We were fighting a lot during one period, and she had filed a charge of domestic violence against me. I underwent weeks of anger management therapy but missed green card interview because of this. She had gone to INS one day to file complaint against me but later submitted a written statement saying she had just been angry. Our original interview date was Nov. 22, 1999. I first applied for a green card on April 1, 1998.
Criminal laws differ from state to state.
Regarding the second interview, it takes anywhere from a few months to a much longer period of time. You can do a status check with local INS office. Many have information about this at their web sites. We want to sponsor my niece and her husband to the USA from Romania. She is the daughter of my husband's sister.