BatonRouge Bill

On ‎12‎/‎6‎/‎2016 at 0:25 PM, Anonymous885 said:

That is correct. I am going to file I-751 for my wife at the end of this month since her GC will be expired on 3/25/2017.

so other than the fee and form 1-751 is there any thing else I should submit?

That is correct. I am going to file I-751 for my wife at the end of this month since her GC will be expired on 3/25/2017.

Great, I will be in touch because I see from the instructions there is a lot of supporting documentation involved also including Birth Certificate of our new daughter Mai Linh !

Thanks!

It is 2 years and 90 days from the date of issue Green Card to apply citizenship but she has to apply I-751 first.

I'm a bit confused, her green card is good for 2 years so apply I-751 about 90 days prior to expiration?.

3 years after she got her green card.

Wow...... its been a long road already, but at least we are together. 3 years to apply over one year to process Thanks, I see the steps at uscis questionair

When is the Earliest we can start this Process??? Two years from when she first came on k1 visa, our marriage, change of status application date, or receipt of approved green Card???

She Got her Green Card Today, 12 months from application!

Thank you very much!

I got the visa just now

Congradulations!

Just have a Dam Hoi...

You might have kids sooner than you think. We already have a 2 month old son and we are going to try and wait 2 years before having another.

Congratulations on your Happy baby boy!

You will get a text and a notification email when they receive your file and enter it into their system. Don't beat yourself up over this because it will be a long journey and you will need a lot of patience.

Totally agree, an abundance of patience! Yep within a day of them keying into the system!

Good luck on your Journey, Tighfield.

i sent my k1 visa on 9/22/14 i met Hoa on 3/16/14 i visited and proposed on 9/01/14 we had an engagement party with her whole family

i only visited her once for 3 weeks

we both have never been married aim 54 she is 37

i submitted photos emails and we talk on the phone everyday

what are our chances of approval from you guys out there

thank you very much sincerely martini

Like Rich said chances are 100%. I am 51 and Linh is 37 and she has been here for 5 months now. No red flags and in my "older age" we are trying at children! Good luck in the process don't fret about any RFE's they happen and cause delays... don't be bashful to ask questions all will be fine!

Great....now i'm hungry for a beef ribeye....

Thanks a lot Baton

hahaha, yes me too!

Best of luck! Narita is a big airport and at times a little confusing. Hopefully she has plenty of time to change planes.

Again, best of luck!

POE customs can take some time. I booked a flight that had 3 hour layover there, with earlier delays it ended up 2 hours actual. barely enough time for our final flight. And exhausting!

Dave, you should consider meeting her there as all her checked baggage will be offloaded and inspected and have to be rechecked.

you will be needing lots of fresh vegitables, the usuals, including fresh ginger root, mustard greens, salad greens, mushrooms, Fish, fresh or frozen, lots of seafood, lol, unseasoned ground pork, whole chicken, as she will cut it much differenly than US butchers, (cuts the bones makes way better broths!) and something that my wife loves that is a bit expensive in vietnam and rare to find... good beef steaks, t-bone, ribeye etc. She may also want beef stew meats, pork tails, pork riblets. Also lots of different rice noodles. You may want to wait and take her shopping and let her do as she pleases. Both us supermarket as well as asian markets. Congratulations to you both!

We got a written response on the I 485 delay and it was titled potential interview waiver. and goes into not needing a waiver but 6 months delay....and no mention of biometrics appointment.....and no mention of the travel documents or work.....Linh is now afraid to travel without a green card even with travel documents because many airports and not properly understanding travel documents.... poor her this really sucks for her. Cant work, can't drive, She passed the driving school stuff but cannot test with the state until she gets a green card. If there is a way of getting her a Louisiana driving license at least she can go to the mall and spend money even if she cannot earn it Lol.

What does your status in the uscis.gov site say when you enter the receipt numbers from your NOA? https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/CaseStatus.do

Ok so I called them and did a service requisition and they gave me a referral number took a lot of info about our case and said we should hear from the Nebraska service center soon but as much as 30 days....

ok so for the I485...Acceptance

for the I765 and I131 ...Initial review..

We filled out the E notification thing and the only and last texts we got was on June 4th....

