sadavis5

My husband lost his GC, too and had the stamp for a trip abroad. The officer who put the stamp in his passport wrote the wrong date, scratched it out, and wrote the correct date. When he was departing Nicaragua, the border agents just called USCIS or DHS or whoever to verify that his stamp was valid, and then he was allowed to pass. A non-altered stamp like yours will be no problem for travel.

That's odd! They scheduled your biometrics in that tiny of a window? Don't they usually give at least a month's cushion?

We did a walk-in today, and it was fine. Afterwards we called and were told that if the fingerprints were accepted, then there wouldn't be a problem.

Our letter was dated May 13, post-marked May 16, and the appointment was May 31.

We just received the biometrics appointment letter! It was yesterday....

How about you go with the truth, however unbelievable it may be.

The lying obviously didn't work out for you so well.

Fear of doctors and rhetoricians?

Maybe persecution by psychiatrists?

For example, if you visit the US, meet someone, and get married, you can legally apply to adjust status. This is legal immigration.

If you visit with the intention of immigrating, "meet someone" and get married, you can still apply for AOS, but your intention of immigrating on the tourist visa is what makes it illegal. It's hard to determine after the fact if you entered with intention to immigrate, which is why CBP is so strict about it.

You demonstrated clear immigration intention when you tried to enter on the tourist visa, hence the problems you had.

Now that you've shown clear immigration intention (at least as far as USCIS is concerned) getting a tourist visa will be very difficult, and you'll need a lot of evidence to overcome this.

PS....I know engineers who have immigrated illegally!

In your question you assume that every immigration to the US is illegal.

I'm sorry that I didn't make my point clear.

My point is that you were entering with intent to immigrate. I said "not necessarily illegally" which means legally or illegally.

Once in the US, you can speak to a lawyer and figure out how to legally immigrate. This is abuse of the tourist visa that CBP was preventing.

How can you say getting informed about your legal options is an illegal immigration?

If you had no intention of immigration, why would you talk to an immigration lawyer? If I told you I might talk to a realtor on my next foreign vacation, a reasonable person would assume I was interested in buying property, right?

They took your statement to mean that you had intent to immigrate, not necessarily illegally to be an apple picker. For all they know, you have a girlfriend or family here, and wanted to talk to a lawyer about AOS.

From your posts, it sounds like you are open to moving to the US, and that probably was obvious to CBP as well. Their job is to prevent people from entering on tourist visas for the purpose of immigration, and you gave them extremely good cause to deny you. Refusing to go home until you had talked to an immigration lawyer was another really good indication that you had immigration in mind.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/in-turnabout-disney-cancels-tech-worker-layoffs.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-2&action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&configSection=article&isLoggedIn=false&pgtype=article

My husband just lost his green card and we are going out of the country on July 2.

We filed a police report.

Monday we will do the I-90 online.

I made an infopass appointment. Appointment type: speak to immigration officer.

Is this the correct appointment type, or do they want us to have a "file forms in person" appt even though we are doing the I-90 online?

If you didn't actually live in the US for a year (or more) then you are not eligible.

aleful is right - you can get divorced and stay here, as long as you can prove you didn't get married just for the GC. Gather your evidence, get a divorce, and move on

Her mother might incorrectly assume that you, as an American, are super rich and that she can get some money without it hurting your finances. Your wife might have the same assumption if she expects you to help pay her credit card while spending her own money as she pleases.

I have a spreadsheet with everything we spend (all the bills, clothing, activities, even snacks go in it) so we can both see exactly what we spent and where we might need to cut back to keep a good budget. It might seem invasive, especially if there are disagreements about how to spend money, but marriages should be open and honest, not secretive. At the end of the month, you can compare the beer money to the mother money.

Not giving gifts might be a cultural difference or how she grew up? For the next big event, you could try being explicit a week or two before about your expectations. I did this for Valentine's day. I said "I got you a small gift, and you should probably get me something too, or you'll feel bad on V-day." If she is just selfish or uncaring, this won't work and I don't have any advice for that case.

You'll get an RFE if you just send the birth certificate

I'd start with filing for a divorce.

Can she go live with her good friends?

That depends on when you sent in the paperwork, where your local office is, and from what visa you're adjusting. Filling in your timeline can help people give you better estimates.

And that would show the date of issue of the Green Card or the date of the I-94?

My husband's shows the date of issue of the GC. I bet the clock starts whenever you get the GC.

Isn't section 8 public assistance?

How fast did you get married after you met your husband? If it was really quick (within the 6 months of entering on the K1), then it may seem like he married you for a greencard.

He'll probably count as out-of-state or non-resident for a while, so it'll be more expensive for state schools.

After petition approval, it's really consulate dependent. Where is your fiance?

If you guys have a real marriage, the second interview shouldn't be a problem.

Think back to the first interview - were you nervous and maybe answered some questions wrong, or did one of you forget important dates or places? Something might have come off as suspicious to the interviewer.

To prepare for the 2nd interview, look over all your documents and make sure you both know all the information that USCIS knows. Practice potential questions with your spouse and "review" your relationship history together:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/336331-stokes-interview-questions/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/286933-stokes-interview-experience-feedback-needed/

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-864.pdf

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-864ainstr.pdf

Since our marriage till date now January 22nd 2015, I am living separately in an apartment and she visit me quiet often. May be next month in Feb 2015 we will start living together. I can show them, our marriage certificate, health insurance, living together proof

If you're not living in the same apartment, then you don't have proof of living together. You should have a good explanation as to why a married couple couldn't live together for 3 months. Wait until you are both on the same lease before sending in the AOS paperwork.

It can take 90 days for your EAD card to arrive, and it's only valid as long as the I-94 is valid (90 days). It's really not worth doing until you're married. If you need to start work ASAP, you can do a courthouse marriage, send in all the paperwork, and then do the wedding ceremony later.