lotusrose1987

Next summer, my husband and I will be putting in for his removal of conditions. I am wondering what the interview experience has been for people if you had to do one. We have joint bank accounts, credit cards (I added him to mine, he added me to his when I got one), our lease(s), car insurance, I am on his medical insurance from work. We are mostly homebodies, but I have a few pictures of us when we went to museums and stuff like that. We do not have children, but we have three cats (two he went with me to adopt the cats) and my horse. I was working until we moved for his job, and I am currently still looking.  My worry  is they will questions the state of our "Wedding" at the interview. We were married at town hall on St. Patrick's day in 2017 because that was the day I could get off from one of my jobs, because I had two jobs at the time he came over. We told everyone we were going, but my mother did not come because she was taking care of my disabled sister and most of my friends had to work, so nobody was in attendance. I do have a picture the Justice of the Peace took for us. Should I be worried about this at all? I do have he wedding cards my immediate family gave us and couple of my friends. 

Hi All,

My husband got his conditional two-year green card last October. I know we have to apply 90 days in advance for the conditions to be removed before it expires. I have a few questions for anybody that had done the removal of conditions:

1) I read we need to show proof we spent "ample time together". I have copies of our leases (he was listed as tenant on the first one, we never updated it add him as a co-leaser), our bank statements, joint credit cards, our new lease that has both our names (moved to another state). old utility bills that have both our names, car insurance, saved cards from my family and even show he is the emergency contact for our pets. We are not picture people...either of us so nobody is taking selfies nor are we asking people to take our picture. I think we have 3 or 4 photos of us together the whole first year. I was wondering if i should stock on photos of us together in the upcoming year? We usually spend most of our time together at home since we are both homebodies and he's not a fan of my main hobby (horseback riding). 

2) If we are assigned an interview, how will he be allowed to keep working if the interview is after his current two-year green-card is set to expire? Do they extend the green-card if we submit all the paperwork and are waiting on immigration to process the removal of conditions?

Thank you for your help!

4 minutes ago, geowrian said:

AOS from a K-1 is ####### shoot if you'll get an interview for AOS or not.

 

The next step is to wait for the card to arrive. Congrats. And be sure to file for ROC in the 90 day window.

Hi, do you mean Removal of Conditions? I believe this is done in the window period before the initial resident card expires?

We got a notice of approval for my husband's I-485. It states we should get his permanent resident card within 90 days, however there is a disclaimer that although it has been approved they can still verify information. We are curious if this means there is still a chance we will get interviewed. We were under the impression they would do an interview first before they would approved an I-485 application. Just trying to sort it out what the next step is. 

Thank you for your replies. We were starting to expect that is is taking longer than 90 days right now for it to be approved.

Hi, I was just wondering if people who submitted adjustment of status/EAD from the K-1 visa in earlier this year  (February/March) are seeing it take closer to 90 days to receive their Employment Authorization? Our application was accepted March 23 for the EAD and my husband did his biometrics April 10 as a walk-in. We are still waiting and it is day 82. He called last week for an inquiry as to why we have not received it and they told us to wait 15 days for the answer for the inquiry! Is the USCIS just loaded with cases right now that is making the processing time longer? Just sharing your timeline would be helpful!

Thank you for the replies. We did do his bio-metrics, so I now we just wait and wait. 

I was just wondering how long some people waiting until their was an update on their AOS on the USCIS website. My husband's AOS was accepted unto USCIS on March 27 and the EAD and Advance Parole show March 23. I know it has only been a month, but we were wondering how long people waited in general for an update. We are anticipating an RFE as I foolishly forgot to include my W-2s. My guess is that it varies base on the case and what processing center it was sent to. 

Heidi

My husband's biometrics appointment was made during a time I am working. Instead of rescheduling, such as replying to the address listed on the receipt, I went onto INFO Pass and scheduled and appointment with the field office online. I am aware walkins can be done as well, but I wanted to secure a time slot that works with my two jobs. Will this cause any problems with his pending AOS by making an appointment in INFOPASS, or should I cancel the appointment and do a walk in?

Hello. Today my husband I realized when we submitted his AOS paperwork, I neglected to include my W-2s for the 2016 tax return though I provided letters from my employers, pay-stubs and banks statements. My guess is we will get an RFE asking us to submit my W-2s and we should just wait for that. Any other advice anybody can offer? I am kind of upset, because now I know I may have delayed his EAD.

