Nelly17

On 11/19/2019 at 10:36 AM, Nelly17 said:

Package sent earlier today to TX. Should be delivered in 2 days 11/21 🤞🏾

Lincoln Nebrasca office

- NOA date 11/25/19
- Fingerprints 2/25/20
- Card is being produced 10/29/20
- 10-year Card received on 11/6/20 🙌🏾

Package sent earlier today to TX. Should be delivered in 2 days 11/21 🤞🏾

16 hours ago, AhsanTX said:

Hi,

My current status is F1-OPT and so I have an EAD for work. Now I am filing my AOS (i-485) under F2A category. In the form i-485, do I put the Alien Number the same as in my OPT EAD card ? or I just leave it blank for getting a new alien number later on?

Yes, put the alien number that you already have for OPT. But they will assign you a new one. 

Alien number = USCIS number

2 minutes ago, Minnesota12345 said:

My family are out of the picture as most are in Germany or are loony neoconfederates. I have some with hers though!

We didnt have any family pictures either. We sent 20 pics in the application and Most of them were just pics of us at different locations (restaurant, movies, night out etc..). 

Just now, Minnesota12345 said:

Interesting, I assume this was received well?

Yes. No questions asked during the interview about the difference in address.

My interview was a year after we submitted the application. So I had already received the EAD as stated in the letter, we had moved in together. 

For your application, try drafting a letter to truly explain your situation otherwise a difference in afdress will be seen as red flag. 

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19 hours ago, Minnesota12345 said:

Hi all, we're filing I130 after we decided to marry here due to increased tensions/problems at home for my future spouse. We will be eloping in exactly 1 month.

 

Hi all,

Do you think the following would qualify as evidence of a bona-fide marriage?

1. Phone bill with both of our names on it —YES

2. Bank account (though JUST opened jointly)—YES use it to pay some common bills like phone netflix internet rent...

3. Affadavits of support from 3-4 people — YES i sent those too / from family and friends

4. Mail to my address with her name on it (though she isn't on my lease as I deal with the world's worst property management company that restricts my 1br to "single occupancy") —YES / sending you the letter that i used to explain the difference in address

5. Authorized usership on my Amex/Chase cards —YES

6. Renters Insurance Policy with our name on it — YES 

Also, my state (MN) seems to have many hurdles to jump through to get a government ID so that seems to be a chicken/egg question. Any tips on getting a MN ID without an SSN?

28 minutes ago, jesstanga said:

Hello everyone!

I'm sending in one package form  I-485, I-130, I-131, I-765

and almost all the forms ask the same support documents as : passport-style photos, birth certificate, marriage certificate, copy passport....

I'm wondering if I have to make every copy for every single form, or I can just make a only copy for every document, since i'm sending all in one time.

Someone had the same question? What did you do?

Thank you!

You have to put all forms together with their supporting documents in separate folders. So yes you will need a couple of copies. For example you need the US citizen birth certificate for I485 I864 and I130 but not I765 so you need 3 copies. 

12 hours ago, AussieGuy12 said:

Hi All,

I was an F1 student, technically still am, until I got married 12/17/2017. 

I have applied for AOS to LPR.

My question is, normally international F1 students complete a 1040NR, but now I am married, do I just complete a Married Filed Jointly Tax Return? through Turbo Tax?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you!

You can elect to be treated as a resident alien for tax purposes. We did that for our 2016 taxes. I do my own taxes so I had done a lot of research I used taxact.com to fill out the forms online (free). Then I printed out the forms and mailed it out to the IRS with a letter asking to “select the choice”. You can look that up on their website. 

16 hours ago, Daithi182 said:

Just as I have almost finished preparing everything for my combo card extension/renewal, I got an update that my interview is now scheduled for the 7th of March 2018. Just to play it safe, as my card expires on the 15th of May 2018, I'm still going to send it off. I'm just wondering where to send it off to? I applied for my combo card with my AOS to Chicago and someone has told me to send it there, but I am reading different places which has confused me. I had my biometrics done last year in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, the state where I live if that's any help. I'm assuming that's where the interview will take place as well? 

 

Also, if anyone can confirm I have answered these questions right:

 

i765;

page 2,

Q.18 'Status at Last Entry' - I have put down 'K1 Adjustment of Status.' Is that right? I came back from abroad using my combo card in September.

Q.19 'Current Immigration Status' - Again I have put down 'K1 Adjustment of Status'  Is that also right?

 

I have read somewhere that the combo card gets automatically extended after sending it off and if you don't get the extension/renewal by the time your current card expires it automatically extends for 180 days? Does that apply to us being under the category 'C9?'

 

Thanks again, everyone! 

