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21 hours ago, Bishara caviness said:

I am filling out the form I-751 with adobe reader and it looks like whenever you do not have a middle name it does not automatically populate the acknowledgement with my name, while my husband, who does have a middle name, it automatically populates his acknowledgement... I tried to write NONE in the middle name section but then in the acknowledgement it puts N as my middle name! Should I leave my middle name blank? what I should do?

Best to leave it blank.

23 hours ago, Craggie Bear said:

I understand - HOW long is a piece of STRING.

But generally - with the expereince of ppl here on site...

 

What is the expereiced gap in time between a Biometrics  Session and the final 'Interview' -  for adjustmewnt of Status?

 

Regards

 

Max

 

 

Since I was approved for expedite, took about 5 months after the initial application.

I must warn you about WA drivers.  My wife has been here for over 2 years and she still gets stressed out with the driving here. 

So I just finished 90 day fiance, the single life series.  I think I enjoyed this series a bit more than the regular season.  Discovery+ has so many run-offs now it's hard for me to decide what to catch up on. 

On 1/13/2021 at 1:55 PM, Zahid Khan said:

Hi everyone,

 

Hope everyone is doing great. You people are doing an amazing job by helping each other in the time of needs! 

 

I just joined the Forum today to seek some help on my immigration case for States. I hope ill be able to help others and get some information for myself as well. 

 

Stay Blessed Everyone! 

Welcome to the Journey!

22 minutes ago, Cl&Ha said:

Instead of typing my name on  the letter of intent to marry , i wrote it with a pen , is that a no no?? Should I redo wich means weeks for it to get to the US XD

Perfectly fine. 

Even though we submitted a g1145 for my wife's ROC package, we still only got regular mail notification.

On 6/24/2021 at 1:01 PM, Olga&Jared said:

Hi guys!

 

I have a quick question regarding AR-11 when you don't have any pending petitions with USCIS. I filed a change of address form in the past when I was waiting for my green card interview but I just learnt that I need to do it each time I move even if I am not waiting for any documents. I moved  to a new location in February this year and I filed AR-11 today. Am I going to face any penalties for doing it this late? Do I need to call them in a few weeks to confirm that my address was changed in their system?

 

Thank you

Shouldn't be an issue at all.  You will receive a confirmation email once you file thr AR-11

12 hours ago, Cl&Ha said:

As the title says. Is the beneficiary birth certificate required to be sent with form i-129f. Will we get an RFE if we don't include it. Saw in some forums that it is required,  other says it isn't and it will take an extra 2 weeks to get it and get it translated.  Thx

For my wife K1 visa application back in 2017, for proof that I am a USC I provided both a copy of my birth certificate and copies of all pages of my passport.

3 hours ago, Cl&Ha said:

Me (27M) and my fiancé (22F)  met on reddit April 2020 and were  on a long distance relationship talking / video calling daily  . due to covid delays, she was  able to visit last month for 2 weeks which we spent entirely together and in which we got engaged in the presence of her mother and my family . my question is , is it risky to file the i-129f after only meeting once even if we can prove that we talked daily for more than a year online and that it is a serious relationship since both our families are involved... we are not meeting again until between October/Christmas again cuz covid hit hard financially ... any help would be much appreciated 

Well it does meet the initial requirement of meeting once within 2 years, but the more time the better.  Proves more of a stronger relationship. 

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

A great many threads in the "Moving to the U.S." forum, or start one there about your wife's specific issues.

Dually noted, thank you!

Hey everyone.  I'm not sure if this is the place to do it, but since the word "rant" is in the title...My wife is just too stressed about the U.S. and how things are ran here, especially when it comes to Maerican attitudes, her job, etc.  As much as I try and listen my best, it's just become overwhelming now.  Has anyone experienced this??

On 4/15/2020 at 4:52 AM, Lucky Cat said:

The IRS portal Stimulus Payment Portal is now active.  You can use this link to check eligibility and to submit your bank account information if the IRS does not currently have it (I usually owe every year, so they did not have my info).  You will need your SSN, Address,  information from your tax return, and your bank routing number & account number.  I just used it to tell them where to deposit my payment.

"Filers:  Get Your Payment" is the section I used.

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments

Good thing I checked here, thank you very much! 

What form are you trying to expedite?  K1?  AOS?

I did an expedite due to U.S. government concerns. 

1 hour ago, Trompe le Monde said:

I don't think I've logged in here in longer than that time - the forums have a lot more categories which is the main difference

Agree, A LOT more categories!  And I do think they didn't have a status option back in the day.

Just finished a cheese sandwich.  #budgetcuts

I've been a member for a little over 10 years, I don't see much changes throughout my years here.

21 hours ago, bolero_pa said:

My fiancé has her K1 VISA interview in 2 weeks. She asked for a copy of the NOA1, which I can't locate. Is that document important or required for the interview? It would seem unimportant since all it does is provide an early notification that the application has been received. 

 

Thanks!

Not required, but I brought mine to my wife's (then fiance) interview just in case. 

15 hours ago, Daymellow said:

Thank you.

 

It was and wasn't. I am just trying to stay positive and praying that it will work out. I do love him very much and I hope that the situation will become better.

 

🙏

 

Thank you everyone for the comments. 

I pray and will stay positive that things work out.

 

🙏

I would honestly do the interview, and then afterwards if you decide to stay together or not,  at least that stage would be complete.  Having to go through all that and not make it that far.  No pressure, but just my opinion.  Hopefully things do work out between you two! 

