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    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    I think that even if you meet the requirements now, which you will prove with paystubs, you still have to fulfill the 2011 required income, and that is why assets are being asked

    Technically the grant GC based on last tax year. not on partial current year.

    It's silly but if those are the rules, I would imagine that even if someone is making $100k, and was just hired 6 months ago, if his last year taxes say zero. You need a joint sponsor to meet 125%. 2012 income helps your case, but doesn't count. The only 2012 things that counts for 2011 income proof is assets.

    I might be wrong. that's how I interpret it

    I think this is incorrect. Last year, I lost my job and was out of work 1/2 the year so I know I was under the income limit. However, I started working in November 2011 and my income crossed over the limit earlier this year so I am well above the limit now. I submitted tax returns from 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 plus 6 months of income stubs and a letter from my employer with current income, employment status, etc. I have not yet received an RFE so I assume I am safe... but I guess I could be wrong.....

    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Got the paper interview notice today. Going to have to show up in San Antonio (three hours away from me) for an 8:30 AM appointment. I'm not looking forward to this.

    Just drive down the night before, get a room and make a night out of it. San Antonio is a beautiful city. I am originally from Texas :)

    Gorgeous wedding photos! I love a beach ceremony and the picture of you two with the sun setting in the background is stunning! I'll try and add some to my profile but I was having trouble the last time I tried.

    :ot: My RFE request changed to RFE response review today, so at least I know they got it...I hope they are satisfied :)

    Thank you, it was a perfect day !! And I am glad to see an update on your case... things are moving at least :)

    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    After our wedding we went to that same restaurant he took me to for our first date, and he retrieved that napkin he'd given to our serve. On it was written the date we came in and " You've made my heart smile the moment i saw you walk through that door. You don't know it yet but i'm gonna make you my wife, never again will i ever be without you". That's my story :wub:

    What are you talking about???? That IS romantic!! :)

    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    so... my story

    i was had been in a long relationship for 14 years, since I was 18, living together, no kids. 2009, I came to grad school. It was supposed to be for 18 months, nothing would change, I would be going home every break. 6 months later he broke up with me by email. I was miserable, started dating some americans without any intention to get back into a relationship for a few years.

    I had met this guy a few times before at a jazz bar I go in town, he was a friend of a friend, he was interested but knew I had a boyfriend. 10 months after that breakup, I ran into him again, talking about music, he asked if I was interested in hearing some band that plays every week. we were all friends there, so I didn't even realize it was a date. he sent a message the day the band was playing if I wanted to grab a bite before and told me about this place he liked. When I told to a friend what restaurant she laughed at me and said I was going on a date, and that was a fancy restaurant. And that I should stop the whole thing because knowing him he was going to all in love and I was supposed to go back to my country 5 months later after grad school, plus didn't wanted to date someone.

    anyway, first date, we had a great time, kept seeing each other, ended up dating. My friend kept telling me to break up but he didn't care if I was leaving, and said I would change my mind about getting into a relationship.

    For those 5 months I repeated it wasn't serious, and I was leaving, he just said: yeah, sure, you're fooling yourself but if saying that makes you happy, go ahead. At the end of grad school, I was offered teaching for a year at the university, so I got the 1 year work permit. My lease was finished, so I moved in with him.

    During that extra year, I used to tell him half joking if he would visit me at home when my visa expire, and he used to answer sort of joking: you're not leaving, we'll be married.

    After a few months joking, we decided to get married, didn't tell anyone, went to get the license the next day, and made the courthouse appointment for days later. We told our parents the night before. His dad was in town, his mom called off work and drove 4 hours to come. I just told 2 friends to come as witnesses. After the marriage, we went to that fancy restaurant we first went, just the two of us (spent like a party of 10!) Went to our usual bar still dressed up and told all our friends there, and sent a massive text message to all the people that wasn't there and who joined us. They were all chocked by the unexpected but not that surprised (we had been together 1.5 years, and 1 living together). That became the wedding party!

    How cool is that!! That's cool you guys went back to the same restaurant :)

    Well I have to join in too!

