Travelled on F1 visa before marriage to US citizen

[mm84]

My wife came on a F1 visa for a Masters degree in September 2011.She went to india to visit her family in January holidays. She came back on her F-1 and we had an ethnic marriage ceremony in February 2012 in USA.We did a legal wedding in April and filed for her green card in June.

The issue is that we are scared that we might have violated her f-1 visa because she traveled outside USA a month before she got married. We did not know this was a possible issue, or she would not have gone outside US. What should we do? Out interview is next week and she has recieved her EAD. Should we say we messed up and appeal?If so, what forms should we file for appealing?(We filed I-130,I-485,I-693,I-864 and G-325A for her green card).What is the worst that can happen? FYI she graduates in december

Some complications-
1. We have submitted an email to USCIS in which my wife is asking people to come to our ethnic marriage ceremony in february. She sent this email from India and came back on f-1 later. However, since the ethnic marriage ceremony is not a legal wedding, does that count as intent of immigration?

 

[ananga73]

You are worrying about prior intent. Don't stress yourself over it. Hers is not a B1/B2 case. She was a student here who left on holidays and came back to marry one month after her arrival. What should you do? Do nothing! Nothing will happen, you want to appeal what? Stop tripping. It will not even come up. What would a reasonable person expect, that because she was marrying a citizen she should have abandoned or deferred her education? Additionally the marriage itself is not conclusive evidence of prior intent particularly also because you filed about five months later.

Relax!

Enjoy marital bliss and stop stressing your wife over this trivial non-issue.

Cheers!