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yeah Im just hoping to get our extention letter before we travel I dont expect the approval my the time we leave

So I filed my wife's ROC I-751 on April 9th it arrived to VSC on the 11th, and I proceeded to hear nothing until Tuesday the 8th of may, and then it was only that the check I sent had been cashed.  I have since made an infopass appt. because me and my wife will be traveling to Peru on the 25th of may as her father is not well, and I don't want to take a chance that the NOA doesn't arrive before we leave.  So i guess I am looking for some advice, what should I bring to the appt, I am bringing a copy of the i-751 and also a copy of out tickets, and a copy of my bank statement showing they took the money out.  Any thing else that might help would be great thanks.

I have been married for 7 months now and my wife has had her green card since early may, she started looking for a job right away but hasn't been able to find one, not for the lack of trying but because she's limited to walking distance because she can't drive. Also because she has trouble understanding english when spoken fast and I don't think the business owners want to hire her. What i was wondering was is there some kind of government assistance she can get or is that null because of the affidavit of support form we filled out when getting the green card

Thank you for any assistance

I don't know if this has ever been posted or if this is the right forum but here it goes. My wife is from Peru, she has her 2yr green card, she can now get a job, but as she doesn't drive she is limited to where she works. I am wondering if any of you have run into this same situation, and hoping some of you may have some advice as to what jobs would be good for her. She does speak english well, only sometimes when people speak fast she doesnt understand. I was wondering if anyone out there found that there were some jobs that were better for someone in this situation or any other advice. oh also she has training as a secretary from when she lived in Peru, but I'm not sure if that will mean anything to the businesses here.

Thank you

The other question I had that I can't find an answer to is. Do we apply for the visa using her madian name or her married name, I am guessing it should be in her maiden name as that is the name on her passport but I am unsure of this, and can't find the answer on the UK website anywhere

I figured that would be the case, but I also have many questions about the process, and where she can go to have biometrics done since she is no longer in Peru, do you or anyone else know of a good website where I can get answers?

Not sure if this is the right area so feel free to move this to the proper location, but I have a tricky question and didn't know where to post this.

So here it goes.....

My wife is a Peruvian citizen with her permanent immigrant status 2yr green card. My wife's sister is an English citizen and lives in Manchester England after marrying an English man years ago. We would like to go visit them in England at some point. Now the question is, can my wife travel to the UK without a UK visa, because she doesn't have a US passport yet, but she does have a green card, or does she have to apply for a UK visa just like she would if she was still living in Peru? I also have questions about how she will be able to apply for a visa to the UK if she's not in Peru to do the proper documentation.

Now I realize this is a question for the UK visa department, but unfortunately I'm having trouble finding information online about this, so if there's any of you out there who have been in similar situations or anyone that has had to deal with UK visas and might know where some good info is, it would much appreciated if you could point me in the right direction

Thank you very much

Use everything modern technology has to offer. Use Skype, Whatsapp, Facebook, Email, and anything else you can find. Spend as much time talking, chatting, and skyping as you can afford. And here's the one thing that is the most important, above all else, to remember. Even though its hurts to be apart, your life is better with him/her in it then it would be if you never knew them at all. So when your feeling sad and lonely, think about how your life would be without him/her completely, and be thankful that you have someone you love and that loves you back equally. It's not forever, and you will get through it

Unfortunately the only person who was untrusting to my wife was my mother. But I'm not sure if that is the typical mother dislikes her daughter in law thing or if it's because my wife is from Peru. The rest of the people I told about it, (family, friends, co-workers, neighbors) thought it was really cool that we are from so far apart and getting married. People also like to hear that we met online too, I think maybe it gives them hope that there really are true people online that want to meet someone special.

As for my mother, when my wife got here the first time, my mother was cold to my wife. She wasn't mean or disrespectful, just didn't talk to her much or try to make her feel more at home. I would have liked them to have a better relationship, and my mother is becoming more talkative with my wife, but I fear that they will never truly be friends.

