Julie+Matt

19 minutes ago, David1987 said:

Thank you for sharing. I presume you Didn't apply for n400, or did u? I live in the city so it's a 4 mins drive from my house. Can you please share The details of the interview? ..like how long it was, what documents you were asked to provide and the questions you had to respond to?

We only applied for the green card. It took, maybe 10 minutes. I had already sent in everything we had (we live with my brother, so our names aren’t on the lease). The interviewer had a file of literally everything I’ve sent in-which was weird to see. We weren’t really asked questions...just asked if we had any more evidence, after answering basic questions of our names, birthdate, wedding date & where we lived. Oh, & we had to swear an oath. 

We had more of a conversation with our interviewer. When we left, we were happy & relieved & most of the people in the waiting room were watching us & pointing. 

I dont want to get into trouble for saying something I’m not supposed to. I don’t know how yours will go, but ours went well. Good luck! 

1 hour ago, David1987 said:

My n400 didn't say anything about joint either. When I did my inquiry though, they said I'd have a combo interview. Let's wait to see how it went for @Julie+Matt

I hope they post an update today since we all patiently waiting to hear and celebrate their good news. Unless of course they out celebrating and forgot about us. 

Lol, we didn’t forget. I can’t say how your interview will go, but ours went well. I brought Matt over on a k1 visa back in 2015 & he’s finally a permanent resident! Honestly, the hardest part was the drive. We gave ourselves 3 hours for a 1:50 hour drive & made it 10 minutes before the interview time. There’s a small (probably 60 car) lot right next to the building that costs $20 to park. We were checked in and done in about an hour. We had no problem parking, but the interview was scheduled for 8:40am & by the time we left, the lot was half full. We waited about half an hour past our scheduled time to be called back. 

Good luck! Hopefully I helped some! 

Has anyone had to go through the interview yet? Mine is in 2 days. We have a problem though. Matt doesn’t have his drivers license...& we’ve gone for several ids but because his green card expired the most recent had an expiration date of a month from when it was issued & we didn’t realize it until we left. Will they accept his passport as a government id? 

50 minutes ago, vvp said:

I’m in the same situation as you. I got transferred on April 3rd. However up until now, the interview is still not scheduled. How long it took after transfer to get an interview scheduled notice? Also, what is your current i751 status in the tracker? And what is your local office?

We got a transfer notice in the mail that stated we’d be scheduled an interview. I think that was the beginning of April...just got the notice in the mail yesterday, typed up on the 14th & mailed on the 17th. Our appointment is June 13th. I haven’t checked the tracker yet. Weird that they didn’t send me a text like normal. And my local office is Philadelphia...2 hours away at 8:40 in the morning. 

This is an I-751 interview 

We got our interview date...June 13th. It says to bring evidence, but I’ve already sent them everything. So, I’m confused. 

8 hours ago, GBOS said:

@Julie+Matt - That is why. Although the new rules are supposed to only apply to cases filed after 12/10/2018 only as they do want to interview the US citizens at least once in the process, they do have the choice to interview any case if they want to.

 

Most K-1s get their I-485 approved with an interview waiver.  The concern claimed by this Administration is that they are being too loose on the rules.  The petitioning US citizens should also be interviewed at least once to make sure that the marriage is genuine and hence the new Policy Memoranda regarding I-751 interview waiver criteria.

 

Nonetheless, my take is: your evidence (even with the RFE) maybe on the “light” side judging by your adjudicating officer, so s/he refers your case for an interview.  Although I expect this will be easy for most couples, the wait time is what we all hate. I-751 interview (stand alone) can take a very long time to be scheduled depending on your local office.  I would suggest that you have Matt file for N-400, since the British can have a dual nationalities anyway.  Filing N-400 will put both cases on N-400 timeline instead and that will be faster than leaving I-751 alone, most likely, in your case.

 

Matt wants to have dual citizenship. Can he get that if we file for the N-400? 

4 hours ago, GBOS said:

Have both of you been interviewed together previously during I-485 adjustment?

