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Hello,

I'm just curious if anybody filed late January 2009 but didn't get approved yet?

I saw few people filed late january 2009 and got their approval already.

Thanks

David received his letter today stating the removal of conditions has been approved! W00t!

Now, we're done...until January, when he applies for citizenship!

Congratulations

So, am sitting here and my husband walks in saying I received the NOA saying I got approved.

The odd thing is:

- I never received the e-mail from CRIS.

- USCIS website still says "Petition Received" with no touches since February (day after my biometrics).

- The address on the bottom of the NOA is of my Local Office in San Juan and not VSC.

Weird or not, letter says GC comes within the next 60 days, so now I'll just wait for it and hope I'm really approved.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, approval date is 05/29/09.

Congratulations

Im really sorry to not post my good news right the way but i really was very busy with some personnel problems but now im doing good, yes i got aproved for my permanant resident application and i got my ten years green card. the aproval was the 1st of April so aprox it took me since i applied two years and four months.

Thanks for your help guys maybe i wasn't in touch with most of yall but i was from your topics and your experiences so thank you again and thanks for who create this wonderful website for us to share and advice each other so if anybody have any question you're more than welcome to email me and i will respend to your email as soon as possible.

Thanks again and God blessand help yall GOD willing.

Simo.

Congratulations

Why it took 2 years and 4 months ?

So today i received a letter that reads congratulations your request for the removal of the conditional basis of your permanent residence has been approved..........oh and yeah you should receive a new permanent resident card within 60 days.

I am still in shock or should i say really suprised since i filed in VSC back in Jan 09 and my online status still shows that "we received your paperwork and we will contact you if we need anything else blah blah " since i filed only thing received is my biometrics letter i have not received anything yet till today man what a sweet suprise.

so damn am still in shock, considering the timeline here shows 8-10 months oh all i can do is praise God and thanks to all of y'all since i have been reading a lot on this forum and has gained a lot of info too

..anyways my timeline is below

:thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

Congratulations

I think my Approval in the way

Hey Angela and Hicham,

We got almost exactly the same timeline, let's keep each other updated!

jasminelily

Hi , jasminelily

I think we will hear good news soon.

So today i received a letter that reads congratulations your request for the removal of the conditional basis of your permanent residence has been approved..........oh and yeah you should receive a new permanent resident card within 60 days.

I am still in shock or should i say really suprised since i filed in VSC back in Jan 09 and my online status still shows that "we received your paperwork and we will contact you if we need anything else blah blah " since i filed only thing received is my biometrics letter i have not received anything yet till today man what a sweet suprise.

so damn am still in shock, considering the timeline here shows 8-10 months oh all i can do is praise God and thanks to all of y'all since i have been reading a lot on this forum and has gained a lot of info too

..anyways my timeline is below

:thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

Congratulations

I think my Approval in the way

We haven't been able to check our online status since the biometrics, but this morning I decided to give it a try and this appeared!!!!!!

Receipt Number: XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Application Type: CRI89, PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS RECEIVED

Current Status: Card production ordered.

On May 29, 2009, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

-Here's hoping for many more approvals out of VSC!

Congrats

Hello,

I'm just curious about people who filed in January.Did anybody file in January to the Vermont center and get approval?

I applied to remove conditions end December 08. Today I received the congratulations letter with 10 year GC to follow. Process appears to be getting faster !

Congratulations

Hello

So as of today, it's been 14 months since I applied for Removal of conditions, 2 months ago I got a second Biometrics letter and redid my fingerprints, nothing since then,

I called to customer service today, the first lady transferred me to a higher up, who wrote a service request that says " This case has been pending for 14 months, please approve and issue Green card ASAP" That's what she said she wrote word to word.

Well does this customer service higher up have any weight to be sending orders like that?

What is wrong with my case? I didn't receive RFEs or any other requests, could it be the FBI name check, my I-485 was delayed as well!

I do have an Arabic name,

If you are still married to US Citizen go ahead and file for Citizenship. when u will file for citizen they will approve your I751 .

