dazed'nconfused

I used to classify strongly as a democrat. I don't watch tv 'news', and the majority of what I read is spread around from varying newspapers and websites. You can't just lean on one source, you have to spread yourself around to try to get a good idea.
 
I am not a fan of everything that this administration is doing. I want to make that clear. However, immigration is not something I will budge on. You come to America legally. There are plenty of American citizens who are below the poverty line, and the programs that are in place are not meant to be a resting place for every single person.
 
If your family sponsors you, they are responsible for you. 
 
I get it, that sounds callous.
 
But I see it the same way as I see social security: I am in my 30s. I have been and will continue to pay into a system that hasn't worked for quite some time.
I don't like that the younger kids are starting to pay into that same system. It's a racket.
 
Why on Earth should people expect other people to pay for someone that they fail to adequately sponsor? 
Here comes a real 'Republican' line: How can we take care of everyone when we can't even take care of ourselves?

edit: nevermind, my computer finally loaded the rest of the pages showing the answer to this.
 

You're mad at USCIS but you were missing crucial paperwork with your packet. That's on you. They are not required to send out RFE  - it was already base for denile especially no proofs of meeting in person. Everyone can write a letter.. I can write that I met Elvis Presley but pretty sure no one should believe  me unless I attach pics and hotel reservations with both our names on it.
 
If you want to get married and file for spouse visa, that's absolutely fine. But the waiting time is about 12 months - just saying since you seemed bothered that your k1 took 7 months.

I think because you are missing so much on your package they just flat out denied it. Unfortunately they don’t look at them right when they receive them. They do a pretty fast glance and cash your check. Unless you used the wrong form or wrote the wrong amount on the check you don’t get a denial right away. It’s only after they’ve actually looked into what you sent that they find mistakes. And that’s been taking a really long time now. Your package probably just sat there all this time without being looked at like everyone else. Because they don’t have enough people and way too many applications. Unfortunately it is your fault for not sending the right stuff but hey water over the bridge now so not much you can do. However if you do intendo on filing for a spousal visa after getting married make sure the K1 petition is withdrawn or actually denied before filing the new stuff. AND come back here with your package and tell people what you have and ask if you’re missing anything so that it doesn’t happen again. People in this forum are better than having a lawyer or calling USCIS. 

The reason is because it was never sent. 
 
I'm sorry OP.  Unless you've got some major issues with your case, I'd DIY it from here, because this lawyer is shady as heck and unless there's legal problems with your case/marriage, there's really no reason to risk more money with a different lawyer.

Did he provide a tracking number for the packet? No way any real attorney didn't send it with a tracking number...

I will not hold being French against you, many might.

Yikes that long?  I've flown through LAX basically every time I've entered the US (10+ times in the last 4 years) and the longest I've ever waited was about 45 minutes.
Frequent LAX traveller here.
 
It's immigration first. Then checked bags. Then customs. Then exit for new terminal. 

12-14 months as opposed to 10-12. 
 
That said, the benefits FAR outweigh the extra 1-2 months according to many - ie: ability to work, drive, and travel right away rather than then waiting another 5-6 months (on average, there are some who have been waiting 8+ months) for EAD.   

I'm sure you've looked into the benefits of all of them and are aware if you can afford to support 2 people on 1 income for anywhere up to a year (or more) whilst waiting for her EAD and if she struggles to find an appropriate job - if that's the case, I'd certainly say go the K-1 as it's faster.  If money/independance (for her) is a concern, I'd suggest looking at the CR-1 since that one does mean that she can look for work and get a drivers licence right away.

I think you mean your wife, not your "wide".
 
I don't know about you but living in Dubai as a foreigner certainly sounds more attractive to me than being killed. But you obviously have other ideas.
 
Good luck with anyone helping you here with your racist (I reported your snide comment about Mexican people), obnoxious attitude. 

Seems like the real issue is that you can not have what you want as quickly as you want it, the original post suggested something different.

