
lacolinab13
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Lima Peru
That was our embassy too (got the approval in May).
I wouldn't send everything. Primary proof of visits (passport stamps, tickets, any hotel bookings or other relevant info), some pictures (I sent 10 in the original petition and then 10-12 more for the interview, during the interview the CO looked at one), and then perhaps some excerpts from the phone logs and chats, but only a small sampling.
It's not considered a high-fraud consulate and I don't think it's necessary to throw the kitchen sink at them. If there are any red-flags in your application, perhaps consider sending in more evidence. Personally, I never sent any proof of us communicating, but that's because I lived in Peru for almost two years before sending in the application so I figured having proof of residency was enough.
Feel free to get in touch if you ever have any Peru-specific questions.
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I would schedule an interview for a date after your three year ban ends. You can contact your embassy to extend the I-129F petition. Different embassies have different procedures - some simply extend your I-129F automatically, some ask for an official letter requesting the extension with some extra info - but you should be able to postpone your interview until your ban is over.
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Having looked again at the I-129F, there is no place where it asks about citizenship, passport or passport numbers, so personally, if I were in your shoes, I would only send in the necessary info to show the visits (so here, stamps from the Australian and UN LP, copies of the bio pages of both and a quick explanation that you have both documents and travel on both). I wouldn't even mention the German passport simply because I don't think it's necessary or relevant.
When you get to the interview, I suppose the prudent thing to do would be to bring all your travel docs just in case, along with your birth certificate.
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Thanks for all the replies!
Actually, I am showing stamps from my Australian and UN Passport for the proof of seeing each other. Because I enter the US on my Australian passport, but I enter Thailand (where I live), on my UN passport. My fiance and I are showing the entry dates to Thailand in our passport to prove some past trips that we did together (as we didn't know we needed to keep boarding passes at the time). So I just don't want the adjudicating officer to get confused why the numbers on the documents I am showing are different.
laconilab13 - could you clarify the A number? I didn't realise I have an Alien Registration Number (is that what you mean)? Do you get one every time you enter (I enter on the visa waiver program for visits, and on a work/business visa when I go for work). Where do I find this number?
I129F doesn't ask about previous trips - I think that comes at a later stage.
Cheers,
Heike
I think actually only those who have applied for an immigrant visa have A-numbers. Sorry to have generated that confusion.
I was the petitioner for our K-1 Visa. I used stamps in both a US passport and another passport to show our visits. I included a copy of the bio page of the other passport and also had a sheet where I explained that I had two passports. Seems to have worked fine, and I never got any further questions about that.
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I don't think it it necessary to send a copy of all of the passports - there is no requirement to send even a copy of one passport. The only passport which matters, but only at the interview stage, is the one you will be receiving the visa in, and I don't think the others are relevant. (Once you receive the K-1 and go to the US, you need to be consistent and always enter on that passport plus your GC).
As evidence, I would send in the pages with the stamps to visit your fiancee - since those will both be in your Australian passport, I would just send a copy of the bio data page and the copies of the pages with the stamps from the Aussie passport.
I think the form asks you to list previous visits to the US and also list your A number. Do you have several A-numbers? If so, you may need to attach a sheet with an explanation and perhaps the bio data pages of the German passport and UN doc.
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I'm still waiting on EAD Card and it's been more than 90 days. Going a bit crazy.
That sucks. I hope you get it soon. From reading other people's stories, it seems like calling them repeatedly on the phone tends to move things along.
Does USCIS count the 90 days from when they receive the package? From the NOA1? I was wondering about this as I'm starting to get the papers ready for our AOS.
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My fiance arrived yesterday from London. He was supposed to have an hour and a half connection in Edmonton, Canada to Seattle. His plane out of London was an hour late. He missed his connection because the US Border Control in Canada were the ones to call him into the room and open his packet and ask a few questions. The airline sorted him out on another flight not too long after. Thank God... because US border control had already stamped the K1 stamp in his passport. Very interesting! I honestly thought Seattle would be his POE. But, he's here. Another small disturbance in the process. So anyone connecting in Canada to the US, take note and allow for extra time for your POE process.
Yeah, a lot of Canadian airports have US customs and immigration so that they can have flights to non-international airports within the US. Glad it worked out ok with getting another connection in the end. Hope you are enjoying having him with you!
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You should post this in the Philippines subforum as this is really a country-specific questions.
The K-1 interviews are almost always quite short, max 10 minutes, but in many countries there is lots of waiting around waiting for your case to be called to interview. For example, my fiance was at the embassy for about 3 hours, 95% of which was time spent waiting, and I've read lots of similar stories on here.
You should check reports on the Manila Embassy (go to the Embassy review tab) to see how long it takes people.
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That's amazing! Congrats on being done with USCIS for a couple of yearsI-485 APPROVED!!!
We are so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!! No interviews, no RFE's, all the stress and annoyance was well worth it!
