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CSC filer...filed end of March, received by uscis on April 10th, 2017.  case was never transferred anywhere and remained at the CSC center.

Great news!  So I woke to an e-mail saying that action was taken on my wife's case.  I logged into our USCIS account and was greeted with the following...  

July 19, 2018

We are producing your card and will mail it to you

You do not need to do anything at this time

We will mail your Green Card, employment authorization document (EAD), or combo card (EAD and advance parole) to the address you gave us. It may take up to 120 days to deliver your new card.

If your mailing address changes, update your address with us.

which service center is generally faster?  VSC or CSC?

I can't find my receipt letter.  Can someone type out what the "receipt notice that describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice."  What actually is the description of how they will process the case?  and what are the instructions?

turns out the family business may require my wife to be take multiple 1 month long trips every other month.  so...1 month in China, then 1 month in the U.S., followed by another month in china, then back in the U.S. for 1 month....so on, so forth...  We are not really concerned about naturalization at this time.  just the ability to live in the U.S. and maintain the green card.

So my wife has some family business issues that require her to go back to China for an extended period of time.  We don't want to risk abandonment of her greencard.  I know technically they say you can't be outside of the U.S. for more than 1 year, and there is also an unofficial rule of no more than 6 months abroad. 

When do they start counting the 6 months?  per fiscal year? beginning Jan. 1, 2017?  or since the last trip?

Does that mean 6 months straight during 1 trip? 

or can she break it up like 5 months in China, return to U.S. for 2 months + another 4 months in China = total 9 months out of the year?

or does it mean that the total can't add up to more than 6 months in the year?

I also know that "intent" to maintain residence in U.S. is necessary to not be considered "abandoned", we have a house under my wife's name + 1 child together.  Child will remain in U.S. most of the time.  Is that suficient to maintain "intent" to maintain US residence?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

how much does it cost to take a pet (small puppy) on United Airlines?

Received a interview waiver notice as well. I am in no rush anymore...my wife is here with me....so uscis can take their sweet time.

AOS, EAD, AP application were received July 1st - Nebraska Service Center

Biometrics was done on July 28th

Haven't heard anything back since then...not even a change in status....

I've got a domestic trip planned for Sept. 18. I am worried that they may schedule an interview on the date of my trip. Should I be worried?

Thanks to everyone for their support. The plot thickened this morning when I woke up early after working all night I found my beloved wife secretly applying makeup. When she saw me she quickly hid it. The only time she has ever worn makeup around me was at our wedding. She was being picked up to spend the day with another filipina of very questionable character . When she left I could not stand it anymore so I went into the guest bedroom where she sleeps and keeps her possessions (never did unpack). I looked into her backpack and found a box of almost empty birth control pills. Now, she has never slept with me but she is giving it out around town. Where is the end of this drama? This is all a terrible dream that I can't wake up from. This is the end. Tomorrow she will face a choice, out in the street or the next flight to Manila. Unbelievable, she told me last week that she never had a sex drive.This is the very last straw, I doubt you could know how angry and totally betrayed I feel. Total, unequivocal trash by any standard anywhere.Will this never end?

You should be THANKFUL that she never gave you any sex.....since she's obviously a tramp that sleeps around w/o protection, which means she likely has STDs.

This afternoon she mentioned going home to her family in the Philippines after the annulment is signed by the judge. YAHOO! The day the annulment is signed I am going to buy her a one way plane ticket and tell her this is it, the last dime I spend on her. She evidently just came on a recon mission to see if what I was giving her met her requirements.Evidently I failed thank the Lord. Of course she let me know that she would not supply any affection, emotional or financial support to the marriage. Well over $26,000 in the last year and a half to this sham marriage that I was in all by myself and didn't know it. A bitter, bitter lesson learned. Now lets hope she sticks to this plan.

Wow! $26k! what did u spend all that money on? Glad u were able to get away from this scammer. I had originally thought she just came w/o getting anything in return other than the paperwork and plane ticket paid for....

I hope the problem will soon be over. She has agreed to sign the annulment in my lawyer's office the middle of next week. Of course I had to sweeten the pot ($), not a huge amount but worth it to get rid of her. In the agreement is a clause that states that neither parties emotionally abused the other. I believe I might have mentioned that her new filipina friends gave her a course in immigration law. After she signs the lawyer will hand her a plane ticket for the next morning. As my lawyer has told me, he will tell her that will be the only ticket she will receive. By the annulment will state that she committed fraud.

