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Hi all,

My case has been stuck at fingerprints since 05/13/2020 and my expiration letter is expiring in 60 days (12/25). My case is at the Potomac center, which, based on other filers' comments, seems to be particularly slow. I need to travel internationally for work from 12/06-01/09 so I called USCIS today to schedule an infopass appointment to get the stamp in my passport. The representative told me USCIS would call me back within 30 days to schedule the infopass appointment. My understanding is that they need to wait until the 30-day mark to schedule infopass appointments, but would it be 30 days from the expiration date or 30 days from the travel departure date? If it is 30 days from the expiration date, this will only give me 6 days to get the stamp before my international trip starts, which seems very tight. I have never dealt with this stamp in passport procedure before. How quickly can one obtain an infopass appointment? How long is the stamp valid? Any advice you can give on how I should proceed?

Thanks!

9 hours ago, PollyC said:

I have to file mine next month. Just wondering for the joint bank account statement do I need to print out every months since we joint opened the bank account or the latest month is enough? 

I included the first statement after opening the account and statements for the past 6 months.

ROC Timeline

3/30/2020: Package sent to Dallas, TX by USPS.

4/2/2020: Package delivered to Dallas, TX by USPS.

4/8/2020: Text message received from USCIS stating official receipt notice to follow in mail and providing a receipt number starting with YSC.

4/9/2020: Check for $680 cashed by USCIS.

4/13/2020: NOA I-797 received providing an 18-month extension.

We submitted with a printout of the USCIS page showing the form is expired and mentioned in the cover page that the form available on their website had expired but was the only one available. I am sorry to read some people are experiencing rejections because of the form being expired.

Is the 18-month extension typical or is it longer now because of the COVID19 situation?

Hi everyone,

I wanted to report that just a week after calling USCIS I received the letter in the mail informing me of my interview date. I don't know if the call helped accelerate my case but I guess it didn't hurt... I find it slightly suspicious that after not hearing anything for 7 months, just a week after I give them a call I get the interview date. But it could be the paranoia induced by this immigration processed talking! Haha

Anyway, my interview is on the 26th, which is lucky because I'm flying home on the 29th, so I don't have to reschedule and risk anymore delay.

Wish me luck! And good luck to everyone waiting to hear from USCIS. 

On ‎3‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 1:43 PM, doggieandsam said:

hey guys any updates with you all?

 

one VJ member from the DC office who filed 3 months ago (Jan 2018) posted that they got their interview sched already. i dunno what is going on, but it would be super great if they have become faster indeed. dare i hope?

Hi everyone,

I just discovered this thread and am grateful for everyone in the DMV area trying to help each other out!

USCIS received my AOS on August 1st, my case status was updated to "ready to schedule an interview" a while back (probably in late November, I don't remember exactly when I saw it for the first time) and since then nothing... except this weekend I noticed the status had changed to "unable to provide information on your case, please call USCIS". I called because of course I was worried and apparently it was just a system bug, their records still say that my case is ready to schedule an interview.

The USCIS representative told me that processing times for the Fairfax office are between 10.5 months and 18 months, which seems really long! It's definitely longer than the average processing times displayed on VJ. My husband thinks it's because DC is such an international city. What do you guys think? I would be interested in hearing from the VJ member who filed in Jan 2018 and already had his/her interview scheduled. Also, do you think processing times vary by type of AOS? I'm adjusting based on marriage if that makes a difference.

Have a great day everyone!

Bonjour fosu,

J'aurais voulu répondre à votre question bien plus tôt, je m'excuse de réagir aussi tard mais j'espère que cette réponse vous sera quand même utile. Pour faire simple car c'est un sujet complexe, la notion de "résident permanent" est différente selon que l'on parle d'un point de vue immigration ou fiscalité. Même si vous n'avez pas encore reçu votre Green Card, du point de vue de l'administration fiscale française (et américaine car cette question est régie par des conventions bilatérales), vous êtes non-résident français à partir du moment où vous vivez à l'étranger plus de 180 jours par an, sauf si vous remplissez des conditions très spécifiques : votre foyer est en France mais ça ne devrait pas être votre cas si votre conjoint vit aux Etats-Unis, vous percevez des revenus de source française après votre départ, le centre de vos intérets économiques reste en France...  Le site de l'administration fiscale a toute une rubrique dédiée aux personnes dans notre cas, les explications ne sont pas toujours des plus limpides mais je vous invite à le consulter pour mieux cerner votre situation et les démarches à accomplir : https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/non-resident-de-france-non-residents-france https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/international-particulier/je-pars-letranger  et https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/particulier/questions/je-pars-vivre-letranger-quelles-demarches-dois-je-accomplir-dois-je-cloturer

