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Yes but if she signs the i-864 for her parents, she has no income (besides mine). When I signed for her I had to provide a bunch of financial documentation. Wife is not on any of my accounts. How would I not be responsible for it if she signs while we are married?
 
Not currently divorcing. 

They did do EB-5 for my wife and her sister. Neither went through, going on 6+ years. The group still has all the money too.
 
Its quite possible they have already gifted the amount needed to my wife. She has accounts that I have never seen that contain money from her parents.
 
 

That's what I was going to offer when she asks me to co-sponsor her parents.

Yes you are correct, I did have to submit a bunch of paperwork. Thank you for lowering my stress level!

They did do EB-5 for my wife and her sister. Neither went through, going on 6+ years. The group still has all the money too.
 
Its quite possible they have already gifted the amount needed to my wife. She has accounts that I have never seen that contain money from her parents.
 
 

Because then I would be responsible for them. 

Yes but if she signs the i-864 for her parents, she has no income (besides mine). When I signed for her I had to provide a bunch of financial documentation. Wife is not on any of my accounts. How would I not be responsible for it if she signs while we are married?
 
Not currently divorcing. 

Because then I would be responsible for them. 

Yes but if she signs the i-864 for her parents, she has no income (besides mine). When I signed for her I had to provide a bunch of financial documentation. Wife is not on any of my accounts. How would I not be responsible for it if she signs while we are married?
 
Not currently divorcing. 

Yes you are correct, I did have to submit a bunch of paperwork. Thank you for lowering my stress level!

Yes you are correct, I did have to submit a bunch of paperwork. Thank you for lowering my stress level!

Yes but if she signs the i-864 for her parents, she has no income (besides mine). When I signed for her I had to provide a bunch of financial documentation. Wife is not on any of my accounts. How would I not be responsible for it if she signs while we are married?
 
Not currently divorcing. 

Hi everyone,
 
Hopefully I am posting this in the correct forum. I am looking for advice as my wife and I are preparing to sue USCIS to force a decision. Here is a brief background:
 
My wife is from China. About seven years ago she applied for an EB-5 visa. This was a very significant expense, and all though her investment project has been completed, none of the visas in her EB-5 group have been granted. The money is still tied up and she received a letter that said the EB-5 investment manager will be keeping it another 10 years due to the delay with the visas. About 5 years ago, she applied for, and was granted a student visa. She came to the US and studied in two Universities, one in Ohio and another in California. We met while she was in school in California and she had been in the US for about 3 years at that time. Eventually we got married, she moved to Alaska, and we immediately filed all of the paperwork to change her status and get her a green card due to marriage. This was 23 months ago.  After we were married she was granted an employment authorization card and was able to get a drivers license in Alaska. This state is very strict on who they issue drivers licenses to. The card was valid for one year. She applied to renew it and was sent a 180 day extension letter. That was 8 months ago, since she received the letter. Her drives license is now expired and she can't drive anymore, because she never received a new card. Somewhere the the midst of this we had a daughter, who is now 8 months old. We also live in a remote area, 25 miles from town. Having an infant child and a wife without a valid drivers license is a great hardship. 
 
Three months ago we finally had our first immigration interview. We were interviewed separately and it lasted about 45 minutes for each of us. We brought in all types of documents, including marriage certificate, joint bank accounts, insurance polices, birth records of our daughter, property deeds, photos, joint tax returns, etc. The case manager said he would have no problem approving our case, except the case was now so "old" that her immunization certificate was now expired and she needed a new one from a doctor. Two weeks and $1100 later, we sent the documents in.     
 
Two months go by and we receive another letter, requesting a second interview. OK, I guess. So we go in for this and are interviewed separately again. Her interview took 3 hours. It was absolutely agonizing sitting in the lobby because this was completely unexpected. When I was finally called in, my portion took 1.5 hours. The case manager had a completely different attitude this time and he had 8-10 pages of hand written notes from my wife's interview. We both have relatively significant assets (compared to the average person) and the immigration officer was insinuating my wife invested funds into my business (self employed) in exchange for marriage. Absolutely false because I've never used a dime of her money and none of it has ever been invested into my business, one that I started 3 years before we even met. The officer then tried to accuse me of owing back taxes (absolutely false), and was unable to show any evidence of this claim when I asked for proof.  He then goes on a tangent about her "extreme attempts to become a US Citizen" because of her EB-5, student visa, and now marriage. He told me this is a red flag and looks very bad for her. I was pretty taken back and just told him look, she already had another pathway to immigration via EB-5, our marriage is real, we have a child, and you have a 12" thick binder sitting on your desk of her case file that contains all of our supporting documents. What more do you want us to prove? He looked me right in the eye and said "OK, you're right. I promise you I will approve your case today" (his exact words) and went on to say she can expect her green card to arrive in the mail in 2-3 weeks.
 
On the drive home my wife told me that he her asked many detailed questions about my business. I am a licensed federal firearms dealer. He asked her how many guns I own, their storage locations, questions about the legality of my business, how many "illegal" guns I owned, etc. Never said a word about it to me. Needless to say all of my firearms are legal in accordance with state and federal law. My business is legal and we supply many of the local police departments. 
 
A few days later, we receive a letter from him dated one day after the interview, requesting/demanding copies of her college transcripts and tuition payment receipts. The frustration level was beyond belief. He looked me in the eye and promised to approve the case. I know that means nothing but oh man, so irritating. 
 
This isn't really relevant but just leaves a terrible taste on how USCIS "works". While I was waiting in the lobby during the 3 hour misery, a young woman came up to the fast pass window. She had a letter for her immigration interview that was about 30 days out. She was begging the guy at the counter for it to be moved up ASAP because she needed her legal status as fast as possible. When the guy asked her why, she told him she needed food stamps and the ability to apply for other government benefits and housing. They were more than happy to accommodate her and moved her interview to the following week. Meanwhile we are paying 150k+ a year in federal taxes and getting the run around for nearly two years while they fast track a societal leech. 
 
We have ordered certified copies of her transcripts and recovered all of her tuition receipts. The transcripts are in the mail. Once we receive them we are planning to mail them overnight and wait two weeks. If her case has not been approved or additional documentation is again requested, we are going to hire an attorney and sue USCIS to force their decision. Looking for advice from those who have had to do this before, and whether or not you were able to recover legal fees.
 
Sorry for the long post, just needed to vent.