Kris-Sy

The point i was trying make was  that people change  and show you a completely different person from what you thought they were - sometimes it's the foreigner and sometimes it the citizens. 

I definitely understand both sides. In my case the USCs left and filed for divorce  during the ROC process - . He changed his address from everything  -  cancelled our joint insurances. everything joint he cancelled  - He told me that i would no longer have proof  if they asked for more  and  he would not show up for any interviews. He filed for divorce  saying that we were separated a year before i sent the 751 renewal papers - just to hurt the immigration process. i am letting him run  with his lies  and not participating in his mess - the court will grant him the divorce without me. i clearly have proof that we had files for taxes together  and  moved to a new place  where we both went to the  complex  and signed the lease / renters insurance . i will ask my landlord to give me a letter. i will use them down the line if i have to during n400. 

i also know people who leave their   USCs right after they are all set with their papers.  

it is not an easy for either parties sometimes. 

15 hours ago, cmhans said:

Thank you for your advice CookieCat. Utilities are included in our rent and we have separate phone accounts, so We will send what we have and will leave out (b) (the tax stuff that you said is unnecessary). We will also add utilities and phone bills to our "we have not included the following because..." section.

Do you think we will get a RFE?

you can add in your cover letter that the utilities are included in the rent . 

9 minutes ago, mindthegap said:

This is incorrect.

You can switch to a divorce waiver at any time once divorce proceedings have legally commenced.

However, a petition with a divorce waiver added can only be approved once the divorce is final- with an RFE for the final decree if necessary. 

yes true. thanks for the correction

3 hours ago, Ryad89 said:

I'm not divorced yet, but most likely I will file soon

only when the divorce is final you are able to switch to waiver i believe.

1 hour ago, henrychinaski928 said:

Hi,

I have been following this forum through out my I751 process and it helped me get through it so I wanted to share my dates with you folks.

Case received by CSC on June 21st, 2016 and I just got the card being produced email update on August 31st, 2017.

I hope you all get approved soon.

 

Peace

Congratulations

11 hours ago, Ryad89 said:

I have a question I hope some one will help, is there any one filed jointly to remove condition, then while the case still in procces, they changed it to waiver. my question is what is the steps to change the case from joint to waiver? is it most likely I will have interview? what are thr chances I will get approved

are you divorced?  or filed for divorce ? yes a lot of waiver cases get approved  - as long as you can prove you entered the marriage in good faith.

1 hour ago, aZ2017 said:

Here you go:

I 751 application filled May 2017

Been receiving the NOA since then and pushed it till Sep 2017 due to being pregnant and jus delivered a baby.

Then I received the ASC appointment notice that shows the following:

Case Type: I-751 CRI89

Notice Date:

Service Center: CSC

Seems  like it is the Biometrics

The HR person had trouble understanding the situation with the extension letter.  They had to call  other people to verify   ( took 1-2 days)  and then they called and confirmed my start date. i was very anxious because i had already gave my previous job my resignation letter. Some companies HR are just clueless when it comes to immigration stuff.

i got a text from them too... they are working on the tools/website this weekend.

On 5/14/2017 at 4:02 AM, yacsie said:

Dear All,

 

I am going through this situation right now, and I hope anyone here can help me with any advice.

Here is some information of my application.

- My husband is an USC, and we filed I-751 jointly. 

- Submitted I-751 jointly in July 2016 in California. 

- Took my biometrics in August 2016 and received 1 year extension on my GC, which will expire in August 2017.

- As of today, USCIS office is still processing applications submitted in June 2016. So it's only a matter of time before they get to mine.

 

We dated for 1 year and 4 months before we got married. It's been 3 years and 3 months since we were married. However, things have not been great, and we have always tried to work it out in the last couple of years. Unfortunately, he has decided that he wanted a divorce. We are going to court next week (5/15/2017) to file for a divorce. It will take at least 6 months for the divorce to finalize in Southern California. I consulted several lawyers and they all told me to file the divorce now if he really wants to but just wait for immigration’s notice before further action. I feel I should notify immigration office right after we file a divorce, but I really don’t know how that will affect my application. Every lawyer told me, once we file for a divorce, not to have any actions right now but wait.

