HonoraryCitizen

That’s incorrect. The current climate is cause of a legitimate fear. Yes the laws had previously been on the books, however the enforcement was nonexistent or spotty. In the current climate immigration is actively looking for a reason to deny people, there’s a big difference so people’s fears are not irrational. The current administration is decidedly anti illegal immigration (some say anti-immigrant), that is not in dispute.
 
Lots of people adjusting status have minor immigration infractions that could be uncovered and/or used to classify them inadmissible if the immigration officer is inclined to dig into their history with a fine toothed comb and refused to exercise favorable discretion.

Crushed about what? This is nothing. Heck I had more egregious issues with my own name than this and it was never a problem. Go ahead and file!

Why did you bother? I mean the worst they can do in the case of a parent petition is request DNA evidence the cost of which would be a fraction of your airfare plus one week off work. You probably were looking for an excuse for a vacation lol 😉

I think what you are concerned about is whether your six years of overstay will hurt you. Fortunately no, because you were a minor and left before you became an adult the ten year bar to entry does not affect you.
 
Thus you can return to the USA on a visitor visa, students visa, working visa, or as the relative (spouse, sibling etc) of a US citizen or the spouse of a lawful permanent resident.

Don't pull that card. You got called out. This has nothing to do with negativity, judgmental, without compassion etc. On the contrary people on VJ are very compassionate and caring when they read about abuse. There is no case for VAWA from what we have read. Filing fraudulent charges against people is unethical and an abuse of the system.

Where do you pull that number from? The adjusted refusal rate for Nigeria is 45%. Many, probably most people from West Africa granted B visas to the USA have family here.
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY17.pdf
 
Really would not matter. She has decent chances of getting the visa. Be confident and go ahead and apply. Over the years  seven members of my family (and several other friends) have applied to visit me. My being an American resident/citizen did not hinder their application. Ignore the chatter about Nigeria being a high fraud country or whatever and think positive. She should not say she is coming to take care of the baby because that can be considered work. She's simply coming to visit you and see her new grandchild.
 
Congratulations on the baby and best wishes.

Where do you pull that number from? The adjusted refusal rate for Nigeria is 45%. Many, probably most people from West Africa granted B visas to the USA have family here.
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY17.pdf
 
Really would not matter. She has decent chances of getting the visa. Be confident and go ahead and apply. Over the years  seven members of my family (and several other friends) have applied to visit me. My being an American resident/citizen did not hinder their application. Ignore the chatter about Nigeria being a high fraud country or whatever and think positive. She should not say she is coming to take care of the baby because that can be considered work. She's simply coming to visit you and see her new grandchild.
 
Congratulations on the baby and best wishes.

Where do you pull that number from? The adjusted refusal rate for Nigeria is 45%. Many, probably most people from West Africa granted B visas to the USA have family here.
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY17.pdf
 
Really would not matter. She has decent chances of getting the visa. Be confident and go ahead and apply. Over the years  seven members of my family (and several other friends) have applied to visit me. My being an American resident/citizen did not hinder their application. Ignore the chatter about Nigeria being a high fraud country or whatever and think positive. She should not say she is coming to take care of the baby because that can be considered work. She's simply coming to visit you and see her new grandchild.
 
Congratulations on the baby and best wishes.

The issue is that they are within their rights to deny the petition because you did not submit all documents requested. I mean you’re even lucky they fired of an RFE. New USCIS policy says they should be denying incomplete petitions without even bothering to send out RFE’s.
 
That said in your case missing out on sending a passport picture should not be fatal to your application. Best wishes, I think your odds of success are high.
 
 

The issue is that they are within their rights to deny the petition because you did not submit all documents requested. I mean you’re even lucky they fired of an RFE. New USCIS policy says they should be denying incomplete petitions without even bothering to send out RFE’s.
 
That said in your case missing out on sending a passport picture should not be fatal to your application. Best wishes, I think your odds of success are high.
 
 

They’re using an electronic system now. No need to be anxious about anything.

They’re using an electronic system now. No need to be anxious about anything.

Is that just a ceremony or legally binding? If it’s just a ceremony without legal basis, it’s not a marriage. In any case why are you, self admittedly a non US citizen who doesn’t live in the USA invested in reporting someone for a supposed crime in the USA?
 
You should mind your own business or report it to the authorities in your country if you care to.

They’re using an electronic system now. No need to be anxious about anything.

Choosing to call your dog a horse doesn’t make it a horse. A dog is a dog is a dog. A marriage certificate is a marriage certificate. She’s married. That said Ghana is country where anything goes and I can produce a legitimate death certificate while I am alive and walking around. I should know, that’s where I am originally from.
 
So to answer your question, they’re married and if he fills out his visa application as unmarried, it’s fraud. That said the probability it’s ever found out (without them admitting it themselves or committing a blunder) is almost nil.
 
The choice is theirs to do what is right, or what is convenient. I won’t sermonize.

Got that right, a small cabal of know it alls who live to one up other people’s posts! 🤣
 
Best wishes on the new chapter of your life in the USA and way to go on preparing a video on the K-1 process. 

