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Yes had trouble too. Maybe after today i will get tax transcripts needed. About two and a half weeks ago I ordered tax transcripts over the automated phone ordering system and they never arrived. Today I tried to order online, but I kept getting an error message a saying my address was not correct and my request could not be processed. I tried ordering by phone again but was not sure if it would work, so I called the 1-800 number on the irs website. After two tries of dead end menu searching, I finally reached an operator, who confirmed my address was correct in their system and she also placed my order for tax transcripts for me. I wish i could tell you the exact path to navigate the menu to reach the irs phone representative. I do remember I pressed it was for individual return and then I pressed that i had a question about a current tax return and then there were a couple of more options before the menu finally said please wait while I connect you to a representative. I am sure there are a few menu paths that will reach a phone rep, so just keep trying. There is also good news that I called around 4pm when I thought the system would be too busy to get help, but the automated system said the wait will be between 2 and 4 minutes and it was a short wait.

Today, I did my interview in NY with my lawyer. The person who interviewed me was pretty rude. Once I went to room he asked "what happend?" I told him there were problems in the marriage with financial. I had to dropped out from the college to support my family. But, he was reluctant to listen to me. I bet he didnt even studied the case. He didnt know what kind of documents I have submitted last year. Yet, he said, I saw some document but I can not find it. Anyways, I have answered every single questions he asked for. Lawyer and me agreed that we didnt fail from the answers but the person who interviewed having hard time to understand or does not want to understand. He said where is your tax return and where are your evidences. haha are you kidding me? I already submitted all those documents a year ago and you dont know where are they? Anyways, I gave my copies my documents plus, I wanted to add some photos. He said he doesnt want any photos and he sees affidavits are just a paper. He said, where is my lease agreement from landlord. I dont have one because most of the houses in Long Island are rented illegally and they dont want to get in trouble. So, there are not any electric bills either. Yes, I dont have much documents. I had bank statements, credit card statements auto insurance cards, tax return and several photos - the ones I already submitted- At the end, he said to my lawyer a lot of people doing fraud marriages. He took copies of my passport and green card that is already expired. He said he is going to review the case. As a result, he is very confused with papers. He confused with my name and one of my affidavits. My lawyer said, it went well it is not that bad but I am not sure
1) How long it might take them make a decision.
2) I dont have any evidences left, Yet, I dont even have copies of my previous evidences because he took all of them again.. so is anybody going to ask the documents again..

I think your dates are off. If you got your GC in 2012 then it expires in 2014, not this year.
According to your timeline, you only managed to live together about 6 months before wanting to divorce. Four months after you got your GC. All of you "paperwork" compared to the time you actually lived together makes it seem like a paper marriage, not a real marriage.

Why does your icon say you filed for naturalization?
Not all divorce waiver 751s get interviews. Some do, some dont.
What does this mean "I submitted those documents it stated from January 2010 to February 2011 (when she moved out )" Are you talking about the examples listed on the instructions?
Did you include your tax returns? you shouldve filed a tax return for 2010. Theyre going to want to see it. If it was married jointly or married sep it doesnt matter, theyre going to want to see it. Same for 2011. You were still married then.
You also didnt mention if you included your divorce decree in your evidence (I hope you did) If you didnt, youll get an RFE for it.

Y are u always so negative and harsh with your words people make mistakes and they would regret it true, but stop rubbing it in. People post for assistance not for antagonistic comments like yours. Tell him how he can go about his situation not how his life sucks....

The poster has done what he believed would work for him. So give him a break & be reasonable before bashing on the poor guy. If he would get in trouble (I hope not) because of uneducated immigration personnel/Airlines crew, none of VJ members or USCIS it self will do anything to help him out. That being said, A lie which makes life better is NOT a lie, it's necessity. period.
Matt Sonders.

I filed with a waiver as well (approved on the 7th! yay!), when you get affidavits from friends or relatives it's important that they can mention specific things about your relationship, and if they can give details about why the relationship fell apart, how you were together as a couple, if you did things together. If they saw you as a couple, living as a couple, etc. It would be even better if you can get an affidavit from your ex (if you're on good terms). But affidavits from friends and family are a really good thing to have as well.

