2newshoes

Dear Friends,

My husband's swearing in ceremony will be in early Dec. I am in the process of getting rid of stuff. Is there any reason I would need to hang onto the immigration paperwork and my copies from the last 4 years?

Thanks,

2NS

Hi,

I am coming a bit late to this discussion. Marrying your novio in Cuba, then applying for a CR-1 visa is an option. I did this in 2004 and it was relatively easy. At the time we only waited a short time more than friends who had gone the fiance visa route. I have been out of the loop lately but I believe the wait for a fiance visa interview in Havana is now considerably longer - so you might come out ahead, (or not too far behind) with the CR-1 application. (But, at the time the VSC was pretty quick, don't know about now.)

When we married in Cuba, we had to pay $800. Someone mentioned about your needing "proof of eligibility to marry". It is required to show this in Cuba. You dont get it at the US interests section there. You get it at your county/ or city? clerk's office where you live. It is a little complicated because you need to get the document and then something called an apostile(?). I can dig out my records if you are interested.

There was also much less hassle once my husband arrived, not waiting for employment authorization, not going through the AOS process compared to our friend, who came at the same time on a fiance visa. Also my husband will be a citizen probably within a month; our friend is just now getting the conditions removed on his green card.

I also have never heard of there being any issue or question raised about what the petitioner was doing in Cuba.

What is best for you depends on your circumstances. Good luck and feel free to PM me.

2NS

Dear Friends,

If anyone has any specific knowledge of this situation I would appreciate your thoughts.

A Cuban who gained his permanent residency through the Cuban Adjustment Act wants to petition to bring his 13 year old son to the U.S. Would there be any differences to the regular process of a LPR petitioning for a child because of his status under the CAA?

If this would follow the standard process of waiting for a number to be assigned, approximately how long would this take?

Thanks,

2NS