daviddelen

Sure, what's the worst that can happen?

Its not just about income. If you dont make the income requirements you can use your assests aswell.

He's been here 18 days, and you're already 'discouraged?' It takes time to adjust to living in another country - more than a couple of weeks.

What you have should be fine. All of those things are suggestions. The only vital piece is the marriage certificate. Photos from throughout your relationship of the two of you together, and a good cover letter will show the rest. You'll be fine.

You did do fraud. You came to the US as a spouse after your marriage was over, then kicked your husband out of his own house because you felt entitled to it.
Him filing a fraud report is the correct thing to do.

You have no grounds to file an "abuse waiver" as he never abused you. This is why he left the house....to prevent you from falsely filing an abuse waiver.
You don't have enough evidence to file to remove conditions since you never really lived with him.
You need to return home. You will get nothing from the divorce except removed from the home. You will get no money. The only property you will get is what you brought with you or bought with your money. You have no way to remove the conditions on your green card. You need to go home.

You don't need a lawyer for this. Being denied entry and a B-2 for not having enough strong ties to your country will not affect your eligibility for a K-1.

I have seen people get RFEs BECAUSE of their attorneys. There are some really shocking errors made and absolutely awful advice given by attorneys that VJ members report almost weekly, if not daily. A lot of attorneys forget to include the statement of intent to marry with the I-129F petition, something the petitioner and beneficiary probably would have made sure to include had they decided to do it all themselves.
Given your country of origin, and assuming you have no criminal records or overstays, this is an easy legal process once you read everything carefully and follow all instructions given. It just takes a long time and there are a fair few forms to fill in, which intimidates people. A lot of the info you have to give is repeatative. I had to prove my marriage was real to USCIS, a bit more of a task than merely proving we'd been in person together within 2 years, and did this with no legal help and no co-mingling finances (a big deal sometimes for USCIS). I got approved after 6 months with no RFEs and no lawyer.
I've already seen you're not going for the lawyer, but I get really worked up by shoddy attorneys taking advantage of people who just want to be with their partners, thus my rant. My father-in-law is a family lawyer and tried getting my husband to hire an attorney. I put my foot down there and then and told them both "no way!"

Norway, did you read my post? You're being taken in for a sucker. Photos together are not required (many people here have been approved with no photos. I have never submitted a photo of us together) and an attorney cannot make things go faster.
I'd like to sell you some beach front property and a used car...

They said that because they want to scare you and get your money!
"Oh, you have a big problem, you need my help. But I can help you to get your case approved! For only $4000!"
Can't you see it?

Drink that Kool-Aid.

The condition of AP is related to the beneficiary, not the process itself. Getting married and filing for CR/IR will not make AP go away. Just sit tight and wait, I would suggest.

You can marry. Then you would have to start all over with a spousal visa.
You might also get AP with the spousal visa, so I don't see how doing that would save any time at all. Start over, wait for petition approval, NVC stage which is delayed, then interview, then AP again. In one year you'd be about where you are right now.
Good luck.

is possible an RFE was issued and you never received it, then the RFE deadline was past,
then USCIS auto-denied it for you failing to comply.
I suggest you call in again, ask for an ISO, a Tier 2 Human,
and :
1. ask if an RFE was issued and
2. ask if any returned mail pieces on you.
then report back here, when yer able.
Dealing with a CSR, the first human that answers, is a waste of time. You must ask to be transferred to an ISO, a Tier 2.

Italian speakers should be around, staff, or maybe other passengers can help. People who don't speak English visit the US every day. But, another thing you can do to help, is send them something to print out that says basic info about them, perhaps, what language they speak, who they are visiting, how long and where they are staying, etc.

I'm not sure if anyone has really made this point yet, but there is often a problem with having anything that even looks like a wedding when you're trying for a K1. It kind of renders you "too married for a fiance visa but not married enough for a spouse visa."
I suspect that there are religious reasons for wanting to be married in your (or her) religion before you live together, but if you're going to do that, get thoroughly married and file for a spousal visa.
Which would have been crazy advice a year ago when the spousal petitions were taking FOR. FREAKING. EVER. but it seems like they're starting to speed up and by the time you two are "all married up" and applying there is reason to believe that the wait period will be back at reasonable levels.
You can, of course, go for a K1, but if you do, DO NOT have any kind of ceremony that would even possibly look like a wedding to anyone. Ever. Not even an engagement ceremony. Nothing. Or you'll probably get rejected, have to get married, apply for the spousal visa etc etc etc.
Good luck and all the best to the two of you!

You can marry on a tourist visa, the fraud comes in if you decide to Adjust status (AOS)... Entering the USA as a tourist with the intent to marry and adjust status is illegial... But marrying here, then filing for spouse visa with her returning to India to process is fine.
Be careful with religious ceremonies that aren't "legal" there is a predicament that some who have chosen to do this find themselves in... That is the USA consulate determines you are "too" married for a K1 but not married enough for the CR1 ... It is hard to straighten out and can cost you another year apart... Think about it...

I'm sorry but I don't believe a word of this story. Normal response of any person would have been to go to police (I don't see any communication issues here to do so) and not to write about it on an immigration forum. Right - murders, heroin... ridiculous.

Why are her choices live with parents or be homeless? She is 23, she can move anywhere in the lovely country of Canada and get a job in the meantime. Or get a part time job and continue school and find her own place. There has to be student housing in Toronto since so many universities are there. Room shares, things like that. Time to grow up
Edit: Here is a private room for $425/a month. Not bad. http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/bra/roo/4391391308.html
$500 private room with a private bathroom. http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/roo/4391346123.html
That's in Canadian Dollars too.

