rfcpatrick09

Hi, 

I have filed I-751 in January 2019 and I just received RFE couple weeks ago. I have no idea what options I have at this moment

We didn’t have a strong evidence (even though my AOS was approved on the spot) when we submitted I-751 because of certain situations which was explained when I filed it. My usc wife has horrendous credit (we are talking about in the 400s) and few criminal charges (couple misdemeanor theft) make it almost impossible to put both our names anywhere. She couldn’t get a car financed so my car is only under my name. She won’t be able to get an apartment lease because she has horrible credit on top of criminal history. She can’t be on my car insurance because she wrecked a couple cars in the past (insurance literally quadruples if I add her as a driver)

I have submitted

-3 affidavits proving bona fide marriage

-a lot of pics

-life insurance, her being the beneficiary

-couple utility bills together

-joint tax returns, bank accounts and driver license with same address

i just can’t find a way to strengthen the case. She has been using a separate bank account but still uses our joint account (she gets her paycheck deposited elsewhere). I thought it was odd but in the end, I discovered she was cheating on me and on top of that she uses my immigration status as a leverage and I just have to understand what’s going on.

We still live together because I can’t really afford thousands of dollars on immigration lawyer trying to submit a waiver but at the same time I am under great amount of stress just being around her. I genuinely entered this marriage 4 years ago and so did she but now she just treats me like ####### despite me being nice to her. 
 

I just want to get out of this marriage but I can also stick out till my I-751 result comes out. I just don’t know if it’s worth it to stay with her considering my case sounds weak with lack of evidence.

What options do I have? I’d love to get out of this marriage and start my life but at the same time I would definitely not like to be deported when I didn’t do anything wrong but being nice and genuine to my us citizen wife while trying to keep this marriage alive when she was the one who wrecked it.

Any advice is welcome!! Stay safe everyone

Hi everyone,

Can’t believe it’s been already almost 2 years since I got my green card. Just like everyone I have to file for ROC, which 90 days was Oct 27th and I have till about January to file one so preparing everything at the moment.

I, although, changed my name at the court after getting green card (my first name) to accommodate my name which has been called by all my friends while I was here in the states in the past 14 years and I changed to that name on my driver license and social security card but my green card and passport remain as my old name. I couldn’t risk being without green card for too long, maybe I was wrong because I was looking for jobs at the moment. 

Now i I was wondering what would be the complication of filing ROC. I was told that name discrepancy between green card and all others is accepted and when I file one, do I put my green card name as a petitioner and use my new name as other names used? Also I would assume I need court document to show the name change, right? 

Any input will be greatly appreciated

Thank you!!

Hello everyone,

ive received my conditional green card and became a permanent resident in January this year through marrying a US citizen.

I am in the process of changing my legal name (as my name is very difficult to pronounce and having hard time getting a job due to that) so I am getting an Americanized name. I've been using my English name for almost half of my life and didn't want to wait till I am naturalized. 

I was wondering how the process should go.

a. Going to the court and get the name change petition

b. Social security card renewal

c. Driver license, credit card etc

d. I-90 to replace green card

so in what order does it need to be done?

also is it required to replace a passport too? I am not planning on traveling outside of the country till I get citizenship and get a US passport.

also are there any steps I am missing anywhere?

thank you!

We had an interview and our online status changed to my case was approved for both I-130 and I-485!! 

Does it change it to card production or what does happen after this? Does this mean that I am getting a green card??

Also saw some people saying that I need to make an infopass appt to get my passport stamped??

Thank you everyone!!

Thanks everyone for the replies. I see a lot of people saying about the lease agreement but my wife (the us citizen) who has misdeameanor won't pass background check for the apartments that's why I can't get the proof from the apartment that she lives with me. Any alternative options??

Hi, me and my wife who have been patiently waiting, we now have an interview ahead of us at Seattle field office next Thursday. I met her two years ago while I was living back in Oregon in school and since then we moved to Seattle, got married about a year and half ago and been living the dream!

Though, she's only 22 and I am 25, we seem to have less documents to bring to the interview that worries me. 

First of all, she was married once but she got divorced before we got married because they were seperated when she met me and she fell in love with me. 

She has a couple misdeameanors(theft) on her criminal record, its hard for us to get a lease together for the apartment so we live in an apartment where I am on the lease alone. We do have a driver license with matching address since she lives here with me and have mails coming in under her name along with her paystub to match the address. 

So far, we have photos of us together on trips, with inlaws and not wedding photos due to us waiting till my father retires so we can have a proper wedding when he has more free time to come to the US. 

