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MariaElizabeth92   5

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I am currently living in the US with my husband and our son. I have been here since September 11th, married since November 1st. We have been back and forth with the I485 (RFE's) but looks like it is finally processing. However, we have decided this isn't the place for us, and the three of us have decided to move back to the UK. The plan is for us to go over in December, though my husband will return to the US for 5 months whilst he finishes his degree. My question is, what happens in this case? If I do not receive my green card before December, can I just go? Will it affect my ability to visit in the future? Or will I just be able to come over as a normal visitor?

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Sekhvaruli   74

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If you don't finish the process of removing of conditions, fail to send additional documents etc., and miss the deadline for doing that, the petition will be denied, you will lose your resident's status and will be coming to the US in the future as any other UK citizen.

If they approve your petition, they might send you the card by mail, when you are already back in the UK. Then you can have someone get your mail and send you the card to the UK. But for keeping the resident's status you must not stay outside the US longer than half a year. You will have to travel back and forth to keep your status.

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Consulate : Georgia

Marriage: 2015-01-11

I-130 Sent : 2015-07-10 - sent from abroad, auto-expedite

I-130 NOA1 : 2015-07-14

I-130 Approved : 2015-08-13 (30 days)

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Received by NVC: 2015-09-02 (in 20 days after the approval) - no email notification, info obtained over the phone

Case # assigned: 2015-09-10 (in 8 days after the case was received) - no email notification, info obtained over the phone

DS-261 filled: 2015-09-14

AoS fee paid: 2015-09-15

DS-261 reviewed over the phone:2015-09-17

Agent registration email: 2015-09-18

IV fee available: 2015-09-18

IV fee paid: 2015-09-22

IV fee showed paid: 2015-09-23 right before the end of the working day at NVC - at almost midnight EST.

AoS and IV package received: 2015-09-23

DS-260 filled out 2015-09-24

Scan date: 2015-09-24

Now let's get some patience for 3 weeks and hope CC will come without any delays :luv:

Case complete: 2015-10-21 (27 days)

Interview date issued: 2015-10-23

Received by the embassy: 2015-11-12

Interview date: 2015-12-02 (Request to reschedule for the earlier time denied.)

Approved!!!

Visa issued: 2015-12-07

Visa in hand: 2015-12-07

US entry: 2015-12-11

Social Security card arrived only after the visit to SS office, on 01/20

Green Card arrived: 2016-01-27

From NOA-1 to the interview - 141 days (4 months and 18 days)

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Pitaya   2,577

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~Moved from K-1 Process to Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits Forum~

~Similar topics are often discussed at this forum~

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

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CanGirl   95

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You shouldn't just leave your petition in limbo. Either formally request to withdraw the petition or finish the process. Like poster above stated it will show as denied if you don't do anything and that will look bad for you in the future if you decide you want to move back.

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04/15/14: AOS Fee Available and Paid

04/18/14: AOS Fee Shows PAID

04/18/14: EP ENROLL Email Sent (Received AutoReply)

04/21/14: IV Fee Invoiced

04/22/14: 4:23 PM: Received email from NVC that IV Fee was ready to be paid

04/24/14: IV Fee Available and Paid

04/25/14: IV Fee Withdrawn From Bank Account

05/02/14: IV Fee still "In Process" called NVC for supervisor to fix it

05/07/14: IV Fee Shows PAID

05/07/14: DS-260 Available and Completed

05/21/14: 10:29 AM: EP ENROLL Acceptance Email Received

05/28/14: AOS Package Emailed to NVC (Received AutoReply)

xx/xx/14: IV Package Emailed to NVC

xx/xx/14: Case Complete

xx/xx/14: Interview Scheduled

xx/xx/14: Schedule Medical

xx/xx/14: NVC Shipped Case to Consulate

xx/xx/14: Medical Complete

xx/xx/14: Interview at Consulate

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xx/xx/14: POE

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christeen Experienced

christeen   966

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I just wanted to mention that this might (a denial versus withdrawal ) affect the use of VWP.

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06/14/2003 - Married Savona Italy

I-130

03/21/2009 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago lockbox

11-30-09: GOT GREEN CARD in mail!!!!!!

Citizenship Process;

1/11/2013: Mailed N400 to Dallas Texas

3/11/2013: interview.. Approved

4/4/2013. : Oath! Now a U.S. citizen!

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MariaElizabeth92   5

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Thanks for your replies. I didn't intend to just leave it hanging, I would inform them either way, I was just wondering if doing so before the visa is approved would affect future visits. I can't see myself moving back here in the future as a resident, only for tourist reasons, so not too worried about losing my status.

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AnotherLostSoul   167

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If you inform them then they'll just cancel the whole process and you'll have no problem of coming back to the US as a visitor at all in the future. If you don't inform them, and they process it, and deny you, then you might have a problem. But looks like you are a smart cookie, so I am not worried about the steps you're going to take. :) And eyyyy, say hi to ol' Europe for me! :) Take care!

Thanks for your replies. I didn't intend to just leave it hanging, I would inform them either way, I was just wondering if doing so before the visa is approved would affect future visits. I can't see myself moving back here in the future as a resident, only for tourist reasons, so not too worried about losing my status.

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elmcitymaven   9,712

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My ex and I did the same thing back in 1996 -- an offer in the UK we couldn't resist during AOS -- and abandoned the process. He'd accrued fewer than 180 days' overstay at the time we moved back to the UK. We informed our local office, where some idiot said everything would be transferred to the London consulate for us to finish up there, so we didn't need to do anything more except contact the consulate after we had moved back to London. Well, you imagine how successful that was! :lol:

Fast forward 7 years, my ex had been using the VWP with no issue until Christmas Day 2003 when he was detained at Newark Airport (I'd flown ahead a week before to visit family, and he was joining me on holiday). He basically cajoled CBP into letting him in (helps to be a white, English-speaking, well-heeled lawyer, I guess), but he was warned that while there was a record of his overstay in 1996, there was no record of his AOS application. All they could see was overstay, so he was now required to get a B1/B2 visa. He got one with no issues, but it was still a pain.

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Is your husband a UK Citizen as well?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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