Maria and Varun

Just got noa2 and biometrics appt. is october 23. Anyone have any info on rescheduling this after several months or doing this outside of the u.s.?

I hoped that someone with a more definitive answer would respond to this question. All I can tell you is that when I went for my biometrics appointment today the officer told me that I could have had it done anywhere in the US. His words were "as long as you are not outside the USA ..."

Is someone going to send your NOA1 to you? You will need it in order to get back into the US once the green card has expired.

Thanks for replying.

Yes, we will have the noa1 sent back. So just that paper and his expired greencard works to get back into the U.S. I guess I will just wait for the biometrics appt. and then call them and ask to reschedule or what my options will be.

We got our noa1 today, which basically just says howmuch we paid and that his greencard is extended for one year while we are completing the process. We didn't receive a biometrics appt yet. I'm a little nervous about this, did you all receive biometrics appt. in noa1 or did it come in a second noa?

Also, I'm currently pregnant and we decided to deliver the baby in India due around Christmas, we left a few days ago from the U.S. and don't plan on returning until she is 2 or 3 months old. Does anyone have any info on getting biometrics done at an embassy abroad? Or will I just have to change the date to April 2014 when we return to the U.S.?

sent ours in on Monday the 22, received that wednesday and check cashed on Friday.

Question, my husband came to the U.S. on a fiance visa and he had biometrics done then, did everyone get biometrics done then? I thought he would not need to repeat biometrics again, anyone repeating them twice?

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I'm at california center

Just sent ours in and it was received on the 25th.

Meant CSC received it. If it's sent for interview it will name the office such as "transferred to the Des Moines Iowa local office" (that's my local office. It would list yours).

although checking online my status never said transferred to teh cleveland local office. the notice only came in the mail.

well you were right! we just got our interview letter. they did it right before Christmas, on the 22nd. We us luck. I'm a bit nervous that it was transferred so many times and then they are calling us in for an interview.

also, is it complicated to reschedule an interview date for a few months later??

If your file was transferred to anywhere other than your local office for an interview you would have received a notice from USCIS to that effect. Since you didn't receive a transfer notice but did receive an interview notice, your file was not transferred out of your local office. The Chicago address is kind of like a clearing house. All of the applications start there and are quickly reviewed to make sure the obvious forms are there and signed and the cheque is correct. The packages are then forwarded to the local USCIS office for review. The local office does a quick review and if it looks like it is a straight forward case (as most K-1s are) then it may be transferred to the California Service Center which generally means they are reviewed and approved without an interview or if they are not backlogged may approve the case themselves. If the form is later sent from California to another office and especially if it is sent back to the local office, that means that the reviewer at CSC has recommended interviewing the couple. Interviews are done by the local office. You would receive a notice of this second transfer.

The Adjudicator's Handbook on the USCIS website has a fascinating chapter on why an adjudicator might decide that an application needs an interview - and not all of the reasons have to do with questions about the relationship. You can find the Adjudicator's Handbook here: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a2e29c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=a2e29c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

thanks so much everyone. How the heck do you all know this much???!! Well I hope this interview happens fast as we were trying to head back to India for a few months and didn't want to leave and then have to fly back after 10 days.

We only submitted in August our I-485 petition but stil annoyed that our case keeps getting transferred

We sent it to Chicago Lock box. then he was called in for biometrics in Cleveland where we live.

Then case transferred to Missouri then transferred california in mid October. Then case transferred again nov. 8 to some other office in california, then transferred Nov. 14th to Missouri.

anyone have all these transferrings going on??

Do not make measure of u sending her money.how many child does she have?

Dont know if her presence wld matter n is it obvious someone other than her pay check was responsible for her flight down to visit u.

You need know virtually abt her n family.did she take pics with ur family while in lebanon.why d choice of cyprus for marriage.be prep for these likely ?s

YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP HELPING HIM. IT SOUNDS LIKE A FRAUDULENT CASE AND IF HE IS HONEST IT WILL GO THREW. LEAVE HIM ALONE. i DON'T WANT THESE SCAMS COMING TO THE U.S. THIS IS WHAT MAKES THINGS SO DIFFICULT FOR ALL THE HONEST PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO FALL IN LOVE WITH FOREIGNERS.

hey did you ever find the number to the chicago lockbox? we are looking for it too.

bbbbbbbbuuuuuulllshit

call and call and bother them. go in person. cause a ruckus. you have to get the info needed. this is ridiculous. did u email VFS?? if the american is in india they can go make an apt. for the embassy and then go and talk to someone at window j24 or j25 and ask what happened. first you will have to go to the u.s. side then make sure a security guard escorts you to the lady who will give you your number, or if u have been to the embassy before and have confidence go ahead and just do it yourself but you need to know where to go.

