annak1

1 minute ago, Cryssiekins said:

The window to file opens 90 days prior, but you can certainly submit it when you return from your trip.  It just has to be there BEFORE the date of expiry.  Though not sure how that works if 20

days isn't sufficient lead time to receive an NOA which will extend the validity of your card for an additional year. 

I was thinking about sending it with express certified mail or maybe having my husband send it July 24th while I am in Spain since I arrive 10 days after that date and it would give enough time for the paperwork to arrive to USCIS. 

Have you traveled with the extension? I have plane tickets for Christmas as well, I hope that is not a problem... 

Thank you so much for your help 

Hi all! 

First of all I apologize if this is something that has been discuss before, but I could not find an answer within the forum so I decided to start a new topic about it. 

My green card expires August the 21. I have plane tickets to Spain for June 14 and I will stay there with my family until August 2nd. I am really worried and confused about when to send the package with the I-751 to USCIS. At first I thought I would send it exactly 90 days before the expiration date, but now I wonder if that would be a bad idea since I will be gone to Spain for the summer and they may schedule me for biometrics while in Spain. At the same time I am afraid of what could happen at customs when I come back so close to my Visa's expiration date.

I would love to hear about your experience and learn from your advice.

Thank you all

My fiancé got through to a tier 1 officer in under 3 minutes (23rd May 2014)

We didn't use this but I came across this tonight, maybe this will help you http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293330-calling-uscis/

Thanx! We will try to call again and if not, we will try that.

I just found the e-request option, I guess one way or another we will finally get answers

We have no news yet and I am starting to be concerned. We got our noa1 on December the 30th 2013. We tried to call to the USCIS number but we don't get any answers, literally, they did not pick up the phone, they kept us waiting and waiting until someone finished the call. It seems that they are really busy. Does anybody else have the same problem?

Thank you and good luck!

Still waiting for noa2...

We tried to call the number that appears on the screen when you check your case status, but it was not a lot of help. Any idea?

Good luck everybody!

It is normal...I am in the same boat...still waiting and I filed December 19. There is no pattern, nor rhyme or reason as to who they approve and when. Just plan on it taking 5 months and if (and probably when) you get it sooner than 5 months, just be happy about it Thats the way I'm looking at it. I'm already planning on my fiancé joining me at the end of summer as opposed to May/June which is when I was originally anticipating his arrival. I posted earlier it seems California is flying through applications whereas Texas is moving like molasses.

Thanx!! I hope we get news soon! I wonder why Texas takes so much time, it makes no sense. Anyway, the thing of it not following a pattern or an order is really frustrating, there's no way to figure out by what time are you going to be together again.

Good luck with your process!!!

I hope I read that you got your noa2 soon!

Love

Anna

Hi there!

My fiance sent our paperwork right before Christmas 2013, we got our noa1 january the 3rd 2014, but we have no news about our noa2 yet.... Is this regular? What should we do?

Thanx a lot!

Hi everybody !

We are waiting since january the 3rd, when we got noa1... It's been 2 months and 13 days, I hope we get some news soon... I am starting to worry a lot about it, we are trying to plan our wedding for the end of september, do you guys think it is enough time?

Good luck to everyone and congrats to those noa2!

Love.

Hi!!!

My fiance and I got our Noa1 on january the 3rd 2014, but we are still waiting for our noa2. We are planning our wedding for the end of september, I hope we get everything in time for it!

Good luck to you all!!

Hi there!

Can anyone tell me how do you have to write your name on the picture? Capital Letters or not? Name first and after that family name or Family name first and name after? Example: Anna Martin or Martin, Anna? or ANNA MARTIN vs MARTIN, ANNA?

Thank you very much!

"Place of Birth” always means country of birth. I read this from the USCIS website: http://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-and-fees/tips-filing-petitions-and-applications-national-benefits-center

I understand that birth certificates from different countries have different format but I think that as long as the country is correct, it should be fine.

Hope this helps!

Thanx! It does help!!. I sent a mail to the embassy here and they said country and at least a city, although the closer the information is to the birth certificate info the better

lol that is extreme but I am no different from you. I have it bookmarked on both my laptop and my phone. I read it all the time when I am siting around waiting for someone or something.

hahahaha, well It sounds extreme but I have not much time and I spend a couple hours a day on the bus so I always feel that is the best way to take advantage of it

Hey AnnaK1,

My fiance and I recently got NOA2 approved and I was a nervous wreck over the paper work & submissions for I129F.