 

I think Immigration Office will get to my application in 2-3 months. I went through several posts on VJ and some people also suggested to wait first and if I did get RFE, that's when I should notify IO about divorce process and maybe then switch to a waiver? What's your opinion? 

 

I am also likely to move out once we file for a divorce, should I change my address too? Will changing my address affect my application?

 

Thank you in advance! 

  I agree with what the lawyer said . It could be just a matter of days for you to hear back from UCIS.... Can you just wait a few weeks? if you file for divorce, you don't need to notify them. You  are still married.  The only time for you to notify them is if the divorce is final and you still haven't gotten any responses. 

As far as having problem down the line for not letting them know you are separated ...if your marriage was real and can provide proof when doing the naturalization, you shouldn't have any problem.  It's a stressful situation and there's no right or wrong answer really for such situations. Just try to not complicate things. i hope you can work it out.

1 minute ago, Livelyjo said:

You are the best! Thank you. Do you happen to know if each letter from friends need to be accompanied with proof of what they are writing about?

You are welcome. No  proof needed from them. Just  notarized statements.

12 hours ago, Livelyjo said:

So I got an RFE today. I need guidance. I sent photos, copy of insurance cards with both our names, copy of letters addressed to us. Income taxes (well transcripts). Forgot what else. Now the want birth certificate of baby, which I have, they want bank statements(letter says they want records for as long as we been together, is this true?)  Prove that we live together, now the lease is under my name cause I moved here before he got here.  I can give utility bill but for how long does it need to be? One year or more?  I do not have a will Nor a power of attorney, do I need to get one ? The also mentioned letters from friends with supporting documents, what does this mean? 

You can write a letter stating why his name is not on the lease .  You should provide bank statement covering the  time you having been married/ since the joint accounts were created.  Just a few  statements here and there from every year.  there are no timeline for utility bills - just provide a few copies from when you started living together until now  (  5  or so ) . It is not necessary to have a will  or power of attorney . Just make sure you provide solid proof for the other things.  Birth certificate will be a great proof.   You need to have your family or friends provide  affidavits  - stating they know you as a couple ect.... and they need to be notarized  ( 2-3 letters will do).

You will be just fine  

59 minutes ago, Shumai said:

I haven't renewed my SSN card (I only have one that has restriction) since I became permanent resident. With both I-751 and N-400 pending, may I still be able to get a new SSN card (with no restriction)?

Thank you!

No. You need to wait for the  green card or for your naturalization paper.  Same thing happened to me, i went with the extension letter  and expired green card to remove the '' DHS restriction'' .  They didn't do it. They told me that i needed  an un-expired green card and can't use the letter as proof.  i recently got it updated once i received my 10 yr card.

1 hour ago, mr.j.j.s. said:

 

Hello again VJers,

 

My RFE response for the ROC is approaching its final stages, and I was hoping to get some feedback on any additional evidence you might suggest.

 

Here's what we included in our original I-751 application:

• Copies of the passports and green cards of (wife)
• Certificate of group health insurance plan coverage for myself and my wife
• Reference letter from Citibank and one recent monthly statement of our joint accounts
• A copy of our 2014 joint US tax return
• A sworn affidavit from my father, (name), attesting to our relationship and marriage
• A sworn affidavit from our landlord, (name), attesting to our relationship and marriage
• Copies of checks made out to our landlord, (name), for monthly rent payments
• 3 Photos of (wife) with myself and my family

 

Here's what we're sending with the RFE response:

1.     Evidence of shared residency and shared responsibility for a common residence

1.1.    One-year rental leases dated 8/20/2012 and 3/11/2017

1.2.    Carbon copies of rent checks for the months of March through July of 2017

 

2.     Evidence of combined financial resources, including joint ownership of assets

2.1.   Joint checking and savings account statements showing deposits and withdrawals for the period of our marriage

2.2.   Life insurance policy of the U.S. citizen spouse showing my wife, (name), as the sole beneficiary

2.3.   Joint federal tax returns for tax years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, with relevant W2 forms

2.4.   Joint credit card account summary stating U.S. citizen spouse and petitioner as primary cardholder and authorized cardholder, respectively, along with summary of mileage awards accumulated through use of shared credit card