I met my wife on an internet dating website as I'm sure many of you here have done. My wife is from Peru. When we were in the "just getting to know each other" stage I was unaware of a couple of things about Peru as well as South and Central America. One thing being how much women in those countries like American or English men. I can tell you from experience, when I'm there I get called chico guapo all the time, women selling things on the street tell my wife this every time I'm in Peru. Believe me I'm not trying to toot my horn here, I know I am not great looking, not horrible either, just average. But none the less this happens every time I visit Peru. This happens because of two reasons 1) In Peru and I imagine in other Latin American countries it's the same, everyone has tan skin and black hair, and I do mean EVERYBODY(unless you go to the really touristic areas). I went to a concert with my wife in Peru, we were on the second floor and I looked down at the crowd and I saw nothing but black hear. So when someone with white skin shows up its a change from what is the normal, then if the guy has blonde hair and blue eyes on top of that it's something so completely new for them and its an attraction. However this doesn't mean that Latin women will fall in love and want to merry any white man, but they are attracted them.

The second thing that makes Latin women seek out American or European men is because of the way that many Latin men treat women there. Many Latin men have the machista attitude, they feel that they are above the women. Many of them cheat on their wives or girlfriends and then think that the wife or girlfriend should be ok with it and just except it, here comes the crazy part, many of the women actually do accept it and will stay with the man. In the old days the women were forced to accept this because the "man pool" was limited to their immediate area, but now with technology it's nothing for someone from Peru to become friends with someone from the US. My wife's ex boyfriend treated her horribly, he cheated on her 2 times that she knows of and she still accepted him because that is what she was brought up to believe. Her father cheated on her mother more then once and yet her mother stayed with him.

On the flip side of this the men from the US and Europe have a reputation for being more kind and considerate, some are stay at home dads, many of us cook and clean and do the things that were deemed "women's work" by the Machista men.

I would just like to say that what I have written here in no way means that EVERY Latino man is like this, I have met men in Peru who are good family men and treat their wives/girlfriends well. I only wanted to explain how many of the men in Latin American are from the point of view of someone who has seen it first hand and from my wife who has lived with it most of her life.

Bottom line is you need to get her out of the situation she's in. If you believe her and still love her you need to be her husband and take care of her, go there and bring her home. Get the police involved if the situation calls for it. If you don't love her or can't trust her anymore then you need to alert the government so your not held with any responsibility when the S@#t hits the fan so to speak.

I am recently married(January) and my wife is from Peru. If something like this ever happened to her I would be furious, not at her but at the people keeping her against her will. If someone is really using her parents and their debt as leverage to make her work for them, then she is no different then any kidnapping victim.

Its a horrible situation, best wishes to you and your wife hope it all works out

My experience with the USCIS is that they don't always do things the way they say they do things. I never received a letter telling me my wife needed to schedule her interview for her K-1 visa, our visa petition sat there for almost a month until I did some calling on it. Then while we were waiting for our AOS we received her green card a week before we received her 797 notice, which seems screwed up to me. But bottom line is that they wont change so we have to deal with them the best we can. I also ran into the problem where my wife's AP and EAD receipt numbers were different then our AOS receipt number, but luckily I went back to the emails that the USCIS sent me confirming that they received our AOS packet just to double check the numbers and I found they were different.

Sorry for your trouble, best of luck with getting it righted

My wife recently recived her green card and we are now planning a trip back to Peru, I am wondering is there anything else we need to worry about before traveling? Is there any other documents we will need to bring? I made the ticket under her maiden name and I will be bringing our marriage certificate. Anything else I need to know or any other advice when dealing with leaving and re-entering the country?

Thank you

Thank you all for the great info. I am wondering at what point can my wife apply for a US passport? After the ROC?

Ok I have another quick question, and thank you to all that gave me the great info for the last questions. Here's my question can my wife travel to another country that isnt here home country with her green card? She has a sister that lives in england and was wondering if she would be able to travel there with the green card or would she still have to get a visa to travel there?

Thank you LorieandPhil, what is the ROC? Maybe I've heard of it just don't know the abbreviations

Ok so my wife came here in November on a K1 visa and we were married in January, I filed for the AOS in February. We had her bio metrics done about a month ago, and now we received her green card in the mail. I have a few questions. 1) I thought there was supposed to be an interview and she would get a passport stamp? 2) Can she now travel freely home to visit her family if needed, she doesn't have to worry about not being able to re-enter the US? 3) When I received the email notification that our I-485 has been approved it said that we needed to follow instructions on the paperwork that was mailed to us, but there aren't really any instructions so I'm wondering what our next step has to be, I don't wanna miss anything important so any advice would be much appreciated.

Also anything else you can think of that needs our attention at this stage of the visa process

Thank you all in advance