DavideT

a quick update (even though a bit late):

We sent the 23rd, received the 26th then a week of silence, but our case imediately got approved on the 3rd of may! 

And received my 10 year greencard the same weekend  

Thank you all for your help

2 hours ago, elmers said:

This will take time just like the first status update. So yeah, you are pretty much in the dark until an officer gets to your package.

It's just weird cuz they didn't update the online status as "waiting for RFE", im still just at "moved to a new office" in late 2020, while i received my RFE february 2021.

Well, hopefully it updates soon cuz my RFE was due May 6th (even though with the current extension, i guess it would be July 5)...

Well,  I have sent my RFE and USPS confirmed the delivery today

I have a question though. MyUscis nor the Uscis Case Status have been updated to reflect the RFE request.

Am i to expect any sort of update about it now that they received it, or is it going to be a shot in the dark until I hear a decision?

Can i call to confirm my RFE package was received? Or they'll just refer me to the websites (whose last update was in november 2020) 

6 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

That's new to me.

 

Do what the letter instructs you to do.

 

I would send the response in by USPS Priority Mail with tracking.  
 

Thank you i really appreciate the help

2 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Either should be fine, if it doesn't specify.  Couriers (USPS/FedEx etc) know whether they are somehow unable to deliver to particular addresses, and the one you posted in the image is a physical street address, so it should work either way.

Thank you for the help, really appreciate it

2 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

I would go with what it says.

Do you know if i should stick to USPS or FedEx works for Field offices?

The letter doesn't specify any mailing method...

2 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

I was only going with copy, because the OP said the letter specified to send that.

3 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

Disagree with you.

 

Always send in the original RFE letter on top.  He should make and keep a copy of the letter for himself. 

https://imgur.com/a/P2EHJnI

this is what the letter i received specifies

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

Sigh.  Why is this so confusing?   Keep the original, and make a photocopy of it to send with whatever documentation they are asking for in the RFE.  That way, when it arrives, they will easily be able to affix it to your application.  

Okay, got it. I'm sorry, didn't mean to make it more confusing than what it already is.

The letter specifies a COPY as well, so i will do just what you said.

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

The copy you're supposed to attach is a copy of the RFE letter!  So that they have a frame of reference.   Do not send two packages!

Okay, so i have the send the original. 

I'm sorry, i got confused and i thought i could keep the original and send a copy of the letter ^^;

Just now, Jorgedig said:

USCIS would never have you send documentation to an attorney's office.  

Yeah i realized now its the NJ Field office in Newark! Imma edit the post.

The question still stands though, does a fedex delivery work? (I just feel alot safer lol)

2 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

There's only one original RFE letter that must be included on top of your reply, so you can't send in 2 identical packages via FedEx and USPS.  One would have a copy of that letter.  One would have the original.  

Seems suspect that the RFE is going to someone's place.  An attorney (you think).  Not a PO Box (you think).  Why not look and make sure?  

The RFE letter says to "Attach a COPY of this letter", that's why i thought i could send two identical packages!  and it goes to:

ATTN ISO Donald Daveich

US. CItizenship and Immigration Services

Address 

It doesn't mention a P.O. box so i assumed FedEx would work?

Hi all,

I have a RFE due soon (usually i would've sent way earlier, but i've spent most of april in the hospital.) and i'm just about to send later today/tomorrow morning.

I have two quick questions:

- can i use FedEx to send?  The delivery address is directly at SOMEONE's place (i think it's an attorney), not a P.O. box (i think), and the RFE itself doesn't specify anything about mailing method.... so i assume FedEx is safe?

-In case i wanted to be extra safe and send with both FedEx and USPS, would it be a problem if they received 2 identical packages? Like... i'd assume they'd just go with the one that gets there first and discard the second, there shouldnt' be any repercussions on me, correct?

Thank you

37 minutes ago, da95826 said:

There is nothing wrong with an old address on documents just indicate when you moved from one address to another. Provide USCIS a list of your address you lived at and the dates you lived at each with your spouse.

Should i avoid providing an address i wasn't on the lease on? Lived there in 2017 and for a bit of 2018 before me and husband got our place, but i wasnt on the lease. 

Hi all,  sorry for no replies, but the snow in texas was...an issue.

I have read all the comments and all i can say is thank you! I have a few questions to ask though:

- Is it okay if i send a couple of months from this address (like the last 2 months) at this address, from the bank statement, and a couple from our previous address? (I hate to say it but we forgot to switch address on the bank site...since we do paperless everything, it didn't even register. We switched address on the Post office site and some other places but other addresses we completely forgot x_X).

- this years W2 have the same address which is great, but i was working 2 jobs and one of the jobs (the one im not working anymore at) has the wrong address (the previous place...lol where we STILL lived together since its one of the leases im going to send). Would that impact it negatively? I'm not even sure how i would explain the situation without just spelling out "im an absolute idiot because if i don't physically get mail from somewhere, I tend to forget to change address)

- I'm not even sure how it would work but would stuff like.. doordash/grubhub receipt work? Since they deliver food at the same place no?

- We don't have a joint lease for 2017 (even though we got married that year 😕 ) for reasons. How bad will it impact us do y'all think? ( i have 2018 thru 2021 though... )

Sadly, i tend to not really keep receipts from amazon or stuff like that, or i'd have a couple of gifts for my husband, new furnitures etc x_x

Also, i think i might re-send some of the old evidence as someone stated, since they might not have it all.

