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Hi all, I'm a USC who got married to a foreign citizen 3 years ago. We have filed the I-751 joint petition to remove the conditions. We did the K-1 application, 485 AoS, and this I-751 all by ourselves.

Even though this a genuine marriage based on love, we have had many challenges living together as a couple and many differences are irreconciliable. I am very supportive of my spouse's continued legal permanent status in the country and do not want to jeopardize that in any way. Nevertheless I feel each week going onwards like this is a pure torture for both of us - it took a little while, I more than she, but we definitely realize we could be good friends but not a happily married couple.

Knowing the current I-751 processing time is anywhere between 1 to 3 years is worrisome. How can we proceed with both saving our sanity and ensuring my spouse receive the permanent status that I fully agree that she should have? We have a well documented life together in the past 3 years so I'm confident USCIS should not see fraudulent filing in our case. But what should I/we do? Both of us are professionals in respectable industries with multiple post-graduate degrees - but life just doesn't happen the way the lengthy immigration process would want us to live. Can I file for divorce before the eventual adjudication? What do I or does she need to pay attention to?

Thanks all!

I petionned for my father visa. On the day of the interview he was asked to provide some documents but while his case was under administrative process my father said that he no longer wishes to immigrate and wants to withdraw his application. The embassy asked me to withdraw the application with a notorized letter which they received and sent an email stating acknowledgment on 05/2024. I though that file was now closed so he asked for a tourist visa to come visit and he was issued a blue slip and a denial stating that withdrawal not complete under their system. Does anyone know how long it takes for an application to be completed revoked from uscis and if they will m ow notify me ?

Does traffic offence committed 18yrs ago in republic of Ireland affect my Green card Visa Application /Interview at NVC stage.

I had a minor traffic violation offence which is norm in Republic of Ireland to show on police clearance. Does this have an hindrance in my visa application /interview at MT Canada embassy?

For some reasons some countries record traffic offence on police certificate.!!

My wife local filed and received her CR-1 visa in March 2024 at the Riyadh embassy. In August we finally were told that her green card hasn t arrived because her Visa Packet was never received and it needs to be recreated.
We still live in Riyadh until June 2025 with the military but the Riyadh Embassy will not help us recreate her visa packet. They say that she has to do that in the states but she can t get to the states before her temporary I-551 expires.
I called USCIS and they said to recreate the packet at the embassy but the embassy refuses and are rude. I have called my congresswoman each week for three weeks to ask them to intervene but they also just keep saying that they will get back to me.

Now I am worried that her temp green card is going to expire before this problem gets resolved and I don t know how to renew it since she technically doesn t have an I-551. As overseas military we could have filed her N-400 by now.

My wife said she bought some kind of 10 flight voucher from CebuPac for like $80 US Dollars couple nights ago.

Said she got 2 set of them, you only have to pay tax when you fly, said the lines que were long online and they run the sell yearly around this time.

Has anyone tried to use these?