sweetadams

You should've just sent a copy of your ds3025 if it was marked as complete. If it wasn't marked as complete, you had to visit a civil surgeon, get shots needed and have them transcribe those to the i693. 
Sending a i693 without going to the civil surgeon was a mistake. Not sure if now they'll want one though.
 
Id respond with just the copy of the ds3025 and include the part of the adjusicators manual where it says k1 applicants for aos don't need to send a new medical

You'll be doing ROC (remove of conditions, form i751) first and then when your wife has had her green card for 3 years AND has been married to you for 3 years, she can apply for citizenship. If her roc is still ongoing and her citizenship application is sent, it will trigger them to adjudicate her roc

At 8am this morning, while sound asleep, incessant loud banging on the door as if the house was on fire woke me up.
Sleepily I stumbled to the door in my night gown and in front of me were a man and a lady announcing they were from immigration.
Knowing all about home visits I responded as calm as a cucumber : "Sure come on in have a seat, I need to put some clothes on."
Nothing rattles me anymore on this journey.
I said to my husband honey get up, immigration is here.
He quickly threw some clothes on and came into the living room where the man started asking questions.
Meanwhile our 4 dogs were barking like they were out of their minds drowning out the questions we no longer could hear
and I said excuse me and like the true alpha told them to shuuuut uuuup. Silence at last. Proceed.
It was truly like a scene out of Chevy Chase National Lampoon movie,
Endless Bummer, Animal House, Barely Legal, Threshhold of Hell, pick any title.
(They should make one about immigration it would be a hoot).

Questions asked were about travel together, our work schedules, how long I owned my business, etc.
He took pictures of several things in the house, my African culture decor, photos in frames of us together,
of my husband's mom, of him as a baby, a photo I had sitting in my
bedroom of my naturalization ceremony from almost 20 years ago tucked into a forgotten corner of the dresser,
(I immigrated here over 40 years ago). He recognized that it was from a naturalization ceremony with eagle eyes, must have
been doing this job for a while. I was impressed.
Yes, we were all in the bedroom by now, they wanted a
tour of the house...meaning checking closets, seeing if we really lived together, slept in the same unmade bed and so on.

Now I always pictured the perfect home visit with a clean sparkling house, having coffee with the investigators
and exchanging niceties. No, it was just like they prefer it, a total surprise. The house was a mess and so was I with
a big shiner on my forehead because I ran into a sharp fence post bracket the day before.
I did point to the beautiful bouquet of flowers he bought me a few days ago though.
In the kitchen they took pics I had on the fridge with magnets of my family and they took pics of joint bills, joint bank account
 and CC's we had laying around on the table. I asked if they would like to see our AOS "evidence box". They said no.
They seemed to be only interested in what their eyes randomly caught and peeked their interest.

Fun aside, they were very nice and the whole experience lasted 20 minutes.
I was glad they came so now we can move forward from being stuck in the abyss.
We filed AOS in May 2015, had each a one hour stokes interview Sept. 2016 and now  8 months later after
 numerous service requests, EAD/AP renewal twice, senator contacts, Ombudsman contact it came to this visit.

He said you will have no problems, everything checked out fine and you are obviously legit as a couple as we see you here like this.
He said they came all the way from Texas because my filed office is so backlogged.
He said he didn't know why all the scrutiny when I asked what's up with the checks.
 Again I want to mention the whole thing was like a friendly chit chat,
relaxed, respectful. Don't let that fool you though, they get exactly what they want to know by friendly chit chat.
The worst was the loud banging on the door which freaked me out but I wouldn't have
 heard just a normal  knock because we were sleeping and they would have probably left, leaving us marinade
even longer in the AOS background check sauce of despair.

So why the constant hurdles for us you may wonder. I don't know.
It took us 5 years to come together, first K1 refused after 16 months in AP, second one approved.
I had petitioned someone else in 2005 which was also refused after long AP and he did not make it here because
I stopped it due to his fraudulent motive I discovered in my own investigations. The louse was a liar.
Interestingly, lots of questions were asked during the AOS interview about that.
Other flags may be that we had several trips to Turkey, a somewhat flagish country to visit these days and Cyprus being close to
Syria, him having a Muslim name (he has been an active Christian all his life) and being originally from a high fraud
West African country.

I will update when he receives the green card. We have been a couple since 2009.
Almost 3 years married.
Long story short, no sweat if you have a real relationship and abide by the requirements then eventually
you will be approved. If at first you don't succeed, try again, is my motto.
Never give up, keep your cool and be patient. Be yourself, try not to open the door in a night gown though
and throw the robe on before you open the door.
If we can't mention the funny parts of this and laugh at ourselves then we are taking ourselves way too serious.
So relax and chill and I wish you all  speedy approvals for visas and AOS, ROC and naturalization.
There is always a silver lining for a long drawn out AOS, we qualify for a 10 year green card now because we are married
over 2 years and don't have to ROC. Yay !
 

Totally agree on that as well. You don't need that long to get the documents together, maybe a couple weeks but months is crazy.