Got that right, a small cabal of know it alls who live to one up other people’s posts! 🤣
 
Best wishes on the new chapter of your life in the USA and way to go on preparing a video on the K-1 process. 

Got my K-1 approved the other day and leaving for the USA in a few weeks. Very excited for this new chapter in life and just wanted to come say thanks to everyone on this forum who helped answer all the dumb nervous questions I had on every little thing, even the ones who were jerks to me 😂 Let's be honest, there are quite a few know-it-alls on this forum but most people are really helpful and empathetic so thanks for all the advice/info.
 
Also, I have a YouTube channel as a hobby and I made a short video on the K-1 process to hopefully help other people thinking about this route. Feel free to check it out/share it with other K-1 applicants (and no doubt leave me tons of snarky comments about how I got all the facts wrong! 😀):
 
 
 
 

Being unnecessarily picky serves no purpose. We’re not preparing a paper to be published in the international journal of mathematics. Jeez! 

Two years ago my very good friend asked me the same. His brother had returned to our country for a little over two years (didn't plan to return but plans went awry) and was planning to come back. I laid out all the reasons why it was a bad idea to return without a SB-1. One month later my friend called me and said his brother was back in the USA. I asked what happened at immigration. His reply was nothing at all.
 
Basically what the other posters are telling you is that if you come on your green card, four possible things could happen. Remember they legally cannot turn a permanent resident away at the airport. Let's do some elementary probability of the scenarios assuming equal probability of individual outcomes
 
You enter without being questioned - Good You are questioned, but let in with a lecture - Good You are questioned and paroled in to go and face an immigration judge who determines you have not abandoned status - Good You are questioned and paroled in to go and face an immigration judge who determines you have abandoned status and deports you. - Bad Of these four things, which could happen three are good meaning a 75% success rate.
 
However if you choose to apply for an SB-1 visa, only two things could happen
You get the visa You do not get the visa and permanently stuck in your country Of these two things which could happen only one is good meaning a 50% success rate.
 
The conclusion is that when a returning permanent resident is in doubt, they should always choose the option of returning without applying for an SB-1 because that option has the highest probability of success.

Choosing to call your dog a horse doesn’t make it a horse. A dog is a dog is a dog. A marriage certificate is a marriage certificate. She’s married. That said Ghana is country where anything goes and I can produce a legitimate death certificate while I am alive and walking around. I should know, that’s where I am originally from.
 
So to answer your question, they’re married and if he fills out his visa application as unmarried, it’s fraud. That said the probability it’s ever found out (without them admitting it themselves or committing a blunder) is almost nil.
 
The choice is theirs to do what is right, or what is convenient. I won’t sermonize.

Two years ago my very good friend asked me the same. His brother had returned to our country for a little over two years (didn't plan to return but plans went awry) and was planning to come back. I laid out all the reasons why it was a bad idea to return without a SB-1. One month later my friend called me and said his brother was back in the USA. I asked what happened at immigration. His reply was nothing at all.
 
Basically what the other posters are telling you is that if you come on your green card, four possible things could happen. Remember they legally cannot turn a permanent resident away at the airport. Let's do some elementary probability of the scenarios assuming equal probability of individual outcomes
 
You enter without being questioned - Good You are questioned, but let in with a lecture - Good You are questioned and paroled in to go and face an immigration judge who determines you have not abandoned status - Good You are questioned and paroled in to go and face an immigration judge who determines you have abandoned status and deports you. - Bad Of these four things, which could happen three are good meaning a 75% success rate.
 
However if you choose to apply for an SB-1 visa, only two things could happen
You get the visa You do not get the visa and permanently stuck in your country Of these two things which could happen only one is good meaning a 50% success rate.
 
The conclusion is that when a returning permanent resident is in doubt, they should always choose the option of returning without applying for an SB-1 because that option has the highest probability of success.

Two years ago my very good friend asked me the same. His brother had returned to our country for a little over two years (didn't plan to return but plans went awry) and was planning to come back. I laid out all the reasons why it was a bad idea to return without a SB-1. One month later my friend called me and said his brother was back in the USA. I asked what happened at immigration. His reply was nothing at all.
 
Basically what the other posters are telling you is that if you come on your green card, four possible things could happen. Remember they legally cannot turn a permanent resident away at the airport. Let's do some elementary probability of the scenarios assuming equal probability of individual outcomes
 
You enter without being questioned - Good You are questioned, but let in with a lecture - Good You are questioned and paroled in to go and face an immigration judge who determines you have not abandoned status - Good You are questioned and paroled in to go and face an immigration judge who determines you have abandoned status and deports you. - Bad Of these four things, which could happen three are good meaning a 75% success rate.
 
However if you choose to apply for an SB-1 visa, only two things could happen
You get the visa You do not get the visa and permanently stuck in your country Of these two things which could happen only one is good meaning a 50% success rate.
 
The conclusion is that when a returning permanent resident is in doubt, they should always choose the option of returning without applying for an SB-1 because that option has the highest probability of success.

🤔🤣🤔🤣 Indeed VJ is literally sometimes stranger than fiction.

🤔🤣🤔🤣 Indeed VJ is literally sometimes stranger than fiction.