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Hello, everyone!
My wife is from Belarus, this country has a specific political situation and she went to protest against the falsified president election, for that she was arrested twice, it was administrative articles not criminal, after the second time she needed to leave her country and she became a refugee in Poland.
The form I-485 instructions require to mention "every arrest for any reason anywhere in the world even if no criminal charges were filed, to provide the complete arrest report and a court order that indicates the final disposition of the arrest". She does have the documents from the first arrest, but she doesn't have these documents from her second time as she was in rush to leave the country, and belarusian embassies are unhelpful, she can't get these documents now.
Are there alternative documents that she can provide without contacting Belarus or maybe we can just ignore that and to not mention it at all, as at the first application she had the complete certificate of no criminal record, as the records expired, I guess.
Maybe somebody had an experience like that, we'd appreciate if you share. Thank you!

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can you please clarify my doubts about arriving to usa with my spouse who has cr1 visa on passport?

1 - i am us citizen, do i need to wait with her in the non-us citizen lane at the airport?

2 - besides the passport with cr1 visa, do we need to have any other documents ready?

3 - we don't have any medical reports, it was sent to embassy online, do we need to have them to enter to usa?

4 - i hear there is a uscis fee to pay, do we pay it before arriving to the usa?

thank you in advance for anyone who can help with these questions

I am a newly landed immigrant who arrived in the United States on January 17. I have already paid the required fees prior to my arrival.

I would appreciate any information or insights regarding the timeline for receiving a Green Card for a new landed immigrant. Specifically, I am interested in understanding how long the process typically takes for new immigrants.

Thank you in advance for your assistance. I look forward to your response.

Hi folks,

I received the documentarily qualified notice on March 19 but i also got a message asking me to resubmit a document at the same time. This message is related to a letter i submitted which explains why i have no income at the moment and am actively looking for a job. I submitted it as "Others" but the NVC officer changed it to "Explaination for not filling taxes". I wrote in my letter that I did not work in 2022, 2023 and i earned just a few thousands dollars in 2024 due to health issues but i filed 2024 taxes and sent it in. I asked NVC about it twice and i received the same exact response saying the case is documentarily complete and waiting to be scheduled without a clear answer to the request to resubmit. I'm just wondering if it was a system error or it is something that will be brought up at the interview. I would like to know if anyone have an answer so that i can prepare ahead of time to make sure the interview go smoothly. Thank you.