george.conley

Looks like there's some movement in the miserably slow YSC Processing Center as my wife and I's Removing Condition for Residency card was finally approved!!! Received the 48 month extension letter a few days after the 1 year expiration letter had lapsed and just received word today that the card was approved and mailed! Took almost 4 years but glad this ordeal is finally over.

All the best to those who are still waiting to hear back.  

Got our NOA today notifying us that our Green Card's expiration date was extended by 18 months. Hoping it doesn't take USCIS that long to process a ROC but who knows?!?!?😑

Package received 12/8. Card was charged 1/18. 

Green Card received in hand today. About one week after our interview date.

My wife is from a partner country that allows for citizens of that partner country to apply for Global Entry. So when she travels internationally she travels with her foreign passport and uses her foreign passport at the US Global Entry Kiosks and goes through the same fast track line as US Global Entry travelers. She was just approved for her Green Card.

Question - Can we still use her foreign passport that is tied to her Global Entry account for international travel when we come back to the US or will we need to use her Green Card and wait in the PR line?

AOS Interview scheduled for next Monday at the VA Office. Will report back here once done. Little worried because we don't have any accounts with both our names listed. In other words, getting adding both to the mortgage, utilities, bank accounts, etc. requires in-person visits. However, we have insurance cards in both our names, medical statements in both names with the same address, plenty of wedding/family photos, and we're also 8 months pregnant. Anything we should be worried about?

So same day that our EAD/AP Combo Card was sent, USCIS status for our AOS was updated to Interview was Scheduled. That's pretty fast for DC/VA office.

EAD approved yesterday with Case Status Online now showing as "New Card is Being Processed." To what everyone else was commenting, the AP is still showing status as "Case was Received." So while we did apply for the combo EAD/AP card, the site does only update one of the applications. While happy, would have been nice if the EAD/AP was approved around the holidays given we had an Asia trip planned  

All works out though since in two weeks we're going to Maui/Kauai  for our postponed honeymoon  

Biometrics completed this morning even though appointment was scheduled for 4-September (DC Office was backed up because their system scheduled appointments on the 3-September federal holiday 🙄). In any case, as of this afternoon both I-485 and I-765 showing fingerprint review was complete. Still waiting for I-131 to get updated to the same (hopefully as we have international travel scheduled for December/January).

Just a quick fyi for those in the DC Office. Had a 2PM biometrics appointment today at the Alexandria Office only to be turned away. Apparently their systems didn't recognize the Labor Day Holiday and had a bunch of applicants signed up for a 3-September appointment. That caused a huge back-up so everyone that was not in the office at 7:30AM 4-September ended up getting turned away and told to come back next week as a walk-in. SMH 😑

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Biometrics appointment scheduled for 4-September at the Alexandria, VA Office location. Fun times!!!

Dropped off AOS Packet today along with EAD and AP. Have a trip overseas for mid-December.  is that wishful thinking?

WOOHOOO!

my fiancé had her interview yesterday and was approved! Thank God!  In principle at least, because medical clinic mixed up the order of her name but the embassy has her passport and will do all the necessary work . she’ll receive her visa in two weeks, and we’ll buy the final ticket in our LDR (for hopefully a long while)

Thank you so so much to everyone who’s helped in our queries and such- we’re Super grateful and and comforted reading the diff posts because at least we didn’t feel alone in this. Also, this forum saved us a ton in lawyer fees lol so definitely a big plus.

We’ll be praying for everyone and wish everyone all the best! The last stretch was definitely the worst for us- all the anxiety and waiting. But it’s all worth it!:)

Will do!

3 hours ago, emekus94 said:

Augustines-
Any of you lovely people with early approvals at the NVC stage yet? 

2/9/2018 approval date.  Called NVC today 2/22 and a case # was provided as well as an invoice #.  Current NVC status is "At NVC" if that helps. 

Congrats to everyone who received their NOA2.  So I'm a little confused on the DS-160.  When exactly should the beneficiary fill that out?  Is it when the NVC Visa Status has changed to "Ready?"  

This is the specific part from the I-129F-After NOA2 site that confused me: "After paying your visa fee, you can submit your DS-160 and schedule your interview!!!" Where and when exactly are you paying the visa fee?  Is that fee submitted when completing the online DS-160 or sometime else?

On 1/31/2018 at 7:13 PM, kas634 said:

Thanks for the correction on that

 

Also........ I'm looking at the i-864 and I've been told by multiple lawyers that only my past year's tax statements have to reflect that I make enough money to support my fiance. And, of course, I need to provide additional support like pay stubs when his interview comes up... However, I also have to state my 2016 and 2015 tax statements (not the documentation, just what my income was), and I did not meet the requirement whatsoever cause I was in college. I'm way above the requirement now with my 2017 tax statement. Anyone know if this will be an issue? Hoping my lawyers were right on this one thing at least 

Getting ready for our engagement shot and just received the great news. August 2nd NOA and we just got the text notification that our application was approved. Feeling very blessed and thankful that we didn’t get a RFE for the beneficiary letter of intent since that was not originally included. Self-filers also and thanks to visajourney for all the helpful information. 

Will pray for for everyone else who has been patiently waiting. Thanks again!!!

2 minutes ago, Naes said:

Please create a timeline so we can also see the estimations  

Congrats!!!

Thanks, Naes and kas634.  Seeing fiancé next week so will get her to sign the forms then and have ready just in case.  Hoping kas634 was right and we just get an adjudicator in a good mood =)

New joiner here.  August 4th NOA1 so hoping for next week or so.  Couple questions for those seasoned posters here and apologies if these questions have already been asked:

1. I included a letter of intent to marry for myself but didn't include one for the beneficiary.  However, we included multiple flight tickets, photos of engagement, photos of family celebrating engagement, photos of her wearing the ring, etc.  Will we end up with a RFE or should we be okay?
2. Does it matter what country the beneficiary is from?  For example, if she's from a visa waiver country will that make things easier?
3. Wasn't able to provide Passport stamps because we both have Global Entry (Singapore is reciprocity country) so we always use the immigration fast lane.  Will that be an issue even though we provided plenty of flight stubs?

Thanks in advance and looking forward to celebrating NOA2s with everyone in a few weeks.