US Immigration from United Kingdom

Hello! Located in England, so would be trying to file in london.

I'm the US citizen, and I'm living in the UK on my tier 4 visa. I've been here almost a year so I'm a legal resident, presently engaged to UK citizen, filing intent to marry this week.

If I get a job offer with short notice back in the US (and I'm applying like crazy), can we apply for DCF exception for that if it happens after we're married? Or am I not qualified because I'm here with limited stay on my student visa and/or because I'm currently employed?

Hello everyone.

I had a question regarding submitting I-751 without the divorce decree (Knowing I'll get an RFE for it). I've already filed for divorce but it looks like it might take a while to get a simplified divorce processed in the state of Florida. (It's already been 40 days and they haven't even assigned a date with the judge) My I-751 window would have opened up September 18th anyway without the divorce, but I'm planning to submit it around 20-21st to avoid the new USCIS fees that go into effect October 1st.

Would it make more sense to submit all my evidence and mention that I'm still waiting for the divorce to be finalized because of delays due to Covid-19? I'm still waiting on our joint tax return to be processed too, we submitted it jointly back in February and it's still pending. I read that furloughs are being postponed at USCIS, but obviously I want to get the ball rolling asap.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/uscis-halts-furlough-70-workforce-still-processing-times-likely-to-increase

Does anyone see any problems with this method and just submitting the decree once I receive the RFE?

Hello all!

I am once again asking for some sagely advice from people who have gone through this process recently.

I am a October 2019 filer for AOS following K1.

I am filing for a renewal EAD (I still have about 5 and a half months remaining on my EAD but considering backlog thought I'd file sooner rather than later). Also being in NYC I have resigned myself to a long wait!

My package contains
1. Cover letter

2. forms I765 and i131

3. Passport/visa copy, I-94, EAD copy, passport photos

4. Copies of original NOA for AOS and EAD/travel doc

Have I missed anything before I mail this? I have followed the original checklist, and I understand that I don't need to pay the fee again.

Thanks again for all your kind advice!

Hi, I just have my final document of my birth certificate left to upload at NVC stage. Has anyone has this error message showing?

I have ensured it is below the 2MB size and it is in .pdf file. I have also tried on 2 different browsers and my mobile phone.

Is anyone else able to suggest anything or had similar issues?

Hi all,

I'm posting this in the hopes it'll save anybody else from going through the same hassle I have... I filed for AOS (I-485) along with EAD and AP (I-765 and I-131) in mid-May 2020. I received my biometrics appointments at the end of July for August 5.

Strangely, I got two letters with the same appointment date/time - one was for I-485 only (Code 3 biometrics - picture, signature, all ten fingerprints) and another for I-485 and I-765 (Code 2 - picture, signature, and index fingerprint).

Despite showing both letters to the receptionist on arrival at the ASC, she said I only needed to do the appointment notice for Code 2 as it also referenced the I-485. This is incorrect. The mistake I made was in not showing both notices to the biometrics technician anyway, which I think would have saved time/problems.

I had called both Tier 1 and Tier 2, and they said they could see that biometrics were applied to all of my applications and so to just wait. However, having done a lot of reading, and asking about other people's cases, it seems as if Code 3 biometrics are mandatory for I-485 and my case would have stayed in limbo until someone working my case realized that the Code 3 biometrics weren't captured, or conceivably my case could have been denied for failure to appear.

Today, I drove out to the ASC and luckily got an extremely kind and understanding officer at the door who let me in despite my appointment being for ~3 weeks ago. The biometrics technician then processed the Code 3 notice (ten fingerprints, photo, signature) and I was on my way. I'll be interested to see if this now leads to a case update online, as before everything was still showing as Fingerprint Fee Received, and Case Received.

All of that to say, unfortunately you can't trust that people working in the ASCs all have the same level of knowledge or will take their job seriously. At worst I've lost a few weeks of time, but I'm hoping this post might help some others avoid the sort of limbo state that some of the February 2020 filers are experiencing by not insisting on showing all your notices to the biometrics technician.

Good luck to everyone else!