Ultimately, your wife made these decisions. She surely was aware of the laws/consequences regarding marrying non-Muslims, given that she is a citizen of KSA. She willingly got on a plane to return, pregnant. No one put a gun to her head here and told her to leave. Her mother suggested it but she didn't have to go. 
 
It's unfortunate that it's resulted in this but she must take some responsibility for her choices.

Oh yes you were 
 
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/506973-wifes-mental-problems-are-making-things-too-difficult/

At this point you can't do anything. If doctors back at her home country approved her medical, they decided that she is fine to immigrate. 
 
Don't try to send her away because she's sick. She is not a broken package you want to return. 
 
If you're miserable in the marriage simply divorce. You can't so anything about her status. 

My point is and always has been negligence.  Having a 0.08 BAC shows negligence.  Having a heart attack does not

The same way that people from VWP countries with a partner in the US do - answer questions honestly.  

I've entered the US on my ESTA for long visits (7 weeks, 11 weeks, 4 weeks and coming up another 4 week visit) multiple times in the last 2 years.  Every time they ask, I say I'm visiting my partner and if they ask further I'll give them a rundown of what we will be doing - "going to a gaming convention together", "we are doing a roadtrip to see the Liberty Bell and then visiting friends in PA", "he's going to teach me to ski!" and so on. Normally that satisfies them.  Once they asked a few more questions - proof of employment (I had an email from my boss confirming leave and also had my work ID in my bag because we have RNA tokens on them and I signed a contract saying it needs to be on my person at all times), a home to go back to (digital copy of my ongoing lease, cats, emails/sms between me and my house sitter confirming dates), financial responsibilities in my country (I can open my Utilities app so they can see the still connected gas/electric at the same address that my drivers licence says I live at, digital registration certificates for my car), and proof of funds (banking app where I can show them my current savings) as well as a return trip planned (flights and hotel booking for my overnight in LA before I exit) - the extra questions took less than 2 minutes and they didn't ask to see the proof - I had it all if they wanted it. 

Yes, getting a NEW tourist visa (or maybe ESTA I don't know since mine hasn't expired and we haven't filed yet) is probably going to be tough once there's a K-1 or CR-1 in the system, but if someone can prove that they've got significant ties to their home country (job, home/pets/kids, bills etc) AND that they're going about things the right way (by, ya know... applying for the correct visa rather than entering with the intent to AOS) then it hasn't posed a problem for a lot of people, as displayed in the threads posted above full of success stories of people with pending K1 and CR1 visas visiting their loved ones.  
 
KeratNY you seem to be in a habit of posting links from lawyers and using them as arguments against people doing things with a proven track record of working - like visiting while they have an immigrant visa in process.  While that's not always a bad thing (research is good!) you should also take everything found from lawyers websites with a grain of salt - not only are there plenty of stories on this forum (and others, non immigration related!) of lawyers messing stuff up, you can also guarantee that any information from those pages is going to be presented in such a way that a relatively simple thing is going to seem big, scary and potentially life-ruining if you do it yourself rather than engaging the services of the lawyer whose website you're looking at.  Even "specialist" lawyers get things wrong ALL THE TIME - the Estate lawyer handling the Probate request for my dad's estate did it wrong FOUR TIMES and cost us 8 months in limbo (plus 5 fees paid to the government for Probate - 4 incorrect and one FINALLY done right) - and this was a guy who's been an Estates specialist for 15 years.  

You're so, so wrong. Thousands of intending immigrants visit daily... On ESTA, visas or other ways.

The same way that people from VWP countries with a partner in the US do - answer questions honestly.  