Good luck.

We had our interview on May 5th at 10am in the Sacramento, CA office. It was the worst experience of my life!

We arrived 30 minutes early and about 10:25 a lady came into the room and called my husbands name so we got up and followed her. She was dressed very oddly - short, tight pink mini dress with black boots. Don't get me wrong; I like fashion and she would of looked great at a club, but she looked out of place wearing that to work! We walked down a hall and through a few keypad doors ( Following the tightly clad pink bottom) and then walked into an office where she introduced herself as our interview officer!!! Yipes! She had us raise our right hand and swear to tell the truth and then we sat down.

Just to give some background, we had been planning to move from California to Ohio for about six months. We realized this would be during the filing time but thought it would not be a problem. My husband had starting working as a truck driver and the move was part of his job. We filed in Jan 09 and had Biometrics in Feb - then heard nothing so we decided to move at the begining of May. We gave notice at our apartment and found a new place in Ohio and set up utilities. We then received a notice on April 2nd that our case had been transferred to the local office for an interview. We talked to a few people who had been through the same thing and they said not to reschedule the interview because it could cause the whole process to start over and we might have to pay the fees again! We were totally freaked out and decided we would continue to move and fly back to Sacramento for the interview then change our address while there. Of couse on the week before we moved we received the interview date of May 5!! We had to drive across the country in the moving truck, get to our new place by May 1st, then fly back to CA on the 4th for the interview the next day. Hard and confusing, but we thought it was for the best. We were soooo wrong!!!!!

Back to the interview - The first question the officer asked was our address and of course my husband (who couldn't lie if you paid him a billion$$) says our new address in Ohio. The officer looks up very alarmed and asks us to explain. We go into the story I told in the last pargraph and how we are changing the address today as it is Tuesday and we moved the Friday before that. She was very rude and it seemed like she would ask questions and then not listen to the answers. She asked for the new rental agreement and evidence of our plane trip, which of couse I had not brought with us (stupid, I know) then she started looked through our file and was quiet for a long while. This was very hard to just sit there and do nothing but stress out!! She then asked me who I knew in Oklahoma????? WHAT???? Totally out of left field!! I explained my mother lives there and I lived with them after my divorce from my 1st husband. I gave her the address and she seemed ok with that. She was not understanding why the letter from husband's employer had a post office box in the letterhead and she acted like this was a big problem.

It just seemed like it was not an interview about if we had a real marriage or not it was about her own agenda!!! Most of the papers we were told to bring in the interview notice were ignored and I could see they were in the file she was looking through already--- Why ask us to bring them if they already have them???!!!!!!!!!

Finally she tells us that this case may be out of her juristriction and it may have to be transferred to Ohio! My husband asked is there anything we can do to help this be resolved withiout waiting longer. She told us to get the new lease and proof of the flight we took to get there and bring them in later today. She said to put the papers through a unoccupied window and she would let us know in 30 to 60 days. She then took the expired green card and wrote a three month extension in my husbands pasport. We walked out in shock.

You should bring with you all proof for new address. it's your mistake . but hopefully u solve the problem.

Good Luck.

Hi - I submitted my I-751 in February, but since then I came across some additional documentation to support my application - I sent it to the Vermont Service Center, with a cover letter asking them to add it to the package.

Has anyone else done this? Do you think the documents will be filed as requested?

Hello,

It's not a good idea to send A new additional documentation without receiving RFE.But i hope if they can made it to your file.

Good Luck

Hello everyone,

My husband and I are preparing my removing conditions on residency file that we'll try to send by Monday 5/4/2009. (Actually 90 days started last week 4/26/09).

we have so many documents that show our continuing marriage relationship as:

- A joint bank account

- 3 affidavits from friends

- Rental Lease

- Rent insurance

- Life insurance

- Giving Birth to our baby girl

- Documents showing our travel together to Morocco

- Travels in the US

- Taxes

- Photos

- etc....

However, I have a concern which is that the car & car insurance as well as the utility bills (water, electricity, internet, cable) are under his name showing of course the home address. And I receive my cell phone bill and magazines under my name at the same home address..