Today my husband I realized I never sent in my W-2s with the tax return printout for his I-864. His paperwork is currently being processed. My guess is that we will receive an RFE asking for the W-2s and at this point we should just wait for it. Any other advice?

Thank you,

Heidi

I am sorry, but the reply he gave sealed his fate. My fiance studied about port of entry and we went over questions and answers together. He was asked at the Port of Entry if he understood what his visa was for and he replied it was a visa giving him permission to come marry me and that we had plans to marry at town hall on the date we selected. They let him through with no issue.

My fiance landed on 3-10-17 and we got married on 3-17-17. We have started filling out the AOS, EAD and travel document paperwork and want to submit it later this week. We were going to go apply for his social security number this Friday or next Friday (3-31-17). There was no name change for him and we have a certified copy the marriage license. We are located in NH. I have read other people in other states had a hard time getting a social security number for their spouse after marriage. Any suggestions of what to do if we run into this problem?

Hi, I have read that there is a filing fee for the i-864 if looked at domestically. My fiance and I will be applying for AOS based on marriage within 90 days. Do we still have to pay this fee or just the $1225 for the AOS? I could not seem to find any information bout the actual fee for I-864....

My fiance and I are wondering where he gets the DS 3025 from. He only has the disk, everything else he gave to the consular. My understanding is that form is in the packet they gave him and the immigration official should give him this form back after they take the other forms to process? Please help, he is flying out in 3 days.

Heidi

My fiance and I plan on getting married a week after he gets here. When we complete his AOS paperwork, are we just filling I-485 based on the fact we got married with in the 90 days. I-130 does not need to filed in this case, correct?

It is for adjustment from K-1 visa. 

My fiance is arriving on March 10 and we made arrangements to get get married March 17th. We are filing his AOS paperwork within the next week or so after that. What could we use as proof of a bona fide marriage so shortly after getting married? He is listed as being a tenant for my apartment already, but the apartment is in my name. I can try to add him to my bank account and he is listed as being able to receive mail on my PO BOX. I cannot list him on my cars or anything because he cannot even get a license in the state of NH until he has his EAD. Any suggestions? I have no "property" except for my cars to list him on. 

Thank You,

Heidi

My fiance will be flying into Boston as his point of entry. We are asking anybody who went through Logan what to expect and please share your experience  .

My fiance had his interview 2/24 and was verbally approved at the Mumbai Embassy. The consular refused any evidence of  our continuing relationship though Pankaj offered it to him twice and based it solely on our petition packet. Now  on Monday 2/27 his DSO-160 status shows Administrative Processing. Could this show up for a while after while the visa is being printed? The kept all his paperwork and passport. I would be really peeved if they ask for more supporting evidence when he had it right there with him and asked the consular twice if he needed it...

Do you work in Sweden or do you earn a US based income? They do not consider overseas earnings, they will want to see proof of income from the USA. If not, you will need to find a co-sponsor, even if just for on paper for the application process. 

My fiance was verbally approved and handed a slip of paper saying he was approved on Feb 24th, but when we check the DS-160 status, it says no status and we only have his Application ID, we did not get a case number from the embassy! They kept all the paperwork, and it says his passport is currently with the embassy. Should we be worried, or are they slow to update as it is the weekend?

My fiance was approved today for his fiance visa Feb 24th. Our initial period to have his visa approved expired March 1st. Do I need to get this extended or no as he was approved today at the Mumbai Consulate and handed a paper saying he was approved and they kept his passport and all the paperwork?

Heidi

My fiance had his medical done in Mumbai today. Does he need to obtain any certain forms from the doctor to have for his adjustment of status after we marry? He has his interview on Feb 24th.

3 hours ago, steph&max said:

Why only include the last three months? What I did is I took important texts from the beginning of our relationship and I put about 6 per page, printed back and front, then conversation from skype that had the word "I'll call you" or "call me" for the last 6 months (since skype only has that far back), it was about 8 pages front and back.
 

Make sure you have a lot of pictures, like 20, you can tape them to pieces of paper like 2 in each sheet. And its good to show pictures of you and him with family and friends and in different places. 

 

Hope this helps!

Hi, thanks for the suggestions. They already have more than a few of our emails from when we first met online and were solid friends for 6 months while I was living in Japan. They have photos from both our visits and copies of some very personal letters we wrote between visits. We are sending all our texts and call statement and other online chats for the continuing evidence and copies of the lease.