trying to help you:
- Your immigration is your fault, you should've made sure you filed for adjustment. You had 5 years and than when you are about to divorce, all of the sudden you are so concerned? The officer won't care if you don't have family back home and you have friends here. They don't even care if you have a property here. They have a law to follow and that law says if you don't have a path to adjustment (in your case your marriage) you shouldn't live here.
- Of course this is your choice, but I wouldn't advice you to file right now as your marriage is rocky and your percentage of denial are really high unless the marriage is saved. Even a lawyer can't help you. I would advice you though to instead invest your money in marriage counseling. That could save your marriage and than you can file for adjustment.
- the 5 years of marriage doesn't mean anything to immigration, it's like a 1 day marriage and than annulment. Even though you have a lot of sentiments, immigration is like math 1+1=2. I can't really comment about going to school as undocumented school, and I''m sorry for not helping you out in that area.
- I understand that you chose to stay at home to support your wife emotionally, but thats a big mistake. You should've got your status adjusted and got you a job, you should've started you life in parallel with your wife's in case something happens to her job. I don't want to comment more about that area because I feel you are guilty in that one.
Please do not take my criticism as to break you but my intention is to help.
I pray for you and your wife to fix your marriage. You sound like you have sincere feelings. My advice that I will repeat is marriage counseling.
Good Luck.

I'm going to be totally honest and out spoken as well, so please do not take my comment as an offense but I'm trying to help you:
- Your immigration is your fault, you should've made sure you filed for adjustment. You had 5 years and than when you are about to divorce, all of the sudden you are so concerned? The officer won't care if you don't have family back home and you have friends here. They don't even care if you have a property here. They have a law to follow and that law says if you don't have a path to adjustment (in your case your marriage) you shouldn't live here.
- Of course this is your choice, but I wouldn't advice you to file right now as your marriage is rocky and your percentage of denial are really high unless the marriage is saved. Even a lawyer can't help you. I would advice you though to instead invest your money in marriage counseling. That could save your marriage and than you can file for adjustment.
- the 5 years of marriage doesn't mean anything to immigration, it's like a 1 day marriage and than annulment. Even though you have a lot of sentiments, immigration is like math 1+1=2. I can't really comment about going to school as undocumented school, and I''m sorry for not helping you out in that area.
- I understand that you chose to stay at home to support your wife emotionally, but thats a big mistake. You should've got your status adjusted and got you a job, you should've started you life in parallel with your wife's in case something happens to her job. I don't want to comment more about that area because I feel you are guilty in that one.
Please do not take my criticism as to break you but my intention is to help.
I pray for you and your wife to fix your marriage. You sound like you have sincere feelings. My advice that I will repeat is marriage counseling.
Good Luck.

I'm going to be totally honest and out spoken as well, so please do not take my comment as an offense but I'm trying to help you:
- Your immigration is your fault, you should've made sure you filed for adjustment. You had 5 years and than when you are about to divorce, all of the sudden you are so concerned? The officer won't care if you don't have family back home and you have friends here. They don't even care if you have a property here. They have a law to follow and that law says if you don't have a path to adjustment (in your case your marriage) you shouldn't live here.
- Of course this is your choice, but I wouldn't advice you to file right now as your marriage is rocky and your percentage of denial are really high unless the marriage is saved. Even a lawyer can't help you. I would advice you though to instead invest your money in marriage counseling. That could save your marriage and than you can file for adjustment.
- the 5 years of marriage doesn't mean anything to immigration, it's like a 1 day marriage and than annulment. Even though you have a lot of sentiments, immigration is like math 1+1=2. I can't really comment about going to school as undocumented school, and I''m sorry for not helping you out in that area.
- I understand that you chose to stay at home to support your wife emotionally, but thats a big mistake. You should've got your status adjusted and got you a job, you should've started you life in parallel with your wife's in case something happens to her job. I don't want to comment more about that area because I feel you are guilty in that one.
Please do not take my criticism as to break you but my intention is to help.
I pray for you and your wife to fix your marriage. You sound like you have sincere feelings. My advice that I will repeat is marriage counseling.
Good Luck.

I'm going to be totally honest and out spoken as well, so please do not take my comment as an offense but I'm trying to help you:
- Your immigration is your fault, you should've made sure you filed for adjustment. You had 5 years and than when you are about to divorce, all of the sudden you are so concerned? The officer won't care if you don't have family back home and you have friends here. They don't even care if you have a property here. They have a law to follow and that law says if you don't have a path to adjustment (in your case your marriage) you shouldn't live here.
- Of course this is your choice, but I wouldn't advice you to file right now as your marriage is rocky and your percentage of denial are really high unless the marriage is saved. Even a lawyer can't help you. I would advice you though to instead invest your money in marriage counseling. That could save your marriage and than you can file for adjustment.
- the 5 years of marriage doesn't mean anything to immigration, it's like a 1 day marriage and than annulment. Even though you have a lot of sentiments, immigration is like math 1+1=2. I can't really comment about going to school as undocumented school, and I''m sorry for not helping you out in that area.
- I understand that you chose to stay at home to support your wife emotionally, but thats a big mistake. You should've got your status adjusted and got you a job, you should've started you life in parallel with your wife's in case something happens to her job. I don't want to comment more about that area because I feel you are guilty in that one.
Please do not take my criticism as to break you but my intention is to help.
I pray for you and your wife to fix your marriage. You sound like you have sincere feelings. My advice that I will repeat is marriage counseling.
Good Luck.

Man that was a very detailed short description of a naturalization process. very good.

Your check will be cashed, you will get a receipt notice with a case number (with which you can set up an online account to track your case), you will get an appointment letter for fingerprinting, you will undergo a background check, you will be placed in line for an interview, you'll get an interview date, you'll be interviewed, if approved, you'll get an oath ceremony date, you'll take an oath of citizenship, you'll get a naturalization certificate.

A lawyer is the way to go.

hmmm I wish I found this thread when it was alive but sine I'm late I'm just going to say what I think hopefully I will help out somehow.
Your husband can go to the funeral however when it comes to prayer (if there is any) he is advised not to pray to stay away from conflicts in belief.
Same goes for christians if they attend a muslim funeral they can but they don't pray because it will not be accepted and it's a belief conflict. Even though that the intentions are good.
The prophet Muhammad PBUH was with his companions and a funeral of jew was passing by. And to show respect he stood up. Even though the person who passed away was not a MUslim, the prophet stood up for respect. So there is no sin for showing respect by standing up or even attending the funeral.
I read somewhere too somebody who said that he commited a sin for marrying a kafir. All I'm gonna say is Define kafir. Christians and jews are not kafir they are called by the Quran as " the people of the book". Another point is nobody has the right to judge a person whether you are a muslim, christian or jew or a hindu or whatever you believe. Only the one who created you can and will.
Please this only my point of view. I did not intend to offend anybody. and I will not preach to anybody past this post about religion because I don't have enough knowledge to be able to argue with you. And you have freedom to believe what you want to believe.
Good day.