-bank statement together

-electricity bill together

-her car on my car insurance (couldn't get on her financed car cause i didnt have social back then but I pay for the monthly payment)

-statement from my sister and her fiance stating our relationship and marriage are bona fide

Honestly there are not many more things we can gather together. I feel like we are shorthanded. 

Any advice is welcome, how should we approach this?

Hi, me and my wife who have been patiently waiting, we now have an interview ahead of us at Seattle field office next Thursday. I met her two years ago while I was living back in Oregon in school and since then we moved to Seattle, got married about a year and half ago and been living the dream!

Though, she's only 22 and I am 25, we seem to have less documents to bring to the interview that worries me. 

First of all, she was married once but she got divorced before we got married because they were seperated when she met me and she fell in love with me. 

She has a couple misdeameanors(theft) on her criminal record, its hard for us to get a lease together for the apartment so we live in an apartment where I am on the lease alone. We do have a driver license with matching address since she lives here with me and have mails coming in under her name along with her paystub to match the address. 

So far, we have photos of us together on trips, with inlaws and not wedding photos due to us waiting till my father retires so we can have a proper wedding when he has more free time to come to the US. 

-bank statement together

-electricity bill together

-her car on my car insurance (couldn't get on her financed car cause i didnt have social back then but I pay for the monthly payment)

-statement from my sister and her fiance stating our relationship and marriage are bona fide

Honestly there are not many more things we can gather together. I feel like we are shorthanded. 

Any advice is welcome, how should we approach this?

So, I just received an interview notice for our AOS. Our interview date is on the 26th of January at USCIS office in Tukwila, WA (Seattle office).

A few questions I'd like to ask few questions to the fellow VJers.

Background: My wife, Oregon native and US citizen, 22 years old. Me, South Korean and 25 years old, we met in Oregon when I was studying there in Feb 2015, got engaged in April and married in September that year at the court. We moved to Seattle together in July 2015 and been living here together ever since. In about 9 month it'll be our 2nd anniversary.

1. So trying to gather documents for AOS interview but seems like we don't have a lot of things. We have bank statements together and she's filing taxes this year jointly. We are on same phone bill but it's prepaid and she can't be on the apartment lease cause she has misdeameanor on her record (stupid theft when she was young). So it's just me.

We have bank accounts, driver license with same address, car insurance, car titles together. Is that usually enough? We are young and certain things we can't get together due to lack of credit histories.

2. What's the advice on the interview? We are super nervous even though we love each other, what if the officer doesn't think so? We didn't have proper wedding yet due to money issues and waiting till my dad retires in 2 years so he can spend time with us too. Though both parents met both of us and we do have photos.

3. Any comments on Seattle office? Are they more lenient or strict???

4. Any other evidence you would suggest us to have before the interview??

Thank you!!!

Thank you! Hope fellow people here all get the good news this and next year!!

Just letting fellow vj'ers that my status indeed changed to my interview is scheduled this morning. It skipped rfe review etc and went straight to interview scheduled. My interview is on the January 26th! Wish us luck!

Wow, 16 month? You should be super patient! It helps me to ease a bit asking fellow filers but still have this uneasy feeling for some reason.

I should be calm and patient but can't help I guess lol

I was just worried that it didn't really change to RFE review. If it changed to RFE review then I would've been more patient with waiting I guess

Hi, rather than worrying my us citizen wife, I decided to join VJ to get some advice. My timeline is updated but I'll just reiterate.

So we filed on our own without an attorney in July 16

July 15- USCIS received the concurrent filing (AOS family based-spouse)

late July-early August - NOA1 and biometric done

Aug 20 - Request for Initial Evidence was mailed

Oct 21 - RFE response sent

Oct 31 - status changed to RFE response received

I haven't had any updates so far. I heard most of people it changes to RFE review soon after and wait a long time when it is being reviewed. Mine didn't even change for a month from RFE received and still says RFE received.

Just a bit of background info: I was a f-1 visa holder, met my wife in Feb '15, got married in sept '15. Filed almost a year later because she didn't make enough income and it took a while till her parents to accept me but her parents didn't qualify for the I-864 either. Had my high school buddy do it but got a RFE cause his last year return wasn't enough and he just started a new job this January. Used my moms friend who lives here in Seattle and despite she was a business owner she filed taxes all three years that exceed 120k every year. Been waiting for that RFE to go through.

Sorry if I am being a baby here. I didn't hire a lawyer and I am just a bit more anxious cause I don't know what to expect.

Is it normal to wait on RFE response received status? I feel like I am being denied or something. Any advice is welcome!!

Oh I already received the combo card by the way if that means anything