Not to rain on anyone's parade but I would have loved to get my ROC in 8 or 9 months. Mine took 12 months - and that was back from February 2008 to February 2009. That was the normal rate back then. Getting them processed in 8 or 9 months means they have sped up the process in the last few years. I remember individuals who waited even longer than the usual 12 to 14 months. A number of them 'forced' the decision on their ROCs by applying for Citizenship since they were eligible. An ROC petition has to be approved before the Naturalization petition can be approved, so when the processing of the N-400 reached that stage it automatically triggered processing of the ROC.
I'm just saying that yes, it is difficult and frustrating to wait, and yes, USCIS is under-staffed and making do on the funds solely from users and not from tax-payers. There is always some crisis or another that people state will detract USCIS workers from working on their petitions. I would wait and see what happens - since you are waiting anyways - rather than lament that someone else might move ahead of you in line. Someone is always moving ahead off you in line at USCIS - and you are always moving ahead of someone else. It's the way the 'beast' is designed.

I don't understand why you are upset . You will receive an automatic 1 year extension of your 2 year card while you are waiting.

Well for the record, when I was petitioning for the green card under the I 130 there was all this talk about Haiti and the devastation of the 7.0 catasphronic earthquake in 2010 and those folks would be processed first etc....and people started making similar comments such as yours, against the President blah blah...and guess what? My petition from filing to approval took 6.5 months. Many many others were very close in that timeframe. So the argument and fear was without merit.
And do you remember that while it's a royal pain the rear to have to wait, there are people facing deportation, you are not. Just like the folks in Haiti faced unbelievable devastation, people actually complained about the possibility of their own claims being delayed, and weren't.

...and I agree with this.I understand family loyalty within reason, but the attitude of "my money and our money belong in the Philippines first, rather than to us here" is extreme.
Someone rhetorically asked me, "How does this differ from illegal Central Americans coming to the U.S. to work so they can send all of their money to their home country?" I can't answer that.
Had my wife-to-be shown any signs of the OP's wife's behavior, I'd have kicked her shapely hindquarters straight back to Ecuador. Had my wife started this behavior after our marriage, I'd have divorced her and shipped her back just as promptly.

I can understand why the IO saw a big red flag in sending one's entire salary to other people - especially when they are married. I myself come from a background where the support for extended family is highly expected, but sending the entire salary is quite strange to me. This case is not about what is right or wrong. It is not even what is legal or not. It is about whether the judgment of the IO is justifiable among the average person. I would say that IS the case. Sending the entire salary (while fulfilling marriage obligations is expected) screams like someone who doesn't want to establish life here in the US, someone who is completely detached from her married life and attached to home country. It screams that, load and clear. Now in terms of right/wrong, that would depend on the individual affected couple. If the OP is ok with supporting his wife in working for her family to the penny, that is entirely up to him and certainly not anyone's business. When it comes to legal battle, USCIS will have to prove the marriage is in fact not bona fide against all contest. The OP and his wife will likely win in court, given they have and provide enough evidence to show they are happily married. However, the IO officer, in my opinion, used a sound judgement in denying the application because the wife would seem to be detached from her marital household to the average person - even to those of us who were raised to support the extended family.

You may have something their timgrace Kohler. With out countries dedt crissis and the stock market crash of 500+ points yesturday will more than likely make alot government agencies look very hard at making sure they don't have to spend much money. Especially in immigration to make sure the person doesn't become a public charge or a burden on us tax payrers. I do agree the age of the couple comes into play. Most women from the Philippines marry older guys who are on social security and pension's checks. A younger couple who has no social security or pension's who has to work everyday will need money more.