2.5.   Joint credit card statements showing purchases for the past 15 months

 

3.     Additional Evidence of a continued life together and bona fide marriage

3.1.   Copy of our Japanese family registry filed with the Sapporo, Japan city office, with certified English translation

3.2.   Copies of passport photo pages, and visa stamp evidence of our trip to Japan in 2016

3.3.   Flight itineraries for our trip to Japan in Summer of 2016

3.4.   Hotel itinerary for our stay together in the town of Nikko, outside of Tokyo

 

Does this additional evidence appear to cover all our bases? I'm also including a brief explanation of the evidence, to tell "our story" to the USCIS examiner. I've included the explanation at the bottom of this post.

 

I also had some other questions I was hoping to get some clarification on:

• We originally submitted evidence of a joint health insurance plan. Since submitting our original application, we have changed our insurance plan. Should I include copies of our new health insurance cards? I'm afraid I won't have time to request a new certification of coverage - would the cards be sufficient? Should I just leave it out, since I already provided evidence of joint health insurance?
• For the certified translation of the Japanese family registry, is it OK if my wife translated the document herself as long as we include the USCIS certifying statement? Does it need to be notarized? They accepted her birth certificate translation for the K-1, but I'm thinking this might be different?
• Should we include photos from our trip together back to Japan? Unfortunately we don't have any photos of us with her family, and precious few of us together.
• Should the cover letter be placed on top of or underneath the RFE notice?
• The USCIS form filing tips suggest the use of sticky tabs to assist in locating items listed as attachments. Do they mean post-it notes? So I'll just stick them onto the bottom of the different sections? I'm worried about them falling off or getting folded while in transport.
• Should I label each piece of evidence with petitioner name and A#?

 

Thanks in advance for any feedback, advice and other pointers!  For added information for anyone willing to read more, I've pasted the brief explanation of evidence below. Thanks again!

----------------------------------------------------

Brief Explanation of Evidence Provided

2.     Evidence of shared residency and shared responsibility for a common residence

2.1.    One-year rental leases dated 8/20/2012 and 3/11/2017

I started renting the apartment at our current address in August of 2012 by myself, while (wife) was in Japan waiting for her K-1 fiancé visa to be approved. Following her entry to the U.S. and the end of the first one-year lease, we continued renting the apartment on a month-to-month basis, without a formal lease. We re-signed a one-year lease in March of 2017 following the landlord's request to increase the monthly rent from $XXXX to $XXXX. These respective rent amounts are reflected in the check carbon copies I provided in my original I-751 application, and in the more recent carbon copies provided in the present response.

 

2.2.   Carbon copies of rent checks for the months of March, April, May, June, and July of 2017

 

3.     Evidence of combined financial resources, including joint ownership of assets

3.1.    Joint checking and savings account statements showing deposits and withdrawals for the period of our marriage

Our joint checking and savings accounts constitute our sole bank accounts. Neither of us maintain separate or individual accounts. The statements included in this response reflect deposits made on behalf of both of our employers, withdrawals made from various ATMs, as well as purchases made on our shared debit card, for the period of our marriage (May, 2013) until now. Payments for our shared utilities (electric, gas, and cell phone) have also been made solely from our shared checking account.

 

3.2.   Life insurance policy of the U.S. citizen spouse showing my wife, (name), as the sole beneficiary

 

3.3.   Joint federal tax returns for tax years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, with relevant W2 forms

 

3.4.   Joint credit card account summary stating U.S. citizen spouse and petitioner as primary cardholder and authorized cardholder, respectively, along with summary of mileage awards accumulated through use of shared credit card

We chose to apply specifically for this JAL credit card in order to accumulate mileage points towards regular trips to Sapporo, Japan, my wife's home town. I have included all monthly statements to which I had access on our credit card's online account site.

 

3.5.   Joint credit card statements showing purchases for the past 15 months

 

4.     Evidence of a continued life together, and relationships with spouse’s family

4.1.   Copy of our Japanese family registry filed with the Sapporo, Japan city office, with certified English translation

 

4.2.   Copies of passport photo pages, and visa stamp evidence of our trip to Japan in 2016

 

4.3.   Flight itineraries for our trip to Japan in the summer of 2016

We booked separate flights for our trip. My wife's flight was booked through JAL, and was paid for using our accumulated credit card mileage points. We did not have enough points for two round trip tickets, so I booked my flight with a separate, less expensive airline. I also came back to the U.S. one month before my wife since I had to return to work.

