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US: marriage green cards, deportation, citizenship

Covers marriage-based green cards, deportation cases, and naturalization in the US—where a single USCIS decision can upend a family's or a resident's plans. It looks harder than most at timing and procedural forks: when a delay becomes grounds to sue, and which missed deadline turns into a ten-year bar on returning. Readers get not general advice but a breakdown of an actual fork in the road: suing over a marriage green card delay versus waiting it out, or what to do when an I-751 is still pending and the marriage is falling apart. It also examines why USCIS has started scrutinizing already-approved cases more closely, not just denials, and what that N-400 question about an offense you were never arrested for actually covers. It walks through situations where an I-130 ends up in immigration court, and why that NVC email is not junk mail. There's no legal representation or case evaluation here—just a close read of how the procedures actually work.

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I-130 Pending Over a Year: When to Sue USCIS
Visas

I-130 Pending Over a Year: When to Sue USCIS

USCIS takes 12–16 months to process I-130 petitions. If you've waited longer, you can file a mandamus lawsuit now, without waiting for the posted deadline.

Spousal Ledger| Oct 29, 2026
What to do if you divorced before I-751 approval
Residency & citizenship

What to do if you divorced before I-751 approval

What to do if I-751 was filed jointly and your marriage ended. Update your address through AR-11 and file your own I-751 with a divorce waiver.

Spousal Ledger| Oct 16, 2026