5 hours ago, bunbo123 said:

Hi guys,

 

I just got a letter scheduled my interview for form i-751. In the letter, there is a section “ who should come with you” and I am confused that they do not require my husband to attend the interview with me as you can see in the below picture. Should I call USCIS to make sure? Is there anyone had I-751 interview recently and what was your experience? 
Thank you for looking into my post!

 

Once my wife's interview is scheduled I will definitely attend.  That is, if an interview is required. 

6 hours ago, Prizm123 said:

i have 3 so far.

Rammstein rescheduled for next year, but we have had tickets since last year

thinking about going to Rocklahoma this year since its labor day weekend

I'm going to PsychoFest in Vegas in August.  And then possibly some local shows later in the year.

I would love to see Rammstein again.  I haven't seen them since 1998!

I think I do use this forum more than I do FB or IG.  I do consider this social media. 

3 minutes ago, microcebus said:

I am preparing my wife’s I-751 packet.  We need to send it in about a week.  We had thought it would be very quick to prepare because it doesn’t require another Affidavit of Support, but it’s a lot more work than we thought!  We saw some RfEs on this forum today that definitely showed us the importance of preparing this package well.

 

Our current situation:

 

• We don’t have kids yet.
• For nearly the first year of our marriage, we didn’t have a home of our own and didn’t have utility bills.  We were staying at my parents’ condo officially while we were looking for a house, then having our house built.  During the last 3 months that our house was being built, we rented from friends during the workweek (it was not a formal lease) and stayed at the condo on the weekends.
• Several of our utilities now are paid through our HOA and not separate bills.  Our HOA’s directory lists both of us as living at our house.  None of our utility bills have my wife’s name on them.  I’ve asked these companies today if they can change this.
• My wife’s name is on the contract and title of our house, but not our mortgage.  We had thought that her lack of credit history in the US would impact our interest rate.
• We have 2 affidavits from people we know and will hopefully get at least one more.
• We filed our taxes separately in 2018 (we got married that December) but jointly in 2019 and 2020.
• In general, we are beneficiaries on each others’ benefits at work, but we don’t share any medical insurance policies because it would cost us more this way (due to how these policies are set up with our employers).  We do have the same doctor and dentist and try to get back-to-back appointments where we can.  And we do have the same car insurance policy.
• We have had a lot less travel, going out, and photos than we had anticipated before the pandemic.  
• Only one of our bank accounts is truly set up as a joint account.  About 6 months after we got married, I set up my other accounts to transfer on my death to my wife.  Her name has been on these accounts’ statements since then, but the accounts are individual.  We use one Mint account to keep track of all of our bank accounts.   My wife’s paychecks get deposited to the joint account, and mine get deposited to my checking account since that account is used to pay our mortgage.
• My wife does not have a credit card in the US.  She has one back in Singapore (her country of birth and citizenship; she lived in Australia when she met me) and uses my card for her online purchases.  I think she is an authorized user of my card according to our bank, but I’d need to double check.  Only my name is on these statements.

 

In light of all this, I have been thinking about different sources of evidence we could also provide:

 

• Receipts (with both of our names) for furniture for our house
• Receipts for online purchases that both of us have made (showing that we live at the same place)
• Other bills that show both of our names and address

 

Given the information above, I have several questions about proving our joint financial assets:

 

1. Do I need to send USCIS the bank statements for my individual bank accounts too, or only the joint account?

 

2. Do we need to include each month’s statements for my credit card?  (If so: the bank provides a “Summary of Charges” document each year which shows all of our transactions with the card for the year and would save a lot of paper.  Could I send that in instead, to cover as much of the time since we got married as possible?)

 

3. Where the VisaJourney I-751 sample refers to a copy of the title of our house, which document is that?  Is this the same thing as a title deed (in our case, a several-page document on legal-sized paper) or a one-page certificate of title (which I’m not sure if we have or even can get in the time we have)? 

 

4. I have a similar question about the title of the car in both of our names.  I haven’t found a certificate of title or it yet, just our registration, which has both of our names on it.  May I just send in a copy of the registration?

 

5. Is there anything else about our current situation that we should be aware of as I prepare the packet?  Any other ideas or advice?

1. Just joint is fine.  For my bank, all my account statements were linked together, so I couldnt separate them anyways, but as long as it shows joint ownership. 

2. Would recommend sending a statement one per quarter, same with bank account statements.

3.  That would be the deed to your house.

4. Are you still making payments on the car?  If so the title wont be in you or your spouse's name.  Car registration would help, and car insurance if you have both names on there too. 

5. Anything that can show a strong bond between you and tour spouse, proof of a bona fide relationship.  I'm in kind of the same situation.  For about a year, I do not have proof of utilities or rental, since I was staying in on base housing, but anything else during that time that can prove our marriage, like bank statements, credit cards, copy of orders, etc. I submitted. 

20 hours ago, Daymellow said:

What happens when he decides to break up with you right before the whole interview? 😰 Oh lord

Sorry that this has happened.  Hopefully it wasn't an impulse decision, especially after all this waiting and everything else. 

On 6/16/2021 at 7:57 PM, laylalex said:

It's because Discovery+ is now up and running. 

 

I just have to say... learning that Asuelu will not "work with himself" to just "relieve tension" is waaaaaaay more information than I needed.

Ah gotcha.  I kind of want to subscribe.  Still debating.