Red Flag?!

[haveheart 0]

I would like to know how much of a big flag that is:

"In 2009 Daryl (22 years old, no college degree) went to the u.s. on a student visa after meeting a really interesting girl online (18, university student). They began dating and started living together. Her mother paid for another course so he could keep his status (it's listed on the I-20 that her mother, a family friend, paid for it). His status expired and he got back to his home country.

On that same year his American girlfriend went to his home country to be with him for a few days. While in the country she unleashed the surprise: her mother would pay for an associates degree for him in the u.s. and allow him to live with them again. Later on, he went back to the u.s. and started living with her parents, once again, the I-20 was issued with the annotation saying it was being paid by a "family friend", her mother in that case.

Later on their relationship grew to a whole different level and they decided to get married and apply for AOS for Daryl."

1 - Is the fact that they had previously lived together, previously met together in another country and the current I-20 being issued under her mom's financial expense a big red flag?!

It sounds to me that it's pretty understandable that he didn't enter the country with any intention of becoming a citizen. At the time of his entry in the u.s. none of them were thinking about getting married because of her age and their situation. The bonafide of the marriage is also very understandable. Living under the same house for quite sometime prior to the marriage date and stuff.

2 - What are the real chances of AOS being denied/accepted?

Thanks a lot for the information! Both are freaking out!

[ceadsearc 516]

So, he obtained a student visa for the purpose of living with a girlfriend but also went to school? Was he honest about having a girlfriend in the United States, particularly the second time when his girlfriend's mother was paying for it?

[haveheart 0]

He obtained the visa with the purpose of studying, they were not even dating at the time he got back again. Since the living expenses were being paid by his girlfriend's mother. When he left the u.s. for the first time they decided they wouldn't be dating because the countries were too far. But as they started living together at a later stage and being older the relationship got back to where it was and hit it off like never before. Another thing, both families became friends!

[bigdog 377]

Sounds like an ideal progression to me, friends, school mates, better friends, travel to meet friend, return to school, fall in love, families like eadh other and you like each other. Want to get married and live in US/ Just the facts, the truth will prevail. Other comments similar and outline the contnuance and blossoming of a relatinship.

[haveheart 0]

Yes, but what about her mother """sponsoring two of his I-20s"""? That's pretty understandable to me but at the interview you never know, do you? Besides, they have once been together, decided not to make such a commitment in a long-distance relationship and then got back together at last and can't be apart anymore!