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Letter said 60, and I actually received it today.

Hi guys, just received my approval letter in the mail today. Says greencard will be sent within 60 days. 

Hi guys, just received my approval letter in the mail today. Says greencard will be sent within 60 days. 

Sharing my experience on INFOPASS. I was in LA field office. I arrived at 08:45 AM. Only one person in front of me. I checked in at a window, got the number and proceeded to the waiting area. I was called in to another window 10 minutes after. The officer was quite strict. After 1 minute talk he told me wait in the waiting area again. I was called out in 15 minutes again. They took only my GC, not the extension letter and stamped my passport for another year. Then I asked about the reasons why it takes CSC so long now to process I-751. And I got the answer that it happened for 3 reasons: 1. Previous transfers from VSC 2. More people filed I-751 with CSC and... what, I think, had a huge impact on the situation, and what I heard for the first time  is 3. Change of administration.

You don't get another letter. Hopefully you will be approved before travel. If not you will need to make an appointment to have an i551 stamp put in your passport.  You would need to go online book an appointment with your local field office. Normally best to do this around midnight, when appointments are up dated. I should imagine your case might be sorted out before December but who knows given the slowness of everything.

Tax transcripts you can get from the IRS website. Nice thing about them is they're a lot shorter than sending the return.
Don't bother with affidavits, photos or holiday cards. They're only for folks who have no decent hard evidence. They want to see the hard evidence, and you've got that (your list in the first post is roughly exactly what I sent). People get RFEs when they don't send enough of their joint bank accounts, though, so make sure to send statements that cover the entire length of the account, so that they can see it was used - like, one for every month / quarter for the last 2 years.
This is what we sent in my RoC package (handily, I still have the quick contents page I typed up to put in front of the evidence):
Copy of Permanent Resident Card 2013 married-filing-jointly tax transcript 2014 married-filing-jointly form 4868 for tax filing extension Joint bank account statements, 2015-04 - 2013-08 Deed for co-owned place of residence (#address, San Francisco) Home insurance information 401k, life-insurance and health benefit information

Here is everything that I sent if it helps:
· Filing fee of $590.00
· Completed I-751 Form with both signatures
· Copy of Permanent Resident Card (front and back)
· Notarized affidavit from my parents explaining living situation (we've been living with them since my hubby arrived in the US)
· Copy of both driver’s licenses showing same address
· Copy of our joint 2014 and 2015 U.S. tax transcripts, 2015 tax returns
· Copy of W2 from 2015
· Copies of monthly bank statements from joint savings and checking accounts
· Copy of letter from Bank of America stating that we are both authorized users and card holders on my father’s credit card account
· Reference letter from Bank of America stating that we share joint checking and savings
· Voided check from joint bank account
· Copies of our VISA credit cards showing same credit card number
· Copy of 401K and life insurance plans from husbands place of work listing me as beneficiary
· Copy of joint health insurance, dental, cancer, accident, 401K and life insurance plans from my place of work
· Letter from my place of work stating that my husband is enrolled in my insurance as well as the beneficiary for life insurance and 401K
· Copy of joint health insurance cards and dental insurance cards
· Copies of Commerce car insurance bills for last 2 years showing both our names listed as operators
· Copy of Verizon cell phone bills spanning duration of residence in the US (family plan)
· Copy of our airline reservations from vacations together, including:
My trip to France to visit my husband in Oct 2013 while he waited for his green card Trip to Texas with my husband and my parents in March 2016 Trip to France that my husband and I took to visit his parents in April 2016 Trip to California with my husband, his parents, and my parents in August Copies of email and photos from our stay at Notchland inn, NH from inn owner (celebrated our 3 year anniversary) · Photos spanning the entirety of marriage with friends/family & description
· Copies of wedding invitations envelopes from friends and envelope from IRS addressed to both of us
· Copy of Facebook messages sent from 01/2013-present to eachother
· 2 Notarized affidavits from my brother and our friend attesting to our relationship
· Copy of French lease + translation + translators certificate from when we were living in France
· Copy of my French visa in my passport showing that I was living at our address in Dijon
· Copy of my French credit card with husband's last name


Good luck!

Tax transcript is easier in my opinion...less paperwork! Filed married but separate is fine as long as it was filed married. Good Luck.

Federal Tax Return - all forms submitted to IRS by the taxpayer for that tax year
Tax Transcript - an abbreviated version of tax data gleaned from all tax forms submitted to IRS. Generated by IRS, requested by TaxPayer from IRS.
So if you choose to print off from turbo tax, make you submit all the complete forms.

