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Ok that's the surrendering part -- will be happy to do so when it's time. Do I need to notify the USCIS once the divorce is final if I'm still in the US but within my 2-year conditional residency?

Hello all,

After only a little over a year of marriage, I'm sad to report that we are filing for divorce. We entered the marriage in good faith, and things just didn't work out. I will be moving overseas for a new job opportunity next year and I am okay with surrendering my green card at the embassy when I'm there. Do I need to do anything else in the meantime with the USCIS?

Thanks

The title of your topic is misleading. Just saying...

I sent in photos with the I-130 and was not asked for additional ones at the interview. That is another approach if you already have photos. Not that it's a guarantee that they will not ask for more photos at the interview though.

You should probably send some financial mingling documents... Bank statements, credit cards, bills, insurance cards, etc under both your names. Driver's licenses showing the same address for both of you would help too...

Turkish is kind of easy to change. Just omit the extra "accents" and you will be fine. Don't worry about how USCIS will pronounce it. They're there to get him through the immigration process nothing else.

It will most likely not be a problem. He may want to check with the US consulate first to see whether he will need to apply for a visa though. If you are convicted of a crime I think you have to apply for a visa through the consulate first.

Congrats! Now keep your eye out for the interview notice

Congrats!!

The OP hasn't replied in a while... It sure got everyone rallied up though

It feels like all of the other December filers have received their EAD, AP, and interview dates except me. It has been 75 days since we sent in our application. 55+ days since biometrics. But everything is still in "Initial Review" and has not been touched since our checks were cashed.

Has anyone else had similar wait times? I am in NYC so I get that it can be slower than the rest of the country... but I'm starting to get worried.

Mine took a little over 100 days to be approved. NYC is backed up...

hello everyone we get maried yesterday but we didnt take pictures because, we can not take a camera whit us in the court.

does this is a problem for my aos inteview or can i get denied? please help.

First of all, CONGRATS!

I didn't submit anything from my wedding either. We took one photo on my cellphone, and my mom did that so it was completely blurry. I sent in other photos that showed our continued relationship (photos with other family members, in different locations, climates, etc.) -- that was more than enough.

Good luck!

Once you file I 485 you are in status even if your OPT expires.

I used AP to get out and back into the country multiple times. The only issue I had was the secondary inspection, which added another 30 mins or so at the border. If you look at employment based forums you'll see many others like me. I always maintained my status though.

Maybe a note from the doctor?

It looks like on average CSC is faster, but Steve just proved that it isn't a rule. Expect the worst, be happy when anything better happens.

The adjudicator who sees the bond as proof may think nothing of it, or may decide to be upset about it and dig real deep on the application. Why risk it?

Great, thank you both!

Hi all,

I hope this isn't one of the questions that gets asked all the time and annoys everyone around here.

As I understand from the VJ guides, we can submit bills/insurance documents/leases as proof of our ongoing relationship. My question is, do all these documents have to cover the entire two years of our relationship since obtaining the GC? I ask this because our lease is about 25 pages per year, our cellphone bill is 25 pages per month(!), etc.

When you are traveling TO Brazil you should be okay since you're a Brazilian citizen and hold their passport. However, traveling from Brazil to US may be another story -- one that I don't have enough knowledge of.

I didn't write it either. You will be fine.

Hi all,

I just made my first international trip to Canada after getting my green card. It was EXTREMELY smooth. I crossed the border with my car and was asked only a few simple questions, and was done within 3 minutes on the Canadian side and 10 mins on the US side (due to traffic). I love this freedom!!

Hi everyone, I am in the process of gathering paperwork for the K-1 and as you know, one of the documents we need to submit is a divorce decree for my fiance in Spain.

I'm not sure if what we have is the correct paper... I thought it would look more like a "certificate" of some type, but what we have is a photocopied and notorized piece of paper from the "Registro Civil" (basically a big book in the court where everyone's marriages/divorces/etc. are filed). It has the details of the marriage on the right, and then on a small column on the left it has a little paragraph certifying the divorce, with the date and signature of the judge I'm guessing (but no signatures of my fiance or his ex, no details, pretty much just a sentence saying the divorce happened).

Umm... is this what a divorce decree is supposed to look like? I know it may be different in all countries (as I said, this is Spain) but I feel that this doesn't look official enough and wondering if there is something more we need to get. My fiance says this is what they use in Spain, the Registro Civil book, but I don't think it's enough.

Any advice?

I might be digressing but don't you need to get that translated? If you do and the translator puts in the divorce information, then it doesn't matter how little the divorce stamp is. The officer will look at the translation.

They redesigned the cards in May 2010.

Do you mean G-325a? If your wife changed her name at the ceremony that's her new legal name, and her maiden name should be mentioned in the "other names" section. You will include a copy of the marriage certificate which will list the maiden name anyway.