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    Marrying a US citizen, previously on F1

    kostyan, the link in the uscis don't work when I past. We found the page like this: www.uscis.gov and click in the links LAWS / BIA Decisions (left) / BIA Decisions (middle) / Decisions Referenced in other Publications on I-LINK (in the end) / it goes to "TABLE OF CONTENTS - INTERIM DECISIONS...
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    Marrying a US citizen, previously on F1

    Try this http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/intdec/lib_vol17idx.html Cavazos BIA 1980 Interim Dec. # 2750
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    Marrying a US citizen, previously on F1

    Lawyer advised not to lie, to tell the truth when they ask, but answer exactly what was asked (in short sentences) and nothing else. We are taking with us a lot of proof of our relationship here in US and hope they don't ask too much. If they ask exactly the year we met we will say and hope they...
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    Marrying a US citizen, previously on F1

    Our interview is next month. We went to an attorney and she said to go to the interview on our own, but each case is different, your friend also should look for one. Sometimes there are things that you didn't even think about that the lawyer has some advice, in our case, for example, we thought...
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    Marrying a US citizen, previously on F1

    Triple Citizen, the questions were: * Why do you want to study English? Travel reasons. * Where are you going to stay? She gave the hotel name. * Asked if she was going back. Said yes. * Asked to see the ticket to come back to her country, which she had. * Didn't put date to leave US, put...
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    F1 student, husband lied about sponsoring me and now jeopardized my status

    So start a new program, just get the doctor notes and get back your F1 status, I know you will have to pay for the semester but you don't have many other options, actually you don't have any other option other than getting a GC through marriage, but you said you want a divorce. After you get...
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    F1 student, husband lied about sponsoring me and now jeopardized my status

    My wife is student and she has seen people who abandoned school and many months later they came back (but after 2 or 3 months not 6), there is something called "reinstatement fo F1 student status", go to your college, talk to your international conselour and ask for that, if they accept you, you...
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    Marrying a US citizen, previously on F1

    The normal procedure in my country is that people get married in church and church sends the documents to court, but because she was foreigner there was a different procedure that we didn't know, we had also to go to court and sign the papers there and documents were missing, so they didn't do...
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    F1 student, husband lied about sponsoring me and now jeopardized my status

    To be legal this is your only option, he files for citizenship and then files for your GC. Please find a good lawyer to advise you about custody of your child in a divorce. And I repeat what Jackolantern said: "And most importantly, do not leave the US until your GC is approved, or you will risk...
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    Marrying a US citizen, previously on F1

    in eyes of law , no even my wife asked when she returned back to her country if she can be considered legally married and they told her know , because it was not done civil
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    Marrying a US citizen, previously on F1

    Hi, No it was never registered because of some legal complications regarding marriage of a foriegner (my wife is from another country). They needed some translations done to paers...etc. Bottom line is that it was never registered and we I not even register it from our embassy in the US after...
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    Marrying a US citizen, previously on F1

    Hello All, Happy New year to all of you. Scenario below need advise from those experienced in similar situations please! Wife came on F1 visa -student and went to school for 4 years. Before coming to US ,marriage ceremony -only in church was conducted outside US. Legal marriage was...
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    Shall I file application right now or wait until I get citizenship?

    More details: I've been in US for the last 10 years, and went to my country to get marry but my wife is from another country. In my country people get married in church and church sends documents to civil court and they have religious and civil documents, but in her country it's illegal to a...
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    Shall I file application right now or wait until I get citizenship?

    Thanks for all your answers Is it a problem then that I declared I am married in N400 application based on my church certificate ? I really asked and what I understood was that any marriage provided by any authority should be put in the application (hope that was infact true) so now if we...
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    Shall I file application right now or wait until I get citizenship?

    Actually, just confirmed that even though certified for outside (foreign affairs), it is still not civil marriage . It just means thst marriage occured in fact in a known church in that city, country...etc but country itself does not consider it as civil.
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    Shall I file application right now or wait until I get citizenship?

    We do have church certficate from my country certified from minstry of foriegn affairs She did not claim any right yet. That is why I was asking. I wrote that I was married because I am and N400 application mentions that any kind of marrigae should be written ( they did not say only legal...
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    Shall I file application right now or wait until I get citizenship?

    wife on F1 , now i am a citizen wife came to US as a F1 student 4 years ago We were already married outside US I mentioned in N400 aplication that i am married for 4 years and wife is here Application was approved and now I am a citizen Would it be a problem that my wife didnt...
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    multiple citizenships

    Hi, In N-400 application to apply for my citizenship, there is one question regarding , your National country. If you have 2 nationalities, would you have to list them in this one box? Any complications, if one only lists home (birth) country which is same country listed in my GC...
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    N400 question realted to marriage

    Hi, urgent please.. Question reagarding marriage in the application, Does that apply to church marriage only as well ? or only legal/ court marriage ? Thanks alot
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    Short F1 very urgent

    Hello, I know someone applying to study in a private school in US for a month. If he provides all the accomodation and tution fees Is that all that is needed as financial suppport to get the visa? Assuming tuition as well as accomodation is prepaid. Would they be still looking to...
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