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[f2avisa 0]

Hi - have a few questions for the port of entry for my wife. (just got our f2a visa and we already paid the GC fee)

 

1. Would she need to fill out the i94 form? I think its for nonimmigrants but unsure

2. Generally f2a visa take more than 2 years, but should my wife explicitly tell officer that its been > 2 years? (so that USCIS doesn't issue a conditional GC)

 

[geowrian 22,338]

1) No because a) she is an immigrant and 2) they do electronic I-94s now.

2) She can tell him, but it should be in the system already.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

35 minutes ago, f2avisa said:

Hi - have a few questions for the port of entry for my wife. (just got our f2a visa and we already paid the GC fee)

 

1. Would she need to fill out the i94 form? I think its for nonimmigrants but unsure

2. Generally f2a visa take more than 2 years, but should my wife explicitly tell officer that its been > 2 years? (so that USCIS doesn't issue a conditional GC)

 

1. Does anyone actually fill out an i94 anymore? But no, not for immigrants anyway

2. Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe only CR1 visas are conditional,not F2A.

 

 

[f2avisa 0]

Hi - my wife just got her immigrant visa. At POE, does she need to fill out i94? 

[TM92 527]

28 minutes ago, f2avisa said:

Hi - my wife just got her immigrant visa. At POE, does she need to fill out i94? 

No. Nowadays, almost no one needs to fill out a paper I-94; only asylees and parolees and land travelers need to fill one out: https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/i-94 If anyone needs a copy of their I-94, they can print it out online: https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/ Supposedly, US Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents aren't tracked with the I-94 system, but many US Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents report seeing all their entries and exits using that link.

[geowrian 22,338]

Please stick to your original thread for this question. It is considered spamming to post multiple times for the same question.

 

[TBoneTX 46,122]

Duplicate threads are now in the same forum and merged.

[fosterpaul 0]

Hi, I'm having the same problem.

 

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[sherydenise 66]

On 11/6/2018 at 6:40 AM, SusieQQQ said:

1. Does anyone actually fill out an i94 anymore? But no, not for immigrants anyway

2. Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe only CR1 visas are conditional,not F2A.

 

 

For 2 - I think its if you have been married less than 2 years when your visa is issued then its only valid for up to two years and you're supposed to apply for removal of conditions once you make it to the 2 years of marriage (within a couple of months), otherwise its 10 years? 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

2 minutes ago, sherydenise said:

For 2 - I think its if you have been married less than 2 years when your visa is issued then its only valid for up to two years and you're supposed to apply for removal of conditions once you make it to the 2 years of marriage (within a couple of months), otherwise its 10 years? 

To repeat, I’ve never heard of this for F2A - only for CR1. 

[sherydenise 66]

18 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

To repeat, I’ve never heard of this for F2A - only for CR1. 

Thats what I'm saying, I'm sure its the same for both. I remember reading up on everything when we first filed and I thought I'd be getting a conditional GC, but we've been married for two years already now (took 20 months for approval) and our case is on its way to NVC lol  

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

18 hours ago, sherydenise said:

Thats what I'm saying, I'm sure its the same for both. I remember reading up on everything when we first filed and I thought I'd be getting a conditional GC, but we've been married for two years already now (took 20 months for approval) and our case is on its way to NVC lol  

And I’m sure it’s not, because that also implies F2A children need a conditional green card. And quite obviously there is no need to prove a bona fide relationship for parent-child beyond what is acceptable for the petition to be approved.  I think you got confused. Part of the reason as I understand for the conditional GC is that spouses of USCs (a) don't have a priority date and (b) can naturalize after 3 years, so their path to citizenship is way, way faster than yours will be and thus more of an incentive for fraudulent marriage, hence the extra checks.

Edited November 9, 2018 by SusieQQQ

[sherydenise 66]

3 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

And I’m sure it’s not, because that also implies F2A children need a conditional green card. And quite obviously there is no need to prove a bona fide relationship for parent-child beyond what is acceptable for the petition to be approved.  I think you got confused. Part of the reason as I understand for the conditional GC is that spouses of USCs (a) don't have a priority date and (b) can naturalize after 3 years, so their path to citizenship is way, way faster than yours will be and thus more of an incentive for fraudulent marriage, hence the extra checks.

Ahhh yes, that actually makes sense, I think I did get confused when I looked at it on the USCIS website and just assumed it included LPR spouses too. I haven't checked on it since I first looked over a year ago lol I was trying to load myself with information back then so I knew what to expect. Thanks for that