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Yeah I agree. Thanks a lot for your help! I have sent them the link and asked them to join and ask question. 
 
anyway thanks again everyone for the input!  

It also may be helpful to have your friend join instead of relying on third party information.

OP, your friend really needs to read and research this.  Just from what you've said, there is a real knowledge gap going on here (Medicare eligibility, for example).  
 
I would be shocked if they got tourist visas.  They have clear immigrant intent, and personally I don't buy the plan to "come for 6 months and see if they like it" story, and I doubt a CO would either.

We finally got notice that the interview was scheduled! Originally we were scheduled for the end of March of this year but because of the COVID it was cancelled on March 19th. I just checked our status and it says that the interview is scheduled and that we will get the instructions with details in the mail!
Finally!

Green card is approved! finally some good news in 2020 😃
 
Timeline:
AOS Applied: May 13, 2019
GC interview: Mar 25, 2020
GC Cancellation Date: Mar 19, 2020
New GC interview: Aug 18, 2020
 
 
 

You should continue the process and I would recommend getting treatment at the home country as soon as possible.
 
During my wife's immigration medical in Ukraine, they found some spots on her lung.  So she had to get further testing to make sure it wasn't Tuberculosis.  Despite everything that happened, this delayed her arrival to the USA by 3 months.  She also went to get several other medical opinions.  What was thought to possibly be TB turned out to be lung cancer.  She had surgery in Ukraine at a private hospital to have a lobe of one lung removed.  This all happened several months after we got married and from the time we found out it was cancer to the actual surgery was a few weeks.  I don't believe diagnosis and treatment could occur so fast in the USA.  At first she had to go for CT scans with contrast  and bloodwork, and her surgeons consultation every 4 months.  So for the first year after surgery, we travelled to Ukraine every 4 months for medical follow ups.   And now for the past 2+ years every 6 months for medical follow ups.  Just last week, her surgeon recommended annual medical follow ups.  We were lucky they caught it early but she is still high risk for cancer.  She never smoked and possible cause is that she lived in one of the fallout areas from Chernobyl.  
 
I think you will find that the financial aspects will greatly influence where you would want medical treatment to be performed.  Despite us having to pay for everything using private hospitals, doctors, surgeon, labs plus the expense of traveling for all the medical follow ups; the costs were much less than the out of pocket costs with insurance here in the USA. 
 
I wish you luck! 

Best wishes, OP, to you and your beneficiary.  
 
Many cancers are treatable and/or curable.  Unfortunately, here in the US, one must consider the financial component when making treatment decisions.  Depending on the nature of the cancer and treatments options in your beneficiary's country, it may be cheaper to seek treatment there.
 
If not, it is good to know that he/she cannot be denied health insurance here in the US based on pre-existing conditions (thanks, Obama ❤️ ).  Usually the best choice for adding a spouse to insurance is a workplace-based plan if you have one.
 
Hang in there.  Please keep us informed.  I'm an oncology RN - feel free to PM me if you have any questions, I'd be happy to try and answer.

I’m sorry to hear. Hopefully they are doing well and remain so.
 
Cancer is not a reason for a visa refusal by any means. Just be sure to have a plan for treatment and covering costs ready to go upon day 1 in the US.
 
If they are or will be on chemo, flying may not be a great idea at this time. Use your best judgement and medical advice for your specific circumstances.
 
If you want to delay things at NVC, you can. It’s always easier to go slower, not faster.

1.  Protect yourself both physically and legally through an attorney..  
2.  If you have evidence of fraud, you can report it.  Other than that, you have no control over his immigration status.  If he was issued a Green Card, your affidavit of support remains in effect....you cannot withdraw it.....and it will remain in effect for several years...maybe even many years..a divorce will not alter your responsibilities.....the best solution might be for him to gain citizenship...which will remove you from financial responsibility for him.  Remember, You verified that the marriage was bona fide.
3.  Seek happiness for yourself.
 
 
 
Tagging this thread for future reference "Tales of the Green Card".

