Cassia&Jason

Hi,
Like everything here in US it always depends on who you get to. I was able to change my name with me certified marriage certificate. First the young lady refused to do so because she told me I had to let ''Immigration'' knows about my marriage and I said it didn't make sense, explained the K1 process and eventually she changed my name on it mainly because I was backed up with SS info. Just tell them it wouldn't match your passport because it's your maiden name and that's what's the K1 Visa means: Entering into the US SINGLE to get married to an US Citizen.
Please check: https://faq.ssa.gov/link/portal/34011/34019/Article/3749/How-do-I-change-or-correct-my-name-on-my-Social-Security-number-card?
Also show the attendant the SS requirements: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm
As of now you don't have your stamp but make sure to take your AOS I-797 to prove you're currently on the AOS process, don't forget your I-94, EAD, Marriage Certificate, passport and any other kind of ID you have.

Perhaps it's not a right, and perhaps the backlog does bounce around, but you can't deny that there's a certain amount of injustice in that some people wait four weeks and some people wait eight months for essentially the same thing. Ideally, a bit of accountability and awareness about the issue will generate some sort of best practices inventory so there doesn't have to be delays at any of the service centers.

I was hanging out on the March 2015 TSC filers thread and a fellow user mentioned Twitter, and it got me thinking: I believe we can use social media to help raise awareness about the injustice in TSC's backlog and hopefully create some positive change in the process. I'm currently arranging a time to talk with a local grassroots organizer I know about how to successfully use Twitter to accomplish something like this, but in the meantime I came across an awesome opportunity that USCIS has dropped right into our hands.
If you will, for a moment, watch the following YouTube video (or just skip to my summery of it):
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5xom4otjjI
Essentially, the USCIS is compiling an Independence Day video of people reciting the following paragraph from the Declaration of Independence--
--and then to wish the US a happy birthday or happy Independence Day. Then they want people to upload the videos to YouTube, tagging USCIS, by June 26.
So, given that Life, Liberity, and the pursuit of Happiness seem to be precisely what the TSC backlog is delaying us from having, it seems appropriate that we could use this as a platform to communicate directly with USCIS (and all of YouTube) about our plight and the inequality of delays at TSC.
This is my idea: Both you and your fiance (or together, if possible) can film a short video, starting with the Declaration of Independence quote and then stating how your petition is stuck at TSC due to backlogs, finishing up with "happy Independence Day" or something similar. Make it personal, but concise. Then, as we upload the videos, USCIS will get a lot of publicity they weren't expecting.
Then, once I've had a chance to meet with my friend (she's busy at the moment fighting some bad legislation here in North Carolina), we can follow it up with a social media blast on Twitter, using our videos as another source for Tweets, to make the backlog trend and really start to make some change happen. As soon as I've got the secrets to making such an event successful, I'll follow up with more details, but for the moment, the videos project seems like a fruitful beginning.
To be successful, a number of us must participate, so please let us know if you're in, and when you make your video, be sure to share it here.

Yes, that's a big mistake. I see a lot of people tweeting "they are strangers getting married". Can we blame them for thinking like that? Is what the TV shows. 90 Day Fiance did a disservice to us. People don't understand about K-1 that much. After this show, it got much worse! We have 90 days to get everything ready, we don't have 90 days to know the other person and decide to get married. That's a big lie that they should feel ashamed of telling.
Hahaha I didn't watch the show either, just some few parts. But it was not something I was proud to watch, especially after the Skype talk I had with Jason. When we saw that, we said "OMG" because they cut the conversation to create another completely different! The editing team deserve a prize.

My wife got her EAD about two months ago and still no word about interview or interview waiver. I think it typically takes about 3-5 months after EAD if you're going to have an interview and around a year if you get a waiver.
Also, I loved you and Jason on 90DF! I wish you two the best

The EAD and green card are processed differently so getting one doesnt mean the other is on the way. They are unrelated.
You dont have to carry your passport all the time. You can use your EAD for your ID now.
Hopefully you wont have to wait long for your GC.

Personally my solution would be this: Your AOS papers are correct. SO if you get the GC with the information incorrect, you can:
- show them where on your paperwork it says your birthdate (this is the most impt proof)
- show them your passport
- show them your birth certificate (a copy of which you SENT)
therefore getting a free replacement GC at THEIR cost because it's now their error because they didn't follow the AOS paperwork and you have the evidence.
You should get your GC soon enough so there's no need to bother fixing the EAD.
That's what i'd do anyway. Good luck!

Hello!
Today I checked my status online and saw that they mailed my EAD today. It means I will get my GC soon? I have a friend who got her work permit last week and the GC this week, without interview. Is that possible?
Thanks!

I'm so glad VJ nipped these ####### in the bud after their first season. The production company was back sniffing around the forums for fresh meat immediately after season 1 aired and they greenlit season 2 but VJ politely asked them to leave (More politely than I would have). The show was deliberately misleading and did nothing but stigmatize an already misunderstood Visa. This show did nothing but make the K1 visa process look like a free ticket for scammers and misanthrope victims which couldn't be further from the truth.
As for the individual Kzeilu who is so thoroughly down on this process... well I can't speak to your life or the life of others, but I love my wife, she loves me and God willing that won't change. I'm sorry for your negativity.

YES, there are scams and people that rush into marriage & it doesnt Last
YES, some date for a couple of months/weeks when they get engaged but when you know it's the one or you're in love you do what your heart tells you to.
People get married quick, people divorce every day, but this doesn't just apply to K1 visa holders.
You can't put every relationship in the same basket !
My fiancé proposed to me the first day we met, after talking and webcaming for over 6months. We've met 4x in the last year (& let me tell you, not everyone can afford to travel that often!! Especially when the tickets cost min. $1400), I'm giving up my life for a life ans marriage with him.
Feel free to hate, I am in love and I am happy! I would not take such a huge step for a 1/3year relationship! You seem to be a hater, that's all.

My wife's marriage certificate and most of the ones I have seen while doing Genelogy research has the name of each spouse listed as to what each spouse was using prior to marriage. It is a document that shows Joe Smith married Jane Doe on March 1, 2013 and is properly signed. Now if the wife wants to use her husband's name she shows that Jane Doe is married to Joe Smith and now wants her name to be Jane Doe Smith and so it becomes that. I do not know many Marriage Certificates that put the husband's last name on the woman. What if she wants to use her maiden name instead of her husband's? Taking the husband's last name is still a choice in this country and it is up to the woman to make that choice and the Marriage Certificate is used to show her maidne name before the marriage and her married name after the marriage.
You complete the AOS with the name you want on your GC. If you want your husband's name then put that on the first part and put your maiden name in the "Other names used" section. Since you are including a Marriage Certificate with the AOS application, that acts as the offical name change document. It does this because you are marreid to Joe Smith and want to now make your name Jane Doe Smith instead of Jane Doe. Or if you want to keep your current middle name you can do that too. I am sure the Marriae Certificate would work the other way too if your husband wanted to take your last name. He would use the Marriage Certificate to now be known as Joe Doe instead of Joe Smith. But the name you used before marriage has to be on the document to keep the trail complete on what names you have used.
Hope this helps,
Dave

Hahaha
I don't know how to pronunciate certain words. Jason was here last year and my mom was making a soup. He was in the room and I said:
"My mom is making soap and you will eat" (I pronuncied like soap, but wanting to say soup)
"No way, are you kidding?", he said.
"Really, she is doing, you will like"
When he saw the plate he said: You meant SOUP!!! You said SOAP!
I was like "omg, what a shame"
Was the funniest moment while he was here in my opinion