sevenrider860

18 hours ago, NYCBoy said:

Have you call them to see what’s up? I called to check if ours will be combine but they only said that the i-751 is still within processing time...

We asked when we got the stamp in the passport.  No information.  Just like you: "Still within the processing time."

We are not too worried about it anymore.  The stamp allowed the driver's license to be renewed and we have had no issues traveling overseas.

1 hour ago, NYCBoy said:

Anyone from Vermont with i-751 and N400 pending? 

Yes...EAC17319xxxxx

Thank you for the suggestions!  I will give it a try.

I would think No.  I called the 800 number and even though my wife and I were together on speaker phone, the lady absolutely refused to address any question I asked.  The question had to come from my wife.

Called the 800 number to ask this.  Absolute waste of time.  Hoping to get some opinions here.

My wife's I-797 receipt document that extends her Green Card for a year is expiring on November 8th.  That is also the expiration date of her driver's license.  We have not received the 18 month extension letters than some are receiving and the call to the 800 number did confirm that an extension had not been mailed.

I have been checking daily for 3 weeks and there is never an InfoPass available for the Atlanta Field Office...which is the office for our address.  I was able to locate an InfoPass appointment at the Montgomery, AL office which is about a 2 hour drive away.

Will the Montgomery, AL office turn us away because they are not our local office?

Would it be better to do an emergency walk in in Atlanta given that we are less than 30 days until expiration?

Any suggestion appreciated.  Thank you in advance!

42 minutes ago, Diana sm said:

Maybe i didn’t explain my situation correctly, is been a month and i haven’t receive not even the approval receipt I797 thath they have my form

Did they cash your check?  By using a personal check for payments you have a second method of tracking receipt.

I am glad your math agrees with mine Hank. Exactly as I said, $19,912 is the 125% exactly as it is stated on the I-86P. I was correcting an early post by toddriegel that said the 125% was $24,890...which as you have now confirmed along with me...is not correct.

Wrong

Do the Same Income Requirements Apply to Form I-134 as Apply to Form I-864?

No. The 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline minimum income requirement, the most recent year's tax return, and other requirements only apply when Form I-864 is needed. Applicants presenting Form I-134 will need to show that their U.S. sponsor's income is 100 percent of the federal poverty guideline.

From http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/fiance-k-1.html

NO. I'M NOT. LEARN TO DO SIMPLE MATH. MORE THAN ONE PERSON HAS THE SAME FIGURES. WHEN I SENT MY APPLICATION IN, I EVEN DOUBLE CHECKED WITH THE NVC AND KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO HELP THE PERSON POSTING A QUESTION. GOT IT?

Your math is correct - 125% of $19,912 is $24,890. I believe it is how you applied that math for this situation that is incorrect. The the 2015 HHS Poverty Guideline for a household size of 2 is $15,930. 125% of that value is $19,912.

For a fiancé visa, If a Form I-134 is requested by the consular officer during the interview, you need to show your income is 100 percent of the federal poverty guideline. This is clearly documented by the State Department. To be honest, a number of people (and my experience also) have not been asked to show evidence of income during the interview for the Fiance visa. I have heard that if you are asked for form I-134 you need to show the 125% value which is $19,912. However unless things have changed again, the USEM was not asking for these forms to be submitted.

After you and your fiancé are married and you apply for Adjustment of Status, you need to submit form Form I-864 and then you need to show that your income is 125% of the HHS Poverty Guideline...which is $19,912. The government tried to make it easy for anybody that may be math challenged and included the 125% value on the form I-864P itself.

Why odd choice?

I think some feel that if your fiancé is currently living in the Philippines then you could get married in the Philippines and he could go to the Embassy and follow the Direct Consular Filing (DCF) process. This is often as quick (or some have reported quicker) as the Fiance visa application process and there is no need to file for an Adjustment of Status after you get married. DCF can be used if the US citizen is also living in the foreign country along with his or her spouse. I believe it needs to be six months or longer, but I have limited knowledge of the specifics and I am sure others can provide more accurate information.

--- What I don't know is if he must show that he is legally living in the Philippines (per Philippines immigration rules) or is in the Philippines on multiple extended non-resident entry visas.

I can't comment about all POEs, but our experience in Atlanta was excellent. At this point in the process the IO is not there to find a reason to deny entry.

My wife just returned from the Philippines using her EAD/ Advance Parole Card. The Immigration Officer was the same one who handled her entry earlier in the year with the K-1. He was very polite and was in a great mood. He asked if she remembered him from her first entry, asked about the wedding and how she was liking the US. He also noticed her green card had been issued (she was out of the country when it arrived) and told her she could use the Permanent Resident line going forward. This was in Atlanta. It was an outstanding experience both times.

