gypsyqueen

I recently renewed my Philippine Passport at the embassy.  While waiting, I saw a few people ahead of me encountering problems with renewing their passport and changing name to their married name.  They require a lot more paperwork like ROM, NSO Marriage Certificate from the Philippines, etc. It is definitely easy to just get the passport under her maiden name.  Hope everything works out for you guys.

11 minutes ago, Jeric Barredo said:

gypsyqueen hi yes so just renew her passport in philippine outreach program here in Dallas as well as her ROM in her maiden name so it's easier and more consistent? How do you think we should proceed with her maiden name changing to her married name while we wait for her ROC because when I checked online, CSC are still just looking at June 2016 filers. We filed November 2016. We will start her n400 as soon as her 90 days prior to November 2017. Do we do her married name then or shoud we file for change of last name for her green card as well?

Let everything else be in her maiden name except for the N-400 that you will be filling soon.  In the N-400 form, you can legally change her name to her married name.

13 hours ago, military-wife said:

Hi everyone,

I am almost done with all the evidence and form for my ROC. The only question I have is about the Affidavits. I know they can be from friends or family... but do these people have to be US Citizens? My sister is a permanent resident living in a different state (she married a US citizen!) and she knows our relationship very well and so does her husband. They attended our wedding and spent many holidays with us (prior and after we got married). We are a military family and we move a lot. We do not have a lot of friends/family that we could ask to do this affidavit (Many are deployed or live out of the country due to orders).

 

Also - I have read a few posts here and many have given samples of their Affidavit, which included a notary portion. Is this necessary? It doesn't say anything on the form instructions that we need to have that notarized.

 

We have a lot of evidence that our relationship is true and not fraud. We have registration of our car under both of our names, life insurance where I am the beneficiary, joint tax, leases, Power of Attorney signed in front of a notary, joint savings and checking account, many pictures of us going on vacation. There is no way this could be fraud LOL.

Hi.  I-751 instructions does not require that the sworn affidavit should come from a US Citizen, so your sister can write the affidavit.  It has to be notarized for it to be considered a "sworn affidavit".  Your sister can get the affidavit notarized at her bank, and it should be free.  

I suggest to wait until N-400 to change her name.  I read it here that it is easy to change your name when applying for citizenship.  Renew the passport with her maiden so it's an easier process too.

On 7/16/2017 at 2:11 AM, minjungk86 said:

Hello, 

I am about to file a petition to remove conditions on green card (I-751) and need a little help with documents. My husband and I have a joint bank account since 2015 but barely used it (most months don't have any activity at all), and was wondering if the documents I have will be sufficient. The documents I prepared are following:

 

- Copy of IRS tax transcript filed jointly (2015 and 2016)

- Copy of apartment lease agreement with both name on it

- Copy of car insurance both name together

- Copy of renter's insurance both name 

- Copy of health insurance both name together and designated beneficiary of each other

- Copy of Fidelity (403B) with designated beneficiary of each other

- Copy of credit card statements ( I am an authorized user under my husband but statement shows both name on it) and we use this card for grocery shopping

- Copy of PG&E bill both name together since couple months ago; other bills under my husband's name but shows same address

- Copy of pay stubs showing same address

- Copy of flight tickets/hotels (about 4-5 trips in 2 years); one of the trips was with my brother in-law and his girl friend (can provide couple pictures)

- Copy of flight ticket to my husband home which my brother in-law purchased for us

- Copy of receipts/credit care statement for gift to each other (apple watch, necklace, purse, perfume, flower delivery, wallet)

- Copy of couple wedding invitations from friends addressed to both of us with our current address

- 40-50 pictures together of past 2 years 

 

Although we don't use our joint bank account, my husband writes me a check every month for half amount of rent/utility bills. Should i include this proof in replace of joint bank account? or it will look more suspicious? 

 

Thank you in advance!!  

 

 

 

 

I suggest that you only include the joint bank account, and include the statements on the months where there's an activity on it.  Do not bother to show the separate bank accounts as these may just add confusion & suspicion.  Only give what they ask for, which is the joint account bank statement with transaction history.

On 7/25/2017 at 11:03 AM, Hamidfatima92614 said:

Hi everyone, 

 

We are travelling overseas next month and my wife's green card removing condition application time window is conflicting with our travel plan.

I have couple questions to ask, any suggestion or point of view is highly appreciated.

 

- Because we will be out of the country for over couple months, coming back couple days before her green card expired. should we send the application before we leave ( on August 21st ) knowing that we won't be able to receive the notice or attend the bio-metric fingerprints appointment ?

- or is it still going to be ok to apply when we come back - still within the 90 days window- but a bit too late ?

PS:

We already have a baby- 2 months old -  does it help the case when having babies together ?

 

Please help, 

Assemble your application before leaving so you can just send the application as soon as you are back.

14 hours ago, gingernugget said:

Just realized that I only sent a copy of the front of my current green card and not the back. Do you guys think they will send my package back? My green card expires Aug 10th so I am cutting it really close. 

I don't think they will send it back. You might just get an RFE which should be an easy fix.  Please update us.  Hope everything goes well.

I sent my I-751 today.  It should arrive in VT tomorrow.  Hope everyone's process goes smoothly. 

I had an error with my greencard as well. I have a hyphenated last name yet the green card I received did not have a hyphen. Should I just let this one go? I have to travel overseas next month.

I just got my welcome notice and greencard today. Although, I don't know if I have to make this a big deal or not. You see, I changed my last name when we got married. It's a hyphenated surname. Now, my EAD card got my last name correct which is with the hyphen. To my surprise when I saw my greencard today, my last name did not have a hyphen. What should I do? Should I just let it go?

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Well, here's my two cents about it. I'm a Filipina and I was 23 when my fiancee started the processing the petition. I do not need consent from my parents to get married. I simply informed them of my plans to get married as a sign of respect. If she really love you, she will move mountains to be with you. Maybe she got cold feet. We'll never know. As for her family, it is a shame that they are acting like that. This might not be the words you'd like to hear but it is better to move on. Save yourself from a bigger headache. You deserve better.

I just want to share the opinion of the counselor in the CFO seminar I attended before leaving. The counselor said there was no need to report the marriage as the Philippines does not recognize same-sex marriage. With regards to the name change for the passport, she believes the consular will not honor the marriage certificate to change name so the counselor suggest that it is better to pursue the US citizenship and get the US passport under the new married name. I hope this helps.

Yay! Congrats

Congratulations!!

Thank you! This forum is really helpful. See you guys around for the ROC.

Just got an update this morning. It says "New Card in Production". I'm so happy ?

Your timeline is pretty close to mine and we just got approved this week. I'm not sure that you'd be able to file a service request. I'd give it a few more weeks.

I filed my AOS on the 24th of February and got a NPIW last June. I have read the updates here and I can't stop being anxious. The last update online for my AOS is the "Fingerprint fee was received". Should I file a service request?

P.S. Congratulations to everyone who has gotten their GC.

My EAD&AP were approved last April 30. No news yet regarding the card in the mail. I'm hoping to get it soon.

I'm from Santa Rosa, Laguna, but lived in Makati for awhile before coming here in the States.