Brother Hesekiel

For 2 main reasons:
1) You lose your Certificate of Naturalization before you can apply for a US passport. Now without a Green Card, you have no document proving that you not just climbed over a fence and are unlawfully present in the United States. You can spend $345 for a replacement, and only 12 to 21 MONTHS later you can get a new driver's license and start working again.
2) You drive along the Arizona border, brown-skinned as you are, or in Alabama, and them nice cops ask you for your driver's license which you forgot in the hotel room. If you know your driver's license number, and the cops access the federal database, they'll know that you are a US citizen, how you look, how tall you are, what hair color you have, that you are registered to vote, and how often you go to the bathroom at night.
The SSA's database is a federal one, and it's linked to state databases. If the SSA has listed you as a US citizen, then every cop, every deputy, every CBP officer, can confirm this within seconds. If you are still listed as a foreigner in the SSA database, you might spend a night in a jail cell.

Immigration is a bit like dating. The nice guys become "friends" with a charming girl eventually, whereas the bad boys get laid the same night. Nothing wrong with playing it safe, it may just take a bit longer.

Only if the US citizen is an alien from outer space. ET probably had one. He came from a foreign solar system, got caught, and at that moment he got his alien number. Luckily he escaped and could go home.
Then again, he wasn't really a US citizen, was he?

Actually, that is indeed illegal.
In order to avoid accusations and litigation, most employers just ask candidates if they are "authorized to work" in the United States. Only after a person has been hired, he or she has to fill out the I-9 form and provide proof of (1) identity and (2) authorization to work.
Of course, any interview offers the opportunity to learn about the prospective new employee and dismiss him or her in a friendly manner without telling much. Like: "thank you for coming; we'll make a decision eventually and if you may or may not get a call from us."
Openly stating that somebody is not being hired because of their citizenship or immigration status, is pretty stupid. If you have proof for this, you have a case for a discrimination lawsuit.

Any U.S. passport is valid for 10 years. Only those of minors an some diplomatic passports are valid for 5 years only.
If you are a US citizen over the age of 18, you will have a US passport that's valid for 10 years unless you got mugged while getting a full body oil massage with "happy ending" in Phuket and had to get a temporary passport from the US consulate there to be able to travel back to the United States.
Wanna bet?

I've been guilty of some comments that have come over not exactly the way I intended, so let me try to do this a bit more gentle.
You did not provide us with all the important information, so I'm just guessing that you married a US citizen in the United States while visiting here with a B2 or perhaps a student visa. When applying for adjustment of status (AOS), the Immigration Officer (I.O.) has one primary job: finding out if the marriage is legit, meaning if it was entered out of "love" and affection, not because the foreigner would greatly benefit from such marriage by getting a Green Card.
I've walked in your shoes, so I know the walk.
When trying to establish whether or not the marriage is legit, the I.O. has to use common sense and common "standards." What I mean with that is that she would have looked at every angle of your relationship. How you met, how long you knew each other, what you do for a living, whether or not you appear to be compatible, and how you got married. To tell you the truth, it is very unusual for a married couple not to have a single photo of their wedding. Even small weddings have in most cases at least a friend of family member ("best man") present, and getting married is one of the most exciting moments in most people's lives.
I don't know how the I.O. came to the conclusion that your relationship isn't real, but she did. By the way, in your post you didn't mention with a single word how your wife would be affected by you having to leave the country. No offense, but I find that strange as well.
In any case, if somebody is married "for love" and the I.O. tells them that she believes that their marriage is fraudulent and asks them to sign a statement to that effect (signing that the I.O. is correct), I doubt that many people would do that. Had that happened to me I would have said: "you are wrong; I am not signing this statement. I would like to speak with a supervisor, please."
But you didn't. You signed your deportation papers, for reasons only you know. But at this point of your journey, I doubt that there's anything you can do. Even if you were to hire a competent immigration attorney, you'd only have a slim chance that an immigration judge would wipe your signed statement clear as if you never signed it, then overrule the decision of the I.O., and finally approve your AOS case.

Strangely, you'll never find conservatives trying to create chaos at a liberal candidate's rally, only the other way around. Plus, there were lots of Mexican flags. I'm not surprised that illegal aliens are against a President Trump.

Strangely, you'll never find conservatives trying to create chaos at a liberal candidate's rally, only the other way around. Plus, there were lots of Mexican flags. I'm not surprised that illegal aliens are against a President Trump.

Call President Obama and tell him it's important to you and that Just Bob send you.
Should be easy for him to call DHS Secretary Janet first, then get a Federal Judge over to you, accompanied by the County's Registrar, and help you out. Will you be requesting special accommodations?

