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18 hours ago, HarryHonolulu said:

yes most of my friends have gone through her and all had successful petitions

they are all in my field and do pretty much exactly what i do

this was pre-trump

What does pre-trump have to do with anything? Leave the president out of this because it is at the sole discretion of the uscis officer on your case whether or not you should be recommended for the status or not. Your lawyer can send in a million pieces of paperwork, but if hasnt satisfied the reviewing officer...you're out of luck.

Stay on topic or they will close this thread.

Also OP, my VA healthcare did not cover outside the US. So if you plan on living on Ghana that is something you might want to consider.

If he doesn't intend on living here, he is some kind of chief with wealth, what US benefits are you trying to get him? I'm a married veteran with a 100% disability, and my wife (who I've been married to solely for almost 6 years), doesn't get some kind of extraordinary benefits. Spousal benefits for veterans are typically a benefit payment increase, educational opportunity (roughly 1000 a month or so), an average option of supplemental healthcare (if approved), and I think that's the most noteworthy. I dont think that's a good reason to want your marriage to he recognized here, seems like a sketchy use of government funds in my opinion.

So my question is, if you plan on living in Ghana indefinitely after your illegal US marriage, the only benefit that would remotely serve that kind of marriage is a benefits increase assuming the US government pays citizens living in Ghana. (Some countries they will not pay benefits if you reside there, check their website to confirm your situatuon).

Unless he divorces, stay in Ghana. A B-2 is a tourist visa, the moment they find out the intent is to marry on it, it is game over and a denial.

Enjoy being a chieftess or whatever the spouse is called and enjoy his wealth with him, if he doesn't want to give up being some kind of ruler, then he has no desire to respect the rule of law here in the US, thus trying to marry him here under false pretense, or illegal way is futile. 

She is not eligible for the 5 year rule, only the 3 right now as she's been here since 2014. 

I guess my main question, is debt an issue with immigration?

Hello. My wife is well beyond the time she has been eligible for citizenship, and we are pretty much ready to do it.

The issue we have is some of the supporting documents. We can literally supply everything we need to prove our marriage is legit, including 3 years of tax transcripts, but we have a lack of financial ties documents. In 2017 we had to make an extended emergency trip back to her country to take care of her I'll mother and this caused us to lose our bank account after debts auto hit and we could not afford to keep up as she had to leave her job and it was just my disability benefits supporting us and her family over there.

If we can supply and abundance of evidence showing our marriage is still very well intact and legit and we have not been separated one moment un over 5 1/2 years, would bank account and financial stuff be necessary? My benefits are deposited into my moms account as she used to be my fiduciary and she receives a paper check.

Also, is debt an issue with immigration? We fell heavily behind on bills the few months we were over there and dont know if it will hurt her citizenship application. 

Thank you.

10 year card received in the mail yesterday 12/7.

Turns out our case was transferred from CSC to Vermont at some point I guess due to backlog.

No RFE and No Interview for us.

Seeyou all in the N400 thread soon!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY We just got the approval that our card is being produced!!!!!!!!!

NoA1 August 15

Card in Production Nov 30th!

Horde players have a 97% chance of instant approval. Alliance players get stuck in administrative processing...until they roll Horde. 

Link your fiance achievement or no visa for you! MUST have ilvl  915+

Good times

Talked to a tier 2 about the priority mail on the way and he said he didn't see that anything had been sent and to disregard it, so no idea what to expect. It was sent by Pitney Bowes whoever and whatever that is, the same stamp is on her other uscis correspondences 

8 hours ago, sundanesse said:

Dear VJers, so i just received mail from uscis shows that i got RFE (literally after 15 months waiting)

i am a july 2016 fillers (divorce waiver) but on RFE says that i was filed jointly with my (ex) wife so thats why they asked me for more evidance. Also they send me back the page 3 of i-751 form and circled the part 4. My questions is:

 

1. Does my RFE means i just need to fill the part 4 and send it back to them?

2. I’ve sent tons of evidance while i filed them last year including my divorce decree and pictures from our wedding, is that ok if i re-send the same evidance? which is thats all i had.

3. Should i write a letter and make them clear that i was filed as a “waiver” not “joint petition” ?

4. How long does it normally takes for them to make a new decisions after i send the RFE?

 

i would much appreciate for any help/answer. Gbu.

 

 

Do you mind if I ask if this came priority mail or normal mail?

