Mike E

Yes your physical address is different. We were transient and filed an AR-11 online within 10 days after moving. Sometimes we moved several times during that 10 day period and so we filed just one AR-11 in that 10 year period. We kept our mailing address constant through the process until we had moved into place we bought

Yes. Yes. My pout is that if you get to DQ at month 19 of the marriage you can get a 10 year gc.

You should call the number listed at https://www.justice.gov/eoir/customer-service-initiatives to see if removal proceedings have started.

You and your mom should each file I-130s for your siblings. This way if one petitioner passes away, while that petition dies with that petitioner the other petition lives. Your mom cannot petition her grand children. Your sisters’ children are derivatives.

Yes. If you don’t don’t have an unrestricted social security card the. You have exactly 7 days to go to SSA to order one because your timeline says to entered on your CR-1 on January 17, 2019. 2 year gc + 24 month extension letter takes you to January 17, 2023. Short of life and death you’ve no other priority but to go to the SSA office, bring you gc and extension letter and order an unrestricted SS card. You can then file I-9 with your state ID or DL and your new SS card. SS cards never expire. Too bad you didn’t live in AZ in the era of lifetime drivers licenses.

Did you file I-130 or with NVC?

As a former California REAL ID holder, I am surprised. Well done.

Huh? Reviewing the OP I see. I missed that. I-485 is signed by the beneficiary of the I-129F. Who signed the I-485 after she left?

@Family get in here before the lock. The prime directive is to avoid misrepresentation. That's a life time ban. The second directive is to avoid removal: a 5 year ban. To the latter this is where CBP pre clearance is your friend. If she attempts to come to the USA, she should attempt to enter at a CBP pre clearance airport and inform CBP that she had a pending I-485, she left before AP was approved, and now is seeking to join her spouse. If CBP doesn't admit her, no harm no foul: she won't be on U.S. soil so she doesn't risk a removal which carries a ban. If CBP admits her, then I would get a one hour consult with a lawyer to get an opinion as to whether the I-485 is alive or dead. * If alive, great, I would hire the lawyer for rest of the process (all the way to N-400) and ask the lawyer to send a letter advising USCIS as to what happened with the beneficiary leaving the U.S. * If dead, then ask the lawyer whether she can file I-485 or not. The question is does entering on an AP / "pending" I-485 that you think you might have abandoned, constitute immigration intent? One can argue it either way. If the lawyer says file a new I-485 then hire the lawyer to do so, making sure to note that there was a previous I-485 and why a new one is being filed. * If the current I-485 is dead and the lawyer thinks a new I-485 is a waste of time, then file I-130, and leave immediately. I actually know of a case like this, and CBP admitted the AP holder. I don't know what happened after that.

Yes. And wax candles. ATF (oppose it now called ATFE) will be renamed to ATFEC. We must stop grannies from making dangerous candles.

I can offer some faint hope. Based on the ratio of N-400 approvals to new applications, it won’t surprise me if the N-400 backlog goes to zero in 6 months. At that point USCIS could deploy resources to I-751. I am not predicting it will. Some field offices are processing N-400 cases 4 times faster than before the pandemic. And if you get an office with same day or even same week oath: wow. Some offices are doing over 10,000 cases every 3 months. That means on a given work day they aren’t doing anything else but N-400s.

Wow so close: 19 vs 28 It’s best to not start with NVC until at least 18 months of marriage.

Yes there are people who have been waiting this long. @Crazy Cat for example. Their journey ended when they filed N-400. The problem is people like me (filed 2021, approved 2022) are jumping ahead of the queue of people like you. This is wrong and you should not tolerate it. If you don’t want to wait then writ of mandamus / Administrative Procedures Act lawsuits should get you approved. It’s cheaper for USCIS to approve and/or schedule an interview, than it is to fight these cases.

Another problem is that if a house has a gas stove/oven, there is likely no 40A/240V circuit for an electric stove/oven. And the home’s electrical panel likely doesn’t have capacity for another 9600 W . And the main supply from the electric utility to meter also might not have additional capacity either. So we are looking at least $10,000 just to provision the power. But then again, Biden could just loan everyone who is impacted another $10,000 and then forgive the debt. Or some Democrats will say that the poors can just get portable electric stoves with single burners that you plug into a 15A/120V circuit. There’s no fire safety issue there at all to having these things rest on a Formica kitchen counter. So we will trade a fake carbon monoxide risk for a real fire risk. This will kill more people for sure.

cool. I will rejoin the thread then. But I am a 2 strikes kinda guy. Did she enter the U.S. on an immigration visa or tourist visa or so other kind of visa?

Employer based? Diversity visa? Asylum? Family based? If family who was the petitioner? It doesn’t matter how long ago it was. USCIS can and sometimes will re-examine the basis for getting a green card to verify that basis was sound. If not sound, there will be no naturalization. When some LPRs tell me how they got their gc, I sometimes tell them they should reconsider naturalization.

How did she get a green card?

My recollection from reading such cases on visajourney is that instead of an interview, the visa is flat out denied and the coulee had to marry an pursue IR-1. Second interviews for K-2 seem rare.

https://public.powerdms.com/LADPSC/documents/368156 Applicants for Permanent Residency 1-485 General - Application for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident is made on the 1-485 form. Required Documentation Applicants in the pending stage must show a receipt of application to the Department of Homeland Security. The receipt contains the applicant's name and the fees paid.

If this doesn’t lose the Democrats the White House and Senate, nothing will.

The link I provided states explicitly that multiple CRBAs can be ordered

The dmv should be happy with a passport card. Passports and passport cards can be renewed with expired passports and passport cards. Worst case pay a $150 file search fee. You can order more copies of a CRBA at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/requesting-a-vital-record-as-a-u-s--citizen/replace-amend-CRBA.html

Stupid autocorrect that should be: Your wife must not be outside the U.S. when you arrive in the U.S

your visa has an expiration date. You must enter the U.S. before it expires. Your wife must but be outside the U.S. when your arrive in the U.S.. After you arrive in the U.S. you can file I-131 to get a Re-entry permit. This will let you be outside the USA for up to 2 years. You will likely have a biometric appointment in the USA so if you leave after I-131 is filed, you will have to return for the biometrics appointment. Processing times on Re-entry permits are taking over a year and you might never actually get one. However the act of filing for it establishes intent to retain LPR status after an absence of more than 180 days.

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