In particular I worried about getting a RFE, today I am pleased to say we did not recieve one.

There is a wealth of information available here on the " Guides" which is very helpful.

However I would admit it did fluster me a bit, my fiance kept me in check by esnuring we stick to what the I129F Instructions requested.

The process is a team effort, keep calm together & ensure to review for errors.

I wish you a great journey.

oh! congrats!!! That is great news!

We are sticking together and he is being very supportive. I can't wait to have the first part ready to send it and feel a little bit more relaxed, at least feel as something is done already

Thanx and congrats for your noa2 again!

As soon as you get the first approval you'll surely get more confidence. Just do as much research as you can to answer all your questions.

I have done A LOT of Google searches beginning with "visajourney". lol

Thank you! I am doing so much research! I printed the FAQ, the tips, the instruccions and all the forms for the first step of the k-1 and I read them even on my way to work on the bus hahaha. I guess you all guys had the same feeling of wanting to finish the first step and get it sent so you could at least feel that something is done!

Yes i would put 16 mths

done!! thank you!!!

I totally understand how you feel. I was very scared to get an RFE too when we sent our petition. My best advice is keep it a team effort. Get your fiance to go through the directions and forms with you. Try not to second guess yourself too much. And if you do get an RFE, don't be too hard on yourself. It happens to the best of us. The guides here on VJ are extremely helpful, and so are the members. We are here if you have more questions. Good luck

I usually get worried about paperwork. My fiance is going through the forms with me but he feels the same way! hahaha we are such scary cats about doing something wrong! Although the more I read your comments the better I feel : ) thank you!

I really apreciate all the support you guys give to the newbies!

Thanx!

Just fill in all the applicable column! You will be okay!

believe in yourself!

I finaly wrote it like this: Name of the village, Province. Country

Thanx for the help and support!

1. You should, your timing doesn't have to be 100% accurate as long as there is no gaps.

2&3

You will need police certificates from any country you lived over 12 months since you turned 16 for your interview. sS yes you will need police certificate from Canada. You can get info on how to get it here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_5455.html?cid=9013#docs . You will also need your birth certificate, divorce decree, name change document etc but that list you will get from your embassy when its time.

So I have to say 16 months in Canada, isn't it?

Thank you very much for your help, I called the canadian embassy today and they couldn't tell me what to do... You guys are awesome!

Thanx!!!!

Hi there!

I need some help with a couple of questions that are confusing me a lot . I hope you can help me.

This is my situation:

I met my fiance when I was on holidays in Canada for around six months, a friend introduced us cause I was planning a trip to NYC and he thought it was a good idea for us to be friends ( It really was hehehe) Anyway, during my time on holidays I heard about the Working Holiday Visa in Canada (WHV) so I decided to apply in order to keep visiting my boyfriend and having him visiting me, improve my french and get to travel a bit around the area. I got lucky and I get my WHV after 5 months in Canada, so I went to visit my boyfriend for a few days and went back to Canada to activate my visa at the border. Everything went fine and I had my visa activated during 11 months, I worked on retail for 6 months in Canada and after 11 months (one month before my visa expired) My boyfriend picked me up and took me with him to the States for 83 days of holidays

The total amount of time I stayed in canada was 16 months and two weeks.

So, my questions are:

1. In the G-325A when they ask for your residence in the last five years, what should I consider residence in Canada? The time since I got my WHV activated till I left? or the time since the moment I arrived for holidays plus the WHV time?

2.I am the foreign fiancee, am I going to need any kind of paper, certificate or record from Canada? I never had problems with the police or anything neither in Canada or Spain.

3. If I need some kind of record from the police in Canada, how do I get it? any idea?

And my last question, Do you think we should hire an attorney since we have this situation? or is not such a big deal?

Thank you very much for your help! you are awesome!

Good Luck!

Thank you! I am so concerned that I am going to make any mistake... I don't want a RFE (I guess we all feel the same way)

Thanx!

Hi everybody!

My fiance and I just started to fill the forms for our fiancee visa. We are trying to do it carefuly. We are having a hard time cause we are so concerned about the RFE and we have so many questions about how to fill the forms and all that. We have been reading this forum and It's been really helpful! Thanks so much! It also feels good to know that you are not alone in this and that there's other people doing the same paperwork and being away from their loved ones.

I would like to ask if someone knows how to fill the city and country of birth if you were born in a village, do you have to write the name of the village and the country or name of the village, province or state and country?

Good luck guys! and thank you!