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You are not an accomplice or co-conspirator unless you knew about the fraud for a while and did nothing to stop it or if you participated in the fraud http://www.mercercountysheriff.org/Images/identitytheft/article5.pdf

The above quote deals with identity fraud not immigration. Having said that and ASSUMING this law can also be used in the context we are discussing..1. Your cousin did not participate in the fraud and 2. was made aware of the fraud after it occurred ( some 5 years later) and could not have possible stopped it. So it does not apply. My concerns are that this man AND the woman he married both committed immigration fraud. He paid her to get a green card and then citizenship. Very illegal. Why your cousin wants to marry such a person is only something she can answer. She has two options. Say nothing as she is not legally obligated ( maybe morally though) to say anything since she has no proof other than his honesty to her. Or call ICE, give them his name and so forth and they will..maybe look into it...then maybe do something about it...and then maybe he could be stripped of his citizenship, deported, and have a lifetime ban. Which means she would have to move and live in his home country for the rest of her life. Remember that ICE would have to look back some 5 years and find concrete proof that the marriage was not bona fide. He said, she said does not count. I do not advocate fraud and what he did was wrong but only her conscience can tell her what to do now.

Happy to hear this good news. Good luck at Harvard. Terrific school. When you are blessed, you are blessed.

17 hours ago, aleful said:

CSPA doesn't apply for fiancé visa

 

never has, never will, it is meant to file for fiancés children under 21 as immediate relatives.

 

it doesn't carry over to any other petition

The most important thing to remember, is not the filing before reaching 21....you must be ON USA SOIL before reaching 21. One day late is too late.

5 hours ago, Hypnos said:

When you say your sent them your husband's tax returns, were they complete tax returns, including all schedules and forms that were originally submitted to the IRS? 

 

For a tax return to be acceptable to USCIS it must include every form and schedule; for this reason, many people instead submit IRS tax transcripts, which combine everything you submitted in a tax return into a single self-contained document, and are acceptable to USCIS. 

This happened to us. Really silly but sometimes they want the "official" tax transcript from the IRS. Just in case you made some funny business on the copies you sent them. Maybe this is all there is to your problem? I do not like to make mountains out of molehills. Until you receive the letter, no one can actually give you exact advice. This is one of the reasons god created bars.

He originally filed 2  I-130's. Wife and daughter.  Where does he send the certificate? Thanks Aleful.

Anybody?

Yeah great. Now I get yelled at in 2 languages !! LOL.

I will always try to arrive ....anywhere... earlier and sit some place if I had to wait. Waiting until the last minute and then get stuck in traffic ( it is CA) is stress 101. You are only talking a few minutes here, not hours.

If you are really concerned about this and an infopass will make you breathe easier, try this. I know were we live infopasses are difficult due to volume but I was told to try to log in very early in the morning  (like 2-3AM) as that is when they open up new appointments. Worked for us. Worth staying up one night?

My wife's English was pretty poor, but somewhat understandable when she did her K1 interview. She is from Belarus but her interview was in Poland due to US-Belarus issues. I was not present. The interview was in Russian.She said we spoke in English, used a  dictionary a lot but she was going to go to ESL school upon arrival. She got her visa. As an aside, I really think what is most important is how you guys are viewed as a viable couple. These officers have a sense when a couple is in love and trying to make things work.

When my step son filed his I-130 for his wife and baby daughter ( IR-1/CR-1) he was an LPR. He just passed his USC test and will be taking his oath shortly. When he becomes a USC is his application status automatically upgraded ( to hopefully reduce processing times) or does he need to inform them of his status change. If so, how. Thank you.

My wife had her interview several years ago under the 3 year rule. I cannot remember if we sent any financials but am positive we did not bring any with us. The interview was over in 15 minutes and she is now a citizen. Her son just did his interview a few weeks ago under the 5 year rule. I know we did not send in anything with his application and he did not bring anything with him. 10 minute interview. Done deal.

With both interviews nothing was ever said nor brought up about any paperwork at all. It was just the language, history, a few questions and that was it. Easiest part of the whole deal.

 8. correct 3 times

 8F. If there is no more room ( just need dates ie. married 01.21.2000 divorced 01.21.2002) a separate piece of paper is fine.

7A. correct. No.

7B. your answer was no in 7A. so just leave blank or N/A.

As stated above as long as you have a receipt that your info was delivered you should be ok. But I am curious why the officer was asking about a 35 year old divorce which most likely was answered in previous paperwork, and really should have nothing to do with citizenship.

If you filed a K1 and a K2 usually they ( visas ) will come as a pair. Highly unlikely that a mother would be approved and not the child. Just make sure she is here before she turns 21.

Apply for SSN after marriage.

You can bring whoever you want but only you will be allowed in the room during the interview. Bring what they requested in the form they sent you. Nothing else is necessary. And take a deep breath. This "end of the road" interview is the easiest.

No. Your done. Now just pick up the visa and get on a plane. Congratulations.

My step son applied for his N400 in Oct 2016. Received his NOA fairly quickly and biometrics followed shortly thereafter. Still waiting for interview date. We are in NY and field office is now only processing applications for June 2017 so sounds like it will be almost one year (this Sept or Oct) before his interview. Depending on where you live it can go fairly fast or in our case snails pace. Hang in there.

If I remember correctly the fiance visa is valid for 6 months. She needs to travel by then. If her passport expires before she travels then I will assume she will need a new visa in her new passport. Not sure how that works but it may be the reason passports must have an expiration date as far out as the visa expiration date . Once she enters the U.S. the visa expires. She then gets a stamp allowing her to remain for 90 days to get married or leave.  And if her passport expires after that she simply needs a new passport.

When my wife applied for AOS we were both living in my mothers house. No mortgage paperwork or lease. Just the other stuff you mentioned. Absolutely no problems at all.

So i his specific case, ( I am the original OP here) even though his wife's I-130 must list the baby, he still needs to submit a second I-130 for the baby and pay a second fee?

Simply: My step son is an LPR filng an i-130 for is wife who is overseas .Married over 2 years. He also has a new born daughter. He has  filed his N-400 for US citizenship back in October 2016 and should have his interview in about 2-3 months. Does he still need to file a separate I-130 for the baby which is about 3 months old since, ( may not be sure about this) that once he becomes a citizen the baby automatically becomes a citizen as well? And therefore an additional I-130, and the expense associated with it, is no longer necessary? Appreciate all replies. Thanks.

Banks need proof as to the identity of the person opening an account. Usually a drivers license is good enough. Just because your passport expired should not have led to a rejection. It is still proof of identity. I would try another bank or even better, a credit union.