WARNING that fat #### blonde lady that works in the middle window of the u.s. embassy on american side is a ######. she will not help you and is really annoying. when u enter the american side try and go left behind the secruity door and speak to someone in CIS but generally no one is there. they will more then likely make you go to ACIS and then just make ACIS send you to window j25 make up something like they told u to go to that window. then you have to walk back out and head over to where the interview was taken. i think interview is taken at j22 window or something like that but that window wont talk to you. u have to go to j25 window. a younger girl with long curly hair is pretty helpful and nice. you have to be confident with them. DO NOT LEAVE unless u get the info you want. insist upon it but diplomatically, not like a psycho bc they are still processing your file and you dont want it denied.

Thank you both for the information.

Ok so how long does the AP take? I mean are we talking 3 months 6 months or 2 years?

Congrats on your visa approval.

Most aliens need Advance Parole to re-enter the U.S. after traveling abroad who have pending applications for immigration benefits or for changes in nonimmigrant status.

Any adjustment of status applicant who leaves the U.S. without advance parole is automatically considered abandoning his/her application for adjustment of status. Such a person will generally not be allowed back in the U.S. The person would have to do consular processing while remaining out of the U.S.. This applies traveling to any place outside the U.S., even going to Canada (even Canadian Niagara Falls) or Mexico or places like Bahamas.

You must apply for advance parole before leaving the U.S. If you depart from the U.S. or attempt to enter the U.S. before a decision is made on the application, your application will be considered abandoned.

Separate application forms, fees and sets of documents are required for each applicant (including yourself, each of your family members) who needs to travel.

Application fee must be sent with the application.

There is no biometric fee.

If you are in the U.S.,

A copy of any USCIS issued document indicating your present status in the US; and

An explanation or other evidence showing the circumstances that warrant issuance of an advance parole document (not required in next 2 circumstances described below); or

If you have already filed for an adjustment of status (I-485), a copy of I-797 Notice of Action, receipt of filing I-485.

If applicable, a copy of the I-140 receipt notice and copy of the I-140 approval notice.

If you are in refugee or asylee status in the U.S., and you are traveling to Canada to apply for an immigrant visa, a copy of the U.S. consular appointment letter

Copy of your marriage certificate, if you are applying for advance parole based on pending green card petition of your spouse.

Copy of the child's birth certificate if applying for advance parole for a child based on pending green card petition of the primary applicant. If i have missed out anything i am sure the VJ elders will assist.

Best of luck

We just got our k1 fiance visa approved! yippee!

Now we are waiting for the passport to book our tickets to the U.S. Is it possible to leave the U.S. immediately after getting married? Even entering into Canada that's 2.5hours from my house in Cleveland?

Trying to figure out if we can plan a trip to Mexico or Canada. I also have some work in Italy and want to know if my future husband would be able to come with me or can he not leave the country. If he can leave the country then for how long?

Does anyone know the answer and if so, is there a website that I can read the information directly from?

Thanks!

did you get any more info? I just got my noa2 only by email but I'm out of the country so don't have the hardcopy. Need to figure out what to do from here. Let me know what happened with you. Thanks

Hey can those of you have received your noa2 already give me some insight?

Do they go to the house of the person who is not from the U.S. I read they do a background check on every place they have lived since age 16. Do they send information to the home? Because we are leaving for 2 months (well one month is gone already).

Also, how do you know when your noa2 is done? I read some people say they never saw it online, it always said "initial review" and some people say they did not get the hardcopy.

Thanks for the info from those who have received their noa2 already.

Hey can you guys tell me, do they go to the house of the person who is not from the U.S. I read they do a background check on every place they have lived since age 16. Do they send information to the home? Because we are leaving for 2 months (well one month is gone already).

Also, how do you know when your noa2 is done? I read some people say they never saw it online, it always said "initial review" and some people say they did not get the hardcopy.

Thanks for the info from those who have received their noa2 already.