Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / July 2007

My apologies if this question has already been asked in the past, but if
it has I couldn't find it, and the carpel tunnel started to set in after
the 100th page.
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of New

My situation -
My girlfriend has lived in the UK for 1 year on a student visa. She
completes her masters in Oct, her visa expires in Jan 08, but she can
get a year extention on the segs graduate scheme (until Jan 09). After

Travelling to the UK. My passport is in my maiden name. Air ticket
booked in married name. AP is in married name same as air ticket. Phoned
the air line they say carry my marriage certificate they will match it
up at the airport. Do you think it will be alright. Or do you think i

I hope everyone is doing well and having a very nice summer. I have a
question that hopefully someone on this post has some knowledge about.
Can a PR be deported who was just recently diagnosed with a mental
illness in 12/2006 & had two psychotic events in 12/2006, in which the

I have just discovered the forum and all the information I have gotten
so far is great. I was hoping for any more advice given my situation.
My partner and I (heterosexual relationship) both live in the UK. At the
time she was born her parents (both British) lived and worked in the

I did not see this anywhere in the first couple of pages of posts, so
figured I would post a reminder of the new fees effective today (July
30th 2007).
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/G-1055.pdf

I AM AN AMERICAN AND I AM MARRIED TO A CUBAN.......I DID THE I-130 AND WAS
WONDERING IF ANYONE KNEW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET APPROVED? AND ONCE IT IS
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? THANK YOU.......

We applied for renewal EAD last week for my husband. I mailed the
application on July 23rd and USCIS will receive them tomorrow. it was
certified mail but still took 7 days as oppose to 3-5 days for some
reasons....

A friend, who is a British citizen, married an American but due to
health problems around the time of the marriage it wasn't consummated.
She is now disabled and not living with her husband.
The marriage has been considered a fraud (it wasn't) and she has

My girlfriend came to visit me and we decided to get married... she is an
alien here on a tourist visa... what forms do we file and steps do we take
now?  Should we wait any length of time before we marry?  She arrived
Saturday July 28...

I submitted an I-130 for the wife/mother to CSC in April 07, and
recieved "notice of receipt".  I did not send the I-130 for the child
(age 17) which I discover later I needed because the child "does not
have derivative status".  What is the best thing to do now?

I'm sending an additional I-130 for a stepchild, a new application.
The mother's I-130 was sent to Texas as instructed on the forms and
California informed me they recieved it.
Should I send the step child's I-130 directly to California and risk

I received my EAD in Feb. 2007 based on AOS Spousal. The instructions
suggest that you should file for renewal 6 months before your card
expires. That would be August 25th in my case.
So, I was planning ahead and went to the USCIS website to grab

Can I sponsor my future husband's I-130 if I myself got my green card
through marriage to a USC? I will be applying for him once I get my
citizenship.

Don't respond unless you know for sure.
Prior to the DCF ban (January 2007), Chile was very friendly.  The
BCIS ban was conditionally lifted this month and some countries are
again doing DCF at the discretion of the local embassy.  Has anyone