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Were done for now...at least for ten years... Thanks all for the help over the last few years.

Hi Aidan80,

I totally understand where you are coming from there. Likewise, I still think "cheque" is the proper spelling, and frankly the Americans can learn a thing or two about the proper English/British/Canadian spelling (lol..after all, the English were the ones that invented English, right?).

It's confusing here in the USA that word "check" can be used three ways:

1) Check (noun), as in the paper bank check

2) Check (verb), as in to double check/check something

3) Check (noun), as in to checkmark a box on a form

So, make sure you check to see: that you check all the boxes on the form and send in the bank check. No wonder this is confusing...lol...

Ant (Prefers "cheques" not "checks", Still waiting at the VSC...)

I struggle at times to have to spell cheque check.. it's not like it's a cheque but I'm checking for something

Good luck..

You are starting to sound like my wife. Always trying to fix the American english problems. That's what hooked on ebonics is for. Adverbs..what good are they.

Thanks for the help!

Thanks to all.

Ok, one more thing.

Copy of front page of passport or all pages?

Evidence we are sending:

Copy of last rental lease

3 pages of photos from trips and events in the last 2 years

Medical membership and ID cards

Life insurance polices info from 3 polices

Auto insurance info

Joint Check account info

Copy of military ID

Military emergency contact info

Joint 07 tax filing info

Contract from sale for house

Copy of ultrasound pictures

Ok all,

Back us up.

Sending only 1 check is ok ($545)?

"Check" can be a personal check?

Latest I-751 has to sent...8/25/08 version?

Do we need to send 2 passport photos?

Thanks

BD

To all,

My wife is expecting (still many months off) and wants to go back to Canada to have our baby... So I the US citizen, she is a permenate resident...What do we need to do bring the little one back into the states?

Thanks

Is there a form number for the "re-entry permit"?

Also, my wife is going to be traveling back and forth across the border fairly regularly, does that count to rehack the clock?

Hello,

I hope this helps your cause. Your problem is a trend at the CSC when cases are transferred. We received the same RFE back in July for a lost I-693. On our RFE it stated:

The medical examination that was performed as past of your visa application is not found in the file. For that reason, it is necessary to submit the following below:

I-693 MEDICAL EXAMImation: Please submit a properly completed and signed Form I-693, Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status. The medical examination must be conducted by a physician who is on the list of Civil Surgeons approved by USCIS. (You do not have to submit the immunization supplement that you have already submitted).

As you can see above the RFE clearly states it is for the 693 not the supplement. Which is completely frustrating as we were not given a copy of the forms from the CS either and turned everything in at the boarder as required.

As like you I could not stand anymore BS and incompetence by USCIS. I suggest that you contact your US senator’s office (We used Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s immigration attorney, Carol Armstrong). All of them have immigration liaison officers that can help in this type of problem. That is the path we took to fight, unfortunately for us they (USCIS) were still not able to find our “lost” medical paperwork and we still had to submit the forms again. Thankfully the CS only charged us an additional $50 to redo the paperwork. We sent in a reply to the RFE last week and are standing by for results.

As a final note if the RFE was for the supplement, we had a local CS transcribe the vaccination results onto the I693A that we submit with our I-485.

Please let me know what your course of action is and results. We are filing a formal complaint through Sen. Dole’s office once our case is approved and I would love to pass your info onto Sen. Dole in addition to ours.

thanks!

Congrats and have a wonderful trip

Thanks. My husband just told me the good news. I think he forgot to mention it last night. It'll be nice to finally get out of this house and see my family. They've taken my driver's license and stuck me in suburban hell for so long, Vancouver is going to be a slice of paradise! I have to call my family. I'm so excited I can't believe it!!!!

I sure it is on it's way. Do you want to bet and see who's "pony express" will get to each other first?

Ture! We are leaving on the 1st. Thank god I need to time off. Hope EAD comes soon.

B) Finally approved for AP. USCIS must have found it under their stapler! Let’s see the timeline on getting it in the mail.

Cheers

Anna C.

Best of luck. Did you send in your 2nd AP with an explanation about the first or explain that you had submitted a I-131 previously and made a mistake?

As you have obviously read we are working many sides of this issue (AOS and AP) and there is varying levels of frustration. My wife is very eager to go home and visit friends and family. Especially her elderly grandmother. We were fully aware when we began the process that it takes “time” for everything to work thru the wickets. But we are trying to avoid an emergency situation and have to get the Emergency AP (with the MD's note and that process). As we approach the 90 days since filing it is tough to see others get approved and then not receive any words on our case from the supposed experts at USCIS. That is why this site is so important as a clearing house of information and individual experiences...But...that is just what it is. It is not the law. My original intent of this posting was to gather information taken with a grain of salt and then formulate my own plan of attack. I think sometimes people forget they are not immigration lawyers and say things they shouldn't. Also, if we (VJ) as a group can get together, we have the ability to voice concerns and problems with the "system" to try and make fixes. I'm going to cross threads on our AOS issue. Our case is a perfect example; we do everything right, send our applications in, they are accepted, our case is sent to the CSC and USCIS loses our K-1 medical...not our fault, a situation that appears to happen more often then usual and there in lays the problem. Do I have the ability to pay and get a new medical - yes, but then the problem continues, instead we contact people who can help and try to gather background information because the problem is becoming the norm and that is wrong. The unwanted lectures in this thread by some were not needed. Yes, all cases are different and we are not going to abandon the process but there are alternatives for us, to some they may not have the ability to pursue those alternatives because of time, money, etc..we do and I’m willing to push back. That is not bullheadedness but the right thing to do. Some feel differently and that is ok

Thanks again for your thoughts and ideas on this and the other threads we have talked on.

Cheers

Nick

Copy

We are looking at all the options. We are not too worried about the AOS interview as our case is at CSC waiting for our reply to RFE for a lost medical. To which we are working with Sen. Dole's office to fix.

iceyspots

Ya we understand the traveling back part. But can I bring my wife the papers later, post approval.

No answer on a timeline. The visit was no better than calling the hotline, that is why we are so upset. Just a waste of time and money.

Hello

Our Infopass adventure:

Driving – 8 hours from one side of NC to the other

Gas - $69 for a tank and ½

Hotel - $95 to stay over night to get back and work the next day

Infopass – completely and utterly worthless! No help, same

information as the national hotline and no use to plea for our advance parole

(AP) to get approved.

So that leaves us pretty much nowhere. If the AP is not approved by the end of the month where does it leave us? My wife is still planning on traveling on 1 September back to Canada. Can she still go to Canada and I mail or bring the paperwork with me? Although I know this isn’t the right way to do this, does immigration know? I need some real world experiences (not the lecture) to formulate a plan. Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

Hey

Please post what the RFE is once you get it. Just curious if it is for medical forms.

Ok,

We filled for AP commensurate with AOS & EAD. In seems to be taking forever for the AP to come though. Has anyone had luck getting one at an infopass? We have a trip scheduled at the end of the month to go back to Canada.

Thanks

I really don't think it truly matters.

hang in there it will work out in the end

Congrats again

hang in there!

Another congrats

Shouldn't matter. The Govt. is going trying to minimize it's paper usage why shouldn't us