karhu69

It asks for 5, and you have 5 lines on the form.

This refers to the "last address outside the United States" where you have lived for "more than 1 year" before coming to the US.

You pay the fee with a check/cashiers check, and put it in the envelope as well.

For the translation of the birth certificate have the translator sign a Certification by Translator, there is an example here (about half-way down) http://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-and-fees/general-tips-assembling-applications-mailing.

And here you can find the appropriate mailing address http://www.uscis.gov/i-485-addresses.

Good luck on your journey.

Approval took about 80 days, plus about a week production/in the mail.

The question is not as much if he is willing to immigrate to the US (there are thousands of people who are willing to immigrate), but rather if the US is willing to let him immigrate. It will potentially be a very long and onerous process. To start, see here http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/family-preference.html, Family Fourth Preference (F4).

Whatever form is currently available for download from the official USCIS website should be sufficient for their own operations. I would be surprised if any officer ever pays attention to that part, since it takes them months to look at everything else ...

Another option to obtain a visa other than through marriage is H1B, "available for offers of employment that are in a specialty occupation". Do you have special skills, training, knowledge that would benefit the US of A? You write that you chose to abandon the education you were allegedly pursuing here and preferred to fall out of status.

There is not much sarcasm in this thread, but certainly answers you don't want to hear. You made choices in your past and are now facing the consequences. This is called accountability, and understanding it is part of growing up. And noone on this forum can undo the choices you made in the past. Only you can learn from it, move on, and do better in the future.

Based on what you write, I think you are out of legal options, but should talk to an immigration lawyer to make sure. You can try to leave the US quietly without drawing too much attention or continue living in fear of getting busted and incur a multi-year ban. Once more you are faced with a choice.

IR-1/CR-1 is an immigrant visa http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/immediate-relative.html. My understanding is that by filing an IR-1/CR-1 petition you state explicitly an intent to immigrate to the US (because that is where your fiance/spouse lives), whereas by filing an F-1 petition (student visa) you explicitly state that you have NO intention of immigrating. Thus, these two statements are mutually exclusive.

When adjudicating an F-1 petition, USCIS will look for VERY strong ties to the country of origin, to make sure the petitioner goes back after completing his/her studies in the US (which is the the sole purpose of a student visa).

Having a spouse in the US and an IR-1/CR-1 petition in the USCIS pipeline would very much negate this, don't you think?

A student visa is a NON-immigrant visa! See here what it takes http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment.

What I assume will raise a red flag is bullet item 6: "You must maintain a residence abroad which he/she has no intention of giving up." since this contradicts your current IR-1/CR-1 application.

You will probably just need to wait like everyone else.

Try here http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Laenderinformationen/01-Laender/Konsularisches/Eheschliessung_node.html

See the link below for contact information of the NVC:

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/nvc/nvc-contact-information.html

Unless I am missing something, doesn't it basically imply that when she was born someone knew who she would eventually marry? To answer your question (assuming USCIS follows the same logic): Yes, this would be an issue.

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A birth certificate is issued upon birth, as the name implies. How did her married name end up on there, if it is the original document?

Wait until you have the EAD/AP card in hand. Not the Approval Notice, but the actual card itself.

My approval took 79 days + 7 days for the card in the mail.

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-765instr.pdf

Page 9, left column, under NOTE: If you filed Form I-485 ....

See here http://www.uscis.gov/i-693

To the OP: "Ausbildung" is roughly the equivalent of an Apprenticeship here, but not really, since, to my knowledge, there is no "Berufsschule" here, and it's all "learning on the job" (We have a great system in Germany in that regard, I think.) So Walgreens or CVS sounds about right as entry level jobs for you. Yes, college education in the US of A is very expensive, but you should take a look at 2-year colleges/community colleges.

Good luck.