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4 minutes ago, nightingalejules said:

 

 

 

If your Conditional Green Card expired in August, your extension letter should be good until the 1 year anniversary date (ie: August). The USCIS person you spoke to had the wrong information about that.

Get a lawyer if you want, but it really won't do any good - there's nothing a lawyer can do to speed up the process - he/she will be glad to take your money, though.

Remember that you are never out of status while your case is in progress. The only time you are out of status would be if you were DENIED. If an employer checks with VerifyMe, they will see that your husband is still a conditional permanent resident, with his ROC petition pending. 

The only thing you won't have once your extension letter expires is proof of your legal status, which I will admit, is important especially in this political climate, or of course if you want to travel outside the US.

So here's what you do: (and you don't need a lawyer)

• Start calling to make an infopass appointment within the month before your letter expires (so - July). They won't be able to help you if you go in before that.
• When you go in for your infopass, tell them your extension letter is expiring in August and you need an I-551 stamp in your passport.
• That stamp acts as another 1 year extension, and is proof of your legal status either for another year, or until your ROC has been processed, whichever happens first
• I know this is frustrating, but don't panic! And don't waste your money on a lawyer you don't need. There's a delay. A lawyer can't fix it or help you jump the queue in any way.

Good luck, and stay calm! It's going to be all right!

Thank you sooo much! I had no idea about that! That is really good to know!

Good news! His status changed to card being produced. I was going to call him at work and tell him, but I wanna see his face when I tell him !! 

JUST CHECKED MY STATUS!! NEW CARD IS BEING PRODUCED FOR MY HUSBAND!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO  May 20th Filer!!

Soo, I called USCIS after I saw the processing times were updated to May 30th. They transferred me to a manager, and all they told me was "Um. yeah it's outside of normal processing times. All I could do is send in a request. You'll get a letter 2-3 weeks with HOPEFULLY more details." Also, my husband's original visa expired in August 2016, but with the extension it expires per the USCIS supervisor, May now. We're getting a lawyer now at this point because it's too close at this point to wait it out. 

They updated their times USCIS. Still says May 14th!!!!!!

ahhh ok, i can see that.  These people take so long to process everything.  We'll just keep praying, it'll all work out. Thanks so much!!!!

9 minutes ago, Fenrir1702 said:

So they just updated again by going back to processing times of November 2016... Let's hope they update with the correct information soon

oh my gosh, i just saw. what the heck?!!!!!! do you know if my husband can still apply for his US citizenship in May without the card?

I called USCIS on Friday because I saw the July 28th dates.  The agent told me it was indeed an error and they are working on fixing it.

My husband is May 20th. I'm getting nervous.  Should we be looking at getting a lawyer??

Question, in December my husband wants to go see his family in Dominican Republic. What should he take with him to the airport since the Visa is expired?

Greencard

Extension letter (not really needed, just in case)

Biometrics letter

ID (license/passport)

Thanks so much!!!

Hi Guys, just would like to know what my husband needs to take to his BioMetrics appointment? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Sorry to bother everybody, how would I reply to the post so I can post my information for the I-751?

Hello,

I am a US citizen and my husband a permanent resident. I would like to bring his daughter here, how would I do that and what would be needed? His daughter is in the Dominican Republic.

Thanks!

I know I"m in the wrong thread, but I just need to be pointed in the right direction. I'm a US citizen and my husband is a resident, (he came in 2014 from Dominican Republic). What is the process for bringing his 9 year old daughter to the country? Fees,forms, how long does it take, etc.? Thank you soon much for your help!!!

Faster for you to petition her. About 1 year.

Doesn't matter if his green card is conditional or not. This takes 2-3 years.

Don't think too much. Of course you, as a US citizen

THANK YOU guys

Hello,

My husband just got to the US from Dominican Republic in August 2014. He's a conditional resident right now. When he becomes a permanent resident with no conditions in 2016, he wants to petition for his 10 year old daughter. Would it be faster for him as a resident to petition for her or me as a US Citizen? Also, in what amount of time would she be here in both cases?

Thanks!

That's pretty country specific. He would need to check if DR will allow him to leave with unpaid tickets. US has nothing to do with it.

I know there are countries you can't leave with debt. So i guess he needs to check and find out. Can't imagine a transit ticket but every country is different with their own rules.

Thanks DWheels!! Yeah, I have a feeling he might have to pay it. He'll find out in a few hours Thank you again for EVERYTHING!!

Question, husband is finally coming today!! YEAA!! He has unpaid transit tickets in his country, Dominican Republic, does anybody know if they will make him pay it at customs before he leaves the country to get here?

Just had our interview on Tuesday, after we were originally scheduled for Monday and the embassy cancelled all interviews due to their system being down. Hopefully, we get it soon. I think it's just an excuse to help them with their backlog.

Wow I'm glad you guys were able to get in without an appointment. My interview is Aug 6 n I'm sooo anxious!!! What did you tell them in order to get in? Did they mention how long it would take u to get your passport. Can you expedite it? I want my husband to come to NY with me n I wanted to get an estimate as to how long it'll take him to get his passport. Please keep me inform. Thank you sooo much n God bless! Congrats!!!

