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IMBRA has everything to do with the petitioner’s criminal record, in particular DV. The whole rule was put in place following the death of Anastasia King who was murdered by the man who brought her here on a K-1 visa and had a history of DV. 

And maybe stop rushing into relationships and spend time, lots of time, getting to know the other person. You had a fiancé trying to arrange her interview in January 2019 but you broke up and you petitioned for another fiancé 5 months later (with whom you were already romantically involved whilst the first one was arranging her embassy interview). Before the second one even got to the interview stage you suspected cheating. You must have suspected this wouldn’t end well. 
 
I know a K-1 only requires you to have met in person once before filing, but that doesn’t mean you have to file after the first visit. As you have seen twice now, short courtships are not working out for you, you need more time. Slow down! What’s the rush? And if these fiancés are pressuring you into rushing through the paperwork, it’s likely the papers they want, not you. The right one will wait. 

*~*~*moved from “K-1 fiancé visa process and procedures” to “effects of major family changes”*~*~*
 
There is nothing you can do. If she is out of status she will have to leave, unless she qualifies to self-file the AOS under VAWA. She may he planning to do this so keep all interaction with her civil and polite. Ask her to leave your house and protect your assets. If she has access to your bank accounts or credit cards, remove that access. Cut her out of your life but calmly and politely. 

And maybe stop rushing into relationships and spend time, lots of time, getting to know the other person. You had a fiancé trying to arrange her interview in January 2019 but you broke up and you petitioned for another fiancé 5 months later (with whom you were already romantically involved whilst the first one was arranging her embassy interview). Before the second one even got to the interview stage you suspected cheating. You must have suspected this wouldn’t end well. 
 
I know a K-1 only requires you to have met in person once before filing, but that doesn’t mean you have to file after the first visit. As you have seen twice now, short courtships are not working out for you, you need more time. Slow down! What’s the rush? And if these fiancés are pressuring you into rushing through the paperwork, it’s likely the papers they want, not you. The right one will wait. 

This started out as a complex matter and now there is a baby in the mix. 
 
OP, along with the other issues, I do expect you will be quizzed intensively over the timeline. Your baby with another woman was conceived 5 months before your now-fiancé flew to meet you. So how long did you know here before she bought the plane ticket to visit? That’s astonishingly quick - to go from making babies with one woman to flying in another woman in less than 5 months. 
 
The CO will immediately suspect the old shuffle here - have a baby with a local woman, “break up”, meet an American, get a K-1, come to the US, divorce, marry child’s mother and petition her. This happens all the time. Be prepared for intense scrutiny. 

How long would it take for your brother to bring a sibling into his country? Would it even be allowed? Think on that before you claim the immigration policies here to be “stupid”. 
 
Fact is that the USA is one of the only countries that allows people to bring siblings (plus the sibling’s spouse and minor children) to live. Almost all other countries do not permit that. My brother in the UK married a Mexican lady and brought her to the UK. She’s now a British citizen and cannot even bring her mother into the UK, let alone her siblings, their spouses and their minor children. 

And maybe stop rushing into relationships and spend time, lots of time, getting to know the other person. You had a fiancé trying to arrange her interview in January 2019 but you broke up and you petitioned for another fiancé 5 months later (with whom you were already romantically involved whilst the first one was arranging her embassy interview). Before the second one even got to the interview stage you suspected cheating. You must have suspected this wouldn’t end well. 
 
I know a K-1 only requires you to have met in person once before filing, but that doesn’t mean you have to file after the first visit. As you have seen twice now, short courtships are not working out for you, you need more time. Slow down! What’s the rush? And if these fiancés are pressuring you into rushing through the paperwork, it’s likely the papers they want, not you. The right one will wait. 