Send it to Chicago. See the screenshot for the uscis website

11 hours ago, Drguy said:

Hi All,

 

My wife's EAD card is set to expire on 3/9/2018...We are ready to apply for her extension as our i-485 cases is taking longer than expected.

 

I've read we do not need to pay the fee again for the extension? but can someone please confirm?

 

Also, how doe the automatic renewal of 180 days happen if we don't receive the new card for several months---do we just tell the employer she is automatically renewed? but without any proof?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

 

I submitted my renewal application early in january and received the notice that it’s pending. 

What you need:

- the application form

-2 passport photos

-a copy of your NOA for the i485 ( the letter you received after sending your application saying that it is pending) 

- a copy front and back of your current ead

- a copy of your I94 (optional)

23 hours ago, j217 said:

Hi. For those still waiting like me.. did you apply for renewal of EAD already? I'm wondering if i should wait till my PD "anniversary"...

My PD is Feb 17. I sent my renewal application this morning.

I finally got my interview notice (scheduled for next month). 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Priority date Feb 17,2017.

The medical form was filled out in January 2017. It will be a little over a year since it’s been filled out. Does anyone know if I have to go back to the doctor or not? 

21 hours ago, valeria panca said:

Hello Everybody!!!

I am here on a student visa (F1) and just got married a month ago, so now we are filing form I130 and form I485, on both of them they ask you for a expIration date on form I94 but my I94 says (D/S) as the expiration date. Should I put D/S on the expiration date or N/A????

 

HEELLLLP PLEASE 

Write D/S with a pen after you print out the form.

When I went to the doctor's office, I told them I already know it will be positive. So I skipped the test and did the chest xray. The result was fine (I already knew it would be fine because I had to do a chest xray 5years ago in my freshman year of college - so I wasnt worried). The doctor filled out the form for uscis and according to the copies that they gave me, everything is fine. Dont worry. I didnt have to take any further medication. 

I called USCIS on 10/23 to submit a request since my case hasn't been updated in a while. PD 2/17/17.  EAD appproved 4/28.

This is the response I received yesterday  through email: 

"Type of service requested:
-- Outside Normal Processing Times

The status of this service request is:
Due to workload factors not related to your case, USCIS anticipates a delay in completing your case. USCIS is committed to adjudicating immigration benefits in the order received and in a timely and efficient manner.  We regret any inconvenience that results from delays in processing."

 😕I guess I just have to keep waiting for my interview notice. I haven't received any RFE. 

5 hours ago, Lukesaav said:

Thank u for ur answer

 

like paytubes, deposit... what else?

We sent the tax return for last year 2016, last 6 paystubs and letter  from hr confirming employment. 

5 hours ago, Scandi said:

I made one cover letter for each application since they are three (four in your case) separate applications and they will end up at different places. It's not like it matters but I felt better knowing each application had their own cover letter when they got separated at USCIS. 

I made one cover letter for the whole package. They actually scan everything you send at the chicago lock box. I know because my package was returned the 1st for incorrect fee and every dingle page had some scanning codes at the bottom. I believe the emectronic copies are sent to different agents.

8 hours ago, Hope&Love said:

My USC partner whose parents are very conservative. They refused to accept our marriage as well as their son. However, my parents are very supportive of us. We have tons of bona fide proofs of our marriage: Car loan, car & health insurance, bank accounts, friends & my side family photos, travel documents. 

My Question is: How do we present our marriage in the AOS interview, now we have conservative parents?

 

Side note: This goes out to gay and straight relationships as well. I know straight couples whose parents don't expect foreign spouse. -  help

I am in a lesbian relationship. Our parents on either side do not approve. Our siblings are supportive though. During the interview, tell the truth about how they dont support you. It's very common so it wont be a big deal. We got married at the courthouse with noone except for my sister in law (my family is not in the US). 

5 minutes ago, chimichanga said:

Yes my spouse makes makes plenty on her own. Since we filed taxes jointly, do I need to include my work permit? I know my income is not considered but I am thinking that USCIS would be interested in knowing that my source of income was legal.

Im F1 too and worked in 2015 with OPT but I didnt send my w2. We only sent my spouse's w2, letter of employment and our jointly filed taxes. So far I havent received any rfe so I think that was the right thing.

Since your spouse makes enough money, then you dont need to provide your work permit. Though you would add the exact amount that you both made since that's what is on your tax form. 

