Ian H.

I'm not sure about the letter hurting or not, but it's not a factor that is considered in issuing a visa. The person writing the letter could be urinating gold and that wouldn't matter.
The CO by law, has to consider every person applying for a visa an intending immigrant until proven otherwise. The proof a person needs are things that the CO believes will make the person HAVE to leave the US.
Things like a job, property, family, assets, etc. They CANNOT take someone's word for it, there have to be compelling reasons backed up with evidence.

So completely wrong.
To get the court's approval for publication, the petitioner must prove to the court that he/she tried as hard as possible to find the other party.
A disagreeable or uncooperative spouse is not a valid reason to use publication.
If the petitioner knows where the respondent is, the court will not allow the use of publication.

A letter of invitation isn't considered. You have to prove that you have strong reasons to return after your trip. Like a job, property, bank account, family, etc.

This is really confusing.. I am Dominican and DO NOT TRUST ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, even those ones that are not run by Dominicans. They learn to play the game.

We got married August 2012 and filed May 10 2013. It has taken us 16 months but I got the visa issued and I entered after the 2year anniversary and got the IR1

Start by confirming if the embassy in whatever country you are talking about allows the use of joint sponsors.

Several people who have replied have said that if you wait until you are 31 you will be fine. That is correct.
I want to add two things, though:
1- the good moral character requirement as defined in the USCIS policy manual talks about "the statutory period" before your application. This is 5 years for some applicants, but it is only 3 years if you are applying based on marriage. As a result, several "legal advice" websites say that if you are applying based on marriage to a US citizen, you'll be fine at age 29 (not 31) if you failed to register for selective service. I haven't looked for this explicitly on a USCIS document - someone in that situation needs to double check for himself.
2 - very recently (in the last four months or so) an applicant on here who had not signed up for selective service was approved. He was under 31 and was applying based on 5 years as a PR. He documented his entire process on here in one of the threads - please try to find it. He brought in a letter from Selective Service saying he hadn't registered, he brought in a letter from his school saying that it wasn't their policy to automatically register green card holders (some schools include a registration form in your orientation materials), and he brought in some signed affidavits saying that he didn't know anything about the requirement. I can't remember what else he did, but there was a long list. The interviewer approved his N400.
As others have said, this is cause for denial of your application, but you will be able to reapply. However, if you read the requirement, failing to register for Selective Service in itself is NOT grounds for denial. It is clearly stated that only failing to "KNOWINGLY" register is grounds for denial. Of course, it's hard to prove that you didn't know that you had to register, because the welcome letter that came with your green card said you did. But in at least one case (mentioned above) the interviewer beloved the applicant.
Finally, the post concerning the possibility of having your green card revoked for this is absolutely incorrect. You shouldn't worry about that. If you have the money to spare and you're in a hurry to be naturalized, you can apply and try to convince the interviewer that you didn't know that you had to register. There will be a significant chance that you will be denied, but there's a chance that you'll be approved. If you can wait, or if money is tight, then wait a few years. However, note that there are cases where even after age 31 this issue had caused delays (but not denials) in the application process.
Whatever you decide, don't freak out. At worst, his will cause a delay. You're still a green card holder and you'll be naturalized eventually.

Also, the age difference here is minor. That I know they usually make a fuss about 10 years or more age difference. And again it really depends on the solidity of the relationship. There are a lot of factors that go in to determining the legitimacy of a relationship for the CO.

1. CR1 is better, K3 is a very very slim chance you'll get it.
2. I-130
3. I've seen people as little as 8 months, but with the current delays and backlogs, a little over a year.
4. The fee for the I-130 is $420. The visa fee is $325. The AOS(affidavit of support) fee is $120. Plus the costs of the documents you need to obtain (BC, MC, passport), medical/ etc These can vary.
5. Not sure what you mean here. Do you meet the poverty level requirements? If not you have to find a joint sponsor who is willing to sign an I-864 and who makes enough without combining his/her income with yours.
6. She can just scan it and email it to you, since USCIS only requires a photocopy. The translation may be cheaper to have done here, it's up to you. The translator just has to certify they are competent in both languages and the translations have to be accurate and complete.
Here are a few links with info about the CR1 process:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/immediate-relative.html
http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-through-family/green-card-family-member-us-citizen
http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

I believe the basis of the conditional residency is to prove it's not a fraudulent marriage, so it lasts only two years since (presumably) a genuine, non-fraudulent marriage will last past that time and a fraudulent marriage won't. From what I've read, it appears that if your AOS takes a long time to process and isn't approved until after the two-year marriage mark, you may not even have to worry about conditional residency...though I have no idea how often this actually happens.

Ok. I see. Now since you are doing AOS, you said your spouse is currently in Algeria. Does he have a work or some other visa in the US that allowed him to qualify for AOS? If not, did he get AP (advance parole) before leaving?

Ok. That's good. What lady are you talking about? Also, as mentioned above, read the guides on here about what steps to take and how the process work, they are really helpful. Also do your own research on Google about the process. I will post a few links:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/immediate-relative.html
http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-through-family/green-card-immediate-relative-us-citizen
http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

You were probably automatically registered; as stated above, contact them to find out.

try to contact them the online system doesn't look everthing, you might be in deed registered , if not then wait untill you reach 31

Hello,
The link above is good. Do not be overly concerned, there are plenty of people including USC's that don't know about the SSS registration, ignorance is bliss. One of my uncles didn't register because he didn't know and he was able to get the letter I believe. But he was over 31, I'm not sure how it works when you are under 31. The fault here isn't on you, it's on the US government. They need to implement policy which requires the person to be informed sometime during the immigration process that this is a requirement, that way no one can say they didn't know. How can they expect someone to follow a law on the off chance that they hear about it somewhere?

you always have to through Nigeria into your conversations don;t you. Can you please just stick with the subject and stop bashing an entire nation and peoples. Much appreciated.

That's not correct. A conditional LPR has every right that a regular LPR has, including the right to petition family members.

There is no priority date for K-1 visas, priority dates are for family-based visas.

Puerto Rico is a US territory.

That's not correct. A conditional LPR has every right that a regular LPR has, including the right to petition family members.

Nobody cares about the people migrating to the U.S. legally. We are silent and make no noise and let the U.S. embassies take advantage of us.

The expiry date means you have to paid the visa before that date. Like yours you have to paid the visa before sept.30 and its good to know that you alreday paid your visa. Then after paying after 4hrs you can now start looking or choosing for the perfect date of your interview!

Hello, I think it may be a matter of how she filed her taxes, like if she used someone's SSN or had her own ITIN. You'd be surprised how many people living here illegally have valid SSN's, usually people who came on a visa or denied AOS and stayed. It looks like the major issue would be using a fake or stolen SSN. From what I understood, the work itself should count so long as there wasn't any fraud on her part.
I found this link: http://www.nilc.org/07confiscontributions.html

When you choose to get married is entirely up to the both of you. However, I would like to point out that you don't need to be a USC to petition for her as your spouse. You can perfectly submit the I-130 while you are an LPR, this way the petition would run it's course while you are naturalizing.
When you become a USC, then you notify USCIS of this, if your petition has been approved you would notify the NVC, and they can begin processing your case as CR1. It takes about 5 to 6 months to become a USC, and if you petition her as an LPR, the petition would have a 5 month old or longer PD by the time you are a USC, which means the petition would be approved soon after notifying them of your USC.

Yes, that's fine. You can do that with any other field that doesn't have enough space as well. It's not required that the form be typed.