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I thought I would update folks on what happened today. We both went to the center and told them the situation , had lots of evidence and everything. The offficer said they would take care of the I751 and the N400! Well my spouse went in first, and came out about 20 minutes later. He was told that was it. The officer didn’t to speak with me and Javier would receive notice in about a month for his swearing in! They never interviewed me for the I751 and she just processed it.I won’t believe it all until we actually see the notice, but regardless, this is major progress. 😅😅😅😅 

I thought I would update folks on what happened today. We both went to the center and told them the situation , had lots of evidence and everything. The offficer said they would take care of the I751 and the N400! Well my spouse went in first, and came out about 20 minutes later. He was told that was it. The officer didn’t to speak with me and Javier would receive notice in about a month for his swearing in! They never interviewed me for the I751 and she just processed it.I won’t believe it all until we actually see the notice, but regardless, this is major progress. 😅😅😅😅 

I thought I would update folks on what happened today. We both went to the center and told them the situation , had lots of evidence and everything. The offficer said they would take care of the I751 and the N400! Well my spouse went in first, and came out about 20 minutes later. He was told that was it. The officer didn’t to speak with me and Javier would receive notice in about a month for his swearing in! They never interviewed me for the I751 and she just processed it.I won’t believe it all until we actually see the notice, but regardless, this is major progress. 😅😅😅😅 

I thought I would update folks on what happened today. We both went to the center and told them the situation , had lots of evidence and everything. The offficer said they would take care of the I751 and the N400! Well my spouse went in first, and came out about 20 minutes later. He was told that was it. The officer didn’t to speak with me and Javier would receive notice in about a month for his swearing in! They never interviewed me for the I751 and she just processed it.I won’t believe it all until we actually see the notice, but regardless, this is major progress. 😅😅😅😅 

We are going to the Washington DC office, in Fairfax, VA. 

I know I was going crazy…especially with my N-400 interview approaching and I-751 still needed to be processed. I think I was checking my USCIS account a billion times a day. Drove my husband nuts… 
 
When they called my cell, I didn’t even answer LOL. It showed on my phone as a possible scam…
the lady that called left a message and a phone number. I was at work and almost cried…checked the number she left to see if it’s legit and she called again maybe 15 minutes later. 
 
i will not tell you to stop stressing…I think you will regardless…i will tell you that you are a minute away from this adventure to be over! 
stay positive 

Yes, Texas. While this ultimately matters, there have been times when a center is overwhelmed that they move some applications to other centers. It happened to some friends of mine a few years back. When it got moved it was processed in less than 3 months. It was the same form I-751.

I work in the health policy arena in Washington, DC. What I am about to say is NOT politics, it is a legitimate proposal being floated by the Trump Administration (there are news reports, as well, on this). There is concern that if you take a subsidy, even as a legal resident, under Obamacare that it could impact your ultimate residency status. While it is not the way it works right now, the Attorney General, who instituted the separation policy with the children, has floated a new immigration policy that would deny people from adjusting their status to permanent residency or try to get your naturalization if they have EVER taken a subsidy or federal funding for anything, even if it is legal. (This would include subsidies for Obamacare, Medicaid, even Social Security.) This current Administration has been very unpredictable, but this is an actual policy on which the Administration is working. This is a Draconian policy and it could come up with legal battles and other resistance on Capitol Hill, but I would steer clear of these subsidies until after this Administration is gone. Again, this is not about my personal political position, but simply about ensuring that you steer clear until your spouse already has permanent residency, are naturalized, or at least until this Administration is in office.

I work in the health policy arena in Washington, DC. What I am about to say is NOT politics, it is a legitimate proposal being floated by the Trump Administration (there are news reports, as well, on this). There is concern that if you take a subsidy, even as a legal resident, under Obamacare that it could impact your ultimate residency status. While it is not the way it works right now, the Attorney General, who instituted the separation policy with the children, has floated a new immigration policy that would deny people from adjusting their status to permanent residency or try to get your naturalization if they have EVER taken a subsidy or federal funding for anything, even if it is legal. (This would include subsidies for Obamacare, Medicaid, even Social Security.) This current Administration has been very unpredictable, but this is an actual policy on which the Administration is working. This is a Draconian policy and it could come up with legal battles and other resistance on Capitol Hill, but I would steer clear of these subsidies until after this Administration is gone. Again, this is not about my personal political position, but simply about ensuring that you steer clear until your spouse already has permanent residency, are naturalized, or at least until this Administration is in office.

