Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / October 2006

Im trying to help someone who entered the US on a visa waiver with his
US girlfriend whom he had been living with overseas. The plan was to
stay here for a few weeks so she could spend time with her family while
gathering her belongings & then moving back overseas together. However

Hey guys, I havent posted for ages but I'm wondering if anyone can give
me some advice!
Just to recap, I was given my two year greencard based on marriage to my
US husband, and its coming up on the expiration date and as I understand

Hi everyone, i'd just like to say this sites been a great help for
applying for a marriage based visa.. and its nice to see i'm not the
only one that gets a headache with all this confusion.. me and my
partner have been filling ourselves so far without any hitches until

Waiver of I-751 was approved on August 10th, I just got my new green
card on the mail, about 40 days then after application was granted...
the only problem is the category says CR-1 while the officer had written
IR-6 on the passeport... not sure if that's a significant mistake...

I received an RFE from VSC for my I-751 application which I had
submitted at the end of April. I had submitted quite a list of evidence
of us having married and of living together in good faith and thought
this would just do the trick. Well... did not work out.

I have been married to my wife for 5 months now but her visa has expired.
When we went to file for her paper and to get her a work permit I was told I
need to have 2 years of tax returns to help her. Does anyone know if that is
true because for the past 3 years I did not file taxes ...

my IR6 status was granted in 2001
I lived separately from my spouse since end of 2001 and did not file
join tax returns for that year.
Now I filed n-400 but don't have joint tax returns for 2001, can INS

I have a friend who married a USC and he is trying to self-file his AOS.
I have emphasized that he should seek an attorney, but he keeps stating
he does not have the money.  His tourist visa expired 2 mos ago.  Is he
subject to the I485-A with the penalty or is any advice I give him ...

I am looking for referrals of good immigration lawyer, please email me
directly about this information as I am looking for getting a lawyer
involved for my wife's immigration case.
Appreciate your help.

I remember reading (but I cannot remember where) that if you go to
visit your fiance whilst you are having an application processed you
should take with you adequate proof that you are going to be returning
to your home country. Is there any truth to this and if so what sort of

I need this groups advice! Ive been involved with a Indonesian girl for
over a year now. She has been in this country for about 13 years and
began the green card process back in 2001. She and I have a great
relationship and everything seems to be going well but for some reason

I'm in the process of transferring my H1-B to a Family based green card
(my US Citizen wife will be petitioning for the AOS). I know the forms I
need to submit and the information I need. Is it still advisable to
retain the services of a lawyer for the process? Any advice based on

I thought I had it all figured out but I was just talking to a coworker
who just got his GC after doing an AOS and I have a couple of questions.
I came in on a K-3 and got my EAD.  Both K-3 and EAD are still valid for
another 8 months or so.

OK!
Again my background:  Living in Florida, me=UK, wife= US citizen.
My parents just visited us and I'm desperate to be able to visit them
for Christmas.  I was about to file the I-131 today when I read the

I have a relative who just went on a ir-1 spousal visa interview in china.  I
was mysterifed by the whole process.  Her situation is as following:  She
married an elderly USC who is 32yrs her senior in the local justice of peace
w/o any wedding.  All the american relatives were not ...