We went with our original interview letter from the day before and just got lucky that they didn't see the date on it. I've been hearing from other people who are waiting on their passports that it has been taking about 2 weeks to get the passport. Once I get it, I"ll let you know. I'm not sure if you can expedite, I'm pretty sure you can't, BUT I can be wrong. At your interview just check with the immigration officer. And thank you soooo much!!!

Woooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooo congratulations so happy for you both ! :dance: :dance:

Congratulations! Sorry to hear about the cancellation at the last minute! Glad you went back the next day and we're approved! Good luck and all the best!

It's fine. It will take a bit for them to input your case. No need to panic. It's in the WIKI for the NVC process!!!!

There's nothing wrong with the message "this case is in process of termination.." The case number was just literally assigned and they're inputting it into the system..It's a good sign, and no reason to call NVC. This is covered in the WIKI of the NVC process.

Yay, congrats on the successful interview! Sucks about what happened though Glad you guys were smart enough to return the next day, not to mention happy you were let in!

Thank you guys!!!!

Hi Group,

Just wanted to say thank you for your support throughout this difficult year with immigration. After 16 months of this process, today at our interview we were approved.

Our initial interview was scheduled for July 21st at 6:45 am, and we arrived at 5am. At 6:40 am(40 minutes late) the embassy finally opened where we first gave in all necessary paperwork, followed by an attempt for fingerprints only to learn that the system was down.

At 8am the embassy told us ALL INTERVIEWS for the day had been cancelled due to the AC not working and the systems being down. All they told us was they would reach out to us at a later date via email and phone to reschedule the interviews. I WAS PISSED!!! My flight was supposed to leave that night and I just thought MORE WAITING.

After talking with friends, my husband and I decided just to show up the next day at the embassy hoping that we would be able to get in AND WE DID!!!

The following are questions that the Immigration Officer asked us:

1. How and when did you guys meet? (Through Facebook)

2. What did he think of me sending him a friend request?

3. Does he still have Facebook? (She asked for his email to see his page)

4. Do we still talk through Facebook?

5. What phone do I have? Then she asked him in spanish what phone and what phone he had.

6. How many times did I visit?

7. She asked him what did he do that made me want to keep coming back.

8. Do we have kids together?

9. How old are his kids?

10. Do they have the same mother?

11. Was he married before since he had two kids with two different women?

12. She asked to see our pictures , and asked questions about the wedding. - How come my family didn't go, and what did we do afterwards?

13. If he went to college, or at least finished high school?

14. What did I study in school, and then she asked him in spanish what I studied in school. (I graduated college way before I met my husband)

15. I took a binder of bank statements, conversations, and trips, and she asked me to give her anything that would help.

The lady was very friendly and the questions were asked almost as though we were having a conversation, you can tell she was trying to make it as comfortable as possible.

We were very upset though with how the embassy handled the situation on canceling interviews last minute and not even giving a time frame as to when they might be rescheduled.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY, whether I spoke to you or not, I was always reading everybody's comments and notes so I could learn from them. Thank you Saylin for your advice and encouragement along the way

God bless you all!!

Hi Group,

Just wanted to say thank you for your support throughout this difficult year with immigration. After 16 months of this process, today at our interview we were approved.

Our initial interview was scheduled for July 21st at 6:45 am, and we arrived at 5am. At 6:40 am(40 minutes late) the embassy finally opened where we first gave in all necessary paperwork, followed by an attempt for fingerprints only to learn that the system was down.

At 8am the embassy told us ALL INTERVIEWS for the day had been cancelled due to the AC not working and the systems being down. All they told us was they would reach out to us at a later date via email and phone to reschedule the interviews. I WAS PISSED!!! My flight was supposed to leave that night and I just thought MORE WAITING.

After talking with friends, my husband and I decided just to show up the next day at the embassy hoping that we would be able to get in AND WE DID!!!

The following are questions that the Immigration Officer asked us:

1. How and when did you guys meet? (Through Facebook)

2. What did he think of me sending him a friend request?

3. Does he still have Facebook? (She asked for his email to see his page)

4. Do we still talk through Facebook?

5. What phone do I have? Then she asked him in spanish what phone and what phone he had.

6. How many times did I visit?

7. She asked him what did he do that made me want to keep coming back.

8. Do we have kids together?

9. How old are his kids?

10. Do they have the same mother?

11. Was he married before since he had two kids with two different women?

12. She asked to see our pictures , and asked questions about the wedding. - How come my family didn't go, and what did we do afterwards?

13. If he went to college, or at least finished high school?

14. What did I study in school, and then she asked him in spanish what I studied in school. (I graduated college way before I met my husband)

15. I took a binder of bank statements, conversations, and trips, and she asked me to give her anything that would help.

The lady was very friendly and the questions were asked almost as though we were having a conversation, you can tell she was trying to make it as comfortable as possible.

We were very upset though with how the embassy handled the situation on canceling interviews last minute and not even giving a time frame as to when they might be rescheduled.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY, whether I spoke to you or not, I was always reading everybody's comments and notes so I could learn from them.

God bless you all!!

For the interview do we need to take the NOA1 as well? I never received my NOA1 just my NOA2.