r/greencard

Hello my girlfriend and I are wanting to get married , however she is not a us citizen. I was wondering if I could get any help answering some questions I have.

1. Does anyone have or know any good immigration lawyers for an affordable price.( or free consultations would help a lot)
2. After getting married how much does it cost to get a green card on average and how long does this process normally take.
3. After getting married and starting the process for a green card , do we need to be living in the same home? And if we can’t for the next 7months do to my work But she lives in my home with my family would that make things harder.
4. If she has a deportation order active right now , can we get married and still get a green card ?

Thank you for any and all the help people can give in a situation and trying to figure out what we can do to get married and live together. Thank you

I need some advice on if I should do Eb-1 or EB-2. I have a bachelors degree in computer engineering, a masters in cybersecurity and currently working on another masters degree in data science. I have a patent to my name in the cybersecurity field. I am the sole inventor. I have a second patent application that is a continuity to the first patent. I have 7+ years in IT as a software engineer, cybersecurity Analyst. I have one published paper but I’m not the only author. What is the likely hood that my case will be approved? What else do I need to support my case? Anyone with a similar case ? What worked and what did not work?

Hello, my I-485 was approved on Sunday, October 4, and my I-130 was approved today, Monday, October 5.

Could you please tell me how long it usually takes for the green card to arrive at my address after these approvals? Thank you very much.

My mom had a green card many decades ago and moved permanently to Mexico. She last used the green card around 1984 but never formally filed Form I-407 to relinquish her permanent resident status.
She later married, changed her last name, obtained a B1/B2 tourist visa, and has traveled to the U.S. as a visitor. She is currently visiting the U.S. legally and recently opened a U.S. bank account while here.
I’m a U.S. citizen over 21 and would now like to petition for her to get a new green card through Adjustment of Status.
Has anyone dealt with a similar case where a parent abandoned residence decades ago but never filed I-407, later traveled on a B1/B2 visa, and then applied for a new green card through their U.S.-citizen child? Did you file I-407 before or together with the I-130/I-485, and did the old green card cause any issues?

So here is the whole story.

I am posting on a friend's account because I am always being tracked on my phone. He installed tracking software on my phone, and I can't message or call anyone without him knowing. I also can't leave home without him knowing. If I go anywhere besides work, the grocery store or the nail salon, he will text me asking where I am and what I am doing. If I do not give a satisfying enough answer, he will ask me who I am with and proceed to call me and make me show him who I am with in the car or at work. This is a constant occurrence. I have actually refused to play his games and have once turned my phone off, and he drove from work, 4 hours away, spam-calling until I answered the phone. when I never did and was scared to death of what he was going to do when I got home, he came in and started asking why I do not love him. I told him I did not love him after everything he has done and how he has cheated on me at the start of our marriage. He cried and proceeded to try and have sex with me. I refused until I was so scared I eventually let him do it. but I am getting ahead of myself, let me back track.

We met in highschool. I didnt really like him at first but he was obssessed with me. He told me I was going to marry him one day and I never believed that would ever happen. He just seemed like a nice funny goofy sweet guy. Eventually we started dating and I grew to actually really love him. By the ned of highschool however, things started to go sour. He cheated on me with a few girls in school and I stupidly was in love with him at this point so I always ended up forgiving him. He would come over, make promises to me, then use me for sex, then leave again. After a year of this I went ot break it off, but I loved him and he asked for another chance. I gave it to him and he was so much sweeter and nicer and caring. He had completely changed for a while year.

I was there this whole time with my family on my dads work visa, but eventually the visa ran out and he no longer at work so he was moving back to Mexico with my family. I had to make a choice to stay here ( I was married at this point already) or move back with my family. It was very, very difficult, but I stayed here. After being married for a little while and being here with him and his parents, he eventually managed to get a dream job. He went from maing barely any money to TONS of money. He was financially set. The problem was is he became so obessed with all of this and lecturing me on my life and my spending habbits that he would talk down to me. Control any money he had, only buy me food and necisities if I begged him for it and told him I was financially irresponsible. He held it all over my head. Not horribly but enough to where i am now scared to ever ask him for money. He still pays for things and he pays for all of the rent but I feel like everything we were supposed to have together is just his own.

Now while all of this is going on, I find out he is cheating on me in a sence. I cannot prove he was sleeping with other girls but I can prove he was looking at p*rn and sending money and messages to girls in chat rooms. Paying for their content. I at the time was still trying to save our marriage and trying to get any afffection I could from him but he refused to give me any. He would not hold my hand in public, he would not kiss me, he would push me away when he was with his friends and make fun of me. He treated me like dirt but at this point I felt trapped. Eventually I started working myself and I ended up in a really bad situation and long story short with that I cheated.

He shortly found out and I had to end it. I fell in love with someone else but now I am scared to death that this has given him all control. I was trying to wait everything out until I got my 10 year card but I am just barely 1 year and 7 months into this marriage and mentally I cannot take it anymore. I recently found out the process of me now getting my 10 year is going to take even longer, up to a year, and I cannot stay married to this man anymore. I begged a friend to help but and to take me up at their place but they refused because they did not want to get into any legal trouble or mess anything up for me with my green card. I felt so close but now I feel like I can never escape. I do not make enough to leave and if I do I will have to go back to mexico where I am not any better off. What can I possibly do? I need help, and I am desperate.

Hi everyone! I’m wondering if anyone has had a similar experience recently, especially at the Miami Field Office.
I have a pending I-751. My 2-year conditional Green Card expired on September 30, and although USCIS received my I-751, I never received the physical I-797 receipt.
I contacted USCIS because I have upcoming international travel and need temporary proof of my permanent resident status. After several service requests, USCIS scheduled me for an in-person appointment at the Miami Field Office specifically to request temporary evidence/an ADIT stamp.
I went to the appointment today and explained that:
• My conditional Green Card is already expired
• My I-751 is pending
• I never received my I-797 extension notice
• I have upcoming international travel
However, the officer would not issue the ADIT stamp because I have an I-751 biometrics appointment scheduled for October 13.
The officer told me I need to complete biometrics first, then request another ADIT appointment, come back to the field office, and they can issue the temporary evidence after that.
This surprised me because USCIS already knew my biometrics were scheduled when they gave me today’s appointment. If biometrics had to be completed first, I’m confused about why they scheduled me to come to the field office before then.
Has anyone else been told that I-751 biometrics must be completed before USCIS will issue an ADIT stamp?
I’m especially interested in recent experiences from Miami, but experiences from any field office would be helpful. Did you receive an ADIT before your I-751 biometrics, or were you also required to complete biometrics first?
Thanks!

clean now, but are there any risks as a gc holder for applying for military when there is a history of smoking under medical file? (they will go through all medical files)