I-130 petitions for immediate relatives and preference categories, country-cap implications, and Visa Bulletin movement.
A citizen who secretly marries and petitions a second spouse commits fraud and bigamy, and the first spouse's pending I-485 has to come out right away.
Parents who adjusted from a B-2 visitor visa face the memo's hardest question: if travel is this easy, why not consular process? A clean record can cut against you.
A USCIS officer ran the marriage interview but wouldn't question the immigrant spouse over the 39-country pause. Insist on the interview and ask for a supervisor.
Becoming a U.S. citizen before your derivative child gets her immigrant visa can strip her of the I-140 benefit, forcing a new I-130 and a fresh wait.
A marriage green card drew a NOID after a two-hour Stokes interview. Hacking: these end in denial 85 to 90% of the time. Sue for the EAD, not the green card.
A proxy marriage where the couple were never in the same room isn't valid for a green card unless it was consummated. INA 101(a)(35) is the trap.
An immigration judge won't pause a removal case to let USCIS finish a pending I-130. Why no court date is a blessing, and when to sue to get it approved.
B-2 extensions to wait out an I-130 priority date are not a lawful purpose, and telling USCIS that is the plan hands the agency its denial.
Filing an I-129F for a K-3 visa does not make your spouse's I-130 go faster. The State Department administratively closes almost every K-3, making it a dead end.
A foreign power-of-attorney divorce obtained while both spouses live in the U.S. may not be valid here, and an invalid divorce can sink a marriage green card.