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Thanks! But I think, though I'm not certain, that what you wrote is wrong in our case. I am aware of the 100% poverty level rule. But read through this thread, in which many have gotten Obamacare for 65+seniors with 0 or little income. I've been reading elsewhere online, and from what I can tell, and as with the above cases for 65+, if one is ineligible for Medicaid, they are eligible for Obamacare (there is a long debate in that thread about whether one can choose not to be a dependent if earning under the dependent maximum; this debate does not apply to my in-law since they are in the coverage gap between that dependent maximum and 100% FPL. We called Obamacare and faithfully reported expected income, etc. The reported income was no more than an expected $3000 for the year. We also told them our state. And Obamacare then gave us a near 0 dollar premium quote. There are two possibilities. Either that Obamacare rep was wrong, or the law actually allows Obamacare for those under 100% FPL if they are ineligible for Medicaid (which my in-law is, since we are in a state that has expanded). Again, would love more input (and Tesco, do write back if you've got more info--like I said, I'm not 100% sure on this, thus the query.)

Same sex marriage is still legal in all 50 states. This could change. Visa applications are adjudicated using US law, even in countries where the prevailing laws are different.

Thank you! Still waiting for an update...

You do not see many K1s from Pakistan, for obvious reasons. And I am pretty sure they do not issue such statistics, well I have never come across anything like that.

You will want to look into the financial/income requirements for sponsoring an immigrant, as well as the domicile requirements. You will need US-based income. It is often unavoidable that the USC spouse has to return to the states earlier than the intending immigrant to satisfy these requirements.

We confirmed the visa application fee is paid at the embassy through an email response from the consulate. A month after filing our DS-160 visa application, we contacted the embassy to check the timeframe since we didn't hear anything. Their response was "we'll contact you ". It's very frustrating however waiting is part of this process--unfortunately. "Be flexible be miserable" is 100% right!!! Our plan is the moment we get the pre-screening appointment email, we'll do the medical exam and have our documents ready for review. Godspeed!!!

Thank you so much!!

That sounds like great evidence. Good luck!

So far what we've done is put our boarding passes, our Airbnb bookings and some pictures of us together on a page per trip 😊

I might be wrong, but at least in other jurisdictions, it depends on whether there is a name change occurring, requiring a judge's action.

Probably not, since many countries don't even routinely stamp passports any longer. Boarding passes are great, as is the I-94. Sometimes people try to use printed trip itineraries though, which is not great evidence of actual travel, but just a booking.

LOL it's not actually advantageous for the petition to be approved many years before the visa is available - you understand that, right?

See page 1 with abbreviations, si and see and man!

Thank you so much, I was wondering if a combined one would be good too, so that's good to know. Are stamps still needed with a I-94 form and boarding passes on the trip pages we made, you think? It seems unnecessary to include them if we already show other proof but I wasn't sure.

Unlike others commenting, we did a joint letter of intent to marry. No RFEs, no problems. We provided no concrete wedding plans in our petition, aside from the obvious plan to marry within the 90 days. The purpose of passport stamps is to provide primary evidence of the required one meeting in the two years prior. Don't overthink things.

Be aware that the vetting he would experience (in the form of AP in Montreal) based on his citizenship will not be eliminated by adjusting status. He will face the same scrutiny, possibly more due to adjusting.

Longer they take to approve the I 130 usually the better

It was 8 months after filing before I even got an appointment for fingerprints. My EAD/AP came through one week before my actual green card. 🤦‍♀️

i didn't know that was sold in a can............

I went through a very similar situation. In my case, my ex was extremely non-cooperative during what was supposed to be a dissolution of marriage (so technically faster because you should agree on everything) and didn't care about my legal status here, so he wouldn't sign the divorce papers on purpose, causing me to be in a very dangerous limbo for immigration. For USCIS you're either married or divorced. Separation is not contemplated so you have to choose a path if you want to proceed with your ROC. Originally, when I applied for ROC in 2022, I applied as married but requesting a waiver due to the upcoming divorce. At that point we would have been separated for around 5 months. I wrote a letter, signed by both, that I attached to the ROC papers I sent USCIS, explaining our circumstances, why we separated, why the marriage didn't work and why we were requesting the waiver even if we weren't legally divorced yet. Long story short, my ex became increasingly abusive over time, refusing to cooperate, threatening me not to sign in the (his) hope I would get deported and lose custody of our child, plus other distressing memories I will not bring up. A year after filing though, USCIS sent me an RFE letter requesting a copy of our divorce decree so they could proceed with my application but guess what? We weren't even close to being divorced. I panicked, hard. What was I gonna do? I didn't have money for a lawyer back then, so a dissolution was the only, most cost-effective way for me to deal with it. Somehow, after I told my ex about the RFE, he had some instances of mental sanity (guilt? regret? remorse?) and finally agreed to sign the dissolution papers. Being a dissolution instead of a traditional divorce, it only took between 60-90 days for it to be finalized, but my deadline to provide my divorcee decree was still beyond our court date. What did I do then? I responded to USCIS's RFE with a letter, explaining the circumstances for not being able to respect the deadline by a couple of weeks, by being completely honest and frank about it and providing them with a copy of the letter court sent us with the final hearing date, as proof we were really close to the end of our marriage. I asked for an act of good will on their part, asking them to be compassionate about my circumstances, and promising I'd send the divorce decree as soon as I had it. After that, I simply waited for our divorce to be finalized (I assumed USCIS would take at least another month to contact me anyway) and all of this worked for me. I sent the divorce decree asap and after three months I received a letter from them (or I simply checked the case status? Can't remember), saying fingertips were applied to my case and I didn't need to show up to renew them as they previously stated in another NOA letter. Would I suggest to go about it this way? Absolutely no. Was I "forced" to proceed this way? I think I had no other choice honestly. Someone asked me why I have not applied under the "extreme cruelty" or "extreme hardship" waivers, but we all know how hard those cases are to prove and even qualify for. Not to mention, at the time I filed the petition, he wasn't even half that bad so I had no idea about what was coming. My suggestion then, is to file for divorce asap if you have the means to afford it (so she'll have no choice but cooperate, unlike during my dissolution) and convert your petition, requesting a divorce waiver. At most, you'll get denied and will have to re-file, requesting the waiver this time, while working on your divorce. I am a big fan of letters, they have worked in both cases during my ROC proceedings, but they're obviously not a foolproof or recommended method to try and mitigate the situation. Having said that, I mean that maybe they worked for me but every case is different of course, and what worked for me might not work for someone else. In my opinion though, it's always better to send it and for it to be useless, than not taking action at all.

good to know USCIS approves cases 'by mistake' I never knew this could happen!

Yelling at users won't help much. Why does it matter if it's approved or not approved, if visa isn't available for many years? Yes, USCIS occasionally approves cases by mistake instead of shelving them for many more years. In the grand scheme of things it won't make much difference whether I-130 is approved 3 years ago or in in 2030. Good luck!

But we have already filed a k1 visa now.

like i said i have seen 2014 I130 F4 APPROVED but waiting at NVC! for their application to become CURRENT! This is why I am specifically talking about the I130 for F4 NOT the entire length of time it takes to petition sibling - because this I already know.

I don't know how it could be possible. There should not be visas issued for any F4 filers who filed after 2007.