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Being away for 3 months should not affect your ROC.
Living in each country part time once ROC is granted may or may not be a problem depending on how you define "part time".
Your wife will still be a permanent resident after ROC, so she will still have the obligation to be physically present in the US for certain periods of time, and at the very least not be away for over a year continuously. However, the longer she stays away and the more often she leaves the country, the more likely it will be that she gets questioned at POE about her really being a permanent resident of the US.
Also, if she ever decides to file for citizenship, she will be required to be physically present in the US for an absolute minimum of 6 months every year in order to qualify, so you may want to take that into account.
If you plan to live in two countries part time, your best bet would be to wait until she is eligible to file for citizenship (3 years after she first became PR) and once citizenship is granted, there is no restriction as to where you two can live and for how long.
Based on current processing times, ROC takes anywhere from 6 to 9 months start to finish, and citizenship application is anywhere between 3 and 6 months start to finish for the vast majority of cases.

sort facility is a big processing center.
Usually - on 2 legs of the trip, it goes to a sort facility -
one close to the shipper
and
one close to the receiver.
If that sort facility listed is nearby to you, then the next transit point is the local usps office, then 'out for delivery' or something similar, meaning finally it got on the delivery van/truck.

If you propose and she accepts, I would get married while she was there and go the CR-1 route, not the K1. They are both taking about the same amount of time (and in some cases CR-1 have been processed faster), and she will be able to work and travel right away. Read up on both options, but at this time I would go CR-1, just saying.....

Have her visit, propose, file the K-1 visa while she is in the US and have her return home. Maybe she'll WANT to return home, I would if I was finishing a Masters degree
good luck

If you go by your plan, she would not be able to travel back for almost a year until her AOS is complete.
Do you think when she is just traveling on tourist visa she would not need to go back for another year?
You are going to propose but for her to live and change status you will have to get married, do you think you and her family would be ready while she is here on tourist visa?

It seems like you are planning on circumventing immigration laws on her behalf; I'm not sure that's a good idea.

I would recommend looking up the requirements for the I-864 Affidavit of Support which is the important one, and will be used when you adjust status in the US. Depending on what household size you have, the co-sponsor for the I-134 will have to meet the same requirements as the I-864. The I-134 is simply a statement of support, whereas the I-864 is a binding contract between the sponsor and the US government and is the important one.
Look at the requirements in the second link and get a co-sponsor who meets your minimum based on what household size you plan to have.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864instr.pdf
http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864p.pdf

First a mild correction. There are a few ways to ROC and the main ones are:
1. with your spouse
2. without your spouse due to divorce (and good faith marriage)
3. without your spouse due to abuse (and good faith marriage)
From your post you won't be doing #1, #3 is harder than #2 so most people pick #2. Here's where your assumption is wrong about #2. She doesn't have to file with the divorce decree. She will get an RFE for the decree and she will have 86 days to respond. If she doesn't respond she goes before an immigration judge and she'll tell him/her she's waiting for the decree and the judge will order that they wait to adjudicate the ROC when the decree is received... so. Waiting doesn't help you or hurt her.
I personally suggest you:
1. File your report with ICE, USCIS and all of that BEFORE alerting her to the divorce
2. Remove her name from everything you can. Make sure she has no access to your bank accounts or financial records. Make sure you hide any important financial and personal documents (safety deposit box). Protect yourself and your possessions both from theft and destruction.
3. Make sure you know when she's going to be served and NEVER be alone with her after that point. While she doesn't need an abuse claim to ROC she could (as others have) try and use this as a reason to have you evicted from your house until the divorce is final or whatever. The longer you stay married the more claims to your "stuff" she has.
4. As your divorce lawyer about having her kicked out. If she doesn't have her own source of income sometimes they will order YOU out because you have money to support the household. Friend of mine really go screwed over. Still had to pay all the household bills and medical insurance and all of that until the divorce was final.

Go to the police station and ask one or two cops to go with you to your house and ask her to leave.The cops would take her out of your house,ask them the police report ok. Surprise her and then she won't have time to "prepare" a Vawa case.
I bet she will file I-751 based in Vawa, then before she gets the papers ready for Vawa you should take some action. Hide all documents regarding the marriage,let her kill herself trying to prove a bonafide marriage.Call ICE when she leaves, divorce and move on.Good luck

OP this is off topic to your question, but important to address --
It is NOT proof of their relationship, it's proof they had sex and had a child. Whether you like it or not, unfortunately it DOES happen that people have a child to further their immigration, there was actually a man on VJ who's wife did it to him, and he found proof it was all for her GC, and for child support etc so she could get money out of him (I think it was twins actually.. could be wrong).
It is important, like Jim said, to make sure we point out that it's NOT proof of a relationship and USCIS might ask for a birth cert but they won't look at the child and this "okay, no need for an interview, they're definitely a couple because they procreated". I know many thousands of people who had kids with people that they don't even like. That a "one-night-stand" turned into a lifelong commitment. It is wrong of you to tell people having a kid proves their relationship, it doesn't. And before you ask ME where I think I get off saying I know this, someone posted a while ago a checklist for what proves a relationship, and what are red-flags & from memory "have they had a child" wasn't a proof of relationship thing (I'll keep searching for the document, it was a while ago).
OP back to your question, take your child There is nothing wrong with having a baby there. Be sure to take their birth cert though because they MIGHT ask to see it. Good luck with your interview

