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Hi everyone,

I know we are all waiting for word but with all the chaos going on I was wondering, what will happen if the green card does not arrive on time? Will my husband have to move back home until it does? Is there anything we can do in the meantime to prevent this from happening? Thanks and keeping my fingers crossed for all of us. 

Nothing here either 😞

Hey all, I was wondering if this is normal? We had the biometrics appointment back in Nov 2019 but still haven't heard anything back and I'm beginning to worry a bit. 

Received biometrics appointment letter over the weekend!

Hi all! Getting ready to file my husband's i-751 and I have a bit of a silly question.. I've used the filing calculator on USCIS's website and it says earliest accepted filing date Sunday, June 30th 2019... since it's a Sunday when would I send the package? My plan was to USPS it overnight. 

Hi all,

I tried googling but could not find an answer and was hoping somewhere on here had a similar experience. Basically my British husband is receiving a large amount of money from his Grandmother as a gift (not inheritance). I read about the "Gift Tax", is that something that would be applied to this situation? Hoping to avoid it as it would end up as 22% tax. Thank you.

5 hours ago, Coco8 said:

If the wife works, then a letter from her job. If they own property or have a lease, they could take that. Basically, something with her name on it would be good.

 

I'd also take a copy of the wedding invitation or something showing there is a wedding.

 

I don't see them having a problem. There have been people on VJ from low fraud countries traveling with their spouses all the time, particularly from countries with VWP.  

 

Congrats on the wedding!

 

Thank you! I keep telling them everything is going to be fine but of course they are still going to worry.. 

Hi all, my brother is a US citizen living in South Korea, he has a non-citizen spouse and a US citizen child. Will they have trouble getting through point of entry in US? They are only here for our wedding and will be returning back to South Korea in 2 weeks with no intentions on applying for adjustment of status. They are happy with their lives in South Korea and don't plan on applying for a green card for his wife any time soon. They are a bit worried and I thought hearing from the experts at VisaJourney could help ease their minds. 

I've told them to make sure they have their return flight ticket, letter from his employer that he has been approved for a 2 week vacation and is expected to return, bank statements, pack lightly, etc. Is there anything else they can do? Another bit of information is the wife is a stay at home mother so she will not be able to have a  proof of employment letter. 

Thanks for any advice!

My husband has started work but is still adjusting for status so technically from my understanding he is a "nonresident" alien until he receives his green card, correct? He does have his EAD by the way.

Do we file him as "married but withhold at single rate" (he has the lower wage)? I read on the IRS website if you are a nonresident alien you should file as "single" regardless of martial status. As for my W-4, do I file as "married"? I know on the forums it says if MY spouse is a nonresident alien I should list myself as single but I just wanted clarification on it. 

Thanks for the help! Wanted to avoid making a forum post but I kept running into conflicting answers.  

Just chiming in, it  took us 127 days to get our EAD approved. Things that you can do:

• Call customer service, request for a tier 2 agent and press them for more information. 
  • If you aren't satisfied with their answer, submit a service request.
• Contact your local congressman or senator and request assistance. They will assign you a caseworker that will call USCIS periodically to check on your case status, then they will email you updates.
• Request an infopass appointment
• Check this case tracking website so you can see what's going on around your case receipt number.

Other than that, there is not much you can do but to wait it out. Unfortunately, in my personal experience, because their processing times on their website state December 30th, 2016, that's all they are going to say back to you  I did all of the above and I'm not sure if it really helped move along our EAD request. The approval felt quit random and we feel very lucky that it went through. Best of luck to you!

Thank you all!! 

Hi all,

When we submitted my husband's EAD form we did not fill out an AP form, he said he had no interest in travelling outside of the country while his green card is pending but I'm personally beginning to worry that we made a mistake and should have opted for the "EAD/AP" combo card.

So in short, will this be an issue at all and is it too late to submit an AP form? USCIS received our EAD on Jan 25th, 2017 so it's still pending.

Thanks for the help!

44 minutes ago, soulstriker said:

as it says on the ssa site k1s are authorized to work , but the card will authorized to wrk by dhs authorization

Well that's embarrassing, seems I misread the RM 10211.530 list. Guess I've been so overwhelmed with everything else :-( thanks for the clarification!

Hi all! Just a couple of questions, more likely for peace of mind as do think I'm overthinking things... 