 

4.4.   Hotel itinerary for our stay together in the town of Nikko, outside of Tokyo

We spent one week in Tokyo, spending several of those days staying with my wife's sister, (name). We then took a trip to Nikki, outside of Tokyo, for two nights before heading to Sapporo. In Sapporo, we stayed with my wife's mother and father, (names). This is the reason for not having included a hotel itinerary for the duration of our stay in Sapporo.

 

RFE  docs look good. You will get a response very fast. Good Luck !

3 hours ago, Erica & L said:

Does anyone know if I need to notify the USCIS for a change of phone number?

No. Address only

On 6/30/2017 at 3:17 AM, luukee said:

Thannks mindthegap,

 

do you know when you get the biometrics appointment letter? I've noticed a few VJer's get it between 10-15 days after getting their NOA1.  it's already been more than 15 days for us, so that's why i'm wondering.  The other thing I tried to do was go on uscis site and create a login to check the status of the case, based on the W number, but it doesn't seem to take it.  the NOA1 letter did say to wait until getting the biometrics letter to create a login though.  So maybe it hasn't been done yet.  I guess i'm just a bit paranoid about our mail people (yesterday one of our renewed credit cards came, and the envelope was opened from the side), stuff like that

 

yeah, I've been reading the horror stories, it's just crazy. 

 

thank you again for your information.

 

 

 

You can sign up for the USPS  informed delivery using your address - that way you will know what's coming your way. If you miss any mails you can confront the postal office about it.

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action

I got the old version as well.

18 minutes ago, Eks1022 said:

I have question for approved cases , r there cases getting approved from local offices or from csc . 

mine came from local office ( vsc) 

2 hours ago, hsa12390 said:

I asked the same question in another thread since we received our approval letter yesterday also saying it can take up to 60 days and instructing us not to travel before then. a couple of people said they got theirs within 2-3 weeks. but i would imagine that you could still travel with your GC + extension letter

i got my card within a week of receiving my approval letter in the mail.( VSC)  Massachusetts  

38 minutes ago, AH&JH said:

Thank you so much for sharing, really appreciated. My problem is we are separated (not legally separated) and still living in the same house. Marriage was in good faith, I thought he was the love of my life but he became this selfish, aggressive and disloyal person and we are in a really bad spot right now and we will divorce eventually but we agreed I'm not living the house or starting any divorce process until I reorganize my life (finding a good place to live for example, etc) Do you still think I should write a letter to USCIS?

i  would suggest wait  a few weeks to see if you hear some good news before you possibly make it more complicated.  if you are divorced you have to notify them. otherwise you don't have to ( i believe)

46 minutes ago, JULIANAv said:

Yes, they did. And the officer said it was assigned to someone but he couldn't tell how long it was going to take.  

congratulations!!!!

2 hours ago, J&E2013 said:

Hi, I was new and just joined on this site but I've been reading the comments here whenever I need some idea or help for my immigration process. It's so stressful, especially I got rfe last week about my ROC asking for more evidence. Btw I'm June 28, 2016 filer under VSC - NOA1 7/23/2016 - Biometrics 8/12/2016. I received an RFE June 2 and until now we still preparing for additional evidence that we have evntho we think that we send everything when we file. It's so frustrating and disappointing after waiting for almost a year and this is all we get - rfe 

Sorry to hear    what did they asked for?

42 minutes ago, Chuckld said:

I have a quick question about someone who is typing up their affidavit for someone filing an I-751 form.

 

They are saying that they need the date of birth, address and place of birth for the person they are typing up the affidavit about.

 

I had not heard this before, and only thought that the affiant included their own info on the affidavit. Considering the fact that the affidavit is about their knowledge of the couple and proof of who they are.

 

can anyone confirm either way?

no need to put  place of birth  of the person .   address, name and phone number . 

Received my card today in the mail - Old design.  Thank you all !  I hope more approvals are coming in the next few days.