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1 minute ago, USS_Voyager said:

No, you have to apply for a renewal separately form I-90. 

 

You have to have a "demonstrated inability to pay"

 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-912

 

 

Awesome!  I'll do my homework!  Thank you so much for the information - I love this group.

4 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

Yeah, you need to provide more info. I assume your GC and your daughter's GC are expiring next year, and they're are 10 year green cards? If you are asking "By filing for citizenship, do I automatically get an extension to the GC? Like they will send me piece of paper or a new GC?" the answer is no. If you want to renew your GC, you have to file for that separately form I-90.

 

Now, assume you have not done anything to jeopardize your status as LPR, the expiration of the GC itself does NOT mean your LPR status is ended. It is not. You are still a LPR, you just don't have a piece of plastic as proof.  

To be clear - Our 10 year green cards are expiring.  I want to file for Naturalization shortly and wondered if my GC status will be extended automatically when I submit the Naturalization application. If the application does not approve before our GC expire we will be out of status... I've been there before, and it's not pretty!

Further to that, under what circumstances can you ask for a waiver when filing for Naturalization.

10 minutes ago, Just Observing said:

Extension of what? What is your current status? You get an automatic extension if you have conditional permanent residence and file a timely removal of conditions. You also sometimes get an extension sticker when you file a renewal of your 10 year permanent residence card. Neither of you needs to be employed to renew your residence card. You just need to have the application fee 😁, unless you request a fee waiver.

Extension of my LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS ... Are you saying that my daughter can request a waiver for I-400 filing?

I need to file for Citizenship, my daughter (24) and my green card expires in March next year.  It's been a while since I've been on here, so forgive me if I'm asking obvious questions.  I'm assuming we will get an extension since the process seems to be almost a year.  Can anyone tell me if my daughter needs to be employed (she does not currently have steady work and lives with me), or if I can cover her - I know she no longer counts as a minor and needs a separate application.

Try places like Adecco or other agencies. A lot of the positions may start out as a contract, but many end up in a full time position.

Thank you colleens. Ajillon is the Adecco partner. It has not been that simple. I am signed up with Administrative agencies. I have been going on interviews for direct hire and contract work. My resume is strong, my appearance is professional, I have the experience. It really just boils down to personality and networking. I have 3 more interviews this week.

I am a seasoned Executive Assistant, living in Atlanta. I worked for 3 years with a major Tax consulting firm in Atlanta, but was laid off. Finding it hard to find another position. Lots of interviews, but no offers!!! I have also worked for PWC and JPMorgan Chase. Any suggestions?

How can i notify them for my change of address?do u have a website for that?

which one is better i file the divorce now or let him file the divorce?

thank you so much

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c1a94154d7b3d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

option to change address online is on to right hand side. Follow the instructions. My attorney advised to mail a copy of the online form in to USCIS also.

Do not forget to file AR-11 change of address notice within 10 days of change of address.

ROC ? Yes !

AOS ? No !

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you need to collect -

1. green card

2. passport

3. other IDs

4. a phone with a sim card

and get the f out of there.

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the marriage certificate - can get duplicate at courthouse - don't sweat that one.

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to file for ROC by yourself - you'll need to prove up that the marriage was entered in good faith, and show bonafide marriage evidence, and a copy of the divorce decree.

There's some timing issues, as well, as to when to file for ROC -

1. you still have time left on current greencard, not expire for some time - yer USC spouse cannot deport you, regardless of what he says. At most, he can submit a withdrawal of support for the I-864, but he would have to have substantial proof of YOUR immigration fraud.

2. you can file for ROC on your own, before the current green card expires, IF the divorce is finalized - ie - divorce decree in hand.

3. you can file for ROC on your own, AFTER filing for divorce, if any timing issues on current green card expiration - ie - say it expires on 13 DEC 2010, you filed for divorce on 12 Nov 2010 - you can file for ROC the day after you have filed for divorce. Filing and granting are two different timeticks in a divorce proceeding. USCIS will give you a RFE for the actual divorce DECREE, and thats OK - you have some time to submit the RFE back to them, the divorce decree paperwork.