Remember to send joint accounts activities spanning 2 years (not just 1 page)



BONAFIDE EVIDENCE Example list for ROC



1. Evidence of Joint Ownership of Assets and Shared Financial Responsibility

Joint Federal / State Tax transcripts
Joint bank account statements
Proof of joint credit card use
Mortgage loan contract or lease contract with both partners’ names in it
Power of Attorney
Wills
Utility / Cable TV / Cell phone / Pets visit / Membership / Joint purchase bills
Life insurance policy showing spouse as beneficiary
Health insurance / Dental / Medical Bills
Car insurance
401(K) account information showing spouse as beneficiary
2. Photographic Evidence

Photos of you two together
Photos of you two with family (such as wedding, parties, kids’ graduation, etc.)
Photos of you two in various locations and times
3. Other Evidence in Support of Bona Fide Marriage

Birth certificates of any children born to you together
Sworn affidavits of friends and/or family
Letters/cards from friends and/or family
Vacation / honeymoon photos / Boarding Passes showing both of you travelling together
Hotel receipts with both your names
Other Misc receipts with both partners’ names in shipping/billing address
Joint Fishing or Hunting license
List spouse as each other emergency contact from employers
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MNgoalie wrote: When we traveled to Canada last month, the border agent didn't ask for the letter.. he said it was in the system that an extension had been granted.. We still carried it with tho, just in case.
At long last wrote: I went on a cruise last October and was hassled and given a hard time about the letter. I carried all my paper work with me and still they were not pleasant.
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As I wrote earlier . . . it is not necessarily the Immigration Officers who are going to give you trouble. It is commercial agents who are unfamiliar with the documents. They can prevent you from boarding planes, boats, etc., as you try to make it back into USA. They are sticklers on this, because such companies are responsible for the cost of removing you from USA if the Immigration Officer turns you away upon attempted entry. They are just trying to save their company money . . . as they have been instructed to do.

Once you file the I-751 to remove conditions, the USCIS will send you a receipt I-797 NOA letter that states a one year extension on your green card.
Keep the NOA in a safe place, don't lose it.

Don't forget to send a bunch of evidence of bona fide marriage. (Obvious, I know, I'm just making sure you know this because we had people here before who thought it was just a question of sending in one form and they would automatically receive a 10-year GC.)

As long as you have your valid passport, your expired Green Card and your extension letter, you wont have any problems travel out of US and come back.

Well, that may not true. The words that 'you won't have any problems.'
There are several threads here or comments in threads by people who did have problems when traveling in and out of USA trying to use the 'One year extension letter.'
True, most have not experienced problems.
But some have.
As I recall from reading, most of the problems were not with USA Immigration officials, but rather with airlines.
But some have reported 2-4 hour delays by USA Immigration officials also.

Keep a copy of that 1-year extension letter in your wallet along with your expired green card. If you do travel out of the U.S., you shouldn't have problems returning as long as you have it and your passport and your expired card with you.

I was in exactly the same boat, and I just paid for excess bags, it worked out much cheaper, and some airlines offer v reasonable rates (I flew IcelandAir for example.)
I have some stuff left in storage at my mum's house back home, and will do extra bags again next time I go back and visit!

Check out this link and see if they can ship it...
https://www.beermenus.com/places/3531-coastal-wine-spirits
Good luck!

Nope- Spec's doesna have it. The closest store to you is in Lubbock.
http://www.specsonline.com/cgi-bin/showpage?pageid=search&keyword=cider&inclass=&webclass=&subclass=&origin=&region=&size=&Sortby=Name&pricefrom=&pricethru=&
But - they are really good on special order stuff - suggest you call them and ask for 8 cases delivered to Lubbock. Then you do a roadtrip after the first icemelt.

Congratulations on your approval and your champagne.

WOW I'm really sorry to hear all that, what a total joke... I spent another 3 hours waiting at SS to correct the mistake that THEY made, and had to pay for a taxi as the office is so far away and it was snowing buckets. SO I know the feeling a little bit!

No your number will not change. It's like a NI.

Our waiver was finally approved. We are finally at the end of this terrible journey. Thanks to every single member who stood by me during this crazy bump in the road.
I never thought this day would come. I can't wait to get on with our lives and live happily ever-after.
Husband needs a new medical, so he will make that appointment tonight and hopefully get his passport stamped before Christmas break so he can travel this month !!
Merry Christmas , Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukah and Happy (you fill in the blank)
and most of all HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

http://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/
This should help.

Woo hoo! And thanks for all your advice and comments, much appreciated!