Her only concern now is what is she going to tell her parents.....maybe the truth? NO!! Can't do that! She will think of some lie and her parents being her parents will accept it.

I do worry that some other poor westerner with a shix eating grin on his face will be her next victim as I believe a annulment in the Philippines will erase the record of her being married. I guess in the end it is a case of you throw the dice and take your chances.

Thanks to everyone and may your journey be a happy one.

She seems pretty cooperative to sign the annulment and go back to her own country. That does not sound like a scammer to me.....her motivations to marry were not purely based on wanting to stay in the U.S. Sounds like you two just had different expectations. She might not have expected to have to have sex with a much older man. While you expected to have sex with a 30 something year old Filipino woman as part of the marriage.

Not an easy thing to admit, but with much embarrassment, I have to admit to being played... after so much work trying to get my wife into the US now I have to work at getting her away. Only three weeks here and her intentions are very clear.On second night she stated at 60 I should not have a desire for relations and stated she never had sexual feelings, ever.I asked why she had not previously mentioned this to me and that it was odd considering not one month before we agreed that she should be on the pill which she started before leaving for the US. The next day she said she didn't love me "but who knows, in a month I might". This from a female in her 30s. I offered to fly her home if she was so unhappy and she liked that idea because she thought I would continue to pay all of her living expenses as I had been doing since before we were married.No, that meant divorce. Not a good reaction from her. Now,we seldom talk and if so fight. She spends her days watching tv and smoking and talking to her new filipina friends. She moved into the spare bedroom on day 3 and has yet to unpack her suitcase.Next stop I guess is a lawyer to get me out of this mess as best I can and as fast as I can.And right now, all she will talk to me about is "when will the green card and ss card get here?".And I really did not see this coming. Love can be stupid as well as blind.

So you two have never had sex before marriage? Maybe she had different expectations as to the physical side of the marriage from what you had?

You CANNOT withhold her green card. That is a sure way of getting into trouble.

As to the emotional part - at 60 you should know better than think a 30 yo is into you for anything but money/green card.

Yes, he will. Huge trouble. I am pretty sure it is a felony.

HARSH, but very true.

why limit himself to a Filipino wife? Theres a whole world of women out there he can choose from. But to answer your original question, he prob. needs to be legally divorced and have met the woman before he can file again.

He has had time to heal, think of his life, and what he wants to do, and he wants a Filipino wife, just as I have and both our our friends, Steve has.

I am located near the Chicago USCIS location and can easily just drop-off the documents. Should I mail to the Chicago Lockbox? or drop it off as if I am the courier service to

"USCIS

Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

I am located near the Chicago USCIS location and can easily just drop-off the documents. Should I mail to the Chicago Lockbox? or drop it off as if I am the courier service to

"USCIS

Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

This is all very odd.

Firstly, I have no idea why idea why the existence of two irritating but minor bureaucratic reporting requirements would have an impact on your family's choice as to your wife works or not. Particularly since you would then have to file married but separate, which is likely to cost you a significant amount of money compared to filing jointly.

Secondly, while 8938 (FATCA) is not required if you don't have to file a tax return, the is no such such exception for FBAR. Everyone who has foreign assets over the threshold has to report them.

These forms are not as difficult as you seem to think. Sure, locating account numbers, maximum values and exchange rates is a hassle in the first year, but once you know what is needed, the account numbers are already there, you know where to find the other info, and it's simpler in following years. In addition, your wife can close most of the assets and move them to the US, so that they become non-reportable. This would remove or at least simplify the reporting requirement.

Most of her assets are ones she holds as joint with her dad....and really are just her dad's accounts. It seems troublesome to have to report something that while technically she is a joint holder on, but in reality is her dad's. I guess it would be easiest for her to just remove herself from all her joint accounts than to have to subject her family's money to the us govt for additional taxation when the money was already taxed when earned in her native country.

I'm sorry but I have to put some personal issues in here. It seems you are more worried about paying taxes than taking care of your family. Your now wife if pregnant and wants to attend school but you don't want her to become an LPR because that means she will have to pay taxes on foreign earnings. Now you realize she has to become an LPR to stay in the US legally (which it doesn't sound like she really wants to live here) and to attend school. So now you are saying neither of you will work so you don't have to file taxes so she doesn't have to pay them on her foreign income. But you have no concern at all for the kind of life your family will have with no income. If you and your wife don't want to comply with US law then you need to go live in another country.

