Pickle

I got the update this morning that my card is being produced!!  When I received the email and tried to log in, I could not even remember my password I was too pumped.  Yay! 

See my signature for info about dates, but it basically took 482 days from them receiving my case to approval.

22 hours ago, bubblebubble said:

For any of you who is still waiting, let me share with you the response I got from my case inquiry!

 

This is absurd! Make sure to call, submit request, and do anything you can to push them.

Otherwise, your case may end up sleeping in a offsite storage facility eternally without being processed! And those tier 2 officers all had absolutely no clue, misinformed me about my case transferring to another service center!

Shocking! 😧 How can they be so negligent with applications on which we spend so much money!  I hope you hear something soon. 

I have used DocAssist in the past to get my birth certificate from SA.  They also do police clearance.  They were super helpful when I worked through them!  http://www.docassist.co.za/police-clearances/  I hope this helps.

5 hours ago, Russ&Caro said:

No, we never received a July notice of a transfer, either.

2 hours ago, annperalta said:

Your not alone. Last time they update my case was February.

Thanks guys!

Am I the only one who did not receive this July update?!  

No update for me, still same ol' message.  Did those who got this update file N-400 already?

My local office has a backlog of its own with other types of cases and is very slow with everything, so not sure if this is such great news for me.  Only time will tell!

On 11/1/2017 at 2:52 PM, andfp said:

I can't beelive it takes 3-5 months total to get the green card and it takes 1 year to remove the conditions on it...

 

That's so sad.

For some of us it took almost a year to even get the initial green card...see my timeline.  That was due to backlog at my local office though, but still 

Agree, don't think you have reason to worry.  Mine says the same.  I've read about so many cases where those online case status messages are  just not very reliable.  

I would like to add to JP & LMR's great advice.  If you are traveling to a country where the staff that checks you in for your flight to the US are not all that familiar with expired PR cards and extension letters, someone on this thread advises to take this "Carrier Information Guide" with you (electronically, perhaps) just in case:  

4 minutes ago, curiousgeorgina said:

thank you very much for this!

You're very welcome!

You don't have to file anything, but this might be useful to you:  

When you travel from the USVI, you clear customs there.  I had to show my PR card, I don't know if that is up to their discretion or if it was a requirement.  Point is they can ask for it.  I don't have experience with Guam and Puerto Rico though, I'm sure you will get an answer on those two quickly from someone else.

This might be useful to you (it helped me out at my job).  Take the guide with you like it is suggested in the thread (maybe on your phone if you can):  

1 hour ago, Bella1464 said:

@Pickle

 

I didn't think about that. It does make a lot of sense though. That's what I will do. By the way, speaking of "request of tax transcripts"..It will take 10 days for them to process it. I really need to file as soon as possible, I think. So I'm just going to sort the copies and get the most important ones...It's weird that our 2015 one is 145 pages long, where the 2016 is 7 pages...Don't want to receive a RFE notice,but I do know we have a lot of other documents such as both vehicles, insurance, health and life insurance...I think we should be fine. 

Please let me know if you disagree. Happy to hear any suggestions! 

Thanks again! 

They say 10 days, but ours took three or four days to arrive.  Of course it can take longer, but that was my experience.

It sounds like you have a lot of evidence to submit. I would think that they probably get more nitpicky if you do not have a lot of evidence of your relationship, or if the bank statements you submitted doesn't show much activity.  I'm not an expert though, of course these are just my opinions.  And also, you never know if the person processing your application is having a bad day or is just stricter on certain things than his colleague next to him.  I would say submit with whatever you feel comfortable with.  And if you haven't yet, read some more here on VJ about other people's experiences (in threads where people were already approved).  That was very helpful to me, because some people submit a mountain of documents, others submit the bare minimum, and both gets approved.  I think mine was somewhere in the middle, and I'm crossing my fingers for no RFE's  

1 hour ago, Bella1464 said:

The bank statements with all the transactions for 2 years. Now that will be a lot of pages. 

Hope to apply next week! 

Have a great weekend everyone~ 

I did not submit every month's statements.  Only for a few months stretching over the course of the two years to show continuous use.  Now, of course I am still too early in this process to say if I will receive any RFE's because of that, but I have read about others who have done the same and all went well.  So that is up to you.  We also have more than one account together, so I don't know if that will make a difference.

Good luck to you!

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5 minutes ago, Bella1464 said:

Hello everyone! 

I have a silly question....The Tax return just for 2015 will be like 145 pages....Do I need to print it all or just pages with our names on it?

 

Thanks in advance!!!! 

That seems excessive.  You can request tax transcripts from the IRS, ours was 7 or 8 pages for each year.  

11 hours ago, kay&K said:

Congrats .that is awesome. Thanks for sharing the good news.I have been wondering the same thing about how long until we hear from them. Hopefully someone else has a better idea of the bigger picture.

The April 2016 thread and people's signatures in the thread might give you an idea... http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/622749-i-751-april-2016-filers-part-2-merged/?page=45 

I'm not so stressed out about it this time around.  I now know it can take a long time for anything to happen, so my attitude at this point is "it is what it is."  Still sucks to wait so long, but...it is what it is  

On 5/21/2017 at 11:10 AM, PDXDD said:

exactly the same dates with our case.   They must have handled our cases together

Hey how funny is that!

NOA1 date:  4/26

Biometrics letter received:  5/20

Biometrics date:  6/2

On 4/18/2016 at 8:01 PM, akihon said:

Sure, you can have the name you want on USCIS, I guess, if you had it declared on your marriage certificate and were going to use that to update Social Security. That's my understanding. If I'm mistaken, someone else please point me out.

My GC matches my Social Security, so I'm not entirely sure about your situation. In fact, I changed my name with Social Security before I AOSed, not knowing that I could just put my new name on the forms and then change it later. I am only telling you what I know.

It depends on the state you get married.  I did not have the option of  which last name I wanted on my marriage certificate in the state I got married.  My maiden name is on my marriage certificate.  My green card, social security, and driver license have my married name.  I had to show my green card to get my social, social to get my driver license.  

3 minutes ago, Omarov2009 said:

Good luck 🙏

Thank you, the same to you!

Mailed my package today, 4/25.  CSC.

I feel relieved that I got this out of the way.  Now sit back and "relax" while USCIS do their thing!

good luck. We still have a 6-month wait before filing for ROC.

Actually meant to comment instead of voting up your post Haven't commented on the site in a while...

I will "see you" in a few months! You should be able to start filing in April too, no?

The country matters. High fraud countries the chances of a visa decrease, if you will, and your application will most likely be scrutinized more. Could you disclose your country?

I got my student visa with a sponsor's help, did not provide my own bank statement. BUT like other's have mentioned you clearly have intentions to immigrate which is evident from the DV (and your "American Dream" statement). So that does not do you any favors. Only way to know what your chances are is to apply, no one on here can tell you.