Michelle13

On 8/21/2017 at 2:08 PM, Name O Boy said:

Make sure to send AR-11 (Change of address form for the immigrant spouse) and I-865(Sponsor's change of address form). You should be good, Regards. 

Thank you!!!
 

Do you know if they will move our application from the California service center to the Texas one? 

I was denied being able to co-sign on our car loan due to my "expired green card." 

I don't know if there is a concrete answer since everything is case by case. 

I will say we were asked for an RFE for my K1 and the response time was within a week or so... super fast for us... 

Hello Wonderful People; 

My husband and I filed November 2016 for our ROC.  We are considering moving from California to Texas.  Has anyone else changed their address while waiting for an approval? 

Have any of you experienced this? Would love to hear how you went about doing it.  

I know there's the address form online... but I've also heard of USCIS not getting the address and continue to send paperwork to the old address.... 

I want to make sure my bases are covered

Thanks, 

-M

Good luck on your process!

As a personal rule of thumb, I ALWAYS bring a copy of EVERYTHING I've ever submitted to USCIS at ANY point in my process.... you just never know what they'll ask for.  I've been re-asked for documents I had already submitted before as well.

It means lugging around a bunch of paperwork anytime I step in a USCIS office, but I know that I am fully prepared and ready for anything they may ask to see. 

2 minutes ago, kimbaljl said:

Update:  My husband tried to go back the next night with some more documentation, including what was linked above, to show that his documents were valid.  Air Canada still refused to let him on the plane.  They would not consider the I-797 as a valid document, and therefore, they considered him to have an expired green card.  They said since his green card was "expired" he needed a transit visa to travel through Canada.  He experienced very poor customer service and the manager didn't help any more than the normal agents.  He was forced to buy another ticket that went straight to the US (Orlando).  He went through Latam Airlines and had no problems at all.  I am going to see what I can do as far as contacting someone at Air Canada about getting all their employees trained on what an I-797 is to hopefully avoid this happening to someone else in the future.

I'm sorry you had such a hard time

It's so frustrating when officials aren't up to date on visa information

1 minute ago, farmertom said:

Yes it was risky. We got a bit excited. But thought what are the odds it would fall on the exact same date,

I do think I know of a couple that had decided to move and their move fell right around their AOS interview date.  They were able to reschedule it for a later time at the USCIS office closer to their new location.  

Perhaps you can reschedule due to previous travel arrangements? 

Why did you set a date when you didn't know when the AOS would be approved? 

Unfortunately I know of couples who have had to cancel all wedding plans due to guessing USCIS processing times.

Sorry to hear this  

You can try and see if they will reschedule your interview.... That could be possible. 

7 minutes ago, Going through said:

Even if my Canadian passport was expired---I don't need it to enter Canada because I could legally use the US one to enter.

 

My CAN passport doesn't expire for a few years still...so I'm thinking further ahead down the road once I'm also a US citizen, in terms of renewing the Canada one in Canada.

Ah!  Good point!!  I will definitely remember this when I have my dual!

5 minutes ago, Going through said:

Well, once I become a dual citizen and need to renew my CAN passport it's easier:

 

Exit from the US on my US passport (while my Canadian passport is still valid)

Enter Canada on my still valid passport.  Renew said passport.  Enjoy vacation while waiting for processing.

Travel back to the US on my US passport.

 

Remember---the US has rules that you must use a US passport to enter/exit the US.

Canada does not have any such rules when it comes to entering/exiting Canada.

My Canadian passport expires before I am eligible to apply for US Citizenship.

It looks like I'll just have to jump through all their hoops and mail in everything... oh well haha. 

3 minutes ago, Going through said:

Reading the CIC website on the new rules just made me make a mental note to make sure I renew my passport from within Canada next time to avoid a lot of that hassle...

How do you renew it in Canada if you are needing it to travel home? 

1 minute ago, NovaSprings said:

I changed mine before I left, I am glad I did and I would highly recommend changing before you leave for a couple of reasons.  Once you have all your ID in your married name, once you cross and activate your visa, all your immigration documents, GC, SSN will be in your married name.  Therefore no hassle/added fees to change it later.  Getting your ID/Passport changed to your new name while in Canada is much cheaper.  I know you are a bit early for your passport, but you can renew for a 10 yr passport, then you don't have to worry about it for a long time.  If you wait and do it while you are in the US, it will cost you much more, and you will loose access your VISA stamp in your currant passport.  In some situations (ROC taking a long time) it makes things easier to have access to it. 

