Naiaa

Well, here is my BS news that I am absolutely livid about (but maybe it'll help someone).

I filed early February for my AOS. I just received a letter a few days ago after my husband made a complaint via phone to tier 2/3 that we have received no information about our case and that we CANNOT view the case online as it is still not found.

The letter we received says that they apologize for how long the process is taking because basically their is broken. Not only that, but we "may" be considered to not have an interview at this point. Also, they estimate it will take APPROXIMATELY SIX MORE MONTHS from the date of the letter to get my freaking green card. I am floored, pissed, and completely disappointed in the US government. This is a huge pain in the ### for me because I have to frequently go back to Canada to take care of my grandparents that are old and ailing and I am not interested in getting harassed at the border EVERY single time I go there, nor do I want a time limit in case something grave happens.

So there you have it. Excellent work USCIS. For reference, I live just outside of DC, but in Maryland jurisdiction. My office would have been Baltimore.

Yup, I have been waiting this whole time too. My AOS is still "cannot be found" on the website. I filed in early February. My friend who was a student where I live (DC) already filed and has her green card, all done in 3 months and filed 2-3 months after mine was. It sucks. I will probably be nearer the two year mark of our marriage, wish I could just get a non-conditional green card if this is going to take this long.

Hey, I was wondering how many more people out there haven't got their interview yet? My case status still says that it can not be found. I have my EAD and my AP already, but now I am getting worried about the adjustment of status. As I read more and more of you are getting your interviews over with, I get more nervous! Thanks.

I'm in exact same position... Waiting for interview, if there is one. Already have EAD/AP. Case isn't found.

Would like to know what my options are with dealing with this - am I supposed to let USCIS know even though I have already filed my AOS in February and have my EAD?

It is not the first incident, atlhough this is the first incident where I have a solid witness (my roommate) who intervened and got him off me. I would like to file a police report, so that these are on file... But, I don't know what can be done (I live in Maryland). This has been happening since a couple months after I arrived last June. My spouse told me that there was no point in reporting it because no one would believe me and he would only get a slap on the wrist, and that kind of behaivor just scares me more. He is bipolar and absolutely requires medication and these usually only happen when he drinks. Is there a way I can get the police to force him to be on medication / not drink? I do not want him to go to jail... I have not had any severe physical injuries from this yet, only sore after pushing him away and a couple scratches on my face.

I am worried they will arrest him. He is the primary supporter in our relationship; so, I have no money and no job. I have no idea how I will eat or pay bills if he is arrested. I leave to return to Canada next week, and although I already had plans to stay two months, I am thinking it would be best if I extended my stay there until things are sorted out here (he gets mental help and attends anger management, something).

There is also the option of me going back home and staying there (which I think I would prefer at this point), but I am worried if I would like to come to work in the US in the future with my degree that if I get divorced from a K1, it is going to look bad on my record and they will not allow me to come here to work? :/ Divorce is definitely being considered since this has been going on for a while. But, he's basically made me worried that they will do nothing or that he can turn this around on me somehow, or that I will never be able to enter the US again.

Thanks, sorry for the long-winded explanation.

My office is still processing August, so it isnt that much of a difference between it and NBC. I don't even know where my case will be adjudicated. I am mainly worried because I am moving soon, and I dont know if my change of address will go through with "case not found" in the sysytem.

yeah Baltimore office is also just processing the end of august as of Feb 28th... but I've seen a few times again and again that some people just happen to move faster since they were very precise when sending everything, etc. etc... so I'm holding out on that hope! I am too scared to go visit home for a couple months WITHOUT a green card because of how rude the border guards always are... I am afraid they will not let me back in even though I have been here a year almost.

I'm in the same boat, no numbers show up on the website because case is still not found... It was like that for my EAD/AP as well and then one day just updated to the card being mailed out to me. I have to call in and speak to tier 2/3 to find out the status, and last they can see is that they received my biometrics March 11... So I have been waiting a while too. My concern is my offices average time, which is REALLY awful... one of the worst.

