Originally Posted by
smackie
As for linenbasket's comment about "the slate being wiped clean", I would be very careful with that. The process for applying for a green card for the spouse of a citizen is not a 100% slamdunk.
I wasn't implying that it was....... simply that once married to a citizen things like previous overstays or an entry refusal are not as relevant any more...and it certainly isn't a future bar/absolutely no entry type scenario, which is one of the things the OP was concerned about.
Perhaps my choice of phrasing was slightly wrong (blame tiredness) but the principal is the same.