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Sure. I do enjoy spend time with them. I am sad to leave them. They are not meaningless. However, this is more important for me to be with my fiancé. Otherwise I wouldn't leave home. I chose that. Plus I am not building anything here. I am just wainting for my new life to begin.
Wether my fiancé is my everything of not is really up to us. And we are pretty much everything to each other. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have a life, friends of our own, a job, whatever... But he is my best friend, the one I share every thing that matters, the one I enjoy little stuff with, the one I feel most understood with, the one that makes me feel life is smooth and nice and little things that upset me don't matter. And life is too short. So yes, life is better with him, and so I want this. I don't enjoy at all spending 8 months away from my fiancé, and can't say this is not a pain. And I would do anything I could to make it shorter.
(But I still don't think there should be a short line for paying more)
My point is, waiting 8 months is too long. Of course we can live through it. But let's not pretend it doesn't matter. Maybe it isn't a big problem for some of us. Some could say that if you are not upset to be separated with your fiancé for 8 months, then there is a problem, you don't really love your fiancé. Just as you can argue that if you can't get through the process, your couple is not worth it anyway.
Please, to all who would be tempted, stop saying that wanting this process to be shorter is a sign of a problem in a relationship we don't know anything about. It is just people who think and feel differently, and they are totally allowed to be frustrated without anyone judging their relationship.

It is my impression that there is little advantage to "staggering" the EAD/AP applications mailing. If you send all of the applications together it is a done deal. Hence the rationale mentioned in the Guides. If you mail them in separately you have to wait to receive the I-797c receipt for the AOS (I-485) application, and then have to send in with your EAD application.
When we submitted my wife (K-1) and son's (K-2) AOS packets (EAD and AP apps included), they got six (6) I-797c application receipts, 1 @ for I-485, I-765, I-131 (AOS, EAD, AP) per person, approximately two weeks after submission. They received their EAD/AP combo cards 69 days after submission of application (check our timeline for details).
YMMV
Good luck.

I would take the few extra minutes it takes to fill out the I-131 and send it in. It is no cost to you, and takes very little effort to add this to your I-485 submission. It is better to have the AP card and not need it, than to need the AP card and not have it.

"the trust is broken and will be hard to rebuild"
This to me is the death kneel.
Everything else is forgivable if you choose to do that.
In your case I think you want to go back home and you probably should.
Can you work it out and can it be worked out? Yes you can and it can if you want to.
Good luck.

I think the OP is already beating herself up for what happened to her. She is probably heart broken, frustrated, upset, crazy mad...
Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but when I read your message I feel it is very aggressive toward the OP, and it is not answering her question. Internet doesn't mean we should get rid of empathy. You may not want to support the OP, but you should try not to to turn a knife in the wound...

Stranger and stranger.

Yes, it looks like there is a bug.
Report it here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/2-post-bugs-here/

Lol. I think people just need to use their common sense here. Theres a huge difference between saying to someone- hey things arent working out, I think we should break up and you should move out and go back home to your parents. You have a right to make that statement during a break up, and if your partner happens to be from another country and that means they would be leaving the US- so be it. Just like you have the right to say to another USC you are breaking up with and living with hey I think we should break up and you should move out with out being accused of threatening to put them out on the street and make them homeless.
Theres a huge difference between that and the USC who threatens deportation to the alien they are married to. A threat of deportation is usually he/she told me if I did not do exactly as wanted I would be deported. Thats not true. Thats a false threat of intimidation. You cant intimidate someone with deportation. Thats abuse. .
Because of the limited info in the post its hard to tell which situation the above is. Perhaps things just didnt work out between the couple and the husband said to the wife, its over you are going to be deported now since we broke up goodbye best of luck. Well, hes wrong. She has her card as it has been produced. Shes going to have to attempt to ROC when they divorce if she wants to keep the card so she should get herself over to the ROC forums. Sometimes people say nasty things to each other during break ups. A lot of USCs are under the impression that the alien is only entitled to the benefit as long as they are married and if the person is not with them then they dont get the benefit and perhaps if they broke up sooner and he withdrew his support prior to the card being issued he couldve stopped the card from coming, but at this point its too late.
Or perhaps the man is abusive and has been making statements like this throughout the marriage and she put up with it because she believed him (that he could deport her- which is kind of odd because she shouldve went to that class about abuse) and this final him kicking her out was the last piece to it. But again at this point since the card was issued she needs to realize her status is safe for now and his threats are meaningless. She needs to shift her focus to ROC and divorce and move on.

