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@Zumbadaddy This is what you need to do. Conditional permanent residents (those with a 2 year green card) are required to file for Removal of Conditions to receive their 10 year green cards, not I-90.  Your problem is now compounded because you need to get her back home and she needs to file ROC as soon as possible. 
 
If you look at the USCIS page to file the I-90 online, it says this:

It is very clear about this, more than once. 


This is an unfortunate mistake. If a proper I-751 had been filed, she would have received a 48 month extension letter long ago. 

@Zumbadaddy This is what you need to do. Conditional permanent residents (those with a 2 year green card) are required to file for Removal of Conditions to receive their 10 year green cards, not I-90.  Your problem is now compounded because you need to get her back home and she needs to file ROC as soon as possible. 
 
If you look at the USCIS page to file the I-90 online, it says this:

It is very clear about this, more than once. 


This is an unfortunate mistake. If a proper I-751 had been filed, she would have received a 48 month extension letter long ago. 

@Zumbadaddy This is what you need to do. Conditional permanent residents (those with a 2 year green card) are required to file for Removal of Conditions to receive their 10 year green cards, not I-90.  Your problem is now compounded because you need to get her back home and she needs to file ROC as soon as possible. 
 
If you look at the USCIS page to file the I-90 online, it says this:

It is very clear about this, more than once. 


This is an unfortunate mistake. If a proper I-751 had been filed, she would have received a 48 month extension letter long ago. 

@Zumbadaddy This is what you need to do. Conditional permanent residents (those with a 2 year green card) are required to file for Removal of Conditions to receive their 10 year green cards, not I-90.  Your problem is now compounded because you need to get her back home and she needs to file ROC as soon as possible. 
 
If you look at the USCIS page to file the I-90 online, it says this:

It is very clear about this, more than once. 


This is an unfortunate mistake. If a proper I-751 had been filed, she would have received a 48 month extension letter long ago. 

@Zumbadaddy This is what you need to do. Conditional permanent residents (those with a 2 year green card) are required to file for Removal of Conditions to receive their 10 year green cards, not I-90.  Your problem is now compounded because you need to get her back home and she needs to file ROC as soon as possible. 
 
If you look at the USCIS page to file the I-90 online, it says this:

It is very clear about this, more than once. 


This is an unfortunate mistake. If a proper I-751 had been filed, she would have received a 48 month extension letter long ago. 

@Zumbadaddy This is what you need to do. Conditional permanent residents (those with a 2 year green card) are required to file for Removal of Conditions to receive their 10 year green cards, not I-90.  Your problem is now compounded because you need to get her back home and she needs to file ROC as soon as possible. 
 
If you look at the USCIS page to file the I-90 online, it says this:

It is very clear about this, more than once. 


This is an unfortunate mistake. If a proper I-751 had been filed, she would have received a 48 month extension letter long ago. 

@Zumbadaddy This is what you need to do. Conditional permanent residents (those with a 2 year green card) are required to file for Removal of Conditions to receive their 10 year green cards, not I-90.  Your problem is now compounded because you need to get her back home and she needs to file ROC as soon as possible. 
 
If you look at the USCIS page to file the I-90 online, it says this:

It is very clear about this, more than once. 


This is an unfortunate mistake. If a proper I-751 had been filed, she would have received a 48 month extension letter long ago. 

That one overstay basically made all her previous "good" travel history irrelevant. Just to reiterate the point already made by others, overstaying on the ESTA was a huge mistake, and she is unfortunately experiencing the consequences of that mistake. 
 
I don't want to hammer too hard on it, but I don't understand how this overstay even occurred. Did you both misunderstand her period of authorized stay? If I recall correctly, CBP literally writes the date on the passport stamp showing the exact end date of allowable time in the U.S., and the max stay allowed on ESTA is 90 days. Staying even one day over can have detrimental consequences on a person's ability to keep their ESTA or visit the U.S. ever again.
 
There's no guarantee that she'll be able to get a tourist visa again. It is possible that with time, she can get approved.

That one overstay basically made all her previous "good" travel history irrelevant. Just to reiterate the point already made by others, overstaying on the ESTA was a huge mistake, and she is unfortunately experiencing the consequences of that mistake. 
 
I don't want to hammer too hard on it, but I don't understand how this overstay even occurred. Did you both misunderstand her period of authorized stay? If I recall correctly, CBP literally writes the date on the passport stamp showing the exact end date of allowable time in the U.S., and the max stay allowed on ESTA is 90 days. Staying even one day over can have detrimental consequences on a person's ability to keep their ESTA or visit the U.S. ever again.
 
There's no guarantee that she'll be able to get a tourist visa again. It is possible that with time, she can get approved.

That one overstay basically made all her previous "good" travel history irrelevant. Just to reiterate the point already made by others, overstaying on the ESTA was a huge mistake, and she is unfortunately experiencing the consequences of that mistake. 
 
I don't want to hammer too hard on it, but I don't understand how this overstay even occurred. Did you both misunderstand her period of authorized stay? If I recall correctly, CBP literally writes the date on the passport stamp showing the exact end date of allowable time in the U.S., and the max stay allowed on ESTA is 90 days. Staying even one day over can have detrimental consequences on a person's ability to keep their ESTA or visit the U.S. ever again.
 
There's no guarantee that she'll be able to get a tourist visa again. It is possible that with time, she can get approved.

That one overstay basically made all her previous "good" travel history irrelevant. Just to reiterate the point already made by others, overstaying on the ESTA was a huge mistake, and she is unfortunately experiencing the consequences of that mistake. 
 
