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Thank Darwin!

He isnt on a spousal visa. We had to apply under human rights because the age for spousal visas was 21 at that time but i was only 18. And thats one of the types of visa theyre pretty much getting rid of now. So unless we could make £18600 a year soon, theres no chance. Plus we havent been able to find work at all. Our move was prompted by a few things really, not just the new immigration rules. My husband was offered his old job back in the US with a pay rise. So stay here with no job, or move and take his old one back. Seemed like a no brainer. He hated it in the UK too.
Im glad you and your daughter are going to benefit from the old rules
I dont think a lot of people, except the ones it is going to directly affect really understand what it means. They all think "Less immigrants stealing out jobs!" But it is really not like that at all and is going to tear apart a lot of families.

Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat ("the burden of proof is on he who declares, not on he who denies") or to say it in another way: Innocent until proven guilty!
Answering yes to previous drug use automatically makes you inadmissible into the United States. It doesn't matter how long ago it was.
Everyone has to be aware of the consequences of admitting to previous drug use. As long as there is no proof (a positive drug test AND/OR someone admitting of [previous] drug use there is nothing you should worry about).

And no, you are not a better person just because you have never tried marijuana once in your lifetime!

Awesome story! Good for you!
Lately I have heard people complaining about the VJ suggestion that they bring in a copy of their application, just in case. I have said to them that it is just good, smart record keeping, and they have balked. This is a perfect example of why being prepared is always worth it in the end.
You need a gold star.

OK, so not exactly true, they knew where it was but our interview was in Salt Lake City and the file was in New York. I'm telling you this because I want to emphasize the importance of copying everything you send with your original application (the I-130 I-485 and everthing that goes with it etc) Here's what happened. We travelled overnight to Salt Lake City (a 5 hour car journey) for our 7.55 am appointment, staying in a hotel 3 blocks from the Immigration building, after all, they do stress the importance of being punctual, no more than 30 minutes early and certainly not late! So we got checked into the building and took a seat. A supervisor came out and called us forward and asked us to take a seat. (Supervisor? Why? I smell a rat straight away!) He starts off with "How are you?" "Nervous" says I, to which he replies "It's not good news I'm sorry to say." Well, it was at that point that the less-than-average hotel coffee and bagel breakfast nearly made a reappearance! It seems the day before, whilst trying to locate our file at the Salt Lake office, it and eleven other files were located sitting 2,173 miles away in New York. We were not notified of course, so we made the road trip and hotel stay as planned, only to be told we'd have to be rescheduled for 5 weeks out unless they got a cancellation or somehow managed to squeeze us in at short notice. Well, short notice wasn't going to work was it. Now I ask you. Wouldn't it have been common courtesy to try and stop us making that trip. They had our cell phone number, home number, work number, email. Not a word. And wasn't it a bit late trying to locate the file only the day before the interview? Our shock, horror and disappointment must've been written all over our faces, because the Supervisor said he was sorry! The file obviously contained all the information on the various forms and other such evidence pertaining to our application, and without that information the interview simply couldn't go ahead. Now I was a boy scout, and we're always prepared, so out of my bag comes not one, but two complete copies of every form and document we'd submitted, along with all original documents and all the additional evidence to support our application. Everything they needed was right there, bang, on the desk. Five minutes in conference with the interviewing officer and the Supervisor returned to say they would proceed there and then on the strength of the copies and evidence we had with us, "In an effort to accomodate you" So we scraped ourselves down off the ceiling and went into our interview, presented our case and were approved on the spot. She only skimmed over half of the evidence we had on our "bone fide" marriage before she said "Look, I'm just going to approve this." We have to wait for the original file to make it across the country before they can "rubber stamp" the approval, but thanks to forward planning and taking copies of every item we submitted with that original application we saved ourselves another 5 agonizing weeks or more of waiting (not to mention another 10 hour round road trip and a hotel stay)
God bless America, people! I'm here to stay!

Of course it's only my personal opinion, but I don't agree with this. People change. They make mistakes and then grow. What you did when you were a rebellious teenager shouldn't come back to haunt after you've become a mature and responsible adult.

Either out of date, or not free to marry.
I think the OP should learn some grace and apologize for snapping at people who were just trying to help. No one here has to put up with that childish behavior.

How are you guys living together for 4 months? Does your boyfriend have an approved B2 visa? And yes the chance that you guys might run into trouble is very high. If you spent time together for 4 months it will be VERY hard to convince USCIS that you guys had no intentions of getting married.
Apart from that I don't believe it either. Don't cheat the system. It will bite you. Just spent some time together and if you guys feel like you want to get married apply for a K-1 and follow through with the process...