Also, she has rights by virtue of being married. If he continues to abuse her, she should call the police and file a police report. Then, if the husband decides to divorce her, which is his only recourse, then she can file to have the conditions removed from her green card once the divorce is granted. She should talk to a lawyer as soon as possible.

And makes sure she checks the mail before her husband does!

No. You have to put your current address, or the last address you lived in for more than one year. They are not asking for an address in the US but an address outside the US.
Here is an exemple on how to fill the form: http://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-G-325A.pdf
All the exemple forms are here: http://www.visajourney.com/content/examples That is a wonderful help in filling out everything!

As I said DO NOT talk with the operator person who answering the phone. Request, NO DEMAND a Tier 2 Supervisor and do not get off phone until you know what and where your RFE is and what is going on.
It's time to go gangsta on USCIS now.

calling a congressman isn't enough.
you must find and engage with the immigration liason staffer, and make sure you send over a signed privacy release form thingie.
Once they have that form in their office, then they will take action.
I did this - email'd a scan'd version and also a fax, along with a longish letter. I got the first answer back within a week.
Seriously, call in tomorrow, ask for the 'immigration liason staffer' .

My fiancé puts his napkin on his plate all the time... I think this is so odd. Depends on coutries I guess. Doing this in france is just when it is paper napkin (never fabric napkin on the plate!!) and if it is a fast food restaurant.

Well, why not? It is a nice and convenient way to travel. There are people out there who are scared of flying, and that might make it easier for them (it was for me). Also, when I came by cruise ship, I could take as many bags with me as I wanted to, which made moving a lot easier.
Everyone does whatever they feel most comfortable doing.

I entered the U.S. by cruise ship through the new York seaport and didn't have any problems. Maybe contact your port of entry's CBP and make sure they are knowledgeable enough to process k1 visas.

Tout est là :
http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion
Il lui faut déclarer ses revenus, sur les trois derniers années et utiliser un autre formulaire pour les exclure puisqu'elle vivait a l'étranger.
A la limite, vous pouvez acheter acheter le dernier TurboTax, faire cette années passée, il va vous sortir les formulaires comme il faut.
C'est super facile avec TurboTax. Une fois que vous aurez l'exemple d'une année, vous faites vous même les 2 autres années.
En gros, form 1040EZ, blabla j'ai gagné tant de "foreign incomes" et puis 2555-EZ, ben j'ai rien a payé puisque je ne vivais pas sur le territoire US.
Elle aura rien a payer, mais il faut qu'elle fasse cette paperasse.
L'IRS, c'est beaaaucoup mois méchant que le fisc francais. Tu peux donc déclarer les 10 dernieres années en retard, surtout si tu dois rien, vont rien te dire.
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Et pour Muriel, on peut bien se retrouver un cas de double imposition, ca existe.
Dans ce cas, on recoit un crédit d'impot à soustraire pour l'année d'après.
Le traité fiscal franco-américain est anté-diluvien et assez pourri.

Ok, justement, comme on était au courant pour les accords, on pensait qu'il n'y avait rien à déclarer aux US en parallèle. Mais je lis à droite à gauche que le droit américain est un peu spécial à ce niveau. Bon je vais me fendre d'un appel à l'antenne française de l'IRS je pense avec de clarifier complètement la situation. Je reviendrai pour un p'####### feedback.

