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In all honesty, I do not remember at any time an employer asking for a high school diploma to verify that a person graduated high school. when my wife got her card to legally work and we started looking for jobs, not one employer was asking for proof like a diploma to work.

Agreed, having to wait a longer than 1 week is normal. Relax, and re-evaluate if you have not seen your check cashed (if you sent a check) or after another 1-2 weeks.

Yeah, I do not think some traffic violation convictions will keep you from getting past that part. Late paying, no insurance, and speeding I do not think would nearly qualify for them denying you based solely on that. If you did not report them (if required) and they find out, then that could possibly be an issue.

Item Number 4.a.Criminal Information. Indicate whether you have ever been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, convicted, fined, or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance in any country, for any offenses other than those you have already outlined in the previous section. Unless a traffic incident was alcohol- or drug-related or involved a fine of $500 or more, you do not need to provide information on it.

I would assume to start the process as soon as you are able to, no matter where you live. If the petitioner moves, simply change the address via the USCIS web site. The sooner, the better, but the petitioner may or may not need to revisit Japan for the interview, depends on the country.

I believe after sending in a RFE request, expect the usually normal processing times ... assuming you are looking for NOA2.

Yeah it looks like that you might need a sponsor. Sorry to say.

No, you read right ... it's my wife's ROC that was already processing .... it's the children's I was worried about since they have not been here since the summer of 2017.

4 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

yes a bit harder that way.

 

Just start transfering all the info/bills to the new address and then your inlaws if you will be staying there too can write up a lease of sorts to say that you all rent a space (if anything is payed, or help out in such a way.) It's fine if you haven't been there the whole time. I'm sure she visits you and you visit her and the kids there. You just need to connect the dots to show you needed to stay behind for financial reasons but are very much still a family. 

 

Are they all on your insurance?

Like I said You would show proof of being at both places. Junk mail,  Post cards,  credit/debit card receipts for anything that you paid where she's at and she paid where you're at.

 Are you on the Schools info for a contact person? 

How about doctors, do they have you listed as someone to contact? 

 

When do you have to file? Push it back as close as you can to August for your move but I really don't think it will be an issue. Just get a few things for the kids records like doc's and school showing you as another contact. They mostly look at the mother's proof. I don't think we sent in too much other then a few medical receipts for the kids, maybe some school records. But I don't think we did as I pulled them from school after a few days of moving here. 

 

Personally I would file in the State you are moving too. You are only where you're at for a few months longer. Although it is both of your primary resident atm, with your wife's stuff still going there. You don't want any mail getting lost after you move. 

 

Yes, it is harder. That is why i asked here. since I do not have an address in the other state, I will see what bills I can get to go to the kids grandparents house - wont be much since all my bills are related to my place here (electric, gas, etc). I doubt that I could be put on their lease at this point.

Yes, I do make the trip there and back and she does as well (long road trips and Greyhound buses). The thing is, we are still very much together and plan to be for a long time, I would just hate for something like this to mess up the children's chances to get their 10-year card declined ... and thus forcing my wife to leave the country with the children.

BUT, you know what? I just thought of this: I submitted my wife's paperwork to remove conditions in September 2017 ... it has been 8-9 months and we are still waiting on any interview (if any). If the same time-table holds true, it would be at least February or March of 2019 before we heard anything back from them. I may not have to worry about it if I plan to move in August of this year and still have 6-7 months or more of being a family together before any word of an interview. Do you think I might be pushing it .... or you think I should be ok and be able to explain if an interview comes up, without much worry. This is assuming that I still have some mail going to the grandparent's house.

1 hour ago, Foreign Fantasy said:

Did you update their addresses as they moved?

I have not.

Well that is the issue I guess. The kids moved in with their grandmother and her husband so my name is not on the lease or any bills related to them staying there. I cannot afford to pay 2 rents at the same time, that is why I am still here - otherwise, I would have moved already and left an empty apartment here. I do still have evidence of my wife still here with mail still being received here, her cell phone bills, a shared bank account ... but for the kids, nothing.