 

If you decide to do it before you leave, I would start with taking a copy of marriage certificate to your Provincial services center and getting your new drivers licence.  From there, you can get your passport and other things.  Don't forget, if you are eligible to eventually collect CPP (think you have to have paid in for 18 yrs (?) - but someone may have to confirm this)  You can go to any Service Canada location and have your CPP and SIN number change over to your married name.  This will make it easy to collect EI and CPP.  

 

Hope this helps!

I wasn't able to change before I left due to me moving to the states on a K1 (fiance visa).  I got married in the US.  So I am needing to change my name while in the US and not in Canada... 

Thanks for the help though

I travelled inside the US quite a bit while waiting for my AOS.  I made sure my flights were booked under my passport (maiden name).  No one mentioned anything. 

But I always travel prepared and brought my marriage certificate/NOA/anything from USCIS incase some questions came up.  No one has ever asked for any of these but I just like to be prepared.  

Hello Everyone!!! I saw a few posts about changing your name in the US... but I'm wondering if any of you changed your name in Canada once moving??? 

My Canadian passport expires next year and I'll need to renew it.  And I'd like to have my married name on it.  But I haven't done anything to go about changing my name out of country.  

Have any of you done this? Would love some feedback. 

Thanks, 

That is super strange that they did not accept the NOA proof of travel/work.  I just traveled internationally and all I brought was my passport, GC (expired) and the extension letter and they let me through no problem.... 

I was told when I got my green card I couldn't be out of the country for longer than 6 months at a time. 

19 hours ago, cd37 said:

Chase doesnt even ask for SSN of your spouse. I added my spouse on my chase credit card. they never asked for her SSN.

Chase required a SSN for me.  I wasn't able to be an authorized user until the GC was approved. 

I am SO EXCITED that one person from our month has been approved!!!!!!!!!

All I really care about is getting the 10 year BEFORE the extension letter expires.  It would be a bother to have to update the extension letter.... 

Especially since I live 3 hours away from the nearest USCIS office

On 4/29/2017 at 11:46 AM, visaquestions said:

Can we leave sections blank if not required to be answered? The instructions on the i-129F state not to leave any sections blank, so I am confused.

I know I left the "interpreter" section blank on my K1, AOS, and ROC.  No one asked me anything about it.... But, for your own peace of mind, I would suggest putting "none" in the section.   writing "none" covers your bases of "not leaving anything blank"

I'm assuming English. 

Everything will be submitted in English and all legal documents must include a translation. 

Sorry that happened to you :/ :/ :/ 

I had interesting dates on my 2 year GC as well.  When I called to inquire about when I should apply to remove conditions they said to apply regarding the GC expiry date. 

I like Faith38's suggestion about reaching out to an immigration lawyer... 

2 minutes ago, black widow said:

I am a green card holder

I would check into that.  It might send you back to the beginning if you're gone that long. 

Congratulation on the baby <3 <3 <3

Depending on what visa you have, a GC holder is not allowed to live outside of the US for more than 6 months at a time. 

That is what was told me in the interview January 2016. (perhaps they've changed it since then?) 

I think I filled out both addresses just to not have anything blank. 

No you won't need to fill out the interpreter.  I believe in the instructions it says that it's only required if it was used.  But if you're wanting to cover all your bases, you could just say none or N/A.  That's what I filled in for all the spaces for children/previous spouses etc.  

Good luck!!

8 minutes ago, smp115 said:

I love AB, I have family that have lived there for 15 years! I am from NL. I also do not miss the winters or all the snow!!! We actually got married in California  We are in Ohio for my husbands work... not by choice lol. It's been hard adjusting but it's slowly getting better especially since I just got my AED/AP. 

 

Did you bother changing your last name in Canada? I am thinking I may wait until my passport expires next year to get a new one with the new last name. 

That's awesome!!

TBH I haven't done anything to change my name in Canada.  I filed that I was married in my taxes but it seemed a little complicated when I initially tried to look into changing my name outside of the country. So I've set it aside while focusing on visa paperwork here.  I've put it on the "to do list" for next year though.