TiffAndMike

Has anyone had their medical exam done in Hamburg, Germany? If so, do they take Visa or Master Card?

You have to submit every single document at the same time to USCIS. The marriage document has to be included with the petition. And the marriage has to be legally recognized in the country in which it occurred in. Also, if your marriage certificate is in any language other than English, you have to submit a translation of it. And you are not allowed to do your own translation. I had to have my husband's birth certificate translated. For example my husband and I were married in the US so our marriage certificate is valid here in the US. However it would not be valid in Germany because of the Haute Convention unless we had an apostle (the secretary of state in whatever state you marry in) sign off on an additional form. Our marriage is 100% legit and recognized in the country in which we were married so it doesn't really matter that it isn't recognized in his country. I just submitted my I-130 petition to USCIS last week. I hired an attorney to handle my case for me as there is going to be a red flag on my case due to the age gap between my husband and myself. Anyways, if your wife would want the help, I would be more than happy to help her with all the documents she needs to gather to submit to USCIS. I'm offering help because it would be nice to have someone else to go through the process with.

My husband and I got married a couple of months ago in Las Vegas. We paid the chapel an extra fee and had our marriage certificate back the next day. He was on VWP when we got married. He went back to his country a month later and then I filed the petition. Nothing illegal about this as he went home and we are going through consular processing. I talked to several lawyers before doing this and there is no law against it.

If it were me, I would not quit the job til after she gets here. I personally think it looks better to have tenature at your place of employment as it displays stability. I've wanted to change jobs for awhile now but am holding back til we finish the process because of this. Could you transfer to a different department or location? Or just reduce the hours there and pick up more in exchange at the other job? Ultimately the choice is completely up to you, I'm just trying to give you a different perspective and options.

in my opinion, no news is good news so far. USCIS is notoriously slow, no matter what center is handling your case. I believe the current processing time is up to 14 months. I would contact them to inquire about your case when the 14 months is up. How did you file your petition? Did you do it yourself or did you retain the services of an attorney? The fact that you had previously petitioned for your ex-husband will more than likely be a red flag. I am sorry that he was a cheating dirt bag by the way. And depending on the age gap, that might also be considered a red flag as well. I have a large age gap with my husband as well so I went above and beyond to submit as much evidence of our bona-fide marriage as possible to over shadow that red flag. The best advice I can give is to remain calm, don't stress out and follow up with USCIS. This whole process is stressful enough without us adding to it. Whenever you start to stress just remember that you aren't alone in the process and that us here on this form are going through it with you. Best Wishes