j86schroeder

Thanks, do you know where I can find examples of this? I am little bit confused on the part 3 section of the 864 form.

My wife is the petitioner, and we want working to get the I-864 form filled out for the sponsorship. We have two visa cases, IR5's, one for each, (mom and dad). We've only had to pay the AOS fee once, not twice, but had to pay each IV applicant fee. 1 for mom and 1 for dad

Because my wife doesn't have employment. I'll have to be the only joint sponsor. So my question is, do I have to fill out two I-864 forms for each? (mom and dad)?

Thanks!

We are in the process of getting my wife's parents over here. She is a US Citizen, and she is the petitioner. Our case is now at the NVC. Being the petitioner/sponser, do we have to get them health insurance? Where is the best place to get them health insurance? When exactly can you get them health insurance, I am assuming you have to get it for them before they travel to the US.

So we have to submit a 130 form for each parent? Father and mother?

https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/bringing-parents-live-united-states-permanent-residents

And file a separate 485 form and 864 form? so a total of six forms?

Which is the best way to bring my spouse's parents to the USA so they can start working as soon as possible and work towards a US Citizenship?

Should they come on tourist visa to the USA and we start the paperwork to adjust their status? Or they stay in Honduras, and we start the paperwork here in the USA?

I am trying to find the Oath Ceremony date for the month of July 2018 in Memphis TN? Is this possible?

Interview date is July 23rd, was wanting to find out if that is the same day the Oath Ceremony takes place.

Thanks

We sent ours on 4/11, and it arrived on the 13th, it looks like the check was cashed yesterday 5/4 now just waiting on NOA.

Do they Visa's, does the Baby have a US Passport.

Yes, the parents have a tourist Visa and the baby has a US passport

My wife who just recently came on a K1 visa, is having her brother along with his wife and their baby visit us for our wedding ceremony for 1 week.

QUESTION:

My wife's brother and his wife who are from Honduras were here in the United States when their baby was born so now the baby has United States citizenship.

We are wondering if they come to the United States from Honduras if they will have problems with bringing the baby into the US because it was born here in the United States.

We would really like their presence at our wedding along with their new little baby under two years old.

Any thoughts or suggestions about this?!!!?!?

Did she look at the social security card or just ask if she had one. It is pretty standard for an employer to say bring a driver's license or ID and your social security card. Look at the I-9 you attached. The social security card will work only if it is not annotated which your wifes is. Probably the HR person is not familiar with this annotation or was having a brain freeze. She IS NOT legal to work until she has an EAD or her green card in her hand.

I agree with you that is why I was posting this on here, but they actually did look at her social security card.... and Im thinking why they didn't read "VALID ONLY FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION"

I guess I will have to tell my wife to tell Human Resources to check out the I-9 form and see if she complies with that.

John.

The thing is we told the company, and HR (human resources). They confirmed she is okay to work. That is why I am afraid they dont have something right.... What could we tell them? Ask the Human Resources to check out the i-9 form?

What I am wondering is her k1 visa expires on February 18th, 2014, and we expect her EAD to be arriving early february. So maybe they can legally hire her from now until the 18th of Februrary.

She took the written test and passed. She now has a learner's permit that expires on the 18th of February, and two forms of identity the human resources asked for was the learner's permit and social security number card

There is a little confusion here. A K-1 entrant can apply for an EAD independent of AOS. This EAD must be paid for ($360 or thereabout), it takes about 2-3 months to receive, and it expires at the same time as the I-94 (usually 90 days after entry). That is why it is advised to not apply for this EAD as it is almost worthless.

The EAD you apply for with the AOS, which is free with the AOS filing, is good for one year and can be renewed if the AOS is delayed.

We applied for the the EAD with the AOS filing along with the travel document.

John.

We sent the package:

December 6th, 2013

We got an email late at night:

December 15th, 2013

This is what the email read, so we are still waiting on the official NOA to arrive in the mail which looks to be 7 to 10 days...

Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS National Benefits Center for processing. Within 7-10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number MSCXXXXXXXXXX. With the official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) you may visit www.uscis.gov where you can check the status of your case using My Case Status. We suggest you wait until you have received your Form I-797 before checking My Case Status.

This confirmation provides notification of the date USCIS received your case. This notice does NOT grant any immigration status or benefit. You MAY NOT present this notice as evidence that you have been granted any immigration status or benefit. Further, this notice does NOT constitute evidence that your case remains pending with USCIS. The current status of your case must be verified with USCIS.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

How long should we expect to wait for the receipt of our AOS package that I sent late afternoon of Friday December 6th, 2013?

We sent it to this address box via USPS asking for confirmation of receipt via email, and a certified mail signature that requires someone to sign showing they received it.

USCIS

PO BOX 805887

Chicago, IL 60680-4120

Any thoughts would be great... According to VJ, it says on average it takes 7 days, but I am not sure if that is talking about business days or any day.

Thanks,

John.

When you come to the United States on a k1 visa, can you drive for 90 days as long as you have your drivers license from another country and k1 visa?

Thanks!

Ok great thank you. I was not wanting to get the SSN number so that we could get married but that is a good thought to check on that.

Below is the link to how obtain marriage certificate in Arkansas.

http://www.arkansas.com/weddings/laws/

According to the USCIS website, Fort Smith, AR shows for i-485 that it is four months. Please correct me if I am wrong.

The i-485 is the AOS adjustment of status which shows four months. The i-865 is the Affidavit of Support which we do not need because I make enough money to above the poverty guidelines.

Hopefully when we submit the i-485 we can then submit the AOS/EAD/AP all at once, and possibly receive back confirmation we have been approved for the EAD and AP before the AOS.

Once we receive the EAD, we can try and go to the DMV and see if they will issue her a driver license then.

Another note, somewhere I read it said to wait at least two weeks before arrival to the US before applying for SSN. I think that if you wait the two weeks then apply for the SSN, it will be in the system according to a document here on visajourney. Then when we fill out the i485 AOS form, we can put the SSN in the form so that its in the whole process.

Any thoughts, please add.

John.

More or less correct -- do note that 4 months would be exceptionally fast to get the actual green card, since many cases are averaging 10 months. So don't count on it any time very soon. EAD and AP should come relatively quickly (2-3 months) though.

Get SSN as soon as you can -- if you wait too long, you'll be turned away if it's too close to the expiration of her I-94.

Most states don't require SSN for marriage license/certificate -- you can get married right away without SSN if you so choose, unless Arkansas is unique?

The paperwork for the AOS/EAD/AP isn't THAT bad, we completed it in one weekend, but it does require all of the financial support documents for the I-864, which were the most time-consuming. Luckily if you prepared well for the K-1 interview and had supporting docs for your I-134, much of it can be re-used this time around.

I can't speak for Arkansas, but in many states (like for us here in California), having the EAD will be enough to get a driver's license. In most states, the license will have an expiration date tied to the expiration of the EAD, so you may have to go back and renew the driver's license after getting a longer-validity green card, many months later.

Okay thanks everyone for the replies! Okay. Just to clear up any confusion. The revenue office is the DMV office. First of all, not many Hispanics live in this neck of the woods. Secondly, no one from two different cities could tell me what paperwork is needed to get her a drivers license.

The link for the I-94 worked! I appreciate that. I put in her information and was able to pull her record and print out the i-94. Now I can hopefully take that to the SSN office and get a social security number. Once we receive that SSN, which another user on here told me, it takes maybe two weeks to receive the SSN. Then simply obtain the marriage certificate, and file for the adjustment of status along with the advance parole document for travel, and the employment authorization documentation for employment, and then just wait.

Any thoughts? Hopefully its is just as simple as that sounds....

Print i-94 after arrival in the US

Apply for SSN.