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Rileybrynn - Congrats! You must be so excited. My fiancé arrives four weeks from tomorrow.
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You definitely no longer need to wait two weeks to get your I-94 - the limiting factor used to be the I-95s being unloaded into the system, but now that everything is electronic it all happens automatically. As soon as you can print out the I-94, you can go to the SS office. We plan on going the day after my fiancé arrives.
People sometimes say to get the SSN before you get married as some workers at the SSA will mistakenly tell you your "visa expired" when you got married and that you can no longer get a SSN. That's bs and should be argued with. You can get one as long as you have at least two weeks (I think) remaining on your I-94, but getting it earlier is better. Otherwise you have to wait for EAD.
State laws vary, but I don't think any state requires a SSN to get married. Most require that you give a SSN number if you have one, but if you don't, that's ok. The requirements to get a marriage license vary by state but in most they're pretty bare-bones. We'll be going to get our license the day after he arrives as the office will be close by the time he gets here on the day of, but our state has a three-day waiting by period beige you can actually get married. Our reason for doing everything ASAP is that we want to apply for AOS as soon as possible, hopefully the same day we get the marriage cert back. I know my fiancé won't enjoy being out of work so trying to get the ball rolling quickly on the EAD. In many states it takes a while to get a marriage certificate back if your officiant mails it in. In many locations you have the option of hand delivering the signed license yourself and getting the certificate back the same day, which is great if you want to send in your AOS package quickly.
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Thanks everyone for your replies.
Temp insurance has terrible converage, especially for seniors her age. So while it is an option, it is a really poor option.
The healthcare gov site makes an explicit distinction between LPR (Legal Permanent Residents, ie, green card holders) and AOS. Both are qualified. The question I am trying to figure out is at what stage of a pending AOS petition can the applicant start using the insurance exchanges. The folks at CoveredCA can not answer my question. Really strange.
If it were me, I would just go ahead and try to get a plan once you have NOA1. Information tends to become much clearer once the exchange or relevant insurance company is dealing with a specific case. So I would try to sign her up and see what happens. To me, applicant implies simply that you have submitted the application so NOA1, and that's what I would argue if any company tried to refuse me, but if not then certainly EAD will do the trick.
I'm not personally seeing any distinction between your mom and other applicants for LPR status or how she would remain a visitor until all is approved. Given that an NOA1 starts a new period of authorized stay, she's no longer on her I-94 authorized stay, and certainly once she gets EAD I really don't see how one could possibly consider her a visitor.
I'm sure you know that, unfortunately, her health insurance plan is likely to cost you an arm and a leg
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Those who are adjusting status to LPR are eligible to buy insurance from the health insurance marketplace/exchange:
https://www.healthcare.gov/immigrants/immigration-status/
Applicants for any of these statuses qualify to use the Marketplace:- Temporary Protected Status with Employment Authorization
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
- Victim of Trafficking Visa
- Adjustment to LPR Status
To me, that says once you get your NOA1s, she should be eligible, but you can always call to double check.
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My fiance was asked:
- His name and my name
- Where he was from in his country
- When/where we met
- How we met + "tell us more about your relationship"
- Whether or not I (petitioner) spoke his language
- Our respective ages
- Who "[name of our co-sponsor]" was
- The CO looked at some pictures and asked where the proposal picture had been takenThe one thing I disagree with from the list above is the part about wedding arrangements. The DoS specifically states not to make any travel arrangements or other arrangements before you receive a visa, so the CO should have ZERO expectation that you have planned anything. You don't need to have any wedding invitation, receipts for wedding clothes, booking with caterers, etc.
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We sent a copy of the one from the municipality with our AOS packet.
We're getting the document legalized but it might take time I understand. She thinks it will take time because she is from an area outside Cusco. If she were born in Lima it wouldn't be so difficult apparently.
What other occasions will we need a legalized birth certificate copy? Now I'm worried we should have asked for more than one to be legalized.
Did you also send a translation?
I think that will be fine for USCIS. I doubt they know anything about RENIEC.
That being said, when my fiance had his interview in Lima, they asked for a birth certificate that had been legalized by RENIEC, so I'm surprised your wife didn't get one for the interview.
Has her family been to RENIEC in Cusco to inquire? How far outside of Cusco are they? It's an exceedingly easy process. We also thought it could take forever and then couldn't believe how easy it was. The turn-around was the same day. It's easy to get as many copies as you want as they basically have just scanned in birth certificates and then print them out on RENIEC stationery. I'd be surprised if your wife's wasn't already in the system.
You need birth certificates for AOS, ROC and naturalization, could need them to register your marriage with your local Peruvian consulate or get Peruvian citizenship for any children, you could potentially need them to get other IDs. We chose to get a small stack as they're pretty cheap and just look a bit more official than the municipality paper, especially since in Peru there is no such thing as an "original" birth certificate to present. (The RENIEC would count as a certified copy).