I'm week of February 14th filer Got my AP/work permit combined card Week of April 13 and had my biometrics March 11th.... I'm concerned because we are unfortunately at the Baltimore office, which averages 250 days from filing date to Green card. I was hoping I'd be able to go back home to Canada and visit my family for a month because my only family is very old and her birthday is in August. I don't trust leaving the country without the greencard because I got hassled coming to visit and got hassled when I was at POE on k-1. Anyone else at the Baltimore center and concerned? I'm hoping it goes fast....

Hi everyone,

My husband and I were confused at the time we had our court wedding where we received our marriage certificate. Husband insisted we change our name after we receive our certificate because we had not decided on what names to take, and I said that we had to change it at the time we were there. So, we ended up doing things his way. Now both of us want to change our last name to the same last name, but it is not reflected in our marriage certificate (we both have different last names on it). How do I change my name now, given that I don't live in Canada and I obviously cannot travel there to just get my fingerprints done for a legal name change? I cannot change my name on basis of marriage since my marriage certificate has my last name on it, and we are not changing it to his last name either - we picked one together that is in my family. Do I go to a Canadian embassy to change my name? Do I have to go back to Canada?

Hope someone can help with this situation!

If you haven't already, see how many credits you can transfer to a US university, and be sure to check into various online programs if they are offered in your field...if you find an online program that fits the bill, you can live in DC until you are ready to move west.

in additon to the issues already discussed, be VERY careful about how long you are out of the US...it is straightforward, but if you stub your toe, it can be tough--particularly if you plan to become a citizen down the road.

Thanks for your reply; I have definitely considered this and even a US school. The issue is, American school is outrageously expensive compared to Canada, so it isn't an option to do it here for a very long time, unfortunately. Based on what the other person said, I am concerned that if I lose my residence in Canada, then applying to an online Canadian university will also be very expensive. Immigration certainly has a lot of downfalls, and it sucks because neither of us want to be on the east coast at all - we want to go back home to the west coast!

Part of being a US resident is that you spend more time in the USA than out of it. I'm unsure that you would qualify to attend school in Canada for the same price as you have before either. You are no longer a Canadian resident. You may be a citizen but you are not a resident. You won't be covered by provincial health care either.

When they say "ties" they do not mean family and friends. They mean a place of residence, a job, bank accounts, schooling, leases, mortgage, bills etc... The sort of things that people don't generally just leave behind or stop paying.

I am just curious, where am I supposed to report that I am no longer a Canadian resident? My student loan says I only qualify for financial assistance if I am resident and it has been approved again even though I have been out of Canada for almost a year.

And, based on your description, it sounds like I have many more ties to Canada than I do in the States, still... I suspect it may always be that way, since I have to keep my accounts open to pay my student loan.

Hi Everyone,

So this is my situation: We will be receiving our conditional permanent residence shortly (I have been here almost a year, we filed sort of late). I am Canadian and I would like to go back to Canada to finish my degree. This will probably take a year and a half, but obviously I would not be going for the entire time. I would like to go for a semester or two (under a year), come back to the US to be with my husband until the next and final semester starts, etc. I would plan on obtaining the reentry permit so I can do so. I am from Vancouver and we live in DC. We are planning to move to Washington State in two years to be closer to our families.

So my issue is, while obviously my husband can support me as is required by the K1 visa and AOS process, it would make it financially harder/difficult on him to be supporting two places for rent, food, etc. I would prefer if I can work part time while I am in Canada and going to school, as I always have. Is this going to be a problem? I have read several posts on here that say that it is. Is there no way around it - do I have to wait until I am naturalized?

I have also read that we cannot have strong ties to our home country and that they need to be stronger in the US or they can deny us our return entry into the United States??? This seems ridiculous; I will always have stronger ties as I have lived in Canada my whole life, all my family and friends are there and my husband has almost no family at all and no friends here, since they all live in Washington State. I maintain my bank account in Canada and my credit card so I have no issues when visiting and so I can pay my Canadian bills (student loan).

Thank you for information in advance!

If you got a notice that they received your RFE response... that is a touch, may not show up on their website but nothing new there.

This is what I was expecting, however, no notice in sight.....

