wadeisno22

Thank you very much. Just what I was looking for.

Thank you. Yes it was my son in law. I understand he can come and go problem free but where in writing does it say you can. Looked everywhere and can't find. Thank you for your help.

Entered US and received stamp in passport. Can I travel outside the US and re enter using the stamp in passport and where does it say you can or do I need to wait for the plastic card. Thanks all.

Paid green card fee 165 dollars April 2016. Son in law arrived in US in early July of 2016. Any idea of arrival of plastic green card in the mail? I have heard they send a welcome letter prior to receiving card. Does anyone know? Thank you all.

Son in law from China entered with an F24 visa yesterday. We paid the green card fee in April of this year. I understand the stamp Customs put in his passport is a temp green card. I tried to check the status of the card using the case number in the USCIS website I always have used and it does not recognize that number. Is there a reason for that and will the card be mailed without further action? Also, when can he apply for his SSN. Thanks.

Son in law from China entered with an F24 visa yesterday. We paid the green card fee in April of this year. I understand the stamp Customs put in his passport is a temp green card. I tried to check the status of the card using the case number I always have used and it does not recognize that number. Is there a reason for that and will the card be mailed without further action? Also, when can he apply for his SSN. Thanks.

Thank you so much for the info. Must the green card fee be paid prior to arrival? Thank you.

Son in law received F 24 visa that expires in August 2016. Does that mean he must be here in the states before that date? What is he required to do after he arrives to become a LPR?

3/2008

Paid online DS 261 fee.. Waited a week and checked website and it stated fee paid. Just checked again today and now it says incomplete. I checked and doubled checked for errors and found none. There was nothing to indicate any problem. What gives anybody. Thanks.

Went online to pay the 88 dollar AOS FEE but the website does not have a select box to check to initiate payment. Anyone have an answer. Thanks

I come to this site for help not insults! Really. Maybe I'll

ask someone a little more courteous

Geezz

My mistake in not giving accurate info. I -130 approved 3/08. Everything submitted by mail. Waiting for adjudication. Is there anything more that can be done.? Doesn't some one have to be notified. Can I sign up for notifications online.when a visa is available who is contacted, the petitioner or the beneficiary?

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My son is an F2B waiting for his visa. He lives in China and has moved a while back to a different address.Do both he and myself have to notify someone of the change. I live in the USA. Thanks.

Do you know when in this process my wife would receive more forms and fees and when would her son in Zhaoqing receive anything.She is worried that she and her son should have had the packets by now but I think tose don't come until a visa number is available. Would you happen to know Darnell? Thanks.

Thanks to all for your inputs. Very much appreciated.

Thanks everyone. I get the picture and it's not pretty. Wade

Hi everyone,

A quick question or two if I may concerning my wife who is a LPR from China. She sent in the I-130 forms for her unmarried son who is 25 living in Zhaoqing March 11, 2008 and was approved August 25 2008. What if anything do we do now? I assume his paperwork is still at the NVC.The way I understand it is, according to the processing timelines for an I-130 it is 5 months.Does it then get approved and sent to Guangzhao consulate where it sits for years until a visa number is availabl? At that time it arrives at the consulate will they send the beneficiary packets to fill out. Does my wife also recieve forms and be asked to submit more fees.Can anyone out there clear this up for me please.

Thank you all. Wade

My mistake. She filed for her son. She is a LPR. So if I understand this right, they will process in less than 5 months than it is sent to the NVC in Vermont where it will sit for years? Where can I get if any an idea of the length of time until he gets to come stateside?

Thanks all of you for your help. Wade

?? You mean your wife submitted for her son? US Citizen cannot file a petition for a step-child unless marriage took place prior to 18th birthday, and petition filed before 21st birthday.

Visa priority depends on a couple factors, US Citizen, or Lawful Permanent resident filing petition.

Yes USCIS processes petition in less than 5 months, then it goes to NVC where it gets places in storage until the priority date comes current.

NVC is working on petitions for China F-1 Jan 2005, F-2A Jan 2008, F-2B Jan 2003, this means priority dates older than that are now just receiving visa numbers.

MORE: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html

I submitted an I -130 for my Chinese wife's 24 year old son and was notified back in March of 08 that it was accepted. I have looked on the charts but I don't understand what they mean by 5 months. I know this takes years but, can anyone please tell us when he may get his visa.

Thanks VJ members!

OOPS.

no - the 'start date' is on the FIRST GREEN CARD, not the 2nd one.

The second green card, issued as 'no conditions, 10 year green card'.

The first green card, issued as 'conditional, 2 year green card'.

So, if the 'first date on the first green card' is 6/28/2006 - Congratulations ! She can apply for citizenship this week.

Prior 'steps' breakdown?

K-1 visa issued in Guangzhou , on some date

She arrives in USA, you guys marry, on some date

AOS filed, on some date

She received Conditional Green Card, 2 year duration, with 'as of ' date of 6/28/06.

I-751 filed, Removal of Conditions on Permanent Residency', on some date

New Green Card Issued, unconditional , 10 year duration, on some date.

So if you look at both cards, if you look at the first card, the 2 year CONDITIONAL card,

it's the 'as of' date on the FIRST card that's important, here - NOT the 'as of date' on the 2nd, 10 year card.

HTH?

FWIW, I'm mostly grasping at straws, but trying to imbue 'actual dates' on some template, with a process leading to citizenship based on 3 years of 'lawful presence' in the USA, married to a USCitizen. If you make the time to fill out yer official VJ timeline, over at http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=22610 , completely, then I could be absolutely certain of facts, then be able to say , with no uncertainty, what that 'first date' really is, as it would be listed in yer timeline. Sure, you've given us a date of 6/28/2006, and In My Mind - that's the first 'as of date' on the first green card - and with that date being accepted as 'fact' - hei ! She already qualifies to file for US Citizenship.

With that in mind, to 'be a citizen' - once she becomes a citizen, the priority date for the I-130 she's filed for the child, will be changed, put in different queue, with supposedly a bit more speed. She'll have to request the 'status change' once she has her citizenship certificate in hand, is a manual process for showing the change of status of a petitioner.

GOOD LUCK !

Thanks Darnell. Time for me to get to work. My wife will kill me when I tell her I goofed and could have done this last year.

is that date from her conditional GC? then darnell is correct. she has been a resident since 2006, that's the date that counts, since the first day she became a LPR and if she got her GC through marriage and still married to the petitioner.

3 years of marriage and 3 years of being a LPR, doesn't matter if she had a 2 year GC, the date starts counting from there on.

I should clarify. Her conditions were removed 3/09. Is that the start date for the 3 year????

we were married under a k1

Hey Darnell,

From what I have read, my wife is not eligble until she has had her green card for three years to test for citizenship. Five if she were not married to a U.S. citizen. It

is right in the USCIS website. Which goes back to my original question. She has about 19 months before she is eligible. Must we wait until that exact date or can we get it in the system

prior to the date she is eligible. Thanks, Wade

Her Green card was issued 3/09. It is a ten year card. So the way I read this the 3 year clock starts 3/09.She wou;ld be eligible 3/12