Minya's wife

In the the time I've been a member here, I always appreciated Kezzie's direct and to the point answers. I know she helped many people on this site and she will be greatly missed. My heartfelt condolances to Kezzies beloved husband and family.

Your best bet is to wait until after your approval and after your approved petition reaches the consulate where your fiancee will have her visa interview. You can contact the consulate directly, referencing the new case #you will have from the NVC (your petition will go there after it is approved by USCIS, and it will receive a new #) and give the consulate your fiancee's new address for them to send the Packet 3 to. My fiancee at the time had the same situation, he moved while we were waiting for approval, and I just contacted the consulate directly once I knew our case was there....and changed the address.
Good luck,
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No, ICE will not go after her to deport, unless there is proof that immigration fraud was committed, and even then....I'm not sure. IMO Ice has bigger fish to fry then to go after every jilted husband or wife of an immigrant, who because they are hurt and angry want to have their spouse "deported back to where they came from."
I'm sorry for the OP's situation, but given the situation presented....he can call USCIS, and inform them of the divorce...that's it. The system will work it out as to whether the wife can attain residency or not.
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As much as you'd rather not go back to Paris, you may not have a choice. If the Embassy did indeed make a mistake and placed your passport inside the "mysterious brown" envelope, they are the only ones who can open it (besides the people here at the airport when you enter the country). You need your passport to travel and you cannot break the seal on the brown envelope.
But before you take the 500km trip back to Paris, perhaps you can call the Embassy, explain to them the situation and they can tell you if you need to return or not.
Standart procedure is that you should have received this package w/ 3 items in it:
Instruction Sheet
Passport (w/ visa stamped in it)
"Brown Envelope" w/ consular seal on the back (Not to be opened)
If your package does not contain these three things, something is wrong...and I'm afraid only the consulate can sort it out. This part of the procedure is not one that differs from country to country....so someone from France may not be able to offer you any better advice than what you've received.
Call the embassy, speak w/ someone about your situation.
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What do you think honestly? By applying for permanent residency in Canada, you're in effect signaling to the Canadian immigration authorities that if approved you plan on settling and living there 'permanently', while if you apply at the same time for permanent residency in the USA, you're saying the same thing to USCIS. So how could those two applications at the same time not conflict?
You must decide which country will be your place of residency and apply for permission there.
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If you were joking with the OP, perhaps you should have indicated that in your post or PM'd the OP directly? These threads are here for posterity, long after daboys has cleared up his issue. If someone has this happen to them in the future, and comes across your 'joking' remark, without any knowledge that it was jokingly meant, they may be alarmed for no reason.
Maybe you should think before posting, and think of the stated purpose of VJ, "to educate and provide general information regarding family and marriage based immigration (K1, K3, IR-1 Visas, DCF, etc) for a spouse, fiance, parent(s) or other close relatives to reunite and bring together families."
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If you were joking with the OP, perhaps you should have indicated that in your post or PM'd the OP directly? These threads are here for posterity, long after daboys has cleared up his issue. If someone has this happen to them in the future, and comes across your 'joking' remark, without any knowledge that it was jokingly meant, they may be alarmed for no reason.
Maybe you should think before posting, and think of the stated purpose of VJ, "to educate and provide general information regarding family and marriage based immigration (K1, K3, IR-1 Visas, DCF, etc) for a spouse, fiance, parent(s) or other close relatives to reunite and bring together families."
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The OP said he believes his wife married him under false pretenses...not necessarily that this is indeed the case. We have no more information that what was provided by the OP...at this point he fears his marriage is headed for divorce, but we dont know that this has materialized yet. Recommending that he dupe her into a one-way ticket home, as you put it is entirely premature. They are married you know...should he dupe her into a divorce as well...before or after he schmoozes her into that one way ticket?

