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i recieved approval notice through my lawyer.

it show approved on 1/31/15

no wonder why i havent recieve the letter and online status has not changed yet.

but my lawyer sent me a picture of approval notice letter.

so i belive i got approved finally.

such long waiting and glad it finally finished.

Hoping to hear from other April filers who received an RFE. I submitted my (admittedly light, in hindsight) application to remove conditions in April 2014. Heard nothing until November 2014, when I received word from USCIS that we (wife and I) were required to supplement our application with additional information to establish the bona fides of our marriage. The notice said we had until January 31st to reply. We quickly gathered additional documents (tax transcripts, monthly joint bank statements from date of marriage forward, health insurance/401k/IRA beneficiary forms, affidavits, etc.) and sent the package to the Vermont Service Center. Our package arrived and was signed for on December 1st. We are approaching 60 days now. I haven't heard anything, nothing has been updated on the USCIS website, and I don't think there is much point calling because I think it likely that I'll just be told that 60 days have not yet passed.

So I'm curious - are other April filers who received RFEs in the same position? Any idea how long this usually takes? At what point should I become concerned and/or take proactive steps?

Thanks in advance.

hello, i'm the first one who recieved rfe in april flier list.(rfe recieved on 10/30/14)

i replied mine one dec 11th, which i expected they recieved it on dec 15th.

and i'm still waiting.. hopefully i don't get an interview..lol..

i wish i know how long they takes to process it..

so nervous on waiting..

i totally feel you.

when i recieved rfe, i got panich and cried so much because i have been waiting for it so bad..

i submitted but they said..

-2012&2013 tax not properly filed by irs( it means tax transcript, i didnt know.)

-copies of joint bank account ( i only sent front pgs that showed our balance)

-copy of joint lease( 2012&2013)- 2013 one i missed front pg lease agreement.

-copy of bank of america credit card( that is mine which issued for student so, my husband cant be joint holder.)

-copy of joint auto policy with card

-copy of joint at&t bill

-copy of my college documents

-copy of our id copy,his citizen copy,bank card picture

-two third party of affidavit

-photographs

so, i'm preparing

-2012&2013 tax transcript

-bank statement with activities for 2012~current

-2013 lease agreement and 2014 renew agreement

-joint auto poilcy of 2013 which showed beneficiary and renew 2014 policy

-more at&t bills after i sent the first package

-my college proved letter that i attending school and show the address.

-utility bills( i dont have bill under mine, all my husband)- some cable bill record and electricity bill for last year to current)

(we moved every year, so some ot bills are gone)

-will and power of attorney

-affidavit from 2 friends

-letter from banker we have our account together

-bj(like costco) memebership card

-medical reciept from gyneology

-immigration check reciept of 2012 and recent one

that's all i can try now.

if you have any different ideas, please share with me.

hope we get a good news soon. lol

I wish we could share in all the celebration.

We have had such a roller coaster with all of this since 2011, and I really really thought that shiny greencard would arrive. But when I touched the yellow letter today, I knew better.

Inside it says Notice of Action and indicates that what we submitted wasn't sufficient. Please see below:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reviewed your Petition and supporting evidence. Your supporting evidence does not sufficiently establish that you and your spouse entered the marriage in good faith and continue to share a life together.

You submitted:

Photocopy of identification documents

Joint 2013 tax documents with no proof that they were filed with IRS (i just submitted the 1040, my fault, will resubmit)

2012 Taxes were filed separately - my husband arrived in the middle of 2012, if we field jointly he would have to be taxed on his world income so we filed separately as many other couples do

Photocopy of joint bank account statements irregularly relating to only two months of your marriage - i printed the month we had the joint account until the present month (idiots) that is why it was two - it spanned for 2 years.

Photocopy of joint telephone bills

Your spouse's life insurance enrollment application with no proof of enrollment (this was an oversight, I will submit the new document)

Photocopy of joint lease

Electricity bills

Three affidavits

Photocopy of pictures

Although the evidence displays both names, it is not enough and does not sufficiently establish in detail, sharing of a common residence, joint ownership of assets, joint responsibility for liabilities, and/or an active commingling of finances throughout the span of your your marriage. Please submit further evidence illustrating a good faith marriage.

