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I would be prepared at the interview with current financials. It is my understanding that at time of visa issuance they need to be sure of financial requirements being met.  Is there a way to email the embassy and ask? 

You can remove conditions if divorced. There is that option on the forms. Im not sure the types of evidence that would be required definitely the divorce decree though. It is called form I-751. If you go on the uscis website there you will find instructions and the actual form. I wish you the best of luck, and hope you find peace.

3 hours ago, Paula&Johnny said:

I'm sorry to tell you but she is lying about this.

There is not such thing about brazilian visa for brazilian citizens NEVER!

If she told you that she can't come back after visit Brazil is because she doesn’t have a valid visa and she is afraid to travel and receive a ban.

 

I'm from Brazil and I can tell you that this history is really common here in the US.

 

If you really want to check out look her passport and you will see.

 

Ask her about the student visa application. 

I hope she is really not lying to you to get an green card.

Good luck 

This exactly, I am a citizen of Brasil as well and they would NEVER accept a brasilian citizen entering brasil  with a visa, that's ridiculous. I have dual citizenship actually and even if I wanted to enter on my american passport they would find that highly unacceptable.(when i was a kid there were talks with the military police when trying to enter as my mum had a visa as a us citizen and i was waiting in line with her, they made me wait in the other line with my dad as we both are brasilian citizens with passports)

I wish you the best but there are some red flags here. At best there is a serious language barrier and at worst there is intentional deception 

When i was married the first year my husband wasnt home in the US yet and it is perfectly fine to file as head of household if you want to. Look it up in IRS. If you maintained the household and you did not live together for more than half the year than you are good to go.

Pretty sure this still stands for those in that situation although you may be looking to file married to use for part of this process. 

My husband from Iraq and I married on the first visit in Iraq. We spoke for just under a year online and phone/video calls. My first trip i spent 3 weeks. We were married 10 days after my arrival. It was our intention to get married when planning the trip. When i arrived home i began gathering any and all evidence possible( excerpts of our communications and. communications with family and friends showing knowledge and acceptance of our relationship(including a workplace friends congratulations), and the regular stuff too ex. Translated marriage certificate ). I also changed my last name, added him to my health insurance, created a will signed in front of a notary, designated him beneficiary for plans through my workplace, added him to my car/renters insurance. Im not sure if all i sent was necessary but it worked for us.

I would definitely take the advice of more senior members here to heart. This site and these forums are how my husband and I were able to begin our life together here in the U.S. without use of lawyers. The journey was very hard time wise (being apart) but very smooth in the administrative aspect. We never had any RFE and he was in administrative processing for just a short while (few months). He arrived here end of May last year and we had applied in October 2017 (2months after getting married). We now have a fantastic blended family with a newborn daughter who brings us all even closer.

We had things many here would consider red flags but we did our best with all the info provided here and on uscis websites. Most importantly we remained grounded in reality for our expectations and kept our hearts full of hope.

I wish you the very best luck.

Absolutely. He is married no matter where he goes. As far as the U.S. is concerned if it is a legally valid marriage in the Ukraine it is also valid here. The U.S. will recognize the marriage.

Islamabad is a difficult embassy for sure, based on things written by members here. I am not sure about the specific statistics of Islamabad,but you could do some research here and through the uscis website perhaps. Regardless of location the uscis/immigration journey is a long one requiring patience, commitment, and preparation. Stay strong and have faith. Inshallah,you will be living together with your loved one day in the future.

For reference my husband is a muslim man from Iraq and I am the U.S. citizen. We married in Iraq, and he arrived on a CR-1 in May of 2019.

I filed the initial application in October 2017.

There is no real place to "register" a marriage that took place outside the country so there is no way or need to change his marital status in some central/official location. All he need do is follow the instructions for the 130 which include a the marriage certificate.

I got married in Iraq and that is how we filed. I went to the SS office because i was taking my husband's last name but that is it as far as "documenting" the marriage here went.( i am a us citizen if that helps with clarity at all)

There should be absolutely no problem. I did that exact thing during our own process for CR1. I just provided documentation at the appropriate time to keep everything up to date much as you would any other critical information.

Yes she absolutely can do that. Easiest way is go to social security office with marriage certificate and fill out the form. Harder way but possible (the way i did it) go to her local court and file a form pay the fee and submit marriage certificate as well as document of current name to petition a legal name change. Once it is granted, all she has to do is give notice to ss office and any other agency or company she does business with.

