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If approved you'll need to do the visa stamping in India (most likely - unless you have another approved petition such as I-140). But that's probably the only issue you'll face, related to moving to NE. However, you should be aware that the H1B is going through major reforms. 

O1 if you are Internationally known.

You don't seem to understand what many of the previous posters have already said multiple times. 
 
You are not applying for a CR-1/IR-1 visa. 
 
You will be applying for "Adjustment Of Status", in short AOS by filing forms I-130 and I-485 + all supporting documents and forms. 
 
Yes, your wife will be allowed to stay in the USA during this process. But until she gets her work authorization (EAD) she is illegally working.
 
You working overseas for extended periods of time might be an issue. The burden will be on you to prove that you're usually living in the US since you can't apply for your wife's AOS without actually living in America. 
 
Good luck.
 
 
 

Let's see:
* She is only happy when you get upset. She gets upset when you feel upbeat.
* Single mother. Sometimes it works very nicely but it usually does not. It's biology.   
* Frequent drinking. For most women 1 drink per day is the limit of moderation. Maybe 2. If you think this is a problem, it surely is. 
* She is not interested in improving her life (doesn't seem interested in learning basic skills like driving or even English).
 
This is hopeless. Clinical depression can be the problem and it is marginally treatable but don't expect much. Other than that, the situation seems hopeless. 

This looks good on paper but is not practical (nor fair) advice.
 
Don't get me wrong. I agree with you in principle and am not looking to argue with you.
 
But please understand, this person does not work. She does not take any initiative to assert her role in the family. She spends less time rearing her child than I do. In fact she frequently tells me to talk with her child because her child doesn't listen to her.
 
As I've mentioned I have tried to encourage her to get her drivers license. I would like to get her mobile so she can get out of the house. I would pay for her English courses in college once she can drive to class. I'm always offering to help and I do a lot to take initiative to help.
 
She can read/write in English at an elementary level. I've purchased books for her. I've spoken to her in English. Every effort I make is thwarted. She doesn't want to learn. She doesn't try. She reverts to speaking with me in Russian despite my efforts to help her learn English.
 
I work full-time. Sometimes 55 hours a week. Since she can't drive I also do the grocery shopping and I run all the errands. I coordinate everything from mailing packages to her salon appointments to her daughter's schooling.
 
I knew what I was getting into before the K1. I knew she'd depend on me for everything at first and I'm perfectly agreeable to that.
 
But I expect some fairness. I expect some balance.
 
She does the laundry and cooks some meals. I take the family out to eat a few times a week.
 
That's it. That's all she does. Oh, and she argues with me all the time.
 
So as far as owning my reaction and not going to every fight she invites me to, well sometimes I can walk away. Sometimes I can ignore things. Sometimes I change my perspective and try to understand and encourage. But why does "every time" have to be her picking a fight?
 
Again, please don't misunderstand me. I really appreciate your feedback. I know you didn't have to offer any advice and so I'm grateful that you did. Thank you for it. I'm just very tired of all this and really can't see how it is fair.

If during our first 2 months of living together, me and husband would keep arguing - I'd never go further into the relationship like that. It's actually worse that you decided to marry her knowing her temper..
 
I'm sorry to say, but you act like some victims of abuse does - "Oh, he hit me yesterday and broke my nose but the next day he brought me flowers so everything is perfectly ok!"
Just think about it. Your choice now is to be happy without her or miserable with her, I guess.
 
Don't take responsibly for her and divorce her. Do not let her sweet talk you into signing her AoS or you'll be financially responsible for her and her kid for a whiiiile.

Divorce her and move on.  You are not on the hook for anything. Don't file her AOS.  But please please make sure this is what you want.  It is said that the hardest part of this whole thing is the first part where the foreign spouse doesn't have working papers or anything.  Pretty much they get to sit and do nada.  I will tell you my now husband came on a K1 in December and all I did was fight with him (not saying you fight with her) I made the first few months miserable for him because I was scared of giving up my life.  I got scared that maybe he would be lazy and not work....since we have gotten married and sent in the AOS paperwork it has been so much stress off of us.  Not saying this is your situation but it was our he we talked and talked (I yelled trying to scare him away) and told him to go home 9 million times...but he didn't and I can tell you he proved over a million times that he loved me.  Sometimes it just takes some talking and waiting to get through this stuff.  Our son is due on April 28 and I just cry when I think about how messed up I was in all of this knowing he left a good job, a very very close family, and his life to be with me.  I was horrible.  I would
have made the biggest mistake of my life sending him home.  My husband probably thought the same way about me as you do with your wife lol he probably thought I was insane. 
 
Again, I just tell you this because I was ready to give up too....maybe you can talk to her and feel her out and then again maybe it is not meant to be.  Either way good luck. 

The only thing you can do is file for divorce and be generous to offer her a plane ticket home. She may or may not use it but at least you offered. 
 
