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You should relax and enjoy a few cold beer. Her plan isn't all upside either. She probably got her AP a lot later than your wife. If something had come up in the meantime that absolutely required her to travel home, she would've had to abandon the AOS process. But yes it appears her floating time out-of-status paid of handsomely. Also, your wife will be able to file N400 sooner than her (three years from when one first becomes a green card holder, 2 or 10 years is irrelevant). 

My wife and I had our interview super early this morning after a lengthy wait. My wife adjusted from a B2 visa.
 
Interviewer was super friendly. The interview was maybe 20 minutes, and about 15 minutes of that was spent going over the I130/I485 forms. We needed to make numerous changes to the forms since we moved, had a kid, my wife used AP so the had to update her "last entry" date, and so on etc.  Then just a few questions about how we met, plans for future, and we spent a few minutes talking about kids since we all had infants. No questions whatsoever about "intent".
 
He recommended us for approval, but said since he's new he needs a supervisor sign-off and said we should expect something this afternoon.
 
 

Our visa process went as smoothly as can be the first year, but it is after our interview last year when everything became extremely frustrating.
We had applied for a spousal visa, and we didn't really have any red flags, or so we thought. We are very close in age, same religion, daily conversations dating back to over a year, and I had visited 3 times before (for a few weeks each time). Even in the interview, my husband said that the agent did not seem doubtful of our relationship. We were approved shortly after, and we were told to expect to wait for only 2 weeks. We were overjoyed, obviously.  Little did we know, our nightmare was just beginning.
We were placed into AP, which we didn't worry too much about since it seems to be common. My husband filled everything out that was asked of him, and in a timely manner. We also went to the Aramex site and filled everything out there.
2 weeks passed - no answer. We sent an email a week later, inquiring about the case. We were then told to expect to wait up to 9 months.  9 months passed and still silence. Within that time, we emailed and phoned the consulate, the State, everybody that we could think of numerous times. We received automated emails from all of them.
It will now be a year this month since AP, and we are slowly losing our patience. We've had two senators contact them on our behalf, and we've even personally gone to the consulate in Casa. They wouldn't even let either of us enter, and the woman at the front took our name and number and said that they would be in touch. Guess what - that never happened either.
I see so many similar stories, but has anyone recently had success in obtaining their CR-1 visa? I'd love to hear some stories with a positive outcome.
Also, has anyone requested their passport back while the case is in AP? My husband and I would love to be able to travel and live life while we are waiting.
Excuse my long message :)
 

When will this ignorant misleading statement finally die a painful death? It gets spammed on every ESTA/B2 AOS thread and to date no one can demonstrate a verified case where someone was denied for "intent".
 
At our interview it didn't come up at all except that the officer crossed out "B2" and wrote "Advanced Parole" under the "most recent entry status" or something like that. Literally nothing about it was mentioned.
 
Having said that, the AOS process is excruciating nowadays, and I've heard the large TX offices are especially slow with interviews. So know what you're getting yourself into.
 

 

When will this ignorant misleading statement finally die a painful death? It gets spammed on every ESTA/B2 AOS thread and to date no one can demonstrate a verified case where someone was denied for "intent".
 
At our interview it didn't come up at all except that the officer crossed out "B2" and wrote "Advanced Parole" under the "most recent entry status" or something like that. Literally nothing about it was mentioned.
 
Having said that, the AOS process is excruciating nowadays, and I've heard the large TX offices are especially slow with interviews. So know what you're getting yourself into.
 

 

When will this ignorant misleading statement finally die a painful death? It gets spammed on every ESTA/B2 AOS thread and to date no one can demonstrate a verified case where someone was denied for "intent".
 
At our interview it didn't come up at all except that the officer crossed out "B2" and wrote "Advanced Parole" under the "most recent entry status" or something like that. Literally nothing about it was mentioned.
 
Having said that, the AOS process is excruciating nowadays, and I've heard the large TX offices are especially slow with interviews. So know what you're getting yourself into.
 

 

My wife and I had our interview super early this morning after a lengthy wait. My wife adjusted from a B2 visa.
 
Interviewer was super friendly. The interview was maybe 20 minutes, and about 15 minutes of that was spent going over the I130/I485 forms. We needed to make numerous changes to the forms since we moved, had a kid, my wife used AP so the had to update her "last entry" date, and so on etc.  Then just a few questions about how we met, plans for future, and we spent a few minutes talking about kids since we all had infants. No questions whatsoever about "intent".
 
He recommended us for approval, but said since he's new he needs a supervisor sign-off and said we should expect something this afternoon.
 
 

When will this ignorant misleading statement finally die a painful death? It gets spammed on every ESTA/B2 AOS thread and to date no one can demonstrate a verified case where someone was denied for "intent".
 
At our interview it didn't come up at all except that the officer crossed out "B2" and wrote "Advanced Parole" under the "most recent entry status" or something like that. Literally nothing about it was mentioned.
 
Having said that, the AOS process is excruciating nowadays, and I've heard the large TX offices are especially slow with interviews. So know what you're getting yourself into.
 

