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14 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Well this isn't the rules just for USCs, but for anyone that is classified as non-EEA. So it applies to a broad number of countries. No doubt it's considered discriminatory by many, and deemed necessary by others. When you look at the statistics and see a large part of the country have more than enough to support their spouse (because cost of living and job markets are vastly different depending on where you are in the country), but still not enough to pass the requirements, it's why there is a great deal of outrage. And while immigration rules to bring a fiancé or spouse to the USA are more simplified, there is still the financial requirement here too (not as severe and with options of course). I'm not familiar with many UK attorneys but Kitty Falls https://kittyfallsimmigrationlaw.com/ has had some recommendations.

 

For us personally, as much as we'd both love to live in the UK, it wasn't possible because of the requirements. My husband makes three times the wage here he ever could make in the UK, is treated well by his employer, and there is more opportunity in the US.

 

Still, I'd strongly consider waiting for citizenship first.

I agree. Thank you for the advice. I may need to go to a casino in Oklahoma, just saying 

I do see your point about her USC status. Right now she's on the 10 year green card. I spoke briefly to a UK solicitor's office in Manchester and he made it 'seem' as if the income requirement wouldn't be an issue. However, of course, for a full consultation it's going to cost £200. From the UK gov website it says 'you may be able to settle in 5 years without meeting the minimum income requirement if either: you’re applying as a parent or you get certain benefits, for example Disability Living Allowance or Carer’s Allowance.' It at least looks like there may be a way. Who knows. I wish they made this easier for US citizens. We are partners after all 😒

Hello all. I have a question (a few actually). How difficult would it be to move to the UK considering I'm a US citizen. The situation is like this, I'm a US citizen, my wife is a UK citizen, and our daughter is a UK citizen by birth (born in the USA). From the research I've done so far, it looks as if our biggest hurdle is financial, as is often the case. The British government requires 'you and your partner must have a combined income of at least £18,600 a year.' The issue is when my wife worked in the UK she only made about £12,000 a year and I obviously can't legally work over there. It looks like there may be an income exemption since I'm the parent of a British by birth child. Any advice would be appreciated.

7 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Good job and good luck for your Mis-Infopass!

 

Nebraska doesn't usually process I-751 cases so hopefully they've set up a nice little section of staff that are sitting waiting to approve the I-751 cases as soon as they receive them. Lets hope it's approvals left, right and centre. Or, it'll be like the last case transfers messages at the end of Feb 2018, and diddly-squat will happen. I know where I'm putting my money LOL.

It'd be great if we had a quick approval! But like you say it's anyone's guess. We just need that travel stamp since we'll be travelling come July. It would be funny though if we were approved from now until then.

We were finally able to get an appointment at our local Dallas office! Checked this morning at about 6 am. We received a letter yesterday stating that our case was also transferred to Nebraska.

The one year extension is about to expire on the GC and coming up in July we'll be heading to England. We're going to need the I-551 stamp on the passport. Our local Dallas office doesn't seem to have any appointment dates open, even after checking again and again. Can we go to Oklahoma City for the stamp? Of course, Oklahoma is outside our local area but we don't have much choice. I'm curious if anyone has experienced something similar.

Just now, gc@gc said:

 

if you do go to oklahoma to get your stamp, please let us know how that works

 

i always thought you can only get it done in your local office 

 

Sure will. I'm going to check the Dallas office a bit more this week, but if nothing comes up then we'll just go to Oklahoma City. Unfortunately there aren't many field offices near us. I think the next closest is in Houston or San Antonio.

5 minutes ago, shell20 said:

Then you probably need to do an info pass to receive a i551 stamp.  

We will need one rather soon since we'll be heading to England in July. The issue is each time we check the Dallas, TX office for appointment dates, it ALWAYS states that there's nothing available. We're thinking of heading to Oklahoma since it appears to have some slots available.

We filed back in Feb 2017 and are still waiting. Now the one year extension is about to expire as well. 

Finally! AOS approved! Checked the status today to find that the residency card is being produced. Quite funny, all this while still visiting the UK! Praise God!

Strange, strange. I've known two other couples here in Texas that have married foreigners and its never been an issue.

That's really odd! As long as he has a SSN he should be allowed a driver's license. I've never heard it being an issue because of a pending AOS.

Awesome, thank you both for the replies it's a ton of help. Her British passport has her maiden name, so we will book the ticket in like manner. Will there be any issue on rentry to the US using the maiden name? Her EAD/AP card has her married name.

In April we will be traveling to the UK for a couple of weeks and we would like to know which documents are recommended to carry in order to show the border officers. Not just for the UK citizen (for entry into the US) but also the US citizen (for entry into the UK). Just to clarify my wife is the UK citizen and she will be traveling using her EAD/AP combination card. As for myself I'm just curious to know if only taking the marriace certificate would suffice for the British border officers.

If anyone has specifically gone to the UK during AOS, it would be nice to hear from you. Though I do appreciate any insight.

Thanks for the help!

We're still waiting as well... Should've came into the country as an illegal lol...

Finally got approved for our EAD! Praise God!

83 days since filing why does USCIS take so long

Still waiting here... Hope to find the GC in the mail today lol

We mailed all of our AOS material on May 2nd and went for the bio app. on June 5 but still no sign of an EAD/AP card... Not sure what's going on... Hope to hear something this week. 80 days and counting...

Awesome, I appreciate the replies. I just want to make sure we are legally sound and all that.

Hello everyone, I have a question about my fiancee's K-1 visa. We are going to get married the 1st of March and the K-1 visa is set to expire about the end of March. As far as the AOS goes, will it matter if we file after the visa has expired? If so, could we wait two months after the wedding/visa expiry date to file for AOS?

Thanks

You've been assigned a tracking number? How did you find this out?

Well we checked the visa info website and found out about the tracking details. It's the same site you should have used to pay the visa fee.

Their web address is: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/iv

Thanks for the info. Today we checked our case and thankfully we've been assigned a tracking number so grateful things are starting to wrap up for us. Never thought this initial visa process would take this long lol. Oh well

Mine went issued, then stayed there, next thing was e mail with courier tracking number on it.

How long after it changed to issued did you receive the tracking number? Is it from the embassy or courier?

Here's to hoping! We had our interview on Nov 26th and were approved. Nov 27th the case was update/created. Nov 29th it officially said "issued." We are currently waiting on the visa/passport. We have not received an email or notice from the embassy saying that it's been sent out. We called the courier service just to be safe...nothing. Got a hold of the embassy (miraculously) today and they said to check with the courier service...which was quite pointless as it apparently has not left the embassy. However...several people who had an interview on Dec 2nd...now have the package in hand. Feeling a bit discouraged...anyone else still waiting?

That is very strange. I would recommend emailing the Embassy, though the link seems to be broken at the moment. The other option could be to call the DOS. As for us, we've barely had our CEAC status changed to "Issued" as of today, even though our interview was Nov. 25. Took a little while