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Thanks you all but @ Vanessa Tony, this is a forum where different opinion are sought and does not necessarily mean I'm taking to your advice and your curiosity in wanting to call the USCIS beggars belief, I have decided to seek an attorney's advice anyway.

Food for thought for you is to not be the prosecutor and the judge....

Thanks to all you folks, I just read the visa bulletin for August 2013 however, since we already submitted the I-130 here in the USA, does that mean I apply for a fiancée visa from UK since August is just five weeks away?

I came to United States as British citizen with visa waiver, I got married to my wife here in February 2013 then went back to the UK, I came back in June to live permanently with my wife, we have no kids yet but we are trying to have children together, I have applied for the I-130 and got a receipt of acknowledgement. I'm following the instruction on the uscis homepage which describe my situation as " green card for a family member of a permanent residence" my wife holds a green card as a permanent residence, reading further on the homepage it states also . Get a green card while inside the United States. We have done the first part.

1. Petition with I-130

2. I-485 application for adjustment of status is the next as it was explained on the homepage.

My question is? At what point should we apply for the I-485 because we just got the receipt letter from uscis with priority date July 17,2013. Preference classification :201 B INA SPOUSE OF USC. Please advice.

God bless you all.

I came to United States as British citizen with visa waiver, I got married to my wife here in February 2013 then went back to the UK, I came back in June to live permanently with my wife, we have no kids yet but we are trying to have children together, I have applied for the I-130 and got a receipt of acknowledgement. I'm following the instruction on the uscis homepage which describe my situation as " green card for a family member of a permanent residence" my wife holds a green card as a permanent residence, reading further on the homepage it states also . Get a green card while inside the United States. We have done the first part.

1. Petition with I-130

2. I-485 application for adjustment of status is the next as it was explained on the homepage.

My question is? At what point should we apply for the I-485 because we just got the receipt letter from uscis with priority date July 17,2013. Preference classification :201 B INA SPOUSE OF USC. Please advice.

God bless you all.

Thank you Coleman21,

We got married recently and my visa still has over two months validity however, we have pictures and financial transactions between us for the past one year, her former job wasn't a high earner job(W-2) for that period was $15,000:00 per annum but she now has a better job earning $30,000:00.

My concern is the figure on the W-2 form, will it be enough to support the application including every other document that we have in our joint name like the tenancy agreement and other document?

Hello,

I think you just need to adjust your status and that you do not need to go back to your country. USCIS rather wants you to stay in the USA for you to show them that you want to stay married to your wife. I got married on student visa and people say I can still apply for green card through marriage, so I think you're fine because your case is easier. I entered USA saying my purpose of visit is to go to college in the USA, but I got married after that. I still went to school after that and I'm still in school, living with my husband near my college. Your case is that your purpose of visit to the USA was to visit your wife, so I don't think you will be in trouble at all. Also, I know a friend whose son-in-law is from Australia. He came visit her current wife in the USA and overstayed in the USA and was in deportation, but as soon as he got married to my friend's daughter, he was fine and he got green card through marriage. He's now working at a company in the USA legally.

Did you overstay in the USA or not? As long as you didn't overstay I think you can easily get green card.

Also, I-130 is what your wife has to file for you. By getting permanent residency, you won't get to go back to the UK for a certain amount of time unless you get permission. After the certain period of time, you can go back to the UK if you change your mind, but just for a visit unless you need to work there or something and get permission to come back to the USA without losing green card.

I actually haven't even applied for green card yet, so you may want to get answers from other people, but this is best of my knowledge. Good luck!!!

My wife is a green card holder, she has lived in the United States for over a year and in a full time employment, I am a British citizen who has visited her for over four times in the last one year, we got married here in one of my visit recently and we decided to live together here in America permanently however, I came on a visitor's visa under visa waiver enjoyed by the UK but, we got married still without any questions.

Now that I have decided to stay permanently, how do we go about the application? A friend already refer me to the USCIS I-130 form but I am not too sure about it because I do not want to go back to the UK.

Please I need all meaningful advice/contribution.