I'm sure you will find a trustworthy babysitter among the 308,700,000 people in the United States.
No, you can't adopt your cousin, you can't marry him, and you can't claim he's your son or your brother either.

Be grateful that the fates have given you the opportunity to live in the United States and that your baby will be a US citizen and try to make the best of it.
Wish you well.

Let's use logic: why the f'ck do we have to go to the Biometrics appointment when doing AOS, then again when doing ROC, and a third time when applying for naturalization? Because we changed our DNA? Our fingerprints? Doesn't USCIS have all of this on file already?
Okay, now ask yourself: do you have to send the required documents in again? What to you think?

You have been detained for shoplifting, charged with petty theft and paid the fine. You did not do that because you were accused mistakenly, but because you were guilty as charged. You are a thief.
Yet you did not disclose this, wrongfully assuming the Feds are too stupid to find out within a comprehensive FBI background test.
Tell you what: if I had been the I.O. I would have seen this as a deliberate misrepresentation and declared you a persona non grata for the rest of your natural life. If I were you, I would thank my god for sparing me deportation and keep my mouth shut for another 3 years. If I was the judge getting your complaint on my table, I would order you deported before going to the bathroom.
You apparently have no idea how lucky you got.

I believe the fact that the O.P. deliberately chose to enter the U.S. while 5 months pregnant and have an anchor baby is grounds enough to deny any further non-immigrant visa. Is that really a surprise? The C.O. may perhaps conclude now it's time for her to be a mother to her baby, not to go abroad studying instead. Whether she or we or any of us agrees or disagrees is irrelevant. It's the C.O.'s call and I tend to agree with them.

As I have stated already, you do not have to renounce your French nationality or citizenship, but you have to renounce your loyalty to France.
If you have a problem doing that, you can stay a lawful permanent resident for the rest of your life, not a problem. Most long time residents desire to become US citizens, in order to escape the fangs of the USCIS for once and for all. They want to be able to travel and stay out of the country when they want and for as long as they want. They want to be able to vote and they want to become part of the country they live in.
That said, there are many residents who don't become US citizens, ever, many of those who would indeed lose their old citizenship when becoming US citizens, among them Norway, Denmark, Russia, China, and India.

The extension letter has the function of a new YEAR sticker on a vehicle license plate. It's only for the airline people and other drones who may have an interest in someone's lawful presence or permission to travel to the United States.
When your wife arrives back in the US and CBP swipes her Green Card at the airport, the DHS computer already recognizes the extended validity of her Card electronically, with or without the letter. It's all computerized now.

The N-400 form and the instructions for the N-400 are as clear as it gets: you need to list them, but you don't need to document them. Since it takes less than 60 seconds to list a small infraction (I had one for using my cell phone while driving), I don't see any advantage in rolling the dice here.
If you don't understand the difference of mentioning, stating, or listing something, and documenting it, think of it this way: if asked if you ever have been divorced, and you have, the answer is yes. Not documenting this means you don't have to submit a divorce decree.

The applicant does not have to prove (anymore) that the marriage is bona fide. Thus very little documents are actually requested. All that he has to prove is that they are still married and cohabiting. If they do, there's no reason a N-400 application would be denied on that base.

