US Immigration from Spain

USCIS is expected to raise GC fee around March, in addition to making the EAD and AP no longer free when applying for them along with the GC

The AOS is going to go from $1,225 to almost $3,000, crazy

These changes will probably catch me since I won't be able to do AOS until April, so I'm considering applying for the GC only (it will cost $1540)

Am I okay if I only apply for the GC? Once I have the GC I will be able to work and travel, right?

Thank you

I(US Citizen) met my girlfriend(Spain Citizen) while she was on a J1(Au Pair Visa) Visa. She left the U.S. and applied for a Student F1 Visa but was denied under 214b in December 2023. We believe it was due to her Au Pair host family being her visa sponsor and the Visa interviewer thought she would be going back to work with the host family even though she already payed her tuition. She did not put me as a sponsor because we heard that having a boyfriend as a sponsor would be reason for her to want to stay in the US. We are planning on her to come visit me with an ESTA(visa waiver program), but have seen conflicting statements online if it is possible for it to be approved or an automatic denial. If so, what can we do to improve the likelihood of the ESTA approved?

I have also seen conflicting statements if I would then be able to ask my girlfriend to marry and get married once she is in the U.S. and do an adjustment of status to legal permanent residency during her ESTA stay. Is this possible? or is our best bet to do a k1 visa? Our main goal is to be together and to start living together in the U.S. The help is greatly appreciated as we both had so many plans to start our lives together and the timeline of a k1 visa is not helping our mindset.

Hi guys, I had my medical appointment yesterday morning and I submitted my paperwork to the embassy afterward. They specifically asked for the I-134 form, my fiance's tax transcript, and a few other documents. However, I did not realize I needed to submit her pay stubs with the I-134 and not just her IRS transcript (which we included with a note about her 2022 IRS transcript not reflecting her total annual income). I had everything with me, but the thing is that when she asked for specific evidence (I didn't really understand what she was referring to) I just started turning the pages of my folder and when she saw her IRS transcript she pointed at it and said that that should be enough, so I handed her the files (and I didn't know it wasn't enough).

Do you think I will be able to submit the rest of the paperwork at my interview date (January 30)? Or do you think I should try to contact the embassy to let them know that some paperwork is missing?

Thank you so much, my girlfriend is worried we will get rejected.

This is for the people who have just sent the Green Card paperwork to USCIS

Could you pls tell us if they ask you to have a new medical exam due to the new requirement that we must have a last dose of covid from no more than 12 months ago?

I hope not...because when I had the medical exam (8th November) the requirement was not in force so it wouldn't be fair if I had to redo the medical

My DS-3025 was marked as completed back then before this new requirement come

Thanks

Hello everyone

My boyfriend and I are getting married soon and neither of us will be changing our last names

I am Spanish so I have 2 surnames (one from my mother and one from my father)

Will having two last names be a problem when doing the Green Card process?

Is being married but having different last names a red flag?

Thank you