Hi all,

in 2016, I was the petitioner to bring over my wife's (who is in the process of having her conditions removed) 3 children. They all received their 2 year conditional cards. After being here in my state and going to school for a year, they did not like it here. Meanwhile, my wife's mother (the children's grandmother) was married to another person in another state and came over on her own process. For the summer, we sent the kids to visit her in the other state ... where they actually stayed (and felt better) for the time being. They enrolled in school the following school year and everything while me and my wife stayed where we were at. After 2 months into the school year, family issues came up and we decided that it was better for my wife to be with the children and that we both should move to the other state so the children would be with us and close to their grandmother. One problem --- I just renewed a 1 year lease for the place we were staying at and I could not get out of it. So instead of both of us going to the other state, she went and I stayed behind. My lease is up in August, but it is now time to submit the 751 forms to remove conditions for the kids. When I send it in, I (the original petitioner for the kids to come over) will still be here in my state, while the kids are in another state.

My question is: Do I still need to file as if I'm filing from my state ... OR do I need to file as if I am filing from the state the children currently live in?

If I am the petitioner of my wife and her kids (all under 18 - I am the stepfather) ... but she would like the kids to live with their grandmother in another state, would that affect anything? Are we able to do that since the kids will not be living with us?

If the middle child's father was a USC at the time of the child's birth, why wasn't a CRBA obtained for the child?

The child's father was not a US citizen at the time of birth ... it was several years in the child's life before he naturalized ... that is why.

Thanks for the replies. It will help the next time she brings it up (I think someone told her otherwise because she has not brought it up )

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW: Is there any other circumstances or situations where a immigrant child who does not have any naturalized or US citizen birth parents are able to obtain a US Passport?

I'm having an argument with the wife where she thinks I can pay the $125 and get passports for the children, and I'm telling her based on that information above ... no.

MY SITUATION: I brought my fiance to the US on K-1 visa, married her, waited 1+ years and then I brought her children over. All of the children have a non-US citizen father, except one. the middle child actually has a US citizen father, but he lives in NYC and the child will be living with us in another state. I know that the child needs to live with the US citizen father in order for the child to automatically gain US citizenship, but that is not the case, so that child came over as a permanent resident and is living with us.

I do not see anyway I am able to get passports for the children w/o the mother naturalizing, me adopting them legally, or the children taking a citizenship test when they turn 18.

WHAT I WAS TOLD: An American citizen woman marries a non-US citizen guy in another country who had a child with the child's natural mother, who herself is a non-US citizen and is not living in the US. Upon marriage, the child and the man leaves their country and lives with the US citizen woman as permanent residents. After 8 months, the US citizen woman was able to apply for a US passport for the child, successfully. The man is still a permanent resident.

WHAT I THINK: Child was fully adopted, or a refugee

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW: Is there any other circumstances or situations where a immigrant child who does not have any naturalized birth parents are able to obtain a US Passport?

That's illegal. You are not allowed to work until you have your EAD in your hand.

Follow the AOS guide here int he forums.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1k3aos

True. For a process that usually takes 30 days, I got an RFE for a birth certificate ... sent it in ... and waited nearly 30 days before I got another RFE for something ... I sent it in ... and the process went through to the next stage 12 days later.

Sorry to hear that, but it happens. That is why you should always have copies of everything and save everything throughout the whole process ... they lose things sometimes.

You can open the actual DHL package, but do not open the other envelope inside. I think it should be clearly marked on the package to not open and it should only be opened by a customs officer in the United States.

Then it would be for the AOS interview at your local USCIS office. This is normal. Some people get lucky and get their interview waived and do not have one, but it looks like you will have one.

Yeah, you need to get that cleared up as it seems they still think you are a permanent resident and not a naturalized citizen of the US.

The correct and legal way to go about things is to have your wife get her US citizenship, then file an I-130 for her mom. Her mom can come and visit, but then return back at the appropriate time.

The normal time is 60-90 days. So let the wait begin.

I do not think the NVC will require a police certificate, but rather the embassy from where you are looking to get a visa from - they will request one. The police certificate age depends on the country. The NVC states that anyone aged 16 or over needs a police certificate, but in the Dominican Republic, they do not issue police certificates until you are 18 and over. So even though the NVC sent me my letter stating that a police certificate is required, the DR did not issue one and the embassy down there knows the laws and customs and does not request one unless they are 18 and over.

Check the specific embassy page for your country to be sure.