As dave23 points out, some caution is in order. If your wife will need complete or renew any Philippine documents (report of marriage abroad, new Philippine passport in married name, etc), there might be issues based on Article 370 of the Civil Code of the Philippines. The law does not require that the wife use the surname of her husband but the law does have some specifics about what must occur if the husband's surname will be used as described below.

174 Days for us.

We filed the AOS on 5/19/2015, received a Potential Interview Waiver notice on 9/9/2015, and received approval on 11/9/2015.

Applied for learner's permit first week of August. Denied cause my I-94 was already expired and needed verification letter from DMV regarding residence status. They told me to wait for the letter, which supposedly arrived in 10 days then submit when arrived. Unfortunately it didn't come. What I received was my EAD ( receipt and card ) instead. So I went back to local DMV and showed my EAD but still not enough to get me a learner's permit. They told me to wait again for the verification letter which takes forever to come until today. The worst part? It stated I need to contact USCIS and immediately called only to advice I need to make an appointment to local USCIS. Do foreign spouses have difficulties getting their driver's license like mine? I don't understand why USCIS can't issue clearance on my status when in fact they already mailed my EAD with pending AOS?

Something similar happened when my wife applied for her license here in Georgia. We had to wait until the EAD arrived before we could apply and we had all the required additional documentation. Even with the EAD they did not get an immediate approval from the USCIS SAVE system (http://www.uscis.gov/save). They submitted a Case and provided us with the case number. Five business days later they called and said that the case had been resolved and to come into the office so the process could be completed. If was a one week delay, but it all worked out.

I understand that if there was still an issue after the case was submitted that we could have made an info pass appointment at the local office to clear things up. Fortunately that was not required.

My wife missed her Biometrics appointment because an accident shut down the interstate for two hours and we arrived after the ASC office closed. We just showed up the next day when it opened. They did process all the 8:00 Appointments first and then we were allowed to enter and speak with the receptionist. It was a non-issue and the biometrics were done that morning.

I suggest you show up, explain the situation and see what happens. "Life" happens and the folks I spoke to at the ASC in Atlanta were very pleasant and understanding. If there are problems after you speak to them, then schedule an Infopass.

Remember that if you get your shots at a local health department office, they still must be transcribed by a Civil Surgeon. Unfortunately there does not seem to be any specific rules dictating pricing or level of exams performed. My wife did not get her shots at her medical exam either. We found a Civil Surgeon that understood her medical exam from 2 months earlier was still valid and that all she needed were vaccines. I suggest you call a number of civil surgeons until you find one willing to transcribe the vaccinations at a cost that is acceptable to you.

To be honest, I considered the cost of the CS and vaccines just one more expense on the Journey and did not worry about it much. I was more concerned with getting it completed than searching for a bargain.

My fiance and I are about to submit our K1 Visa Petition to USCIS. We want to ask if my fiance (the petitioner) need to disclosed his arrest records in the past. He had no convictions. The first one was dismissed and the second one he was given "Withheld Adjudication" and served probation which he completed. We know that the USCIS will do a background check on him. Is it necessary to disclosed the arrest records or should we just let them find out on their own since there were only arrest made and no convictions?

To be clear from the start... I am not a lawyer. But I find that you should not disclose anymore than what is being asked. There is no question that asks "Have you been arrested..." The I-129F Part 3 , Question 2 asks "Have you been convicted by a court of law (civil or criminal)..."

Being arrested is not the same as being convicted. If a case is dismissed, you have not been found guilty and you have not been convicted. If the court withholds the adjudication of guilt, the court has not convicted you.

How long does it usually take to get the card? We sent the AOS in April 15, 2015. By the way, is it typical for the U.S. hubby to do a lot of the job searching and calling, etc. I don't want to be pushy, but she doesn't have job hunting experience, and I have a lot of experience and skills in that dept. Might she secretly be resenting that? Or is she secretly relieved I am helping in this way? (She is a fantastic person in every way)

If you will complete your timeline for your AOS, EAD and AP it will provide you an estimate for the EAD and AP processing estimates. Mine shows about three months from the date filed.

What is "typical"?? If you are happy doing it and she is happy to have you do it, who cares what others think. Why don't you ask her how she feels about you doing the job hunting for her. Her answer would mean a lot more than any opinion you might get on this forum.

OP said he was going as a DOD contractor so that makes a difference on the residency.

We are in June, not sure when you are going, if it was December for example I would keep on going.

If DOD contractors follow the same criteria as Active Duty Military then it there is a difference. My late wife spent only 3 months in the U.S. after arrival from the Philippines in 1986. The DOD put the SOFA stamp in her Philippine passport and we spent 3 years in Germany. All that time abroad counted as residency.

