Sarah&Facundo

Since a few people already recommended this, I am going to chime in and say we also use Geico. My LPR husband just got his license last year at 30 years old (for the first time). There was no issue adding him to my Geico policy. In fact, my premium went down $5??

YEP!! We feel the same. My husband has made massive sacrifices to come live with me in the US. I often feel guilty about it, but he always tells me it was his choice to come be with me in the US so I shouldn't feel guilty. And like you, the only reason he would consider citizenship is to be able to travel outside of the US more freely. He did not move to the US for any other reason than to be with me and I know if something ever happened with our marriage, he would leave the US.

Yep, that's how my husband is. He just "deals with" living here.

My now-husband visited me twice in the US while his I-129F was pending. They didn't really ask him anything other than how long he would be staying. Both times, he stayed about 2 weeks.

Yes, we did this. Because we would not be able to travel for our honeymoon, we did our trip first then came to the US and got married. We flew to Europe and traveled to several countries, then entered the US on the K1 and got married two weeks later. No issues.

Some people were saying their reasoning for naturalizing was based on weaker passports when it comes to traveling. For us, it doesn't make a difference. My husband and I have both been allowed to enter any country we have traveled to (dozens--we are huge travelers). Any country he would need a visa for on his foreign passport, I would also need one as a USC. So we haven't. fortunately, had to worry about that. If he was from a country where traveling was prohibitive due to the passport, then it would factor into wanting to naturalize.

My husband feels the exact same way. He does not feel at home in the US and really doesn't like the country. He does not desire to pledge allegiance, so he does not want to become a citizen at this time, even though he qualifies to naturalize. His passport is just as strong as mine and we travel together all over the world. The only instance which may cause him to be forced into naturalizing is if we leave (which may happen).

I've been paid by a company abroad where I was not an employee. I was considered a contractor and my taxes reflected this. When submitting my documents, I had to include my 1099 form and tax forms from previous tax years as well. I also pay quarterly taxes on this income since I am still an independent contractor. You should be paying now for the fourth quarter of 2022. Those are due this month, so you will have your proof right there.

If the spouse does not want to marry the beneficiary, there is no reason the beneficiary needs to move to the US.

Yes, those quincenera groups are super popular. But all the parents I know who have sent their kids had tourist visas themselves. In this case, the 15 year old's parent wouldn't have one. And my husband and I (aunt and uncle) would likely pay for most of, if not all of, the trip as our gift to her the summer following her 15th birthday before returning to high school.

It's not. Going on a quincenera trip is extremely common in Latin America and kind of a "right of passage" similar to an American sweet 16. A lot of girls choose this trip over a big party. Any embassy is going to know about this and we know many people who have done it. However, the parents of these 15 year olds we know already had US visas even if the parents were not going on the trip themselves. We just aren't sure if they are allowed to issue B2 visas to a minor if the parent doesn't already have one. If there is a law prohibiting that, we won't bother having her apply. That's my question.

Hi everyone! Longtime poster here whose husband came to the US with a K1 a while back. This question is about our 14 year old niece. It's common for girls in Latin America to take a trip to the US around their 15th birthday for their quinceñera. We are looking into one of those quinceñera programs where they go on a group to Disneyworld or perhaps having her visit us for a week during her summer vacation since we live near NYC. I'm totally aware that any applicant needs to prove they have a reason to return, etc. and that no one can guarantee she would get a visa. BUT her parents do not hold US visas and don't plan on traveling with her. Is a 14 year old (who could be 15 by the time of her interview since it could be next year with the backlog) allowed to get a B2 visa if her parents do not have one? Her parents are willing to pay for it and accompany her to the interview. My husband or I would likely be flying with our niece and we would probably end up paying for part of it as her gift. She would not overstay, as she has to return to high school and she can't adjust through us anyway, but I totally understand each applicant has the burden to prove that. But we are just wondering if it is worth her applying at all if her parents wouldn't be getting a visa and would not be traveling with her. I'd love any input! Thank you.

It's hard to predict if you'll be waived or not. We didn't have any red flags, but we got called in for a ROC interview. We were there for about 5 minutes, they asked us very few easy questions (similar to AOS), and he saw his status update with his approval online about an hour later. He got his 10 yr Green card a later that month.

I completely understand. My husband, like you, has absolutely no interest in becoming a citizen. He has been eligible under the three year rule for almost a year now, and he just refuses. He doesn't consider himself American at all whatsoever and really doesn't even like living in the US. The ONLY reasons he would ever consider applying are 1.) to get rid of the USCIS forever and 2.) to be able to leave the US on a permanent basis, but have the freedom to visit my family in the US without worrying about visas or return way down the line if needed. Living as an LPR and as a USC really isn't any different, as long as you have a reasonably strong passport for traveling.