4. if your state has 'fast divorce process' - ie - in/out in 90 days - you can file ROC immediately after you have divorce decree in hand. No waiting for current greencard to expire. Current greencard will remain in effect, ROC status starts after ROC is approved, but you get SOME status for 'ROC filed', if any gaps on greencard validity.

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His family is doing this stuff? really? how very strange. Some of these things are criminal acts - ie - destroying a persons green card is a criminal act - that's a federal document, to be only surrendered to a federal entity. Destruction carries an arrest and fine, is federal offense.

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Please do all that AlwaysWaiting has mentioned, as well.

Good Luck !

This information will be of use to you. You do not have to file for divorce before filing I175, if you can show evidence of abuse and cruelty. You will in any event have to prove good faith marriage.

http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,0924-lee.shtm

Catholic Charities will not become involved in advising on divorces.

NO PROBLEM. Once you are being sheltered, you will have access to the legal help you need. The shelter will have a curfew but it is for your protection. You will also have a caseworker and a counsellor that will work with you. I wish you the best.

Something similar is happening to me - my husband was arrested for domestic assault and since then he's cleared the bank accounts and stopped paying rent and utilities to force me and our baby out of the apartment. I went to a domestic abuse shelter and they helped me file a protection order. I advise you to do the same. It'll stop him and his family from trying to control you and it'll give you some documentation to file alone under the abuse category. They also helped me with divorce paperwork.

thank you for all the advices, right now i would go to catholic charities...as part of it i move to other state where i can be safe...i only have joint account and phone bills,and the utility bills is on his hand,and other paper works, so i dont have a copy of it..when i call the 911, the police just asked me if i have the green card and if i am legal...

its not only the paper that is important to me but my reputation that they destroyed,especially the mom that keeps on tellin other people that im like this and that...it was a nightmare...

thank you for all the replies...

Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233

These guys can help you in the right direction. This husband is a monster and his family is trash.

1. Get a restraining order on this guy. Press charges when asked by the police

2. Call the number above

3. Talk to a divorce lawyer

4. Talk to an immigration lawyer

5. Apply for public assistance, you will qualify and you don't have to live in that terrible household

6. Have a good life, and trust me there are good men here in the US.

I am sorry to hear you are having problems you are not alone. You have good advice here. talk to a lawyer before you leave the state. You will have to get the protection order before you leave. If you contact the local crisis helpine, or even your local helpline, they will help you get the protection order and recover the documents that they are holding. Please do not do anything before contacting an immigration lawyer, the shelter will help you with this also. Call the police and tell them you want to leave, but they are withholding your documents.

Immigration dont care who filed for divorce. You do not need to have the divorce before filing for waiver. A good immigration lawyer will guide through the process. Catholic Charities will provide divorce & immigration lawyer. The sheler will help you with pro bono lawyers and help you get you life back on track.

It is not ok to let them do this to you. Please let us know when you are safe.

i should also add: your comment that your children's father agreed that he would allow the children to immigrate with you "once you got your life in America arranged" before you left phils on a B2 visa indicates that you had deliberate and fraudulent intent for the use of the B2. now you are suggesting that you will attempt to use B2 to fraudulently immigrate your children?

you planned to immigrate to USA on a B2, overstayed illegally until you found an American to marry, and now you are asking for help in a community of people that are known to be scrupulous in their adherence to legal process. you are in the wrong forum.

Whoa......you can determine all this from these posts? I commend your strength and drive to simply make it happen for your kids. You are a rare gem! I mean that sincerely.

Personally, I have compassion for OP in absense of full facts, and I'm a sucker for a hard luck story. OP I hope it works out for you, and I hope you take the advice to keep your process legal or this will turn out to by your worst nightmare!

THIS IS MY STORY I OVERSTAYED MY SEAMAN'S VISA IN 1999, THEN MY MOTHER APPLIED FOR ME(I-130)MY DAUGHTER IN ON MY PETITION SHE WAS 5YO( NOW 11 YO) AT THE TIME, I ALREADY PAID THE NVC FEES ($70.00/$400.00) FOR HER. MY ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS WAS APPROVED ON MAY 4 , JUST WAITING ON MY GREEN CARD.

