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For the moment, the rest of the process kicks in when the Priority Date is current.

Usually F2b is quicker than F1 and it is currently, the good news is you can keep the F2b PD. By all means she can notify them of her Citizenship. They do not tend to rush I 130s for those with a long wait.

Expected to be out in 30 days.

With homage to the Cat Every couple has their own priorities, and each couple must decide which visa is better for their situation. K-1 More expensive than CR-1 Requires Adjustment of Status after marriage (expensive and requires a lot of paperwork) Spouse can not leave the US until she/he receives approved Advance Parole (approx 6-8 months) Spouse can not work untila she/he receives EAD (approx 6-8 months) Some people have had problems with driver licenses, Social Security cards, leases, bank account during this period Spouse will not receive Green Card for many months after Adjustment of Status is filed. A K-1 might be a better choice when 18-21 year old children are immigrating also In some situations, marriage can affect certain Home country benefits, making a K-1 a better choice A denied K-1 is sent back to USCIS to expire K-1 entrant cannot file for citizenship until after having Green Card for 3 years. Once an I-129F has been approved, delaying the case is difficult to impossible if the need arises. CR-1/IR-1 Less expensive than K-1 No Adjustment of Status(I-485, I-131, I-765) required. Spouse can immediately travel outside the US Spouse is authorized to work immediately upon arrival. Spouse receives Social Security Card and Green Card within 2 or 3 weeks after entering the US Opening a bank account, getting a driver's license, etc. are very easily accomplished with GC, SS card, and passport. Spouse has legal permanent Resident status IMMEDIATELY upon entry to US. The clock for citizenship filing starts immediately upon entry to the US. A CR-1/IR-1 case can be delayed indefinitely at NVC if the need arises.

K1 is a bad option at the best of times, your situation just makes it worse.

K1 would seem to be a bad option

No Downside trying

Agree and if memory serves me right there were numerous issues with the I 130 as filed.

At least he is in very good company.

I used to see these all the time, the trouble of course is proving it was you.

There are plenty of historic precedents, none ended well.

Certainly is an unusual one.

I thought this was interesting, the EU has many issues of course and this is not the one thing I thought would bring it down. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/22/migration-eu-diplomat-josep-borrell-ukraine-china Migration could be “a dissolving force for the European Union” due to deep cultural differences between European countries and their long-term inability to reach a common policy, the EU’s most senior diplomat has said. Although Russia will try to fan the flames on migration inside Europe, Josep Borrell denied that the conflict in Ukraine was contributing to the crisis, which he described as a decades-old problem fuelled by wars and poverty in departure countries. This I certainly will agree with: In a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian reflecting on how the EU had been changed by the war and where the bloc fits in this new world order, he said European countries had been forced to wake from a siesta on defence spending, in which they had lived under the American nuclear umbrella. And this: At a subsequent lecture at the New York University Law School, he said the UN security council had been proved “completely useless in recent years due to its divisions” and called for an overhaul of political and financial institutions to revive a multilateralism that “is outdated and running out of steam”.

I am not saying that is impossible but does not tie in with this. They would have submitted the fraudulent I 94.

I 601a and a very different process. Hopefully we will get some clarification.

Interesting I thought this sort of thing was just a perk of the job. This sets a worrying precedent.

Normally because there is something they do not like about it.

The more I think about it 245i seems very unlikely so we are guessing. For the life of me I can not think how she could adjust, assume there is something obvious not mentioned. That still leaves the concurrent I 601, new one for me, how does the Lawyer know what needs to be waived to start with, who is filing the waiver?

OP said there is a Lawyer involved and 245i was all I could think of. I had a look at past posts but there are no clues.

How is she able to adjust without authorised entry?

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/pk/pk-niv-visaapply.asp Here you are Good Luck

I am trying to think of what scenario this could apply. I 485 well she must be in the US otherwise she can not adjust. I 601 for what? If she does not have legal entry how is she adjusting, 245i? now I am not that familiar with that but did not think it involved a I 601. Perhaps there is something obvious I am not thinking of.

As long as you do not use EAD and AP you will retain your F1 status

She has to wait for her PD to be current, I am not sure when that will be.

Nope