Something's just off here. The OP came to the US on a CR-1 visa, has a failed marriage...came to the US alone, did not to live with her husband, and now is concerned with receiving benefits due to her as an Army Wife of a deployed solider? I'm sorry, but this seems a little far-fetched and it does not seem like she has any proof to submit for removal of conditions. There was never a real marriage. She has never co-habited w/ her husband, filed taxes together or had joint accounts. There's no documentation which she could present to prove that the marriage was real while it lasted. The problems in the marriage came to light while she was still in the PI. Why come to the US at all? And now that she is here, and cannot reconcile with her husband....why not divorce and be done with it?

The little girl is with her family....she is with her mother, what she has 'here' is her extended family, i.e. her aunt.

Testify where, in what court of law??? What exactly does your friend think, he'll call USCIS, say "My ex wife cheated, had a child and divorced me...now I'm re-married but I want my ex deported. I have a witness that she cheated, where should he testify?" and USCIS will jump to have a hearing and deport his permanent resident ex-wife. Forgive me but your friend is not thinking clearly....
He needs to get over his vindictive thoughts and move on....he's re-married, why the heck is he spending so much energy in trying to do damage to his ex? He should focus on his current wife and forget the ex because there's nothing he can do to have her PR status revoked and have her deported simply because he's upset that she cheated on him.
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The OP said he believes his wife married him under false pretenses...not necessarily that this is indeed the case. We have no more information that what was provided by the OP...at this point he fears his marriage is headed for divorce, but we dont know that this has materialized yet. Recommending that he dupe her into a one-way ticket home, as you put it is entirely premature. They are married you know...should he dupe her into a divorce as well...before or after he schmoozes her into that one way ticket?

If she returns before the 90 days allotted on her I-94, and she hasn't overstayed any other US visa, there should be no impediment to her receiving a second K-1 visa. By meeting, however unusual the circumstances, you have satisfied the meeting within two years of filing requirement of the I129F (the K-1) visa petition...so that OK as well. At the time of her second visa interview, there may be some scrutiny (questions asked) about the previous visa, which she should answer truthfully, but that should be no reason to for denial.

As you say, is it credible enough for the adjudicator. There are countless sites having copies of lease agreements for public use...so it is possible to "fake" one. From what I can tell, the OP included the lease and photos...no other form of primary evidence, so it is very much up to how the adjudicator will see the petition. The other documentary proof should definitely be on hand, ready to go, in case of an RFE. Didn't I just see a thread recently where an I-129F was rejected outright for not having sufficient documentary proof of having met w/in the 2 years? I can't remember remember the particulars in that case, but I remember thinking, in that case, that they were proving their relationship and did not include proof of the meeting. I wonder why some 'overlook' this particular clause in the instructions?

That's 'cuz you're supposed to eat BBQ in Texas, not pizza!

Not sure that given his current undocumented status in the US, in addition to his 2+ year overstay, he should be rocking the boat by demanding his wages from work he wasn't allowed to accept and perform in the first place. IMO, he should take care of legalizing his residency first, and then file the complaint with DOL. Once he files the DOL complaint his unauthorized work will become part of his record, and a declaration of such will have to be made with his AOS, which may not be a good thing for approval of said adjustment of status.
I don't know much about the rate of success with such complaints....but I really wonder how 'he will get the money he is owed' from a small mom-n-pop company. If he was working (under the table) as stated, how could a simple complaint lead to his boss(es) forking over the 10+ grant they owe him?

Not sure that given his current undocumented status in the US, in addition to his 2+ year overstay, he should be rocking the boat by demanding his wages from work he wasn't allowed to accept and perform in the first place. IMO, he should take care of legalizing his residency first, and then file the complaint with DOL. Once he files the DOL complaint his unauthorized work will become part of his record, and a declaration of such will have to be made with his AOS, which may not be a good thing for approval of said adjustment of status.
I don't know much about the rate of success with such complaints....but I really wonder how 'he will get the money he is owed' from a small mom-n-pop company. If he was working (under the table) as stated, how could a simple complaint lead to his boss(es) forking over the 10+ grant they owe him?

