Hikerwa

Final check in. My wife had her Oath Ceremony at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ. It was a great ceremony made even more special by also being so close to Veteran's Day.

Thank you for all the help we have received throughout this process, especially during the long waits for any response form the USCIS, State Department, and Homeland Security. I am so grateful our journey has been fairly event-free due in large part to VisaJourney. 

Thanks again, hopefully we can help others achieve the same.

Sean and Genesis

My wife and I applied for her naturalization July 5. Her interview was on September 21 which she aced with flying colors.

HereOath Ceremony is now scheduled for November 9, Veteran's Day. 

I'm so proud of her and how hard she worked to get here. 

Thank you to all of the VJ community for support though this crazy, frustrating process, it's all worth it now.

Is the rest of the report in English and Portuguese as well? My only concern is if the actual report contains non-translated copy, if not, it should be fine, if it does, I would lean towards translating.

From your timeline it looks as though you are waiting only for the oath ceremony? If you/he has a payment plan with the irs, and it is current, it is my understanding there is no issue. I have a payment plan, current, and have presented it at each step of our process, and all has been fine. It may be a concern if there is not a payment plan that is in place, and current. I have heard that it may reflect on moral turpitude, but others may have more info.

You might not want to send your actual green card either, send a photocopy. You still need your card.

My wife was 20 when approved, and with a fairly large age gap. I don't think you should have any problems.

K3s are rarely, i mean very rarely, issued. You will be applying for a CR-1, or IR-1 depending on years married. And yes, you will have to wait. 

I made sure that I had a payment plan in place, and current before my wife's interview, but owing taxes was not a problem.

Even if you wait for your visa in Juarez, it could take several days for you to be able to pick it up at DHL in best case, it could be even weeks. I wouldn't make any flight arrangements before you have your visa in hand.

Yes, the W2s will be fine. Just as a side note, you may be surprised how quickly a letter from the IRS arrives. I had a mistake on my return a couple of years ago, and I had the letter pretty quick... Good luck!

1 hour ago, jskibo said:

Wasn't there something about if you owe the IRS and are not current on a payment plan they can halt the process?  Thought I remember something to that effect, but I'm old and could be failing memory.

I had read that as well, they could halt the process, it may be discretionary. I had to file a past year that I failed to file so that my wife would be able to present the taxes for a that year, and I was able to go to my local IRS office and have them officially stamp them as filed, I then provided those. They were accepted. I also had a payment plan with the IRS and I provided that as well. 

I concur with the Travel Ban, I found this recent news article: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/26/politics/state-department-travel-ban-visas/index.html

16 minutes ago, mytruelove18 said:

You can print his i-94 from cbp page and take his passport and birthcertificate and go to get his social security number, i did that when i arrived on my k1 visa, before i get married

This is the best. You can go to the Social Security office and apply in person, it's pretty quick. good luck.

I was able to apply for my son's SSN at the SS office after we had obtained his CRBA, and passport. 

In our case, we needed Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, and Police Report. I would assume that any hard evidence not in english would need to be translated.

I'm not sure the UK is the same, but I got a CRBA for my son born in Mexico, I did have to provide transcripts from HS and College to prove that I had lived continuously for 5 years in the US, since I was living in Mexico at the time. My name was on the birth certificate as well. It took about a month or two, I can't quite recall the exact time frame. I hope this helps.

Looks good, you might also think about setting up wills, and a living trust, and getting life insurance showing each other as the beneficiaries.

You will also need to get a Consular Report of Birth Abroad for your kid, if not born in the USA.

1 hour ago, Dem1 said:

NOA- Nov 16

 

DHS updated to card in production on May 12 while USCIS still states case recieved on Feb 26th. 

 

Do anyone has similar situation? I don't know which of the website to believe because the DHS site went to card production but no message that state that my case was approved. 

That's exactly how mine updated. We were approved 4-26 on the DHS site, and we received the green card on 5-12. The USCIS did not update until my wife's card was mailed. Check my timeline for exact info, time to celebrate, congratulations!

So just an update, we were approved 4-26, and we received the green card on 5-12. Thanks for all the support, and I hope the remaining Nov. 2016 filers get approvals soon. 

Thanks for this question, my wife and I are going to Mexico as well, her case was approved in April as well. She had an I-551 stamp in her passport that will work then. As to our experience crossing the border driving, we have never had to go to secondary even with only the I-551.

I didn't include tax returns in mine, we were approved in April. Since I am the only earner, the only thing it really showed was that we were filing together, in my opinion, I didn't think that was strong evidence of co-mingling of our finances. I did include our life insurance policies, 401k both showing each other as beneficiaries, health insurance docs for the family under the same policy, our wills, power of attorney and trust documents, joint credit card, banking, utility, and lease documents, and our son's birth certificate. We also had our driver's licenses showing the same address... All of that still fit in the large postal envelope.  

26 minutes ago, BECCA123 said:

Hey, sorry I got you worried. It wasn't my intention. I think the USCIS agent  was just being a jerk. But on traveling with I-551 stamp might be a little risky. On the approval notice letter they advised not to travel before getting the card.

We have the approval letter as well that advises against travel, and have not received her card, but  my wife also has the I-551 stamp, I would think that travelling with the stamp would be fine? I would like to know the definitive answer also. 

6 minutes ago, allsingleladies said:

Thank you. I checked the DHS website again and it has another update from the day after the 'producing your card' update. It now says 'We approved your case'. I did not receive a notification for this.

I'm hoping this means now its truly done and I have to wait for the card in the mail now.

Can anyone share how long has it taken for card to be received after production or approval update?

 

I got the exact same thing for ours. I can only think that it is true. We are November 2016 filers. Our status has not changed on the USCIS site. I am hoping against all hope we're approved! If so Congrats!