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Ok, so you got me thinking. A longer process isn't a concern as long as eventually I-751 and N-400 are approved. But both LPR and USC spouse have Global Entry. We travel a lot and if it could affect renewing Global Entry, we wouldn't go.

Can an LPR visit Cuba? And, if we go, would that affect I-751 or N-400? We plan to do legally via "support for the Cuban people." USC has contacted American Airlines and a travel agent and we think we can do it.

Skepticism has to be grounded in reasonableness. Not you but @Timona definitely did and made far fetched and baseless assumptions as if they concocted a movie in their mind. Think about the implications of his assumptions. How absurd they are. If being able to contact police or knowing that you have medical records because you've been to the hospital are evidence of planning and coaching, every single VAWA case probably has those elements. And there's almost a bigotry assuming a new immigrant could not know how to get help and being able to get help is somehow indicative of fraud. Healthy skepticism helps genuine victims by weeding out fraudsters. But, unreasonable skepticism gives abusers a certain type of comfort in knowing their victims will have to overcome such craziness.

Does the reason why she wants to stay, as long as it is legal, matter in a VAWA case? Her home country is in financial crisis and war which could escalate. I think you're right that it'll be harder to prove up a short marriage. But, if she were being coached, why wouldn't she wait longer? There's a big difference between a weak case and fraud. But I guess everyone is a fraudster if the standard of fraud is being able to use Google and find your way to a police station.

Sorry, I mistyped only protective order not restraining. I get skepticism but I think you're making a lot of assumptions. You compare her to most couples but most husbands are not physically abusing their wives. How can anything be normal with physical abuse in the mix? You are assuming she knew what VAWA was. I found it through Google after a response here. She's never mentioned that. You are assuming she's "lining up evidences" and "finding her way to the police station." She got physically abused and she wound up in the hospital and the medical staff referred her to social services who helped her. And you are right, they are not living together. She moved out. I should have written proceed with the adjustment without him. Assume she's telling the truth for a sec: If she wanted you to believe her and not appear coached, what should she have done? Not gotten medical treatment? Tell the hospital not to refer her to social services? to destroy her medical records? never take photos of her injuries? refuse to talk to the police?

proving VAWA won't be an issue. overwhelming evidence imho. photos, medical records, social workers, restraining order

Why isn't VAWA an option? Lebanon

They married on April 24, 2024

Even though she married her USC petitioner? The I-360 instructions list "An abused spouse or child of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, or an abused parent of a U.S. citizen son or daughter pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)"

Asking for someone else. Hello, suppose a woman came on a K1, married her petitioner, but before filing the I-130 and I-485, the husband became very physically abusive. She actually got a protective order against him. Is it still possible to proceed with the adjustment? Or, is there any other way to get green card? She has not gotten a SSN card yet either.

Oh ok, I thought you needed to prove you were in the same city as well.

When I was thinking of doing the Utah online marriage, I was going to take screenshots of the video meeting to include in the filing as well as a joint notarized affidavit a day or two afterwards. That way I'd have at least 2 forms of proof that we were together after the online marriage. You could also ask the officiant to write an affidavit saying they officiated the online marriage and saw you two together in a single video chat window. Good luck. Hope all goes well and you are approved quickly.

Are you not able to get married in Cambodia? I thought about it but people advised me that it's one more thing USCIS has to adjudicate (were y'all together after the online marriage). In your case, since y'all will be together during the online ceremony, it should be easy to prove but they'll have to check nonetheless.

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.

Check myUSCIS and click on the documents tab

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.

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.)

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.

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.