Dennis654

My wife arrived by K-1 Visa in December 2004, and we married February 14th, 2005. She is now the holder of a 10 year permanent resident card. Our question is "how do we bring her sister to the US?" The idea would be to bring her here permanently and also to have her live here with us. What procedures must be followed and how do we petition for her? What options do we have and what would be the expected waiting times?

Thanks to all with advice for us and good luck to all.

My wife finally got her green card on July 21st, 2006. Her successful interview was October 19th, 2005, but nothing ever happened after that. We called the 800 number 3 times and were always told that "someone would get back with us." They never did.

Then on June 30th we went for an infopass appointment and were told there was no problem. Her card had been started on the 27th. Next, we got a July 11th, 2006 letter from Lee's Summit saying that work on her card had started and it would be 2 to 4 weeks. Then I got an e-mail claiming she was "finally approved on July 13th, 2006 and a new card was being prepared for her."

Her card arrrived July 21st, 2006 and the "welcome letter" never came. We can laugh now and are just so releived that the card is here after all this mess. Now that we have the card I can firmly say that I think I know what the holdup was. They sat her paperwork aside and forgot about it. Plain and simple, that is what happened. This is why all the silence when we inquired, and it took an infopass appointment to get the ball rolling again.

Now we find that we have a valid green card but the date on it goes back to that original interview in October of 2005. Well, so much for the 2 year card. We are just happy to have it now.

HERE IS MY ADVICE TO ANYONE HAVING TROUBLE AFTER THE AOS INTERVIEW:

1. Use the 800 number only for address changes and the like.

2. For any delay or other problems always use infopass.

I've wanted to say this for a long time. I'm computer smart and I have never ever understood the phrase "I was touched today" etc. I simply don't get it, and I cannot understand how you would know they "touched" your case just by going online. Maybe someone could explain this to me, OR a lot of the rest of you have very good imaginations.

The good news should be that the blue paper with 221g on it would be an approval. As to how things are done at consulates or anywhere in the UAE, I cannot say. I have no idea of their timeframes.

Good luck.

Some might rememebr that my wife had a successful AOS interview in St. Louis, Mo. on October 19th, 2005, but nothing at all ever happened after that. All was silent even as we called the 800 number 3 times. I was persuaded, however, to file an I-90 with supporting info from the interview, and this we did in April of 2006. The silence continued, so we went for and Infopass appointment in St. Louis on June 30th. What we learned was very conflicting, but we were told nothing was wrong, and that work on my wife's card had begun on June 27th.

Keep that date in mind as I inform you that we got a letter in the mail from Lee's Summit National Benefits Center dated July 11th, 2006 stating that work on my wife's card had begun and she should have in in 2 to 4 weeks now.

That same day I recieved and e-mail (not her) stating that she was finally approved on her AOS as of July 13th, 2006, and that a new card was being made for her. She should have the card soon, they say.

An online check with the website at USCIS.gov verifes exactly the July 13th, 2006 information, so we know it is true. I can't help believeing that our paperwork has sat around like a McDonald's hamberger all this time until they finally found it again. Look at the dates. Approved October 19th, 2005. Card started June 27th, 2006. Card started July 11th, 2006. Finally approved July 13th, 2006 and card now being made.

Conflicting to us as to what they were doing, but we are thankful that the long wait is now over and she gets a card soon.

Any ideas as to what had happened here?

June 30th, 2006 my wife and I went to St. Louis on an Infopass appointment as a follow-up to her October 19th, 2005 successful AOS interview. The main problem was the total SILENCE we recieved from the USCIS. We had no idea what was going on, and repeated attempts to find out only produced more silence, so Infopass was a needed thing here. Others had already got a welcome letter and the green card, but it was as if we didn't exist.

The first thing we discovered was that the office there is now split and is 3 offices. It must have confused things with them as much as it did with us. Soon we are talking with a woman who is behind bullet proof glass, and I noticed that she had no name tag or number. She immediately told me that those you deal with on the 800 number are not real USCIS, and they have not studied immigration law, etc. They are best used to file a change of address, she said.