 

When will this ignorant misleading statement finally die a painful death? It gets spammed on every ESTA/B2 AOS thread and to date no one can demonstrate a verified case where someone was denied for "intent".
 
At our interview it didn't come up at all except that the officer crossed out "B2" and wrote "Advanced Parole" under the "most recent entry status" or something like that. Literally nothing about it was mentioned.
 
Having said that, the AOS process is excruciating nowadays, and I've heard the large TX offices are especially slow with interviews. So know what you're getting yourself into.
 

 

I believe your AP needs to be approved before you can leave. I wouldn't leave until I had the card in hand to be safe. 
 

Just got the notice that the green card is being produced. So we're finally done with USCIS for a while! 

My wife and I had our interview super early this morning after a lengthy wait. My wife adjusted from a B2 visa.
 
Interviewer was super friendly. The interview was maybe 20 minutes, and about 15 minutes of that was spent going over the I130/I485 forms. We needed to make numerous changes to the forms since we moved, had a kid, my wife used AP so the had to update her "last entry" date, and so on etc.  Then just a few questions about how we met, plans for future, and we spent a few minutes talking about kids since we all had infants. No questions whatsoever about "intent".
 
He recommended us for approval, but said since he's new he needs a supervisor sign-off and said we should expect something this afternoon.
 
 

My wife and I had our interview super early this morning after a lengthy wait. My wife adjusted from a B2 visa.
 
Interviewer was super friendly. The interview was maybe 20 minutes, and about 15 minutes of that was spent going over the I130/I485 forms. We needed to make numerous changes to the forms since we moved, had a kid, my wife used AP so the had to update her "last entry" date, and so on etc.  Then just a few questions about how we met, plans for future, and we spent a few minutes talking about kids since we all had infants. No questions whatsoever about "intent".
 
He recommended us for approval, but said since he's new he needs a supervisor sign-off and said we should expect something this afternoon.
 
 

Actually, there has been at least one poster who said ICE agent came to his door to warn his wife because she had not filed for adjustment of status within the 90 days after arrival..........it isn't common, but it has happened.

No one said anything harassing to you.  We all congratulated you that it worked out for you, but put cautions for anyone who may read this down the road that they may not be so fortunate.  

My wife didn't have her vaccination record either, except for a flu shot she got in the US. They just gave her the age appropriate vaccines at the exam (MMR, Tdap, and Chicken Pox) and that was it.

LPRs can get a re-entry letter or boarding foil from a US embassy. The situation is a lot less clear for AP card holders, who have basically no status.
 
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LPRs can get a re-entry letter or boarding foil from a US embassy. The situation is a lot less clear for AP card holders, who have basically no status.
 
See: 

You can go for non-emergency reasons. And it doesn't need to be your home country. 
 
It's "technically" best if you wait until you have the green card, but tons of people have traveled on AP without any issue. And with the AOS process taking 1-2 years in some of the busier offices, it'd understandable someone may need (or want) to travel.
 
The biggest issues you can hypothetically run into are:
lost AP card abroad. I believe CBP can parole you in as long as you have your passport and the I485 notice. But you'll have a hell of a time getting the airline to let you board. I485 gets denied while abroad. This will invalidate your advance parole and CBP shouldn't let you back in the country, if they go by the book You will probably be fine.

Hi everyone... I just would like to ask question.. I already got my card for EAD card and Advance Parole card in one card (combination) last month. 
 
I am still waiting the process for my AOS. I know that EAD/AP card can be used for me  if I want to do emergency travel to my home country. I might would like to just it in September. However, incase in not using it to go home but traveling to other country aside my home country, would that be fine? As I heard that better not to use the card if it's not emergency. 
 

People have been approved in cases where the woman is 20-30 years older than the man. You will probably be okay.

People have been approved in cases where the woman is 20-30 years older than the man. You will probably be okay.

OP, if you go the AOS route, it will set you back about 1 year in obtaining US citizenship, assuming that's of value to you.

I paid to speak to two attorneys before my wife and I filed. Both have 15+ years experience and attends dozens of AOS interviews from ESTA/B2 a year. Both have yet to see a case where the I485 denial was due to "intent". Apparently the issue is likely to not even come up in the interview, or only come up briefly.
 
Our attorney a several years back did have a client that got an RFE about the intent issue, but they just wrote a letter to USCIS explaining the situation and got approved.
 
Having said that, the AOS process sucks big time now. 6-7 months for EAD/AP, and 1+ year for the interview in many locations. Since you're already a good way into the CR1 process, it may be better to just stick it out and come back with your 2-year GC around Jan 2020. Plus you can visit again this fall.
 

If the i751 is anything like the I485 then the vast majority of the denials are for things like missing the interview, missing documentation, and so on. There was a statistic published recently that said something like around 1 in 400 I485s are denied for "fraud" (which like you said can be appealed, taken to court, refiled etc.), I'd wager that figure is even lower for the I751. 
 
Seems like the conditional green card should be 3 years, and then you can either choose to go down the (1) ROC path or (2) a streamlined ROC/Citizenship path.