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Best be careful than sorry! Don't petition someone for any visa based on an awfully short relationship without getting to know each other. If he is genuine, he'd take it slow with you. Petitioning someone has financial implications and you're responsible for them till they work at least 40 quarters or become a citizen, whichever comes first.

DR sounds like a nice vacation spot But please bring at least one friend.
 
Great that they want to help but looking at the bigger picture, your friend or boyfriend really needs to nail a job down there and make his own living however small or big. Because when the time comes to petition him, at least he won't seem like he's an unemployed person just mooching off you and being with you simply for a green card. Despite not finishing high school, truly, there should be some lower level jobs that he could start with. And like @Lucky Cat said, Morocco is a tough consulate. 
 
Meet more, spend more time together in person, start saving/gathering evidence from every meeting just in case you guys really end up going for a fiance or spousal visa. You guys will need it.

One more thing-  Be very careful......good luck.

Your case has serious red flags to consider:  This could be a long and expensive journey.  The immigration process demands a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and money.  A failure in any of these areas can result in heart breaking failure.  I suggest spending a lot of time actually together before making serious plans for the future.   As I said, I see some serious issues which will, very likely, result in very close scrutiny.  This will be especially true if there are religious differences, cultural difference, etc.  Morocco is a tough consulate, even without the red flags which are present in your case.  Good luck, but I suggest a lot of time actually together.

If he’s unemployed how will he afford to pay for tickets, hotel, expenses, etc? 

I think you need to take things slowly...you both should get to know yourselves more better...though love is blind and he might be showing signs of possessing all you want in a man..But you should take your time...Give it time ..
 
Trust me you both have different cultural values and need time to really understand each other..Please don't allow someone leverage on you just for green card..
 
Relax,  give it time, time is the greatest factor that reveals sincerity and deceptive intentions..
 
For example me and my fiancee were school mate before she travelled in 2005...we reconnected in 2010 on Facebook...we were friends since 2010 and officially started dating 2018 and we just started the K1 visa..
 
I am not saying your own should take as long as mine ...but all I am saying is you need to adequately know whom you want to file a petition or else ..
 
Take life easy ,I can understand  it's not really easy with u right now emotionally..but rushing up things with him is not gonna help either...

Him saying he’d marry you without meeting you is certainly a red flag to me. It’s also a bit alarming he was so opposed to you traveling to Morocco with your friends. He saying he’s uncomfortable with the idea, but has he considered it would be uncomfortable for you to go to country you’ve never been to to meet a man for the first time without your friends?
 
If you want to pursue the relationship, then you definitely need to meet face to face. Whether you want to do it in Morocco or elsewhere, that’s your choice. I’d also advise you to have your own place to stay for your own safety. If he’s going to oppose that too, we’ll now that’s a big red flag and I would just cancel the trip. 
 
Regarding him getting a US tourist visa - he’s a single young unemployed Moroccan man and I’d say his chances of getting it are very very low. 
 
 

Honestly, I wouldn't. You don't really know that person and it sounds sketchy with the whole "I would marry you without knowing you". Sounds like a "I'd love a green card". Not necessarily the case, but possible. Anyways, going to a foreign country to meet a person you don't really know by yourself is too risky in my opinion. Make sure you have your friends with you when you first meet and if things go well, you can spend time with him alone. That's my advice. 

DR sounds like a nice vacation spot But please bring at least one friend.
 
Great that they want to help but looking at the bigger picture, your friend or boyfriend really needs to nail a job down there and make his own living however small or big. Because when the time comes to petition him, at least he won't seem like he's an unemployed person just mooching off you and being with you simply for a green card. Despite not finishing high school, truly, there should be some lower level jobs that he could start with. And like @Lucky Cat said, Morocco is a tough consulate. 
 
Meet more, spend more time together in person, start saving/gathering evidence from every meeting just in case you guys really end up going for a fiance or spousal visa. You guys will need it.

My husband, then fiance, picked me up from the airport after work at night, welcomed me into our home with a banner hanging in the living room and cooked us dinner. After dinner, we drove to Walgreens to get me some toiletries (I'm picky so he knows not to buy anything beforehand). He gave me half the closet space but I didn't unpack till days later because we pretty much got busy trying to get me/us set up (i.e. getting my SSN, a joint checking account and our marriage license) the day after my arrival. 
 
Honestly, main thing is to make space and get the important stuff done sooner rather. You can worry about the rest later. All the best

I'm not sure where he's flying from but you are right, he will probably be exhausted. I know I was

Thank you for sharing! And that seemed like a good transition! I feel like the first day he will be exhausted so maybe we can plan more for later. 

My husband, then fiance, picked me up from the airport after work at night, welcomed me into our home with a banner hanging in the living room and cooked us dinner. After dinner, we drove to Walgreens to get me some toiletries (I'm picky so he knows not to buy anything beforehand). He gave me half the closet space but I didn't unpack till days later because we pretty much got busy trying to get me/us set up (i.e. getting my SSN, a joint checking account and our marriage license) the day after my arrival. 
 
