US Immigration from Germany

Good day everyone!

My husband and I have filed the I-130 through DCF. He s active military and currently here in Germany, I m a German citizen.

I have some general questions just so we can prepare ourselves as best as possible.

1) How long did it take for you to get your I-130 approved and did you or the petitioner receive an email for the approval?

2) What documents can we prepare already for the next steps? Like forms, documents etc.

3) Does anybody know how medical exams are working while being pregnant?

Thank you so much in advance and I hope everyone has a great day.

My case is currently at NVC and reads as CR1 because we haven t been married for longer than two years. Our anniversary will be in August.

I highly doubt that I will receive my green card before our second wedding anniversary with the way timelines are going currently.

Will I receive an IR green card if the process ends up going past our two years anniversary or will I still only receive my conditional green card because it says CR1 now?

sorry if this is confusing or has been asked before. Thanks!!

Does anyone know what the speech bubble on the left of Date uploaded means? It s showing up next to one of our documents.

I can t seem to find anyone that s in a similar situation or ever was in this situation but I m sure there must be plenty so I m hoping for some insight here.
My husband is a US citizen and a dod contractor here in Germany where we met, got married and are living together. I m currently in the process of getting my green card and will hopefully have it in about 6 months at the latest.
We need this green card for many reasons but we don t currently plan to move back to the states for good any time soon. My husband has a great job and as long as things continue to go well we might stay for another 4 years. (His current contractor will end next year but still most likely after I got my GC) I already have Sofa Status.

I know I ll have to enter the U.S when my visa is issued in order to get my green card sent to our u.s address but will I have to stay there? If so, how long?

When they ask me when we intend to move to the u.s what do I tell them? When I intend to enter the u.s even though I intend to leave again for a while or when we plan to move back for good?

Anyone else in a similar situation? I want to make sure I m doing everything correctly.

I ve also heard that it sometimes takes months for the green card to physically arrive at our house. Will I have to stay there for as long as it takes for the GC and SSC to arrive or can those things just arrive when I m out of the country and my MIL can forward them to our APO on base?
I ve read that being overseas on official orders doesn t count as spending time overseas so it wouldn t put me in danger of losing my green card, is that correct?

Hi everyone,

For the I-130 is it ok to upload the petitioners passport as a proof of citizenship? I read about thag people were scanning every page of this passport. Is it not ok to only upload the two pages with their name on?

Thanks for helping
Sabrina