shayden10

4 minutes ago, milimelo said:

Hold all of that in case you get rfe or get called to an interview. Or, for naturalization    

2 minutes ago, Georgia16 said:

Agree with this no reason to mail it in. Save it! 

25 minutes ago, dilip said:

Agree, based on your post, you submitted enough evidence of finance co-mingling.  Just relax and wait. 

Thank you for the opinions! I was really on the fence but was leaning toward holding onto it just in case, you've definitely helped settle my nerves

I'd like some opinions friends!

I set my Application to Remove Conditions at the beginning of July and received my I-797 dated July 5th, for those who have not yet seen one, it says "if you have not already done so, provide supporting documents to assist USCIS in processing your petition and to establish eligibility to remove the conditional basis of your permanent residence. Please include a copy of this receipt notice with any supporting documents you submit" which tells me I am still able to submit evidence that I think will assist in building my case of eligibility.

My husband and I sent a good amount of evidence and I feel confident in everything I sent however, we have never had any kind of benefits or insurance since I moved here and he just started a job that has benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability, 403B, and FSA accounts which he enrolled both of us in so all of the benefits list me as his spouse who is either active on the policy or the beneficiary and my job just started offering a 401K which I enrolled in and he is the beneficiary, all of the benefits become effective August 1st...

My K1 and Adjustment of Status were very easy, I didn't have any RFEs or issues and I didn't get selected for an AOS interview. I don't feel that my application will be denied without this information or that I will receive an RFE because I did submit a good amount of strong evidence however, I was wondering if you guys think it would be beneficial for me to send it anyway (especially because my petition is freshly filed within a month) or if I should just take it to the interview if I get selected for one?

Thanks in advance for any friendly advice

Sydney

I'd like some opinions friends!

I received my I797 dated for the beginning of July and on it, for those who have not yet received it, it says "if you have not already done so, provide supporting documents to assist USCIS in processing your petition and to establish eligibility to remove the conditional basis of your permanent residence. Please include a copy of this receipt notice with any supporting documents you submit." My husband and I sent a good amount of evidence and I feel confident in everything I sent however, we have never had any kind of benefits or insurance since I moved here and he just started a job that has benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability, 403B, and FSA accounts which he enrolled both of us in so all of the benefits list me as his spouse who is either active on the policy or the beneficiary and my job just started offering a 401K which I enrolled in and he is the beneficiary, all of the benefits become effective August 1st. I don't feel that my application will be denied without this information however, I was wondering if you guys think it would be beneficial for me to send it anyway (especially because my petition is freshly filed) or if I should just take it to the interview?

Just now, arman597 said:

Texas service center. I sent a cheque. they haven't cashed the cheque. I never received any updates 

I have heard that even one day matters. It really sucks but I agree with those who are saying they are probably denying your application if at this point they haven’t processed the payment or sent any notifications. Hopefully you get it back soon so you can put it right back in the mail!

6 minutes ago, arman597 said:

People at VJ have been saying that they will reject my application because it was delivered one day ahead of the schedule. I haven't heard any update from USCIS. I called USCIS customer service rep to ask why I haven't heard anything about my application, the rep said that I will have to wait 15-30 days after packet is delivered. In short, I believe that application is rejected and I will have to re submit it once I get my packet back from them (USCIS)

What service center did you send it to and what method of payment did you use? It seems Dallas is processing things a little faster. Is there a way for you to track if the payment was processed?

NOA1 received in the mail today. 

USCIS My Case Status updated this evening and I am now able to track the case using the receipt number I received via text. The portal says "Case Was Received" with a date of July 1st, before now it said invalid receipt number. I have a YSC# so my case is being processed at the Potomac Service Center.

20 minutes ago, missileman said:

I'm not disagreeing with you.  I, too, think quality is more important than quantity. A broad variety of evidence types is always better, imo.......I was stating that is also important to give a complete picture instead of a small snapshot....imo.

I definitely agree that it's better to make sure your evidence provides a complete picture, but (in my opinion) I don't think that you have to send every single months bank statement or utility bill. The immigration attorney that my friend used said he recommends to all his clients going through this to send at least 4 statements per year of marriage. I followed his advice, so I'll keep you posted on whether or not I get an RFE because I didn't send enough bank statements!

2 minutes ago, missileman said:

I've never heard of an RFE being issued for too many bank statements.  I have heard of RFEs being issued for too few..........

I think you misunderstood what I said

35 minutes ago, Worried22 said:

I think that among the criterias of primary evidence that need to be shown by the applicant, namely Finances (taxes and bank statements), Liabilities (loans, joint purchase of assets, bills), Insurance (health and life) and Legal Responsibilities (Ownership of property, wills, POA, children), the officers have to be able to see at least some convincing evidence out of each category in order to be able to approve the application off the bat. That’s just my personal opinion though. 

I definitely agree, but I also feel strongly that people who are submitting their evidence put a lot of weight on the quantity of evidence and not always the content of what they are actually submitting. If you don't have a good selection of good quality evidence that speaks to not just the co-mingling of finances but of your life, then submitting 24 10-page bank statements isn't going to help you to prove anything. This is also just my personal opinion though.

