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after a lengthly battle with leukemia my husband (us citizen) has died in dec 2009 and we were due to remove conditions in june 2010. but now i am wondering if i still need to wait to remove conditions until june or should i go ahead and do it already ... it doesnt really seem too clear to me from the info on the form.

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06/27/2007 AOS&EAD sent
11/07/2007 Interview Date
08/11/2008 Second Interview ... APPROVED

12/15/2009 RIP MyLove!

07/31/2014 N-400 sent
01/06/2015 Interview Date ... APPROVED
02/13/2015 Oath Ceremony

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after a lengthly battle with leukemia my husband (us citizen) has died in dec 2009 and we were due to remove conditions in june 2010. but now i am wondering if i still need to wait to remove conditions until june or should i go ahead and do it already ... it doesnt really seem too clear to me from the info on the form.

My condolences.

You can do so as soon as you have the DC. Friend of mine just did so and got her 10 year GC without an interview.

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K1 denied, K3/K4, CR-1/CR-2, AOS, ROC, Adoption, US citizenship and dual citizenship

!! ALL PAU!

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thank you for ur answer cuz when i called uscis i was informed that i have to wait but it just didnt sound right ...

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06/27/2007 AOS&EAD sent
11/07/2007 Interview Date
08/11/2008 Second Interview ... APPROVED

12/15/2009 RIP MyLove!

07/31/2014 N-400 sent
01/06/2015 Interview Date ... APPROVED
02/13/2015 Oath Ceremony

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thank you for ur answer cuz when i called uscis i was informed that i have to wait but it just didnt sound right ...

Yeah that's why the USCIS service line is called the "misiformation" line. Sad as they can affect peoples lives by giving what people think is the right info.

You will still have to submit evidence you had a valid ongoing marriage until time of death.

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K1 denied, K3/K4, CR-1/CR-2, AOS, ROC, Adoption, US citizenship and dual citizenship

!! ALL PAU!

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Brother Hesekiel   2,235

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I'm very sorry for your loss. My wife's ex passed way too from Leukemia after a short, 6-months battle with the cancer when their daughter was only 3 years old, back in 1992. I still can't possibly imagine how you must feel right now.

To answer your question: you are free and encouraged to file for ROC once you have the death certificate at hand. It's spelled out on USCIS's Web site here:

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-751instr.pdf

In cases where the spouse passed away, ROC is usually approved without a hiccup.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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w8inglongtime   29

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thank you for ur answer cuz when i called uscis i was informed that i have to wait but it just didnt sound right ...

Condolences to you and every one who is sharing your loss. May he rest in peace. These uscis people never cease to amaze me. They told you to wait? For what? For your husband to come down from heaven to deal with them? you can get more info here on vj than from the customer MISinformation service

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So sorry for your loss. (F)

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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I am so sorry for your loss. All the best wishes to you!

Nadine & Kenneth

Our K-1 journey

02/06/2006 filed 129F

07/01/2007 received visa via "Deutsche Post"

08/27/2006 POE Dallas

->view my complete timeline

AOS, EAD and AP

12/6/2006 filed for AOS & EAD

1/05/2007 AOS transferred to California Service Center

01/16/2008 letter to Congressman

03/27/2008 GREENCARD arrived

ROC

02/02/2010 filed I-751

07/01/20010 Greencard arrived

 

Naturalization

12/08/2021 N-400 filed 

03/15/2022 Interview. Approved after "quality review"

05/11/2022 Oath Ceremony

 

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MsAM   2

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yes it is hard to deal with all the stuff that is left behind and to be honest i wish i didnt have to deal with them right away but what has to be done must be done ... thank you so much all for the kind words as he is in a better place now :crying:

i will get all my papers together and send it out let's just hope they wont give me the run around.

TimeLine
06/27/2007 AOS&EAD sent
11/07/2007 Interview Date
08/11/2008 Second Interview ... APPROVED

12/15/2009 RIP MyLove!

07/31/2014 N-400 sent
01/06/2015 Interview Date ... APPROVED
02/13/2015 Oath Ceremony

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