One piece of evidence is rarely proof.
Evidence is a factor to be considered when determining the truth. Generally, an assertion is proven to be true when the sum total weight of the evidence in favor of the assertion exceeds the weight of the evidence against the assertion by some threshold. Having a child is one piece of evidence that a couple has a bona fide relationship. If the couple doesn't have sufficient evidence that they live as a married couple then having a child would not be sufficient positive evidence to overcome the negative evidence, and they would be denied.
The misconception that having a baby is proof positive of a bona fide relationship is widespread in some countries. My wife was told by many of her friends in Vietnam that she would not get a visa if we didn't have a child together, and that they couldn't deny her visa if we did. The truth is that the consulate doesn't care if you have a child. Like I said, if it was as easy as getting pregnant than everyone would do it. I personally know one young man whose child in Vietnam is starting kindergarten this year while his wife is on her third try for a visa.
Not to beat a dead horse, but it is not proof of anything. Someone who was playing their US citizen spouse to get a green card would happily make a baby if they thought that would clinch things for them. The marriage will ultimately end in divorce once the immigrant gets their green card or is denied a green card. It's tragic enough when these things happen, but it's even more tragic when unwanted children are produced because someone thought it would clinch a green card. The only right reason to have a baby is because you want a baby, and not because you want to pass a green card interview.
The Field Adjudicators Manual allows an immigration officer to consider if a couple have had children, but they aren't required to give it any more weight than any other evidence they provide. The misconception you spread by this sort of misinformation is that having a child together is all that's required to satisfy USCIS or a US consulate abroad that there is a bona fide relationship. There are countless people who have had a child together and still been denied a visa or green card. Furthermore, it's not necessary to bring an infant to the interview in order to prove to the IO that you have a child. A copy of the birth certificate is sufficient.

It doesn't matter what I say. It matters what is true. Your wanting desperately to believe it's true does not make it so. Your suggesting to other people that it's true is bad advice. If someone listens to your advice, and decides that all they need to do to overcome the red flags in their case is to churn out a baby, then they will receive a rude awakening at their interview. Of all the evidence the IO would like to see, having a baby is one piece of evidence that a couple can manufacture without anyone elses help. The IO is acutely aware of this. Evidence that requires the assistance of an unbiased third party is given much more weight by an IO.
Since you claim the law backs you up in this, show me the immigration law that says having a baby is either proof or evidence, to be given more weight than a joint bank account, for example. If you can do that then I'll concede I was wrong, and will start advising everyone to have babies.
I think the problem here is that you come from a cultural background that makes it difficult for you to believe that a couple would have a child together and NOT have a legitimate relationship. I can assure you that it happens - a LOT.

Update!! Latest numbers as of today...(please read first post for explanation)
February 2010 transfers- 82 days, based on 45 timelines
March 2010 transfers- 97 days, based on 26 timelines
April 2010 transfers- 42 days, based on 37 timelines
May 2010 transfers- 59 days, based on 35 timelines
June 2010 transfers- 70 days, based on 23 timelines
July 2010 transfers- 47 days, based on 8 timelines
August 2010 transfers- 42 days, based on 2 timelines
.........
I am on Day 44 myself, so looks like I have a ways to go if the June numbers are more realistic...(the July/August ones don't have very many timelines yet, so I think those are the lucky early birds )

Hi folks,
In order to bide my time waiting for the CSC to make a decision on David's green card, I've created an excel sheet looking at the average time it takes for transfers to get their decision date. I got the info from Immigration Timelines --> Post-Visa Display Options --> AOS Section --> filters for: Visa Adjusting from (K1) and Show only transferred cases (yes) --> sorted by Last Updated
Then I started manually calculating how many days from the date of transfer to the decision date for each month, from February through July (it's an ongoing process).
Thought I would share the info below and update it as the weeks go by, as I add more info...then if anyone wants to update it after we are done with our visa journey for awhile, I could add the excel to googledocs and current folks could update it, if they want...
So...as of 09/02/10, the stats are as follows (keep in mind, these are from the date of transfer, NOT the date of NOA1...
February 2010 transfers- 82 days, based on 45 timelines
March 2010 transfers- 62 days, based on 18 timelines
April 2010 transfers- 42 days, based on 37 timelines
May 2010 transfers- 55 days, based on 33 timelines
June 2010 transfers- 60 days, based on 15 timelines
July 2010 transfers- 27 days, based on 2 timelines
**February filers had quite the interesting diversified number of days, nearly all those from February 12-25 were 140+ days and everyone else in that month was nearly all <40 days. I wonder if those folks were all transferred physically at the same time and got shoved in a dark place for a few months

Elmcitymaven ~ I was referring to this post in regards to the baiting comment I posted.
Rob&Mel ~ I don't believe my interpretation is bizarre at all. It's a comment which was posted to incite a reaction from another member (in this case a moderator), and it's pretty clear that the intention was to upset or make fun of or instigate an argument. However you have the right to your opinion on this and suggestions are welcomed in the Site Discussion forums.
And I'm just doing my job.