US Immigration from Italy

Hi VJ, I am writing this for a friend and am hoping this wonderful community which has helped my through the CR-1 and Removal of Conditions processes can help give my friend some much needed advice.

This started last week when my friend went in for her US Citizenship interview. She was told by the interviewer that she had a letter issued to her in 1974 for voluntary departure from the US. Here is her timeline as she remembers it. Please know this was over 50 years ago, so some things are not fully remembered:

• 1969 came to the US on a 90 day visitors visa, applied for and was approved for a 90 day extension.
• 19679/1970 Applied for a 2-year student visa and was approved. Was issued a ss#
• 1972 Applied to Renew the student visa and was approved
• Got married to a US citizen in 1973
• 1974 received a letter telling her to leave the US since her studies should have been completed. Husband scheduled 2 appointments at the country embassy, but they did not attend either appointment. Says her husband filed some sort of petition for her because she was allowed to work. Believed this was resolved.

Fast forward to 1991:

• Under Reagan, she applied for and was granted a 10-year green card through the amnesty program (her husband did not sponsor her). She has renewed it twice so far.
• She was divorced in 1995
• Husband also died in 1995
• 2020 she decided to apply for US Citizenship. At the interview, was told about the voluntary departure letter from 1974. She informed interviewer about the amnesty and green-card she had been issued, and that she had been married to a US citizen. Was told it did not matter that she was married to a US citizen, and that he did not have any information/documents about the amnesty his office, so he issued her a N-652 that said she passed the civics test, but that a decision could not be reached and to await further information.

Does anyone have any idea what this means? What should my friend expect? And what should she do next?

Thanks for your assistance.

I m filling out my I-134 but I m worried about my supporting documents. I was deployed last year and so my pay wasn t taxed during that time, my IRS transcripts that I need to send in make it look like I am below the poverty line when in fact I actually made double that. In addition to my tax transcripts I m sending in my LES s for the year, the statement of service from the virtual MPF, my yearly pay summary from MyPay, and a copy of my deployment orders to verify that I was deployed and explain why that pay wasn t taxed. I will have 7 in my household, my actual take home pay is above the threshold, I m just worried about my 2020 return getting me denied because they aren t familiar with military pay. Should I still get a joint sponsor?

Started the i130 back in July. I've always wanted to carry my husband's last name since I was little. I didn't change it before filing because I wanted to file ASAP, and my work email used my maiden name, and there's no way they would change my whole email, and clients would forget, etc...

Then, on August 3rd it was announced that the company I've been with for 15 years is closing forever on August 13th.

I got headhunted and got a better job, and have started the process of my name change so I'm not stuck with my maiden name forever. The new job is a solid one, and I'll be sticking with it for years to come. We are only NOA 1, and I know its not being processed yet, but with the significant increase to my income, I feel like they would want to know that....not to mention to show my reliability as I had no time between jobs. I do need to somehow let them know of my name change too before we get into background checks and such...?

My husband was unemployed at the time of the application, but we got a surprise last week and his old job is opening back up and wants him back. (Hotel, closed since March 2020 because of covid. ) So he won't be "unemployed " anymore, and I feel like that is important too.

TLDR;

How to send USCIS updated info about name and job stuff without getting in my own way? I dont want to slow it down. I do have an online account, and there's a button to upload additional info.... or should I mail stuff and include my receipt number on it all?

Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I have a question for you all and for who ever has already received the biometric appointment notice.

USCIS received my package on July 23, 2021. I received my NOA on August 3rd 2021 and my receipt number begins with WAC.

I am waiting patiently for the biometric appointment since I have to travel out of the country. I was wondering if we will receive a notice on line on MY USCIS and if it will also

say the date of the biometric appointment in the online account?

Thanks in advance everyone and good luck to you all

Hello everyone,

This is a weird question since my attorney and his team are just useless at this point.

So previously my attorney's assistant sent my I751 package to the wrong USCIS address and filed another packet right away to the correct USCIS address.

Few days after she filed I received my extension letter for 18 months. Then today I received another extension letter with a different case number.

I contacted my attorney and obviously he was not available to talk but his assistant told me that they will withdraw the last extension letter with USCIS and I

should use the first one I received to travel.

I do not really trust them!!! Will there be any issue if they withdraw this last letter? Has anyone ever been in the same situation?

I was hoping to go home and I am now scared that they might deny the whole case when I am abroad for the incompetence of the attorneys and I feel stuck here.

If I do not go home now to see my parents then I do not know when I could ever go . I did not received any biometric appointment yet