Stark44

7 hours ago, geowrian said:

Do not file as single if you are married.

 

Kinda a red flag if they weren't even aware of this. It's right in the 1040 instructions for filing status, not hidden anywhere.

Yes, I was told if married always filed a joint return. I tried sending you a PM but it didn't work.

Just now, gabara14 said:

I will be doing it this week if I don’t get a response from my inquiry this week.

How long has your service inquiry been open for? Since making the service inquiry what do you think is an acceptable amount of time to wait before reaching out to your local congressperson for assistance?

Has anyone contacted there Congressman or senator to help speed up the process of obtaining their NOA, I saw some users in the April filers did this and they received their NOA. 

4 hours ago, Sarah_k92 said:

I’m thinking I got it through my senator’s office. I did everything too. Ombudsman office took on my case but I’ve heard nothing from them since. It was my senator who kept in contact and told me to wait. So try your senator as soon as because the email she forwarded me came straight from a person at Potomac. They have direct links to them from what I gathered. 

I'm a May filer, after waiting until the "contact us by X date if you have not received NOA" I did a service inquiry and sent an email.

After you did the above how long did you wait until contacting your congressman or senator to speed up the process to get your NOA? Do you advise contacting both your local congressperson or senator or does only one of them deal with immigration inquires?

Sorry for all the questions I just really want to receive the NOA, you think it would be easy in receiving it since all other i751 filers before early-mid April received it fine.

1 minute ago, gabara14 said:

Today my case got assigned to an officer.

case status remains on “ my case was received “ but at least now they know I haven’t received the NOA.

it took a week from the day I sent the request for non-delivery notice on their website to be assigned to someone.

 

That's good news hopefully you will receive the NoA soon!

What date did they receive the i751, did you send the notice delivery request at the very day they said to contact if not received?

Hopefully these get processed faster and everyone on here receives their NOA

4 hours ago, Charlene Gei said:

Do you have an uscis account to this site? https://egov.uscis.gov , log in and then you can see at the bottom of the page RELATED TOOL and you can see Submit a case inquiry and there’s options there and you gonna click DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE BY MAIL and then just fill up the form and send..

For the email, see attachment below.. I hope this will help you 😊

 

i sent two attachment..

How often did you do a service inquiry/email to get your NOA or receive an email response?

Many Thanks

43 minutes ago, Charlene Gei said:

Do you have an uscis account to this site? https://egov.uscis.gov , log in and then you can see at the bottom of the page RELATED TOOL and you can see Submit a case inquiry and there’s options there and you gonna click DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE BY MAIL and then just fill up the form and send..

For the email, see attachment below.. I hope this will help you 😊

 

i sent two attachment..

Thank you very much, this is very helpful!

So am I correct in saying there are 3 ways to contact 

1- Via phone
2- Via USCIS service inquiry on their website after creating an account 
3- Via email 

Has everyone just been messaging them via the above communication methods regarding not receiving the NoA, is it just an automatic response that you receive when doing a service inquiry or emailing? 

16 hours ago, Stark44 said:

For the May 2020 filers who have the casse status update that shows their i751 was received ...if the date of not receiving your NOA that is on this case update is coming up or has passed what steps have you taken to reach out? 

 

Do you just call them inquiring or is there an email that should also be sent? 

Just wondering if anyone knows the above or has had to contact what steps and email did you send?

If anyone can advise that would be greatly appreciated

For the May 2020 filers who have the casse status update that shows their i751 was received ...if the date of not receiving your NOA that is on this case update is coming up or has passed what steps have you taken to reach out? 

Do you just call them inquiring or is there an email that should also be sent? 

11 hours ago, Wuozopo said:

I will add that mine was fairly minimal because I just sent my most recent joint account statements, more of a carry-on from what I had sent for ROC the year before. I didn’t cover the whole three years of joint documents since ROC already covered two years. 

For the USC spouse what sort of evidences do they want a copy of birth certificate or a valid US passport? Additionally, when filing after 3 years and completing the work/employment section do you advise doing 5 years or 3 years worth of information as you would be filing based on the past 3 years as a LPR? 

I tried sending you a PM but it did not go through.

24 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

Yeah, that sounds reasonable because it asks your father’s name and doesn’t say at birth. It’s his name. I think that “at birth” is an attempt to be progressive. You know, not make the parents gender specific. And also men can take the wife’s name at marriage so could have a “maiden” name of sorts. 

