belgacem

Mabrook

Ibarek fik , romdanik mabrouk

First of all I would like to say thinks to every participant at visajourney, it was a long journey filled with excitement, fear, anger, happiness and dispointment at times that ended yesterday after the Oath ceremony. Officially Iam a US citizen. There was 70 of us yesterday in the US District court Southern Dictrict at Indianapolis, ceremony went really smooth, Social Security information were updated right then after the ceremony, the last step coming is to apply for US passport soon, and put up the certeficate of Naturalization away in a safe place.

Good LUCK TO YOU ALL AND THANKS TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU

I lost my N- 645, My girl friend missplaced it and we were not able to locate the damn paper. however when I recieved my oath letter, all what it said to bring to the oath ceremony is the oath letter, green card or any other immigration documents, did not mention the N-645, Iam assuming the N-645 is just needed to enquire on your case status if you did not receive you oath letter within time frame of 4 to 6 weeks. Iam not worried about it at this point since they did not ask to bring it to the oath ceremony.

Hi all- havent been on in awhile because everything has been smooth, Thank God. My husband has the interview for citizenship august 17 this year in california HOWEVER he has just been informed that his brother AND sister are getting married in Morocco the beginning and middle of September. He hasnt been to Morocco since coming here three years ago and is dying to attend the weddings. Of course we are dying to have this process over as well, but his family is soo important that he is having a hard time knowing what to do. Has anyone heard anything about requesting a delay- we have never ever rescheduled any USCIS related interviews or biometrics. This timing is so severly crucial-- just looking for advice. Thanks a lot in advance.

if his interview is in august, he can plan on going in september, however when he takes his interview, have him ask when the oath ceremony is scheduled so he can know if he will be able to go and make it back in time, as far as going in and out he wont have any problem doing so using his GC, however if he takes the ceremony befor he go to marroco he wont be able to leave the country untill he gets his passport, since they will take his GC away, and trade it with the citizenship certeficate. I am in his shoes too, I had to put on hold all my plans for now, since Iam still waiting on the Oath letter, had my interview on july 13

ps: he can take his interview then go home if he recieved the Oath letter while he is in marroco, he can request to schedule the Oath, the only impact this will have is to make him wait longer even really I dont advice to reschedule his oath ceremony, you never know how long it will take them to reschedule him for another one

Your chances to be asked about a previous marriage are NONE, I was in your choes, I had my interview tuesday, my interview took less than 10 mins and I was approved. dont stress your self much about that just review the question and you will be fine GOOD LUCK

sorry I meant shoes lol

Just get done with the interview, the whole thing took less then 10 mins, exactely 9min 50sec,my appointment was at 9 am arrived at 8:30 after 2 hours drive, was called in at 8:40am, IO was nice, she reviewed my application, signed the last part of the application and so did I, asked me the following question:

what we call the national anthem

what happen in september 11

what the rule of law mean

sorry I forgot the other 3 question I guess Iam tired after getting up at 5 am this morning, then she asked me to read How many senators we have? and to write alaska is the largest state. then she said congratulation you passed your english and US history and government test, she printed a paper and cheked that I passed and cheked congratulation your application has been recommended for approval, then hand it to me asked if I have any questions, sure I did asked about the oath ceremony when is the soonest one scheduled and if I will have to drive to indianapolis again or can I take it in louisville since it is only 10 mins drive from me, she said she thinks there is one scheduled for august, unfortunatly I wont be able to take my oath ceremony in louisville since it is different state, so I will have to go either to lafayette or fortwayne where the oath ceremony takes place, longer drive but hey it is all worth it , this whole immigration experience was exciting,thanks to all of you, I enjoyed reading the threads and others experiences it was helpfull, GOOD LUCK TO EVERY ONE

I just finished reviewing the 100 questions, need to go to bed I have a long drive tomorrow to indianapolis for my interview, I am more than ready, keep me in your thoughts, will update you gyus on my experience thanks to you all

Is ther any one who had citizenship interview done at Indianapolis office?

