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    2-year HRR and Marriage to a US Citizen: Take a Stand!

    Update Hi all, Sorry that I never updated what happened in our story. Shortly after my original post, my husband received the denial of the No Objection waiver, even though we had the statement from his home government, and I needed to step away from the situation to allow myself to grieve...
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    J1-Waiver Denied

    My husband is a Fulbright scholar from Western Europe. I am a US citizen with a PhD, currently in a competitive Ivy League post-doc. We met in grad school and married a little more than a year ago, after several years of dating. Last January, following Obama's (falsely) hopeful State of the...
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    J-1 student to marry USC in September; seeking waiver.

    It's unjust that the 2-year HRR even apply to the spouse of a US citizen. How is it possible that marriage to a US citizen is enough to grant a green card to someone who commits the crime of immigrating to the US illegally but is not enough to allow for the granting of a green card to a J-1 visa...
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    2-year HRR and Marriage to a US Citizen: Take a Stand!

    Hi, all! I'm brand new to the Forum, and I'm so excited to share stories with others who are facing similar situations! I am a US citizen who just completed my PhD. My husband is a Fulbright scholar who is also about to complete his PhD. At the beginning of our doctoral programs, we met...
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