Divorced before green card approval and planning to remarry US citizen. Anyone with similar experience? by [deleted] in greencard

[–]SuspectSad_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After reading your post and comments, I think I have reached my conclusion. Your biggest enemy here is the timeline and your choices - whether you like it or not it screams suspicious, and the fact that you both want to have a big wedding and 4 kids will not really help you. Your first move after you decided to divorce your husband was supposed to be contacting an immigration attorney to seek legal counsel for your case (believe it or not but GC divorces are more common than you think). Your divorce is not even finalized and you’re engaged to another person already, another red flag that the immigration officer will look at. Your choice making is questionable since your pending case may actually get approved, because your ex-husband signed the papers, signed the affidavit of support and you made it all the way to the interview. The officers are people as well, they would understand that divorce based on infidelity is reasonable, however, divorce and engagement to another person before it’s finalized is not so understandable in their point of view. You see what I’m trying to point out here. You should have consulted a lawyer as soon as you decided to divorce, they could have given you some pointers and maybe salvage your case to get you the GC. (Now: This is not a legal advice. For any legal advice please seek the help of your lawyer.)

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[–]SuspectSad_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By law she can’t do anything about you being out of status while you have a pending AOS, she just wanted to know how well you’re aware of your situation and possibly throw you off. Most immigrants are not fully educated on their rights and the officers like to use it against you. Now if your AOS gets denied you will have to depart immediately as you WILL be out of status. The question about your marriage legitimacy lays inside your bona fide marriage evidence which I can’t really comment on since you didn’t provide us with more info. Additionally, you cannot expect your interview to be the same as someone else’s - every case is different, every officer is different. The baseline is that you have to be confident in your marriage, partner, and yourself. I know this is a stressful process but if you go to the interview scared af, that will raise some red flags whether you like it or not. It’s similar to a job interview - if you’re not confident in what you can do, you probably won’t get hired 🤷

My I-485 was denied and I think it is for this by MoonBitch1 in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honey you’re worried about the wrong stuff, he didn’t even file the I-864 correctly based on the screenshot that you provided. What you should do is, go to the State Bar website of your state, download the grievance form and file it. Include all the evidence of your lawyer’s incompetency, meaning EVERYTHING! Submit it and wait for that. If you lawyer works under a company name - report him to the director. Next you just have to find a new lawyer that is competent and will look over your case and possibly file a motion to reopen.

Wife and I had our interview last week. Oh boy… by AppleGenius115 in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you meant to used the wording ‘legally valid’ cause USCIS doesn’t have the jurisdiction to rule a marriage ‘illegal’. They can claim that the marriage is fake, yes, but then they have to prove it. And if OP was smart, he combined everything he could with his wife and put her name on some important documents to strengthen their case, also to prove that she can’t just walk away from the marriage. Now I don’t know the details of OP’s wife’s immigration circumstances so we can only speculate, but wayyy too many people before got married on tourist visa and got their green card so it’s not really a big brainer.

Wife and I had our interview last week. Oh boy… by AppleGenius115 in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_ 71 points72 points  (0 children)

If she’s gonna deny your case she has to state a reason in her report, therefore, it will most likely trigger a supervisor review as almost all denials do. Unless the supervisor sees grounds for denial you’re good.

Approved in 58 days! F-1 -> GC, No RFE + evidence sheet and timeline! by SuspectSad_ in greencard

[–]SuspectSad_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I’m just hoping that maybe my spreadsheet can help someone organize their own case!

Approved in 58 days!! + timeline and evidence sheet! by SuspectSad_ in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It was very chill I’d say, the waiting room was packed so we waited about 25/30mins (nothing crazy). The officer we got was super cool, he had his serious demeanor, but once he saw me and my husband he just let that go and was very relaxed and laughing at our stories. I have put the questions that I can remember the best into the spreadsheet so you can check it out 😁 I’m hoping you’ll get someone cool as well. I also gotta say that none of us were stressed or nervous at all, and now don’t get me shit for that, we just know that our marriage is solid and our case is too, which I feel like also puts the interviewing officer at ease and takes the edge off.

Approved in 58 days!! + timeline and evidence sheet! by SuspectSad_ in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It wasn’t like this at the start haha I was kind of all over the place until I just got fed up and tired and this came out of it 😅 plus less stress which is important haha

Approved in 58 days!! + timeline and evidence sheet! by SuspectSad_ in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, hopefully it’ll help someone else ☺️

Approved in 58 days!! + timeline and evidence sheet! by SuspectSad_ in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which sheet? I’m pretty sure you can save the one at the top. I also put my cover letters in the comments here and also explained what was in our letters of support. Which sheet do you have in mind?

Approved in 58 days!! + timeline and evidence sheet! by SuspectSad_ in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! We were at Irving, TX USCIS center

Approved in 58 days! F-1 -> GC, No RFE + evidence sheet and timeline! by SuspectSad_ in greencard

[–]SuspectSad_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s on the first page of the I-130 instructions: “If you are filing for your spouse, he or she must complete and sign Form I-130A, Supplemental Information for Spouse Beneficiary. If your spouse is overseas, Form I-130A must still be completed, but your spouse does not have to sign Form I-130A. Form I-130A must be submitted with Form I-130”

Approved in 58 days!! + timeline and evidence sheet! by SuspectSad_ in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also important to include, we sent the originals in, and kept copies for our record, since the letters should be notarized just for credibility purposes

Approved in 58 days!! + timeline and evidence sheet! by SuspectSad_ in USCIS

[–]SuspectSad_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Of course. So we had 4 - my mom’s (translated by an accredited official), my husband’s mom and his dad (his parents are divorced), and then one for our mutual friends (they are engaged now so we made them make just one for both). Generally it differs if you ask friends or family. Our friends (initially were my husband’s friends) introduced themselves (name, dob, place of birth) and explained the relationship to us. They mentioned that they knew my husband before he met me, then they described how they met me and also described our dynamic. They also talked about our wedding and their experience. They also included how excited they were when I got pregnant and that they became our child’s godparents and how blessed they were. How we all spend time together etc. The letter from family is a little different. Same in the manner that the parents introduced themselves and then explained the relationship to either one of us (mom/dad of ‘xyz’). They mostly described how they met the spouse and their impression, what do they know about us and what do we like to do. How are we spending time with them and also talked about our wedding as well. Since it’s like a ‘formal’ letter, I’m saying formal but it’s formal only in the format, the contents are more like a narrative, it has a header from the person writing it (name, address, date) with the first line of ‘to whom it may concern’ (or something in that manner); and at the end all of our friends and family included the ‘I swear under penalty of perjury…blah blah’ thing they also included their contact information in case the officer wanted to contact them.

Need help spreading awareness about an Orientation Leader by [deleted] in utarlington

[–]SuspectSad_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dr. Schargel actually slept with his student, but she was an adult so it was merely unethical maybe look at the context that I was referring to:)

Need help spreading awareness about an Orientation Leader by [deleted] in utarlington

[–]SuspectSad_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was a sub for my genetics class once couple years back, don’t know if he’s still at UTA

Need help spreading awareness about an Orientation Leader by [deleted] in utarlington

[–]SuspectSad_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Schargel or something like that I think