Tout d'abord bienvenue. Et ne t'inquiète pas, tout le monde pose des questions qui ont déjà été posées mille fois
Pour le visa fiancé, il me semble que tu ne peux pas le sponsoriser de France, donc oui, tu dois avoir un co-sponsor aux US. Ou bien aller aux US, trouver un job là-bas, et ensuite sponsoriser ton fiancé.
En tant que citoyenne américaine, tu dois aussi déclarer tes revenus à l'IRS, peu importe où tu vis. Il faut que tu te renseignes sur le sujet, mais je pense que tu peux remplir les déclarations à posteriori. Si tu gagnes moins de 90 000$ (et des poussières) ils ne te feront rien payer (si j'ai bien tout suivi. Mais ça vaut le coup pour toi de te renseigner plus avant, je ne suis pas une experte du sujet)

Keep on them to get it right, lesson for others is be aggressive but not unreasonable.

Hello Sarah,
I am sorry to hear about your story. But I am pretty sure you can make significant changes, without going back to the UK. Going back to the UK would probably be easier for you. But it puts your marriage at risk. Staying here and fixing things is gonna be tougher, but probably less risky for your marriage... This is something that only you can decide. Nobody can tell you that.
Now, I think your biggest problem is that you don't have a job. If you were a successful, independent professional, and you are know stuck at home... It is like you are missing a part of who you are. You can't be happy like this.
I would concentrate on fixing this problem first. Specially because it just depends on you, not on your husband, not on the mortgage, not on your awful brother in law, or not really helping mother in law. (but if you can evict this awful Brother in Law of yours at the same time... that's even better)
You seem to have a great network in the UK... Did you try to build one here? Did you meet people, go to networking events, ask for advice, sent a ton of e-mails to people in your field to ask them for advice? Maybe there is something wrong in your resume (took me forever to re-do mine so people here would be happy with it...). If people agree to give you advice on this, this is a big first step. Don't be afraid to contact people in high positions... The worst that can happen is that they don't answer.
Have you contacted them: http://www.babcmichigan.org/babc-board-members/ Ask them for advice, ask them a list of British companies in the area. Professional advice from the british community that live and work in Detroit will probably be the best you can get.
I am not sure what you did to look for a job, but just sending your resume and applying online is probably not gonna work. Agencies are a good idea, but if you can get the name of a recruiter and call that specific recruiter rather than just contacting the agency, you will have better chances. (And if you meet people, I guaranty you that some of them will personally know recruiters.)
I know you probably tried a lot of things already, but I hope something in all that will be helpful. It is definitely difficult, but I don't think it is impossible for you to find a job where you are.
I wish you the best!

I think the OP is already beating herself up for what happened to her. She is probably heart broken, frustrated, upset, crazy mad...
Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but when I read your message I feel it is very aggressive toward the OP, and it is not answering her question. Internet doesn't mean we should get rid of empathy. You may not want to support the OP, but you should try not to to turn a knife in the wound...

I think the OP is already beating herself up for what happened to her. She is probably heart broken, frustrated, upset, crazy mad...
Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but when I read your message I feel it is very aggressive toward the OP, and it is not answering her question. Internet doesn't mean we should get rid of empathy. You may not want to support the OP, but you should try not to to turn a knife in the wound...

I think the OP is already beating herself up for what happened to her. She is probably heart broken, frustrated, upset, crazy mad...
Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but when I read your message I feel it is very aggressive toward the OP, and it is not answering her question. Internet doesn't mean we should get rid of empathy. You may not want to support the OP, but you should try not to to turn a knife in the wound...

Je pense que tu devrais y retourner avec ça: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211530 (tout en bas ils parlent de l'EAD)
et ça :https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211420 ils parlent aussi de l'EAD
et ça: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110212055 pour qu'ils te changent ton nom
Demande à parler à un superieur. Une fois que t'auras ça tu pourras passer ton permis. Vu les délais pour la green card, je pense que ça vaut le coup d'essayer!

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