Pour résumer, pour votre première déclaration d'impôts après votre départ à l'étranger, vous n'êtes pas obligée de signaler votre mariage car il y a une période de répit d'un an pendant laquelle les couples mariés peuvent choisir de ne pas déclarer conjointement. Vous devez toutefois indiquer votre départ en cochant la case "déménagement au cours de l'année 2017" puis on vous demandera de choisir entre déménagement en France et déménagement à l'étranger. Vous devez également indiquer votre nouvelle adresse à l'étranger pour que l'administration fiscale puisse vous contacter. Puis vous devez déclarer vos revenus de source française perçus avant votre départ à l'étranger. Si vous avez perçu des revenus de source française après votre départ à l'étranger vous devez rajouter une déclaration (2042-NR) en cochant la case dans la liste des annexes disponibles. Je viens de remplir ma déclaration moi-même et apparemment il est possible de modifier une déclaration signée jusqu'au 22 mai, je vous conseille donc de ne pas tarder.

Pour l'année prochaine, je ne suis pas sûre d'avoir tout compris mais il me semble que si nous n'avons plus de revenus de source française nous ne serons plus obligés de remplir une déclaration. J'ai quand même communiqué mon RIB pour le prélèvement à la source car je ne pouvais pas signer et terminer ma déclaration sans cette étape mais je sais que je n'aurai pas de revenus français donc pas de prélèvement. Dans tous les cas, votre centre des impôts habituel transmettra après traitement de votre déclaration de cette année votre dossier au centre des impôts des non-résidents. Je vous suggère quand même de signaler votre changement d'adresse sur votre espace particulier (en plus de votre déclaration) pour qu'on puisse vous contacter si besoin et pour minimiser les risques de problème de communication entre services de l'administration fiscale.

En ce qui concerne les banques, pour ma part je n'ai informé personne, j'ai juste changé mon domicile pour l'adresse de mes parents avant mon départ pour les courriers importants (très rares) et les envois de chéquier si j'en recommande un un jour. Je ne sais pas quelle est la meilleure attitue à adopter mais j'ai cru comprendre que la transparence n'était pas toujours récompensée car les banques françaises n'aiment pas avoir des clients résidents aux Etats-Unis (résidents au sens immigration ou fiscal peu importe) à cause des obligations de déclaration auxquelles elles sont soumises par l'administration américaine (FBAR et autres). Pour ma part j'ai décidé de ne rien dire et de garder mon compte sans frais le plus longtemps possible, je ne veux pas passer sur une offre bancaire pour expats car je trouve les tarifs excessifs. Cela fait 10 mois maintenant que j'utilise ma carte bancaire française régulièrement aux Etats-Unis et pour l'instant ma banque ne s'est pas montrée suspicieuse donc pourvu que ça dure... Sachez en tout cas que si votre banque venait à vous radier parce que vous résidez aux Etats-Unis vous pouvez saisir la Banque de France qui obligera une banque à vous ouvrir un compte (vous n'aurez pas le choix de la banque malheureusement mais c'est mieux que rien). Je ne savais pas que c'était un droit garanti en France et j'ai éte contente de l'apprendre à une réunion d'informations sur la fiscalité à laquelle j'ai assistée à l'ambasse de France à Washington il y a quelques mois.

Bon courage à vous pour ces démarches et j'espère que votre Green Card arrivera vite !

On 10/29/2011 at 11:57 AM, Rob and Jhen said:

Maryland

City/Town: Bethesda, MD

Called 01/04/10

CS Name: Dr. Polly Steinberg

CS Tel. No: (301) 907-9550 (4905 Del Ray Avenue, Suite 302, Bethesda, MD 20814)

Cost: $30 (Just for transcription - all vacc. up to date)

Vaccine Transcription only available: y

Just wanted to add a recommendation for Dr. Steinberg. She was very nice and very fair. She charged $30 for the transcription and $60 for two vaccinations.

We previously called another CS in our area. He wanted $120 for the transcription and over $300 to include the vaccinations. Crazy!

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to give my feedback after my visit today.

I live in DC and the only reasonably-priced civil surgeon I could find was Doctor Polly Steinberg in Bethesda, recommended by another user back in 2011.

She still charges $30 only for the transcription (which is all I needed to do). She gave me an appointment 10 days after I called and everything was over in less than 15 minutes.