I think you are missing the point....those things you are talking about submitting are not needed and are not cared about.

31 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

They don’t care about any of that stuff: what date you celebrate your anniversary or religious ceremony, .... What they want to see is evidence of a bona fide marriage such as commingling of assets, joint bank accounts, joint credit cards, taxes, insurance, joint leases, land deeds, evidence you live together water bills, electric bills, .... Those are the focus.

Focus on the evidence that is mentioned in the previous post..

1 hour ago, adil-rafa said:

*A passport is the only document that proves both identity and foreign status.  For dependents, the passport must have a date of entry to be a stand-alone document, unless the dependent is from Canada, Mexico, or Military Overseas. If a passport is submitted, a combination of two or more documents must be submitted to meet the document requirements.

 

It, however,  does not prove you are married so the marriage certificate is needed when filing

Correct

i meant for identity and foreign ties/citizenship purposes

I have a question.....it says the stand alone document is a passport. My husband is overseas with interview coming in a few weeks. All i have is a copy of his passport. I assumed this was not sufficient. Is that correct?

Forgot to post here, sorry. We have been scheduled for February 10 for our Cr1 interview. We got the email on the 9th of January around 3pm.

Cc October 31 2018

Interview scheduled January 9 2019

Interview February 10 Baghdad

Sooo excited, i was starting to feel so hopeless ❤ hang in there everyone.

Just reached out to the NVC. I was told that they are done with January and are now on February. With all the different responses that we all get, does anyone else have any information on appointment scheduling?

Just now, iraqimarraige said:

Yeah us too!!! Took us a week. Can you please check what is says under your husband marital status on your marriage certificate? 

My husband is listed as divorced. But that is because he lives in iraq and record of previous marriage existed. He provided his iraqi divorce decree at the court we married in. You may be needlessly worrying...take a breathe all will be well Inshaallah .  i can ask his advice if you wish?

I went to embassy in erbil before we married and there was nothing i needed from them in order to marry in iraq under their laws.  If you have the judges signatures on your certificate you should be fine. Feel free to pm me if youd like to discuss with more detail.

May i ask where you married in Iraq? Are either one of you iraqi citizens?

Was it at the court? 

We married in Erbil but my husband is from iraq. It took us a werk of running around signing things and getting signatures for us to marry. But all has been well. If iraq recognizes your marriage as legitimate than you are fine i think....uscis will just want to see that both of you were free to marry when you did. 

I married in iraq last year. There was no issue at all. My husband had previously been married, his was the only divorce decree needed at get married. Uscis will ask for your divorce decree and nvc and embassy....but i dont forsee any issues at all. You are legally married and recognized as such anywhere you go with your marriage certificate...i believe. I will double check my own certificate and let you know.

What are you worried about exactly? If your marriage will be recognized by. U.S. if your iraqi certificate says single?

Has anyone heard about a possible government shutdown coming the end of December? I heard on the news that the president mentioned it in a tense conversation within the oval office (yesterday?) Since we are all "paying customers" would a government shutdown affect us and NVC or embassies working on these interviews/visas? I too am becoming soo depressed and try to avoid both this forum and my email; I cannot imagine what it has been like for those of you who have been waiting months on end with no word. We have been waiting since the end of October and already i feel like my heart is slowly crumbling to pieces each time my email is empty and each time the NVC rep says the same thing about their darn queue. Really trying to tell myself that it is ok to not be Super woman and cry when I need to as long as i can pull it together and carry on afterwards.

10 hours ago, omar jameel said:

I am calling them every week, and they telling me the same sentence " US embassy will open appointments and you will be scheduled soon and notified via email. Usually it doesn't take many months. It will be surprising " 😔

Yes they say the same to us as well...it is tiresome. I tried emailing the embassy. They are so courteous but just informed me that they have not yet received my case from NVC yet.

Oh i am sorry it is taking so long. This is so frustrating. We too are waiting for a cr1 appointment to be scheduled in Baghdad. Our Case complete was on Oct.31. Lets stay in contact to help us all feel a litle less helpless. I will comment again here when we are scheduled. Good luck, may we soon be reunited with our loved ones.

Well i see all sorts of different times for this part. Myself, we received CC on October 31st and are still waiting. I think it has alot to do with the work load at the embassy where your interview will be held. Search the site for the thread Case Complete to Interview November 2018....it helps to talk with others in the same waiting period. They have a spreadsheet of info that will help you to see trends.