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Don't worry about what the paper says. They all say that probably to encourage people to pay so they don;t get to US and get busy and forget. You have up to a year to pay. Just travel and enjoy. Mercies Journey's.

No. Your husband can not start working illegally under the counter.

Can you clarify: are you more worried about your wife's illness or green card? It is not completely clear from your post..

Why are discussing this or trying to help this man????
This is Visa Journey a legitimate site for people who want to enter the country legally
This man is a criminal plain and simple
Mods why are you still entertaining this topic?

He is so FUBAR for claiming to be a US citizen to government officials to gain entry into the US. This is NEVER taken lightly. There is no waiver. It's game over.
Your friend and his wife may have to accept that he will spend the rest of his life here as an illegal immigrant subject to deportation. Will not matter that he has a USC wife or USC babies.
Google "false claim to US citizenship" and you will find no waiver is possible. Your friend is toast.

I just wanted to make the point that the person who gave him his passport to use is probably going to be in serious trouble as well. Even if he now tries to claim that he "lost" his passport, I think under the circumstances, they are going to look into it. You initially said he was "working using his friends papers"......that will also get the other person in trouble because if a job Is reporting Social Security wages under someone's social that is not actually working there is going to be a big fraud case with that too. Your biggest question shouldn't be "HOW he managed to go through CBP with someone's passport"....but how is he now going to save himself, the owner of the real passport, and his wife from spending a considerable time in federal prison.
I feel like this topic is fishing for answers for someone to get away with a serious offense, but believe me, VJ members are not going to help with that. Best of luck to your .....friend?

I just wanted to make the point that the person who gave him his passport to use is probably going to be in serious trouble as well. Even if he now tries to claim that he "lost" his passport, I think under the circumstances, they are going to look into it. You initially said he was "working using his friends papers"......that will also get the other person in trouble because if a job Is reporting Social Security wages under someone's social that is not actually working there is going to be a big fraud case with that too. Your biggest question shouldn't be "HOW he managed to go through CBP with someone's passport"....but how is he now going to save himself, the owner of the real passport, and his wife from spending a considerable time in federal prison.
I feel like this topic is fishing for answers for someone to get away with a serious offense, but believe me, VJ members are not going to help with that. Best of luck to your .....friend?

I just wanted to make the point that the person who gave him his passport to use is probably going to be in serious trouble as well. Even if he now tries to claim that he "lost" his passport, I think under the circumstances, they are going to look into it. You initially said he was "working using his friends papers"......that will also get the other person in trouble because if a job Is reporting Social Security wages under someone's social that is not actually working there is going to be a big fraud case with that too. Your biggest question shouldn't be "HOW he managed to go through CBP with someone's passport"....but how is he now going to save himself, the owner of the real passport, and his wife from spending a considerable time in federal prison.
I feel like this topic is fishing for answers for someone to get away with a serious offense, but believe me, VJ members are not going to help with that. Best of luck to your .....friend?

I just wanted to make the point that the person who gave him his passport to use is probably going to be in serious trouble as well. Even if he now tries to claim that he "lost" his passport, I think under the circumstances, they are going to look into it. You initially said he was "working using his friends papers"......that will also get the other person in trouble because if a job Is reporting Social Security wages under someone's social that is not actually working there is going to be a big fraud case with that too. Your biggest question shouldn't be "HOW he managed to go through CBP with someone's passport"....but how is he now going to save himself, the owner of the real passport, and his wife from spending a considerable time in federal prison.
I feel like this topic is fishing for answers for someone to get away with a serious offense, but believe me, VJ members are not going to help with that. Best of luck to your .....friend?

I just wanted to make the point that the person who gave him his passport to use is probably going to be in serious trouble as well. Even if he now tries to claim that he "lost" his passport, I think under the circumstances, they are going to look into it. You initially said he was "working using his friends papers"......that will also get the other person in trouble because if a job Is reporting Social Security wages under someone's social that is not actually working there is going to be a big fraud case with that too. Your biggest question shouldn't be "HOW he managed to go through CBP with someone's passport"....but how is he now going to save himself, the owner of the real passport, and his wife from spending a considerable time in federal prison.
I feel like this topic is fishing for answers for someone to get away with a serious offense, but believe me, VJ members are not going to help with that. Best of luck to your .....friend?

