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DC/fairfax DO is notoriously slow!!!, no worries

It doesn't sound like there's any way she would be eligible based on the G4 parent. Even if she met the 7 years physical presence requirement, she would have needed to submit her AOS application before she was 25 years old.

There is no new legislation pending - at least not any legislation that has any chance of becoming law anytime soon. The DREAM Act keeps getting reintroduced in one form or another, but it failed to pass when the Democrats had control of both houses of Congress, and it's lost considerable support since then. The overall mood of the Congress, and the country as well, is to crack down on immigration rather than making it easier. This is understandable. In a down economy people are not disposed to allowing more immigrants into the country when the people who are already here are having a tough time finding work. If the economy improves substantially then there's a better chance of some form of immigration reform making it into law, but it will probably be focused on providing a path to legalization for EWI's, and not so much on providing a comparable path for visa overstays. The political reality is that Hispanics garner the bulk of the sympathy because of the sheer number of them that are here.

Thanks jim, you answered all my questions...good read

Sister has been a G4 dependent since she was 14 , she is now 30........she failed to make the 7 year requirement between age 13 and 21.....she failed by a few months and thus wasnt able to adjust to green card........shes been in the US more than half her life.....is there any legislation on the way to offer relief......is the anything she can do to adjust to green card??????

Im currently in the n400 process but sponsoring her would take over 10 years

Wrong. Everything is based on date of first becoming an LPR, not marriage date.

This.

congrats! Im fairfax as well......could you post your time line, I see you did fp 3/28 when did the IL arrive?

got my FP letter in the mail yesterday

update: my n400 status online now says that FP letter was mailed june 23

DO: Washington DC

06/06/2011: N-400 Mailed to Lewisville, TX via USPS

06/07/2011: Check received by USCIS (Per USPS tracking number)

06/10/2011: Check Cashed

06/10/2011: NOA Text received

06/13/2011: NOA Letter recieved in the mail

Common courtesy tells us that there is no such thing as a stupid question. I disagree.

Thank you for your humble opinion

Wouldn't think you should have any problems with marriage fraud accusations. But the evidence you are required to supply is clearly written in the N-400 site, the form, the instructions with the form, the M-476 manual, and the latest addendums.

Your are required to read and comprehend all these instructions, but apparently your IO is not, and some make up new rules as they go along. Speaking from experience.

The M476 fairly straight forward and I have studied it already, but the bolded part is the reason I asked the question;), some IO is bound to go above and beyond in requesting docs .... anyways I will post my interview experience when the time comes , thanks nick

anyone?

Do I need any extra documents?(tax returns or anything else) is there any more scrutiny?