I hardly remember going to a UK post office for a passport. My wife said at her original passport application, they did it at the postal counter where you buy stamps and send parcels. My passport place Here had a table set to the side of the counter. I guess it depends on how each place wants to set up. I don’t remember doing anything but handing them the application and they browsed it and said I couldn’t pay the acceptance fee with a check. Oh yes, now I remember the debit card was to get cash with which to purchase a USPS money order which they would accept.  They aren’t so fussy here about having people sign off for you. Maybe that’s the post office’s part, to see if the photo looks like the person applying and check ID. 

 

That does make sense about what you said about it trying to be more progressive.

That is good to know about the passport process for the future. It sounds like it is the same as the way you would get a UK passport at a UK post office, they check everything over etc. I really appreciate your reply on this topic, cheers again!

On 6/8/2020 at 9:26 AM, Wuozopo said:

I believe you are over-thinking. I would put the complete name on your father’s birth certificate. I believe their ‘at birth’ is just a generic substitute for the older “maiden name”. Noice they don’t say Mother name and Father name as separate specifics. It is more generic to allow for someone who has two mothers or two fathers.

I notice that now, apologies for overthinking. I notice on the SSN form too but only for the mother. It asks for "mother's name at her birth" and then father name. I inputted my mother's maiden name and my father's name as it has been for my entire life and on my birth certificate, this would be correct as that is what each question is asking for? Probably just overthinking every little thing again. 

Regarding when you do the passport service at USPS is it a similar experience to doing it at the post office in the UK for a UK passport where they check that all relevant sections have been completed, additionally can you pay extra to have it expedited to receive it sooner?

Hope to hear from you soon, cheers

Your right Wuozopo I tend to overthink things, thank you for the responses! 

44 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

They want you to indicate the complete name your father had on his birth certificate when your father was born. If his Mum named him Joe Fred Smith and registered his birth in that name, then that goes on the form.  

Cheers for the reply, when looking at it, it only asks for the last name at birth though?

Good to know that it is handled via USPS I assume they have special locations that help with the application of these. 

Can anyone confirm if it's just the last name at birth that is being asked for, for parents name? I read that the parental information section is used for a claim to citizenship for people but since both are not USC.

Additionally, can anyone provide a brief overview of what the process is like for first time applicants if applying based on naturalization /marriage to US spouse. 

4 minutes ago, Donald120383 said:

they are asking for birth last name 

You are correct it does seem to only require the father last name which is why I assume that including a letter/statement explaining that father had a legal name change prior to applicants birth might help for any confusion. 

5 minutes ago, Donald120383 said:

if they ask for name at birth you put the name at birth , if they ask for current name than you put current first and last name, if they ask for any other names used, you put the name before change.

All of those questions about other names used pertain to the applicant. This question is regarding parents, thus far only mother's maiden name has been asked. 

Upon reviewing the passport form it asks father first & middle name and then the title/section for last name says "at birth" which is why I thought it is asking for father's current given name and birth last name. 

Hi all,

I was curious I know throughout immigration sometimes on forms you are asked about mother's maiden name such as on g325a or applying for SSN etc. I noticed on the passport form it asks for last name at parents birth for both mother AND father.

I was wondering if anyone had filed before where there father had a legal name change before their birth. If so did you input your father's first and middle current name with the last name at your father's birth.

I assume attaching a statement/letter explaining would be helpful as all prior forms seem to ask only for the applicants parents current name or as noted previously some ask for mother's maiden name. 

Hi May Filers,

Has anyone who filed in May yet received NOA? Other than the "we received your case/receipt number" case update has anyone had any other updates? 

I was checking the April filers thread and saw that some had their previous biometrics used, have any May Filers received this update?

Have any April filers received NOA yet? Also have all April filers had their previous biometrics used? If so how long after your case was received did the update change to notify you of this or is there no online notification but a mail to you that lets you know?

Has anyone who filed in May received the paper NOA? I was reading the April 2020 filers thread and it seems that quite a few who filed at the end of April have not received this either.

I got it checked again today and it's 5'11 confirmed, sorry for overthinking about this. 

7 hours ago, Wuozopo said:

Are you just winding people up out of boredom?

No I'm genuinely asking for your input.

12 hours ago, Nathan45 said:

I also got an update last night saying fingerprints had been applied to my application. So that means no future Biometrics appointment?

12 hours ago, Nico Botero said:

Probably you are good for now, great progress , that is very fast, when did they receive your application? What center ? 

For RoC I believe though are biometrics not required again if filing for citizenship in the future?