But congratulations to the other couple that was approved! I was thinking of getting a Congressman involved... But unsure on how to go about doing that.

It is surprising they are still working on August at CSC! I can relate that it sure is frustrating when you're past the 5 month mark.

We called today and they confirmed they only received the 2nd package, which is totally fine since it was the bigger one with more stuff. However, we never received any e-mail notification that it was received, and the status hasn't been updated since Jan 4th when the RFE was sent out. I still don't feel convinced that it is attached to the file. I wish the workers were more uniform in the way they processed each application, in that every time an update to the file takes place, it is noted. Our file hasn't been touched since Jan 4th either! And if they received it and reunited it with the file... shouldn't that be a touch? :S

I hope you are right and we do hear something soon....

We still haven't got our NOA2. We sent our RFE reply Feb 13th, and never received any sort of indication that they received it. We sent a second one on Feb 24th with significantly more stuff - and with delivery confirmation so I can see they received it Friday, Feb 25th. Has anyone else done this? I feel so behind of all the other September filers.

I'm a little worried at this point that they aren't capable of cleverly being able to sort through stuff. I've read so many stories about them losing documents and proof, etc. etc. that I am concerned they will misplace our RFE responses. The due date on the RFE response is March 31st - so I am getting nervous.

Hi there,

I'm also a September filer. I finally joined the forum after following it for months, because it sucks to feel so alone and isolated in this case!

I believe our application was filed September 21st. However, the immigration officer told me it was October 4th that it was received, or maybe that was when the NOA1 was sent out. Since then, it's literally been hell for us. We are among the many who met online, technically. It was disheartening to say the least that we received a request for more information in January after months of silence. We had only actually met in August, but we also had a visit in September before the filing was done, and then in October directly after. They had requested more proof that we had met in person, and it was so difficult because it was unspecific. We literally sent everything we had, and if that was not enough, we were pretty clueless about what we were going to have to send in.

What I am wondering, is, is it okay to send in more proof that you had met after the filing date in lieu of not having enough proof before? We had a couple more things, and I believe he re-sent in the whole package with all of the proof after the filing date as well. I figured, it couldn't hurt just to send in EVERYTHING we had.

It's been 16 business days since we have sent our response package to the request for more information. We have no idea if it's been received and it is so frustrating. When I called, they wouldn't give me an answer.

To add insult to injury of our situation, we planned for me to visit for his birthady and our anniversary - the first one we would of been able to spend together. I had read the forums so much, reading about people getting denied at the POE on visits. Sadly, it happened to me. I quit my job since he is supporting me (with no difficulty), packed up most of my stuff, and was prepared for my second visit to him. He already has half my stuff there from my last visit, so I am not sure what went wrong this time. The officer told me I had several strikes against me, but he also said he couldn't stop me from trying to visit him again, and that he was just denying me for today. I had brought all my recent mail and tax info, and all the stuff that was in my drawer which included my degree. I didn't even think twice about how bad that would look. I'm not even planning on working when I am there, since I am going to be the homemaker. We didn't have a return ticket, since I wasn't sure if I had to come back earlier for my visa interview if it happened before I wanted to come back - 2 months.

Has anyone else had this happen to them? I realize all my mistakes now, but I'm not sure on if I even have a chance to correct them. This is only my second time travelling by myself. I don't know how to prove I wasn't going there to live - I mean, the only people it is really obvious to is us, who do not want to hurt our visa application and would never jeoprodize it. I explained all of this to the officer... But I am unsure if I am allowed to visit now after all of that. Even if I had a return ticket, 1 luggage, and didn't bring any of the wrong things, apparently they can still deny you. They can deny you no matter what - that is what I have read repeatedly. I am worried that since it is on my record, they will instantly try to reject me. It feels very prejudiced. It's pretty crushing to think I am missing the first birthday and anniversary we could spend together. I'm not sure how else I can establish ties in Canada to prove I will come back? My entire family lives here, but I don't see any point in getting a job just to tell them I am going on vacation to visit my fiancee for two months, and then probably be close to moving there permanently when I come back.

Any advice on similar situations, that would be so great... Thanks.