HI

I have been in your shoes before, the only obtion you have if things did not work out between you and your wife is the following, after your divorce is final go ahead and file to remove condition on the ground that you entered the marriage in good faith, but it ended with divorce, in this case you have to prove that your marriage was in good faith, you can do so by providing any thing or documents proving that you guys had a life together such as: joint bank account, life insurance policy, lease or mortgage with both names, wedding pics, tax return that you filed jointly, notorized affedavit from friends/ family stating for how long they knew you guys, and that they knew you as a married couple, letters or greeting cards sent to you and her from her family member, birth certeficate of children if there is any. this list is not all there other things you can find the more the better in your case. I posted a thread about a year and a half ago in visa journey I listed in it all the documents I sent with my application. Just one advice I think it will help you to have an immigration lawyer take care of your application, I really knew I was able to do it my self but just to give my self some peace of mind I hired a lawyer, he at least will make sure you have all the documents needed sent so you dont have to go through the interview, they will just approve your application without intervie. PS you can not file untill your divorce is final,when you apply you will be granted a one year extention immidiately pending your application.

GOOD LUCK

How long it takes to get the notifaction that the N-400 application was accepted, after recieving the UPS notification that it was delivered? any body have an idea

I did not, but I will since I had been with Louisville office all along, AOS, finger print, will you keep me updated if you hear from any body who went through Louisville office, and about your own experience

thanks alot

Iam ready to send my N-400 based on 5 years, I have included the following

-G-1145

-N-400 along with 2 pics, and fees

-copy of permanent residnet ( front and back)

-copy of birth certeficate of children

-copy of pay stub showing my child support deduction

-copy of divorce decree of previous marriage

-tax return for 05,06,07,08,09

My question is am I missing any thing Ps: did not travel outside the US, did not have any trouble with law

in your GC there is a date , RESIDENT SINCE , that date is the one you count from for your 3 years window if you are married, or your 5 year window if not, it is that simple, you can file 90 days before your 3 years or your 5 years window

I have a couple questions, when you filed to remove the condition after divorce, was you still in the window of 90 days or after? in an other word was you late in filing, because I did filed one year after my CGC expired due to divorce and coustody that lasted one year & 9 months to be final, what evidence you submitted?

If you want him to not have any problems in lifting the temporary condition on his GC, you can write an affidavit to state that the marriage was entered in good faith just didnt worked out and he is has a good moral character.

Good luck to you!

in the muslim world, men don't work so hard. they expect their wives to!!!!!

I really dont know where did you get this from, before you write somthing like this and make this kind of assamptions, you need to search and learn first, you are far from reality, in islam men are responsible for their wives/family, they are the ones who should work to support and provide not the woman, if the woman work what she make is hers and hers alone, husband cant ask or force her to spend her money unless she wants to help to supprot the family, in the other hand man is the soul responsible to provide and supprot for his family, and as in every society, race, gender, and in all folks of life, there is good and bad, mature and immature, this woman married to 22 year old , he still immature, and wants him to be responsible for a family, yes there is many 22 years old who work hard and also there is many others of the same age who dont have that sense of responsibility.

what you said is irrelevent and have no sens, search and learn first.

I applied on june 09, 2008 to remove the condition with a waiver, did Biometric on june 30th , and still waiting, any one out there applied on june with a waiver and was approved?

We don't have a joint checking or 401K. Only savings.

Our health insurance is separate because our place of employment.

We only have 1 joint CC and that we sent. I think that's messed up that they would force you to get more "debt" for proof. Or spend more money out of pocket for policies, etc...!

We don't have any department stores, gas cards... either.

I would worry about signing on to anything new as it would more than likely raise a red flag. Don't you guys think the same?

So can anyone tell me why it is so hard for us who are all doing this thing lawfully and by THEIR rules? Yet there are SOOOO many illegal people living amongst us, who have jobs, get welfare, are buying new homes, new cars..... And the state seems to cater to them even though NONE of them have filed any paperwork, etc.... It's so unjust!!!!!!

Ask your employer to write a statment, that your husband is listed as emergency contact in your employment application and vice versa, that he listed you as emergency contact in his employment application. what about life insurance? do you have one that your employer pay for it? i think most employers do have to purchase life insurance for their employees, if so ask your employer or the insurance company your employer purchased the life insurance policy from to write a statment that you listed your husband as benificiary, do you have car registration with both name on it, that can work, car insurance with both names on it, get a couple of friends/neigbours/family to write you an affidavit stating they knew you both as married couple and yu both living together happly. copie of DL showing same address .. what ever you can think of

GOOD LUCK

We don't have a joint checking or 401K. Only savings.