I am ready to cry. After all we have been through!! We called and the guy, like a robot, told me to get a lawyer. I asked to speak with a Tier I or II and they put me through. Wait time 143 minutes. We opted for the call back option and started working on putting together the information. Furthermore, I tried to schedule and infopass appointment but it wouldn't let me online, said at this time, no availability. Our due date is February 5th.

The uniqueness of our situation is as follows (and I would like to include this blurb in our letter to USCIS)

We wanted to provide you with a quick background – we met in 2008 and got married on April 30^th, 2011 in Miami where my wife was living. I had to leave to go back to Spain to process our petition legally. This is why we did not share a domicile or finances for 2011. Meanwhile, my wife obtained a full scholarship for her master’s degree in Cleveland and left Miami in June 2011. We spent the summer in Spain, and then she returned to begin her program. I didn’t receive my conditional greencard until July of 2012. In the year that I was waiting, I was accepted to a master’s program in Rhode Island on a fellowship which forbade me to work for the duration of my program. My wife and I both wanted to continue our education. When I moved to the US in August of 2012, we spent two months in Cleveland, and I left for Rhode Island to begin my program while my wife finished the second and final year of her program. This is why we didn’t share a domicile or finances in 2012. In 2013 after she graduated with her MBA in June, we again spent the summer in Spain. Upon our return to Cleveland, we moved her to Rhode Island and signed our first lease together. We stayed in Rhode Island until August 2014, when my wife accepted a job in the D.C. area, which is where we are living now. I would consider us a very modern couple who has separate bank accounts and who don’t make enough money to have a joint savings account. We have one joint account, and will provide you a full detail which was left out before, but this account is mainly used by my wife. I am currently unemployed and searching for a job after graduating from my master’s program in Fine Arts in June 2014. My wife is therefore paying for our expenses. We have a joint lease, property insurance, joint health insurance and I am a beneficiary on my wife’s policies at work. All copies are provided. I don’t drive, so there is no joint car insurance. We do not have children, but are planning a family once we are financially stable. Aside from the financial commingling, we are in every word, a happily married couple who entered our marriage in good faith and who love each other very much. We hope the additional information we provide will be sufficient and will be happy to come in for an interview at your convenience to provide further proof of our marriage.

As you can see, we have been busy, but are now proud owners of two Master's Degrees. I got a job in DC and we moved - maybe the August change of address prompted all of this as it looks that my husband is moving away from me or something like that. When I re-read what I wrote, I started to cry at the very thought that they could deny us for not particular reason.

Please offer advise. Aside from fixing the mistakes we made - we will send IRS printed joint returns for 2013. Our new lease. Our property insurance policy. My medical policy that covers my husband and a snapshot of our Aetna account online, a print out of every single month of the past 2.5 years of our bank account - that I used mainly, both of our degree copies to show we were in school...anything else? We are not the type of couple that have a joint bank account, and that won't change. I am at a loss. I cannot believe that this is happening. I feel like I"m gonna have to give birth before they give us the greencard :-(

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congrats people who got approved.

i'm still preparing my documents. lol

plus, i will not be able to file by this month because of holidays.

just a quick question to ask to guys.

i did not life insurance when i sent my package the first time but my lawyer told me to get it if i dont have it.

but, isn't it risky i just get it now?

the immigration asked to send whatever i had made before isn't it?

Well today I received the Congrats letter that my case has been approved, But Cant see anything online, the letter DATED 10/31/14 stating that Iam going to receive my 10 GC withing 60 days, Goodluck everyone ....I see you next April to Apply for our citizenship Thank you all for saving me money to go a lawyer to fill up 4 pages and get 2.000 US Dollars,

i'm preparing my rfe right now.

i just wonder what kind rfe they ask you to prepare?

they asked me to submit will or power of attorney.

im wondering am i only one who recieve it

Hey guys, so I called Vermont like a week ago to service request, and got an mail yesterday saying that my case is in the queue for interview :/

they will let me know when interview is scheduled. I will let you know when i have a date.

So frustrated ..!!!!!!!

so you didnt get any rfe?

just straight to interview??

i got RFE...FOR 7MONTHS OF WAITING.

I SENT 10 DOCUMENTS AND THEY ASKING ME MORE THAN THAT.

I AM PANIC NOW..

please add me in timeline

SENT -4/3/14

NOA-4/7/14

BIOMETRIC-5/14/14