SteveInBostonI130

How long have you lived in your current US residence?

It is never paid at the interview. The fee is $220, and you pay online using the instructions provided when you received your immigrant visa. It can be paid before or after you enter the US. Your green card will be processed after you pay the fee AND enter the US. My wife's GC took about 3 weeks to arrive. Officially, USCIS states it can take up to 90 days to receive the GC. Your SSN will arrive in 3-4 weeks after you enter the US, if you selected that option on the DS-260. If you did not get your SSN, or if you did not select that option, you can go to the SS administration office and show your endorsed visa. Most states require the SSN for the DL. Check your state's DMV/RMV requirements. You can temporarily drive using your foreign DL. Each state has a requirement of getting that state's DL after XX amount of days being a resident of that state.

If he's from the UK and lived there his entire life, it's unusual to be under 221g AP. My only guess is his name matches a person of interest, and they need to verify that he is not that person.

Did you file one I-130 for each beneficiary? That is, one for your wife and one for each child?

Go to USCIS site for N400 online application. It will lead you through a series of questions, at the end of which it will let you know if you qualify or not.

Not notarized. A certified court copy.

Official processing time for I-129F, the fiance visa petition, is 14.5 months according to USCIS. K1 is not faster.

His entire file is recorded. The application, the denial and the interview notes. The CO could have helpfully noted that the 3rd answer may have been a misunderstanding, but it would be there for the the next interviewer to review. The issue is you both work in the music industry and you are heading to the US to attend a recording session. That in and of itself sounds suspiciously of intending to go to the US to work. If he applies again for the same intended trip, I do not see it being approved.

Who was this "online lawyer"?

There are many "I wish we did CR1 instead of K1" posts here. I have not ready any people regretting CR1 and wished they did K1. Marry as soon as you can and file for CR1. You can file from Japan: the I-130 form is online. The affidavit of support is not needed until the I-130 is approved, which would take about a year. I am glad to see you have a more realist concern - the traditional wedding vs "court" marriage. Many think K1 is faster than CR1, which is incorrect nowadays. That is something you'll need to come to terms with. The engagement ring is, in my opinion, not a big issue. You could just get wedding bands now and get the solitaire later, after saving enough. It may feel like eloping instead of going the normal route, but as others posted you can still do a ceremonial wedding with as much or as little traditional events you want (engagement party, bridal shower, bachelor(ette) parties, rehearsal dinner, etc).

Original? Typically the original is filed at the court where you got your divorce. I assume it was a certified court copy?

Citizenship: US.

I assume they revoked your LPR status when they deported you?

Did they deny both I-485s?

1. No. If you submitted the I-130 last week, expect about a year for it to get approved. It will expire before your interview. 2. No one. Once your case gets to NVC, get all the police clearance certificate(s) and upload them to NVC. What is your category? Spouse, child, parent or sibling of USC; spouse or child of LPR?

Good. Filing US taxes is one proof that you intended to remain a US permanent resident. It would help you counter the claim/accusation of abandonment.

Deportation would be very rare. You have not stayed away for more than a year, even when combining both trips. You probably don't qualify to apply for citizenship just yet. I just see the N400 being denied and you'll need to re-apply in 2024 or 2025, whenever that fist 180 day trip is more than 5 yrs ago. Did you file US taxes in 2018 and 2019?

Hi. The timeline doesn't seem to match. You were married for 5 years. And you filed for ROC in Dec 2022. That means you were married for 4 years when you filed the I-751? 4 - 2 = 2: you had a conditional GC when you were married for 2 years? How did you enter the US? With a CR1 visa, or did you enter as a tourist and then adjust status? It would be helpful if you can share your immigration dates, vs the marriage date. I have a suspicion that you should have received a 10 yr GC but was given a 2 yr GC by mistake. Regardless, either your husband is lying to you about getting you deported or the lawyer is taking him for a ride. The only thing he can do is send a complaint to USCIS. If he accuses you of fraud he will have to provide evidence, vs the evidence you both submitted of a bona fide relationship when applying for the CR1 or AOS and the ROC. In fact, the threat he made of "deporting you" can probably used against him in divorce court. He is on the hook of providing you support via I-864, which is also something a divorce lawyer can use. It is his best interest to get an amicable divorce. If it was him asking for advice, I would suggest that he works out the divorce terms as quickly as possible and make a clean break.

You are putting the cart before the horse. Your current aim is for a student visa. You need to check with someone who specializes in that. The various references you posted was about USCIS not considering your juvenile event as convictions in regard to immigration. Your challenge it to find out if the US State Department also has the same policy or guideline about ignoring/forgiving juvenile offences. From what I have read, it doesn't seem so. But that is just an educated guess on my part.

There is the old saying: You can get it done correctly, get it done quick, or get it done cheap. Two of the above can be combined, but it will exclude the third: -Cheap and quick, but not correctly. -Cheap and correct, but not quickly. -Quick and correct, but costly. There are horror stories here of "affordable" lawyers causing delays and/or making major mistakes.

Instructions states "court certified copies" or "copies of court certified copies"?

You are applying for a student visa. You are not applying for immigration.

What "online" account? Your IRS account or H&R account. Check your IRS account and download the tax transcripts.

From the website you linked: CR1 is faster than K1, according to them. EDIT: Go to USCIS official processing time website: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ Select I-129F, then K1, then California processing center (California is the default center for I-129F's). Today they are showing 16 months to process 80% of K-1 cases. I-130, for Spouse of USC, at the 5 service centers is 13 - 14.5 months.

Were you arrested? Were you charged? Was the charges dismissed? Did you go to court? Were the charges not dismissed and were you found innocent? Were the charges not dismissed and were you found guilty or plead guilty? This is a consideration under the USCIS's immigration handbook. F-1 is not an immigration visa. It is a non-immigrant visa handled by the State dept. https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/ineligibilities-and-waivers-2/arrest-caution-conviction/#:~:text=Arrest%2C Caution%2C Conviction&text=In cases where an arrest,to United States visa law. UK's DOS website doesn't distinguish between juvenile and adult convictions, so the website above may or may not apply to you.