Our health insurance is separate because our place of employment.

We only have 1 joint CC and that we sent. I think that's messed up that they would force you to get more "debt" for proof. Or spend more money out of pocket for policies, etc...!

We don't have any department stores, gas cards... either.

I would worry about signing on to anything new as it would more than likely raise a red flag. Don't you guys think the same?

So can anyone tell me why it is so hard for us who are all doing this thing lawfully and by THEIR rules? Yet there are SOOOO many illegal people living amongst us, who have jobs, get welfare, are buying new homes, new cars..... And the state seems to cater to them even though NONE of them have filed any paperwork, etc.... It's so unjust!!!!!!

Ask your employer to write a statment, that your husband is listed as emergency contact in your employment application and vice versa, that you are listed you as emergency contact in his employment application. what about life insurance? do you have one that your employer pay for it? i think most employers do have to purchase life insurance for their employees, if so ask your employer or the insurance company your employer purchased the life insurance policy from to write a statment that you listed your husband as benificiary, do you have car registration with both name on it, that can work, car insurance with both names on it, get a couple of friends/neigbours/family to write you an affidavit stating they knew you both as married couple and yu both living together happly. copie of DL showing same address .. what ever you can think of

GOOD LUCK

thx u begecem for yours replay im really worry about situation now my attorney she said you should be fine as llon as we have document showing that the marieage was in bona fide we have nothing to worry about just now my gc expried already 18 months ago due to situation i was at so and we are filling for div should be over soon and my wife she is appolizing to me now on the phone she is so sorry about my case and she said she is kind feel bad but she doesnt knew what to do any way im gonna file by my self . my question durring my filling can also fille for work permit cause my gc expire already l;ike i motion befor ? aANY ADIVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED

THX YOU SO MUCH

No you dont have to file for work permit, as soon as you file your petition and they receive it they will mail you your NOA stating your stay was extended 1 year, just to avoid any problem at work, when they set your biometrics appointment, stop at costumer services and show them your NOA, and they will stamp I-554 in your passport extending your stay for 1 year, in that stamp it says you can work and travel in the USA. that will be your work permit OK salam

I really feel bad for my friend Katy, but I don't know what can I do to help her, please help!

My friend is a nice lady, she came to the States to marry her husband 2 years ago, they had no problem in their marriage until she came back to Thailand to see her daughter and family. Her husband wrote her a email to tell her that he want to divorce, and he will send all her package back to Thailand to her, told her no borther to come back. He wrote and picked every small things to tell her why did he want to divorce. My friend didn't accept it, they can't talk about divorce in the phone or just write a email! And she did nothing wrong! Before she came back to Thailand, they had no problem.

So she changed her flight ticket to came back to the States, she didn't have a driver license, so she called him to pick her up in the airport.( even just a friend, if people need help, you will do it, right), but he refused! I had to pick up my friend, and took her home. When she got home, she found every single of her stuff was packed and put in another room. She tried to work things out, but he didn't talk to her and just completely ignore her, and he didn't want to file that remove conditional green card for her of course! Even she need a ride to go out to get food, he didn't take her. She didn't eat for 2 whole days because he didn't take her to get food! I can't image a woman in this age would still have to deal with this emotional torture!

I think this can be domestic voilence, and I also think this guy planned all these. Maybe he already has another woman! What he wanted to do is to metal abuse her until she couldn't stand and go home. What kinds of people would do this, bring a woman from another country, then mental abuse her and try to abandon her! I know she should leave him, but I think she also deserved her green card!

Please help her and give her some advice, thank you!

dont waist your time reading the ####### after this message, this what she have to do:

SHE DOES NOT NEED HIS ### TO FILE TO REMOVE THE CONDITION here is why: either she file for divorce or let him file, dont try to take the abuse road or the extrem hardship it is tricky and best file to remove the condition on residence with waiver request.

