TiffAndMike

Thank you!!!

Thank you! I appreciate the advise. I have an attorney handling our case as our age gap is gonna be a bit of a "red flag". I'm 19 years older than him.

He has a been in trouble for with the law for theft when he was under 18. There was 2 separate incidents. An attorney said it might be an issue. I'm hoping that they just fell off his record.

Hello everyone! My name is Tiffany. I am a US Citizen from Texas. My husband Mike is from Hamburg, Germany. Our story is kinda different. My grandfather met my grandmother when he was stationed in Germany during WW2. They fell in love, got married, had 4 kids and she immigrated to the states. My parents divorced when I was 6 and due to family drama, I didn't really get to see my grandma or talk to her growing up. I was completely estranged from that side of my family and even struggled to have a meaningful relationship with my father even as an adult. Unfortunately both my grandma and father have passed so the opportunity to learn about my German heritage from them has passed. I met my husband Mike in the late spring/early summer of 2022 though a video game that we both played. When I found out he is in Germany, I struck up a conversation with him about it as I've always wanted to visit there and learn about my heritage. Our conversations started off just about what life is like in each other's countries but then we started talking about our morals, past relationships, ect. After about a couple of months, we were talking for hours every day and spending every free moment we had together. Feelings really started to develop and we decided for him to come here to visit and stay with me for almost 3 months. We wanted to see if what we were both feeling was real or if it was just infatuation. He arrived here in December 2022. After having him here with me for a week, I just knew he was the one for me. On Valentine's Day in 2023 he proposed to me. Sadly 2 weeks later he had to go home. We decided that he would come back to spend my birthday with me. On September 10th, 2023 Mike and I along with my sister and husband took a trip to Las Vegas and were married that night. I originally filed the i-130 in the beginning of November, however due to a typo on my credit card authorization, my petition was rejected. The petition was then re-submitted in the beginning of December 2023 and currently it is the "case is being reviewed" status. Yeah like I actually believe that. Our journey with the immigration process has just begun but the anxiety and stress are already getting to me. I find myself waking up to being in a full on anxiety attack quiet frequently. I'm always thinking about the possibilities of things going wrong and having to file a waiver of inadmissibility.

As a collective group, we need to come together and figure out exactly which senators are highly anti-illegal immigration and very vocal about it and just flood their office with letters, asking them to be the voice for those of us who are trying to bring our families over here. The only politician that I have heard mention anything about coming over here the legal way is Nikki Hailey. She has stated that her parents are immigrants and they are appalled by the illegals .

I asked my attorney's paralegal about what official documents from me my husband will need for his interview so that I can bring them with me when I go visit him in a couple of months. She told me that he will need offical certified copies of my birth certificate, our marriage license and my divorce decrees. If you can not find your late wife's death certificate, you should be able to go to the county clerk and get another certified copy of it.

My husband and I use Skype which don't let you export media. I just submitted 2 or 3 screen shots of our chats and talk history per month since our relationship began to the time I filed. We are doing the exact same thing during rhe months between filing and his consulate interview, except he will bring those with him to the interview.

Once USCIS receives your petition, it is too late to submit additional evidence. Any additional evidence you have obtained since filing your petition can be presented during your wife's interview. I had additional evidence after submitting my petition and this is what my attorney told me.

After talking to about a dozen different Immigration lawyers, I obtained Solomon Immigration located in Florida to handle my case. All his lawfirm handles is K-1 and CR-1/LR-1 cases. So far, I have been pretty satisfied with this law firm. He charges $350 a month for 8 months or you can pay upfront for $2,500.. I know others keep saying that it is not hard to do it yourself and that a lawyer is a waste of money but I think differently. The paralegal assigned to my case has been extremely helpful in how to format my pictures, how to my family and friends affidavits, ect. She and Mr. Solomon know how to wrap up my petition in a pretty package for USCIS. Basically a good attorney is going to make sure that every single document you need is there before being sent to USCIS. They will also help prepare your fiance for the interview.