This is were I'm at as well. I applied for AOS October 8, 2019 and my husbands medical was done in London I believe some time in June of 2019. I'm still waiting for an interview date and I don't know if we need an updated medical done. 

If the vaccination was marked completed, you don't need a new medical.
 
The foreign medical remains valid as long as you FILE for AOS within 1 year of the date of the medical.
 
The only thing you would need to do in the US is update your vaccination if it wasn't completed overseas.
 
Sometimes the officer working on the case sends the 693 letter by mistake because they didn't pay attention it was a K1 or because USCIS still didn't receive your foreign medical documents. That doesn't mean you need a new medical.
 
If your vaccination sheet was marked completed, and you filed for AOS within 1 year = no need for a new medical. You can always print a copy of the 693 instructions to show the officer in case they ask for a medical at the interview.

Ouch. Processing time increased to 100 years Just kidding 

Well, as someone who is getting married later this year to an L1B visa holder, an L1B visa holder who is due to have his visa extended this year, I'm worried. VERY worried. My fiance's work has said they have everything in hand, but I cannot tell whether this ban applies to people who are new applicants only or people who are already here and extending. Now of course we could just get married if that's the case, but of course that means we have to wait for his EAD to be processed in order for him to work again. His company will lose a team member they value tremendously and we will lose our sole source of earned income (I don't work at the moment -- we moved down here from the Bay Area in January when his location was transferred, and when I was ready to start working, COVID19 hit). Also I had a number of financial plates spinning to coincide with our marriage in October -- if we have to marry sooner, we'll lose out on a sizeable amount of money I earmarked for other purposes. 
 
It's just more anti-immigrant BS in an election year designed to play to people who think foreigners are coming here to take their jobs. Just my opinion.

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Maybe your parents mind? 
Maybe you should just go visit them rather than have them get their hopes up and potentially get rejected for reasons they don’t understand (could be quite distressing at that age when they think they have done something wrong and can’t visit their child as as a result), or if they do get the visa and come and visit you and then ...what, you’ll hide your spouse? Maybe the kinder thing is to tell them you don’t want them to travel because of their age and you go visit them alone, and you keep your secret.

No thanks. Our borders are closed, no flights in and out. And no Nigeria doesn’t accept everything. God bless. 

Sorry this happened to you.
 
You have a lot going on under various headings. Its very good you are seeking advice because you want to make sure you take the correct steps in the correct order. So from what youve said so far theres immigration/USCIS, divorce (local civil court) and custody (local courts/enforcement agencies. 
 
Im going to start with custody. When people are married and have a kid (and both are listed on birth certificate) both parents are considered to have custody of the child. When a divorce is filed and there are children temp custody orders are issued. It will cover both physical and legal custody. Physical custody is where the kid lives and impacts who pays what in child support. Legal is who gets to decide things for the kid. But please note- a custody order  restricts where you can live with the child. Generally you can not move w/o permission of the other parent. So once the court filing is started in X court you are under the control of X court until control is passed to another court- Y. So if you are planning on moving you may want to consider moving before filing. However you then have to take into account the court will have residency requirements both for how long you have to live there before being able to file for divorce and how long the kids have to live there for the family court to have jurisdiction. 
There are also various laws regarding whats called 'parental kidnapping' which is in the most simple terms- when one parents moves the kid away from the other. While Im sure it does happen where one parent will disappear and abduct the children its often used by feuding spouses. So you would want to look into family court laws to see how to relocate legally by yourself with the child. It will also tell you what kind of timeframe you are looking for before divorce could be filed by you. 
 
I bring this all up because it directly ties in to the other half of your concern- immigration. While I agree immigration is technically his problem and you shouldnt concern yourself about his outcome-- you should look at how his immigration process will impact you. He has to file for ROC with in the 90 day window of his 2yr card expiration date. If you guys are still legally married (divorce not final) then he can not be approved with out your support. He can get approved on his own but he will need the divorce decree.  So really at any point he can determine he needs to be divorced for ROC and file a divorce himself.  It may happen before you file. If it does then you will be bound by the court it was filed in - basically if you guys live in the same jurisdiction you would potentially have to fight to change jurisdictions if you ever want to move ; but if it was filed when you lived in 2 different jurisdictions as long as you have established residency in that new jurisdiction- they wont make you leave it.  Looking at the dates you posted he needs to ROC in early 2021. And you mention wanting to relocate to FL early next year. It doesnt seem likely you would be able to move and establish residency before he would file for divorce cause his ROC is due. Moving sooner could fix this. Being amicable could fix this. But you cant be amicable and be 'hurting' their ROC. 
 