I don't want to hammer too hard on it, but I don't understand how this overstay even occurred. Did you both misunderstand her period of authorized stay? If I recall correctly, CBP literally writes the date on the passport stamp showing the exact end date of allowable time in the U.S., and the max stay allowed on ESTA is 90 days. Staying even one day over can have detrimental consequences on a person's ability to keep their ESTA or visit the U.S. ever again.
 
There's no guarantee that she'll be able to get a tourist visa again. It is possible that with time, she can get approved.

That one overstay basically made all her previous "good" travel history irrelevant. Just to reiterate the point already made by others, overstaying on the ESTA was a huge mistake, and she is unfortunately experiencing the consequences of that mistake. 
 
I don't want to hammer too hard on it, but I don't understand how this overstay even occurred. Did you both misunderstand her period of authorized stay? If I recall correctly, CBP literally writes the date on the passport stamp showing the exact end date of allowable time in the U.S., and the max stay allowed on ESTA is 90 days. Staying even one day over can have detrimental consequences on a person's ability to keep their ESTA or visit the U.S. ever again.
 
There's no guarantee that she'll be able to get a tourist visa again. It is possible that with time, she can get approved.

That one overstay basically made all her previous "good" travel history irrelevant. Just to reiterate the point already made by others, overstaying on the ESTA was a huge mistake, and she is unfortunately experiencing the consequences of that mistake. 
 
I don't want to hammer too hard on it, but I don't understand how this overstay even occurred. Did you both misunderstand her period of authorized stay? If I recall correctly, CBP literally writes the date on the passport stamp showing the exact end date of allowable time in the U.S., and the max stay allowed on ESTA is 90 days. Staying even one day over can have detrimental consequences on a person's ability to keep their ESTA or visit the U.S. ever again.
 
There's no guarantee that she'll be able to get a tourist visa again. It is possible that with time, she can get approved.

There are only two options:  IR-1, spousal visa, which is for immigrating to the USA to live permanently with you, and B-2 tourist visa, for temporary visits for which she was denied.  ESTA is gone forever because of the overstay which is a permanent stain on her record, and an indication of high immigrant intent.  As a US citizen, you are required to file federal income taxes in the US with the IRS regardless of where you live.

Please explain exactly what you mean by "double proxy marriage", including which government jurisdiction did the marriage.

You probably ticked the box on the I-485 that the person does not have a SSN and you wanted them to issue a card? All that does is generate a request to the SSA as soon as the form is received, it has nothing to do with the AOS or EAD approval process. 
 
It's pretty common that people need an SSN even before they are allowed to work in order to open a bank account etc - that's all the restricted card is useful for until you have the EAD.

Yep. The restricted SS card is what you get before your I-485 is approved, the EAD is the required authorization mentioned on the card. Once your I-485 is approved and you get your green card you can take that to the SSA office to update your record and get a new card without the restriction wording. As far as passing I-9 verification for work, the EAD card is sufficient.

Then there's nothing strange - that still requires the EAD card to qualify for work. I had an SS card like that months before my EAD was approved.

- What do you mean by buying time?
- Once again, what was the reason for denial? Alleged fraud? Something else?
- Why is the travel important right now, why not focus on immigration status you're losing?
 
Tell us more and we can help. Tell us less and we can't help, because vague descriptions don't allow us to establish a fact pattern.
 

Then you are filing your taxes wrong, every year. You should be filing as MFJ or MFS. There are some people who can file as HOH as well, despite being married, but that is not common. 

She was denied for immigrant intent.
 
If she is properly petitioned for an immigrant visa, that will not be an issue.
 
However, you DO need to get your documents in order.  Nigeria is notorious for fake documents.  And contrary to what your lawyer recommended, the party line here on VJ is generally not to do a DNA test until the request comes from NVC or (more likely), the embassy.  Embassies use particular DNA labs, and they will reject results from unauthorized sources.

They won't be expecting to see the 2023 taxes until after April 15th, 2024. That is the filing deadline. If you have them when you go in March, cool, if not, they are not going to worry about it much. I took the most recent 3 years to my wifes N400, and they just asked her if she has been filing taxes, they didn't even look at them. The N400 interview will be the easiest of all of them, at least it seemed to me. Study the questions and answers, and you should be good to go.

You are too kind , patient and way too  polite with choice of words . 

We hereby give you leave to go all Shakespearean on such foolishness 
 
Me first : 
 
22. “That trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that grey Iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years?”
 
https://nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-insults/

The unfortunate reality for you is that the US does take parental rights seriously and works to head off cases of parental abduction.  Even in Western countries, parents who can actually co-parent effectively face challenges if they don't want to involve the courts.  I am one of these people.  
 
The immigration process requires parental permission.  I have 2 children that I immigrated with.  I had 2 options: provide a court order labeling me as the custodial parent or get permission from their to immigrate.  Luckily, their father is supportive, so he provided a barrister notarized permission letter in addition to our informal parenting agreement that was surrendered to the Consulate during our interviews.  
 
You should fill out your timeline which will help others provide more accurate answers: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=447133

Not sure why the 'sighs' was needed to somebody that was just trying to help and give you a heads up on what will be required. That is directly related to the immigration process, what happens in the country you're applying is isn't relevant to US immigration law. If USCIS requires a custody order and/or permission from the father to remove the child from the country, then that will be required no matter what the customs of the home country are.