US Immigration from South Korea

Just a quick background story about my wife and me (U.S citizen): We filed our AOS application (I-485, I-765, I-131) last year in July 2020. I haven t gotten any notice about my wife s biometrics appointment yet.

This is the first year I will file under the married filed jointly status. I have read through countless forums here and on reddit about how I should proceed. I just wanted to see if I would be taking the correct steps throughout this process. Any advice or clarification is greatly appreciated!

I booked an appointment for early March at my local tax assistance center, where I will submit my completed 1040 tax return form and w-7 form (ITIN application for wife). I am doing this because I don t want her to send in her passport. Now, I have two questions:

1. (For those in California) Obviously, my wife won t have an SSN or ITIN to enter when filing my California state tax return. Should I file for an extension and then submit my state tax return after I receive my ITIN? Or, should I file my California state tax return before the deadline and just put applied for ITIN in the appropriate space?

2. I know it takes quite a long time to receive an ITIN and refund nowadays with paper returns. If my wife ends up receiving her SSN while the ITIN application or tax refund is pending, do I have to send an amended return with her SSN? Or, can I just use this SSN when filing for my taxes next year?

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Hello,

My wife (non US citizen) and I filed our I-485, I-131, & I-765 early July 2020. We received an RFE in August, responded promptly, and USCIS informed us through the status check that they received my RFE docs and have begun working on my case in September.

Since then, there hasn t been one peep from USCIS. I tried calling them, but kept getting stonewalled by the automated messaging system not allowing me to speak with a live agent.

I am wondering if anyone hasn t received their biometrics appointment for this long, and if so, what have you done about it? Should I just keep twiddling my fingers and wait? Or is there something else I can do to speed up the process?

Thank you in advance for any advice or insight.

*By the way, I am located in the Bay Area (near San Francisco).

Hi guys, I cannot remember if I ve asked this yet but, our K1 application moved to NVC in December (12-2).

I called NVC last month and they confirmed they have ours and gave me the case and invoice numbers.

Operator told me Seoul hasn t requested it yet. Does that mean it will wait at NVC until US embassy Seoul requests K1 applications from NVC?

I just feel weird letting it sit there as if I m doing something wrong. I don t want it to expire at NVC because of our inaction.

Is there anything we need to do to move our K1 from NVC to Seoul embassy? Or just wait on the embassy to request it and move it forward?

My wife had her interview today for her green card today and was approved. The officer gave us the approval letter and we put it with our documents and left. On the way home, we decided to look at the letter and noticed that they had the incorrect birth date on her approval letter. The officer had entered her date of entry twice. Her birth date has the same date as her date of entry. Will this be her birth date on her green card? Or is this just the date on the approval letter and won't effect the green card?

Hello,

I am currently waiting on our initial CR1/I-130 petition to be approved from May 2020.

At this time, I am employed until March 23rd, but thereafter I am not going to be working or signing another contract with my employer, as I can only do 1 year contracts and am hopefully expecting to be returning with my wife to the USA hopefully in the Fall.

What items, or documents need to be changed. I know that after the approval, it goes to the NVC. We have money saved and no debt at the moment. I also have domicile in the USA already. Will this affect my chances of getting approved at the NVC if I am unemployed but my wife is still working?