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Thank you, I will apply for the EAD renewal this week , hope my GC arrived faster though

Hi all, I need some info, I haven't received my GC yet and my EAD ( work permit ) will be expired this april, do I need to extend it? and do I have to pay more ? this is so frustrating I've been waiting for a year and no news about my GC, anybody have the same experience? Thank you

actually, if we know about VJ before I come to US, we will choose spouse visa instead of fiancee visa,,,there's so many thing to do at adjust status and while waiting for permitt you can't work or go outside US, at least if you wait at home country you'll still working or do whatever routine you do, believe me waiting while do nothing is so frustrating,,so spouse visa is better

Because you have a pending case, please read the instructions here

You have a 2 step process.

accurately so that it may help others...

so we didn't have to do info pass,,just fill the form and call them, Thank you so much !

they gave a guide book a your nearest DMV, get one and read, it also help if your husband go to DMV site and try their simulation writing test, mostly the question came form there, i just take the writing test and pass on first try ( i read the book and get the simulation test ) its pretty easy,,now just more practice for the driving test..

hai, I'm in the middle of AOS process, we did the interview last july but we didn't approved at the spot, I guess one of the main reason is because of our age diff ( the officer keep asking about it ) and also the fact that my husband is forget year of my bday, he get it right finally but mention wrong year twice,,so the officer gave us a piece of paper said that they will review our case and we will hear from them in 180 day in the end of interview.

Now we have to move to another state because of my husband job is relocate ( from California to Texas ), I know that i have to fill up the form of change address, but is that anything else that we have to do ? can we fill the form and send to them by mail or did we have to make an infopass ?

This for any info..

Hi, I able to breath finally , my husband company's decide that he'll better stay at US instead moving him to S Africa, so I could continue my GC process.

I just curious now, I know that a lot of VJ member have spouse with big age diff ( mine is 15year, hubby 45 and I'm 30 ), I've been know him for pretty long time before we decide to marry so I'm aware of some of his bad habit ( he know mine too lol ), but sometime I just can't help myself notice how big age diff is make a gap sometime, like how we're react about a problem, how's he's more mature than me and the most annoying things is bcoz he's been through a lot way before I was born, sometime he just being smart ####, gee...

What about you guys, how you deal with living in big age diff ?

Mary Therese, we use this service last year to get fiancee visa, take about 6-7 month for finally get my visa, we use it bcos we didn't know about VJ that time, and both of us busy with work, so we decide to use this service to help us, actually they just help us fill up the form, cos you still the one who have to provide all the data, so if you pretty familiar with the process and read it at VJ , I'm pretty sure you could do it by yourself. They offer to help us for the AOS , but since i found VJ already i decide to do it by myself,..

That's the new route. Through HKG

Thanks for your advice!

Re Do you plan to leave the airport ? coz my friend go through Narita ,Japan for transit, and she didn't need to give her passport to the Japan embassy at jakarta, or did you plan to stay there for a couple day while transit?

i did my biometric at 4 april, still hear nothing until now, hhhhhfffffff....

yeah, i heard that there are some lucky applicant that doesn't have going through another interview for AOS process, but some people still have to do it too, we never know which one will be..;0-

Anyway, right now we still waiting for the decision from company, so we still continue the AOS process, once the company have the decision we have 2 option,my husband quit his job and try to find another one here so we can continue the process, or take the job and withdraw the AOS so we can try again when he come back to US and start it again ( even though it sound really awful but seem we don't have too many option now)....pray for the best

Not safe? Really? South Africa has it's problems, but it's a lot safer than many areas in the Philippines. In South Africa you don't have to worry about being kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf or the NPA, or getting bombed by one of these groups if you go near a government building.

Anyway, you have multiple compound problems. If you leave when you get the AP and end up being scheduled for a green card interview then you must return to the US and attend the interview with your husband. If you don't both attend, and you don't have a very good reason for him not being present, then your green card will be denied. If he was in the military and had been deployed to a war zone then that would be a very good reason. If he's being transferred to a foreign country for work then they'll expect him to fly back and attend the interview.