For reference, I called other civil surgeons in DC as lister on the USCIS's website:

=) These doctors could do just the transcription but they charged $120 no matter what.

I hope this information helps some of you out there in the DC area.

Good luck everyone with the AOS!

Good evening everyone!

I'm writing specifically to the ones out there who have been contacted recently by the Paris embassy as I'm at this stage of the process myself - but this question might be of interest to other people.

The Paris embassy received our case 3 weeks ago and I still haven't been contacted to schedule the interview. Is this normal? Can someone who's been contacted recently tell me how long it had been since their case arrived in Paris? Also, can someone who scheduled their interview recently tell me what the calendar looked like? Were there a lot of available slots? What was the earliest day available to have the interview (if you can remember)?

I'm trying to figure out when I'll be able to have the interview and when I should get the visa because I have a lot of things to settle before leaving - especially with my employer and my landlord. My plan was to leave by the end of May but I might need to delay my departure if I don't hear from the Paris embassy soon.

Thank you to anyone who would be willing to answer my questions!

Thank you very much quentin955!  That is really helpful!

We just got the NOA2 approval today!

On 2/11/2017 at 1:04 PM, quentin955 said:

Welcome here!

I got NOA 2 in August, last year, got my interview in October. So it was 2 months. Things seem to go slower now, as RKandGC said, 3 months seem like the current timeline. However, it might change again in the next few weeks, we never know. 
RKandGC is of course right the fees too. I believe it's 180 euros for the doctor appointment, and 80 more, at least, for the different exams.
Don't forget to save money for the Adjustment of Status once in the US too. Currently, it's about $1,200.  Might be surprising for people who don't look it up (and after 2 years you have to pay about $650 to get the permanent green card. Other fees you want to make sure are planned!)

I'll explain you quickly what you should expect soon:
Once you get the NOA2, the US citizen will get an email that he will have to transfer to you. He will get the email whenever the Embassy in Paris is treating your case for the first time. Might take 3 to 4 weeks AFTER NOA2.
In this letter they will tell you what you need to bring to the embassy. Don't get those things too early, since they don't want it to be too old. 
After NOA2, the US citizen has to send you another letter of intent to marry you. They might want to see a more recent one.
I think you have to get a birth certificate and an extrait de casier judiciaire. (you should, I think, get them after NOA2. Not too late but as late as possible.)
Also, you need a birth certificate in ENGLISH once in the US for the AOS (it can be in french for the interview.) 
So, make sure you get it translated by a certified translator before you come to the US. I got my casier judiciaire translated too, but I don't think it's needed, it was just in case. The cost was 60 euros per page.

I hope it was clear!

Congrats to everyone on the recent approvals and marriages!

Thank you to plb and quentin955 for responding to my previous post too!

We are hoping to get the NOA2 very soon...working on getting the documents ready for the embassy

Could someone share a scan or the text of the embassy packets and e-mails (without your personal information)?  The following website is not clear on Police certificates http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=France&cty=Paris

quentin955 mentioned that the Birth certificate and Police certificate for the interview should not be more than 3 months old...does the package from the embassy mention that requirement?  Because for other types of visas on the DOS website, Police certificates are good for 1 year.  How long does it take to get the French Police certificate?

My fiancée lived in the US for a year, so a Police certificate would technically be needed, but it seems since it is the US, they do a background check anyway (I think the NVC does it), so you don't need it...I think...

Do you know if it is possible for my fiancée to give the embassy her work address for the TNT signature-required K1 visa delivery?

Thank you!

Hello,

Congrats to everyone on the recent approvals!

We are just starting the research and it is great hearing your success, while also spinning by trying to figure out the best process. We would greatly appreciate any assistance you could provide.

Trying to figure out where we should marry to reduce the amount of time without work authorization in the US, reduce the amount of time apart and expensive trips back and forth from the US to Paris.

Where would you suggest we get married? Would you recommend Fiance, K3, Immigrant Visa, Direct Consular Filing or something else?

-Not married yet, but PACSed

-Met 5 years ago in the US, while she (French national) was studying for a year at a university. I'm a US citizen.

-We have been living the last 4 years in France, but I just moved back to Massachusetts, to find a new job in DC, since my French company was not doing well. She is working in Paris as a civil servant and will move to the US as soon as she is able to.

-We will settle in Washington DC

[i heard it could take 6-8 months for her to get work authorization from the Fiance Visa.]

Thank you very much for your time and any assistance you can provide

All the Best!