You'll get mixed responses to such a question, not because the legal situation is unclear, but because people interpret it from different angles and furthermore because it's a rather emotional issue for many.
It's true: while it's perfectly fine to enter the U.S. as a visitor with the intent to get married, it becomes unlawful if the intent extends to filing for Adjustment of Status (AoS) afterward. That said, intent is something that happens for most part in the head, and while such a thing is difficult to prove, assumed intend alone will not be used to deny an AoS petition. What they would need is some proof that goes beyond the assumption, but I rather not open Pandora's box here and now.
So let's look at the different options in more detail.
1) Your GF enters the U.S with the VW. You guys get married, you'll file the I-130 immediately afterward as it will take about 5 months to be processed. All the while you guys enjoy your honeymoon. Wife returns ideally before her I-94W expires, which is 90 days after entry, but if she overstays, it would only mean that she can't use the VWP anymore. So in theory she could stay until your I-130 has been approved and forwarded to first the National Visa Center (NVC) and then the U.S. consulate in London. As long as she does not overstay for 180 days, no bar is triggered. Once back in the U.K. London will ask her for paperwork, such as birth certificate, marriage certificate, police certificate, and a medical. There will be an interview and afterward she'll receive her CR-1 visa. Within it she enters the U.S as a Green Card holder, gets an I-551 stamp (code for Green Card) in her passport, and can get a driver's license and work from day 1 on.
It's a very smooth process.
2) Since you guys are not married yet, you'll file an I-129 instead of an I-130. Same thingi including London. After the interview she'll get a K-1 (fiance) visa. Takes about a month or so less than the CR-1 route. She enters the U.S. and gets an I-94 that's valid for 90 days. During that period you guys need to get married, thereafter you file for AoS. She can't get a license nor can she work for several months. AOS costs $1,070 alone and there may or may not be another interview. The advantage is that you guys don't have to be apart after the wedding.
3) Your GF enters the U.S. with the VW. You guys get married and file an I-130 and AOS afterward. Like the K-1 route, she can't get a license nor can she work for several months. Here is where the intent comes into play. If you guys don't want to be apart, it would mean that she had to tie up all loose ends in the U-kay: get rid of her flat, her job, her car, her dog and her cat. Enter the U.S. with more luggage than a tourist would have which would include documents a tourist wouldn't carry with them, i.e., a birth certificate. And that's exactly where they can have her by the balls, even as a girl, because if they get suspicious and ask unfavorable questions, and she tells the truth, she'll be send back right then and there. If she lies, they will enter her answers into the database and when she files for AoS, the sh*t will hit the fan which they call material misrepresentation which carries a lifetime ban.
So while people have gotten away with entering the U.S. with a B2 or VW, and filed successfully for AoS after getting married, it's not only illegal but outright dangerous to a point where it can backfire badly. Therefore you will not find anybody here who will suggest that route. Choose between K-1 and CR1, the latter one being my favorite because it's smooth and cheaper as well.

Since you can't really be together with your husband, and in light of the sure-fire obstacles when removing conditions 2 years into the marriage, why don't you get married once he's a free man again? I will read your answer like a USCIS immigration officer would, and my response to it will give you valuable feedback on how to proceed.

Really beats me that people after 20, 30, 40, or 50 or more years on planet Earth file too early. What the hell of a difference does it make if one becomes a US citizen on October 12 or October 21?
I'm eligible to file on June 14, and I'll be filing "some time" in July or August. So what?

Many people use the word forgiven in this context because it's easier to grasp for foreigners who are new to the whole immigration stuff and perhaps not as versed in the English language. The correct terminology in regard to overstay is "not being made an issue of" as the unlawful presence (replaces "overstay" as the correct term) alone is not being used to deny a petition for adjustment of status.
Neither God nor Uncle Sam forgives anything. We are all responsible for our own actions on more than one level.

Gaa! I hate being the downer here..
I want to be sympathetic but.. Look if I go out and commit a murder today and get caught I will end up in prison. This will devastate my wife, my mother, my family.. This is not stated in the media as "law enforcement splitting up families." though that would clearly take place.. I took an action that had possible consequences and chose to do it anyway. Whos fault? My fault.
In this case.. He knew his situation, where it could lead, what could happen.. Still he chose to follow that route and put himself and his family in that position. He is at fault. His child is a victim but Immigration is not the victimizer, he is... Not that it matters, he has a permanent ban so what? He is in Mexico.. He has to be back on June 30th so he will just cross back over on July 1st and be home for 4th of July weekend. His situation will be exactly the same as before.
And similar to the guy that was a manager for Best Buy for years after they new he was here illegally.. How does he own a business (he is listed as the owner) that is bonded and have a million dollar insurance policy?

Here is the problem I see with your backup plan. If you don't claim her as you dependent and she doesn't make enough to file income tax, then more than likely she would qualify for medicaid under ACA. I assume you are her sponsor when filing the I-864, which would mean that you could be liable to payback the medicaid benefits she receives.

Heidelberg,
I don't know you, but from what you wrote I perceive you as an American man who couldn't find an American woman that would completely surrender to you, so you importet one from the Phillipines, assuming she would be doing exactly what you told her to do, always, just like a puppy.
Now that you found out that she's a person with a personality, who is actually suffering from your dominance, you feel hurt and want to punish her for not living up to your fantasies, even at the expense of your own children.
You need to take a step back and see for yourself as what kind of person you are portraying yourself. You need to realize that your wife and you have two children together, and you need to do what's best for them. As US citizens who have never lived abroad, they need to be with their mother in their country.
Don't do anything you will regret when you are on your death bed. Help your wife, help your children, then move on with your life and try to learn from your mistakes.
Husband and wife are equal partners. Nobody controls anything alone. The times of slave trades are over, accept it!
Maybe a Phillipina can help you by posting something that will help you to understand your wife better.

Yes, that's confusing indeed.
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