Romerican423

43 minutes ago, gregcrs2 said:

There is also a requirement for a Rapid Test within 4 hours of flight departure for anyone traveling to or transiting through Amsterdam.

That is provided at the Atlanta airport

Hi all,

My family is scheduled to fly from Memphis, Tn to Bucharest, Romania with a few hour layover in Amsterdam. Netherlands requires a PCR test taken within 72 hours of flight l, and the issue I'm concerned the most with, is that our flight is on a Monday. Has anyone taken a PCR test on a friday and got the results for a monday, or even Sunday flight?

We are in Memphis, so if somewhere like Walgreens or CVS can do it over the weekend before monday that would be great, otherwise I. Going to have to attempt an expensive clinic 4 hours away in nashville.

Thanks for replying. 

By 3 year rule, I was more referring to the "marriage of a us citizen."

If so about your statement, I'm hoping others can assist with the other questions I had.

My wife is ready to file for citizenship and is able to do so under the 3 year OR 5 year. I'm trying to do some research and it's kind of vague and most information just says "if you're applying due to marriage with a citizen." 

It was my understanding that the 5 year rule was much easier, but I'm curious how so? Also, I have read the documents required are far less so the burden is not as high. Does anyone who files for citizenship based off the 5 year rule mind sharing a comprehensive list of what you submitted?

Also, sadly, we are under a Chapter 13 bankruptcy due to a situation that was beyond our control and put us in a heavy burden, but we are well over a year into it and have never missed a payment and are getting our lives back on track. Will the bankruptcy affect the citizenship?

And finally, my wife just found out she is pregnant with our first child, would you reccomend considering the 3 year rule?

Thank you in advance, we've had zero issues with our immigration journey up to this point, and just want to make sure we have no issues in the final stretch.

We need to fill out the DS 160 for my mother in law because she doesn't know English. How do we fill it out here so she can print it and sign it over in Romania or how can we do the form for her in general?

1 minute ago, az2014 said:

4. Does it, really?

 

Please do provide a link.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/forms/ds-160-online-nonimmigrant-visa-application/ds-160-faqs.html

See section "what documents do I need to have with me for ds160"

Just now, Going through said:

Depends on her circumstances----what is her job, home ownership status, ties to her home country?  What is her country of origin?   Has she ever been denied for a tourist visa in the past?

 

More info is needed to adequately give advice/an opinion.

Sorry bout that,my phone jumped and clicked submit prematurely.

Never applied or been rejected for a visa. Romanian citizen, and I think I covered your other statements in my edit

Hi all, we've already tackled my wife's spousal visa to removal of conditions this past year and I had a question just based on your opinion.

We would like for her mother to visit. We've spent most of our 5 years of marriage here in the states and shes not in tip top health, so we would like for her to at least have a chance to visit and see how her daughter and I are doing.

That being said, what are your thoughts on the following and the possibility of getting a tourist visa (I know it's up to the IO so just you're thoughts)

1) she is about 56 years old and is not working due to health

2) she does not have an income other than her other daughter and what we send her monthly

3) the apartment she has is hers and is the residence of her daughter and 1 year old granddaughter who she helps raise and will need to be fully available when her daughter returns from family leave back to work

4) although it may not mean much, we can supply an affidavit of support, purchase a round trip ticket (it says on travel.state.gov this can be used as evidence) 

5) her entire family other than my wife and two sons who are working in England are there and they are all very reliant on each other.

I know it's not a lot, but it is what we have. Financially we could bring her with ease, she would have to go back for family purposes because she is needed in the house for childcare and family matters. 

So just you'e opinion, what do you think we could expect? 

She is from Romania by the way. (My wife and I have lived 2 years in To and 3+in the US) so she might could mention that knowing we do not expect her to stay as we intend on going to visit her family too

We literally have an overwhelming amount of evidence to send in since our 5 years of marriage... just those stupid finances 😢😢😢

I should emphasize it put us in debt here. This was not a vacation by any means.

3 minutes ago, Going through said:

Can you re-post the rest?  Appears to have been deleted by accident.

Oops sure

Hi so we're way over the eligible time to file by about 6 months based on the 3 year marriage rule. However, there us one thing that is concerning and we could use some help with.

In June 2017 we had to travel to my wife's country to stay with her family as we had a medical scare with her mom and she felt she needed to be there. That being said, she did have to leave her job as they wouldn't grant her an extended absence that long and this caused a few things to happen. We were only gone about 4 months.

1) Our bank account was closed due to loans overdrafting it due to no income on her end (I am on disability and was supporting her and her family) so we only have bank records from 2014 to May 2017. And this trip also put us in an incredible amount of debt.