Agreed. At the same time, I've seen way too many couples wait 6+ months to gather all the necessary information...putting them out of status and at risk for deportation in the process. =_=
 
USCIS will take into account how long a couple has been married with the initial filing. Newlyweds from a K-1 aren't able to have a whole lot right away, and that's fine. If there's an interview, you bring the evidence at that time (but still start gathering it as soon as you can).

Indeed, while California law enforcement is not allowed to discriminate on the basis of an AB-60 license, nothing prevents non-California law enforcement from viewing an AB-60 license as a strong indication that you're likely an undocumented immigrant.

It is typical in most states that K1s need EAD to get a license. Your entry is for 90 days only. There is no guarantee you will get approved for AOS. So the only document you have showing your legal status in the US is an I-94 with a 90 day entry.  If you got a license, it would expire on day 90. Your EAD will be dated and  show you have 1 year. Your driver license will expire on the date your EAD expires.  Most other visas are for longer entry and are renewable so it's only a K1 problem. Drive on you UK license.

If you're looking for a state ID / driver's license, then these are both issued by the state and they have their own requirements. So while your legal presence is determined by federal law, the requirements for those state-issued IDs can be more strict. And yes, many times the employees don't know the rules. To be fair, an individual employee probably doesn't see this circumstance very often (if ever) in many areas. In my area specifically, there's less than 1% immigrant population...I would be surprised if they knew the proper rules for my fiancee's circumstances.

I don't think they check your visa. As long as your I-94 is valid and you have proof that you're currently applying for AOS you'll be fine. When you receive the ID, just know it's only valid for 1 year because that's how long they anticipate the green card to take for approval. If you get the green card before the ID expiration date then head back down and show them proof of green card and residency so they can update the ID. It might be worth looking into a drivers license too. Works the same way! 

You're right, It is a federal system, but some states have imposed extra requirements on top of the lawful presence that you can't meet without an EAD and or GC - unfortunately.

Most states won't accept it. Their claims is "that is not an immigration status yet"

Different Service Center handles different cases, your EAD is standard, it is handled by NBC, so expect a reply around 90 days, if after 75 days, you can call for SR on it. The AOS is the slow one, but then that depends on a lot of factors. The most important thing you have to wait and keep the faith.

I totally agree, you will be wasting money, the EAD might just be 90-days way....some even arrive before that time. 

Smart moves with the fishing and hunting license. I guess reading about other people's experience gives you more scope on how to navigate the complex structure of American Systems. In some state, with your valid visa, other documents, you can get a DL until the last date of your Visa.

I totally agree, you will be wasting money, the EAD might just be 90-days way....some even arrive before that time. 

That's one of the most f*cked up things I've noticed with America since I moved here, they just send all kinds of identification cards in the mail like it was just some random advertisement not worth a sh*t (anything from state ID and driver's license to work permits and actual greencards!). In Sweden they would have you come pick something so important up at your local post office and you would have to show ID for verification (they would never do signature as anyone could sign that thing if they just happened to be at/in front of your house at the time). 
 
My guess with USCIS might be that they earn so much money from cards go missing so they wqnt to keep it the way it is. Take a greencard for example, it's insured up to $100 so I assume that's the money they get from the post department if the card goes missing? And if the applicant has to file for a replacement card that would cost $450-500. So I assume it's a win-win for USCIS seeing as it hardly costs them anything to make a new card.
 
 

That's how it works in California too, but you must have at least 60 days left on your i-94 or else they won't give you one. It would only be valid as long as your i-94 is so I saw no point in getting one back then, I would just have to go there again and pay again once my EAD showed up to have it renewed anyway, which made no sense.

Give it a shot, but I personally think EAD card is a guaranty  hit with DMV and State ID

Give it a shot, but I personally think EAD card is a guaranty  hit with DMV and State ID

From my experience with having a joint sponsor you have to make all of the documents explicitly clear otherwise they send you an RFE. I got 3 RFEs for documents that I already sent. 
 
When you send off these documents i would recommend having a cover letter to make it more user friendly. 
 
Your household size will be 2 since it's just you and your spouse. 
 
Your fathers household would be 4 if you do not live there. Edit; see above the person above is correct 
 
Do the calculations and make sure your father earns enough to sponsor you with the household size he has. I believe the total he needs to show on his tax return is $30,500.  You can also include assets. 
 
It cant hurt to have an additional sponsor so adding your mother should help. 
 

Give it a shot, but I personally think EAD card is a guaranty  hit with DMV and State ID

Look over this list of the ROC guide, you may have something else you aren't thinking of.
Wills, power of attorney, living will, joint gym card, joint phone statements, joint credit cards...
 
http://www.visajourney.com/content/751guide
 
They won't expect a lot for AOS and know that in a few months you can't have that much joint evidence but you need to start collecting much
more evidence for ROC than AOS and the sooner the better.
Forget the emails, you are living under one roof and no longer need to proof you communicate online.

 

 

I don't understand what you mean by this .
Just use this site, Go to Guides on this site, then you will samples of form filled out here...just change the information on the examples to yours. Also make sure u download the current form from WWW.USCIS.GOV.
then use the sample here to apply. If you apply early, before the expiration, then you are covered.