Rianna623

Hi! I got married in Jan of 2023 and submitted my i-130 for my husband in May 2023. I live in the USA and he lives abroad. As of now, the current information USCIS has is that I left his country 1 week after we got married and no evidence of me returning. I went back to his country in October of 2023 and stayed for a month. Since i already submitted the i-130 in May (prior to this trip), I was not sure if i should have uploaded additional evidence of my most recent visit. (evidence includes, passport stamps, Airbnb iten & photos). I was going to just add this additional evidence only if I receive an RFE. But now I am stressing about whether or not I should upload the evidence now. My case status has showed "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS" since June of 2023 so I didn't want to mess with it. What do you guys suggest I do? Upload this additional evidence of my visit in 10/2023 or wait to see if they send an RFE

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Hi! My US passport expires on June 2024 and I am planning to travel in April so i need to renew my passport. I currently have an i-130 pending for my spouse who lives overseas. If I renew my passport before the i-130 gets approved will this cause issues for me? Do I need to updated the passport number or will they ask for my old passport? Thank you in advance!

I apologize for the length. I am currently petitioning/filing form i-130 for my spouse living Egypt. Background: My spouse lives in Egypt and I live in the US I was born in Egypt and immigrated to the US when I was 4. My entire family is Egyptian. Me and my husband met in 2019. We are both 28 years old. I have traveled to Egypt 4 times since meeting my husband. On my last visit, I was there for a month and we had a civil marriage on 1/15/2023. I traveled back to the US January 20, 2023 because of my job. I have 3 more visits planned. 1 of those visits is for our Wedding ceremony in 2024. We got legally married earlier this year because of religion/Egypt laws regarding cohabitation of opposite sexes and because my husband has not fulfilled his military conscription which prevents him to travel until he turns 30. Egypt law states that men aged between 18 and 30 are required to undertake military service in the armed forces and they can not travel abroad without travel permit from the ministry of defense. Males cannot be enlisted when they turn 30 because they are considered unfit for the service and can receive exemption by paying a penalty when they turn 30. Getting married would now allow us to stay together when I visit and be able to start the paperwork for his Green Card and hopefully have it approved by the time he turns 30/is finally able to get his exemption to travel. (My husband turns 30 in July 2024 and plans to pay the penalty to the ministry of defense then Concern/Question: As of now we have only been married for 5 months and have not lived together. Because of this my concern is USCIS questioning why we got married instead of going the fiance visa route or waiting until I am able actually take time off from work to get married and live with him (which would be in 2024). Should i include the reasoning/explanation in the evidence for when I go to submit the i-130 Petition or just submit the evidence I listed below without the explanation? The evidence I currently have and will provide: Stamps on my passport of my visits to Egypt Hotel Iten of my stays when I visited -my name only. He was not able to stay with me until after our Civil marriage. I was only in Egypt for 5 days after so it's not much time spent after the marriage. Flight purchases to egypt for my 4 visits Prior to Civil Marriage: Photos of us together and friends/fam. during my visits to Egypt Photos of when My husband proposed to me/ The Proposal Photos of us with family at our Engagement party. After Civil Marriage: Proof he is my primary beneficiary on for my Life insurance/retirement Chat/call logs of our calls after our marriage (we communicate regularly) Additional: Gift receipts from 2019 to current A quick timeline of our relationship and the explanation above regarding why we chose marriage. THANK YOU AGAIN!