If your spouse comtinue to refuse to sign the petition, you wont be able to file to remove the condition on your residency unless you are divorced, so the best thing to do is to file for divorce and when it become final you can file your I-751 with a waiver request based on the fact that the marriage was entered into good faith, but terminated through divorce.

you should pay attention to time frames, if your spouse is willing to file jointly, you need to file within 90 days from the expiration date of your 2 years.

If your spouse is not going to sign the petition, and you file for divorce dont worry about the time frame, because then you have a legitime excuse why you filed late, is that you was in the process of divorce and you couldnt file jointly, because your spouse refused to sign, and had to wait untill the divorce is final. if divorce become final before the expiration you can file also, the main thing in this case is that you are able to file as soon as the divorce is final it doesnt matter when it become final.

when you file with a waiver request, make sure you send them as much evidence to prove that the marriage was in good faith, for exemple: copie of birth certeficate of any child born during the marriage, house purchase agreement with both name on it, lease contract with both name on it, joint bank account, car registration with both name on it, any letters, bills including credit card bills with both name on it, letter from your employer stating that you listed your spouse as emergency contact if you did in you application,affidavit signed and notorized from family member, freinds, neighbours, who can testify that they know you as a married couple, copie of wedding pics, or pics where taken during your marriage, vacation you took together, bording ticket . the list is long and you can include any thing you can and you think it can be helpfull to prove that you both lived as a married couple.

put your paper work in this order

head letter simple:

Date

immigration services center you are mailing your application to

RE: name

A#

I-751 Petion to remove condition on residence ( with a waiver Request)

Dear Sir or Madam:

I ( your name), Filing an I-751 petition, I was married in ( place, city, state , date ) to ( your spouse name, and his citizenship). On ( date ) we divorced, Iam requesting a waiver based on the fact that the marriage was entered into good faith, but the marriage was terminated through divorce. Enclosed are the following documents in support of my petition:

1. Form I751 and a waiver request based on the fact that the marriage was entered into good faith , but terminated through divorce, along with two (2) photos of me and attached filing fee of $545.00

2.copy of divorce decree of ( your name and your spouse name)

3.copy of current Permanent resident card; and

4. list of documents establishing the validity our marriage :

EXHIBIT A: birth certeficate of childerns if there is any who were born during the marriage

EXHIBIT B: copie of car registartion with both names

EXHIBIT C: copie of house mortgage contarct signed by ( your name and your spouse )

EXHIBIT D:

EXHIBIT E:

and keep going alphebetic with your EXHIBIT, try to get as much as you can. put your paper work in the order mentioned above, and put a blank paper between every exhibit, write/type in the bottom of it the exhibit ex: EXHIBIT A then behind it put the exhibit A, then another blank paper type EXHIBIT B and behind it put your exhibit b and keep going that way untill you go thru your all evidences/exhibits

Thats how i did my application

thank you SO MUCH for that detailed post. i am going to consult with an immigration lawyer before I start anything, but I was really confused and just wanted to make head or tail of this situation.

if my divorce is finalized before my conditional green card expires, will the conditional GC also be terminated due to divorce? or is it always valid until the day it expires?

thank you

No it wont be terminated, it will stay in effect, but dont worry because as soon as you file and they recieve your application they will extend your stay for 1 year automaticly while your case is pending, the extention will alow you to travel and work, after you receive your NOA notice, they will set you an appointment for biometric, when you get your biometric done before you leave their office stop by the immigration costumor office present your passport and your NOA and they will stamp I554 in your passport extending your stay 1 year, and that will be your immigration status identification. been there done that .

good luck

As you see I filed almost a year after my 2 years GC expired, because my divorce/coustody took almost 2 years to be final, I know it is hard specially when there is a child, alot of things are going through your mind as it is in mine, if you can efford get you a lawyer to be in the safe side, and the lawyer will tell you the same things i mentioned above. hope my informations are helpfull. just need to sit with your wife and talk and see what she wants to do.

GOOD LUCK

I was just wondering...what is your immigration status in your case in the time between your card expired and the time you applied with a waiver? 1 year is a long time without a prove of residence...

I really dont know what you can call my immigration status during that 1 year, I just did not bother to think about it, all what I had in mind is how to get coustody of my son.

