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    Visa Expiration Date and CFO Sticker

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    Posted · Edited by Sarge2155

    9 hours ago, Chad9797 said:

    My finace received her Visa yesterday and it seems there is not much time to get the CFO sticker because it is difficult to get an appointment at this time.. 

     

    Her medical and Visa both expire on the same date - Aubust 18th..  So we have about a month to get the CFO sticker.

     

    What happens if we are not able to get an appointment fot CFO by then and the Visa and medical expire?

     

    Also. I heard that you can go to the airport at terminal 1 to get the CFO sticker.. I have tried to call there with no luck.. Do you already have to have a seminar completion certificate to go there? 

     

    Do you have to have a plane ticket before you go to the airport at terminal 1?

     

    Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

    In the Philippines you might want to try to grease the squeaky wheel...nuff said!

    We greased that wheel many times when other approaches failed. It's a way of life in the Philippines.

    Realistic wait times after removal of conditions pending

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted

    As everyone here has said filing your N400 as soon as eligible will greatly jump start your I-751 if it gets backlogged. We filed the I-751 in January 2022 and filed the N-400 as soon as eligible in January 2023. The N-400 was approved and oath taken in April 2023. I-751 was approved also but only as an afterthought it seems. We did not get a 10 year green card naturally. File your N-400 as soon as eligible!

    N-400 January 2023 Filers

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    1 hour ago, Emw2290 said:

    Thanks! I hope we get a notice soon. Still no updates.
    Remind me, did you get to go inside along with your wife for her interview? I’m so curious how the rest of the process will play out. 

    No she had a combo interview all by herself. I waited in the car in the parking lot. She did tell the IO that I was out in the car. Just take ALL your 751 documents along with your N400 documents and you'll be fine.

    N-400 January 2023 Filers

    in US Citizenship Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    56 minutes ago, Emw2290 said:

    We had quite an interesting experience last Thursday. Two immigration officers showed up at the house. 
    Our living situation is unusual, so we think they wanted to verify a few things. It was a coincidence we were even at the house, yet alone even in the state. 

    I’m a travel nurse and we use my parents’ house as our permanent address and tax home. It’s been that way since we got married. It’s where we keep all our things other than the clothes we take while I’m working elsewhere. My husband (the applicant) travels with me always. He’s with me wherever my work assignment is (typically 13 weeks). We wrote up an explanation of this in our original ROC packet and N400. We have a signed document by my parents that we pay rent and it’s our permanent address which was also included in both packets. 
    They asked for our IDs, took pictures of them with us holding them, asked if we had pictures of us together around the house (fortunately we have them and my parents display them), asked about work. They clearly read up on us and were very familiar with our file. The whole interaction was probably less than 5 minutes. They practically ran away while saying, “you’ll be contacted for your civics exam soon and the 751 and 400 will be processed at the same time.” 
     

    No updates on our cases yet. 

    That apparently was a good thing,  they had a few things to verify and you aced it. You'll be getting further details soon about your combo interview as they so much as said you'll have a combo  interview. Congrats!

    Some questions about the ROC PACKAGE (merged)

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Sarge2155

    15 hours ago, OldUser said:

    You have to submit full to avoid RFE.

    Some like me submitted full monthly statements from the date of marriage, as asked in instructions for I-751:

     

    "Submit copies of as many documents as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date;"

    Again here like what @OldUser has pointed out and quoted from USCIS instructions they ask for documents from the date of marriage to the date of submission which will make your packet huge. We sent full statements for the full time requested by USCIS. Most folks now make it a personal choice whether they send full (24 months or more bank statements) and they get approved just fine, on the other hand; sending quarterly statements or less has also gotten approved  just fine. It's whatever you feel comfortable in sending also whatever gives you peace of mind!

    Need to update DL after Naturalization?

    in Passports, etc. - What to do now that you are a US citizen

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    13 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

    She received a full term (6 year)Texas  license in 2017.  Yes, she was a conditional resident at the time. 

    Yes Texas issues a full term license, my wife also received a full term license while she was a conditional resident here in Texas. She is not going to update her license as nothing changed on her license i.e., address or name after her naturalization.

    🚨🚨 USCIS ROC Updates

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

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    50 minutes ago, Fe.Ta said:

    It is my understanding, and the "elders" can correct me @Sarge2155 @Crazy Cat, that the whole tabs thing could be something that was added in that publication of November 2022.  At least the instructions I read both in USCIS website and in VJ up until the point we submitted our ROC packet (September 2022), it was "OK" to do the hole punch at the top (at some point it was even requested),tabs for evidence, etc.  But, definitely not the paper clips, etc.

    This is correct I used tabs, hole punches, sticky notes acco clips galore when we filed in January 2022. Go to the January 2022 ROC thread and have a look at the packet we submitted. Fe.Ta is correct USCIS used to expressly ask for hole punches and acco clips that's  why we used them!

    FedEx is terrible! Anyone else have this experience?

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

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    15 hours ago, Blah blah said:

    Today my package was out for delivery on the way to the Elgin lockbox. I used FedEx ground which was my first mistake. They did not deliver it but marked it as delivered. I called FedEx and they told me that the driver marked it delivered, but they still have it and will be delivered Monday. How sketchy is this?! Please avoid using FedEx ground. 

    I used FedEx for my ENTIRE journey and never had any problems with USCIS getting my packages. Just an isolated thing I'm assuming. Ive seen more boo boos using USPS. FedEX or UPS, 6 in one hand half a dozen in the other!

    I-751 June 2023 Filers

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

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    On 5/31/2023 at 5:28 PM, FeelingYoung66 said:

     

    In my opinion completely not necessary. Our I-751 submission was this month (May 2023) and was less than 100 pages. The 48-month extension and waived biometrics letters were received less than two weeks later.

    Yes it's your opinion, it's a personal choice, you should not say it's unnecessary, it's unnecessary for you! Nothing unnecessary about sending a large packet, same as it's not unnecessary to send a smaller one!

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