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  1. JD2
    I guess this goes for all paper filed cases. If they are going to scan the filing in black and white, should I go ahead and change photos to black and white? I used an app called Pixelmator Pro to make collages of photos with captions for my wife's I-130. When they scanned them, some of the photos looked like big black splotches (based on what I downloaded from myUSCIS). The photos would've scanned much better if I had converted them to black and white then printed them.
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    Check myUSCIS and click on the documents tab
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    I would do a CR-1 because CR-1s have higher approval rates. You could ask her to do a FOIA with the State Dept. to get her DS-160s. https://foia.state.gov/Request/Visa.aspx It may take some time. I can't remember how long. I looked into it with my wife. She also used an "agent" for her B1/B2 but she was approved. In the end, we got lucky and got approved so quickly we didn't have time for the FOIA. I would press ahead with the CR-1 and file the FOIA at the same time. Get married, gather evidence, file the I-130. You have to be truthful on the I-130 no matter what so the FOIA won't change anything. Eventually, you'll hear back from the FOIA and you can examine it for any issues.
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    Why not just go separately? Have her download Google Translate. They probably won't know y'all are married if y'all go separately unless you volunteer it. If asked, answer truthfully. But you have no obligation to notify them. Main things IMHO are home country residence proof (lease, mortgage, etc.) and job proof (pay stubs, letter from employer giving paid time off, etc.)
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    You could consular process since it's pretty easy to travel back and forth on ESTA with a pending I-130 for UK citizens. My brother's spouse visited several times for multiple months during their process.
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    You have more than enough. My wife visited multiple times and was never asked for anything except once a verbal question of where she lives. If you fly through Dublin, you can do Preclearance and customs and immigration will be done there in Dublin before departure.
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    But why the fake divorce rather than a real divorce? How does a fake one benefit him?
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    He can continue to go back and forth during the process and you can even visit the US while consular processing.
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    But why did he fake the divorce? Couldn't he have done all this and just remarried his original wife? Seems like the divorce being fake was completely unnecessary and a stupid risk.
  10. JD2
    Are cases sent to the National Benefits Center approved quickly? Which cases are sent there?
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    We went back to the POE and talked to CBP and they said they don't stamp anymore. It's all electronic. I applied for an ADIT stamp and USCIS said no. Then the GC came in the mail so we no longer cared.
  12. JD2
    My wife's CR-1 said the same thing but she did not get a stamp on it.
  13. JD2
    You can travel on B1/B2. We did it several times. If you're worried, go through a preclearance airport if possible and bring evidence of ties to your home country (job, housing, proof of funds, etc.)
  14. JD2
    She was visiting, not living, in SC. Seems fine to me.
  15. JD2
    You can contact the airline and get proof of travel. I was able to get PDFs from several airlines showing we traveled together with seat numbers, origin/destination, dates of travel, etc.
  16. JD2
    But, in the I-751, there's also a section for the spouse, under "Spouse or Individual's Statement" to say they have requested the services of an attorney. Page 7, Part 8, Item 2.
  17. JD2
    If we use an attorney for the I-761, will there need to be a G-28 for both the conditioner resident (petitioner) and spouse?
  18. JD2
    At NVC stage, which civil documents will be required for the mother of a US citizen who is widowed (father of US citizen passed away) and never remarried? I think we need the US citizen petitioner's birth certificate, the mother beneficiary's birth certificate. Will we also need the parents' marriage certificate, and father's death certificate?
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    Not that I know of. We tried to get an ADIT stamp but USCIS said she doesn't qualify.
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    yea it was a real problem returning from abroad but eventually worked out. glad her green card came quick
  21. JD2
    CBP said it was all digital now. Spouse's SSN didn't come so we had to go to the SSA office and SSA had it in their system that it was endorsed digitally. So did the DMV when we got her State ID.
  22. JD2
    My spouse's definitely did not. And, we went to CBP and confirmed. We actually had a problem because she traveled abroad before her green card came and the airline didn't know what to do. The Embassy hotline said it's been a problem since CBP made the change. Eventually, the airline let her board. This was March 2023.
  23. JD2
    What I'm saying is CBP told my spouse they no longer "stamp the passport near the visa to validate it." We went back to the airport to the CBP office and asked just to be sure it wasn't a mistake.
  24. JD2
    I think they do not "stamp" anymore. It is all electronic now if I'm not mistaken. At least that's what CBP told my wife at IAD airport when she came on her CR-1.
  25. JD2
    If she applies now, biometrics will have been done long before we depart. Plan is to file I-131 now, I-751 in Dec. 2024, and depart for London in Spring 2025. The processing time for I-131 is listed at 17.5 months so the reentry permit may not get approved before we depart but we pick it up at the London Embassy. If by freak chance it is not approved, we'll return before 6 months goes by. My main worry is having the I-131 on file when we apply for ROC. Would having a reentry permit pending affect ROC adjudication at all?
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