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8 hours ago, millefleur said:

This can be a typical experience, especially if there was something she answered in the DS-160 that already showed weak ties or strong ties to the US.

 

Does she have any family in the US? A US-based boyfriend? I just wonder if there was some other factor why they thought she might overstay.

Thank you all for the replies. To answer some questions:

1. She was accepted into a state university in their pre-med program. Same state her dad used to live in when he lived in the US some many years ago.

2. She's maybe 18 years old? Pretty young. Not old at all.

3. She has the funds for her education and more, as her father is practically a millionaire.

4. She DOES have family in the US. I believe an aunt and a couple sisters (they would be in a different state). I think they are sisters from a previous marriage of her father's. I believe he married a US citizen at one point and then got divorced later and remarried someone from a different country, etc. So his daughters all live in different countries. 

Immigration is so fun and complicated. I had to go through the entire immigration process with my now husband, so it's not new, but it never gets less frustrating.  

Hello, 

This isn't related to me or my family. It is a daughter of my father's friend who applied for a nonimmigrant visa (student visa) after being accepted to a university. She currently lives in Yemen, but had her interview at the consulate in Egypt. She had all her documents with her (finances, etc) and all were in perfect order and she has more than enough money to support her schooling in the US. However, the officer did not even look at any of the documents and just gave her the denial letter (based on 214(b)). 

I understand that it means the person doesn't have strong ties to their home country, but a student typically wouldn't, other than family. A young student doesn't work, etc., so how can she prove she doesn't plan to stay in the US permanently? This is all confusing and very much out of my element, so any advice would be helpful!

My husband applied for citizenship June 16th, and had his interview yesterday, October 28th. Approved, and we are now waiting for letter regarding oath ceremony. What a long journey, but worth it!

So far, immigration journey has been straight forward and simple. My husband got approved for removal of conditions with no interview (he didn't have an interview for AOS either) so it's been easy, simple, and to be honest, timing has been good too. It took a year to get ROC approved, but we really thought it would take longer. 

Our problem is....we moved RIGHT before it got approved (like a week before) and we had so much going on that we didn't change the address in time. We got the approval letter at our new address, but the green card went to the old address. I guess it missed the forwarding part. It was delivered May 7th. We went to immigration office yesterday (6/19) and they told us it never got returned to USCIS, so we called the post office and they told us since there's a tracking, it's pretty easy to see progress, but it NEVER got re-scanned after delivery, even though the people who live in our old place said they wrote "return to sender" and stuck it in the mail slot. 

So really, now what? Obviously filing I-90 to get it replaced. My husband applied for citizenship this weekend, which could take a while, but I'm guessing he HAS to have a physical green card when he goes to the interview?

As for the I-90, the immigration official told us depending on what we choose, we may or may not pay, but he didn't tell us what to choose. The two options he showed us said it would be $0, but I feel like that's not right. I don't know if this constitutes as lost card or card that was mailed but never received?

I understand we should have changed our address ASAP, but life happens. Now that we've cleared that up, any advise?

We are California filers and received NOA early June, around the 10th or so. When should we expect biometrics letter? Anyone who filed through CSC receive the bio letter yet?

Finally!

Timeline CSC

Sent: 4/23/2018

CSC Received: 4/24/2018

Check Cashed: 6/8/2018

NOA1 Dated: N/A

NOA1 Received: N/A

Is the 1.5+ years time frame of the ROC process from when you apply or when you receive NOA? Anyone know?

Is there anyone who filed mid to late April who is still waiting?

Well, this is worrisome. Ours was mailed 4/23. Received 4/24. Still nothing. 

Has anyone had issued renewing their license? My husband is having the hardest time. He got the I-551 stamp yesterday, but DMV says there are still restrictions on his name/ssn/etc, and it could take 48+ hours to get in the system or something. He has talked to THREE different people. He's been there three times. And he even called the HQ of DMV or something in our state that they told him to call. Everyone said the same thing. Immigration officer at the infopass (yesterday) told us there should be absolutely no problem and that the I-551 stamp works just like a greencard. So confused and frustrated!

My husband filed for ROC last month and since his green card expired on Sunday, we made an infopass appt at our local office. Yesterday, they gave him the I-551 stamp valid for a year. When he went to the DMV today to renew his license, they told him he's not in the system yet and that they have no clue what that stamp is since they've never seen it before. What should he do? I thought the stamp works just like a green card?

8 hours ago, Ysabelle Domingo said:

They can give you a stamp without NOA? How?