Anyone seen the latest HEA episode? Those lawyers need to be fired! You have Andrrrrei speaking to a lawyer about his ROC and being told, in a roundabout way, his ROC will be denied because he hasn’t worked here so they don’t have “shared income” (hello! He was raising his child...) and he will be deported. And then Kalani considering divorce and being told that President Trump changed the I-864 so that they (Kalani and Papa Kalani) are now responsible for Asuelu for the rest of his life. He later said “unless he becomes a citizen, dies or leaves the country”. So.....just as it’s always been, then. He also said that there was, at that time, a pending lawsuit because “when people signed the I-864 it was on the basis of being responsible for 10 years, not life. But President Trump changed the terms after you signed it”. It’s never been “responsible for 10 years”. That phrase does not appear anywhere on the I-864. Nowhere. It’s a TLC assumption based on the 40 quarters of work. However, most immigrants through marriage, especially those who have children here, apply for citizenship as soon as they can in order to secure the family’s future of being able to all live in the same country even if they subsequently divorce. And the “40 quarters of work” isn’t an exact science for married couples also because non-working spouses can often be credited with the working spouse’s quarters. 

My situation was different but similar. There was no COVID when I arrived, I haven’t had to adjust to motherhood and I was able to work from the very beginning. But I went through similar emotions of feeling “lost” and that I would never settle here. It was almost like a grief for my old life. And I’d visited over 40 times before I moved! Case in point that no amount of visits can prepare you for living here. 
 
Anyway, here’s what I did. It may or may not work for you. Stop comparing things to back home. Accept that things are different here and the life you had in Europe has gone for good. Mourn the loss of it, for sure. But convince yourself to start to see things as “different”, not “wrong”. I’m in a group on Facebook for British ex pats and I see posts from people who’ve been here a decade of more still lamenting that they can’t find custard powder or fairy liquid here. Some of them even resort to importing things at huge expense from Europe. Don’t. Just find a new way to make custard or wash your dishes. Find a new way of doing things. I can’t stand the bread here. I grew up in a bakery that my family had owned for generations. Until I went to university I’d never eaten bread that wasn’t made in our own kitchen. The stuff they sell here and call bread, it’s an abomination. Yes, I know they sell so-called artisan stuff here. Still not good enough for me. Much too sweet. So I make my own now. And I actually enjoy it rather than seeing it as the twice-weekly chore that it was throughout my childhood. And much better than ordering from British food suppliers online. It’s my connection to my past and brings fond memories. Allow yourself the memories but don’t be angry that those days are gone. 
 
I’m finding that I’m less and less saying “we don’t do it like that at home” and more and more “that’s different. But it obviously works here”. Some things don’t change, and that’s OK. You will still be you. And your homeland will still be your homeland. But start to see it as a favorite vacation destination now, and look forward to going back again, rather than seeing it as a the home you been pulled away from. Carve out a new you. Keep some bits of the old you but accept that some bits are gone for good. When my mum comes to visit all I hear is “well we don’t do/say/have that in the UK”. My response? Well, this isn’t the UK. Things are not “wrong”, just “different”.
 
Last month I became a US citizen. People I work with were thrilled and sent messages of congratulations like I’d run a marathon. To me it was just paperwork. I’m still me. Someone said “how does it feel that you’re now an American?” And I really don’t know. I’m still me. Still can’t understand the rules of baseball. Still need to use a knife and fork to eat and will never be able to cut food with the side of a fork. Still expect “chicken salad” to be a garden salad with slices of grilled chicken rather than chopped chicken in mayonnaise. Still say “Aubergine” and not “eggplant”. But that’s ok. Not everything has to change. But not everything will stay the same either. 

It’s an adventure to be enjoyed. 

Biometrics are only being re-used for people who have done ROC here in the US. If you arrived on an IR-1 or an employment based immigrant visa that did not require ROC then you will be called for biometrics as they don’t have anything already on file for you. So biometrics are, in some cases being reused not waived. 
 
People being interviewed now in LA applied about a year ago. There are some exceptions for military filers but for an “average” case you are looking at approximately a year. 
 
 

I had my interview last week.
 
I spent a year in China volunteering with a non-profit helping orphaned children with various medical conditions. I disclosed this and in the interview she asked for a brief description of what I did and as soon as I said 'volunteered' and 'charity' she moved on with a smile. I was a little concerned about having spent time in China but it was no problem at all. 