After receiving SSN, obtain marriage certificate.

Prepare paperwork for the AOS adjustment of status, EAD Employment Authorization Document, and Advance Parole Document

Submit all documents at once, and hopefully after receiving the green card in 4 months minimum then apply for Drivers License ?

John.

Does anyone know how soon or what documents are needed to get a driver's license for my fiancee in Arkansas? The revenue office doesn't seem to know... No one does. My fiancee did not receive any special documentation when she arrived to the US, so therefore we can't get a social security number. All we will have is when we get married in this 90 day window and get the marriage certificate to show as proof or identification.

Any thoughts on how I can go about getting a driver's license as soon as possible for fiancee?

Hi,

I have a question regarding the $165.00 USCIS Immigrant Fee that the USCIS website says you have to pay before arriving to the United States.

The link to this is found here: USCIS Immigrant Fee

The link above is pretty straight-forward on how to pay for this fee, etc.

We have been approved for the fiance visa, (1) but unsure if we need to pay the USCIS fee before arriving to the US, (2) or we will not have to pay it period, (3) or we will have to pay it after she arrives to the US and receives her green card.

The response I received from the US Embassy in Honduras regarding this question is somewhat confusing.

Can you help?

Our Question we asked the Embassy regarding the USCIS Immigrant fee:

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Hi,

I got my visa packet on wednesday 23rd, but the visa officer didnt give me any Alien number to create an account on USCIS website and pay the immigration fee
Can you help me?
Thanks in advance

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The US Embassy in Honduras Response:

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The alien number will be created at the time that you adjusted status in the United States.

With this type of visa, You don't have to pay the USCIS immigration fee of $165.00.

Please check with USCIS once the Resident Card is given to you, you would have to pay it

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If I understand correctly the limited response from the embassy, because this is a K1 fiance visa, NOT K3 spousal visa then we do not have to pay the $165.00 Fee, but once we file our adjustment of status (AOS) we will be created an alien number, while waiting to receive the green card? Is the green card the same thing as the resident card?

Help! Thanks so much!

Quick Question:

Once my fiancee arrives in the US on a k1 visa, and we get married then file our adjustment of status.

When can she travel back out of the United States?

Does it only take four months for the adjustment of status to be complete?

I am curious if we do not file the Advance Parole when we file for adjustment of status (AOS), how long it will be when she can travel outside the United States. The 1-131 Advance Parole Travel Document Fee is $360! Ouch.

After two years of marriage we request the conditions to be removed from our adjustment of status?

Any help would be great thanks!

Yay we received our interview date October 9th 2013!!!

My NOA2 was July 3rd. My case supposedly just arrived to the Embassy today. It says ready when I put my case number in this site. Does this hopefully mean the embassy will have my case? I have been going back and forth with the embassy for the last week and they say they do not have my case.

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=o/iS8zDpeAKjMWCuebHqOw==

Noa2 July 3rd

DOS July 19th

NVC Arrival July 23rd

NVC Depart July 26th

Embassy Arrival July 29th (hopefully ready means it is at embassy)

My Case now says it is in transit ... on the website at the NVC. So hopefully it will show at embassy then I can call the embassy to get interview date and paperwork submitted to them...because the NVC never did ask for any paperwork.. .strange.

Interesting... I just got off the phone with NVC and they say they have nothing to do with a fiance visa, and that they just received our case two days ago, and that it will just be simply forwarded to the embassy in Honduras where they handle everything.

I checked the link you sent above and the case just shows at NVC, thats all it says.... hmmm my attorney says we should be getting a invoice number to submit payment and file proper documents... I guess that happens at the embassy?

After you receive your case number from the NVC? then what can we do with the case number? do we just still wait until NVC does the administrative processing and request for paperwork? Im confused because the NVC told me that it is in administrative processing right now and that they will be forwarding the letter to the embassy. What is this letter that could be talking about? Any idea how long that takes? Thx