Will this "separation of names" be a "negative" point in our case??

Do you think I am late sending the package to Vermont??

Thank you in advance and Good Luck for All

You are good to go .

Jsut go ahead and file everything look good.

And wait long and long............. it's vermont center , slower center .

Wish u lucky.

Hi All,

I am not bragging so please don't slam us for this! I want to post this to help other people. And also to demonstrate how CIS doesn't work in order of date received. Granted we probably sent to much (even Kiva and YouTube!) but we were determined to send everything possible to prevent RFEs. A note on the photographs, we didn't send individually printed photos on photo paper (why waste the money?). Instead I ganged up 9 photos on an 8 1/2 x 11 and printed them with a color ink jet.

I must also say I am highly disappointed that President Obama is not in the president line-up on the back of the green card.

Application received NOA 11/20/08; St Albans, Vermont 05479

Biometrics NOA 11/27/08; St Albans, Vermont 05479

Approval NOA 4/17/09; St Albans, Vermont 05479

Green Card dated 4/20/09, posted 4/23/09; Lincoln, Nebraska 68508

No interview

Here is our cover letter, listing what was sent:

Cyril [last name] (A# ???-???-???) and

Kimberly [last name]

[address]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

75 Lower Welden Street

P.O. Box 200

St. Albans, Vermont 05479-0001

October 31, 2008

Nature of Submission: I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

Hello,

I, Cyril, arrived in the United States on October ??, 2006 with a K-1 Visa issued in Paris, France. We married on November ??, 2006. We are still married and are happily together (many would say still on our honeymoon!) and request that this petition be accepted for removal of conditions on my residence.

Please find enclosed our I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence and all necessary copies of supporting documents and evidence, divided into categories, of our continued relationship.

Completed I-751 Application

Check for $545.00, application fee ($465.00) and biometrics service fee ($80.00)

Permanent resident card

Passport biographical page

Certified marriage certificate

Birth Certificate of Cyril [last name], with translation from French into English

Birth Certificate of Kimberly [last name]

Three sworn affidavits by friends and family attesting to our relationship and marriage

Joint Residence:

Letter from Landlord

Appraisal card showing landlord ownership

Copy of cancelled rent check

Travelers apartment insurance statement and policy

Automobiles:

Drivers’ lisences with current address info on back

Email from Department of Motor Vehicles stating they cannot give letter of address confirmation

Car title to Nissan Versa purchased together July 2007

Registration card for Nissan Versa

Insurance cards for Nissan Versa and VW Jetta

Insurance policies for 2007 and 2008

Property tax statements for 2007 and 2008

Employment and Joint Taxes:

Social Security Statements

Cyril’s paystubs - various from January 2007 thru September 2008 with mailing address

Kim’s paystub showing employer doesn’t put the mailing address on them!

2006 W-2s and 1099s

2006 joint federal tax statement

2006 joint federal and state tax returns

2007 W-2s

2007 joint federal and state tax returns

Letters to each of us correcting our refund amount on 2007 taxes

Joint Banking:

Joint checking account statements - various from 2006 thru 2008

Joint money market account statements - various from 2007 thru 2008

Copy of USCIS check from our joint account

Joint Investments and Beneficiaries:

Cyril’s IRA statement

Cyril’s IRA beneficiary designation to Kim

Kim’s IRA statement

Kim’s IRA beneficiary designation to Cyril

Joint CD account

TDAmeritrade joint stock investment statement

Letter from employer stating Cyril is the beneficiary on Kim’s life insurance

Kim’s TIAA CREF 401k beneficiary statement

Kim’s will showing Cyril is executor and willing all property to him

Healthcare and insurance:

Health and Dental insurance cards

Online insurance statement showing Cyril as Kim’s spouse/dependent

Online statement of emergency contacts

Dental insurance statement and dentist statement

Various health statements for Kim and Cyril - bloodwork results, cytology, prescriptions, referrals,

