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While it can happen, I highly doubt that you would ever get immigration knocking on your home door. Unless they had some really substantial reasonings and suspicions as to your marriage being fradulent, I doubt they would waste their time. They are so backlogged, they can hardly manage sending letters out, let alone an actual officer!

Congrats!!

I received 5 Welcome To America letters and then my green card. It was a party in my mailbox for 3 weeks! hehehe

5 welcome letters! haha the US move love to see you here at last!

Wow that was fast! Congratulations!

Everyone gets nervous. But trust me, if you have everything required of you, it's a piece of cake.

Good luck!

Congratulations! It's a relief, isn't it?

Yay many congrats!!!

Our USCIS online status confuses me!

Our interview was on Feb. 15 and we got our approval stamp. For the next 6 days our online status showed that our case couldn't be found in the system.

On Feb. 21, our case status came back and said that on Feb. 21 after our case was approved, Dean's card was ordered.

Now on Feb. 24, it just says that our case was approved and our approval letter was mailed out today. But..shouldn't that message have been BEFORE the one about ordering our green card?

USCIS confuses me! So out of curiosity, do you think that means the welcome letter and green card were both mailed out in one lot? It seems most people always get them seperate.

I'm not worried or concerned over this, I am just curious and excited to get these fun treats in the mail and wanted to see if anyone ever gets them both at the same time!

Congratulations!!

I am the USC and at the time my husband and I applied to have him come to the UK on a K-1, I was actually living in the UK with him and had been doing so for the past year. I put my home address in the States down as my current address, despite the fact that I actually wasn't living there at the time. This was not a problem, but I did include a note in one of my packets that explained my situation and that I was living abroad for the time being. This didn't seem to be a problem at all, and I would suggest letting them know as soon as you can.

I was also a student and hadn't worked a day of my life, so also had no income or taxes or anything at all to show them. My aunt was the cosponsor and they looked only at her documents and didn't bother with me, because of the situation. They were extremely understanding about that.

Good luck to you. I have every confidence you will be fine.

I wouldn't worry so much about it. At least at the interview in the UK, so long as you have a cosponsor who has three years worth of tax returns, you should be fine. For instance, I am the USC and I was a student at the time and never filed for taxes in my entire life. So obviously on my end, I didn't have any taxes at all to show them. This was completely fine, as I brought in a lettr explaining my situation and also let them know that my cosponsor at least had her taxes. It was all fine. They questioned nothing.

I would supply what taxes you can, make sure your parents provide their taxes, and if they ask why you're missing one year's worth yourself, just explain it to them. They know everyone's situations are unique and different.

Good luck!

Good luck with the upcoming interview and medical! Both are a breeze and nothing to worry about at all.

I'm sending good thoughts your way!

Verbal proof for already having chickenpox is completely sufficient. No tests or extra shots are needed to prove it.

I heard this both from the civil surgeon in the US and the civil surgeon in the UK

It took about 67 days for my husband to get his EAD card. It was a little over 50 days before he got his biometrics appointment. It's a frustrating wait, but I don't think you've been waiting too, too long. As others said, I would wait a bit more and then make an appointment to find out what the hold up is.

Congratulations!!

Yeah the form is for a year and it's still possible to send it in despite having a 90 day working permit from POE. We had one of those, but were fine for getting a yearly one anyway until our AOS was approved.

It seems to be random as to who gets sent to the CSC and approved without interview. As far as I can tell, if you're from an area that's backlogged and have sent in lots of evidence with your AOS package, people seem to get their cases moved there.

Many congrats! Over the months I have been trying to keep up with you and how things were going. It's wonderful to know you're approved!

We didn't have one and everything was fine. We just gave a scheduled date of when we were due to get married.

Congrats! I was so hoping for Dean's welcome letter today. But alas our box was empty. Ah well if yours has come, ours is bound to be here soon!

Yeah, the I-551 stamp will work. However, his PR status will need to be verified and he will have a higher chance of clearing SAVE with the I-551 card, so you might want to hold off until the card arrives.

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0100203410

RM 00203.410 Evidence of Alien Status for an SSN Card for an Alien Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence

Oh yeah we will definitely wait for his green card to arrive. I just wasn't sure if we could have that condition removed from his SS card on a 2 yr green card, or if he had to wait for his 10 year card to make the change.

Thanks for your help!

VERY fast! Congratulations!

How bout that! Nothing to worry about in the end! Congratulations!

That same note appeared online on our case last night. It's a beautiful sight

So now that Dean is approved with an I-551 stamp and we're waiting the arrival of his green card (the USCIS website says his card has now been ordered!), I was wondering about his SS card.

Is he now able to go and get a SS card with the "Valid for work only with DHS authorization" removed from it? Or does he have to officially have a 10 yr green card to have that removed?

Thanks for any help!

Well, my husband and I aren't living in VT, but he was approved for his EAD about 16 days after he had his biometrics, if that is any help...

Good luck!