TiffAndMike

Yes I know green card holders can not vote. I am referring to the N-400 petition that turns LPR's into Citizenship. Those are being cranked out at rapid pace. And by my comment about rewarding people who broke the law, I am talking about illegals who are married to Americans, so-called "refugees and asylum seekers". USCIS is putting their manpower towards getting them work permits at rapid speed. The more employees that are processing all that, the less that are processing ours, even though we are law abiding citizens.

I absolutely love you and your partners story. I'm a December 2023 filer myself. I kinda like to snoop through posts in different months to give myself an idea of how much longer I actually have to wait during the never ending time frames USCIS keeps giving us. I have been and will continue to advocate for all of us about the ridiculous way USCIS is handling our cases. If you want a partner in crime to help you bring about change, pm me. I can tell you what I've done, show you emails I have sent and recieved, etc. to fight this nightmare of an immigration system.

They don't care about us who actually obeyed the law. They are putting all their manpower into those that broke the law and to crank out new voters at rapid pace. Hopefully after the election infection is over with, they will pick up the pace

I'm not an extremist in any way. I'm actually a swing voter. The executive orders that biden keeps putting in place are making each and every one of our petitions take longer and longer. Every time he adds another "parole in place" program, he is rewarding illegal aliens who broke the law while punishing those of us who are obeying the laws wait longer and longer to be reunited with our loved ones. Idk who it offends at this point, I am sick of being separated from my husband and the never ending wait times created by Biden and his administration. So I'm gonna say "Let's Go Brandon" as much as I want.

Your situation is different than many of us in this thread. The IR1/CR1 threads are mainly for I-130's where our spouses are in their home countries while we wait to go through the immigration process. Our spouses will be doing their immigration interviews in other countries. You are doing an Adjustment of Status (AOS) because your spouse is currently in the USA. Your wife's immigration interview will be done here in the states. The only thing that your situation has in common with ours is that you have to fill some of the same forms as we do, like the I-130. You will find more answers to your questions in the AOS forums here on Visa Journey. We can speak on the vaccines though as our spouses are required to take the same vaccines that your wife is being subjected to. If it has been a year or longer since she last took the covid vaccine, she will be required to have a another covid vaccine. As far as the kids, I'm not sure on that one as I am not petitioning for any children and haven't looked into their vaccine requirements. There is a set of requirements of vaccines that they are required to have though. And I do know that certain vaccines are required for children to attend and enroll in school.

Personally I am not anti-vax but I am anti-covid vax due to the fact I feel that the vaccine was too rushed and there are no long term studies on any long term side effects it may cause. I am a US Citizen and it is not required of me to have it, so I refuse to take. Your wife however is from a different country and is trying to become a legal resident in the USA, so she does not have the same luxury to pick and choose what vaccines she and her children are willing to take. If she wants to stay here and live here with you, she has to take the vaccines that our government says she has to take. My husband wasn't all too happy about having to get all the vaccines that was required of him, nor did I personally think that he should have to take ones that are not required of me or that I refuse to take, but that is just the way it is. He wants to be here with me, so he compiled and took the vaccines. A waiver not to take it on based on religious grounds will be denied. You have to be against ALL vaccines due to religion. You can not cherry pick which ones your religion allows you to take. And the fact that the government has documentation of her having all the previous vaccines makes makes the religion claim null and void. Unless you have medical documentation that states that she almost died or had a severe allergic reaction from taking the previous covid vaccine, you will probably be denied for an exemption . She took the previous covid vaccine in a different country and would not receive the same one as she did over in Europe so maybe she might be able to tolerate the version she receives in the USA.

Do they want the marriage certificates from you the petitioner or just your wife?

Don't know about the1099/schedule but I can offer a little help with the joint sponsors 2023 w2. I would advise that the joint sponsor request a copy of their tax transcript from the IRS. Did you submit the 2024 tax documents as well?

Forgive me if there was already a thread for December 2023 filers but I have not seen one. December 7th PD date here.

Well you are now in the 13th month. Unless they keep upping the processing time, I'd say sometime in October. It sucks, I know. I'm a December 2023 filer myself.

Well the man she married only married her to get his greencard. As soon as he got to this country, he up and bailed on her. That is marriage fraud on his behalf. And the cousin seemed to of arranged EVERYTHING when it came to the immigration paperwork so she/he was probably in on the fraud as well. And who knows how many of his/her family members he/she helped commit immigration fraud.

