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Super complicated IR1 Visa Situation- Questions!

7:04 am June 6, 2022

cherry402

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Ok so some context, This will be a long post.

I am a U.S citizen previously living in North Carolina, I met my now wife on an online dating app and after a few months of talking went to Canada to see her for the first time (She is Guyanese but living in Canada with her family). We continued talking and things got more serious and I wanted to see her again, she was visiting her home country Guyana so I decided to go there and meet her extended family. Was there for a week and then went back to the US and she actually stopped in the U.S with her family on their way back to Canada to meet other relatives that they have in Florida as well as to come see my family in NC. She and her family had a b2 tourist visa for the US. When they came to NC, I decided that I didn't want be apart from her anymore and asked for her hand (marriage). She and her family accepted and we had a small Muslim ceremony basically married islamicly and decided to have a courthouse legal American marriage a few months later as we were planning to do a real wedding ceremony down the road when I could afford it. (Never happened)

Time goes by and I know that I have to file for her to adjust status but she wants to visit her family 1 last time as they can't come back to the U.S for a while since they were waiting for their PR. So before we apply for adjusting status she goes back to Canada for a couple weeks and then comes back. (Problem 1). After shes back in the states after a few months I file for the I-485, I-130, etc... Everything is fine for a while and then she gets bad news that her grandma is in critical shape and she wants to go see her in Guyana. (Problem 2). I didn't know how bad her leaving was at the time but she ends up going to see her grandma in the middle of the application and I find out that this means she abandoned the I-485 and that we would have to start over from outside the U.S. At this point, she has no visa to Canada and no visa to the U.S because they won't let her back in since she tried to adjust status.

So she is essentially stuck in Guyana with only extended family there, I decide I am gonna move to Guyana and stay with her until we can get back into the U.S. Our case ends up being in limbo for 3 years, it was scheduled for an interview in the U.S, which ofc she cant attend, so we miss it, no denial, gets rescheduled, miss, no denial, we keep trying to get the thing denied so we can reapply for I-130 from outside the US. Finally get a denial notice after 1 year of this, 1 week later, get a letter saying our case has been reopened, get thrown in limbo for another year with the case somehow going to the national records center and just not being closed. Finally get it withdrawn successfully, apply for the I-130, get it approved, and now waiting for the interview.

My concerns are this.

1.Even though our current petition is based on us being outside the U.S so no tourist visa's are involved. She did re-enter the country before knowing that she was gonna adjust status, this is proven by us being legally married at that point. Is this gonna be a problem at the interview? Our current petition has nothing to do with that instance so I don't know if it would still be considered visa fraud but you tell me what you think.

2. I now looking back, see that the immigration officer might believe that her first entry was also visa fraud as I asked for her hand in marriage days after her visit to the U.S even though she had no idea I was going to ask for her hand at that point. Do you guys think that will be a problem as well?

3. I have been living in Guyana with her for almost 3.5 years trying to get this thing figured out, we had 2 kids while being here and I have deep ties to the U.S so im hoping I can prove intent to re-establish domicile at the interview but I'm still worried they will give me trouble for being in Guyana all this time. Would do you guys think?

4. Also, I have been getting extension of stays while in Guyana to keep myself legal here, the problem is, Guyana is such a slow country that after applying for the extension of stay it can take a year for it to be approved, so there are 1 year stints where im technically illegal here. The government of Guyana itself doesn't care about that, I get approved eventually and I go back to legal status. At the time of interview I will be approved and have legal status but i'm wondering if the immigration officer will care about those periods of not having an active extension of stay granted. Will they not care as long as at the time of the interview I am of legal status in Guyana? I'm sure you guys won't know since this is so specific to this very different country but I thought I would ask anyway.

Sorry for the super long post, this has been weighing on me and I'd like to know if I am just being paranoid. Thanks for any help.

When Will my Case be Approved/Reviewed (HELP!!) (merged)

1:32 pm April 27, 2022

vidash23

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Hey All,

My Father (Permanent Resident) Sponsored by Brother in Early August of 2021 - Using the E-file System on USCIS. We received a letter of receipt - providing the Case number ( A LETTER OF ACKNOWLEDMENT)

My Brother is Unmarried and over 21 - Since we received and E-filing case number there is no way for us the check the processing times.

Can anyone Advise how long this was take for my brother case to be reviewed/Approved.

Would appreciate the help - At this point We're completely lost on this.

181 Days out of USA

2:22 am February 16, 2022

Mini b

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Hi everyone hope all is well.

I'm helping my mil to file her N400 online. I have a question that I would like to hear your feedback.

1. She stayed out of the USA for 181 (existed us on 11 July 2021 & reentered on 8th January 2022) days on her last trip, she doesn't have no evidence to show that she didn't abandon her residency to USA.

Has anyone had this issue? What was the outcome on the interview date?

Attached are 2 pictures, one from uscis showing that she may not be eligible to apply and one showing that the 181 days is 5months 28 day.

Please advise what's best to do.

TIA to all

Individual annual income

12:05 pm February 12, 2022

Mini b

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Hi hope everyone is doing well.

I'm currently filling form i-864 on the part of current individual annual income? Would this be 2022 or would it be 2021?

I'm getting conflicting answers and it's getting me confused.

TIA

Just Sponsored my Son i130 *Help*

12:43 am December 28, 2021

vidash23

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Hey guys,

Can you guys please help me out, I'm really confused on the situation of my son's paper, I sponsored him 2021 August, through the Electronic processing online. I have received a letter that USCIS received my payment, but I don't know how long the process time will take for me to receive the approval since, everything was done online.

Can you guys please assist me here and how long this will take. The category visa is F2B.

Unmarried sons and daughters over 21.

I would like to know how long the entire process will take.

Thanks in advance.

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