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That's annoying!

By doing Consular, he enters with greencard in hand, no adjustment, potentially no removal of conditions, just keep calm, carry on and as long as your marriage is strong, he can apply for citizenship after 3 years. If you're married 2 years plus a day or longer when he crosses the border, he will get a 10 year greencard. Consular has a certain level of "cleanliness" associated with it when it comes to packing up, moving and starting life. Adjusting means he can't travel back and forth to Canada unless he has advanced parole, which is a real crapshoot much of the time, but is really questionable with this administration. He can't work until he has work authorization. The process will ultimately cost a lot more because of all of the steps and if you spend any time on here, many people are stuck in removal of conditions proceedings for forever. Many apply for citizenship and request a combo interview because it takes so long. Canada is hardly overseas and has a different agreement with the US when it comes to visas. Canadians are some of the most notorious bunches for overstaying because it's visa on arrival, here's your B1 stamp, ttyl. CBP typically don't check; it's left up to the person. Unless, of course, CBP start to see a pattern. There are rules to retain provincial social benefits in Canada, as I'd mentioned, residency and presence being part of that. The Canadian federal government deems you a non-resident if you don't have significant residential ties and you spend more than 183 days away. So, while CBP may stamp a 6mo entry into the passport, it doesn't mean there aren't consequences "back home" to deal with.

Just keep in mind as soon as you have the temporary I-551 endorsed, you become subject to US taxes. For example, if you sell a property in the UK, you will be taxed on the proceeds. This is something people often overlook. If you didn't tick the box on the DS-260, you will need an appointment with the SSA; there are no more walk ins. These can be hard to come by, just as a heads up.

It's definitely easier to have the access because any future renewals or petitions can typically be filed through it, in addition to the tracking. If you haven't already, sign up for USPS Informed Delivery. I knew from Informed Delivery that our greencards had been mailed before the notification was issued that they had been sent.

Couple of things. The calculated time is on a rolling calendar. So, has he visited in the last year, prior to this visit? If so, how many days in that 365? He may be over the limit. Another thing is his provincial social benefits like health care are dependent on him being physically present in the province. YMMV, depending on province. What ties to Canada does he have? Rent/Mortgage? Car? Insurance? What does his I-94 say as an admit until date? Pending I-130 through consular. AOS likely to be denied because he entered on visitor status with future immigrant intent already established by the August filing. I would bail out and go home with this administration. You don't want any flags of any kind or potential reasons for future denial.

What a shame! Amen to comfortable shoes! Side note along a similar line: My kid's senior prom is in May. She has a beautiful, green gown and we have purchased some black sneakers that have lace, satin ruffles, ribbon laces and rubber soles. She plans to wear boy shorts underneath because no one will see anyway. She feels like a princess in the dress and her tootsies should be just fine! Yesterday was actually my 7th wedding anniversary! We went for lunch one day from work. I asked what he wanted to do for lunch. He said maybe we should go get a marriage license. I agreed, so that's what we did. I asked on our local neighborhood page about a marriage officiant and found one. We asked our friends if we could get married in their beautiful yard. They agreed. I found my dress and had to hem it myself because it was too short of notice - didn't care - it had pockets!!! Got the kids' outfits and hubs ordered a suit from Italy that was overnighted. Ironically, his suit cost more than my dress, which was only $175 with the fancy belt. Our friends took photos for us. We took them to dinner at a local restaurant where I know the chef. Chef sent a like 9 course dessert tasting menu...it was crazy. So, I think we got the license on Mar. 23 and were married on Mar. 31. We were still dressed up and it was a teensy bit fancier than a courthouse wedding, but we were happy with how it all turned out, none the less. That said, telling my bestie on April 1 that I got married was a challenge - she legitimately thought I was trying an April Fool's joke on her 🤣. Today is my 5 year immigration anniversary. Yep, we activated our PR on April Fools during covid when the border was technically closed. Gotta keep it interesting, right?! Anyway, back to the OP - decide what scale you want and go from there. We did JP. My brother did destination wedding with a big reception back home 3 months later for everyone that couldn't make it to the wedding. It's your wedding. Do what ultimately makes you happy! The marriage is the important part, anyway❤️.

The OP indicated current spouse is on F1.

If you got married after 4 years, I'm going to guess you can demonstrate you were in a relationship and that you spent time together in a manner that lead to engagement and marriage. This is part of the legitimacy of the relationship. In your IR-1 filing, what evidence did you guys provide to demonstrate a bonified relationship? Did he list you on a pension? A beneficiary of anything? Once you got to the US, were there any bills in your name? Records of communication that would demonstrate your fighting and the breakdown of the relationship and potentially why? When you started your business, was he involved? Did he get anything out of it in the divorce settlement? If you want to file for citizenship under the 5 year provision, definitely go for it. Just be aware that you could be asked questions about your relationship and how you got to where you are. Relationships break down - that's not the issue. The timeline is what might get questioned, so just pad yourself to answer any and all questions.

It's a website. Supposedly partners you with "experts" in your domain of interest and claims you get to talk to that expert.

It's very likely on one of the NOA's you received. In the header. Check your records or request a code.

So, it hasn't been 90 days, therefore you cannot submit a request. You can create a MyUSCIS account here, if you haven't already. It's useful as you can track all petitions going forward. https://my.uscis.gov/

There is no record with the police about the traffic incident from what you've described. It's all been handled through insurance. There is no record of this other than insurance. Secondary inspection is, as stated above, common. Your husband wasn't detained. He was sent to secondary to verify his records in the system. So, overthinking. Not news worthy. Keep calm and carry on!

Big hug! It's because you've been at war to try and get everything squared away. It sucks because it feels like USCIS is questioning and scrutinizing everything and you just wanna be with your partner and live your happy life. You are rounding that last corner and gonna get across the finish line!

Big breath - don't overthink. Yes, immi has been hard and you get to the N-400 and you're hypervigilant because of everything else you've been through getting to this point! But, the N-400 is the last step and IMHO, it's less complicated than the others. I would not use Just Answer. You will get better information here.

The unfortunate reality is that immigration is not fast and the current administration has pushed for more in depth review of cases. The fortunate reality is immigration proceedings are finite. There is light at the end of the tunnel, I promise! If you search the forum, you will find the guide for filing for spousal visas. It will guide you through the entire process. The I-130 is but one piece of the puzzle.