If you are struggling to meet 125% of the poverty level, have you considered whether the K-1 visa is right for you? Have you considered how you are going to support another adult for several months who cannot work and will need healthcare plus the costs of AOS? 
 
Although 125% of the federal poverty level
will pass muster at the embassy and the AOS process (assuming no major rule change between now and then), whether it is possible to live on that amount is another question. Too many applicants focus too heavily on just scraping through the financial requirements for approval and not the practicalities of day-to-day life on such a modest income. Two completely different things.
 

My situation was different but similar. There was no COVID when I arrived, I haven’t had to adjust to motherhood and I was able to work from the very beginning. But I went through similar emotions of feeling “lost” and that I would never settle here. It was almost like a grief for my old life. And I’d visited over 40 times before I moved! Case in point that no amount of visits can prepare you for living here. 
 
Anyway, here’s what I did. It may or may not work for you. Stop comparing things to back home. Accept that things are different here and the life you had in Europe has gone for good. Mourn the loss of it, for sure. But convince yourself to start to see things as “different”, not “wrong”. I’m in a group on Facebook for British ex pats and I see posts from people who’ve been here a decade of more still lamenting that they can’t find custard powder or fairy liquid here. Some of them even resort to importing things at huge expense from Europe. Don’t. Just find a new way to make custard or wash your dishes. Find a new way of doing things. I can’t stand the bread here. I grew up in a bakery that my family had owned for generations. Until I went to university I’d never eaten bread that wasn’t made in our own kitchen. The stuff they sell here and call bread, it’s an abomination. Yes, I know they sell so-called artisan stuff here. Still not good enough for me. Much too sweet. So I make my own now. And I actually enjoy it rather than seeing it as the twice-weekly chore that it was throughout my childhood. And much better than ordering from British food suppliers online. It’s my connection to my past and brings fond memories. Allow yourself the memories but don’t be angry that those days are gone. 
 
I’m finding that I’m less and less saying “we don’t do it like that at home” and more and more “that’s different. But it obviously works here”. Some things don’t change, and that’s OK. You will still be you. And your homeland will still be your homeland. But start to see it as a favorite vacation destination now, and look forward to going back again, rather than seeing it as a the home you been pulled away from. Carve out a new you. Keep some bits of the old you but accept that some bits are gone for good. When my mum comes to visit all I hear is “well we don’t do/say/have that in the UK”. My response? Well, this isn’t the UK. Things are not “wrong”, just “different”.
 
Last month I became a US citizen. People I work with were thrilled and sent messages of congratulations like I’d run a marathon. To me it was just paperwork. I’m still me. Someone said “how does it feel that you’re now an American?” And I really don’t know. I’m still me. Still can’t understand the rules of baseball. Still need to use a knife and fork to eat and will never be able to cut food with the side of a fork. Still expect “chicken salad” to be a garden salad with slices of grilled chicken rather than chopped chicken in mayonnaise. Still say “Aubergine” and not “eggplant”. But that’s ok. Not everything has to change. But not everything will stay the same either. 

It’s an adventure to be enjoyed. 

If it’s for work purposes, no. 

Correct. But they need to know the new address to send the plastic card there. So you need to complete firm AR-11 to change your address on your file with USCIS. There is no charge for this form. 

Everyone at that Thanksgiving dinner table was acting like a lunatic, with the exception of the roommate. He seemed like an actual human being with understandable emotions!
 
God I wanted some member of the Potthast family to go overboard and stay there.

Your IR1 visa with CBP stamp serves as your green card for 1 year from the date of your US entry.  So you actually have a GC already, even if it is not the plastic one.  Make sure you always have your passport with IR1 visa on hand until you get your plastic GC.  Also, when you move, remember to file the AR-11 change of address with USCIS.
 

I missed these “added extras”. Seems it may have been somewhat traumatic. 

If he proposed jutst because you're pregnant, it doesn't look good.
And if you've been together for a year it looks like you've been together when you were married to husband #2. Seems like a pattern.
Still wish you all the best.

Your fraud case is very weak. At one point he was exactly what you wanted and you both jumped through hoops to demonstrate to USCIS and the embassy that your marriage was the Real Deal. 
 