I've entered the US on my ESTA for long visits (7 weeks, 11 weeks, 4 weeks and coming up another 4 week visit) multiple times in the last 2 years.  Every time they ask, I say I'm visiting my partner and if they ask further I'll give them a rundown of what we will be doing - "going to a gaming convention together", "we are doing a roadtrip to see the Liberty Bell and then visiting friends in PA", "he's going to teach me to ski!" and so on. Normally that satisfies them.  Once they asked a few more questions - proof of employment (I had an email from my boss confirming leave and also had my work ID in my bag because we have RNA tokens on them and I signed a contract saying it needs to be on my person at all times), a home to go back to (digital copy of my ongoing lease, cats, emails/sms between me and my house sitter confirming dates), financial responsibilities in my country (I can open my Utilities app so they can see the still connected gas/electric at the same address that my drivers licence says I live at, digital registration certificates for my car), and proof of funds (banking app where I can show them my current savings) as well as a return trip planned (flights and hotel booking for my overnight in LA before I exit) - the extra questions took less than 2 minutes and they didn't ask to see the proof - I had it all if they wanted it. 

Yes, getting a NEW tourist visa (or maybe ESTA I don't know since mine hasn't expired and we haven't filed yet) is probably going to be tough once there's a K-1 or CR-1 in the system, but if someone can prove that they've got significant ties to their home country (job, home/pets/kids, bills etc) AND that they're going about things the right way (by, ya know... applying for the correct visa rather than entering with the intent to AOS) then it hasn't posed a problem for a lot of people, as displayed in the threads posted above full of success stories of people with pending K1 and CR1 visas visiting their loved ones.  
 
KeratNY you seem to be in a habit of posting links from lawyers and using them as arguments against people doing things with a proven track record of working - like visiting while they have an immigrant visa in process.  While that's not always a bad thing (research is good!) you should also take everything found from lawyers websites with a grain of salt - not only are there plenty of stories on this forum (and others, non immigration related!) of lawyers messing stuff up, you can also guarantee that any information from those pages is going to be presented in such a way that a relatively simple thing is going to seem big, scary and potentially life-ruining if you do it yourself rather than engaging the services of the lawyer whose website you're looking at.  Even "specialist" lawyers get things wrong ALL THE TIME - the Estate lawyer handling the Probate request for my dad's estate did it wrong FOUR TIMES and cost us 8 months in limbo (plus 5 fees paid to the government for Probate - 4 incorrect and one FINALLY done right) - and this was a guy who's been an Estates specialist for 15 years.  

The same way that people from VWP countries with a partner in the US do - answer questions honestly.  

I've entered the US on my ESTA for long visits (7 weeks, 11 weeks, 4 weeks and coming up another 4 week visit) multiple times in the last 2 years.  Every time they ask, I say I'm visiting my partner and if they ask further I'll give them a rundown of what we will be doing - "going to a gaming convention together", "we are doing a roadtrip to see the Liberty Bell and then visiting friends in PA", "he's going to teach me to ski!" and so on. Normally that satisfies them.  Once they asked a few more questions - proof of employment (I had an email from my boss confirming leave and also had my work ID in my bag because we have RNA tokens on them and I signed a contract saying it needs to be on my person at all times), a home to go back to (digital copy of my ongoing lease, cats, emails/sms between me and my house sitter confirming dates), financial responsibilities in my country (I can open my Utilities app so they can see the still connected gas/electric at the same address that my drivers licence says I live at, digital registration certificates for my car), and proof of funds (banking app where I can show them my current savings) as well as a return trip planned (flights and hotel booking for my overnight in LA before I exit) - the extra questions took less than 2 minutes and they didn't ask to see the proof - I had it all if they wanted it. 

Yes, getting a NEW tourist visa (or maybe ESTA I don't know since mine hasn't expired and we haven't filed yet) is probably going to be tough once there's a K-1 or CR-1 in the system, but if someone can prove that they've got significant ties to their home country (job, home/pets/kids, bills etc) AND that they're going about things the right way (by, ya know... applying for the correct visa rather than entering with the intent to AOS) then it hasn't posed a problem for a lot of people, as displayed in the threads posted above full of success stories of people with pending K1 and CR1 visas visiting their loved ones.  
 