Honestly, main thing is to make space and get the important stuff done sooner rather. You can worry about the rest later. All the best

All ROC packages are supposed to be sent to Phoenix, AZ for now until they decide to change that. However, everyone will receive a NOA from different service center i.e. California, Nebraska, Potomac, Texas, Vermont or National Benefit Center. Each service center will have different processing time. Go to the progress thread for he month you filed your paperwork. There should be a master spreadsheet link within the thread where everyone posts the update of their cases.

Say 'technical difficulty/problem'. You should get connected to a human after the system confirms the reason you're calling.

Estimated arrival was March 25, 2021 but it arrived today, March 23, 2021. Yay!
 
 

Estimated arrival was March 25, 2021 but it arrived today, March 23, 2021. Yay!
 
 

Estimated arrival was March 25, 2021 but it arrived today, March 23, 2021. Yay!
 
 

Not if the divorce decree also includes a "name-change order." If the name is legally changed back, then must use the legal name on Form I-751.
When exactly is your filing window if you file with the US citizen?
 
After the divorce is finalized you can file with divorce waiver "at any time after you are granted conditional resident status and before you are removed from the United States." https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-751instr.pdf

Having just an American GC is not too shabby unless someone wants to vote or run for office  This journey for me has always been about being able to be and live with my husband in the same city and country. It's not about American citizenship or passport. With my GC and Malaysian passport, I still get to live in the US with him so that's a win-win.
 
I'm so glad that someone can actually empathize! I thought it was just me 😂
 
 
When we've lived outside of the US and/or traveled a lot, we know what the world has to offer. The country was in a shambles in the last few years and I'm glad things feel a bit normal now.

I hate the tax system here. Back home, when you earn below the minimum taxable income, you don't get taxed. Over here, when you make minimum wage, you still get taxed to death. And if you live in a piggyback state like GA, tax is even worse. Everything is taxed including last year's tax refund like #######??? Don't even get me started on the healthcare system. It's like a Wall Street business, so unscrupulous. 
 
Like you, I'm considering taking up driving. However, people around Atlanta are horrible drivers too. That terrifies the sh-t out of me. I always joke as soon as I take my new car out for a drive after passing, I'd get into an accident not because I'm not being careful, rather a more experienced driver acts like a menace. Haha!
 
A couple of years ago, I had a Lyft driver who asked me if it wasn't for my husband, would I still go through the immigration process solely for the GC and it was a really loud h3ll no from me. I was set back home. Starting over when you're not 18 is a pain in the back. 
 
Wishing you all the best!!

Having just an American GC is not too shabby unless someone wants to vote or run for office  This journey for me has always been about being able to be and live with my husband in the same city and country. It's not about American citizenship or passport. With my GC and Malaysian passport, I still get to live in the US with him so that's a win-win.
 
I'm so glad that someone can actually empathize! I thought it was just me 😂
 
 
When we've lived outside of the US and/or traveled a lot, we know what the world has to offer. The country was in a shambles in the last few years and I'm glad things feel a bit normal now.

We somewhat "regret" doing the K1->AOS->ROC. We were both living in Mexico and loving it. Being back here hasn't been what I had expected at all. 

Just following these last couple of posts in this conversation and my husband feels exactly as you are all describing in these last posts, if it is any consolation that you are not alone. He hates living in the US, for many of the reasons mentioned above. We are also on the fence about what to do regarding citizenship. He doesn't want to become a citizen and would be perfectly happy with just having his 10 year green card when it arrives to maintain legal status. We may leave the US either to go back to his country or to Europe and he doesn't want to get his green card revoked in case we end up deciding to relocate back to the US. It's definitely a difficult decision so I empathize with you!

Yeah, don't mind filing taxes when I live in the country, but I was thinking more of in case I would be living in some other country as a naturalized US citizen, and still have to be filing for US taxes. Of course the transition over to IRS and World's Most Complicated Taxes™ has been a difficult one 😅 In Sweden my salary would automatically be reported to the tax authorities, and at the end of the year I would basically just click a few buttons on their website to find out if I was going to receive a refund, or if I had to pay something back. I kind of miss having to be a professor of mathematics when doing 1040 manually, or buy an expensive piece of software annually to do something that the authorities are IMHO supposed to do for you.
 
Definitely the same concerning the transportation! I guess the transition would have been easier if I had had a driving license back home--never had one since I have lived in cities all my life. I know I need to get a license at some point, but to be honest...I am just scared moving inside a metal cube when the traffic here is so crazy, and people have no patience whatsoever cutting off anyone they can whenever they can.
 
I guess I just needed to vent... Naturally we all ended in this country because of our love for our spouses, but sometimes it's difficult to adjust and assimilate when you're the odd one out, and can't seem to achieve the same standard of living like "back home".