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Hey! I just got back with my wife from our interview. Our marriage certificate was her maiden name but we did all the paperwork in her married name. We asked at the end of the interview and her green card will have her married name on it. Hope this helps! 

Thank you everyone, eased our minds. We have the ssn application with the adjustment of status stuff I believe and it's all under her new last name. We waited too long to get one after we got married but the biometrics were all done using her updated last name. 

So me and my wife's interview for our adjustment of status is Monday! But as we put together all the paperwork we noticed that the certificate of marriage has her maiden name not the new one. All our paperwork we sent out had her new last name and I honestly didnt realize that it wasn't changed on the marriage certificate. Since we have to bring a copy of our adjustment of status and certificate of marriage to the interview is this going to mess everything up? The bills and credit card she's been added too all have her new last name also. It wasn't caught I guess when we sent out the adjustment of status application. What now? 

Me and my wife just received her notice of action with the interview date! But it's addressed weirdly. It reads out like:

Rachel <middle name> <our last name>

c/o <Father's first name> <Father's last name>

<Our street name>

<Our city, state, zip code>

What is the c/o and why is her father's name addressed on it? We're in a lesbian relationship so I don't know if it was an error or something. Everything was fine for the biometrics appointment. I thought it meant in care of but wouldn't that be my name? 

I that's a relief! I need to check again, but I don't think they gave us back the 4 passport styled photos? Do we have to retake those? 

So I ended up receiving a notice of action with everything that I sent saying it was rejected. Stupid me used the old (but not expired?) I-485 form. Now I'm a bit confused on Part 3 of the updated one. Do I put "Yes" since I submitted this and got rejected? If so would the location be the lock box in Chicago? And when I send everything back with the updated form can I put everything (replacing the old with new form) and ship it off or do I have to reprint and redo everything? They didn't give back my cover letter so do I make another? They had everything stabled and packed in a certain order. Also do I keep the I-797C or sent it back with the packet? 

My fiancee has her medical on the 19th and she submitted her readiness forum on Monday and the CEAC says we are ready for our interview-however whenever she tries to scheduled it online (https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/iv) it just reads "-case number- is not ready for an appointment." Is there something we did wrong?

I'm sorry if this is a question overly asked, however me and my fiancée can't seem to find a straight answer for recent years. My fiancee is in Northern Scotland and has no car or license, meaning a trip down to London is very expensive for us. The thought of paying for two trips has my head spinning. We've seen people mentioned how they had their medical and interview for their k-1 the same day, however we can't seem to figure out how. We haven't submitted our readiness forum or set a medical date yet, but are able too. If anyone can shed some light on how to do this I would greatly appreciate it.

It does not mean they make you tear up your British passport. The British never mark you off their rolls if you take an additional citizenship. You would have to file forms and pay money to get dropped by the UK. But if she can't possibly mouth those words, then she can't be a US citizen.

My husband is British and has been a US citizen for four years. When he travels, he leaves the US showing his US passport. Arriving at Heathrow, he gets out his UK passport and goes through the UK line as British. Returning to the US, he goes through the US citizen line on his US passport.

Thank you! This really puts my mind at ease.

Thank you for the replies! I've herd that the US doesn't actually recognize dual citizenship and read a post on here that they ask you to denounce your former citizenship of your previous country. And trust me when I say we have looked into UK citizenship, we wanted to do this flipped (me going there) rather than her coming here, but this was financially easier. We still plan on moving back there in the future when both our careers are stable and able to give us the financial requirements to move.

I'm sorry if this all has been answered before, I really suck at looking things up and haven't really been able to find the answers to my questions.

Me and my fiancée are due for our interview soon(k-1) and we had some questions regarding the AOS. We basically plan on getting our marriage certificate immediately so we can file her AOS and get her a green card. When it comes to permanent residency, she does not want to become a US citizen and lose her UK citizenship. We plan to eventually move back to the UK is why. Is there any way to ensure she doesn't lose that citizenship and just keep on a green card?

My other question, should I apply her for health insurance in the US now before she comes here? I'm not positive how I can without a social security number from her. My job doesn't seem willing to cover spouses when we get married so it would have to be separate from my own.

Thank you in advance.

Your employer can write all of that in their letter...you current pay rate, your future pay rate and the effective date as well as the intent to keep your OT hours...

You should not need a cosponsor...125% should be enough...Don't worry about the past, it is all about the future.

Good luck- I think you are in good shape.

I'll have him do that for me, thank you!

London does not require a tax return /tax transcript from a K1. And there is no value in providing a transcript that falls short of the mark. Get an employer letter and London will pass you on that if it states you are over the poverty level.