• We applied for a SSN yesterday (after getting married at the court, woo hoo!), we've prepared all the paperwork for I-485 and I-765, planning to send the packet today. Will there be a problem that technically he has a SSN en route in the mail but left it blank on the forms as we don't know his number? 
• At the Social Security Office, the agent handed us back the paper and asked us to look over it. He seemed to had made a handful of mistakes despite my husband's handwriting being very clear. We marked it up and the agent looked flustered that there were so many mistakes, including that since my husband is applying while on a K-1 visa, he should NOT be eligible for work! We pointed this out as gently as we could (noticed that he was getting upset). The agent threw his hands up and exclaimed that the system sent it as my husband being ELIGIBLE for work and there was nothing the agent could do. Should we be concerned? Bad luck with getting stuck with this particular agent.

Thanks for any help!!

Woo hoo our petition was approved!! Website says NoA2 as of 8/23/16 ))) will be checking the mail everyday!

So hard now that we have to wait for RFE mail.

Tracking other cases and checking the app 10 times a day was giving me some kind of comfort and now I can't check anything that would give me a clue about any progress.. Ugh..

Just wanted to say we are in the same boat as you, RFE updated on USCIS website as of August 9th. Feeling sick to my stomach worried about what it could possibly be.. wishing you the best of luck.

Case updated on the website got a RFE as of today ugh. Feeling sick.

I sent the same thing I put the dates in the pictures by hand. I followed the instructions one of the requirements was meet a least one time in the last 2 years I think you have enough proof. lets see how it goes. please keep us posted I will do the same. My NOA 1 was May 27.

My NOA1 is May 25th! I will definitely keep everyone posted, I owe so much to VJ, without this website I don't think this would have been possible to do on our own.

After NOA1 we were out of sight out of mind all through June, now that July is here and seeing that May filers are getting approved I am getting excited again!! Best of luck to us all!

My fiance will be visiting from the UK this September, we've applied for K-1 and have received NOA1 but I can't help but feel worried something will happen at POE and he'll be turned around told him to bring any proof of strong ties to the UK (letter of employment, bills, etc) and show his return flight ticket... that should be enough right?

To minimize the time it takes to work--

1) Get your AOS paper work as filled out as possible before he arrives. Learn it while he's doing the London part.

2) Marry the week he arrives. Find out all about marriage licenses and judge weddings before he arrives.

3) Find out how quickly you can get the marriage recorded and the certificate issued. I got mine next day.

4) Mail the AOS with work authorization application as soon as you get the marriage certificate issued.

Work could be approved in 60-90 days. Greencard can take longer.

Have a fancy wedding ceremony and reception whenever if you want one. People don't even have to know you actually got legally married prior to your big shebang.

Perfect, thank you so much!

Have you not spoken to the company immigration lawyer? The company does not need to file any work permits, you can do that once you are married and file for adjustment of status. Can he take a leave of absences while he is in the U.S. waiting for his Employment Authorization Document (EAD)?

Good luck

Tough to say since it's my fiance that is transferring, I'm not sure if they even have an immigration lawyer as they specifically state that they don't help with work permits.. Leave of absence may be the best thing.

Opinion-- finish the K1. Hope the company will hire him to the DC office once he gets work authorization. It's not temporary for only 90 days. It takes 90 days for approval---part of the greencard application after you marry.

Thanks for the clarification! Misread :-)

Well is the transfer something that's only available now or will the offer be there in say a year as well? If the offer is there for whenever he moves to the US, you could get married and do the CR-1 visa, that way he can work as soon as he sets foot in the US.

No idea on that part, something he will have to inquire about. I think we would prefer to finish the K1 visa first instead of switching to CR-1. Thanks for the help!

You could be done with the K1 and together by Sept/ Oct. Work authorized by Dec/Jan.

If you start over for the CR1, you could be together and work authorized by June 2017.

We're pretty set on finishing K1 for sure no matter what the circumstance is. If it doesn't work out with the company, then we'll have to just find him a job elsewhere.

Hello!

We wanted to get advice from everyone here since we only know sort of what we are doing :-). Currently filed for K-1 visa, got our NOA1 and now waiting for NOA2. I'm living in Washington, D.C. and my fiance is in the UK. He currently works for a company that has chains all over the world including a couple in D.C. He has the ability to transfer from his current workplace in the UK to D.C. but they will not supply him a work permit, he will have to get that on his own. The transfer process on their end supposedly will take 3 months.

What is the best way for us to handle this situation? Thanks for any advice! We had the thought of maybe having him come here and us getting married ASAP so that we can apply for AOS but was disappointed to read on the faq that it's not a possibility... also not sure how the company will feel hiring him with a 90 day temp work permit.

Mailed packet May 16th and got the email/text notification May 26th!

Just an update :-)

May 16: Mailed Packet

May 26: Received email/text notification

May 31: Received paper confirmation

Also wanted to say that Visajourney.com has been a lifesaver and made the process SO much more clear. Now we for the waiting game!