There are three levels of police interaction with the public in the US. Consensual Encounter, Detainment, Arrest. The cop didn't ask for your passport because you were not being detained by the officer. It was a consensual encounter as you were freely providing information. Until the officer detains you your'e only required to verbally identify yourself. When you're detained by police that means they have reasonable suspicion that you have done something illegal and requires further investigation. This can be checked by asking the officer if your being detained. If the officer says no you're not required to provide further information. The officer had your name and ran it through his computer to see if you had any warrents. Another man with the same name may have popped so he asked for your hieght and weight to compare. The fact that he let you go without requiring you to get your passport means he believed you so don't sweat it. There is no need to report stops like this for AOS, removal of conditions or citizenship application. There is no need to report a detainment if it didn't result in a summons or arrest.
In the US you are not required to carry an ID unless you are operating a motor vehicle. When I'm overseas I don't carry my passport when walking around; just a photocopy of the biometrics page and visa page in my wallet. If they police need my passport they can go get it from my wife or the hotel.

I'm confused?
Afghanistan is among a list of high fraud countries. US Embassies specifically warn against this exact situation. My only point is that they will go through his file VERY CAREFULLY because of his timeline. I'm not saying that he's ineligible to apply for a K1...my point from the beginning stands: it will look bad to USCIS. Meeting someone face to face is not a consideration by USCIS if you get engaged while still married? It absolutely is. It is common knowledge that USCIS and the immigration system as a whole has no real standard they follow - they approve some petitions and deny others with identical profiles. Your petition is more or less dependent on what kind of mood the person reviewing your file is in. If you think someone over there will look at this file and not question this as possibly being fraud, then excuse me, I believe you are the one who is "confused" about this process.
Although I am new to this site, I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, new to the Immigration system in the US. This is a dance I have been doing for literally 7 years. I am not confused at all. Additionally you're telling him to avoid having a party as it could look bad to USCIS. I'm amazed that you are concerned about him having an engagement party (something that is common culturally speaking) but not concerned that he divorced his wife immediately upon receiving citizenship and then turns around and barely skips a beat before getting engaged to someone from his home country ... a situation that US Embassies in several countries in that region specifically warn about. I'm curious as to why they'd be up in arms over an engagement party that could be viewed as a marriage, but not even bat an eye over the fact he divorced his wife upon receiving citizenship and then immediately files for a fiancee from his home country.
I'm not saying it's fraud at all ... I have no idea, nor am I one to pass judgement, my only advice was to be open and honest, provide all the proof of relationship there is (calls, video chats, emails, messages, texts, airline tickets, photos, etc.) and to be prepared for a longer battle because of the extra scrutiny they will pay to his petition. You have to go through the same process as everyone else. I suggest you take a look at a K1 thread if thats the route you will take. Good luck.

Sounds very sexist, I know many men victims of abuse.

A Troubling Pattern
I have been on here for quite a while and have been following several posts from beneficiaries claiming abuse right after receiving either the conditional green card or 10 years green card. Without disputing the existence of genuine abuses, I am beginning to question how authentic some of these claims are. How is this for logic, that, 99.97% of the abuse occurs only after the green card – conditional or unconditional – was received? Assuming some of these abuses occurred prior to obtaining the green card but the beneficiaries remained silent until after the green card were received, isn’t this like a prior ‘intent-to-use-for-green card’ instead of marrying for real? To add to this troubling trend, most of those on conditional green card claiming abuse get on here to ask for how they can stay legally through VAWA, which indicates a prior knowledge of some sort. Even those who have no idea about VAWA, their first post are always centered on how they can remove the condition without the sponsoring partner. To the best of my knowledge, I have only seen one person claiming abuse who was asking for help to travel back to her home country.
I don’t have a problem with anyone who wants to live here if their marriage didn’t work, but if 99.999% claim abuse and instantly jump into fishing for a way to live here permanently without the petitioner; it provokes some considerable doubts as to how authentic some of these claims really are. Without blinking, and from the past experiences of some petitioners, most of these beneficiaries are married back home, use the petitioners to secure green card for themselves and any their children (if any), and hurriedly claim abuse just to get it done with the petition, since the goal is already achieved.
In my opinion, it seems the pursuit of green card has become a goal with its own rights. Most of these people feel justified to play with the emotions of their sponsors without attaching any significance to their interest. Even if they have to make a false claim and call the cops on them, as long as it will allow for them to ‘manipulate’ VAWA with these false claims to get their green card, they do without blinking. I am concerned about this pattern, and so should every citizen and non-citizens alike who have a healthy respect for properly constituted rules.
Something has to be done about this. If we’re quick to petition USCIS on unfair adjudication or delayed process, we must equally be fair to petition VAWA to look into cases of abuse with eagle eyes. If we don’t act, a few years down the road, just like the Zombie Apocalypse, we’ll be over-ran in this country by these self-serving lairs .

She left the US after getting married but before filing for AP and AOS. Her husband needs to file an I-130 to start the process for getting a CR-1 visa in order for her to return to the US. She has no valid means of re-entry now, so she will need the spousal visa. Since her husband is in the military, if he is being deployed, then they could file for an expedite of the I-130 based on that, as far as special exceptions go.

There are a lot of just plain wrong information in this thread. I am not sure why.
OP: Overstay is irrelevant/forgiven for spouses of USCs who entered on a valid visa and adjust in country. That's you.
Illegal work is also forgiven, as long as it is plain old vanilla illegal work, not something involving pretending to be a USC or stealing a SSN or other forms of fraud. You also need to have been paying taxes on your income.
If that is met, it should be a simple AOS case. Follow the guide linked above.
This whole story of your conversion, it doesn't matter, really. That's your personal business. Good luck to you.