Not sure that given his current undocumented status in the US, in addition to his 2+ year overstay, he should be rocking the boat by demanding his wages from work he wasn't allowed to accept and perform in the first place. IMO, he should take care of legalizing his residency first, and then file the complaint with DOL. Once he files the DOL complaint his unauthorized work will become part of his record, and a declaration of such will have to be made with his AOS, which may not be a good thing for approval of said adjustment of status.
I don't know much about the rate of success with such complaints....but I really wonder how 'he will get the money he is owed' from a small mom-n-pop company. If he was working (under the table) as stated, how could a simple complaint lead to his boss(es) forking over the 10+ grant they owe him?

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Nigerian native has been stripped of U.S. citizenship after he was convicted of brokering sham marriages so other Nigerians can obtain the American citizenship.
Ibraheem Adeneye's U.S. citizenship was revoked during his sentencing hearing on Monday after a jury convicted him in May of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, naturalization fraud, making a false statement to a federal agency and marriage fraud, according to a U.S. Department of Justice statement. He now faces deportation upon his release from federal custody. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security officials began investigating Adeneye in 2008 after becoming suspicious that he was paying U.S. citizens to marry Nigerian nationals and help them get them U.S. citizenship. Detectives contacted Adeneye through an ex-spouse and used an undercover agent to broker a sham marriage with him. Adeneye then arranged a marriage ceremony at the Harris County courthouse three days after the undercover detective and a Nigerian acquaintance met. County officials were aware of the investigation, so the fraudulent marriage wasn't performed. During the investigation, detectives that Adeneye's own marriage to his ex-spouse from 2002 through 2007 was fraudulent, and that they never actually lived together. His spouse applied for U.S. citizenship and during the naturalization process, Adeneye lied to authorities about them being married and living together for three years. The jury convicted Adeneye on May 7 after 45 minutes of deliberation, following a four-day trial. He remained in federal custody until Monday's sentencing hearing.
Link to story.

It still makes no difference either way....the only thing I would caution, is if passport stamping occurs at either entry or exit to spain, please make sure that it is not done on the same page that the visa is found on.

So the constant need to have the newest and best equipment has nothing to do with patient's (i.e. consumer) need to know they are receiving the 'best' [care]? I understand that if a machine is in working condition, only a couple of models behind the latest one, it should still work just fine and hospitals should continue to use it....but maybe a patient will pass that hospital up and get treatment at the next place where they do have the newest model of that equipment.
Why do people buy newer models of things, when the old one is perfectly functional? Don't let that "more efficient" or "more accurate" or more whatever label fool you...you buy that new car, fridge, dishwasher...whatever because its newer, more modern, basically more appealing than the outdated model you currently have.

I am just postulating here, but the denial may have had to with the fact that your brother and stepfather applied together. I'm not sure what other immediate family members you have, but two family members applied at once, which lends credence to the immigrant intent somewhat. Add to to this, the fact that your brother is a young unmarried university student, who's only tie to the home country is scheduled university exams.
Unfortunately there is no way you can get specifics on tourist visa denials, but given the presumption of immigrant intent attached to tourist visa applicants, you can safely assume that the denial was a result of failure to disprove immigrant intent. I know you said that your family is discouraged from trying again...but what about having your mother (just your mother) try. Perhaps with just one member of the family applying for a visa...the presumption of immigrant intent is lessened.

What exactly are you ranting about, your preclusion from use of the the VWP, or is this more of a rant against unclear verbiage on a piece of paper?

What exactly are you ranting about, your preclusion from use of the the VWP, or is this more of a rant against unclear verbiage on a piece of paper?

Immigration is not a right, it's a privilege. The sooner you understand that, the easier it will be to 'deal' with this process. Protesting is also a privilege afforded to US citizens, on US soil. What your are proposing would take place not on US soil, therefore subject to the foreign laws. Not sure about legality, but momof1 is probably on the right track...I don't think the Morocco police would look kindly on a bunch of picketers yelling "give our loved one a visa to the US". Just sayin...