I just wanted to make the point that the person who gave him his passport to use is probably going to be in serious trouble as well. Even if he now tries to claim that he "lost" his passport, I think under the circumstances, they are going to look into it. You initially said he was "working using his friends papers"......that will also get the other person in trouble because if a job Is reporting Social Security wages under someone's social that is not actually working there is going to be a big fraud case with that too. Your biggest question shouldn't be "HOW he managed to go through CBP with someone's passport"....but how is he now going to save himself, the owner of the real passport, and his wife from spending a considerable time in federal prison.
I feel like this topic is fishing for answers for someone to get away with a serious offense, but believe me, VJ members are not going to help with that. Best of luck to your .....friend?

I just wanted to make the point that the person who gave him his passport to use is probably going to be in serious trouble as well. Even if he now tries to claim that he "lost" his passport, I think under the circumstances, they are going to look into it. You initially said he was "working using his friends papers"......that will also get the other person in trouble because if a job Is reporting Social Security wages under someone's social that is not actually working there is going to be a big fraud case with that too. Your biggest question shouldn't be "HOW he managed to go through CBP with someone's passport"....but how is he now going to save himself, the owner of the real passport, and his wife from spending a considerable time in federal prison.
I feel like this topic is fishing for answers for someone to get away with a serious offense, but believe me, VJ members are not going to help with that. Best of luck to your .....friend?

Dwheels you are always so attentive on this site! Thank you!

Call me crazy....and pardon me for being way out of line, but ummm.....instead of freaking out and asking a bunch of total strangers to guess-timate what it could be...why not have your Mom open it? I know this is thinking way out of the box...but its just a suggestion!
Sorry, just read where you said its a "private matter"....kindly scratch my previous suggestion! Best of luck, Im sure its nothing bad!

Call me crazy....and pardon me for being way out of line, but ummm.....instead of freaking out and asking a bunch of total strangers to guess-timate what it could be...why not have your Mom open it? I know this is thinking way out of the box...but its just a suggestion!
Sorry, just read where you said its a "private matter"....kindly scratch my previous suggestion! Best of luck, Im sure its nothing bad!

Hello, first and foremost, I'm so sorry you're going through this. This is a time you should be rejoicing by having your fiancé there, not going through all the stress and sadness. I don't think his behavior is culture shock. I am an American Citizen and I have been living in GHANA with my husband for the better part of 6 years. There are DEFINITE cultural differences here ...so unbelievably different than the US that I think I still might be in culture shock myself! However, that being said, the rants and hissy fits that he throws are NOT due to culture shock. YEs, I hate most of the food here and it makes me grumpy at times when I don't want to cook with the same things over and over again because of lack of variety. And YES I get totally miserable going out in the heat when I am not used to this kind of weather....I hate seeing dirt and rubble everywhere I look instead of green grass and clean sidewalks....BUT that in no way shape or form makes me be disrespectful to my husband. It does not make me think that I should not say thank you to my husband or appreciate every LITTLE thing he does to make me more comfortable here. His behavior demonstrates characteristics that seem to be embedded in him and I wonder how he was able to hide them from you for so long. It's one thing for him to point out a few things to his friends about what he does not like about the US, but to have such animosity towards the country, I'd be concerned with living with someone like that. Its not a healthy environment. I know you probably feel like you've invested so much time and money on this relationship already...but honey, the bleeding has to be stopped. Cut your losses and let him go back to his beloved Cuba. Wishing you the strength and courage to make the right decision. Best of luck!

Hello, first and foremost, I'm so sorry you're going through this. This is a time you should be rejoicing by having your fiancé there, not going through all the stress and sadness. I don't think his behavior is culture shock. I am an American Citizen and I have been living in GHANA with my husband for the better part of 6 years. There are DEFINITE cultural differences here ...so unbelievably different than the US that I think I still might be in culture shock myself! However, that being said, the rants and hissy fits that he throws are NOT due to culture shock. YEs, I hate most of the food here and it makes me grumpy at times when I don't want to cook with the same things over and over again because of lack of variety. And YES I get totally miserable going out in the heat when I am not used to this kind of weather....I hate seeing dirt and rubble everywhere I look instead of green grass and clean sidewalks....BUT that in no way shape or form makes me be disrespectful to my husband. It does not make me think that I should not say thank you to my husband or appreciate every LITTLE thing he does to make me more comfortable here. His behavior demonstrates characteristics that seem to be embedded in him and I wonder how he was able to hide them from you for so long. It's one thing for him to point out a few things to his friends about what he does not like about the US, but to have such animosity towards the country, I'd be concerned with living with someone like that. Its not a healthy environment. I know you probably feel like you've invested so much time and money on this relationship already...but honey, the bleeding has to be stopped. Cut your losses and let him go back to his beloved Cuba. Wishing you the strength and courage to make the right decision. Best of luck!