I don't remember if the 2 year then 10 year card requirement existed in 1989, but we definitely did not get a new card while in Germany. A few months after our return we had an interview and a new card was received (some time in 1990 I think). Soon after she applied for naturalization.

I would definitely check to see if that time in Korea would count as residency and if the DOD works to get the Korean visa or SOFA ( not sure if these are even used still) stamp issued for your non-USC spouse.

They don't need to scrutinize anything. The embassy and USCIS have already done the scrutinizing. Once someone goes there as the last step of the process, they should just give them the seminar and sticker. What makes the CFO more qualified than USCIS or the US embassy? The only hard part for us was this CFO nonsense. All the other steps were a piece of cake. All you have to do is follow the visa journey guides.

The problem is that the USCIS and US Embassy is woefully unqualified to scrutinize the US Citizens.

The K-1 process is actually simple when you look at the minimum requirements that many meet. You can meet on an online dating website, exchange some emails, chats and pictures to keep as "evidence", then make one trip to see your fiancee in person. You now have everything you need to get a K1 visa. The US Embassy interviews the immigrant to look for red flags, but the US Citizen is never interviewed and could be the biggest scumbag known to man.

The CFO does not know anything about the USC future spouse. They don't know how much the future spouse will help with the adjustment to a new life in a new country. The CFO provides some very basic education about getting ready to travel, adjusting to life in the US, immigration status, employment, finances, etc...Things that the US spouse may not communicate or even know themselves.

At my wife's CFO she was the only person in her group that had not met her fiancee online and had seen her fiancee more than once. She had everything mentioned from Hank's CFO guide (tax returns showing my filing status, parental advice, etc) and was prepared for the worst. She was never asked for any of those things. She actually enjoyed the interview and considered it a simple process. The handbook they receive contains some basic information about life in the US and there is certainly some value in that.

I considered the CFO as just another shake-down for money. In the end, after my wife related her experience, I don't think it is normally such a bad thing as it is made out to be.

A SSN is not an identity document. A state- or federal-issued ID card or passport or BC is.

A SSN or ITIN (plus W8BEN if not a resident alien) is just a tax number for the IRS.

Regardless of the exact definition, the SSN card is uploaded under the category "Identity Document". The exact wording from USAA is below... The OP said the account in question is through USAA and my accounts are also. So this is something I am familiar with...this was after the W8BEN was sent.

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We're writing about an urgent matter concerning your USAA account(s). When you open an account and in certain other circumstances, federal law requires that USAA obtain, verify and record your name, address, date of birth, social security or taxpayer identification number and other information that allows us to identify you. At this time, we're missing and/or unable to verify some information. Please provide the following to us by June 11, 2015

A copy of your Social Security card

Thank you! They emailed my husband that form w-8ben my husband's bank is USAA..

There is a good chance USAA will ask for an identity document also. A picture of your SSN Card will work and that can be done with the USAA App or scanned and uploaded online.

hi there, it is me again,

this is with regards to opening an account. i am in the process of adjusting our status, currently still under k1/k2 visa, question is can my husband add me to his bank account? i have read that he can, but his bank told him they cant add me up since i am not a green card holder yet. well right now, i have my ss number under married name already. please enlighten me with this. thank you so much!

There should not be an issue as there is no legal requirement that you be a green card holder to be an account holder. There may be a bank policy, but that would be specific to the bank. There are some banks that may request an IRS W-8BEN if the account pays interest or dividends that must be reported as income. This would be removed once the AOS approval is received and replaced with a W-9.

As others have stated, check different banks. I find that some are more knowledgeable of the immigration laws and IRS regulations than others.

We're waiting for the Philippine consulate on our marriage registrastion that I guess we have to file.

Just for clarification. Completing the Report of Marriage is not an USCIS immigration requirement. For you Adjustment of Status you need only your marriage certificate.

The Report of Marriage allows your marriage to be reported to the NSO in the Philippines (The same government office that issued your wife the CENOMAR when she was getting ready for her fiancé visa interview). If your wife would like to get a Philippine passport in her married name, the consulate/embassy states this Report of Marriage and the filing with the NSP is required.

I didn't ask her to marry me. I believe that is what the 90 days is for.

If your Girlfriend shows up to a Fiancée visa interview and is asked "when did he propose", which they do ask often, what would she answer? If she answers "He has not proposed yet", you could be looking at a denial.

i feel like it will add chances if we do... tho mine haven't approved yet hopefully in the next days

I am not so sure it will add to your chances. If your in a bonfide relationship, the evidence will be there ( they may ask for recent pictures, that was all we were asked to show) and there is very little to worry about. Most go through the process alone. I think being there certainly gives your fiancée somebody to talk to while waiting...and there is a lot of waiting involved.