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Sorry I realized after reading entire thread again. I tought maybe you knew she was on F1, and of course using EAD would violate her student status. Agree with your point on AP use.

Are you a permanent resident with 10 year GC that's expired?

@Crazy Cat may I please request your comparison between K-1 and CR-1? @Tiff. I'm not saying your shouldn't do K-1, but lately it lost most of its appeal and advantages over spousal route. Here's an example of timeline for getting adjustment of status approved. To remind you: they had to wait a long time back in their country before entering to the US and waiting for another 13.5 months.

I'm not following. EAD is for employment, has nothing to do with Advance Parole and entry to the US. Nowadays, majority of filers do not receive combo document, and instead get two different cards.

It takes 15 months for K-1 and about 15-16 for CR-1. But when you enter on CR-1, you get GC in few weeks, max few months if there's a delay. With the GC you can work, leave the US at any time. On the other hand, K-1 jorney is only half way when you enter the US. You may wait another 12-14 months to adjust your status. If you're lucky, you'll receive advance parole and EAD card allowing you to work and leave the US. This can take 3-9 months, sometimes longer. All this time you won't be able to travel outside of the US even for emergencies, or work. Also, once you paid fees for I-130, DS-260 and ELIS fees - you're good for CR-1 route. With K-1, not only fees for I-129F, DS-160. But you'd be paying expensive I-485 fees. Soon enough (please search when), the fees are going to go up for Adjustment of Status. And EAD + I-131 will be charged for too. Please explore that option. Even if it takes 3-6 months to get married from now, you may still get ahead compared to K-1 to become a permanent resident.

CBP has authority to deny your entry and cancel ESTA. Seems like you spent quite a bit of time inside of the US recently. With a visit so soon after leaving, you're risking getting denied. Maybe you'll be OK, maybe not. We cannot guess. It's best if he visits you this time or you meet in a third country - Canada, Mexico etc.

Do not commit immigration fraud. It could make you inadmissable forever. You cannot come to the US with intent to adjust your status. That option is for those who are already in the US on legal non-immigrant status and their circumstances changed. Your option is CR-1 route through consular processing. As a Canadian citizen, you'll likely be able to visit your husband in the states throughout the process, as well as he would be able to visit you in Canada.

Why not use it? Is she on F1? Otherwise I see no obvious reason to avoid using it.

Why K1 and not CR1? Are you aware K1 is a much more expensive option and takes longer to receive GC?

In your benefit is to bring everything in case if something got lost in transit.

I suggest opening a new thread for your question. Reasons: 1. @solotraveler was last online on May 26, 2019 so don't expect answers any time soon. 2. Since 2019 and now there's been COVID 2019 pandemic, change of laws and politicians, wars and many events. Travel is not exactly the same as it was before, so any information from that era is irrelevant for today's world.

Unfortunately, US government does not have resources to allocate advisors to each immigrant. You can use VisaJourney to learn more about immigration process. Just read K-1 forums, guides, ask any questions, community is happy to help. Ask husband, his relatives, your friends (especially if they're immigrants). With latest technology, you can ask Chat GPT and similar. If none of this helps, you can also get a free or paid consult with immigration lawyers where you can ask as many questions as you like.

You're only supposed to send original GC or any original documents to USCIS if instructed / requested. It's practically impossible to get them back if you send them in error.

I'm sorry about your situation. Batter and extreme cruelty waiver has a much higher bar compared to divorce waiver. Especially if you're - Male - Have no police report(s) - Have no witness statement(s) Do yourself a favor, divorce the toxic spouse and file I-751 on your own with divorce waiver. If you have solid evidence of bonafide marriage, you have nothing to worry about.

OP was advised to do this multiple times, almost a year ago. I hope they actually did it instead of relying on I-290B

Anything can happen: - GC will get approved without interview, followed by N-400 - I-751 interview will get scheduled first, followed by N-400 on different day - N-400 only will get scheduled and decision won't be made because of pending I-751 - You'll get a combo interview - You'll get RFE for I-751, then approval, then N-400 We cannot guess for sure. There's many variables.

Awesome, you did the right thing. Rescheduling can be tricky.

Don't delay a visit to DMV. You can get DL in California pretty quickly!

If you want to live together in the US - he would have to be in Mexico to get consular processed. Also, do not do K1. It's more expensive ans difficult compared to CR1. It no longer make any sense as it takes as long as CR1 to get. Next time you visit him in Mexico - get married and file I-130. If he's still in the US, make sure he doesn't overstay. Good luck!

Yep, glitches with USCIS. Make sure to have USPS Informed Delivery enabled. Also, if you can, keep the same address until GC in hand.

Put 9s for his SSN, then amend in the future when he gets one? ~ Not a legal advice ~ Have you also tried applying for SSN for him in person at SSA office?

I now it's a pain, but... If you haven't paid DS-260 fees or finished application, you can try completing new one from scratch in one go? Or did you have a fresh one this morning and it didn't work?

None of the estimates are 100% accurate. Neither VJ, nor various case tracker apps or USCIS.

Sorry to hear about that. Your case is definitely annoying (though you didn't pay for it?) I had my EAD for about 5 months before GC approval.

1. Indian embassies are known to be somewhat tough 2. I know the kid is only 8, but what if he's put in administrative processing for several months? I'm not aware of age restrictions for admin processing....