All i have seen so far is just the same news in different formats with more or less the same conent. I have got more confusions than clarifications and my presence here is just to find out what exactly happening and how worried i should be! 
 
The news content is so conflicting. I cant still say for sure if this purposal is targeting those who want to get permenamt residancy (green card) or also those seeking citizenship? While by law public charge is not part of the requirements or a test against the citizenship applicant ( i provided the source news in earlier posts) but i can see in the news something opposit that! And while we have learned the administration is working on a shortcut to bypass any congresional approval, i am wondering if adding public charge test to citizenship would be something the administration would be allowed without formal rule making to practice!
 
I believe we should not let our silence give consent to what is going on in the country!  I remember the moment i was given the US immigrant visa ( US consolate in Montreal) , the officer smiling at me saying" welcome to the US" and continues in a joking tone "now you can have your wepon!" I was a bit shocked but smiled back and thanked him and walked away! I was thinking and still thinking why is it that there is no such purposal or effert in fighting guns bringing death to counless lives  but instead they just go for the most defensless part of the society! The immigrants!  Probably the one who cant beat the horse, beats the saddle! !

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. This is what I had been thinking, more or less, and we are going to stay as we are until we hear more and then we will switch health insurance if we have to.

I apologize to everyone, I didn't get updated when posts were made and didn't realize what I had posted contributed to much discussion. The public comment period does exist for those items that are considered rule changes, but "immigration policy" is mostly done through administrative action and does not need to be put through the public comment period. This is why there are many problems right now, because the administration has blanket authority on immigration. We can always hope for them to factor in public comments on any of these policy changes. But again, this policy has not been implemented yet and may not be. It has been floated and sometimes an administration does that to gauge public sentiment. As I mentioned in my previous post, the Administration has been very unpredictable when it comes to certain policies. It is best not to worry too much until we all know more.
 
As far as for those asking what to do now, for those of you that have received some sort of subsidies from the government, my recommendation depending upon what the subsidy is, I suggest keep doing it (in other words, the damage is done and stopping now, would not necessarily change it too much in the eyes of immigration--at least that appears to be the way they are implementing a lot of rules). If you are receiving certain benefits and you can't go without them (ie., welfare or food stamps), by all means you should continue with those benefits. Your well-being either through health insurance or social security are too important. But if you can get off, for instance, then that could work in your favor if ever put in this position of justifying why you took benefits. The government looks more favorably on people that use these programs as a simple safety net only when needed and then get off them.
 
On Obamacare, purchasing insurance through the exchange just simply allows you to buy a certain level of insurance from a health plan. Yes, it is true that most people getting insurance in this manner need, and get, subsidies of some sort, which is potentially the issue.
 
All in all, if one is really concerned about something I would suggest speaking to an immigration lawyer. If you can't afford one, there are many immigration law clinics around the country that help immigrants in need. I wish we didn't live in a society that put us all in these binds, but if we can wait it out I believe things will return to a more predictable status in the future. Best of luck to all.
 
(For those of you that are looking for articles on this issue and didn't see the post, I included the Washington Post article on the first page of comments.)

I work in the health policy arena in Washington, DC. What I am about to say is NOT politics, it is a legitimate proposal being floated by the Trump Administration (there are news reports, as well, on this). There is concern that if you take a subsidy, even as a legal resident, under Obamacare that it could impact your ultimate residency status. While it is not the way it works right now, the Attorney General, who instituted the separation policy with the children, has floated a new immigration policy that would deny people from adjusting their status to permanent residency or try to get your naturalization if they have EVER taken a subsidy or federal funding for anything, even if it is legal. (This would include subsidies for Obamacare, Medicaid, even Social Security.) This current Administration has been very unpredictable, but this is an actual policy on which the Administration is working. This is a Draconian policy and it could come up with legal battles and other resistance on Capitol Hill, but I would steer clear of these subsidies until after this Administration is gone. Again, this is not about my personal political position, but simply about ensuring that you steer clear until your spouse already has permanent residency, are naturalized, or at least until this Administration is in office.

I just saw your timeline and realized that you were talking about an AOS not the actual visa. Sorry about that.

Just get married in another jurisdiction that has very short resident requirements like 1-3 days, perhaps in the Caribbean. You can both do a short honeymoon and then the wedding is as valid as if you came to the US got married and left. No worry about being admitted and you can apply for the CR-1.