I'd have to probably take a lyft. Most of my friends live about an hour away from me or don't have cars. I do appreciate the kind words. I'm scared because what if it is cancer? I'd have to start treatment asap and he'd still be in Germany while I went through it alone.

They don't want proof of the knot, they only want proof if it is in fact cancer. I even offered to go to their office to let them feel it for themselves.

I am so sorry for him betraying you the way he did. But I have to ask, why did his "cousin" handle all the immigration paperwork? That alone would scream "red flag" to me. There is so much of your personal information in the paperwork that you gave the cousin access to. They have your social security number. If I was in your situation, the first thing I'd do is contact the credit reporting agencies to put a freeze on new accounts being opened under your social security number. The next thing I'd do is file for divorce and then turn him and the "cousin" into ICE. Turning them into ICE is not vengeful. It gets you off the hook of having to financially support him for 10 years if they arrest and deport him. Also, if him and his family are planning on scamming some one else to get a green card for another one of their family members, you are potentially saving that person from going through the same heartbreak and legal troubles that you are currently facing.

Thank you for the encouragement. Hopefully we can save for a few months so he can fly over here to go with me for the mammogram.

I don't have the vacation time saved up to take off work. Plus neither him nor I have the money for a plane ticket for me to go there.

If you call them, say "expidite request " . You will get a live person

They are so picky about expidited request. I have a hard lump in one of my breast. They denied me for an expidited request. I was told that I would qualify for one if I get a mammogram and it proves cancerous. The problem is, I have no family left (they are all diseased) other than my husband and I am too petrified to go for a mammogram due the possibility of it being cancer. There is a history of breast cancer in my family. I need my husband here with me for emotional support in the event that I find out it is cancer. I have no other support other than him.

I completely agree with this 100%. Entering on a non-immigrant visa with the intent to stay and file for adjustment of status is fraud and it could get you both in serious trouble. You can possibly overcome doing that, but it would be very hard to prove that she did not misrepresent her intentions for entering the country. Just get married while she's here and have her go back to China and start consular processing. Fire that attorney. You are definitely going to need an attorney since she's part of CCP. Call around to several different attorneys and get their advice. There are quite a few that will give you a free over the phone consultation. Do not hire any attorney that tells you to marry and then adjust status.

Ignore what the case tracker says. It is wonky, especially if it tells you 2 weeks if you just filed a couple of months ago. Right now, they seem to be taking about 11 to 14 months to process I-130's. They are mostly focused on asylum seekers/ refugee work permits and granting citizenship so they can crank out as many new voters as they can. It's election year after all. Hopefully after the election is over with USCIS will start prioritizing I-130's.

Depending on how long you are staying and how much money you bring, it very well may be necessary to say "boyfriend ". The first time my husband came to visit me, he brought $400 in cash plus an additional $800 on his card. Initially he told them he was staying with "a friend". Due to the length of his stay (almost 3 months), they did not believe he had significant money to support himself for the duration of the stay. He was taken into a room for additional screening. They would not let him use his phone to contact me while I was standing there in the airport, waiting for him in arrivals. He finally snuck out his other phone and texted me to let me know "They won't let me in" while the officer was out of the room. I was freaking out, he was freaking out. Finally 30 minutes later, the officer called me and started asking me questions. I told them he was my boyfriend and he was staying with me and that I had him covered financially. 10 minutes later, they let him in. They had him detained for an hour and a half. He is from a low-risk country as well. The second time he came here, when we were getting married, he told them he was here to visit his girlfriend. He had NO problems getting in.

When they ask her what her reason is for coming to the states, all she has to tell them is that she is visiting her boyfriend. There is no need to offer up additional information. if she is coming here for a longer period of time, like 80 or 90 days, then they might take her in for another screening. If the visit is about 5 weeks, she should be able to pass right on through. As long as she goes back after the marriage and you go through consular processing, getting married on a ESTA is perfectly legal. My husband and I got married on his ESTA and I spoke with several attorneys before doing this.

Texas DPS is always booked out months in advanced. I ended up having to go to a different county and driving 45 minutes each way just to change my last name on my driver's license. There was a 4 month wait at the offices closest to me.

I have titanium pins and plates in my ankle without really any issues. No need to have a DR note. I had the metal detector go off only once in London. If need be, they can just pat you down.

LMAO!!!! I knew it!