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    AOS December 2016 Filers (merged)

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by Atlanta789
    wrote the wrong pd date!

    Approved at the interview!

     

    PD 12/20/2016 Atlanta

    Our interview was scheduled for today. Interview was at 8:30am and we left home at 7am (usually takes 45mins to drive there so we had 45 extra minutes in case of bad traffic). So happy for the extra time cause we had TERRIBLE traffic driving there and just arrived 1 minute before our interview was scheduled. We rushed into the building at 8:23am and were so lucky that there were no security lines or check in lines.
    We checked in at 8:29 and at 8:30 our interviewing officer called us in. She swore us in, asked for our id's and passports.
    Next, she asked my wife (petitioner) to confirm her own name, address, birth date, phone number and signature.
    She then asked me (beneficiary) to confirm my name, address, birth date, phone number and signature.
    She asked us how we met and then left to make copies of our documents. She returned and asked the Yes/No questions and then looked through our photos. Didn't ask anything about them but my wife pointed out who was who. She asked if we had any extra documents to give her and we gave our new lease, car insurance documents, health insurance documents. (we had already submitted stuff with our application)
    We have been married for 3 years and we lived for the past 2 years in my country (Sweden) and so she asked my wife how that experience was.
    Finally, she printed out something and said she was recommending us for approval.
    We thanked her and left. The interview took exactly 17 minutes (I timed it:). She was very professional but not chatty at all (which suited us fine).
    About 10mins after we left, we got an email that my card was in production. Yay!

    I-864 Income From Intending Immigrant?

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted · Edited by Atlanta789
    spelling error

    Don't forget to attach a copy of your latest I-94 and of your TN visa with your I-864. Carefully read the NOTE on the bottom of Page 1 of the I-864 form.

    I am also an intending immigrant on a L-1 visa who is self sponsoring. We sent in all that you're sending but forgot to include a copy of my latest I-94 and of L-1 visa and we got an RFE asking for those two things and for my 2016 taxes ( which we hadn't filed when we mailed the forms).

     

    DUAL Nationality Living in the USA

    in Direct Consular Filing (DCF) General Discussion

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Merimela Black said:

    smh. And I thought those bastards were bombing the US Consulate in 1998 in Kenya. They were not? Must have been fake news.

    Which bastards? A quick and cursory search would have shown you that the US embassy bombing in Kenya was conducted by Islamic terrorists (a mix of Pakistani, Egyptian and Albanian natives) as revenge for US involvement in the extradition of 4 Egyptian Jihad members from Albania. 224 innocent people died, 212 of whom were Kenyans who had nothing to do with US policies and actions.

    L1A to Green Card Via spouse

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    I'm also adjusting from an L1A. We didn't use a lawyer. You just need to read the forms carefully, gather the required documents then fill out the forms and mail the packet in. It's doable if you can read and follow instructions. We filed i130, 1485, i864, i131, i765, g325a/g325 (for spouse and myself), and another form I can't remember that lets you get email updates.

    If you're going to include the beneficiary's income in the i864 then include (IN ADDITION TO OTHER STUFF THEY ASK FOR)  a letter from your job, 6 mths of paystubs, current tax return and copy of your i94 and a copy of your l1a visa page. We didn't include the current taxes and copy of i94 and got an RFE.

     

    Good Luck!

    40 years older than Nigerian spouse.

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    So he came as a tourist and then decided to get a vasectomy in the midst of his touring schedule??? He's the first tourist I've heard about who randomly decided to get a medical procedure like that. It's quite odd in my opinion but it may not be in Nigeria.

     

    i think you should take it slow. There's no reason to rush anything. If he's as rich as he claims then he can afford to visit you (or pay for you to visit him) while the relationship develops.

     

    You're very  blessed to have an open minded family that has accepted him. Not many sons would accept their 62yr old mothers boyfriend who happened to be 22yrs old and from an 3rd world country notorious for immigration fraud.

     

    I wish you luck but please take it slow. Marry in haste repent at leisure!

    Questions about overstay from F1, marriage, never filed papers, how can one stay?

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    Actually, it's true that you cannot be deported if you do not have a travel document and if your country refuses to issue you one. It's also true that if your country doesn't want to give you a travel document ICE cannot  hold you for more than 180 days (if deportation is unlikely) unless you're in a certain category of criminal like a terrorist. The US Supreme case that deals with that is Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001). They release you and you have to check in periodically and you also get a work permit so you can support yourself. If they didn't give you a work permit they'd have to give you welfare so this is better for the govt. Senegal is one of the countries that does not accept illegals back. I'm attaching the testimony from ICE for anyone interested in reading more about this.

    https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/07/14/written-testimony-ice-house-committee-oversight-and-government-reform-hearing-titled

     

    "...

    The removal process is impacted by the level of cooperation offered by our foreign partners. As the Committee is aware, in order for ICE to effectuate a removal, two things are generally required: (1) an administratively final order of removal and (2) a travel document issued by a foreign government. Although the majority of countries adhere to their international obligation to accept the return of their citizens who are not eligible to remain in the United States, ICE faces unique challenges with those countries that systematically refuse or delay the repatriation of their nationals. Such countries are considered to be uncooperative or recalcitrant, and they significantly exacerbate the challenges ICE faces in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001).

    In Zadvydas, the Court effectively held that aliens subject to final orders of removal may generally not be detained beyond a presumptively reasonable period of 180 days, unless there is a significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future. Regulations were issued in the wake of Zadvydas to allow for detention beyond that period in a narrow category of cases involving special circumstances, including certain terrorist and dangerous individuals with violent criminal histories. Those regulations have faced significant legal challenges in federal court. Consequently, ICE has been compelled to release thousands of individuals, including many with criminal convictions, some of whom have gone on to commit additional crimes."

     

    "..... Another possible tool is ICE requesting the issuance of a Demarche to the recalcitrant country by DOS. If that does not achieve results, a joint meeting between ICE, DOS Consular Affairs, and the Ambassador of the uncooperative nation can occur. Within the last two fiscal years ICE has worked with DOS to issue 17 Demarches to Iraq, Algeria, Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sierra Leone, Senega, Cuba and St. Lucia. Although Algeria remains on the list of recalcitrant countries, the Algerian government committed to address the issue and has issued a handful—but not all—or the required travel documents since then. "

     

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