In our experience dealing with Argentina, you may actually be pretty surprised about that. If you ever get to back to Argentina to visit your fiance, you should!! My husband and I went through the K1 and he is in the US now, but we try to spend as much time as we can in Argentina. We're going back again in a few weeks!

Like others said above, it was less than a year. Just don't volunteer extra information.

We live with my parents. My mom wrote a letter (well really, I wrote it and she signed it) stating we live with her right now. My husband got his 10 yr green card this summer with no questions or issues.

This could depend on the country, but we postponed our K1 interview because we were traveling. We postponed it for about 9 months. My husband did enter the US prior to receiving his K1. I'm not saying this will always work out, but in our *personal* experience through Argentina, here is what happened: November 2016: Petition approved and it went to the embassy. December 2016: We were eligible for an interview, but we were traveling and didn't want to use the K1 (yes, in retrospect we should have done CR1 but we were young and silly lol) Also, in being young and silly, we thought we could schedule the interview whenever we wanted and we ignored the letter for a while. I followed up with them in either August or September and though technically we were supposed to keep in contact with the embassy if we wanted to postpone it, we did not. It had already expired (our fault, completely). But they, thankfully, revived our case *whew* and told us we needed to go to the interview whenever they decided to schedule it. We were not allowed to postpone anymore (probably because of our negligence). Also, somewhere in 2017, we bought tickets for my then-fiance to come to Thanksgiving in November. After our communication in September-ish, rhe eceived an interview date with about 2 weeks notice for mid-October 2017. I bought a ticket to Argentina that afternoon and we went to the interview together. My fiance was approved for the K1 very easily. They never even asked us about our petition and what we had been doing during that time. From reading Visajourney, I knew about the rule that technically your B2 gets canceled once the K1 is in there. BUT, I can be pretty ballsy lol and so I asked if he could still come for Thanksgiving. Bear in mind, he did NOT want to move until 2018. We planned on waiting the six months allotted. The officer said he would not cancel the B2. *Cue everyone from visajourney saying this is impossible* November 20-something, 2017. my then-fiance entered at JFK in New York with both a B2 and K1. We were nervous about attempting this, but he already had the ticket, so worst case scenario, they send him back right? Well, he arrived and he opened his passport to the B2 visa page in hopes that the officer wouldn't really look at the passport. He looked at my husband, asked no questions except the general "how long do you plan on staying?" He told him he was spending Thanksgiving here and would be here for 10 days or 2 weeks or whatever it was. And he came through. No issues. Then my husband entered again, this time on the K1, in March, 2018. No issues. I've posted this story a few times on this site and usually I get comments saying it was luck. And maybe it was? I can't say. But I'm just sharing our experience and I felt like some of it was applicable to yours. Granted, this is also a different country, although generally low fraud as well. None of these issues have ever come up and my husband now has a 10 year green card. Good luck!

It appears you are concerned with being questioned as you leave for some reason. You don't get questioned or go through a process when you leave the US, only when you enter. If you are a Canadian citizen/resident, you won't have any issues.

We also didn't have a formal proposal, engagement ring, or honeymoon. My husband already has his conditions removed. No one ever asked us anything about it, not at the K1 interview, AOS interview, or ROC interview.

Going on a honeymoon or not going on a honeymoon doesn't come into play at all whatsoever.

This isn't true. Many USCs have multiple passports. Some countries don't allow this, but the US is not one of them.

Nope. Nothing abnormal. I'm active on Visajourney so I was well prepared with what to send. It's happened to several people here on VJ and most of us think it's just randomized. We were also immediately approved for AOS without really any questions. For reference, we are the same age, I lived with him in his country before he moved here to the US, we've known each other for 10 years, we both speak the same language, and we make in the six figures so way over the poverty line. They barely asked us anything at the ROC interview, so who knows....I think it was just random selection.

Good luck to all the Argentinians! And yes, my husband had a ROC interview in July (yes, he also had one for AOS after he adjusted from the K1). We have no idea why he had to go twice. They barely asked us anything and he was approved by the time we drove home. He received his 10 yr green card in the mail late July. We traveled multiple time with the extension letter and my husband switched jobs with his extension letter in hand as well. No issues anywhere.

My husband was thrilled to go to school. He was bored being at home when I worked all day. I spent a ton of time with him before he came on the K1 and he had been to the US before, so it was nothing new to him. He was also happy to go to school to meet other Americans and form a community. He got involved with some activities on campus and some of his professors took a really special interest in him and his story. It helped him form a community, actually. And I am not sure what "shame" there is in somebody wanting to get an education and better their life?