20 minutes ago, vickykgp said:

My bank statement for one month is 10 pages , so if i need to send 12 months or 24 months of statement it will be lot of pages and a heavy package to send.

Mine were also 10 pages long each and I thought sending all of them was unnecessary so I did some research and touched base with a friend who went through the process (he used an immigration attorney, I did not) and found they have accepted it in the past if you send one statement per quarter. So what I decided to do with that information was send one statement from every 3 month period since we got married, so they can see that we have maintained the same bank account with both our names on it since we got married. I did the same with the utility bills because some of them were 5+ pages long, I only sent one bill invoice from every 3 month period, which included vehicle/mortgage statements (both in both our names), our cable bill (in my husband's name), power (in my name), and trash (in both our names).

18 hours ago, Ezero2k said:

Ours was delivered on monday by usps - still no message

I don’t know if your method of payment has anything to do with how fast they accept your case either but I paid with a cashier’s check from my bank this time, which may have helped me get a response faster. I know it took me longer to receive the text for my AOS and I received it after the transaction was pending in my account, I had paid with a regular check that time. I don’t know for sure though, just speculation!

58 minutes ago, Ezero2k said:

Ours was delivered on monday by usps - still no message

I sent mine on Saturday and it was picked up from the PO Box in Dallas on Tuesday morning. I certainly didn’t expect a response so early, especially with the holiday. I would give it a few more days! 

Just received the text from USCIS that my case was received!

7 minutes ago, JK2019 said:

Hi Shayden10, I received notice that the check was processed about a week after I sent the package.  USPS never updated the status during that week for me though.  When I called USPS, I was told that the person who's doing the pick-up likely did not sign for it and the package itself was picked-up along with other packages from the PO Box.  If you want to call USPS, be prepared to be on hold for a while.  I remember waiting on-line for 1hr 10 min before a real person answered.  Good luck!

Thank you for your quick response! The status updated to "delivered" as of 4:40am this morning, I did request a signature so I am assuming someone picked it up and signed for it this morning. I think I just got a little impatient and nervous!

19 minutes ago, palindrome7 said:

I had the same situation before. Yes someone from USCIS they will pickup. mine did update to delivered once it was picked up. 

did you ask for signature confirmation?  

I did! This morning it updated to say someone picked it up at 4:40am, I guess I just got impatient lol! Thank you for the reassurance

I sent my package that was supposed to arrive today via USPS Priority to the Dallas PO Box. My package tracking updated to “Available for Pickup” and I have not seen this before with past packages sent to them. Has anyone else experienced this yet with the I-751 or previous applications? Does anyone know if someone will go get it from the post office, will it update to delivered once they do, or do I just wait for USCIS to send receipt of notice? I am finding every reason to worry right now!

On 2/14/2019 at 7:17 PM, JK2019 said:

Experienced similar issue.  Sent the I751 package with priority mail to the Dallas PO box and USPS says the package is "available to pickup."  It arrived on Tuesday and today's Thursday.  Previously used USPS to send K1 and AOS packages to PO boxes with no issue.  I'm starting to worry a bit.  Conditional GC expires in May.

Goldfish123, how long did you have to wait for USCIS the pickup?  Wondering if others have similar experiences recently.  Understand the recent gov't shutdown may have  contributed to some delays.  Any advice will be appreciated.  Thanks!

Hey JK2019, I am currently in the same situation you were in February... sent my I-751 on Saturday to the PO Box in Dallas, TX to be delivered today and it now says “Available for Pickup” on the USPS tracking website. How long did it take for you to receive a response from USCIS that they had received it? Or did it update to delivered when someone from USCIS picked it up? I am now growing more and more worried about my information not getting there, hopefully you can give me some insight!

Also sent my package yesterday and it is anticipated to arrive tomorrow!

I’m going to join you guys here, sent all my paperwork today and I’m too excited to wait for the July thread!

2 hours ago, jenataylor said:

how did you "edit" out the naughty parts of your messages?? My fiance and I sure do love to drop the F bomb a lot in our Facebook messages I'm noticing 😅 also lots of naughty messages as well and not sure if "editing" out stuff is tampering with proof of evidence?? 

I chose two different months worth of messages (which was over 1000 pages!) between us and took the time to go through and removed any naughty bits or full naughty conversations that didn’t directly effect the flow of other conversations (if I could remove it and the rest of the conversation still made sense, I removed it). I did not remove any swear words as we also said a lot of them and I felt that if I removed too much it would no longer be “us”. So there was certainly a lot of swear words and there were a lot of naughty bits I couldn’t edit out too. USCIS didn't care, they want to see you’re real with each other!

Hello VJers, 

This is actually very off topic, but I don't know where else to go. My husband is an avid redditor so that forum is not an option... I immigrated on a K1 Visa two years ago, I am sending in my ROC paperwork in May. Life has been very good for my husband and I, we both have good jobs, in August we bought a house and a new car, we have four cats and we are talking about babies in the very distant (like 5 yrs) future. I love life here and I absolutely adore my husband, but there is a big issue and I am struggling to figure out what to do about it... 