KeratNY you seem to be in a habit of posting links from lawyers and using them as arguments against people doing things with a proven track record of working - like visiting while they have an immigrant visa in process.  While that's not always a bad thing (research is good!) you should also take everything found from lawyers websites with a grain of salt - not only are there plenty of stories on this forum (and others, non immigration related!) of lawyers messing stuff up, you can also guarantee that any information from those pages is going to be presented in such a way that a relatively simple thing is going to seem big, scary and potentially life-ruining if you do it yourself rather than engaging the services of the lawyer whose website you're looking at.  Even "specialist" lawyers get things wrong ALL THE TIME - the Estate lawyer handling the Probate request for my dad's estate did it wrong FOUR TIMES and cost us 8 months in limbo (plus 5 fees paid to the government for Probate - 4 incorrect and one FINALLY done right) - and this was a guy who's been an Estates specialist for 15 years.  

The same way that people from VWP countries with a partner in the US do - answer questions honestly.  

I've entered the US on my ESTA for long visits (7 weeks, 11 weeks, 4 weeks and coming up another 4 week visit) multiple times in the last 2 years.  Every time they ask, I say I'm visiting my partner and if they ask further I'll give them a rundown of what we will be doing - "going to a gaming convention together", "we are doing a roadtrip to see the Liberty Bell and then visiting friends in PA", "he's going to teach me to ski!" and so on. Normally that satisfies them.  Once they asked a few more questions - proof of employment (I had an email from my boss confirming leave and also had my work ID in my bag because we have RNA tokens on them and I signed a contract saying it needs to be on my person at all times), a home to go back to (digital copy of my ongoing lease, cats, emails/sms between me and my house sitter confirming dates), financial responsibilities in my country (I can open my Utilities app so they can see the still connected gas/electric at the same address that my drivers licence says I live at, digital registration certificates for my car), and proof of funds (banking app where I can show them my current savings) as well as a return trip planned (flights and hotel booking for my overnight in LA before I exit) - the extra questions took less than 2 minutes and they didn't ask to see the proof - I had it all if they wanted it. 

Yes, getting a NEW tourist visa (or maybe ESTA I don't know since mine hasn't expired and we haven't filed yet) is probably going to be tough once there's a K-1 or CR-1 in the system, but if someone can prove that they've got significant ties to their home country (job, home/pets/kids, bills etc) AND that they're going about things the right way (by, ya know... applying for the correct visa rather than entering with the intent to AOS) then it hasn't posed a problem for a lot of people, as displayed in the threads posted above full of success stories of people with pending K1 and CR1 visas visiting their loved ones.  
 
KeratNY you seem to be in a habit of posting links from lawyers and using them as arguments against people doing things with a proven track record of working - like visiting while they have an immigrant visa in process.  While that's not always a bad thing (research is good!) you should also take everything found from lawyers websites with a grain of salt - not only are there plenty of stories on this forum (and others, non immigration related!) of lawyers messing stuff up, you can also guarantee that any information from those pages is going to be presented in such a way that a relatively simple thing is going to seem big, scary and potentially life-ruining if you do it yourself rather than engaging the services of the lawyer whose website you're looking at.  Even "specialist" lawyers get things wrong ALL THE TIME - the Estate lawyer handling the Probate request for my dad's estate did it wrong FOUR TIMES and cost us 8 months in limbo (plus 5 fees paid to the government for Probate - 4 incorrect and one FINALLY done right) - and this was a guy who's been an Estates specialist for 15 years.  

The same way that people from VWP countries with a partner in the US do - answer questions honestly.  

I've entered the US on my ESTA for long visits (7 weeks, 11 weeks, 4 weeks and coming up another 4 week visit) multiple times in the last 2 years.  Every time they ask, I say I'm visiting my partner and if they ask further I'll give them a rundown of what we will be doing - "going to a gaming convention together", "we are doing a roadtrip to see the Liberty Bell and then visiting friends in PA", "he's going to teach me to ski!" and so on. Normally that satisfies them.  Once they asked a few more questions - proof of employment (I had an email from my boss confirming leave and also had my work ID in my bag because we have RNA tokens on them and I signed a contract saying it needs to be on my person at all times), a home to go back to (digital copy of my ongoing lease, cats, emails/sms between me and my house sitter confirming dates), financial responsibilities in my country (I can open my Utilities app so they can see the still connected gas/electric at the same address that my drivers licence says I live at, digital registration certificates for my car), and proof of funds (banking app where I can show them my current savings) as well as a return trip planned (flights and hotel booking for my overnight in LA before I exit) - the extra questions took less than 2 minutes and they didn't ask to see the proof - I had it all if they wanted it. 