First off let me say sorry to those who I am about to offend in what I'm going to say here. Your first mistake Scott was marrying someone from the Philippines who clearly doesn't care about helping out the husband in working for their future. Your wife is only with you to help "HER FAMILY OUT" and not to help her new family "YOU AND HER". Sure she'll do everything to make it look like she really their to be with you (cook, clean, bend over back wards to do little things you like), but in the end she is only with you to help her family. I am sure if you end up broke she would leave your #### and find someone else that could continue to support only "HER FAMILY". I can see sending 1 or maybe be 2 (would have to be damn important) pay checks a month. But her entire salary for two years is outrageous and stupid on both yours and hers part.

If a new family is founded by intermingling the lives of two people who get married, they leave the old family, like birds leave the nest.
Intermingling of finances means that husband and wife work toward a common goal of the family. Their family, not a family in the Philippines. Thus, I can understand if an Immigration Officer who is taking a close look at this would evaluate this unfavorably. But there's more to this than we know. We don't know the whole story, we haven't seen the list of documents, we were not present at the interview.
At this point it's really time for plan B.

First off your lawyer should have identified this area, if his secetary can tell you this, maybe she should have handled your case.
Ok now step back from being the disgruntled Husband and look at it from a Neutral/USCIS point of view.
Your Wife is sending all her earnings back home, $18,000+ and i do believe that is a lot of money changed into PHP and goes further than just a little family support. It is possible they see it as your Wife just being here to work and support her family back home, maybe they think Her Family are banking the money for your Wife.
Work on your appeal, you need to have question and answer sessions with your wife, Color Toothbrushes, Side of Bed slept on, Birth Dates ect.
I am not saying she should not send Her money home, just change how its done may help.
Good Luck

When you think about it.... a lot of people send money to their parents, brothers, etc, etc... BUT how many couples send exactly (or almost) their particular salary every month back home? That would be a HUGE red flag for me... even if the husband made $10,000 a month and that more than paid for the bills. If I make $8,000 a month and my wife makes $2,000 it is pretty stupid to send 2k back home every month since it just screams of having a bf or husband back in the home country. Everyone that isn't in the typical situation has to think, "How is this going to look to a stranger?" Because anything unusual can be interpreted as something that it isn't... such as fraud.

I guess you can make a difference between not having any income to support the household and having income and chose not to support the household. I still don't think this was THE reason for the denial.
Either the OP hasn't submitted enough other evidence of his bonafide marriage or there were other red flags during a possible interview, IF there was an interview.
Like other said, OP, can you give a list of all the documents you submitted and what exactly does the denial letter say?
Lawyer up before you start the appeal but start gathering EVERY bit of evidence you can find to submit with the appeal. Also, start talking to people (family, friends) and ask them to write affidavits.
That's a messed up situation you are in, I hope your wife can calm down soon so you guys can plan and go the next steps. The journey isn't over yet!!

You will have to appeal it. The letter should indicate what you need to do.
This is from the USCIS site:

Before she files for ROC she has to be divorced. Start the divorce now and when she has the certificate then file for ROC. She can include any information she has about the marriage being in good faith but just not working out.
She will go to an interview most likely.

He might be a jerk but that doesn't make the marriage fake. If she has proof the marriage was fake then she stands a chance of stopping him from ROCing. If he gets charged with domestic violence there's a chance it will stop him from ROCing.
BUT... as much as I appreciate you want to support your daughter, and that's great, you have no right to decide whether he gets to live here or not. Just like you wouldn't have the right to tell an ex who was American that he can't live in the same town. Just because her ex-husband is an immigrant doesn't mean his status is any of your, or your daughters concern. That is completely irrelevant and he should be treated like any other jerk who lives in the US.
Submit the statements of abuse to ICE or USCIS. Have him charged with abuse/assault (if you have evidence). But his immigration status isn't your or her concern and it's considered abuse to try and use someone's status again them.