She takes my wife's A number and views a computer a moment. I can see her lips move and she comes back to say they have started my wife's green card as of June 27th. We may get it very soon - and then we may not. There is no problem. Maybe our filing of the I-90 speeded this up, or maybe not. Our case has taken so long becuase our interviewer is very meticulous, and one of the best they have got, etc. That is why the long delay here. Everything seemed to be in order, she says, and she encouraged Infopass appoinments over any other type of contact with them. I read everything "between the lines" as we talked and she assured us all is really OK.

SO, we left there knowing that soon the green card will arrive from Kentucky, - or maybe it will not? If we have any more problems we are told to make another Infopass appointment. She says it is the only real way to know what is going on.

Now we await our good news that may come soon, - or maybe not. Assuming all is OK as they say, we now know that my wife gets the green card as soon as USCIS sees fit to issue it.

My wife had a successful AOS interview in St. Louis, Mo. on October 19th, 2005. She got the letter and her passport stamp but nothing ever happened after that. No welcome letter came and no green card came. I called repeatedly to the 800 number and was told they would get back to us in 30 days. My calls just made more silence. Finally I got a USCIS person who told me to assume it was all lost and mail info from that interview to the Lee's Summitt National Benefits Center along with an I-90 form. There would be no charge since we paid already.

Our paperwork was recieved on April 17th, 2006 according to the return reciept, but we have heard nothing from the National Benefits Center. No letter of any kind and just more silence.

Does anyone have any idea as to WHY we cannot get anything out of these people?? It's as if we don't exist. The last online info at USCIS says our case was resumed on June 3rd, 2005. All inquires to the USCIS as per the above only produce SILENCE. Just promises and silence.

Should I write a congressman?? Does anyone have a clue?? We are lsot here.

My wife was approved for AOS in St. Louis, Mo. on October 19th, 2005. Our interview got us the temporary approval letter and she got the I-551 stamp in her passport. Nothing happened after that. No welcome letter and no green card. Calls to the INS 800 number finally got us through to an I/O officer last week who said we had to consider that it was lost. If no welcome letter in 60 days and no card in 90 days, it must be lost. She says to file an I-90 and also send copies of the passport stamp for I-551, along with the NOA that we got for the initail interview, and the letter we got at that interview. No fees would be required because it was apparently lost in the mail.

I am looking now for sample forms on the I-90 (a filled out version) along with any possible help from anyone who has had this same experience. What do we do now and what can we expect in filing and timeframes, etc.?

Many thanks to everyone.

Many thanks for the replies to my problem. Hummm! Our I-90 should arrive in Lee's Summit today and we see what they need from here. my guess as to them wanting fee's again on a lost card is that the welcome letter was not lost and it did arrive. Therefore, they might suspect someone wants a card to use in order to re-engineer it. I will print updates later on our situation.

My wife was approved for AOS in St. Louis, Mo. on October 19th, 2005. Our interview got us the temporary approval letter and she got the I-551 stamp in her passport. Nothing happened after that. No welcome letter and no green card. Calls to the INS 800 number finally got us through to an I/O officer last week who said we had to consider that it was lost. If no welcome letter in 60 days and no card in 90 days, it must be lost. She says to file an I-90 and also send copies of the passport stamp for I-551, along with the NOA that we got for the initail interview, and the letter we got at that interview. No fees would be required because it was apparently lost in the mail.

I am looking now for sample forms on the I-90 (a filled out version) along with any possible help from anyone who has had this same experience. What do we do now and what can we expect in filing and timeframes, etc.?

Many thanks to everyone.

Does anyone know if a fingerprint is supposed to be taken for the green card at the time of AOS interview? This was NOT done at our interview in St. Louis on October 19th, 2005 and I am starting to suspect that this is why my wife has no card yet. Repeated calls to the INS at the 800 number does us no good either. They promise to get back to us within 30 days and we hear nothing. Is it possible that our paperwork is simply setting because they failed to get a print? We got the letter saying she was granted conditional permanent resisdence and we both signed some paper. She also got her passport stamped at that time.

Maybe we are worried for no reason. We know a Canadian lady who had an attorney and it took 1 year and 3 months for her green card.

Any help here is greatly appreciated. Many thanks.

I am 33 years older than my wife and it mattered little on our K-1 approval.