I understand the concept that one would 'not' divorce so ROC would be impossible --but in reality you can not refuse to divorce someone and remain married forever. Well, I guess you can technically refuse to divorce but guess what? the court will divorce you anyway. So it can be a good tactic to delay things and cause the immigrant problems and legal fees but it will eventually end up with you guys divorced and them having an opportunity to get ROC approval on their own. 
 
Based on all that - he will have an opportunity to ROC.  And you can take a variety of positions. In amicable cases one can help. Or you can be neutral, totally ignore it (do nothing to help and nothing to hurt) Or you can attempt "to hurt" which would cover everything from simply trying to make things difficult like access to paperwork to a more extreme getting a fraud case opened. You need to decide what course of action is best for you. Balance out what is important and whats not so important. Hope it all works out. 
 

Once you two are divorced he can do ROC on his own with the divorce waiver option. They don’t need your signed petition or signed affidavit for validity of marriage. You vouched for him during K1 and during AOS and he got GC based on that. As long as there is some concrete evidence that he planned all this out to get GC, USCIS usually doesn’t care and they are highly not likely to investigate on such stuffs.
Post marriage anything can happen and people can separate/divorce and usually doesn’t impact ROC.
 
If you truly believe he used you to get GC, one way to screw him up is don’t divorce and keep separated. His ROC will likely be denied based on no good evidences of marital relationship.

(From my blog)
A Warning To Green Card Holders About Voting
Do not register to vote in any election until you have officially been granted US Citizenship.
Going into this election season, it is very important to understand that for a Green Card holder, (Lawful Permanent Resident) to register to vote is not only improper, but can have severe consequences in the future.
Even though there are States that have instituted policies that do not require evidence of US Citizenship when registering to vote, the voter registration documents do ask whether the person registering is a US Citizen. Many have simply checked the box and gone ahead and registered, knowing that even if the State Law requires showing government issued identification, their driver license will suffice.
While this is not legal advice, the publicly searchable “9 FAM” (Foreign Affairs Manual) is quite clear regarding the potential consequences of falsely claiming US Citizenship. There is no more serious a misrepresentation, based on the consequences, dealt with in 9 FAM. The potential consequence of registering to vote or for any other federal or state benefit afforded only to US Citizens includes Deportation and a LIFETIME BAN from entering the USA.
If any reader who is not a US Citizen, has registered to vote in any official State of Federal election, I advise them to seek competent legal advice as soon as possible, to discuss minimizing or eliminating the risk of any future deportation and ban.
The law is, what the law is. Regardless of whether this particular or any other immigrant related law is being consistently enforced today, that can change at any time.
False claims to US Citizenship are taken very seriously by Customs and Border Patrol Officers. Some years ago, I was traveling with my step daughter, when we encountered a border check station on Interstate 10 in West Texas. My step daughter was quite proud of passing her citizenship test just the day before, and proudly answered yes, when a CBP Officer asked if she was a US Citizen. I quickly corrected her, so the officer would hear me, saying, “You WILL BE a US Citizen after your swearing in ceremony, but you’re aren’t a citizen yet.” Fortunately, the officer was understanding and we were soon on our way without incident.
Many have registered to vote, somewhat “innocently” because of the misrepresentations or ignorance of well meaning officers at the DMV (Driver License Offices) or even a campaign worker.
* * DO NOT REGISTER TO VOTE IN ANY ELECTION UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY GRANTED US CITIZENSHIP * *

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Thanks for posting this in one simple spot!
 
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Great summary by our valued member @geowrian
 
 

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Hope it's not against the rules but Id just like to say I think this is a bad move on Trumps part.