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It is Wednesday, and time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THE VERY BAD PARROTS A lady went to her parish priest one day and said, "Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots, but they know how to say only one thing." "What do they say?" the priest inquired. "They say, 'Hi! We are prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?'" "That's obscene!" the priest exclaimed. "I can see why you are embarrassed." He thought for a minute and then said, "You know, I may have a solution. I have two male parrots whom I have taught to pray and read the Bible. Bring your two parrots over to my house, and we will put them in the cage with Francis and Job. My parrots can teach your parrots to pray and worship. I'm sure your parrots will stop saying that... that phrase in no time." The woman happily agreed. The next day, she brought her female parrots to the priest's house. As he ushered her in, she saw the two male parrots inside their cage, holding their rosary beads and praying. Impressed, she walked over and placed her parrots in with them. After just a couple of seconds, the female parrots exclaimed in unison, "Hi! We are prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?" There was a stunned silence. Finally, one male parrot looked over at the other male parrot and said, "Put the beads away, Francis -- our prayers have been answered!"

Well i am in sort of a similar situation. My dad had his interviewed. Passed everything. We have a payment plan set up with the IRS that starts in September. The adjudicating officer said that she needs to discuss this with her supervisor and left it at that. the very next day my mother had her interview. She was approved immediately with the SAME EXACT documentation. So I am confused on what is going on. I am making an assumption that if my mom's was approved with the same threshold my dad's should be approved too but not sure how long it will take to make the decision. As for you I think you are good. The RFE cancellation means they are satisfied and you should be getting an approval soon!

How DEHHHHHH we!

My mother just got this approval last week. We had N648 from her Physician as well as a Neurologist. We retained an attorney due to this complexity and coordinated between the doctors and attorney to have the wording properly so that the waiver is accepted. The neuro even had my mother get a CAT Scan. We attached both waivers filled by both docs to the application. During the interview the Officer reviewed the waiver from the Neuro and was satisfied and didnt even bother looking at the one from her physician. So here are my two cents. This waiver is no joke. You cannot get this filled by any Tom, ####### and Harry Doctor. It has to come from a legit doctor who actually sees the condition to where she qualifies for the waiver. And the doctor needs to make sure its worded properly. My attorney informed me that its hit or miss with these waivers. She has seen many approved and many rejected. The funny thing is that the Attorney's mother is a psychiatrist and she has filled these waivers for parents and for some reason from Psychiatrists they have a low chance of approval. There is some great information online about these forms to be completed. I printed it out and took it to the doctors so they can review it and then fill the waiver.

Here is the only Naturalization study guide that anyone would ever need, SM ma'am: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/382775-mrs-t-b-the-citizenship-test/

Aesop, Did you guys do anything extra to try and explain yourself? Did you include an extra document that attempts to show you are reformed and no longer involved in any sort of criminality? Did you get a lawyer to help you? Thanks! Robear & Moss

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hello i am also in same boat here, i submitted it last week and uscis website still says "you have no submissions" should i submit another request? i only entered A-NUMBER and new address information. i entered with cr1 visa and still don't have my green card. thank you if anyone can help.

hello again, i just logged into uscis account and my submission doesn't appear. it says "you have no submissions" even though i submitted it last week. is this normal? should i submit a new address change? I submitted the request 5 days ago. it says it can take up to 2 days for it to appear but still nothing. if you can guide me, i will appreciate it. thank you.

You were given advice in this thread what to do. Write a letter to convert the case. Or file new petition based on divorce

Many countries do not return old passports. The consulate officer will be well aware of Tunisia’s policy

Hey you lufflees, it's really grande to see some familiar names & old faces(obvs I mean you there Teebs lol)....just wanted to say I submitted my .N-400 today, now I should probably start learning up the Oath & studying the Murika history etc

I Get that but im just wondering about if I divorce and then get my green card, I don't want to look like im hiding anything. If I need to tell them I will. I can't seem to find any lawyers that will give me an answer.

She has immigrant intent and a USA fiance. She will not get the tourist VISA from the Manila consulate. It will be a total waste of time and money. But as others have said, it won't hurt the K1 VISA, so go ahead if you think you are different from everyone else who has tried this. If you live near Canada, she could get her amCanadian tourist visa and visit her often while waiting for the K1 VISA. That is what I did with my fiancee.

The last thing you want is divorce soon after receiving 10 year GC. This may be an issue for naturalization. Don't base your marriage on immigration. Your immigration and marriage should reflect your natural choices. If the marriage is dead - why wait?

So much depends on timelines which I do not know

So I should wait? File for divorce first and then file the i-751? It should be a matter of months before I find out about getting my 10 year green card.

We didn't take my son's old passport to our interview. Can't see why you'd need to unless it's specified on the document checklist?

It is good to hear your updates !!!

It's the same form with different box checked

They won't help. You either send a letter to USCIS to modify your existing I-751 or you submit a new I-751 annotated as a waiver submission.

This official uscis document gives very clear instructions for documentation specific to each situation https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-130instr.pdf You would do will to study this carefully. It will answer mot n only this question but many others , and ensure your application is complete and accurate and less likely to get rejected or receive an RFE

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the responses. Does anyone knows the link for the I 751 waiver? I will also try calling my local office tomorrow for guidance.

Aesop, Thank you for chiming in - this is the type of encouraging story we really need, lol. I actually found out I have 3 charges from back in the day when I was under 20 - 1 possession of alcohol by a minor and 2 cannabis charges, all from year 2000 or before. The instructions for the i-129f really appear to say 'if you have 3 or more drug\alcohol charges, you are screwed.' and it has been very discouraging to be going through these efforts under such uncertainty. It appears the drug\alcohol nature of my charges could matter in a way that other charges do not - but If you dont mind, what does 'duo disposition' mean? Thank you for your very encouraging reply and have a great day!

There is no such waiver for N-400