ScandiMama

Can't think of where this belongs....

I had a GC interview and was told that they need a couple more papers from us. Excellent. However, as the deadline is approaching and we finally just got what we need, I would feel better taking the papers to the field office, rather than mailing them. Is this possible?

I assume that I cannot get past the guards without a paper saying I have some sort of a meeting there. Thus, would I be able to give the papers to the guards, or could an Infopass appointment be used to go through my papers and leaving them there?

EDITED TO ADD: No Infopass appointments anytime soon, so that option would not work, anyway.

Unless the person that dealt with our papers was unusually strict, from what I understand about your situation, you absolutely will need a sponsor.

My husband started a new job in February and had pay stubs and a letter from his employer showing that he now makes much more than needed. Because of not having made the needed amount the past three years, (he had filed taxes), we got a RFE and needed a sponsor. The advice here had been that making enough this year should be enough, but the person looking at our papers obviously disagreed.

Thank you. Are the online USCIS fild office stats usually correct? If it is right, I might wait another 7 months or something, just for the interview.

VWP. Have been married to a US citizen for over 10 years and actually had a green card years ago, before we moved to my country,

I bet he will need a joint sponsor. We got a RFE due to past 3 years' taxes, even though dh makes well over the limit this year and had a letter from his employer plus pay stubs. Not enough that he makes enough now, since he did not make enough last year. Might be that we just happened to have a strict person dealing with out paperwork. Nevertheless, it certainly would not hurt to include everything from a sponsor.

We did concurrent filing, and my applications are at the National Benefits Center. Some here seem to have got their interviews really fast, e.g. just a month or two after having responded to a RFE. Yet, my field office seems to be working on applications from over 7 months ago.

Is it just that some field offices are not as busy? Does this really mean that my decision may take more than another 7 months, as my case has not even been sent to the field office, yet?

Edited to add: I just checked some other field offices, and they we all still dealing with cases from 2014. So what is going on here...? I am hoping that I just don't understand the process...

Google it and you can easily find people who claim this.

The e-mails quite a few people have claimed to have received, have always been in addition to the paper sent in the mail, and only after the paper had not arrived on time. I have now bumped into this quite a few times and wonder why the e-mail cannot be sent earlier, while still in addition to the official papers.

The e-mails quite a few people have claimed to have received, have always been in addition to the paper sent in the mail, and only after the paper had not arrived on time. I have now bumped into this quite a few times and wonder why the e-mail cannot be sent earlier, while still in addition to the official papers.

Sure. However, I know that some people have had the RFE e-mailed to them, because it simply did not arrive on time through regular mail.

Has anyone managed to have the RFE papers e-mailed to you before the date it tells you online to contact them if the papers have not arrived?

That is what I did.

Thank you. Sent the packages this morning.

Thank you. Added EAD and the stuff needed for it. I did not apply for AP, as I doubt I would dare leave, anyway.

About to send in concurrent filing of I-130 and I-485. If I want to send in Employment Authorization and/or Advance Parole, also, are the 2 photos included in the I-485 package enough, or must I add extra photos?

TIA!

Yes, adjusting status based on being married to a citizen.

I came here as a tourist (VWP) and had every intention of returning home before my 90 was up. However, my US citizen husband got a job offer he could not refuse, and therefore we stayed. I am about to send in the I-130 and I-485, and notice that nowhere does it ask why I did not return home as planned.

Is it really not necessary to state anywhere that, at the moment of arrival, I was not planning to stay?

Thank you. What is an EAD and what do you mean by "info pass"?

I would really appreciate it if someone was willing to read through and comment, if you notice that I am missing something.

Outside of cover letters, which I still need to write, this is what the stack of papers looks like:

I-130 package:

- check for $420

- e-notification form

- I-130

- Husband's (US citizen) birth certificate

- my certified birth certificate in English

- our certified marriage certificate in English

- Husband's G-325A

- Husband's photo

- my 325A

- my photo

- Birth certificates of both our children

- bank statement from abroad showing that we share an account

- a check from our US bank with both our names on it

(We have been married for over 10 years and I had a green card about that long ago, due to the same marriage. Thus I am hoping that they will not need very much evidence. I lost the green card because we lived in my country for many years.)

I-485 package:

- check for $1070

- I-485

- copy of my passport (page with photo)

- copy of my passport (the only page with a stamp, that being my entrance stamp)

- electronic I-94 (Does it matter that it says "expiration date 06/30/2015? Should I print it out again?)

- my certified birth certificate

- our certified marriage certificate

- my 325A

- my photos (2)

- form I-864

- husband's tax return from 2014

- letter from husband's job stating his salary

- 4 latest payment stubs

- envelope from doctor

Thank you so much for reading through.

Having come as a visitor, and now applying for AOS, do I need a work permit in the US in order to work online for an employer outside of the US?

My husband's (the US citizen) birth certificate has nothing on the back side, so what do I do about copying front and back? Do I need to somehow clarify that there is indeed nothing on the back?

So a test for HIV is no longer needed?

500 plus I was adviced to do the tuberculosis testing elsewhere... So weird.

Yes, we called all the doctors within an hour, actually more than an hour. The one that I have the appointment with is closer to 2 hours from here.

Thank you, Nancy. The office had talked about the tuberculosis test to my dh. I am starting to have a feeling that they have no idea what they are doing...

My husband called around with poor results: 3 out of 4 doctors anywhere near us said they no longer do immigration appointments. The fourth is expensive and refused to talk to me or to look at anything in advance in order to tell me what else I might need. The office told me to search for the information online.

So, can the tuberculosis blood test be done anywhere, or must it be done at the civil surgeons's office? Is there anything else I should do in advance, outside of that and vaccinations? Is an HIV test still required?

It sounds like I must take care of everything elsewhere, assuming this is allowed, and she will then fill out the paperwork, mainly.

TIA!

Thank you.

Dh called a doctor today but she won't be back until Monday. We have only 3 doctors within 50 miles or something.