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    K1 Visa for Second Cousin

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Besides you and your fiancee, how would anyone know she's your second cousin?

    Don't mention it. If you are specifically asked, you can explain, but I don't see how it would come up unless you volunteer the information. As you point out, it's legal to marry your second cousin in the United States, but why create a problem by bringing it up? Let's not make the IO's job any harder than it is.

    And no, it's not lying. It's not volunteering information that will cause problems you don't need.

    Regards,

    Bill

    AOS horror

    in Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits

    Posted

    If you want to get divorced from your husband, you have rights. You need to talk to a divorce attorney.

    Why not get a court order that requires your husband to pay you some sort of alimony during the divorce process? Then you would have money.

    You appear to be at the point where your marriage is a business decision. If he wants out, fine, but it'll cost him. You might even negotiate: I'll give you a divorce with no alimony requirements, but you're going to have to pay me an up-front settlement so I have money to go home.

    If your marriage is over, get the emotion out of it. Become very clinical and business-like. You need a solution to your marriage that will allow you to get back to where you want to be. Don't let your husband excuse his way out of it.

    Regards,

    Bill

    New hear and need help

    in US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

    Posted

    Congrats on winning the DV!

    Bring any documentation you have. You probably don't have the receipt from when you first applied for the DV lottery, but if you do bring it. I'd rather bring too much documentation and not need it than not bring something and have them ask for it.

    You need an I-134 if you don't have enough money for yourself. You can certainly use your bank statements to prove how much savings you have. If you have to get a sponsor, they can fill out the I-134 and send it to you. They sign an oath on page 2, and a notary is not needed.

    Look at the following:

    https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/pk%203%20supplements/MTL%20-%20Montreal.pdf

    It's not specific to DV recipients, but it gives you an idea of what to expect.

    Try to get as much of the documentation as you can. You're single, so if you have *never* been married then you don't need a marriage certificate. If you *have been married in the past*, then you need the marriage and divorce documentation. If you have no kids, then you don't worry about custody, etc.

    Regards,

    Bill

    'Notice was returned to USCIS'

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted · Edited by Bill and Vicky

    The AR-11 form has both a physical address and a mailing address. I'd say put your current address for the physical address and your wife's mother's address in the U.S. for the mailing address.

    The downside of not receiving the NOA notices in the mail is that you're not going to receive the RFE notices, either. Or any other paperwork they send you.

    *Technically*, you could also be found in violation of the rules by not having "valid" addresses on file with CIS, but I don't think they'd really care.

    Yes, update your addresses and use your mother-in-law's address for the mail.

    Regards,
    Bill

    N600 Legitimated prior to 16 question

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

    Posted

    A copy of your birth certificate with your father's name on it, and a copy of his naturalization certificate. I would think that's all you need.

    You could also create a letter saying that your parents were married on this date in this village, and they didn't have written certificates. If you wrote a letter asking for it, and was told you couldn't have it because it didn't exist, include that with your evidence.

    Regards,

    Bill

    Traveling on AP with chance of GC approval

    in Working & Traveling During US Immigration

    Posted

    If she leaves on AP, she'll come back on the same AP. They might say "hey, you got your green card, congrats" when she comes back in, though I'm not sure that the entry point's system is that smart. She's legal...that CIS changes her status while she's out of the country is not a problem. I don't see them stopping her because her status changed...they understand how the system works.

    As for showing up at the CIS office without an appointment, I'll leave that to someone who experienced it. The times I went, they made me prove I had an appointment before I was allowed into the waiting area. I never tried going without an appointment.

    Regards,

    Bill

    Wife's Green Card 10 Year Renewal - Need HELP and Advice Please

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted

    We saw at the very bottom of the letter that if you plan to travel between now and the 60 days before the green card arrives, you may not be allowed to enter back into the United States. We are going to Europe to visit family during Christmas and New Years this year and have had the trip booked for six months. We went on infopass and scheduled and appointment to meet with the local immigration office on December 14 to try and get a temporary travel stamp in her passport. Is this possible?

    My wife did it. We had been notified that her green card was in the mail, but we knew she was going back to visit her family and it wouldn't arrive in time. So she went to the San Francisco office and they put an I-551 (?) stamp in her Indonesian passport that allowed her to return to the U.S.

    Regards,

    Bill

    Looking for a little advice in regards to an RFE I received.

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    You can always send in extra information. Whether or not it'll prevent a second RFE depends on who's working that particular day and if they pick up on it.

    If you send in the second picture, include a "cover sheet" listing the items that you've sent in with the RFE. Specify on one line that you included "correctly sized" pictures of yourself, and on another line "correctly sized" pictures of the beneficiary. It might help them figure it out, and potentially save that second RFE.

    Regards,

    Bill

    G325A form during interview

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    You don't *need* the G-325A at all. But you *want* to bring copies of everything you've filed to your interview whenever possible. In general, the more completed forms, documentation and evidence you have, the better off you'll be in the interview.

    A copy of the G-325A is fine.

    If you can't find it, create a new one with the same information and bring it with you (you would want your copy to match the copy that the government has if they try to compare).

    Regards,

    Bill

    Police Certificate

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    We agree that Guam is a United States possession, right?

    You could send a written explanation pointing out that Guam is a U.S. territory and not another country, but that might be rude. You don't want the CO to think that you believe Guam is a different country.

    I think you're okay without one from Guam.

    Regards,

    Bill

    How do I know where my AOS is being processed?

    in USCIS Service Centers

    Posted · Edited by Bill and Vicky

    Forwarding notice: did you move? If you did, did you file the Change of Address?

    We moved from California to Texas to Arkansas while my wife went through her processing. We filed changes of address each time. She did some of her processing in California, some of her interviews in Texas, and some in Arkansas. Her files followed us through the moves...each field office we went to had the updated file.

    You can *probably* expect to be in the San Francisco field office. See below. Note that they use counties as divisions for the different field offices, so make sure the county you're in matches the office you're looking at.

    https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/field-offices/california

    Regards,

    Bill

    Changing name before or during AOS processing

    in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas

    Posted

    My husband and I just got married on a K-1 visa and we are nearly ready to file the AOS paperwork. I am planning to change my name to his. From your experience, do you think it's better to change it before or after we file the paperwork. Did any of you find any extra confusion or problems from changing your name right before filing the paperwork, or from changing it while the paperwork was processing?

    Thanks

    Put the new name. Remember to put the "old" name in as your maiden name or as a previous name. But the name you're using is the name you file with.

    Regards,

    Bill

    I-134 with supporting evidence in London

    in US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

    Posted

    "Enough"? How about the sponsor's tax returns? How about a set of bank statements?

    There is no such thing as "enough" when you go to your interview. It's enough when the CO thinks it's enough.

    Put a different way, when we went to my wife's naturalization interview, they had two folders, both of them six inches tall (so 12 inches of paperwork) with everything we'd ever sent to CIS over the years. That was enough for the CO. (My pile was only a few inches, but I had the originals while they had multiple copies.)

    If you're the CO, and someone comes in and gives you a letter from their sponsor's employer as proof of income and support as their only evidence, would you accept it?

    Regards,

    Bill

    beneficiary home address ( current or permanent)?

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    His address is what his address is. He needs to file the change of address to show the address where he currently lives. If someone needed to get in touch with him, they should have current information.

    You want the forms to be sent to where he lives now unless there's some reason they should not go there.

    Don't worry about older addresses. CIS understands that people move. Just make sure they have the "current" address.

    Regards,

    Bill

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