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got it. thanks a lot.

yes, but as she is married with me I believe she can file for cuban adjustment as well. wondering if anyone here know more about this. Thanks for your help.

hello everyone. I got a few questions and was hoping for some help from this forum. In the form I-485 there is an option for The Cuban Adjustment act. Now , I am Cuban, married to a Japanese , I am applying for AOS but Can I click on cuban adjust act? since I am a Cuban born (US citizen for 15 years or more). Another question I had was, I see some forms can be apply online and others not. When you are ready to file do you send everything physically by mail or do some of them online? Thanks so much. Just starting on this process , hopefully applying soon. nice day everyone.

hello everyone. I am back with a couple of more question hoping for some help from experienced people. I got all the forms and I am starting to fill them out. as I said we recently got married. 1- in the guides it mentions as proof of the authenticity of the marriage, bank account, share lease and others. She is still here on a ESTA visa. can we open bank accounts together? do you know which bank do you recommend. I am not sure I can get her name on my current lease. wondering what other forms of proof you recommend. of course we been together for a year so I have plenty of photos and videos of us, traveling and being together. plus people who know us. 2- I heard that you can apply for a advance parole if she needs to travel before she gets the GC. do I apply for advance parole together at the beginning? do you know the form? starting to get close to the application and I am excited trying to gather all the documents I need. So far so good. just doubts about lease, and banks and stuff like that together. Thanks again for all your help with both of us. appreciate it.

Hey Boiler. Yes, She came on ESTA and is here already. I assume once she is is inside it is considered a tourist visa. Yes, we will apply very soon we hope. gathering all the information before we go ahead with it. AOS is what we think we will like to do. I think it will be fine without a lawyer, but wondering other peoples experiences about this. everything is straight forward with us so no big issues. Thanks again. any feed back from you always welcome.

really? she can still visit on ESTA while she waits for her application if she applies from Japan? I thought that was no possible. yes, definitely Japan is amazing, loved it, in the future we hope to move there but for now I need to be in US for at least 5 years to finish my job. scratching my head trying to figure out the best route to take. we been traveling back and forth for over a year and its been good but challenging. specially on her ESTA. thanks again.

Thanks SO much for your response. Yes, she is ok and understands she has to stay and wait here. is there I guide on this forum about filling for AOS? would love to get the forms and take a look. I will gather all information before we make a decision. Thanks again.

oh wow. I see I had it all wrong maybe. So, we are married already and she is here with me. She will be ok to stay for a year without leaving if necessary. I thought that K1- K-3 was for fiancee and to apply from outside the US and that they will take a very long time and that she could not visit me while in process . I can't be traveling too much. I see I need to read a lot more. ok, so , AOS will be K-1 visa application . I will look for the guides for that. ok, so if we take the Ir-1/CR-1 route she needs to leave and apply in Japan? is this longer time? can she visit while we wait? I am worry about some people saying that can take 2 years and more. this has been so helpful already. many thanks to all of you. Hope to learn more soon. Thanks

Hi. first day reading this forum and I am trying to unpack all the information from this wonderful forum. I hope you don't mind my very green understanding of things as of now. I proposed and married my girl after a year and a half of being together and dealing with the challenges of being together. she is from Japan and I am us citizen and came on an ESTA visa. she said yes, we married now I want to have her be able to stay here with me. So, I see that we could apply for a Adjustment of Status before she leaves. is that the same as the IR-1/CR-1? I am thinking to apply my myself. Hope this is possible. any help will be appreciated. Thanks you all for helping us.