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thank you so much for clarifying that for me. So after the i130 She will get an interview correct? At the interview she'll be denied after which we can apply for a waiver. Do I understand this correctly?

so best case scenario is still about 4 years away? We've already filed the i130. If we are going to be denied would we have to wait the 5 years then apply again? Then wait the roughly 2 more years to go through the entire process again?

What can we expect to happen with this 5 year ban in place?

Hello everyone. I'm hoping to get some insight here and would appreciate the help greatly. I'm a USC and my then girlfriend in 2024 landed in the USA and was questioned by an officer at the airport. She had 13,000 in cash undeclared and when asked about it told the officer she received it from working in the US on previous trips. Consequently she was removed and banned for 5 years. The money was confiscated but eventually returned. She also told the officer she would be getting married during this trip although I didn't see a mention of that in the paperwork. A couple months later we were married in MX and applied for i130. The truth is she never actually worked and the money was from her saving from the money I would give her to live on over the years. She would come with me to my small business and just hang around. Even while in mx I would send her money for living expenses and have receipts. I understand that its already in writing and she confessed to working. What can we expect moving forward? Currently we have our i130 processing.

Hello everyone. I'm hoping to get some insight here and would appreciate the help greatly. My then girlfriend in 2024 landed in the USA and was questioned by an officer at the airport. She had 13,000 in cash undeclared and when asked about it told the officer she received it from working in the US on previous trips. Consequently she was removed and banned for 5 years. The money was confiscated but eventually returned. She also told the officer she would be getting married during this trip although I didn't see a mention of that in the paperwork. A couple months later we were married in MX and applied for i130. The truth is she never actually worked and the money was from her saving from the money I would give her to live on over the years. She would come with me to my small business and just hang around. Even while in mx I would send her money for living expenses and have receipts. I understand that its already in writing and she confessed to working. What can we expect moving forward? Currently we have our i130 processing.