Surgery discharge instructions for both Kim and Cyril showing each other as guardians

Fertility:

Letter from Obstetrician stating we are undergoing fertility treatment

Fertility consult referral

Letter from Fertility doctor stating we are undergoing fertility treatment

Ultrasound image

Placental chromosome analysis statement (we miscarried)

Joint Utilities and Credit Cards:

Connecticut Light and Power bill

Southern Connecticut Gas bills

Comcast - live chat session

Sprint cellular family plan service bill

[credit card] - Cyril’s closed account letter and statement

[credit card] bills and letter about identity theft (we were victims of theft)

House hunting:

Homebuyers seminar certificates

Various prequalification statements - 2007, 2008

Various correspondence with loan officer, credit analyst, and real estate agent

Travel:

Honeymoon to California, April 2007 - flight ticket stubs, e-ticket confirmation, photos

Trip to France, September 2007 to celebrate marriage - passport pages, e-ticket confirmation,

celebration invitation, photos, and Paris - New York book, Rugby World Cup tickets

Roadtrip to Jacksonville, Florida to visit family March 2008 - misc. receipts showing both credit cards, photos

Roadtrip to Canada, July 2008 - passport stamp, photos

Misc. Personal:

E-ticket confirmations for family coming from France, December 2008

Joint YouTube account

Joint Kiva lending account

Various snail-mail letters and cards from France and the US

Postcards from Mom and Dad from their travels

Misc. photos 2006 thru 2008

Misc. e-mails from friends and family

Thank you!

Congratulitions

Hi,

I received my NOA1 last week from my I-751 application and wondered if I need to give a copy to my employer?

I know it says my residency is extended for a year while my case is processed, but as there is no fixed date on the letter will my employer understand this?

Anyone have any experiences of giving this to an employer?

Thanks!

If they didn't ask for it don't show it to them.

My company they ask me for new Green Card due to my old one will expire next week , When i bring them my extension letter , they don't know it . And they don't want to accept it as proof of my eligibility to work . And then they make me fill one form and sign it . And then they will check about it ......

So my advice don't say nothing or bring them anything until if they ask for it

Good Luck.

so i noticed in other topics, that it really doesnt take that long for the ASC appointment to arrive after I-751 NOA (a month or so?)..but i got my NOA nov 10, 2008 (the one where it says, that my resident status is extended for a year)! it's been 4 months..im really worried. is anyone else having the same problem??

also, how long does it usually take after the biometrics to get the aproval/denial?

Calling USCIS will not help anything they will tell u have to wait 45 days and we will do service request .

only thing that u have to do is . make infopass and go to ur local uscis office and find out about ur Biometric.

u should have ur biometric already.

Good luck.

Hi guys i got my notice approval in the mail today, and they told me you will get ur card within 60 days.Iam so hapy that this journey over, good luck everybody your turn will be coming pretty soon.

wa mabrok akhoya wal3ogeba la citizenship

I filed for my I-751 on 02/15/08 jointly with my husband, we are still happily married. I sent my Mortgage, life insurance, health insurance, my 401k, taxes 2005, 2006, 2 letters from friends and my sister in law, house taxes, bank account statem,ents of the last 2 moths. I did not send pictures because all are in my computer and did not think they will even look at them (like last time in my interview for AOS). I did received a biometrics letter on 03/26/08, i went and everything was ok. Because i did not received the extension letter I called 1800 and then is when they told me i have been transfered to Vermont (I did not received a actual letter), so i asked for a duplicate. I received the duplicate on April 19/08. Since then i did not hear from then, until i got woorry and my extension it was about to expire. I scheduled a INFOPASS appoinment last friday and there they told me my case was denied back in January (i have not received a letter as today) She also called Vermont from there and told me to wait, after an hour later Vermont called back and informed her that my case was in the clerical office (preparing the letter to be send) and that in the letter will explain the reason why i was denied. She did stamped my passport for another 60 days. We are desperated we do not understand why they will denied my case or why i have not received a letter or a explanation. She told me if in 30 days i do not hear from them i will have to come back.

