rutabaga

hi

the K3 is not for you, k3 is a visa to enter the US

but you can marry and file for the CR1, you will get a 2 year GC and have to remove conditions before the card expires to get the 10 year GC

Well the CR1 is the same thing in that regard--a visa to enter the US. If s/he's already in the US, the easiest thing to do would be adjust their status like NLR posted above.

What's more, I wouldn't be surprised if the app converted everything you typed into ALL CAPS anyway.

yes NVC will send you a letter and not to the beneficiary

NVC should actually send the welcome letter to both the petitioner and the beneficiary.

you do not cancel a credit card. It will hurt your credit score. The length of your oldest credit card is a major factor in when other companies determine if they want to give you a card.

No annual fee for quicksilver anymore =)

True (I have one ), but I was referring to the Quicksilver One which is pretty much the same CC as QS only with an AF and is usually a Master Card instead of Visa.

It's essentially a QS for people with a lower credit rating. Although I'd rather go for a no-AF Platinum since you can do a product change down the road once you establish some history with Capital One and I think people have had more luck going Platinum to QS than removing the AF from QSOne.

Okay, if it is TJ Maxx, then the issuer is Synchrony Bank and your wife can try calling 1-800-480-0186 to attempt to resolve the issue/get more info on what the actual issue is.

P.S. Capital One is good to try for people with thin/no credit files. I'd go for the Platinum (no rewards, but no annual fee) or Quicksilver One (1.5% back, but with a $39 annual fee) or, if that fails, with their secured card. Also, if you can't get them to open the TJ Maxx card because of the ID issue, you could try opening a Walmart Store card for her (same issuer as the TJ Maxx card actually) in person (i.e., in a store) where they can verify her identity (if she has a drivers license).

It is asking for your current legal last name.

Which lender/store?

At some point they should send you an email; I got mine about three to four weeks after submitting the packet. The status will remain N/A for documents throughout the process.

On other forums I read, the worst that happens if you do get stopped and asked for it is that you are taken into custody until they can confirm your immigration status, usually an hour or two.

And my only point here is to consider whether the possibility, however small, of losing several hours of your life over this is worth it or not.That is, sitting down and determining what is more likely (losing the GC vs. being detained for not having it on you until your status is verified) and what is more expensive (paying for a replacement GS vs losing two hours of your life).

They could detain a US citizen for the same purpose. Who carries their birth/naturalization certificate or passport with themselves at all times? Recent statistics show only 36% of Americans own a passport. https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/statistics.html . So for the remaining 64% of the population the only proof of citizenship is the birth or naturalization certificate.

The difference is that the citizens are not required to carry proof of citizenship and LPRs are required to carry proof of LPR status which is why they're also more likely to be detained in that situation until their immigration status is verified if they don't carry proof of it.

You don't have to be prosecuted to have your day ruined--just being detained over it would be enough if you ask me (admittedly, more of a risk for those traveling in the areas with CBP checkpoints).

The information provided in the link is accurate (and cites the relevant section of the code to boot); it doesn't matter if it's not "an official US govt resource". Whether a copy will be accepted by a LEO as "initial proof of residency" is entirely up to the LEO as the law is that you have to carry the card itself and they are by no means obligated to accept a copy.

(d) Every alien in the United States who has been registered and fingerprinted under the provisions of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, or under the provisions of this Act shall be issued a certificate of alien registration or an alien registration receipt card in such form and manner and at such time as shall be prescribed under regulations issued by the Attorney General.

(e) Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him pursuant to subsection (d). Any alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

Thank you so much for your prompt reply, Rutabaga. Unfortunately, both NOAs are for I-129. On the top of each letter referred to I-129.

As for I-130, I received a different NOA.

So in total I received three NOA1, two for I-129 and one for I-130. So weird!

Now that is weird. Have you tried contacting USCIS about it?

Maybe the i-129 got transferred, but I can't explain why they have different reference numbers unless that is what happens when they get transferred?????

I thought of that too, but when our IR-1/CR-1 case got transferred from VSC to CSC our case number remained the same and the second notice informing us of the transfer to CSC came from VSC not CSC.

And just to clarify - once I receive the medical results, I am not to open them? I just give them to the consular at my interview?

Correct. Good luck!

1. I don't think there's much you can do at this point. I'd say be prepared to proceed with the CR1 application, but there's not much to do at this point for that either since it's too early to start collecting docs for NVC.

2. I'm guessing the first NOA1 was for the I-130 and the second for the K3 (I-129)? If so, that's how it works, AFAIK, the CR1 (I-130) and the K3 (I-129) apps are linked so it is the same case in a sense which is why they're referencing the same date (from the I-130 NOA1).

K1 is usually faster, unless you're eligible to do DCF in which case K1 and CR1 can take about the same amount of time from what I've read here.

K3 vs CR1 -- you start with the CR1 application (I-130) and when you get NOA1 you can file for a K3, but K3s are rarely given out these days (in which case the CR1 process just continues) so I wouldn't count on it. Also, AFAIK, the K3 is very similar to the K1 with regards to having to adjust status once he gets to the US so he'd still have to deal with the unemployment issue when he arrives.

You've read well with regards to the adjustment process from a K1 taking 2-6 months. In essence that makes both processes (K1 and CR1) more or less the same length if you look at the time-to-green-card (about a year in both cases), the main difference is that with a K1 you spend half of that time together in the US and with a CR1 you spend the whole year living apart (however, since your boyfriend is German he can still visit you on VWP during the CR1 process).

I don't know if you can count loans as income for the purposes of the affidavit of support.

A jbte, da, ti si išla planski da se udaš i da emigriraš... šest godina kasnije, mislim... Držim fige, Violeta, da se što pre završi ta glupost s AP-om.

Pre ili posle intervjua (s konzulom)? Ali baš čudno.

Qq nemoj mi reći da si pokupila nekog sa stanice? Pređe se bre ulica pa se taksi zove telefonom pa platiš ko čovek 800 din. maksimalno od stanice do ambasade Mislim, tako su i mene odrali prvi put do mađarske ambasade pa sam se naučio pameti. Elem, izeš taksi, ideš bre u Ameriku kod muža

Violeta, držim fige sutra i prosipam vodu PO DOGOVORU

Čestitam, bms!

Mislim da možeš ali imaj na umu da medicinski važi samo šest meseci i da viza kad je dobiješ ističe šest meseci od dana medicinskog pregleda.

Can you share the email then? Remove all identifying information first, of course.

No limitations on immediate relative visas (IR1-5 categories), 23,400 to 114,200 per year per category for family preference categories (F1-4). See link below for details:

Family-Based Immigrant Visas

Da.

Treba: pasoš, dve slike 5x5, rezultati pregleda, porezi za 2015 za sponzore, izvodi iz MKR za vas, MKV, razvodi ko i ako ima, uverenja iz policije i suda, zajedničke slike. DS-260 potvrda i potvrde da ste platili AOS i IV fee ne trebaju. Konverzacija vama venčanima mislim da takođe ne treba (meni niko nije tražio), to je pre za ove vereničke ili ako nemate jačih dokaza da ste vaistinu zajedno.