Did you receive biometric appointment? If you had done biometric, then you can submit expediated request for EAD/AP.

no appointment, nothing

_{hmm we recieved nothing but the initial reciept NOA on all three, and we did the text thing.}

Yes, my wife's brother is getting married Dec. 12th..... while I used up all my vacation this year...two trips to vietnam.. She really should attend! I am thinking we should at least push for her travel documents.

Thanks!

Just curious how long it's taking folks to get their green cards we filed 3 months ago?

All we also filed for employment authorization and travel document all we have is the 1st NOA on all three.

How soon should I start bugging them... Nebraska shows 4 months to green card.... hmm.

Hi all,

My fiancee and I met when she came to the U.S. under a J1 visa. We lived together for the one year and one month she was in the U.S. After she finished her internship program, we had a couple of weeks to travel in the U.S. before she returned home in August 2013.

In December 2013, I filed a K1 visa petition and we just received NOA2 at the end of June 2014. Now we are waiting for NVC to transfer our case to the Consulate in Vietnam and then get ready for the interview.

So my question is…

Is it necessary for me to go to Vietnam to visit her and her family and/or go with her to the interview in HCMC? Does it hurt our case if I don’t visit? Could it be a red flag for the official?

I've never been to Vietnam or anywhere that far away before. The longest distance I have travelled was from New York to Switzerland and Italy. I don’t really like flying to begin with and I'm a big tall guy, so it's not comfortable being on a plane, especially for the 20+ hours it will take to get to Vietnam. I also don't have many vacation days left for the rest of this year, so it would be nice if I don't have to go but can wait for her to arrive back in the U.S. and we can be together again. So then, in the immortal words of the Clash, should I stay or should I go?

Thanks,

J

To answer your main question is it necessary.... nope it wont raise a red flag with the consulate

and if you were to go I would wait until she had visa in hand and go get her and fly back with her.

Besides it would help set your inlaws-to-be minds at ease that you care enough to meet them assuming you havent yet done so.

If one person asks the other to marry, and the other says yes, then they are engaged. No ceremony is relevant.....I've actually never heard of an engagement ceremony before reading your post (tho the existence of such things doesn't surprise me.)

Just remember, that once you begin the K1 Visa path, if you get married before the visa is granted, then you'll have to start all over again with a CR-1 visa. I mention this because you say something about an engagement ceremony and then you mention a wedding ceremony.

You will need pictures of you and your fiancee together, of course...

An engagement ring and reciept as well is nice evidence but proof of face to face meeting is required, dated photos of you two together, and plane ticket stubs, iteneraries etc.

They will not even ask about Dam Hoi until the interview and it is certainly not required. They will ask about when the Marriage will take place and even then if no date is set there is no show stopper. I think you should start the process as the process timeline can randomly vary by a lot. Some folks get the interview 7-8 months after initiating the process or can be much longer like mine at 15 months. So my advice is to start early as possible. It sucks to be apart.

I answered your other post. Technically, what you've applied for with the I 130 is a CR1/IR1 immigrant visa, not a K type visa at all. CR1 is if you have been married for less than 2 years, IR1 is more than 2 years. Both are immigrant visas, which means that your spouse will get a green card upon arrival (basically).

In a few months, you will (assuming all your info is in order) get the NOA 2, which will be approval of your I130 petitions. Then your case is sent to the NVC where you will provide your financial evidence that you can support your family, and your wife will (or you will on her behalf) file the visa application. Once that is all accepted, your petition will be sent to the US embassy in VN. Your wife and child will have to have a medical exam, and an interview (which you don't have to attend, I don't think, if you don't want to) and then if all goes well, her visa will be issued and she can join you in the US.

It is unlikely that your mom will be able to cause too many problems for you. Honestly, it's hard for us to get ahold of anyone official - harder still for her, who doesn't have access to your case numbers etc.

It would, however, be a good idea to collect up some photos of the two of you together and any other evidence you have of a bonafide (ie: real) relationship.

I have to agree with all you said, and would also add special emphasis to the statement about photos and other evidence time stamps, etc.

Also take care of the address change with USCIS and ask them to be sure it is corrected. I did the same and had corrected even got the paper reciept of the change and still the original mistake was left for my wife's then fiance' address and the consulate recieved the wrong address not the correction and they mailed the interview package to the wrong address.