Do anybody has heard about something like this before please advised us. We are worry. It really make me sad the idea of leave my Husband, my house, my family. My husband said he will go with me if i have to leave, but i do not think that is fair, He has a son from his previous marriage that i love like mine, and i know the kid need him too. We will have to start over again from Zero in my country, after working really hard to make this my home. I will really appreciate any advice.

She also told me that it could be something it will be resolved easy and she was really sorry that she could not tell me a reason or give me an advice or what to do.

Thank you VJ's and i really appreciate your best wishes.

Sorry to hear that.

I don't think u can do anything right now. u have to wait and see what that letter says then u have to start from there.

U can contact ur congressman or representative , maybe they will help .

Good luck.

Well. After 12 months and one week after contacting my house representative. I get a letter, not rfe not an aproval. But biometrics. They want me to go and do my fingerprints again.

Does that mean I will be aproved after the fingerprints? So confusing. The office of my rep said my file was in someones desk a week ago.

My file was received by VSC on march 14 2008

Hello, A khoya

That is ridicules u have to get your finger print done from new. extra money and extra time.

why all that . why just approve u .

good luck akhoya .

i am Conditional Card holder and divorced dear friends iam really very tens now a days i hope that any help from you all would encourage me . i was out of states for few weeks and when i came back immigration people took me to the office and told me that my ex wife filed a petition that i have cheated her by marrying her and i m married in forgien country .but i am not and also we r divoced (me and my american wife). immigration people asked me questions and took my green card away and gave me a temporary entry as I-155 or (paroled entry) and told me to appear for the Deffered inspection next month on the airport immigration office . i m really very sacred ,i dont know wht is gonna happen.plz grant me your suggestions ,wht is this situation and wht options i have got to fight , 2nd question , if i go to the air port for appearence can they deport me from there or not ? i dont know nothing , plz help me thanx

doesn't sound good to me to appear in their office in airport.

get immigration lawyer before do anything .

good luck.

HI I FILED MY I 751 03/13/08 I GOT TOUCH LAST WEEK TWICE 02/19/09 AND 02/22/09 BUT MY CASE STILL SHOW PENDING I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY APPROVAL OR RFE I WILL CONTACT MY CONGRESMAN I DON T KNOW HOW THANK U FOR YOUR RESPONSE

salam .

nothing new about Vermont . the average is 13 months . i think u will get approve soon

good luck.

It probably means they are doing the paperwork necessary to send out your biometrics for the security check. The same thing happened to me when I had my biometrics. It's normal.

thanks for reply

hello everybody

just i have quick question .

i had my biometric last Friday February 20 . and i got touched same day and then got touched yesterday 22 and then today 23. is that normal?

Hi Guys, even that I'm a new around here I just want to share with you the following info that I got on my email today:

Application Type: CRI89, PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS RECEIVED

Current Status: Card production ordered.

On February 18, 2009, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

You can choose to receive automatic case status updates, which will be sent via email. Please click here to create an account online.

Now, I sent my application on 08/20/2008, got my NOA and my Biometrics on September (sorry, can't remember the exacts days) and I've been carrying my extended letter everywhere I was going.

I was praying for a smooth and easy (no RFE or Interview) in my case and waiting for June 20th to start worrying 'cause is the average of 10 months for VSC to approve your case.

Well, somewhere up there might like me a lot 'cause in only 6 MONTHS I got approved!!!!! (by the way, my case was never forward to CSC)

So there's still hope for ALL OF YOU, don't give up!!!! I'll see you on the Naturalization Forum in June!!!!

congrats

Well I filled in Feb 28, 2008 and I'm still waiting my question is?

there is some people that had filled before me and still didn't get nothing

Tjones

daisy16

okfir

natalyok

jndAmd

maryandmion

Any Sign of life guys or may be they got approved, RFE, Interview and didn't let us know?

awadi la kane ghire Vermont ghire ne3ase me3a rasak onessa Green Card . rahoume titmachaw 3ela lebide .