MY QUESTION IS MY DAUGHTER IS OVERSEAS WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP?

As a Legal Permanent Resident, you can now file a I130 for her. The same process that your Mother did for you.

Please forgive my typo's!

I just read your profile. Please be wise as to what you tell him. He may not want you to leave until he's finished with you. Especially if you are taking your child that he is interested in. Don't be fooled into thinking things are getting better. As much as you may love him for those tiny spouts of kindness and normality tha he would display - He is a very damaged man. Do not believe his lies. As sure as night follows day, he will revert to the displays of violence that you know he's capable of.

The other thing you have to ask yourself is do you really love someone who would do this to you? Or are you just scared to be on your own?

Yes, I'm very scared of being on my own in a country where I don't know anybody, where I don't have any family or friends. If this had happened in my country I would have left him already, and if we do get a divorce now, law says I can't go take the baby with me to my home country. I came here because and for him, I never wanted to live here, now he says all I wanted was the greencard, I wanted it because that's what we needed to be together. Again, I'm very afraid to start from zero all by myself. I've always been my parents' little girl and always had people doing things for me, my health is not okay and that's why I'm so scared. Right now things seem to be better with him, but I can tell he's not interested in counseling, we have another session this week and if he doesn't go then I will have a conversation with him and tell him what will happen next. I'm really all confused, never thought this would happen to me....

Hey, I'm so sorry you've landed in this position. You must seek help......You can't do it on your own......the system will protect you. You need to start living life from a differenc perspecitve...........you are a survivor of domestic violence........not a victim. You know that you must leave him, you're just procrastinating the enevitable, you don't have any friends, because that's the way he wants you - isolated and helpless. Find out where the local shelters are for women of domestic violence - you could start with the YWCA - maybe the counsler can help you with that. If you need help to find the resources that you need.........IM me, I will help you get in contact with them. You will be ok. Your emotional wounds will heal. You will get over the shock of the treatment you have suffered. There are organizations set up in this country to help you, they understand that you are not familiar with the resources out there to help you.

He is totally selfish. He does not love you, and if he says tht he does, what kind of love is it that strips down to this? He is trying to use emotional blackmain to justify his actions. Keeping his abuse behind closed doors, so that he will not have to answer to anyone.

Please also consider what message this is sending to your daughter. You will be ok. If you choose to stay in the US, you will begin to enjoy life again, you will experience new things meet new people, have fun and laughter with your daugher, enjoy being with her and doing new things together.

He will not change, 99% do not. Move on, and shed the guilt trip he's tring to put on you....... I know, because I've been there.

The other thing you have to ask yourself is do you really love someone who would do this to you? Or are you just scared to be on your own?

Yes, I'm very scared of being on my own in a country where I don't know anybody, where I don't have any family or friends. If this had happened in my country I would have left him already, and if we do get a divorce now, law says I can't go take the baby with me to my home country. I came here because and for him, I never wanted to live here, now he says all I wanted was the greencard, I wanted it because that's what we needed to be together. Again, I'm very afraid to start from zero all by myself. I've always been my parents' little girl and always had people doing things for me, my health is not okay and that's why I'm so scared. Right now things seem to be better with him, but I can tell he's not interested in counseling, we have another session this week and if he doesn't go then I will have a conversation with him and tell him what will happen next. I'm really all confused, never thought this would happen to me....

Hey, I'm so sorry you've landed in this position. You must seek help......You can't do it on your own......the system will protect you. You need to start living life from a differenc perspecitve...........you are a survivor of domestic violence........not a victim. You know that you must leave him, you're just procrastinating the enevitable, you don't have any friends, because that's the way he wants you - isolated and helpless. Find out where the local shelters are for women of domestic violence - you could start with the YWCA - maybe the counsler can help you with that. If you need help to find the resources that you need.........IM me, I will help you get in contact with them. You will be ok. Your emotional wounds will heal. You will get over the shock of the treatment you have suffered. There are organizations set up in this country to help you, they understand that you are not familiar with the resources out there to help you.

He is totally selfish. He does not love you, and if he says tht he does, what kind of love is it that strips down to this? He is trying to use emotional blackmain to justify his actions. Keeping his abuse behind closed doors, so that he will not have to answer to anyone.

