My friend desperately need help, your advices are deeply appreciated!
Here is her situation: she(say, A) lives in Chicago and her husband (say, B) works here in California. A is the primary applicant for GC and B is the dependent. For most of the time in the past 8 years (they have been married for 10 years), they have been separated in two places (they went to different schools, A in Michigan, B in California, then they had trouble finding jobs in the same place), and they fly once every 1 to 2 months to meet each other for the past couple of years.
A and B\'s I-485 was filed last month and A\'s lawyer was reluctant to file I-485 for A because he thinks it is wierd that A and B live in different places. He says INS may suspect they keep their marriage because B wants to get GC through A. The lawyer forced A to write down a promise that once B gets EAD, B will quit his current job and move to Chicago, otherwise he refused to file 485 for A. Now A worries a lot about the written promise. As in current economic situation, it is very difficult for B to find a job in Chicago (Actually, 2 years ago B quitted his job and spent 3 months in Chicago hunting for a job but had no luck). And in case B quits his job and A loses her job before they got their GC, they will be out of status.
Do you guys think the promise that A wrote will cause trouble for A if B does not move to Chicago? Does INS require the primary applicant to live together with dependant? (there GC is employment based not marriage based!). To me it is a nonsense. What do you guys think? Should B quit his job?
The thing A worries most is that INS approves A\'s GC but reject B\'s GC. Will this be a possible outcome if B doesn\'t quit his job and move to Chicago?
Thanks a lot for your replies!
Here is her situation: she(say, A) lives in Chicago and her husband (say, B) works here in California. A is the primary applicant for GC and B is the dependent. For most of the time in the past 8 years (they have been married for 10 years), they have been separated in two places (they went to different schools, A in Michigan, B in California, then they had trouble finding jobs in the same place), and they fly once every 1 to 2 months to meet each other for the past couple of years.
A and B\'s I-485 was filed last month and A\'s lawyer was reluctant to file I-485 for A because he thinks it is wierd that A and B live in different places. He says INS may suspect they keep their marriage because B wants to get GC through A. The lawyer forced A to write down a promise that once B gets EAD, B will quit his current job and move to Chicago, otherwise he refused to file 485 for A. Now A worries a lot about the written promise. As in current economic situation, it is very difficult for B to find a job in Chicago (Actually, 2 years ago B quitted his job and spent 3 months in Chicago hunting for a job but had no luck). And in case B quits his job and A loses her job before they got their GC, they will be out of status.
Do you guys think the promise that A wrote will cause trouble for A if B does not move to Chicago? Does INS require the primary applicant to live together with dependant? (there GC is employment based not marriage based!). To me it is a nonsense. What do you guys think? Should B quit his job?
The thing A worries most is that INS approves A\'s GC but reject B\'s GC. Will this be a possible outcome if B doesn\'t quit his job and move to Chicago?
Thanks a lot for your replies!