StokesA92

Update on this situation;

We decided to go ahead and send in just the updates to financial with some extra pay stubs and a letter from my Wife's employer. 

It was accepted, finally!

Now to try and find a doctor for medical examination before October 1st in rural Oregon. 🙄

Hello all, 

First off a little information. I moved here last year with a K1 visa in August, my wife and I were married in September and our NOA1 for my AOS paperwork was received December 3rd, 2018. 

We received an RFE today stating that my wife is under the 125% federal poverty guideline for our household size as per the documentation we sent with our original packet. The letter we received talks a lot about a "Joint Sponsor" however, since filing taxes for the latest year (2018) her income due to promotions and assets now exceeds the 125% poverty guideline. We are absolutely able to find a Joint Sponsor if needed, however we are both 150% confident we do not need a sponsor at all due to wage changes. 

The part where we need advice; the letter does not clearly state whether or not we are able to reply with the current financial situation and squeak through with that, rather it asks for a latest year tax slip + information pertaining to a Joint Sponsor. 🤷‍♂️

I plan on calling and hearing what they have to say about this and will update, but was curious if any one else has been in a similar situation and which way is the correct way to go about it. 

If I left out any vital information in this post please let me know in a reply and I will correct it.

Thank you for reading!

1 hour ago, AnJay said:

Hope its something very small and easy to fix  but yes, at least it shows they actually looked at your papers.

my pd is December 5th and nothing changed since bio, meh...

Thanks! Us as well. I am unsure what it could be,  hoping it's as easy as an error on the affidavit of support that we can quickly fix. 

Also I looked back and noticed my NOA for i485 was actually December 3rd (I'm on mobile and it's not letting me edit my original post), so hopefully you hear from them soon! 🙂

My I-485 status finally updated on Friday. (NOA December 6) and we got RFIE'd. Still waiting on mail. 

It's a cyclone of emotions, one hand we are frustrated because we have been extremely organized and to our knowledge everything they need is with them. And on the other hand it's nice to know our case is being worked on! 

Dammit, but woohoo?

Let it be known I am also one of the Dec filers whose case status still says "We received your fingerprint fee". I went for prints at the start of January. (We were originally scheduled for prints on Dec 24th and made the 3hr drive to Yakima, WA to find it closed.. Merry Christmas right?)

The wait for EAD is excruciatingly tiring. 

On the other hand, our yard looks pretty nice and kept. 😁

27 minutes ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

No the total you need to send is one check for 1225 dollars.

18 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

No, the EAD fee is waived when you are filing concurrently with the AOS. So it would only be $1225. 

Thank you!

I have browsed through google and found a few conflicting answers about the filing fee (and a massive headache) for EAD while filing the AOS paperwork. 

I am filing from K1 status. 

Do I need to have the $495 fee for the EAD while also concurrently paying the $1225 fee for AOS? Or is it included in the AOS fee?

We are mailing in the AOS tomorrow so I am looking for a quick answer if possible. 

If the answer was already here on forums, I apologize for an extra thread. I did look and was unable to find anything. Thank you for your time!

Approved Wednesday! What an experience. Passport due to arrive by Monday. Ecstatic! Good luck and well wishes to you all!

Well Montreal finally opened up 3 interview spots yesterday and we snagged one for July. Finally!

24 minutes ago, Bonnie_Clyde said:

I thought for K1 we were the ones that are supposed to schedule our own but looks like it’s not the case for every embassy. Received packet 3 yesterday from my embassy and they told me they will be the one scheduling my interview once I submit packet 3 to them... 😔 

Same for us, also received yesterday from Montreal. 

21 minutes ago, jammyjam said:

Might be a stupid question, but how are you receiving emails from NVC??

I believe there was a section of the i-129f paperwork that asked for email for contact of petitioner. I would assume NVC reviews and uses the same information to contact and thus contacted us thru email provided. 

So my fiancee received the email today saying NVC received our case. Also received an email saying it was sent to consulate, same day, and on top of that another email saying it has been approved to be expedited.

Has anyone else received this chain? We never applied for any sort of expedition, did we just get lucky?

1 minute ago, Swissmiss82 said:

congraaaats  in the mail or how did u find out???

 

PS: dont forget to update timeline

Through the case status on the USCIS site. Should arrive in her mailbox by end of week if it is as fast as NOA1. 

She just came home for lunch and I decided to check it. Such a huge smile on her face! We both had teary eyes. Skype is a wonderful thing!!! lol

Timeline was the first thing I updated. 

Hello fellow September filers!

Our NOA1 was on Sept 5. Good luck to all of us!