US Immigration from Thailand

Today my wife's Employment Authorization card arrived in the mail. She applied for renewal of her previous "Combo" card last July by submitting forms I-131 and I-765. I was surprised to see that the card that arrived is not a "Combo" card and specifically states "NOT VALID FOR REENTRY TO U.S." I checked the receipt number for the I-131 and it currently remains at ""The above case has been received by our office and is in process."

After some investigation, I found this: https://www.uscis.gov/i-131

Alert: To improve efficiency and reduce Form I-765 processing times for Form I-485 applicants, USCIS may decouple Forms I-765 from Forms I-131 filed at the same time.

To improve efficiency and reduce Form I-765 processing times for Form I-485 applicants, USCIS may decouple Forms I-765 from Forms I-131 filed at the same time. Effective Feb. 1, 2022, when possible, USCIS will adjudicate the request for employment authorization first and, if it is approved, we will issue an Employment Authorization Document without any notation about advanced parole. We will adjudicate the Form I-131 separately and, if it is approved, we will issue an Advance Parole Document.

Hi guys,

My husband came here with spouse visa. We using a co-sponsor and signed that he wouldn't be using any government benefits. I was just wondering If me and my 4 year old son can apply for food stamp since we both us citizen. (Apply for 2 household members instead of 3) I just want to make sure that nothing will have an effect to our co-sponsor. ( My husband already apply for a citizenship, but due to covid the process taking much longer.)

Thank you so much for your time and consideration.

If you have recently responded to I-130 RFE to one of the Service Centers (either by mail or online upload)...

How long does it take you to hear back from USCIS with a decision?

Hello everyone,

I would like to go visit my wife in the US and have an appointment for a B visa interview in March. What I would like to know is what supporting documents to take that can help me prove that I intend to return to South Africa. I figured that since we started the CR1 visa process here in South Africa, that might be a form of proof that I will have to return to SA to complete the interview etc. My purpose for travel is a) to spend some time with my wife, and b) to help her move from Western NY to TN as she is a teacher and is waiting for a job to start in the coming school year. Any extra information would be appreciated.

I am American. I am in Thailand. I am living with my "beneficiary". We are going through the checklist for the K-1.

I have numerous address issues.

1. Due to Covid - isn't international mail a bit of a crapshoot? Instinctively... I would send all the digital documents to one of my parents in the US, and have them print it + mail it in. But I see in many discussion threads - some of the pages must have *real* signatures? Ie - they can not be copies? Not entirely sure how this makes sense - ie, if the petitioner and the beneficiary do not even live in the same country - wouldn't the petitioner be sending in just a copy of the beneficiary's signature? If both the petitioner and beneficiary live overseas - it is a red flag if all of our documents (and signatures) are copies? The process is already so long - I am concerned about our packet being stuck on some shipping boat for weeks/months.

2. I am struggling to identify any permanent address that I can use. For anything.

Page 1 #8 / Page 7 #45 - I put my mother's address in New York. As this is the address I would want the USCIS to mail. Problem: My mother is probably moving in about 3 months time. My father has 2 "permanent" (for now) addresses - he spends 6 months a year in Florida, and 6 months a year in the northeast. I don't know where he would be, at any given moment that the USCIS decides to mail something.

Page 2 #9 / Page 5 #11 / Page 7 #47 - I put our current address in Thailand. I sure hope no one is sending mail here. Problem(?): I do not intend to be here, in about 4 months time.

Cover Letter / Letter of Intent - I appreciate the examples provided. At the top - it says to put my address. Which address? I added my Thai address - then realized... why would I do that? I imagine I am supposed to put only an address I might want them to contact me at? Ie - my mother's address? Is this fair? "My address" is not really my physical address - but just a place I might be able to receive mail at?

I am told that the estimated processing time is something like 8-10 months. Being that this is so... I do not know where *we*, or *any of my immediate family* will be. If the processing time was 1 month... easy.

How much of a problem is any of this? Should I actually expect the USCIS to mail one of these addresses, abruptly? Or do they only mail if there is a problem?