8 hours ago, EMBELL_17 said:

Hi everyone,

 

I am currently on F1 OPT status and my EAD expires 6/27/2017. I would have filed for a work visa through my employer but I met and married a US citizen so opted to file for AOS through my US spouse. My packet was received on 5/12/2017 and I received my NOA in the mail dated 5/17/2017. In my packet, I included a request for expedited processing of my I-765 renewal. I am worried because I only have a little over a month left on my EAD and being out of a job for even just a month is scary. In my request for expedited processing (included in the mailed packet), I provided my salary information, proof of rental payments, proof of monthly student loan payments, and proof of health insurance through my employer. I have reached out to my local congressman and was told that he submitted an inquiry to USCIS. I also filled in the ombudsman form online requesting further help with my expedition request. I called USCIS customer care and was told that because I already filed for expedited processing with my packet, I am unable to request again through them. I have my infopass appointment scheduled for 6/6/2017 (21 days before my EAD expires).

 

Right now, I am just freaking out. Anyone have any experience with this? Any advice? Thanks!

 

P.S. I know the packet was filed late but I was told by an attorney (who I ended up not retaining) that as long as I file before my EAD expires I should be fine. I think he ignored the fact that my current EAD is class C3B while my class requested is C9. This makes me ineligible for the automatic 180 day extension. He also told me it would be worthwhile waiting to file my taxes before I send in the packet which made sense considering USCIS would have likely required evidence of the tax filing anyway, but at least by then, they would have been working on my EAD.

Those are two different classes of EAD so as far as I know it is not a "renewal". If you pick "renewal" on the application , your application will be rejected because you have to pay for a renewal. C9 is free though. Also, I believe in order to issue you an EAD you need to have your biometrics done first so that would take about 2 months after the application was filed. Meaning i dont think you ll have an ead until around 7/12/17. 

I may be wrong.

21 minutes ago, AussieGuy12 said:

Hi All,

I am looking for some guidance, to ensure that I have do everything by the law. A little about myself.

 

Arrived in the USA in 2013 on my F-1 Visa

Have since completed my Undergrad and Masters (Graduating Aug 2017)

Applied for OPT, which should expire August 2018.

Met my soon to be Fiancé (US Citizen) a couple of years ago.

 

I plan to propose to her in Europe when we go in vacation for a week in June 2017 , then re-enter as my F-1 Status. My first question is:

 

1) Is there a difference between coming into the country the first time and then re-entering. When I came the first time in 2013, I did not intend to marry, but have since met. Now when I come back to re-enter into the USA in June, technically "I would have intent" to marry, since we are now proposed.

 

Then if we get through this, which I assume, since we are in different lines, her the USA, and myself, the non-resident line, we then would look to marry soon. But I would be heading overseas again for CPT this summer. Again, I would be "with intent" but does this matter?

 

Then once married, I assume in the next 12 months, things then change all together. I look to complete the full application (I-130, I-485, I-765, I-864, G-325A, Bona Fide Evidence & I-693A ). A few questions about this:

 

2) If my GC application is during my OPT where I have EAD (Work Authorization) -  Can I continue to work?

3) Once application is made, can I leave the country? as my current status of F-1 OPT allows me to have multiple entries? - I realize you can apply for AP (I-131), but if I am in currently in legal non-immigrant status, does this change?

4) If I propose, and are engaged, before we get married and I go to Canada? Does this change with any re-admissions into USA?

5) Finally, what if my passport expires during the Permeant Residency? Does this matter at all? or do these transfer over?

 

Thank you for all your help in advance.

1) I dont have an answer to your "intent question.

2)if you have and EAD for opt then you dont need to apply for an ead through the green card process. Dont fill out I765

3)once you submit your green card application , you can only leave if you have AP otherwise your application will be withdrawn.

4) not sure

5) just renew your passport 6months before it expires. Go to your embassy.

19 hours ago, LaborDabor said:

Hi there,

 

First time poster here. Learning a lot from reading all the answers posted here. Thanks to everyone who posts.

 

As for my own question, here's my scenario:

 

1. I am currently dating a chinese student during her OPT. She has been in the states for over 2 years (arrived august 2014) and we started dating around january 2015. We are now getting engaged and married within the next few weeks.

2. She currently has an EAD through her OPT and has a valid F-1 visa.

3. We would like to file her I-485 as soon as is reasonable after the ceremony, along with an application for an AP and EAD

 

My questions are regarding the timing of the application (is it too soon to file for adjustment right after the ceremony?), the feasibility of adjusting from F-1 status (form I-485 does not have a specific check box for this type of adjustment I don't think?), and whether or not there are any specific document requirements for this type of adjustment request (outside of the standard documents listed on the document instructions).

 

If I come up with anymore questions I will try to include them in an edit. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

You have to file out i485 i130 i864.

on the I485 you have to pick part 2 option A ( since you would be submitting it together with i130).

As far as the documents you need to send for the I485 that relates to F1:

passport biographical page , page with f1 visa, passport entry stamps, i94

good luck