Well after we got a RFE into the sixth month ... and a Great response from us ... this is what we found on the USCIS Case Status web site.
On March 29, 2012, we ordered production of your new card.
Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you.
If we need something from you we will contact you.
If you move before you receive the card, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283
We made it through without an interview. HAHAHA My wife Rosie will be 26 ... March 30th what Birthday Gift.
If it takes about 30 days .. the card will be here on our WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
This is what I did to get through this.
First they said we had 3 months to respond .. I sent out our response in two days.
Second I wrote little cover letters for each thing they request.
As to t birth certificate for a child I said I am sorry but we have not had a child as of yet
since we have only been married 2 1/2 years.
As to Bank accounts I ran down to a second Credit Union and opened one up with 300 dollars and
sent the original account and the new account with the COVER Letter for it stating the second
account was a little account so Rosie could use it for EBAY and paying online bills.
As for Auto Isurance I bured off both of our Drivers Lic. and Rosies Permitt.
the cover letter for this said I am sorry Rosie is not on the Insurance but she doesn't need
Insurance with a Learner Permitt.
As for Bill I called our dentist and the Office printed both of our appointment and bills.
The Cover letter for this stated as you can see we both go to the same Dentist and the Bills are
paid under my Employers family (retired) account. And that if they look at the highlights they
would see we both had appointment on the same day at times.
I had to get my taxes done so I used TAXACT.COM to get them done and Printed them Free of charge.
In the letter I explained that now that they had 2011 Taxes they had more then the IRS required for
me to KEEP which is 5 years and they had 6 now .... 3 with Rosie as my wife and joint filing.
I also have death Benefits from where I worked and printed them (SCANNED) to show Rosie is the Beneficiary.
In the Cover Letter I sent that this was on file with Numan Resourses where I retired from and they
we're welcomed to call them anytime durning working hours.
I also inclosed the Business card of the AGENT that also did and ON SITE interview here at the house in a
Cover letter (which most of you wouldn't have but since I am 62 and Rosie is 26 haha we did)
Last but not least I did an OVERALL cover letter (-) and listing each ITEM I inclosed in the RFE packet.
AT THE I made it clear they were WELCOME to again VISIT us at our house at anytime.
YEPPY YEPPY YA ... we made it.

Ok, there are a couple of things here I would like to clarify because maybe was me exposing my concerns the wrong way? Anyway...
1. About my passport: my passport is Spanish. Even if it was the opposite that I love my husband's last name etc. That name CANNOT be changed because is under Spanish laws and the law in Spain is you cannot change your last name in relation to marriage...Even if you go to the court and fight for it.
2. About my passport and decision of not becoming a citizen: there are plenty of people that have lived their whole life being permanent residents...Nothing wrong with that. I did not come to America with the ultimate goal to have a citizenship. I came from a beautiful island in a nice country to...OHIO to be able to live with my husband.
3. Someone said something about me not wanting to become a citizen bla bla and saying get a simple divorce. Oh well, if I was not in love would be a simple divorce but I do not want to divorce the person I love. Thank you very much
4. freetv: no, I was talking about my culture when saying that about the last names thus the Spanish in Spain(Europe) but thank you for your opinion
Krikit, exactly I have the feeling many people is taking it personally and being judgemental instead of giving some solutions or opinions about it and that's all (and I am not saying is everyone)
We all have our beliefs and personal experiences so I would appreciate they are respected same as I respect the others (whenever I was venting I always said that's how I see it or that's how my culture see it and that's the way I have been raised and I do not understand that, etc...) I could say (and it is just an EXAMPLE, not what I think) well, many people move from other countries that are not in a good situation to America really quickly and just want that citizenship. Or that could be said well I consider citizenship is important because this this and that...Two very different approaches as you can see.
However, thank you for your opinions so far

I'm a bit confused as to why she would need a court order to change her name back. Her former name will always be legal so she can always use it. If she chooses to use her husband's name that is also legal. Also not understanding why some people are taking this personally. There are tons of people who don't adopt the husband's last name for any number of reasons. We're not back in the last century you know.

I see you've mentioned not becoming a citizen otherwise I would ahve suggested changing it back at Naturalization .
Change your name back, you are not obligated to take your husband's name in the US and may women do not. I personally did, but like you I felt somewhat obligated... partially due to comments from my husband, partially societal pressure I suppose. But I am a big girl and made that bad decision entirely myself so I will undo it if I decide to. I'm probably too lazy to bother now