Btw you didn't mention much in your post. So I want to add make sure you're just not having cold feet. The OMG  I'm not single anymore and have to share my space issue. 
 
I'm the type that gets into a routine and if something in my life gets disrupted. I get a wave of  OMG what have I done and until I calm down and rethink with my head and heart in the same place do I see clearly.  

OP posted in "
Non-Family Based US Visa Discussion    Work Visas " Not everyone here is in the process because of a relationship. But that is the OP's basically only angle.

I don't think CBP has that type of discretion in their power. The guidelines or the 3 and 10 year bars are pretty cut & dry. I have never heard of them being able to change a 3 year ban to a 10 year ban because they felt like it. I would be interested to see if there are any cases to reference.

The very rare occasions when I make long hard contemplation about where my life is going, pretty much all happen on long inter-continental flights (especially w/o internet access). Just saying. 

The very rare occasions when I make long hard contemplation about where my life is going, pretty much all happen on long inter-continental flights (especially w/o internet access). Just saying. 

The very rare occasions when I make long hard contemplation about where my life is going, pretty much all happen on long inter-continental flights (especially w/o internet access). Just saying. 

The very rare occasions when I make long hard contemplation about where my life is going, pretty much all happen on long inter-continental flights (especially w/o internet access). Just saying. 

this is like getting an F1 and CO asking 'are you going to school" 
visa holder answering 'i am thinking about it'
 

maybe he was being honest, maybe he was not fully committed. in that case the officer did you a huge favor.

Sorry to pile on but I would be so angry with him if I were you, a condition of that visa is your intent to get married within the 90 days and to indicate, even jokingly, that you don't really intend on marrying is the worst thing he could have done. She didn't need to be looking for a reason to send him home as he provided her the exact reason to do so for this visa. 

That was a stupid answer. But the officer thought he was serious so he sent your fiancé home which was the right choice.
Never ever mess around with the officers at the airport. They are allowed to send you home.

No, you don't need to report traffic tickets even if there are more than 20. (DUI is a different matter.) Good Moral Character includes not committing any crimes (misdemeanors or felonies - traffic tickets are infractions and are NOT considered a criminal matter at all), paying or trying to pay taxes, not committing non-criminal "immoral acts" including adultery, gambling (even if legal) or prostitution (even if legal) and more. Having a financial aid for college is improving your career and will be viewed as a positive thing. Medicaid is something that most USC are entitled to at some point and has no bearing or moral character. So everything looks great in your case. 

Your application (ROC?) will be denied with so much criminal background. Just kidding!!  Traffic offenses by themselves do not even have to be reported and even if they were, they would make zero difference. No affect on your application whatsoever. Relax. 

If she has a valid re-entry permit she'll be okay (GC won't be revoked). The only thing affected may be the time counted towards the citizenship. 

I disagree.  This discussion is exactly what VisaJourney is about.  And the plane ticket wouldn't be an issue if a visa overstay or denial by immigration wasn't in play here.  The OP has every right to be concerned. 
 
And about the unnecessary name calling in this thread.  If the OP really is 15 or 16 good for her!!  How many 15 or 16 year olds have the intelligence to be worried about border and immigration issues?  Surely more conscientious than her aunt!  The aunt was very selfish and/or irresponsible in her actions and now the OP has to bear the consequences.  This is not an issue of being ungrateful or not for what a rich aunt did.  What it is however, is an issue about making sure the OP has the option in the future to enter the USA if she wishes to for whatever reason.  And if the Aunt and family can't understand that too bad for them.  The Aunt was too stupid to take this into consideration BEFORE buying the ticket and should be gracious enough to change it.  The OP is more than reasonable in her stance here. 

The "Ban" only applied to the 7 countries listed and even for GC holders of those nations they made a u-turn the day after the EO had come in effect. There is no reason to scare the OP since they don't plan to travel with a passport from one of the 7 nations (it wouldn't be a problem even with such a passport for GC holders).
 
And what could a lawyer do? If 0.0001% of what you're saying was true (and it isn't), no lawyer could help anyways. Relax.   

The "Ban" only applied to the 7 countries listed and even for GC holders of those nations they made a u-turn the day after the EO had come in effect. There is no reason to scare the OP since they don't plan to travel with a passport from one of the 7 nations (it wouldn't be a problem even with such a passport for GC holders).
 
And what could a lawyer do? If 0.0001% of what you're saying was true (and it isn't), no lawyer could help anyways. Relax.   

You can visit US embassy in Brazil before returning to the US. You don't need a re-entry permit. Your GC is valid and you have the extension letter. Contact the US embassy in Brazil again when you're there if you're still concerned. The embassy can issue whatever documents you may need in order to return to the US (as they do for those who lose their physical GC abroad). So don't worry. 
 
In absolutely worst case scenario, if the airlines are acting irrationally and against the guidelines from the US, you can fly back from another country or with a more sane airline.   
 
Please relax and focus on the time you spend with your father.