Normally I would advise you to slow down and stop rushing into marriage with men you obviously don’t know very well. But that ship had sailed and husband number 3 is about to go through the immigration process and into your child’s life. 
 
Are all of them from the DR?

I work for an airline and can confirm that you definitely won’t be permitted to board a flight to the US with no current document that demonstrates your status as an LPR. An expired 10-year GC is possible as it’s unconditional and it’s not for the airline to decide whether an LPR has abandoned their status but an expired GC? No way.

Your fraud case is very weak. At one point he was exactly what you wanted and you both jumped through hoops to demonstrate to USCIS and the embassy that your marriage was the Real Deal. 
 
Normally I would advise you to slow down and stop rushing into marriage with men you obviously don’t know very well. But that ship had sailed and husband number 3 is about to go through the immigration process and into your child’s life. 
 
Are all of them from the DR?

I’ll PM you. There is another European member who completed the entire process whilst her husband was incarcerated and she has been living in the US for 4 years now. No issues whatsoever. She doesn’t post anymore but I’ll PM you her details so you can contact her. 
 
My husband has served time in prison in the USA and has little contact with his family. Not an issue at all for us. 

Your fraud case is very weak. At one point he was exactly what you wanted and you both jumped through hoops to demonstrate to USCIS and the embassy that your marriage was the Real Deal. 
 
Normally I would advise you to slow down and stop rushing into marriage with men you obviously don’t know very well. But that ship had sailed and husband number 3 is about to go through the immigration process and into your child’s life. 
 
Are all of them from the DR?

My situation was different but similar. There was no COVID when I arrived, I haven’t had to adjust to motherhood and I was able to work from the very beginning. But I went through similar emotions of feeling “lost” and that I would never settle here. It was almost like a grief for my old life. And I’d visited over 40 times before I moved! Case in point that no amount of visits can prepare you for living here. 
 
Anyway, here’s what I did. It may or may not work for you. Stop comparing things to back home. Accept that things are different here and the life you had in Europe has gone for good. Mourn the loss of it, for sure. But convince yourself to start to see things as “different”, not “wrong”. I’m in a group on Facebook for British ex pats and I see posts from people who’ve been here a decade of more still lamenting that they can’t find custard powder or fairy liquid here. Some of them even resort to importing things at huge expense from Europe. Don’t. Just find a new way to make custard or wash your dishes. Find a new way of doing things. I can’t stand the bread here. I grew up in a bakery that my family had owned for generations. Until I went to university I’d never eaten bread that wasn’t made in our own kitchen. The stuff they sell here and call bread, it’s an abomination. Yes, I know they sell so-called artisan stuff here. Still not good enough for me. Much too sweet. So I make my own now. And I actually enjoy it rather than seeing it as the twice-weekly chore that it was throughout my childhood. And much better than ordering from British food suppliers online. It’s my connection to my past and brings fond memories. Allow yourself the memories but don’t be angry that those days are gone. 
 
I’m finding that I’m less and less saying “we don’t do it like that at home” and more and more “that’s different. But it obviously works here”. Some things don’t change, and that’s OK. You will still be you. And your homeland will still be your homeland. But start to see it as a favorite vacation destination now, and look forward to going back again, rather than seeing it as a the home you been pulled away from. Carve out a new you. Keep some bits of the old you but accept that some bits are gone for good. When my mum comes to visit all I hear is “well we don’t do/say/have that in the UK”. My response? Well, this isn’t the UK. Things are not “wrong”, just “different”.
 
Last month I became a US citizen. People I work with were thrilled and sent messages of congratulations like I’d run a marathon. To me it was just paperwork. I’m still me. Someone said “how does it feel that you’re now an American?” And I really don’t know. I’m still me. Still can’t understand the rules of baseball. Still need to use a knife and fork to eat and will never be able to cut food with the side of a fork. Still expect “chicken salad” to be a garden salad with slices of grilled chicken rather than chopped chicken in mayonnaise. Still say “Aubergine” and not “eggplant”. But that’s ok. Not everything has to change. But not everything will stay the same either. 

It’s an adventure to be enjoyed.