Other than not having a bank account right now, we have a joint lease, we've filed taxes every year, and all other proof we can find. Will lack of current financials due to debt cause an issue or should it be explained in a typed letter with our packet?

Thanks

That is our biggest concern. Our case status hasn't updated and since the package is coming, we're scared its an RFE. Wouldn't the case status update if it were an approval and they sent the green card today?

Also, we are signed up for USPS informed delivery. It shows us our mail daily, but this one is under the Packages list.

Also, do case statuses up date in real time, or nightly?

I also would have figured that an interview letter would come from the local office, but that was just a guess.

An RFE is always a possibility, but we literally slammed them with so much information i doubt they got halfway through without approving it.

10 minutes ago, nightingalejules said:

Oooooh! The suspense! Hard to say... if it's classed as a "package" it could actually be your card! Otherwise, without at least seeing the outside of it, it's hard to tell what might be inside... 2 more sleeps, I guess!

 

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@wavj Sorry - I spaced. I'll fix that date for you next time I update.

 

Isn't all correspondence from USCIS considered a "package"? It was sent priority mail and thats about as much as it says about it.

Ok, did some research on the forums here and apparently this package IS going to be from USCIS. Will be arriving on Saturday

Question is : Is it an approval, and RFE, or an interview?

Case status still says : Case Was Received as of now.

Is it just me or is the uscis case status website down

My wife and I were overseas tending to an ill family member for a few months. Her extension letter expired on Nov 2nd this year. We returned Oct 24th and had no issues whatsoever

I wonder if they update on Sundays too

Has anyone from CSC who is an August 2016 filer gotten an RFE? Just wondering with them being so close to our file date of 8/10/16 if they would have sent one by now or not if we were yo receive one.

My wife and I went to the Memphis USCIS office this morning to get another stamp for her I-751 since her extension letter expires in 3 days. You guys were right. That was easier than checking out at a grocery store.

1) Go through security

2) Sign in at desk

3) Wait for your number

4) Sit at window with immigration person, tell them you need to renew your stamp because your I-751 isn't ready

5) Wait 5 minutes while they walk away

6) They give you passport back with stamp and you say bye bye.

In and out in about 25 minutes

We are going to our infopass tomorrow for my wife's stamp. Anything we should expect other than a stamp?

My wife has an infopass appointment on October 31st to try and get another stamp since her one year extension letter expires on November 2nd. Do we need to bring anything other than her green card and notice of action that has one year extension on it.

8 hours ago, GreatDane said:

Technically, leaving the country for more than six months of the year can be considered abandonment. I wouldn't risk it, especially when you're so far along in the process. If you get denied entry, she will have to wait outside the US for the time to process a CR1 and you would start the entire process over. 

Thank you all for the advice. We bought our plane tickets to go home last night so we don't run into any issues. She'll be able to file for naturalization in  just a few months so not even worth it to risk any problems. 

3 hours ago, nightingalejules said:

1 - can my wife get an extension letter at our embassy since it will take well over the one year extension she recieved?

 

I'm not sure... but you'd better contact your embassy immediately, because if they can't do it, your wife will HAVE TO return to the US before her extension (letter or) stamp expires. If she doesn't, she runs the risk of not being permitted to re-enter the US. She must have a valid greencard/stamp/letter to be readmitted to the US.

 

2 - considering we still have a place of residence in the US, will being out of the country for more than 6 months but  less than a year revoke her green card, even though she lives there over the two years required to get her 10 year residency.  She currently has the 2 year green card and one year stamp which expires November 2nd.

 

She will likely face closer scrutiny at POE when she returns after such a long absence, but will likely not lose permanent resident status unless she's been gone over a year. However, (and I can't stress this enough) she MUST have a valid I-551 document (card, stamp or letter) when she reaches POE.

 

I know it would be a lot of money and a giant nuisance to fly her back to the US before the 2nd to get a new stamp. But weigh that against the cost and nuisance of having to leave her in her home country and re-apply for IR-1, if she is not admitted to the US because she doesn't have a valid document.

 

For those who might come after, searching for this information before they leave the country for an extended trip: 

 

*** Make sure that your greencard/stamp/letter will be valid for longer than you're planning to be absent from the US. If it isn't, make an InfoPass appointment before you leave and get a stamp. If it's going to be longer than 6mo, you might as well apply for a re-entry permit as well. It's not technically required if you're going to be gone for less than a year, but it can't hurt! *** 

 

Good luck!

 

 

Thank you.

In the event we need to stay and her 10 year green card is issued in January or February which would be well under one year we would have been abroad will it cause any problems other than being gone for 8 months and explaining to cbp?