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1. mrcptthrowaway ◴[] No.41872098[source]
A small word of warning: I'm speaking with brutal honesty, extreme language is used (unfortunately I have to, it's the truth). Throwaway for obvious reasons. I tweaked the parameters a bit, it's representative of my case but not my actual case.

I'm going for a CR-1 visa. I married the love of my life a month ago. We knew each other for a year when we married. I thought it'd be fine but I gave it some more thought and I'm a bit worried.

My worries:

* I had suicidal ideation and did visits to a psychiatry center once per week for a month until I was fine enough according to them. I have never physically hurted myself. I never planned it. My issue was that I felt a strong urge to plan it, and I didn't want to cave in which I didn't thanks to the psychiatry center. In retrospect, I realized I was in a really toxic relationship, once that was gone there was no suicidal ideation left.

* I do have an autism diagnosis that I got a few months ago at the age of 36.

* My employment history is checkered. My last employment was almost 2 years and then the tech layoffs hit, so outside of my control (second round of layoffs too).

Good things:

* My education is top notch with high marks, I even published a paper

* No criminal record

* 50000$ in the bank

* Coming from Sweden

* My wife has a stable job for 4 years, no criminal record, university educated, etc. (I don't think there are any issues there)

Will the suicidal ideation episode, autism diagnosis and checkered employment history be an issue for the CR-1 visa when I get my medical?

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2. proberts ◴[] No.41872255[source]
Of course you should consult with an attorney before applying but I don't see any issue with any of these impacting your ability to get a green card
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3. mrcptthrowaway ◴[] No.41872460[source]
Thanks for your reply :)