I wouldn't stress too much about it but I probably would at least send someone to RENIEC to inquire just in case.
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What did you send in the AOS packet? No birth certificate? A copy of the birth certificate with translation? If you didn't send at least a copy of the one from the municipality with an appropriate translation then I would imagine you'll be getting an RFIE as a birth certificate is a required document, and you will need to produce one much sooner than the interview.
I can't speculate as to what USCIS will accept, though my hunch is that they will have no idea about Reniec and accept the one from just the municipality.
However, to get a birth certificate that has been endorsed by RENIEC in Cusco is a very simple process - you go in the morning, pay something like 20 soles and get it back the same afternoon. I know because my fiance's sister recently (March) got one for him
. If it were me, I'd go ahead and get a few of those for all future processes as well.
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Please can anyone help. I and my fiancé sent in our petition on 18th of March and received our NOA1 on 21st of March and we've been waiting since. Anyone around that period, I see some people on this site that petitioned after we did have received their NOA2 already, to add to that, our petition is currently at CSC, we haven't heard anything. Help please
I wouldn't bother calling because, while you are still within the normal processing time frame (5 months - so until 21st of August), they won't tell you anything. For every filing month there are some petitions that get approved quickly, the bulk that get approved in similar timeframes, and then some outliers that take a bit longer for whatever reason. I know it's frustrating to see everyone else get NOA2 and feel left behind, but you won't get any answers from USCIS as long as your petition hasn't exceeded the 5 month timeframe.
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If you had passport stamps, then they know how long you were in the country.
I lived with my fiance for over a year and a half in his country before we sent in the petition. I'd also visited his country twice before that. I wasn't on the lease or bills, and didn't really have any proof of us living together, but I did have proof that I was a legal resident of his country and sent that in, as well as all the relevant passport stamps. A few plane and train tickets that had us in the same time/place, and then 10 pictures.
For the embassy stage, I sent more pics, a bunch more plane tickets for both as us as we'd been traveling a lot together, and cards congratulating us on our engagement from family. I never submitted any chats or calls.
I know it's all embassy-dependent, but it doesn't seem from what I read on here that the embassy in Manila is very tough on couples. For all K-1s, the rate of approval is extremely high, and lots of evidence only seems to be necessary for high-fraud countries or to overcome some serious red flags.
I would just gather more evidence to present to the embassy - even though they don't have to look at it, again, it seems they most often are happy to.
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Thank you for the input. In addition to the employer letter, I'll ask my father for some recent pay stubs as I would rather avoid RFEs and lots of back and forth.
I am going to push hard for the tax issue to be resolved ASAP so I don't have to worry about it causing a problem.
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Sorry, yes, of course - what I meant was, the tax return that was due on April 15, 2016, for the tax year 2015, has not yet been accepted and is likely not to be by the time I file for AOS.
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My fiance's K-1 visa was approved last month, and he will be coming to the US at the beginning of August. We plan on getting married ASAP and applying for AOS as soon as we get the marriage certificate.
I am currently a student, so my father will be my fiance/husband's joint sponsor. He already has his tax transcripts ready.
Question 1: Per the form instructions, it seems like all we need are the tax transcripts or return photocopies, but so many people on here send copies of letter of employment, pay stubs, letters from the bank, etc etc. Is this necessary? We plan on getting a letter of employment from HR as my father got one for the i-134 and it will be easy to update. Should we submit more evidence? My father's household size is 3 including my fiance, and his income is way over the minimum. He has been with the same company for almost 35 years (this is in the HR letter).
I know I need to file the i-864 of course, even though I am currently a student and have zero income. I filed my 2016 taxes in mid-March, however, the IRS has not yet accepted my return and there is now a mix-up over my health insurance status. (Briefly, the IRS thinks I got premium tax subsidies through the healthcare exchange for 2015 and need to file a 1095-A - but I was not insured. Currently trying to get the exchange to recognize this and send corrected info to the IRS, but of course it's taking forever). At this point, I am not confident that the issue will be resolved in the next month. I have begged the healthcare exchange to move faster on this, but they don't care.
Question 2: I plan on submitting a photocopy of my 2016 return - but will it cause problems that the IRS has not accepted my return yet? Should I submit anything in addition to the return photocopy (an explanation?) or just not mention the issue?
Thanks in advance!
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They only need the affidavit of support from the US citizen. It doesn't matter if you are unemployed, and they won't ask you about income or assets.
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One thing to keep in mind though is that your medical has to be less than 1 year old when you apply for AOS. You would want to make sure to file your paperwork before next January 29th so you don't have to go to a civil surgeon for a new medical.
Case Is Ready To Be Scheduled For An Interview - Now What?
in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports
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Did you file for EAD and AP? If so, it's been more than 90 days, so you should put in a service request for the EAD/AP ( you can do so as soon as 75 days after you've filed).