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    CMJuilland got a reaction from Dashinka in About to file AOS package, just need some reassurance   
    I would like to double down on @Dashinka's post: file asap to avoid any hiccups and fee increases. As soon as your I-485 goes through intake processing and your NOA1 is  generated, you're in "authorized stay" (I think that's the correct terminology) again. When looking at the guides @Timona referenced, you'll see that it's best to file I-765 (employment authorization) and I-131 (advance parole, travel document) along with your I-485. As far as USCIS's fee calculator, the fees for these are still waived when filed alongside an I-485 (but I think that will change with the next fee increase). While you might get your I-485 interview and - hopefully - subsequently your green card before your I-765 and I-131 are adjudicated (processing times these days are ... interesting to say the least...), it doesn't hurt to have these applications in as well. 
    Best of luck and congrats to both of you! 
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    CMJuilland reacted to Dashinka in About to file AOS package, just need some reassurance   
    Get the AOS package in as soon as you can for a couple of reasons.  First, you are currently out-of-status, and subject to possible deportation or headaches you would probably not want to deal with.  Secondly, the fees for the I485 package is slated to go up soon.
     
    Good Luck!
     
    This story below references a K1/AOS, but it could happen to anyone out-of-status.
     
     
     
     
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    CMJuilland reacted to Timona in About to file AOS package, just need some reassurance   
    There's no 90 day rule.
    Guides are on top right. Use them. You'll be fine. 
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    CMJuilland reacted to Adventine in Apartment lease - IR5 Visas   
    It will be a worthwhile investment to spend a bit of money for an attorney to write a very clear letter to the management company. Not just for you and your parents' sake, but for every other immigrant who might try to rent from them.
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    CMJuilland reacted to Mike E in Apartment lease - IR5 Visas   
    File the HUD complaint, leave negative reviews (google, etc) then find another place.
     
    Stop letting these racists live rent free in your head.
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    CMJuilland reacted to Crazy Cat in Apartment lease - IR5 Visas   
    A "straightforward" letter from an attorney might inspire them to take another look at their policies.
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    CMJuilland reacted to pushbrk in Once a CR1 visa is granted, how long until a I-485 AOS must be filed?   
    I'll add that if your wife enters the USA two years after your legal marriage, her status will be IR1, not CR1, and there will be nothing to do but your choice of renewing the green card in 10 years or becoming a US Citizen anytime between the 3 and 10 years.
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    CMJuilland got a reaction from PaulaCJohnny in Citizenship trough Vawa   
    Whether you are legally divorced or not doesn’t seem to make a difference. The USCIS manual states a requirement to live in marital union with your spouse in order to qualify. I am not familiar enough with VAWA, but the way I read it, you’ll have to wait until having been a resident for five years. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-g-chapter-2 (under D). 
     
     
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    CMJuilland reacted to Redro in Citizenship trough Vawa   
    VAWA GC holders can apply under the 3 year rule… 
    But, you are not divorced (unless your spouse divorced you in absentia). 
    @plaviot I would check records in the county your married OR in the county your spouse last lived in and then file for divorce if you are still married. 
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    CMJuilland got a reaction from Chancy in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    I think it’s great that so many of us keep coming back. I am on here almost daily as well, and there’s always a good number of people whose journeys I follow and for whom I root as if it were my own case when they get their interviews/approvals/etc. 
    When we first started, I stumbled across this page, and I gained so much knowledge here through other people’s experience. I’d like to think that I can pay it back (at least partially) by sharing my own experiences. 
     
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    CMJuilland reacted to TBoneTX in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    (Ahem) A superior primate (T-B. takes a bow) has you beat.
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    CMJuilland reacted to JeanneAdil in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    i stay and help a few from Moroc
    but it gets me when one of them say " read something on Facebook"   or tell a long time member they are wrong
    or they don't post a timeline
    and sometimes its hard to get all the pertinent info from OP(s)
     
    i try to stay supportive but sometimes i would like to say "give it up"
    like one woman wrote to me (divorces 4 times and had done 2 others petiitons) and i was careful in wording but she got responses from others and just quit VJ
    people don't like the truth at times 
     
    to me my son has been thru 38 surgeries and i have VJ  to during surgeries,  PT and dr appointments/it keeps me away from vetting about insurance companies and social security disability and medicare
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    CMJuilland reacted to Daphne . in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    I think it’s wonderful to see people who finished their journey still hang around and answer questions. Noboby understands the anxiety and stress better than somebody who went through it themselves. I love it when people pay it forward. 
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    CMJuilland reacted to Fe.Ta in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    Not anymore!

    It could just be PTSD from all the years with USCIS.  You are now free!
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    CMJuilland reacted to Crazy Cat in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    What do you mean "quirky"?
    Do I look quirky? 

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    CMJuilland reacted to Fe.Ta in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    VJ is one of the places where TLC finds their cases - not lying.
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    CMJuilland reacted to Fe.Ta in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    Not me watching the drama.
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    CMJuilland reacted to Crazy Cat in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    7 years of daily immigration/VJ obsession creates a habit which is difficult to overcome. 
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    CMJuilland reacted to Adujarric in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    How many ppl like myself have finish their immigration journey but still come to websites like VJ and others just to learn and help others?. Even though i finished my immigration journey a little over a year ago im still intrigue and amaze about the whole immigration process. I come in here everyday to learn and to help others that were in my situation of starting a process like my N-400 without knowing anything about it or all the resources that were available like VJ that could have helped me understand and made the whole process a lot less stressful.  Great website and so grateful to have found it. Thank you guys and keep up the great service you guys provide to us all. 
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    CMJuilland reacted to Verrou in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    Me. I’m still checking my USCIS account daily lol I need to go immigration rehab
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    CMJuilland reacted to Fe.Ta in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    Sadly, we are not over with ours.  But, I feel you.  It is addictive.

    My friend @Rocio0010 and I say immigration is like a toxic relationship.  You fight, break up, then eventually get over it, but you come back. LOL
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    CMJuilland reacted to Allaboutwaiting in Immigration knowledge is addictive   
    I come here to hang out with all the quirky characters that roam the site. 
    I'm particularly keen on soap opera like cases so crazy, that seem made up.  
    Also enjoy the fights among members, who exchange sometimes aggressive messages in a curious attempt to be the one who's right. 
     
    The forum is pure fun.  And if one can help and get the likes, pretty fulfilling. 😆
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    CMJuilland reacted to TBoneTX in Prep for the interview: tests, documents   
    It says either:
    "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"
    or
    "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."
     
    Got it, first try!   
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    CMJuilland reacted to OldUser in Unrestricted SSN card at SSA office after GC in hand   
    I think you just had incompetent people at SSA office. 
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    CMJuilland reacted to Dashinka in Throwaway ticketing   
    We did it when my then fiancé came over.  We put the return date out six months, then canceled that leg just prior to that date.  When my now wife got her GC and went back to visit family we had a credit from the airline to use.
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