    I'm the immigrant and my husband is the USC.

    We met, when he was training in Germany for his company.

    It was late October and I just got off work ( I was a bartender in a restaurant), anyways I had to stay and supervise the new girl.

    I was sitting at the bar when he came in and I remember thinking; " what idiot only wears a t-shirt in tempetures like this" ( he was born and raised in California, so he must have thought that cold weather doesn't exist (just joking they lost his luggage)).

    Anyway, the bartender after me didn't speak any English, so he asked me to translate a couple things for him.

    Seven hours later we didn't even realize that it was only us left in the entire restaurant!

    We have been inseparable ever since!!!

    We have been together for 5 years now, married for almost 3 and we have a beautiful little boy!

    Wouldnt trade them for the world!

    Awwwww how sweet ! I love hearing all of the stories :)

    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    We met when Sean was in Buenos Aires for work. He was hanging out with some of my friends in a bar and I was having dinner with my girlfriends in another place. One of the guys wanted to meet one of my friends so we joined them. No one was speakingin English so Sean felt left out of the conversations, so I started to feel sorry and we started chatting. That was his last night in Argentina. (october 6, 2008). He left, found me on Facebook and we kept talking. In April 2009 he came back to see me, we spent 1 week together, left, came back in august, 2 weeks living together, he met my family and by December 2009 he moved to Buenos Aires. Over 2 years later and fraternal twin girls, we came to Chicago since he got a job offer. And here we are :-)

    What a lovely story!! My mother always told me to never chase a man, IF he is interested, he WILL find a way to contact you!! lol She is right!

    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by Kim & Gesner

    quick poll!! (just for fun)

    who is in the forum the "intending immigrant" and who is the US citizen?

    me: I am the immigrant. I think many times it is the USC spouse that does the paperwork because of language, in my case I did ALL the paperwork. He just signed. He said I was the smart one as an excuse not to help much! :angry: but it's ok.

    I (Kim) is the USC and Gesi is the immigrant from Haiti. He didn't know anything about immigration except that he had his visitor visa long before we ever met. He had worked in Turks and Caicos Islands for the last 13 yrs. He did land surveying with a big company out of Chicago but when work got slow, he took a job at Beaches Resort part time as a bartender. I went to Turks for a wedding. Everyone had signed up for a snorkling cruise and being that I could care less to snorkel, I didn't sign up. My friend (who I live with, lol) signed me up anyway so I went and actually had a blast (even though I didn't snorkel).

    Long story short, the DJ on the cruise invited our group to his show that night. Only me and one another girl in the wedding party went, everyone else was hung over from the cruise (after snorkling it was all you can drink on the cruise back to the island) so anyway, I saw Gesi when he walked in, he looked at me, we both smiled and passed smiles back and forth for a few hours. At 2am his friend told me Gesi wanted to talk to me, not to leave. I stayed and he got off work at 2am. We walked the beach, he took me around the resort and then walked me to my room. We saw each other every night until I left.

    I guess you can say I ended up with a lifetime souvineer (L)

    So that's my story... I would love to hear how everyone else met!!

    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    I think we're all going to be ok. I think if you can get to the interview stage without RFE, it's a chance in 100 that they'll refuse you and at worst an RFE for something. I'll take that any day :)

    Yeah I agree! I read the same thing you did about USCIS understanding newlyweds might not have lots of evidence, esp when one hasn't LIVED here and again if there is no EAD yet. I also read ROC will be the time to really prove comingling fiances, by then hopefully we'll have a mortgage together! lol

    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Kim, I couldn't agree more with what you wrote and I see you got what I was writing. Just do what you would normally do and it will all work out. I think in cases like ours where we haven't lived with our partners in the US before, nor have we been married long, too much info would look suspicious I think?

    If I'm asked by an IO, I'll tell them so as well. I think they appreciate people being honest. I won't have my EAD in time for the interview anyway so what could I have done more? nothing is the answer...