My husband and I took a road trip to my Canadian hometown to visit my family (about an 11 hour drive) this past July. We had a great trip, I saw a ton of my family, we all had a good time swimming, eating, and drinking. BUT on our last night there, my husband and I got in an argument (they happen!), it wasn't an extremely bad one and after fighting for about 15 minutes he wanted to leave the house to cool off, which he usually does when we argue. My Mom saw that I was upset and got involved in the argument, she was screaming at my husband and physically tried to stop him from leaving the house, which included putting her hands around his throat (according to my husband). While everyone was screaming, my Dad panicked and called the police. My husband left the house before they arrived, he went for a walk and ended up at my Aunt's house. The police arrived and questioned me at my parents, then went to speak with him. They made a note about us getting in a domestic dispute, there were no charges against anyone. We were told to spend the night apart and not communicate, in the morning I was to pack the truck, pick him up, and we would head home. We did text a bit during the evening, mainly me apologizing multiple times and him saying he just wanted to leave me in Canada. I picked him up first thing in the morning and we headed home, we argued for the first hour or so and then talked it out. 

Fast forward to today: my husband and I are still great, our relationship is good and we love each other more than anything. My parents are planning a trip to visit soon to see our new house and bring some of my furniture, and my husband plans to leave the house and not see them at all while they are here. My husband feels betrayed, heartbroken, and has lost his trust in my parents. He saw them as his own parents because he never had strong parental figures in his life. He loved them and is so beyond hurt. We have had altercations in my family's house before (between my parents, with neighbours, etc) which have been much worse and never did my Mom lay a hand on anyone nor were the police called. My husband feels like my parents true colours came out and that they have always hated him, mainly because he took me away. 

I feel stuck, I want to support my husband in any way possible but it hurts to have to sever ties with my family more than I already have. I miss my hometown, I don't want our children to miss out on seeing where I grew up and having their Aunt, Grandparents, and the rest of my Canadian family. In addition, my Mom's health is poor and I worry that something will happen to her. I don't know how to continue to make my husband feel supported and like I am on his side,  while also trying mend the relationship between them enough that we can at least be apart of my family still. 

I am hoping that someone here has any type of advice to help me through this. Thank you for reading the long post, and thank you in advance for any replies. 

Sydney

11 minutes ago, ImmHelp123 said:

 

Receipts in relation to a wedding, reception, or preparation are valid evidence when applying for a K-1 finance visa.  According to the USCIS website "If you are a U.S. citizen who wants to bring your foreign fiancé(e) to the United States in order to get married, you will need to file a Form I-129F, Petition For Alien Fiancé(e) . . . In order to obtain a K-1 fiancé(e) visa, you and your fiancé(e) must intend to marry each other within 90 days of your fiancé(e) entering the U.S as a K-1 nonimmigrant. Your marriage must be valid, meaning both you and your fiancé(e) have a bona fide intent to establish a life together and the marriage is not for the sole purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit."

 

Accordingly, such evidence would be helpful in establishing such intent.  I do recommend, however, that you spend the time organizing the evidence.  I would suggest using cover letters outlining and briefly explaining the premise you are trying to establish. 

 

While evidence will be helpful, it is not at all required. I had no receipts or any legitimate evidence that actually showed we were going to get married, other than he asked me and I said yes. The only time it came up was in my interview, the gentleman interviewing me asked "do you intend to get married within 90 days of entry into the USA on your K1 Visa?" to which I said yes, of course. I never sent them anything to say I bought a dress or to show my husband gave me a ring. We got married at the courthouse and didn't throw a celebration so there was no receipts from a hall or caterer or anything. I don't think anyone should stress over not having evidence to prove they are getting married, if you establish a legitimate relationship and send a letter that you intend to marry like they require, you'll be fine.

3 minutes ago, KristineGB said:

Yaay. Thank you again for all the advice and for answering my questions.

Of course! I am always willing to help if you have any more questions

1 minute ago, KristineGB said:

Wow!!! That is extremely quick! This is so helpful. I was contemplating how to go about binding everything so it helps to know your best practices. I'm planning to just print the photos in colour on paper, instead of having it printed on photo paper. You think that's okay? I screenshot my photos so that the metadata is showing (less work for captioning). 

It is fine to print on photo paper as long as the photos are clear. I provided a mix of photos professionally printed and some were photocopied, like most of our tickets and a couple of photos that I only had one copy of I sent on normal paper and I didn't have any issues!

48 minutes ago, KristineGB said:

Thanks this is great! Yeah, same with me. I wanted things to get done right. I don't want delays. I know men aren't as detail oriented (some men do) so I wanted to just do things. What did you use to fasten things? Metal/plastic paper fastener/bull clips? 

I definitely didn't want any delays or an RFE so I did it myself and was extremely happy with our processing time (from the date my husband sent the documents to receiving my visa was like 4 months and 2 weeks, which is so fast compared to some processing times!).

I grouped certain documents together in the order listed on the "Step by Step Guide to filing a K1 Visa" with either metal paper clips or small binder clips depending on how many documents were in the group to create some organization, and then fastened the entire package together with a large binder clip. The two months worth of messages were over 200 pages so I used a separate large binder clip to fasten them together and put them at the end.