Was it sent as a regular mail or a priority mail?

7 minutes ago, wavj said:

Today my case status check says that my card was sent on the mail on 11/16    I was approved on 11/11.

So ours would have said approved if they approved it today? All we know is that there is a priority package coming from USCIS but our case status hasn't changed from case was received.

Anyone know if USCIS mail comes from Ventura, CA? Just got a USPS update I have something coming from there on Saturday and didn't know if it might be USCIS

No action for us so far this week huh?

Case status page still down for me

You'e correct. That situation only applies to us because we had been gone for 4 months meaning we have to wait 3 months to file for naturalization. My mistake.

I'm sure people have different opinions, experiences, and thoughts about this.

Everything I said was not to scare you but it was information clearly provided from the USCIS  (Google how long can I travel as a lawful permanent resident.

And I also found some of my information from immigration lawyers. There are some tthings I mentioned that are 100% factual and there are things that are situational based on your point of entry and your border officer.

Before you let anyone here give you an opinion or a different circumstance regarding a situation they know, I highly advise you to do your research on the things I mentioned as most came from the USCIS site and the rest from immigration lawyers.

I'm being firm because abandoning residency is a serious issue for families and you would have to start all over with the I130 process if it happens. Do your homework and you and your wife should make a mutual decision based on that. 

We just went through this exact same situation. We needed to travel back to Romania to attend to some urgent family issues. We had been hoping while we were there her 10 year green card would have been ready, but after we had been gone about 3 1/2 months, they were still a few months away from us. Our total time abroad was 4 months 5 days. We didn't encounter any issues at all at our pie, he only asked if we were together the whole time and stamped us good to go.

We did a ton of research on this issue as things weren't in a stable position for us to leave yet, but there was no way we were going to abandon our hard work to get this far. Here is what I came up with regarding going abroad for an extended period of time.

1) The one year rule is pretty much set in stone unless you have the travel waiver which can extend it up to two years, but that is only for very exceptional circumstances.

2) While being gone over a year pretty much guarantees abandonment, they say that border control officers can pull you in yo secondary screening at any time and you should be mindful of this even if your trip is 3-5 months. It is 100% at the officers discretion.

3) In order to file for naturalization, you MUST be on US soil three months prior to filing, we could have filed by now but we are now delayed three months.

4) The definition of physical presence means you maintain a domicile and address in the US you live in. Physical presence is still established for trips of up to 6 months (this is the 6 month rule thing). If you are gone longer than 6 months you have lost your physical presence and it will make getting citizenship very challenging in the future.

5) Your *1 year* starts on the date your passport is first stamped going abroad. The theory is that you MUST be physically in the US for at least half of the year to avoid big issues. Also, it is VERY highly unadvised to take a long trip abroad, return for a short time, and then leave again for a long trip. From what I've read this is a HUGE flag to immigration officers as it looks like you are living abroad and only coming here for brief periods, they have an honest right to assume you've established a new residency abroad.

Hope this helps. Plan your trips ahead. Last minute flights are pricey.

11 minutes ago, nightingalejules said:

You probably won't get any action, but it might be worthwhile to go to the USCIS webpage and file a service request, since you are now "outside normal processing time" - It's worth a shot.

Yeah, it's annoying, especially since we have this website to go to, to check our status, and the status never changes until the card is being produced. At least with the I-130 process we occasionally got updates!

How long does it take to get a response from a service request?

2 August approvals and then silence. Oh the suspense 

7 hours ago, Scazy said:

Hi! Just wonder ir you traveled and how did it go? I'm in kind of similar situation 

You are perfectly fine to travel. My wife and I went to take care of an ill family member for a few months and she had her expired green card and extension letter which expired Nov 2nd. We returned home on Oct 24th and ran in to NO issues whatsoever.

1 hour ago, 4element said:

Hey! I'm an a CSC August filler my NOA is August 1 my field office is Memphis. I called today to the USCIS because the processing time is August 3 and I am August 1. They said I should be hearing new within a month. This is stressing me out, I just wanna get done with all this. The online page has said the same for more than a year on August 1 we received your petition to remove the condition.

Hey! We are also CSC filers from August 10th and our office is Memphis too. Will you message me or keep me posted if you hear anything from USCIS or the Memphis field office and we'll do the same for you.

And that was as of Sept 30th...

Hope to see a few more August approvals today