    I agree! If asked, I will simply be honest. Had the EAD came in time, sure we would have gotten his SSN, added him to my accounts, health insurance, etc but we simply do not have it. I think the letter from my friend who see's us on a daily (or almost daily) basis and my mom explaining she has met him and continues to talk to him weekly through phone and text. One thing I haven't thought of is with him not working, I send his kids (well to his kids mother) money every payday. Well maybe that wont work because he sends it Western Union to Haiti. I just give him the money to send it so it's not in my name. I guess that would be stretching it.

    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    All we have are a joint credit card account with me as an authorized user (same number), some cards from our family regarding the wedding, a few bits of mail I've received at the address and our marriage certificate.

    We haven't been able to get a joint bank account with the bank we want. I've heard that you can open one with BoA without SSN, but we don't want to open an account with them just to show someone we're married - that isn't what married couples do, just open stuff to prove something. So we'll just wait on that one.

    We live with her father now so we're going to get him to write a letter stating that we live with him, that he pays all the bills and we don't pay rent etc.

    You can't take what you don't have. A good IO will know when you're being genuine. If you've only been together a short time, too much could see suspicious to an IO. People on F-1 or J-1 have had more time to build up their history and whatnot as they've lived together, or at least been in the US together, to do it.

    I have to agree with you on this. My friend offered to draw up a lease for us stating we live in her home, all bills included. But I did not want to seem like we are reaching for evidence. It is what it is. I think I would much rather her write up an affidavit for us as she is the person we both have the most interaction with. She see's us on a regular basis, knows when we argue, she see's us sneaking kisses while cooking dinner. She knows we take her dog for a walk together. She see's us when we come home from walmart, grocery shopping etc. She above anyone else can attest to our genuine marriage. Of course she can mention in the letter we pay her for rent if that is important to USCIS but it's not a REAL lease and I do not want to make up one just for immigration purposes.

    I can also have my mom write a letter. While she lives in Texas and does not have daily interaction, she talks to Gesi weekly by phone. He calls and texts her more than I do! lolol We spent a week back home after the wedding where he met all of my family, my son (who is in the Navy), my best friend and even a former boss lol I am not sure how much weight it holds that my mom who has only spent one week with him means, but the fact they talk on a regular basis (he calls her mom) means something. I also have screen prints where she mentioned meeting "her gorgeous new son in law" - she mentioned how excited she was we had our interview on facebook. Anything she mentions him in, I screen print. Not for USCIS purposes but for my own. He used to have FB but cancelled it about a month after we married. He said he only made it to keep in contact with me while we away from one another and he did. He didnt have one before he met me.

    I know we do not have much together, but we will have only been married 4 months at the time of our interview. I am not comfortable opening acounts and trying to invent things we simply do not have just to prove our marriage is real. We have nothing to hide, our relationship is as real as it comes (L)

    August 2012 AOS Filers

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    I believe is a letter signed saying that they know you from X years, met your husband, etc

    If you have enough evidence of bona fide marriage you wont need them do...Also I read here on VJ that USCIS understands that newlyweds dont always have TONS of proof. What do you have to prove it?

    http://www.visajourn...of-proof-i-751/

    We really don't have a lot of documentation for our marriage. I rent with a friend, she owns the home. She is gone a lot so I take care of her pets while she is away. So all bills are in her name (she's owned the house for 11 yrs). Without the EAD, Gesi cannot get his SSN and my bank absolutely will not let me add him without a SSN. Nor will my job allow me to add him to my health insurance. I was able to add him to my life insurance as a beneficiary but that was submitted with original packet. I guess affidavits are going to be our only addition as we can't get anything else. There is a possibly move to Texas in Feb/Mar so I want to wait to find out about that before getting our own place together. I am originally from there so moving back is my goal. :)

    No text or email

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    So far I got only one confirmation on my email - the I765 is being processed and I'll be getting a notice in my mail. Shouldn't I get emails for the I485 and I130 too?

    All of ours came in 4 texts I-130, I-485, EAD and AP all before before 1 am, lol. Also, when I got my text for the interview notice, I did not receive an email even though I signed up for them. Only a text and today I got our hard copy for the interview. But you should receive a notice for every petition sent.

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