US Immigration from United Kingdom

Hi,

My husband petitioned for a spousal visa for me in the month of March with my maiden name because I was still using it but we are contemplating if I should change my surname to my husband's. Please I would really like to know if the change of name would have an adverse effects on our petition or cause a confusion during the interview. Thanks in advance

Hi everyone,

I hope I have posted this in the correct topic. So after reading up on here I can see a lot of people seem to be having some issues getting their SSN. I received my employment authorization/ advanced parole on Monday so I called the SSA office today and they took my name and birthdate and said they didn't have anything pending to get my SSN, but that that doesn't necessarily mean it's not being processed, it just means it's not being processed by their office yet?

It's obviously a bit concerning, because I did apply for my SSN with my immigration paperwork, but I've also seen someone report they also did that and didn't received anything. I have a potential job lined up and it's frustrating after waiting 7 months for my employment authorization to have yet another delay. Immigration right?! Does anyone know what I should do next? I'm mainly worried about there being nothing pending, in which case I want to be able to apply asap but not sure how when they aren''t doing appointment.

She also asked if they had given me a number to call which I thought was strange because what other place could I contact besides the actual SSA office? I know if I call USCIS they'll tell me to just call SSA

Thanks everyone!

Background:

I (US citizen) applied for husband's I-130/AOS petition in 2018 and interview was scheduled in May 2019. We withdrew the application prior to interview with written notice to USCIS.

Husband and I moved to his home country and re-applied I-130 online with consular processing in May 2020.

I am in husband's home country on a spouse visa and unable to work, therefore I have been unemployed for over 1 year. I filed 2019 tax returns with half year employment and every year prior. My husband and I have sufficient funds in savings/ CD's to meet the requirement.

Questions:

1. When do we explain the reason for I-130 application withdrawal. Should it be during the interview or should we write an explanation and attach it to our online application?

2. With USC petitioner being unemployed, will it be necessary to obtain a joint sponsor, or can savings/ CD funds from husband and wife be used to prove financials?

3. Which I-864 form would we submit with our situation? We were thinking EZ, but wanted to ask.

If anyone has gone through a similar situation of I-130 withdrawal and reapplication, we would love to hear your story.

Thanks!

Hello - we used my husband's sister's address as our mailing address on all our AOS forms (my husband is in the military and we knew we'd be moving to a new state soon after filing and I didn't want things getting lost!). My sister-in-law received the papers back in September but did not forward them on to us. After we moved into our new home I updated USCIS (both mailing and physical address) and asked my sister-in-law to forward the NOAs to us. She just told me that she lost them and can't find them anywhere. I have photos of the NOAs that she sent weeks ago when the NOAs first arrived in the post, but I'm not going to have the physical notices.

Here are my questions....

- How bad is it that I will only have copies of my NOAs, rather than physical notices?

- Are you required to take physical NOA notices to biometrics and I-485 interview?

I will try and call USCIS to see if they can be re-sent, but I know that it is proving difficult to get through to a live representative at the moment!

Does anybody have any up to date info on how long it's taking to get the NOA back from an EAD renewal application?