If your spouse continue to refuse to sign the petition, you wont be able to file to remove the condition on your residency unless you are divorced, so the best thing to do is to file for divorce and when it become final you can file your I-751 with a waiver request based on the fact that the marriage was entered into good faith, but terminated through divorce.

you should pay attention to time frames, if your spouse is willing to file jointly, you need to file within 90 days from the expiration date of your 2 years.

If your spouse is not going to sign the petition, and you file for divorce dont worry about the time frame, because then you have a legitime excuse why you filed late, is that you was in the process of divorce and you couldnt file jointly, because your spouse refused to sign, and had to wait untill the divorce is final. if divorce become finale before the expiration you can file also, the main thing in this case is that you are able to file as soon as the divorce is final it doesnt matter when it did.

when you file with a waiver request, make sure you send them as much evidence to prove that the marriage was in good faith, for exemple: copie of birth certeficate of any child born during the marriage, house purchase agreement with both name on it, lease contract with both name on it, joint bank account, car registration with both name on it, any letters, bills including credit card bills with both name on it, letter from your employer stating that you listed your spouse as emergency contact if you did in you application,affidavit signed and notorized from family member, freinds, neighbours, who can testify that they know you as a married couple, copie of wedding pics, or pics where taken during your marriage. the list is long and you can include any thing you can and you think it can be helpfull.

put your paper work in this order

head letter simple:

Date

immigration services center you are mailing your application to

RE: name

A#

I-751 Petion to remove condition on residence ( with a waiver Request)

Dear Sir or Madam:

I ( your name), Filing and I751 petition, I was married in ( place, city, state , date ) to ( your spouse name, and his citizenship). On ( date ) we divorced, Iam requesting a waiver based on the fact that the marriage was entered into good faith, but the marriage was terminated through divorce. Enclosed are the following documents in support of my petition:

1. Form I751 and a waiver request based on the fact that the marriage was entered into good faith , but terminated through divorce, along with two (2) photos of me and attached filing fee of $545.00

2.copy of divorce decree of ( your name and your spouse name)

3.copy of current Permanent resident card; and

4. list of documents establishing the validity our marriage :

EXHIBIT A: birth certeficate

EXHIBIT B: copie of car registartion with both names

EXHIBIT C: copie of house mortgage contarct signed by ( your name and your spouse )

EXHIBIT D:

EXHIBIT E:

and keep going alphebetic with your EXHIBIT, try to get as much as you can. put your paper work in the order mentioned above, and put a blank paper between every exhibit, write/type in the bottom of it the exhibit ex: EXHIBIT A then behind it put the exhibit A, then another blank paper type EXHIBIT B and behind it put your exhibit b and keep going that way untill you go thru your all evidences/exhibits

Thats how i did my application

In your case you will have to prove why you did not file on time, this mean you will have to prove that your spouse was out of the country during the filing time frame ( 90 days before your GC expired) you can prove that by a plane ticket or costumors stamps in your spouse passport, or that your spouse did not want to sign the petition with you when it was time to file or after she come back, and you was trying to make things work out between you and your spouse.

I filed my application 1 year after my GC expired, but i was going thru the divorce process for almost 2 years, from june 06 to april 08 when it become final, recieved my NOA the end of june 08, did my biometric on july 08, get 1 year extention stamp on my passport ( I554), and still waiting for the approval hopefully it wont be long to get approved.

GOOD LUCK

If your spouse comtinue to refuse to sign the petition, you wont be able to file to remove the condition on your residency unless you are divorced, so the best thing to do is to file for divorce and when it become final you can file your I-751 with a waiver request based on the fact that the marriage was entered into good faith, but terminated through divorce.

you should pay attention to time frames, if your spouse is willing to file jointly, you need to file within 90 days from the expiration date of your 2 years.

