Nat&Amy

You can file for Adjustment of Status, and if there was no misrepresentation there is no reason for anxiety. After your marriage, please complete your profile and create a timeline so that you make it easier for others to give you proper advice in the future. Also, consult the guides available and get acquainted with forums relevant to you and your future wife - immigration is a long process that requires a lot of patience, money and preparation. On a slightly different note, VJ is a valuable source of information and tips but the incongruousness of the US immigration system (and its intriguing loopholes) gets many members (including me) on edge, sometimes. Your case has no red flags (that we know of) but falls into the problematic story of "intention at POE", which is always guaranteed to bring up controversy, hence the anxiety-inducing back and forth here. But all that is now moot, as previously stated, since CBP was satisfied with the answers they got. Welcome to the forum, and good luck starting your immigration journey.

Amen to that!

Me neither. Anyone could call and say they are CBP, especially if the fiance traveled with someone else. No advice to OP comes to mind because of the countless inconsistencies of this case. An annotation of "Fake Marriage" on a K1 case? Baggage that gets to its destination without the traveler rechecking it? Former allegations of fraud? These are not immaterial details and I am having a hard time believing CBP would pull him aside to check his phone to start with. Having said that, and having nothing useful to contribute to this thread, I am signing off.

Agree with the post above. Many job posts have questionnaires attached to their application and one of the questions is always: "Are you legally authorized to work in the US?" If you apply now, your answer will be no and most likely that means your application will not even be looked at. My advice: do some heavy networking and get your name out there. Sure, start applying for jobs whenever you want, but use the time you have now to get acquainted with the market. Attend virtual workshops, meet potential employers, talk to people that work in your field to see where the best opportunities are. Consider enrolling in industry-relevant online courses/certificates. References in the US are important and they might come from people you attend courses with, for example.

As @Melc explained so well on their post, there is no federally enshrined same-sex marriage recognition, so yes, just like Roe v Wade it could be overturned. Likely? No. But plenty of unlikely things have been happening in the US for a while now. I understand OP's logic. OP, just be aware that if you choose to AoS, your partner's ability to work and travel abroad will be severely compromised. On one hand you get to wait for the conditional green card together; on the other, for folks with a career or with family that needs attention in their home country (for example), waiting 6 months or more for EAD/AP might not be viable. Just some things to consider.

OP, please come back to update us. Did you manage to contact the authorities? Did you get any new info? We need a resolution to this very intriguing case!

This is all getting too inflammatory so I might as well throw in my two cents before this closes for further replies. OP, no one on this website is qualified to give you relationship advice because no one here fully knows of your circumstances, your wife's intentions, etc. And quite honestly, it doesn't matter because this here is an immigration forum and even though people feel compelled to offer free marriage counseling, what it comes down to is this: you are receiving immigration benefits because of this marriage, and as such you have TWO things to figure out. One is whether to stay married or not. Entirely up to you. No one's business. BUT. In terms of immigration, the only advice anyone here can give you is this: if your marriage is breaking down, you cannot omit this information from Immigration Officers. And if you do eventually get divorced, that's it. You have nothing to adjust from and should return to your home country and figure things out, since your main reason to immigrate (marriage) is now toast. Then, by all means, see where your new relationship goes. If it's real, do the legal immigration process again. Is it going to take a lot of time and money? Yes. Is it going to be inconvenient? Yes. That's legal immigration for you, and there are no "shortcuts". So don't come up with any extravagant plans to game the system because they always catch up with you at some point.

I am seeing a lot of folks who who filed for citizenship with pending ROCs getting their interviews scheduled super fast. Maybe it triggers something in their system? Anyway, don't be bummed if others that filed later get called before you. Sadly, that's how USCIS operates...