You are making a wrong assumption. I already have a high-paying job which is more than enough to support my entire family - wife, and potential future kids. it is unlikely that her field of study will garner a salary over $50k/year (or less than $35k a year post tax). We both agree that it seems pointless for her to work for such a paltry salary and then subject her to having to file under FACTA. When she can simply forgo a salary/working, and not have to file any taxes whatssoever, while I can continue with my job, and file taxes as Married but separate filings (ie. I file my taxes, and she doesn't file any taxes since she won't work).

So am I right or wrong with my assumptions of how FATCA and FBAR works?

I can file MY income taxes as Married, but filing separate.

She doesn't bother with working, so she does not need to file income taxes, and thus not need to be subjected to FACTA and FBAR?

what if just never bother receiving income anywhere in any foreign country or the U.S.? Such that I don't have any reportable income. Would I still need to file FBAR or comply with FACTA?

I noticed that FACTA/FBAR requires reporting for any asset over $10k owned abroad. But the other half of the requirement is that you only have to file FBAR and comply with FACTA if you are required to file income taxes. If a person wanted to avoid FACTA & FBAR, can he/she just NOT EVER bother with working a job in the U.S., thus not be required to file for income taxes?

based on the answers to another thread I started, it looks like my wife and I will need to apply for AOS. Another problem is that she was accepted into a graduate masters program in another state (2 hour flight) and will be attending in 1 month. We plan on maintaining a long distance r/s and traveling back and forth during breaks and over weekends.

I was wondering if this would be a red flag for USCIS. When would they know about this? during the interview process? But we also have a lot of evidence of a bona-fide relationship, including that she is pregnant, and co-mingled assets that are combined worth over $300k in equity. What happens if they deny the temp. green card? Do they allow appeals? Or should I just tell her to give up her dreams and not go to her dream school (the best in the nation for her field) in order to not jeopardize the green card application?

wife is here on a K1 visa. We got married. But due to other financial reasons that I don't want to delve into, she does not want to apply for AOS or citizenship (she rather keep her original citizenship). If she was to apply for just the I-131 documents allowing her to travel back and forth....will she still be able to stay in the U.S. as long as she is married to me?

So my fiance (now wife) came into the U.S. about one month ago. We haven't had a chance to get the official marriage license until 3 weeks ago. During this time, my wife and I suspected she was pregnant and checked with a home preg. test.

We got married immediately and my employer then added my wife to my health insurance policy. That same day we went to the Dr. for prenatal care. Now I am afraid that the insurance company will deny coverage as a "pre-existing" condition. Does anyone have any experience with these types of situations?

I don't know how these 2 posts can lead to anything constructive to the OP's aim, which is to help his friend. Assumptions like your "what ifs" and "most likely the case" are totally uncalled for .

problem is that there is not much he can do now....except play wait and see what she does. So all anyone can do to help is play the hypotheticals game. If X happens then Y = consequence. That way, he can at least mentally prepare for whatever may happen.

I mean, can u think of anything proactive that Mr. bob can do?

Rather sad stories here on both sides (the non-usc w/ NO or limited allowance and the usc paying allowance). I don't understand why the USCs don't realize that bringing a spouse or fiancée over literally means that you will have to be able to support them fully. Many are from poor 3rd world countries or even if they are educated and w/ a career....the education/degree/certification may not be recognized here in the U.S.

So it is the duty of the USC to be able to provide for the beneficiary since it is almost a certainty that the non-usc will have difficulty finding a job/income (thus USCIS requires the I-864 & I-134). As far as paying money to the non-usc's family. That should have been discussed prior to marriage. In many countries, it is expected for the child to pay the parent's a monthly "allowance" as a gesture of appreciation for raising them when they were young. Again this should've been discussed prior to marriage.

So instead of complaining, the USC should just shoulder the RESPONSIBILITY (for her and her immediate family) that they signed up for when they decided to sponsor the immigrant.

I feel sorry for the poor new immigrant whose spouse isn't able to handle his/her responsibility. They moved away from their family, friends, and careers....and instead become a dependent caged bird. USC should try to be more understanding instead of trying to guilt trip them about spending basic monies. If USC can't afford it, then they have no business bringing someone over and making them suffer.