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Hello, new here so not sure how this works. I’m a USC & my husband and I got married in SEP 2018. We applied for his GC in Oct 2019. Had INTERVIEW IN SEP 2020. We had some red flags at our interview because they claimed my husband was married in his home country wich he is not ( now have proof from the city hall at his country) .. Now 9 months later we got an early home visit by 2 immigration officers.. has anybody gotten a visit from USCIS? If so how long it took to hear from them?

Thanks in advanced!

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2 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

Were you both home this morning? So your husband got his visa after his interview, or was he already in the USA?

 

In most countries, it's impossible to prove you were never married (anywhere).  How was he able to do it?

 

My question exactly. 

 

OP, what country are we talking about? @Jessica28

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Just now, Lemonslice said:

Were you both home this morning? So your husband got his visa after his interview, or was he already in the USA?

 

In most countries, it's impossible to prove you were never married (anywhere).  How was he able to do it?

Hello, thanks for the reply.. he over stay his tourist visa and we got married. We applied for his green card & at the interview the officer try to convince me to withdraw the petition wich I decline because I trust my husband.

we contact a Lawyer in his home country . The lawyer went to the city hall over there.. & he appears as a SINGLE male with no previous marriage.

Just now, Jessica28 said:

Hello, thanks for the reply.. he over stay his tourist visa and we got married. We applied for his green card & at the interview the officer try to convince me to withdraw the petition wich I decline because I trust my husband.

we contact a Lawyer in his home country . The lawyer went to the city hall over there.. & he appears as a SINGLE male with no previous marriage.

& sorry I forgot to mention that, yes we were both home getting ready for work.

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1 minute ago, Lemonslice said:

Keep us updated, I'll be interested to hear how long it will take them to make a decision. 

Will do. They told me I should know something within 2 weeks but I don’t believe their timeframes anymore lol .. at the interview they said I should get a decision in the mail soon & it’s been 9 months 🙄

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29 minutes ago, Jessica28 said:

at the interview they said I should get a decision in the mail soon & it’s been 9 months

This is not normal, even in COVID times...  clearly they are uncertain about something or it would not take this long and they would not see the need to visit your home in the early morning.  But if the USCIS officer was concerned at the AOS interview that he was married in his home country before coming to the US, the statement that he is single may not be sufficient.  Did he put on his US tourist visa application that he was married?  If so, and he was not, it could be a big problem, and as others have discovered in similar circumstances, there is no way to resolve it, as it is a common misrepresentation to gain non-immigrant entry to the US, trying to show ties to the home country that do not exist.  Good luck, and keep us posted on how your case turns out!

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33 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

This is not normal, even in COVID times...  clearly they are uncertain about something or it would not take this long and they would not see the need to visit your home in the early morning.  But if the USCIS officer was concerned at the AOS interview that he was married in his home country before coming to the US, the statement that he is single may not be sufficient.  Did he put on his US tourist visa application that he was married?  If so, and he was not, it could be a big problem, and as others have discovered in similar circumstances, there is no way to resolve it, as it is a common misrepresentation to gain non-immigrant entry to the US, trying to show ties to the home country that do not exist.  Good luck, and keep us posted on how your case turns out!

Somebody else filed the papers for him in Dominican Republic.. at the visa interview they asked him if he was married in wich he replied he was in a  “ free union” wich is basically like a common law marriage(usually to get Heath insurance for the girlfriend & kids) except you are not married nor get a marriage certificate.. you go through a lawyer and it’s usually broken by the same lawyer.. I don’t know if you can understand what I’m trying to explain lol.. mind you he got his tourist visa 4 years before me & at that time he was in a relationship with his sons mother and they were living together. I will keep everybody posted .. this has been a roller coaster!

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1 hour ago, Jessica28 said:

Hello, thanks for the reply.. he over stay his tourist visa and we got married. We applied for his green card & at the interview the officer try to convince me to withdraw the petition wich I decline because I trust my husband.

we contact a Lawyer in his home country . The lawyer went to the city hall over there.. & he appears as a SINGLE male with no previous marriage.

& sorry I forgot to mention that, yes we were both home getting ready for work.

The only thing that document ‘proves’ is that he was not married in that particular  jurisdiction.

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So was it “broken” by the lawyer? What you’re explaining is not unusual. It’s sometimes stated on the visa application as a means to get a tourist visa to show strong ties to their country. That’s the issue as you already stated. But it’s not as simple as saying he was never married. He was in a common law “marriage”. He will need to show that “marriage” was dissolved, same as a regular marriage. 

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30 minutes ago, Jessica28 said:

Somebody else filed the papers for him in Dominican Republic.. at the visa interview they asked him if he was married in wich he replied he was in a  “ free union” wich is basically like a common law marriage(usually to get Heath insurance for the girlfriend & kids) except you are not married nor get a marriage certificate.. you go through a lawyer and it’s usually broken by the same lawyer.. I don’t know if you can understand what I’m trying to explain lol.. mind you he got his tourist visa 4 years before me & at that time he was in a relationship with his sons mother and they were living together. I will keep everybody posted .. this has been a roller coaster!

That makes no sense.   Someone filed “papers” for him, but it was a local woman he was not married to?

 
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