NigeriaorBust

What was the status of the ex when they married. If he already had a green card through another route she may not have filed anything. Not all marriages are to obtain a green card through marriage. If she can figure that out it may help. Does she know the ex's current status? There are a broad range of possibilities everything from started undocumented and ended undocumented to they were a foreign born green carder/usc at marriage. Those answers make a huge difference.

You can expect a bit more looking at your relationship if you are a serial petitioner. Time between marriages helps. I had 19 years between mine. There used to be a number of people known to me that made a living off green card marrying. Automation has ended that nonsense. Make sure to close out the old case before you file anything new. When I filed the second time there was a requirement to explain prior filings when filing the new one in the form of a waiver for multiple filings. but I was doing the fiancé petition at the time. Make sure the new wife knows about the prior filing so she doesn't get the deer in the headlights response if it is brought up during her interview.

It looks like someone just presented this bill and it has been sent to USCIS for their input. Interesting read. They seem to think people that haven't obeyed immigration laws will obey this.

Why are diversity visa issuances being paused? The Department of State is committed to ensuring that its visa process upholds the highest standards for U.S. national security and public safety. This action is being taken in light of concerns raised by the shooting at Brown University and killing of an MIT professor suspected to have been committed by an individual admitted to the United States through the DV program. This pause will allow the Department to undertake a review of the screening and vetting protocols in the DV program. This review will address any vulnerabilities in the process to ensure the Department can adequately establish the identity of aliens who are selected through the DV entry lottery, establish the applicants’ visa eligibility, and ensure that they do not present a threat to national security or public safety. What happens to my visa interview appointment? DV applicants may submit visa applications and attend interviews, and the Department will continue to schedule applicants for appointments, but no DVs will be issued. Existing diversity visa appointments generally will not be rescheduled or cancelled. Are there any exceptions? No. There are no exceptions to this guidance. Does this affect my current valid visa? No diversity or other visas have been revoked as part of this guidance. For questions relating to U.S. admission, we refer you to DHS. So it seems that the processing may continue, but no one will actually get a visa until this is resolved. With the limit on how long the current winners have to get a visa there is the possibility that people could pay for things like medicals and never actually get a visa. It probably also means a huge rush if the que is reopened before the end of the DV issuance year.

Just happened to be passing by VJ. Yes, Nigeria will do home/village visits. They usually do it if there seems to be something off about the application or documents submitted. Nigeria is so high fraud that even legit documents are hard to validate. If the couple is on the up and up then it should work out. Back when I was going through the process there was a couple that had a home visit and it turns out the person introduced as his cousin was really a wife. I guess the end game was he was going to get to the US via a marriage, dump the USC and then petition wife from Africa. Gotta love some of the schemes people come up with.