PingandPong

Your statement that USCIS will "likely" send a reminder suggests to OP that they can use the reminder notice to remember their ROC deadline so I emphasized that many times applicants don't get reminders and should not rely on them solely to remember ROC deadlines.

When did I suggest that OP should prepare for the ROC on the day of the deadline? Your post also suggested that the deadline is on the second marriage anniversary, which is untrue and often a major confusion for applicants.

The correct time to start the ROC process is as early as possible, at least a year before.

---removed--------------- "Likely" means what it is. Not surely, but "likely". It suggests nothing else!

Remember, the topic was about a reminder. You start with a reminder when you START the process, not at the end of the deadline, which you mentioned! If you wanna start a year ago, perfect! But that's just one opinion and no rule!

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advise the op, do not take pot shots at other members.

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USCIS does not always send a reminder letter or the conditional resident not always receive the reminder (as already mentioned by NLR). The deadline is two years from the day the conditional green card was issued, not marriage anniversary.

That is why I wrote "likely". Starting to prepare for the ROC process on the day of the deadline would be a bit late, wouldn't you think so as well?

Actually for us it was a very good reminder to use the second marriage anniversary to start the process. Particular BECAUSE the deadline was a few months later!

USCIS will likely send you a reminder letter. Besides, how could you forget your second marriage year anniversary? That is a good time to start preparing for it.

I got lost searching for this, again... (? Tax!)

Does anyone know if and how the following gets taxed:

I am the (German citizen) beneficiary and thinking of bringing my money into the states upon completion of our visa process.

It's a mixture of a savings account, some bond funds, and stock. It is more than the $ 10,000.

IF this gets taxed, how high would the percentage be?

I'm wondering whether I should transfer all into a savings account, as I can't keep the stocks and bonds when I'm no longer a resident in Germany, but I can keep a savings account...

Thank you for any input!

Regarding the tax I'd suggest to hire a professional. In general: If you live in the U.S. for more than 6 months you will be taxed there for the tax year. If you live more than 6 months in Germany you will be taxed in Germany for the whole tax year. So let's say you move into the US before 6/30, you would be taxes in the US for 2016. If you move after 7/1 you would be taxed in Germany for 2016.

The 10k limitation has nothing to do with tax. It is just a "notify/not notify" limit. If you transfer below 10k you can do that without notifying anybody. If you transfer more than that, you (or the transfer carrier) would have to give the details of the transfer to the authorities. This is for officially following money laundering rules. Again, it has nothing to do with tax.

If you have on-line accounts, you can manage those from the US just fine. Even with German banks. Don't forget to notify the banks of your new address, though. If you don't have on-line accounts, you can usually quickly get them through your bank. Then you can manage all your money transfers later.

I would describe your new situation in the evidence letter. Add the one pay stub (copy of course). Better would be to get a letter from the employer that this will be a permanent employment and what the salary is. Or/and find another co sponsor who makes enough money. I guess that's the options you have. Viel Glueck!

thank you =) that is exactly what I am going to do.

Schönen Nikolaus übrigens

You're welcome, thanks and schoene Weihnachten und viel Erfolg!

Hey,

I have a question.

I just failed my road test and I am very devastated.

Now, that I am running out of time, I won't be able to get my drivers license here in Germany.

How do I get my drivers license in america? And what do I need?

Do I have to go to a driving school like here in Germany?

Or can my husband practice with me a couple times and then take the test?

TIA

As others have said, every state is a little different. I got my German license a couple of decades ago. Now in Texas I made my US license from scratch. No problem. One ~100 page book which I learned in one day, a written test and driving with an officer around the block. That's it. Much easier and cheaper than to do it in Germany. So it's really a no brainer: Do it here in the US instead of doing it in Germany with a conversion. The funny thing is: With the US license you can also drive in Germany/Europe if you're on vacation there.

Hi there one more time,

my EAD got lost with USPS and is right now floating around in Virginia. I received though the approval of employment authorization. The Dilemma I am in right now is, that I had yesterday a job interview and got hired. Which is really great, before the interview I told them my situation though (since I don't have any ssn yet because my EAD hasn't arrived). She told me that she will work with me which is really great, but as she sent me the online forms to fill and I had to fill out the form's of identity with ssn I couldn't fill anything in expect my Itin which I didn't do so far. The reason is because I am not sure if I am allowed to do that since I haven't got any ssn and not the ID in my hand. I don't know what to do right now. Do I have to wait for my EAD to arrive or is it ok to put the itin in there until the EAD arrives?

I guess you get your ssn from the social security office if nothing changed in the process. You need to go there and ask them to get your ssn. The DHS has nothing to do with issuing an ssn.

If your EAD approval got lost in the mail just ask them to send another one.

I would send them a letter, tell them the package was lost in the mail and ask to send the package again. This way you're on the safe side just in case somebody takes advantage of the lost package ...

My American husband and I have moved to Europe while my I-751 was pending. Someone on the USCIS hotline instructed me to send a signed letter asking to withdraw the application in order to get things settled since we're not planning to go back to the US any time soon - at least to live there.

Months later now and there is no record of this letter having been received, though the hotline can't tell me it has NOT been received, either. On top of that, mail from our US house is being forwarded to my in-laws, who occasionally forward the mail to us. Now on Saturday I got a letter saying that Tuesday (tomorrow) I am to appear in Charlotte, NC for an interview. If I don't show or cancel, my petition will be denied. I have no time to send the required paperwork to cancel, nor will I be able to be there, of course.

What can I do now? And more importantly, what exactly are the implications of being denied if I am outside of the country already, but very much want to go back to the US occasionally for visits and may one day want to reapply for a greencard if my husband and I decide to go back?

I'm sure there are contact addresses/numbers in the letter and what to do if you cannot attend the interview. Contact them by phone/email/etc. and explain! If you don't do it, then you might be in serious trouble in the event you want to go back to the US later.