Please also consider what message this is sending to your daughter. You will be ok. If you choose to stay in the US, you will begin to enjoy life again, you will experience new things meet new people, have fun and laughter with your daugher, enjoy being with her and doing new things together.

He will not change, 99% do not. Move on, and shed the guilt trip he's tring to put on you....... I know, because I've been there.

Yes. Where are you located?

I am sorry for your loss. Please post back again following your appointment.

I was just curious how many people on these boards had an interview for their AOS and was then called for one with their ROC? I know you can be chosen at random for an interview but I was just interested to see how many people had an interview for their I-751 and AOS.

We interviewed for AOS in Atlanta, but was approved without interview with the I-175 waiver.

As long as you have proof that you changed your address, then you don't need to worry about it. Just file the I-751 with the current address and you will be fine.

I agree with this advice. You have proof of changing the address.....it matters most that you are current, so just send a copy of the 2 AR-11s with your I-751, and list & flag them in your cover letter. Stop stressing you are fine!

Thank you so much for your response and encouragemnet. I'm very happy to hear a voice from Nigeria. I was starting to think that this type of behavior is normal and accpeted in Nigeria. By what you are telling me, I can see that Nigerians do not tolerate this type of behavior either. Many thanks for that.....I'm still in shock and much pain...what makes it worst for me is that I'm in the military and this man has caused me so much disruption with all this mess. Thanks for your voice.

I am sorry for your pain, but you must realise that you have to think with your head, not your heart. Surely one of the women that he thinks so highly of will pick up the slack. From your posts, it seems that you are always making sacrifices for him (purchasing his ticket....) It is absurd that you would divorce him, but willingly be responsible for his welfare by not pulling the Affadavit of Support...........Come on, you've got to have more respect for yourself than that, you deserve better. You are guaranteed that he will call you on it, he's accustomed to being supported. Please protect yourself, and your future. You will get over him. You will come through this.

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Congratulations! I'm happy for you both.

Thanks for all of the responses.

Based on what I just read at uscis.gov -

If you stay outside of United States for 1 year or more and did not apply for a reentry permit before you left, you may be considered to have abandoned your permanent resident status. If this happens, you may be referred to appear before an immigration judge to decide whether or not you have abandoned your status. If you are in this situation, contact the U.S. consulate about a returning resident visa.

Correct me if I read the above wrong, but it seems like a reentry permit is not required, but the lack of one does open the door to possibly losing status. Somebody is going to have to make that status determination. (at the poe or at the consulate in Thailand)

At this point, I think we are going to chance it. We'll be risking denial either way and think our odds are better if she is standing in the US before they decide. We have a couple more months before we have to make a final decision.

Thanks again.

Wow! I really can't belive what I'm reading. The CHILD seems to have you running in circles! Only problem is, the USCIS does not jump to her tune! Or anybody elses for that matter. You have extremely sound advise here....I would suggest you use it.

USCIS is asking for signed copy of Medical Exam (DS-2053) as a request for Initial Evidence (I-485) when the exam was done in Colombia as a requirement to get the K-2 visas for my two (now) step daughters. My K-1 visa fiancé (now wife) gave the sealed envelopes with the exam results to the immigration official at port of entry in Orlando and they said it would be sent on to meet up with the AOS. The funny thing is that they didn't ask for my wife's DS-2053, just her two daughters. I have tried calling their so-called National Customer Service Center, but the recorded messages are of no help and it doesn't give a live person option. I can have the exams done again here in the U.S. if I have to, but it's time and money wasted. I'm assuming that the documents have been misplaced somewhere on the inside. Any ideas on what I should do here???

The CS's office in Colombia will have records of the DS-2053 that they signed. Contact them first. Apart from the offical form, do you have a signed record of the shots the children have? It's a time limited RFE, so you may have to find a local CS to have the forms signed again.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

As I've said before it all matters about strength of will and character. You're either weak from your past and let it eat yuo alive or you let your past shape you to be better.

Yeah Yeah Yeah all that character building stuff......

I really think it's a matter of zero tollerance!