CR-1 and IR-1 visas for spouses of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, conditional residency, and removing conditions on Form I-751.
A marriage green card lease that named the petitioner as both landlord and tenant unraveled at the interview. Officers now pull property records.
Thinking of living in Canada or Mexico and commuting into the U.S. to work while your I-130 crawls along? It doesn't hurt the case; it can help it.
A married couple sharing a house with two other tenants should expect a home visit. Officers assume the spouse is really married to a housemate.
A couple married seven years had a baby but no joint bank account; she just Zelles him money. To USCIS, that reads as roommates, not a marriage.
A same-sex couple kept the marriage from their families and filed a thin case. The secrecy, not the fact it's same-sex, is what puts the green card at risk.
Filing a K-1 two weeks after a divorce invites suspicion: why freedom to marry is a central issue, and why visits during a prior marriage may not help the case.
Military N-400 applicants with a conditional green card still need the I-751. Jim Hacking says he has read USCIS denials of service members who skipped it.
How much time together before filing a K-1 or CR-1? One three-day visit is a sure denial. The fix: two to three week-long trips before filing.
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.
USCIS took an I-751 but never mailed the notice that extends the green card. Why that letter matters, whether you can still travel, and how to force it out.
You married a U.S. citizen after entering on a visit. With your country paused, adjustment of status is the stronger play. Plan for the interview risks.
A conditional resident leaving an abusive marriage can keep her green card with a Form I-751 waiver, filed solo without the spouse's signature or consent.
When a marriage green card cleared over fraud scrutiny, file Form I-751 to remove conditions and skip the early N-400. Naturalization reopens the file.
Your green card is conditional only if your marriage is under two years old on the day USCIS approves the I-485 — not the wedding date, not the filing date.
A U.S. citizen wife who keeps collecting Medicaid and SNAP as a single parent — while her conditional-resident husband sits beside her on a joint tax return — is not creating a public-charge problem. She is creating a bona fides problem. USCIS can RFE for benefits records at the I-751, and the inconsistency travels into the N-400 good-moral-character analysis.