The lack of clear timeline and details is super confusing--- did you give more information to the CO or not? Because if not, that would be a huge reason for not believing you. It makes it look like you're hiding something. If you're not hiding anything, don't worry. Just give them all the details and proof and you should be fine.
Now the question is though-- how and when did your husband get to the US? That's the detail I assume they're hung up on. If the timeline has him marrying a USC while you were pregnant (or worse-- before you were pregnant, or you became pregnant while he was waiting for a marriage/relationship based visa), they could assume that he married her for immigration purposes alone, and once you break their trust you're going to have to fight hard to get it back. Other details they'll focus on is did the USC know about you and the children? Did HE acknowledge having children while he was in that application process? If not... again with the breaking of their trust. They always ask that question (if you have children) so depending on if he answered them truthfully or not, that could factor into the decision here.
Other details--- when did his marriage fall apart, how long after that did he marry you? Because now if they've got red flags on these other issues...too short a timeframe between the end of his marriage and petitioning for you could bring it "full circle" in their minds and it just will look like a big.... grand master scam plan. This is what you'll need to overcome. Without these details, of course, I'm just guessing. I'm not accusing you of *anything* but saying "if, if, if" as a guess as to what could be happening. No one here can help without knowing the details (and again, if you resisted providing these kinds of details to the CO that would explain it right off the bat).

OP, I mean no disrespect and I don't think anyone is judging you but this doesn't sound quite right. Others have asked for SPECIFIC dates to get a better grasp of the situation but your posts only add more ambiguity to the story and you have yet to answer those questions - so now the question is WHY are you avoiding giving an exact timeline. Just reading it, I'm sitting here like, wait, so was the husband married to you both at the same time? I personally do not understand the timeline of events so I can imagine a CO felt the same. Answering Dwheels76 VERY specific questions may help others give you better advice. Good luck.

Look to the past to predict your future, he TOOK 7 YEARS to visit his children, his action tells a lot about him.Sending a few dollars per month does not mean he was a present father.
I doubt your case will be approved, bUT in my opinion you have a bigger problem than Immigration. Good luck.

First of all, sorry for the denied. But if your boyfriend /husband did the knocking, it is traditionally married in Ghana,that is what the old people call it, after that you broke up, how is that possible? Did your family return his drink(alcohol) back to his family? If not than you were still married. There is more to this than what meets the eye. How can he get married to someone else, when he has pay Your bride price to your family (knocking) when did he leave to the USA? How long after that did he get married? Gee, looks like it was a plan work. This same story has just happened in Ghana. man call wife that he is getting married to this woman, but is only for him to get his paperwork sorted. The rest is a joke, you don't want to know

Let me summarize:
1) you have a person that you have kids with from your home country;
2) This person married USC and gained citizenship.
3) this individual, once obtained USC divorces his wife, marries you, and is trying to get you and your kids to US.
So far so good??
Now, you are asking why CO turned you down??
I can only praise CO.

Actually compared to many on here that is a long courtship.

There's no minimum duration of relationship requirement - only that you've actually met two years prior to filing the I-129f.
It's no big deal, although you are quite young. I imagine you'll have a harder time with your parents than you will immigration. Good luck.

This screams of immigration fraud. So you will need to prove a long term, solid, bona fide relationship. The petitioner (the US citizen submits the paperwork, not the alien spouse) supplies all the needed documentation. Being incarcerated doesn't relieve her of any requirements. She will be the primary sponsor regardless of income. Not having a current income will mean that they need to find a joint sponsor.
Again, prepare for a high level of scrutiny in your case. Arriving on a tourist visa with the intent to immigrate is against the law. Arriving from Nigeria makes the chore that much more difficult.