Thank you very much for the information!

So I've looked through quite a few older threads on this and I'm still a bit unsure if I'm going to be alright on the guidelines to file without a co-sponsor. I've honestly seen mixed answers, so I'll just ask myself.

I make $10.50 an hour, however I am getting a raise this coming week to $11.00 hourly. One of my first questions is should I have my boss/account manager write up my employment letter stating my salary at $21,000 or the changing $22,000? We are due to get our NVC case number any day now and I plan to push through all the remaining paperwork I have (as petitioner) as quickly as possible. It might be three more weeks before my paystub reflects the change since I'm payed bi-weekly. However, I've also been working a lot of overtime (50-60 hour weeks) which my paystubs reflect.

Secondly, with the above taken into account I'm still unsure if I will need a co-sponsor. Since I have a household of just me, I make above the poverty line. With my beneficiary added I still make above the 125% poverty line but just (family size 2, $20,025). I have a couple thousand in savings which I'm always growing, and the only asset I have really is a fully paid off car that's insured. It's valued at $2,487 in its current state, if I can even use it as an asset.

The bad, however, is that my W2s in the past three years have not been the best. Last year especially since I spent 6 months abroad on a visitors visa in the UK with my fiancée with no income. I mention this because I've read some threads talking about sending your W2s for the past few years. I've made 125% over the poverty line for a one person household at that those times and came close to 125% over for a two person household.

It will be hard for me to aquire a co-sponsor, so I'd like to know if what I've got now is acceptable or not for the affidavit of support. Thank you all in advance and sorry if this is in the wrong section, I didn't know if this went here or under the Case Filing & Progress Reports sub-section.

USCIS

P.O. Box 660151
Dallas, TX 75266

or

2501 South State Highway 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

When making the letter of intent, how it says "Address of filing location" would that be the po box or the US embassy nearest me? Im in louisville and the closest is 601 W Broadway #390, Louisville, KY 40202. So would this be our filing location?

I have heard that some people got RFE for copy of the intent to marry...I highly recommend that your fiance sign them both and send them to you by DHS, FEDEX etc...The G325A must be original signature...Don't take any chances! SIGN AND DATE!

RFE will take some valuable time for you visa processing and delay it...

Alright, thank you. I just let her know to mail those over to me and not fax them.

Alrighty!

With her G-325a and Intent to marry statement was faxed over to me with her signature on it-is this alright or does she have to mail me it with her signature. That's one thing we were concerned about.

So, I'm a week away from sending off my k-1 packet. I know I'm not the only one wanting to double, triple, and quadruple check to make sure I've got all the ducks in a row but I just want to be sure I'm not leaving anything out.

-$340 filling fee check

-G-1145 form
-Cover letter

- I-129F

-34.a continued

-My statement

-Her statement

-Ticket and passport copies of meeting

-My G-325a and Photo

-Her G-325a and Photo

-Copy of my birth certificate f&b


Is this all I send in then? All I pay right now?

hi

nope, the i134 affidavit of support and supporting documents aren't needed until the interview

so you don't send any financials initially

Thats great to know, thank you. One less stress in all this!

I'm getting together everything me and my fiancee needs to get her here to the US. The one thing I am unsure of is my current employment. I make 21k a year but am working through a temp-to-hire company. Me getting hired onto (at Amazon) might happen mid way during the application since I already put a request for full conversion.

With that said, I saw people mentioning I could have a co-sponsor if my income alone isn't enough. Could I get a link to that forum? And do I send it with the k-1 packet in the beginning with everything else?

Been with my fiancée going on five years now. I just got back from a six month visit to the UK a month ago and we recently decided that we will begin her transition over to the US since the other way around (me to the uk) isn't financially possible.

My main concerns revolve around the costs of all this. For her, she is going to be finishing university over there in a few months and has student overdraft and credit card overdraft. The only job she's worked through her education is just a part time customer service job.

For myself, being just recently back in the US I have only just started a $10.50/hr job at Amazon. With that said, there is a strong possibility that during the visa process that my job will change since I going to be taking up EMT training.

Another concern is address changes during the process as well. Right now I am staying with my parents until I can purchase a car then will be moving into an apartment. On her side, her flats lease will be ending after her graduation and there is a chance she will be staying with her father for the remainder of the visa application process. I'm hesitate to start the application process before we move but hearing how long it can take (over six months?) it would be better starting it sooner than later with her residential situation.

If anyone has been in a similar situation I would really appreciate some advice on what to do here. I've never filled out any sort of visa and it all seems pretty daunting.