No, we haven’t had any interviews through any of this other than Matt’s K-1 interview that everyone goes through in that process when he was coming here from England. 

We got an rfe, sent it back a few weeks ago & got a message that our case was transferred. Matt got a letter in the mail 2 days ago. His case was transferred to Missouri & they will be scheduling an interview. Has anyone here undergone an interview? How much notice do they give you & how bad are they? My husband & I are together all the time, I don’t understand why they scheduled an interview...

23 minutes ago, Have2win said:

I see,  so when you get the notice it will tell you where they moved it to, if i have to guess most likely Texas.    They either transfered workload(yours) or going to schedule an interview.  Im just surprised you got the RFE first.   But maybe thats something they are trying now.   I also think if you sent back your taxes filed together should sufice with the other stuff u also sent in originally    Do you mind me asking when you originally filed your I- 751.  

We filed end of November 2017. 

6 hours ago, Have2win said:

Hello

can you provide more details? Where was your case originally and where wAs it transferred to? And also what was the RFE asking for?

We filed to Vermont. The RFE said I hadn’t included enough proof of our relationship-we are a private couple & apparently 3 signed affidavits, joint bank account, photos, insurance & him being my life insurance beneficiary wasn’t enough. I hadn’t sent in my tax returns, so I sent those with hopes that it’s enough. 

I’ll include an image of what i can see when I log in to check my case status. 

We got an rfe in February. We sent it back a few weeks ago & got the update that it was received. Yesterday we got another update that it was transferred & a new office has jurisdiction. I have no idea what this means. 

14 hours ago, hixsy said:

I'm thinking maybe they might ask for some kind of proof of joint property - like a property deed, or a lease.  Did what you sent originally cover the entire period from marriage?

Yeah...we rent a house with my brother. His is the only name on the place. The landlord didn’t want to put 3 people on it. They don’t care about situations like that, I guess. His name might be on the phone contract I have with my parents phone plan though-don’t judge me-it all saves money. 

I got a text this morning from uscis. We were issued an rfe. At least the case has been touched...I didn’t include my tax returns so I’m hoping that’s all that’s needed. I’d rather they just interview us & get it over with. We’re together every day, just don’t document everything. Originally I included some photos, bank statements, written affidavits, copies of our health insurance through my job...I can’t think of what else would work???

1 hour ago, Younes-Maria said:

Are u guys checking CRI-89 case number or form I-751??

751. Which form is the cri-89? I get stupidly confused since it’s been so long since I filed stuff. 

We filed for my husband at the end of November. Still no extension letter & there’s never any info pass appointments available. My husband needs a job as where he was working closed down & without an extension letter-no one will hire him. 

I still haven’t received any sort of extension letter for my husband...November filer to Vermont 

November filer. I still haven’t received anything 

I filed to Vermont near the end of November. I’ve yet to receive an extension letter. I’m hoping my neighbors didn’t receive it and not bring it to my house. They tend to get a lot of our mail/packages cuz we have the same address with an A on the end (126A while they’re 126) & we are both separate houses. So, November filer Vermont-no ex letter:( 

Could someone update the list for us? I'm on a cell phone & cant really do it. Matt had his biometrics yesterday on march 8th. 

Also, ours says transferred to local office as well. I'm not holding my breath. We didn't put in a ton of evidence, so I would think an interview might be better for us anyway.

We filed at Vermont & today, finally got his biometrics letter. Appointment is next week. I just logged in to check his account status & it says that it was transferred to the local field office. I'd like to know what's going on...

We haven't received ours either. We're at the Vermont service center. If we log online to the uscis website, will it tell us any info? 

I'm one of those filers from TSC that got transferred to CSC, but that was in 2014. The wait for NOA2 was brutal. At least in waiting this time around, you're together:) that's how I look at it. 

If someone could add me to the list, that'd be great. I access it on my phone & cant really make it work. 

Vermont service center

Date filed 11/18/17

noa1 11/21/17

Thanks so much! 

I am officially a November filer so I thought I'd post! I mailed out my husband's package on November 18th & my noa is dated for the 21st.