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Congrats!

She also had other issues with her BC besides late registration so we decided to be cautious in order to try to prevent delays.

We had the same thing. My wife got two affidavits attesting to the date and circumstances of her birth, including her parentage. She had her mother and aunt from Kenya sign and notarize them, then her cousin scanned and e-mailed them and we included those copies with the submission. She also included her primary and secondary school leaving certificates and her national ID card. Hopefully that will work. She hasn't received an RFE yet and our interview is about 5 weeks away.

We received interview date and EAD card notices in online case status!! I will update timeline shortly.

We're in the same stage. Hoping interview notice will come soon.

To the OP: Was there any other things that may have been considered "Red Flags" in your case? Since you were interviewed separately, they may have been suspicious from the start. Did the interview end poorly? What would have caused them to be suspicious? Are you living together again now? I don't know how you could expect that this be approved if you don't intend to live together, unless there's a very good reason for the separation.

What field of work are you in? I know that wages in healthcare for instance vary greatly depending on which region of the counry you are in.

Congrats! We are hoping we get the same results shortly!

I think the OP was talking about placing separate envelopes into one box and mailing them all together. This is exactly how we filed the AOS package and had no trouble. We used separate large envelopes, marked I-485, I-130 etc. on the outside. All evelopes were placed inside a FedEx Small Box for shipment and attached to the outside of the first envelope was our cover letter. There was no way all of those stacks of paper were going to fit in one large envelope. We didn't want to buy a binder. What's the point when they will be taking everything apart and filing it using their own system? We used binder clips and paper clips within the envelopes to group the documents together. Not approved yet but the application was accepted.

its really simply actually... if you have been working in the US for ANY amount of time illegally, you my friend are going home. unless for some unforseen reason they let you stay here. but i really doubt it. as for some kind of fee...you definatly will be paying a "fee" alright. you more than likely will be charged with fraud etc. and gain a criminal record and be ban from the US. good luck, sorry to hear about your misfortune.

The above statement isn't true. Illegal work is usually forgiven upon marriage to a USC. It happens all of the time. Many of my wife's friends have succesfully adjusted their status to permanent resident after working without authorization. It was forgiven because of their marriage to a USC.

We submitted photo's using Walgreens photo collage which puts several pictures on an 8 1/2 x 11 page, and you can design and layout the pictures how you want. I think we had two pages of pictures in the package we sent and then we will bring some more recent pictures to the interview.

Your submission looks very thorough. We just did the the same forms last month and our submission was very similar. We also included a few affidavits in support of our relationship, and since her birth certificate also had errors, we submitted affidvits from her mother and aunt attesting to the facts of her birth.

Timeline updated below.

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Personally I hope the 'might of china' fails and I tell you why. I hope that civil rights will revolt and win while everything else is going on. I've heard enough stories of people enduring atrocities as if it was normal because there's not enough framework to protect them. Enough is enough. Sure it's competitive to make a lot of goods and sell it for cheap, but at what cost? Then again what do I know about it.

I know the USA will just observe because it's in their best interest to wait and see how it plays out. I think they would eventually step in though. I've heard many people talking about an eventual war between the USA and China, and it sounds plausible, eventually.

If there were a war between the USA and China, who would manufacture our happy meals?

Yes, just bring your photo ID such as a passport or drivers license.

That is not the issue, according to ICE employees. The issue is that ICE employees are being threatened with separation if they ask for any proof from the illegal immigrants that they do indeed meet the criteria you stated.

From the USCIS website, in order to file for the deferred action:

"Only those individuals who can prove through verifiable documentation that they meet these criteria will be eligible for deferred action. Individuals will not be eligible if they are not currently in the United States and cannot prove that they have been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 5 years immediately preceding today’s date. The use of prosecutorial discretion confers no substantive right or pathway to citizenship. Only the Congress, acting through its legislative authority, can confer these rights."

The policy is geared towards young people. For many of them, being brought here illegally occured when they were very young, through no fault of their own. Their ties to communities here are all they know.

To deport them would be like sending them to what is a foreign country to them. It's not the right thing to do and I applaud the effort of this new policy even though I'm sure it's not perfect, may have flaws and need to be adjusted.

Interesting

Your current legal names. The foreign spouse should then change their passport name BEFORE the interview but not necessary before filing the petition. It doesn't really matter when the US Citizen changes their ID.

I have a problem with the second part of that....the foreign spouse should change BEFORE the interview. My spouse is from Kenya and it could take two months to change the name in her passport. In order to change it, the requirement is to send in the current passport, in which case she will be without any passport during that time. I don't think we can afford to have her be without a passport for 8-12 weeks in the middle of this process. We need it for biometrics and it may not even return on time for the interview.

Actually, they do now. Kenya passed a new constitution a while back that allows for dual citizenship.

<------- And this little guy will be born a dual citizen even if born in the USA, if I'm not mistaken. I'm still trying to figure out how all of that will work.

Wishing Katie & Sifa (and Nyosh in the future ) a stress-free and smooth ROC. We don't file ROC until October of 2013, so we have a ways to go. But, I am still saving all the evidence, lol. After that, it'll be dual citizenship. All the best to you guys

I thought I read from the Kenyan government pages that they don't allow dual citizenship.

Yah I know. Been a long time since my last nigerian uncle died and left me his fortune. Also that prince who needed to transfer his funds out of the country quit emailing me too. <sigh>

I remember when I got the email about winning the visa lottery / guaranteed a job / send money for processing LOL. Kind of stupid to send that one to USC's though

When they spam it to millions of e-mail addresses, they only need just a fraction of a percent to "fall for it". Most people by far I'm sure do not.

I am not an expert on these things, but what if you get a quote from an insurance company with both your names on it? That could at least show that you are thinking of insurance but don't have the ead or social to actually get it.

Are you talking about car, health, or some other kind of insurance?

Good Luck!