Like Ash.1101 said, it depends on the immigration office. Sometimes you have to show a lot of evidence that you filed, and sometimes you don't. Fortunately, in our case all they wanted to see was the expired green card and passport. 

5 minutes ago, ratedad said:

Let us know how your appointment goes. As a reminder, I was able to convince them to give me a stamp for 3 months.

They gave him a stamp valid for a year. 

2 minutes ago, BlueBuy said:

 

Quick Question - So for InfoPass both needs to go? I-751 applicant can alone?

We both didn't have to go, but his license expired so I drove.

Looks like CSC is finally moving along.

My husband and I went to his infopass appt today because his license and green card both expired yesterday. They didn't even ask question or as for proof of anything. They did say, "you should have applied when the window opened, but no worries, we'll get you taken care of." They gave him a stamp/temp green card that is valid for one whole year. Honestly, we have got the best immigration field office in the country. They have always been SO helpful and super nice.

We did mention that my husband will be applying for citizenship in Feb of 2019, and the the guy told us he wouldn't advise that. He said currently ROC is taking at least 16 months, and our current field office is processing citizenship applications within 3 months, so it might delay the process of ROC AND citizenship. He said to wait at least 15 months before applying. Thoughts???

Just now, bungajustin said:

I know. lol

Well,, we all can take a breath now.. its finally start moving.. 

Ours was received April 24th, so we have a bit of time before things start moving for us. My husband's green card expired yesterday, and we have an infopass appt today, so hopefully they can do SOMETHING so he can renew his license. 

9 minutes ago, bungajustin said:

Good morning guys,

 

I am CSC filler, they just cashed my check this morning.

I sent my package on April 3rd and delivered on April 6th. 

 

I am so happy, CSC is finally moving.

 

Best news I've heard since the start of this dreadful process! :-D

The funny thing is....3 years ago when my husband and I started this journey and applied for K-1 visa, we were SO happy we were dealing with CSC. We got approved in about 2 weeks. Here we are 3 years later and hating every minute of it. 

My husband's license expires on the 20th of May. I am wondering what our options are? We're not concerned about the green card expiring and job stuff, as that is not a problem. His job will more than likely not even know that it expired. But he has a long commute to work and we really don't want to do anything illegal, like driving with an expired license. What are other people's experiences? Are you able to somehow get your license renewed without the NOA letter? We have an info pass appt on the 21st, but that's a Monday and he'll more than likely be driving with an expired license. 

48 minutes ago, tomstan said:

I just got back from Los Angeles Field office. We went last Wednesday before their internal memo came out. Tried again today but they won’t do anything without receipt number. I even mentioned that someone in Ohio posted that they got a stamp without a receipt number. Maybe this was an employee that was unaware of policies. Any who, they know it is delayed but won’t help without the receipt number. 

What receipt number?

8 minutes ago, guyndallas said:

Thanks to whoever started the Google doc. I added us to the CSC sheet. *fingers crossed* still waiting for NOA to be received and check to be cashed....

Hmm. Where is the doc?

We FINALLY applied to remove conditions on my husband's green card. We could have first applied Feb. 19 or something, but with both of us working full time and both going through grad school....we have no time. But it's FINALLY done. Mailed it off today, 4/23! Phew!

Being from a MENA country has zero to do with any of this, as long as her relationship with the person from Egypt is legit anything is possible. Getting a k-1 visa right away after a divorcing someone you brought here will be difficult REGARDLESS of the country of the new beneficiary. Is it more difficult to get a visa from MENA country, sometimes it is- but not always. My husband is from a MENA country and we have huge red flags-we did not have one single issue getting his visa-no RFE's...NOTHING-ZERO -ZILCH and there are many more just like us. He is now awaiting his citizenship. I'm tired of reading your ridiculous remarks

Precisely! My husband is also from a MENA country and had absolutely no problems and got his visa within 5 months.

And just an FYI to Anitafeliz, Togo is not a MENA country.

My husband got his Green Card approval in the mail today. Notice was dated May 20th. Completely unexpected! Very stoked though.

keep studying Girl the questions are tricky

Haha. I remember taking the test when I was 15 or 16. I failed once. Then my husband comes along about a month ago and I told him to study because rules here are different, but he did not listen to me at all. Not once did he look at the book. He took the test and passed with a 95 or something. Urg. What a Smarty Pants. lol

I do have a question for you all though. Currently no Green Card and my husband REALLY wants to finish up his Engineering degree, but he can't apply as a resident of the State and if he applies to school, it would have to be as an international student, which is crazy expensive. Is this reason enough to expedite a case?