Yes, getting a NEW tourist visa (or maybe ESTA I don't know since mine hasn't expired and we haven't filed yet) is probably going to be tough once there's a K-1 or CR-1 in the system, but if someone can prove that they've got significant ties to their home country (job, home/pets/kids, bills etc) AND that they're going about things the right way (by, ya know... applying for the correct visa rather than entering with the intent to AOS) then it hasn't posed a problem for a lot of people, as displayed in the threads posted above full of success stories of people with pending K1 and CR1 visas visiting their loved ones.  
 
KeratNY you seem to be in a habit of posting links from lawyers and using them as arguments against people doing things with a proven track record of working - like visiting while they have an immigrant visa in process.  While that's not always a bad thing (research is good!) you should also take everything found from lawyers websites with a grain of salt - not only are there plenty of stories on this forum (and others, non immigration related!) of lawyers messing stuff up, you can also guarantee that any information from those pages is going to be presented in such a way that a relatively simple thing is going to seem big, scary and potentially life-ruining if you do it yourself rather than engaging the services of the lawyer whose website you're looking at.  Even "specialist" lawyers get things wrong ALL THE TIME - the Estate lawyer handling the Probate request for my dad's estate did it wrong FOUR TIMES and cost us 8 months in limbo (plus 5 fees paid to the government for Probate - 4 incorrect and one FINALLY done right) - and this was a guy who's been an Estates specialist for 15 years.  

You can provide evidence that you're employed, have bills, a lease, mortgage etc... I crossed over 3 times after marriage and twice after sending the I-130. Some Canadians cross every weekend.  People from the Ukraine and other places have been granted B2 visas while waiting for I-130's and I-129F's.  Rare yes, but it happens.  But most often if you have an existing B2 visa or are from a VWP country, you don't have any issues entering.  If you do start having issues, you have a plan like evidence of ties to a home country, short stays, appropriately packed bags etc...   Just because you chose to over stay doesn't mean everyone is going to and the CBP and IO's understand that.  If you stay on this forum long enough you'll learn that lawyers tend to mess up people's processes more than they help unless they're specialty lawyers for special situations. 
 

 
OP - beyond the fact that your wife's overstay wouldn't be long enough to trigger a bar, (she would need 180+ days of overstay) because you've sent the AOS package, you should wait for AP before any travel.  Any and all overstay when married to a USC is forgiven, or rather ignored.  She could be here 10 years illegally and have all of that overstay ignored.   She should not leave the USA until she receives AP at the very least. 

Not that this is relevant for the OP"s case, but a tourist visa only gets cancelled once the K1/CR1 visa is approved (at the embassy level and stuck in the passport). Not before then! I certainly traveled on an existing B2 visa while my K1 was peding, and I was even granted a new B2 visa during the same period, as the first one expired. 
In the OPs case, I'm pretty sure they would deny entry and cancel her visa since at this point she overstayed. 

Please get your facts straight because the B2 is not "automatically cancelled" at all. I don't know who told you that but it is WRONG. There are many people on here that travel back and forth to see their SO or Spouse while the CR/IR or K-1 petition is ongoing.
Please get your facts straight because you are wrong wrong wrong. You can get a tourist visa while a petition is processing and pending, it is hard to get but it is possible. This does not matter in the OP's case because his wife ALREADY HAS HER B2 TOURIST VISA which the stay is valid for one more day.

Ok, I understand there is a lot riding on this for y'all. But if you didn't want her to be out of status for a few weeks then you should have filed sooner or sent her home before now. But she will be out of status for a few weeks if she doesn't go back and then you will have to file for CR-1 visa and wait 12-14 months then.