A green card interview in these circumstances is likely to be a little rocky. This is triple jeopardy. A permanent resident is required to reside in the United States. There are exceptions for the spouse of a US military member, the spouse of an employee of the US government, or the spouse of an employee of a US government contractor. Unless you fall into one of these categories, you are required to live in the US in order to get and keep a green card. If you tell the IO that you're planning on moving to South Africa to be with your husband then they'll deny your green card because you don't intend to maintain your residence in the US. If you tell the IO that you're planning to return to the Philippines to wait for your husband then they'll deny your green card because you don't intend to maintain your residence in the US. If you tell the IO that you plan to stay in the US and wait for your husband then they're going to wonder why you want to stay here and not be with your husband when, as you've said, you have no job and no family here. Like I said, triple jeopardy.

There are restrictions on how long a green card holder can be absent from the United States. If the US government ever determines that your primary residence is abroad then your green card will be revoked. CBP can question you about this anytime you enter the US. If you're absent for more than six months then they will look for evidence that you no longer reside in the US. If you're absent for more than a year without first obtaining a reentry permit then they are required to presume you've abandoned your residence, and your status will be revoked. A reentry permit is valid for only two years, so the maximum absence even with a reentry permit is two years. Even with a reentry permit, you're still required to maintain your primary residence in the United States. A reentry permit is only good for overcoming the automatic presumption that you've abandoned your residence.

See how things work out. If you're certain your husband will be going to South Africa, and you're certain you don't want to go with him, and also certain you don't want to stay in the US without him, then withdraw your AOS application. It will be easier on you in the future if you withdraw the AOS application than it would be if the AOS application is denied or abandoned. It demonstrates to the US government that you're trying to play by the rules, even when your circumstances change.

upssss i never mean to say that south afrika is bad , maybe i should mention before, what i meant by not safe is coz the company plan to put my husband at the mining base camp due to his engineering work, so i don't think i'll be able to stay with him there, not really a family place, ....oh ya and also i'm from Indonesia not phil...)-p, smiley face..

anyway, i know that my situation is really complicated now, we really hope the company will consider about the moving, but if the worse case happen, we should get ready thats why i try to find as much info as i could.

if we have to withdraw our application , what is best way to do it ? write a letter or something ? did they will return the fee ? maybe not huh ....

I really appreciate your response JimVaPhuong

Your husband is going to accept an offer abroad and you aren't going with him? Why wouldn't he decline the offer so you can be together? You don't want to go with him?

we still talked about this and hope that he'll be able found another here at US, but meanwhile the worse scenario is he has to take the offer and be separated for a while, coz is not safe and not much to do if i go with him to south africa,,

If you have someone to check your mail regularly, and can fly back at short notice then yes, that is possible, once you have AP like you say. You may not even get an interview, not everyone does. It's best not to stay out longer than 6 months at a time while you are on a greencard. The reason I asked is if he was working abroad for several years, it may be easier to abandon the process now and just apply for a spousal visa once you guys are ready.

we not sure yet about how long will be abroad, i just try to avoid the process all over again, but i guess you're right, ...if we abandon the AOS process now does it will have any impact if we try again in the future ?

How long do you plan to be abroad? When do you plan on leaving?

hi, thanks for the reply, yes i also apply for AP with my AOS, ,,my plan is leaving US soon after get my AP and come back here for interview, is it possible? not sure how long abroad depend on my husband work, how long did we allowed to leave US with AP ?

Hi, I need help, my husband is a us city and we're are at the middle of AOS process now ( from K-1 visa ), my file goes to USCIS last feb, and we just heard news that my husband job will be transfer to south africa any soon, so we're thinking i will return to my country while he worked at south africa, coz i got nothing to do there and if i stayed here i;ll be lonely too with no family around me. so my question is, what my AOS status will be ? can i ask for AP and still continue the AOS process while overseas? and fly here for interview process ?....cause we're planning to back to US again, and don't want have to start the process all over again, any body have any suggestion ?