If your spouse is not going to sign the petition, and you file for divorce dont worry about the time frame, because then you have a legitime excuse why you filed late, is that you was in the process of divorce and you couldnt file jointly, because your spouse refused to sign, and had to wait untill the divorce is final. if divorce become finale before the expiration you can file also, the main thing in this case is that you are able to file as soon as the divorce is final it doesnt matter when it did.

when you file with a waiver request, make sure you send them as much evidence to prove that the marriage was in good faith, for exemple: copie of birth certeficate of any child born during the marriage, house purchase agreement with both name on it, lease contract with both name on it, joint bank account, car registration with both name on it, any letters, bills including credit card bills with both name on it, letter from your employer stating that you listed your spouse as emergency contact if you did in you application,affidavit signed and notorized from family member, freinds, neighbours, who can testify that they know you as a married couple, copie of wedding pics, or pics where taken during your marriage. the list is long and you can include any thing you can and you think it can be helpfull.

put your paper work in this order

head letter simple:

Date

immigration services center you are mailing your application to

RE: name

A#

I-751 Petion to remove condition on residence ( with a waiver Request)

Dear Sir or Madam:

I ( your name), Filing and I751 petition, I was married in ( place, city, state , date ) to ( your spouse name, and his citizenship). On ( date ) we divorced, Iam requesting a waiver based on the fact that the marriage was entered into good faith, but the marriage was terminated through divorce. Enclosed are the following documents in support of my petition:

1. Form I751 and a waiver request based on the fact that the marriage was entered into good faith , but terminated through divorce, along with two (2) photos of me and attached filing fee of $545.00

2.copy of divorce decree of ( your name and your spouse name)

3.copy of current Permanent resident card; and

4. list of documents establishing the validity our marriage :

EXHIBIT A: birth certeficate

EXHIBIT B: copie of car registartion with both names

EXHIBIT C: copie of house mortgage contarct signed by ( your name and your spouse )

EXHIBIT D:

EXHIBIT E:

and keep going alphebetic with your EXHIBIT, try to get as much as you can. put your paper work in the order mentioned above, and put a blank paper between every exhibit, write/type in the bottom of it the exhibit ex: EXHIBIT A then behind it put the exhibit A, the nanother blank paper type EXHIBIT B and behind it put your exhibit b and keep going that way untill you go thru your all evidences/exhibits

Thats how i did my application

GOOD LUCK TO YOU

Hi

same is here, you have 2 choices, first if your wife, is willing to file to remove the condition jointly, thats fine even if the divorce is pending, just make sure to file within 90 days before 5/08/09, and in that case if the divorce become final before you get approved, you will have to Re-file the I-751 again with a waiver.

the second choice if she is not willing to sign the petition with you, is to file for divorce and wait untill the divorce become final, then file your I-751 with a waiver, dont worry about the 90 days time line in this case. In this case try to get some documontations to supprot that you get in this marriage in good faith and it ended with no fault in your part, you will need for exemple: joint tax return, car registration with both names, copie of your daughter birth certeficate, letter from freinds who know that you lived together, pics, mortgage with both names, joint bank account, copie of divorce decree, car insurance with both names, lease contract with both names,and any other document you have that you feel it will help to establish that the marriage was in good faith, and the fact that you have a girl together, is a good prove of that.

here is my case

06/08/07 my 2 years GC expired

06/30/06 she filed for divorce, she did not agree to sign the petition at first then she did in one condition that i give up all my rights on my son, and thats out of question

04/28/08 divorce was final, spelled my name wrong

05/16/08 recieved order correcting my name

06/09/08 INS recieved my I-571 with a waiver

06/20/08 recieve NOA

07/30/08 Biometric done & stamp 1 year extention in my passport

10/20/08 my case still pending

As you see I filed almost a year after my 2 years GC expired, because my divorce/coustody took almost 2 years to be final, I know it is hard specially when there is a child, alot of things are going through your mind as it is in mine, if you can efford get you a lawyer to be in the safe side, and the lawyer will tell you the same things i mentioned above. hope my informations are helpfull. just need to sit with your wife and talk and see what she wants to do.

GOOD LUCK

you have 90 days to file before your 2 years, so you still in the time line, nothing to worry about, and even if you file after the time line you will have to prove to the immigration officials why was you late, you will recieve NOA within 3 to 4 days from the day they cash your check, and it will extend your stay for 1 year while your application is pending, you can go to the local immigration office, and they will stamp the extention in your passport, you wont have to stop working unless you want to take a vacation the paper work you included in your application is enough, you will be juts fine, all what you get to do after you submit your application is to sit, wait to reacieve your NOA then go do your biometric, and pray they will approve your application within 2 or 3 months specially if it is in California services, they are fast.

good luck to you