All in all, we should have:

- Affidavits from old roomates and family

- Internet bill at my name + utility bill at his name, paid at the same address

- 3 years of leases

- taxes for 2019 and 2020 (i can send 2018 too, but i wasn't working back then) (with W2s and the other documents attached)

- My husband's health insurance, of which i'm beneficiary 

- 5/6 new photos from 2019 and 2020 (Sadly 2020 wasn't exactly a great year to get out and travel lol...we were supposed to go to italy ) + resubmit a few from the first batch

- New IDs with our matching address

- couple of months of our singular bank statements + joint account.

Hopefully that's enough? 

17 minutes ago, da95826 said:

You need to provide evidence of your bonafide marriage throughout your marriage from wedding to today.

Best evidence.

Joint tax returns for each year of the marriage (IRS tax transcripts from IRS web page) 

Joint bank account statements showing income coming in and money going out to pay joint expenses. Put together proof of payment of expenses from petitioner and spouse.

Joint bills (energy, phone, internet, water,,,)

Joint lease, joint mortgage during marriage

State issued IDs or driver's licenses for spouse and petitioner with common address

W2 and 1099 issued during the marriage (shows common address, show joint income)

Birth records of children together

Photos together on vacation, at family events, holidays

Joint insurance (life, health, car)

Joint ownership of property (Car, home)

Proof of travel together as a couple during marriage

Joint investments (IRA, & 401k beneficiary) 

Affidavits from friends, family, that can attest that you and your spouse live together as a couple and attest to your marriage.

None of these pieces of evidence is required but providing as many as you can is needed, if you're short in one area of proof you need to provide more proof in other areas.

Yeah what we can provide is:

-Extra taxes return for 2020 (we already provided 2018 and 2019. BUT its mentioned in the letter, so i don't mind re-sending those if it helps!)

-We have a joint bank account, but we use it seldomly and pretty much its a saving account that we use to move money between the two of us (so mostly its pretty low and has not THAT much activity. Still, something with both our names on)

-The phone bill has only his name, but both our phones on. T-mobile wouldnt let us have have two names on it.

-He needs to update his ID, so after we do that we should have matching IDs on the same residence (if we can even access the DMV)

-We have those, albeit the address is the old one... I got laid off from my old job and forgot to update them of my address. (Regardless IT IS the address we BOTH lived at together)

-We have joint lease on our appartment (we provided 2020 to 2021, BUT we can also provide 2018 to 2020)

-We have a few photos, we don't take that much besides a few selfies here and there.

-We have joint health and dental insurance

-No property cuz we broke

-Investments im not well versed in that stuff so probably that horse is long gone for it take effect by may 6th.

-We can get affidavits but everyone says they don't matter much.

We can't have birth records cuz we are a same sex couple.

Hi all,

I just received a RFE, due may 6th. So theres some time, but I'm both kind of annoyed and surprised AND worried lol.

What we sent with my I-751 (filed in june 2020) was 2 leases (from 2020 to 2021 of our new place) and our 2019 tax return. I didn't really add more because from my understanding (and what the lady interviewing us in 2018 said), tax return and lease should be more than enough for this petition. Regardless, my questions are as follows.

1- We are going to add the leases we had from 2018 to 2020, but before it's impossible (cuz I wasn't on the lease for reasons)... but i would imagine 2 extra years worth of lease would have a pretty decent impact no?

2- We are going to add the 2020 taxes... and send again the 2018 and 2019 taxes. We got married in 2017 (iirc right after he did taxes, or right before, so it wouldnt have mattered anyways, no?). I'm sure they have the 2018 tax return cuz i submitted it live at the interview, but again, since it was mentioned on the RFE resubmitting that year should still help?

3- My name is on the phone bill as well, but not much else... I think utilities are alongside rent and well, the internet its just at my own name. We have a shared bank account, but we use it mostly to move funds between us, not as much else, so it's dry most of the time. Not sure if it's worth including that? (though its been active since...2017 lol)

4- We have a couple of pictures taken over the years from 2/3 family trips and some selfies we take together every now and then, not sure how helpful those would be?

So yeah, i'm not quite sure what else could we submit, do y'all think 2 more years of lease and this year tax return and phone bill would be enough??? We're literally two boring ### dudes, too broke to have a mortgage or a car, not sure what else to provide

Not sure if I should start looking into an immigration attorney either. As i mentioned we're two broke dudes and if i could avoid that since ive done everything on my own, i'd rather to keep it that way!

Also, is it normal for the RFE to ask us to send evidence directly to someone and not one of the offices?

7/24 - Package sent via FedEx

7/29 - Package Received

8/3 - Money taken out of the bank

8/4- Text update on the start of the petition

8/15- NOA Received

8/25- Fingerprints were applied to my petition

I assumed that this:

As of August 25, 2020, fingerprints relating to your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, Receipt Number SRCXXXXXXXXXX, have been applied to your case. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

Means my FP got waivered, so now its just a waiting game yeah? If i were to need a passport stamp, I would have to request an appointment via phone call?

7/24 - Package sent via FedEx

7/29 - Package Received

8/3 - Money taken out of the bank

8/4- Text update on the start of the petition

Now i'm just waiting for the NoA. Its already been a while, should i start worrying? Or too soon to call and have any worries?

Also, given i did biometrics again in 2019 (due to an I-90 cuz they got my card wrong), what are the chances of the biometrics being waivered?

3 minutes ago, Brother Hesekiel said:

So you are married less than a year, and your (conditional) Green Card  has an expiration date on it that is only 1 year after the issue date?

If so, that's indeed a nasty mistake, and I wonder why you never had a closer look at your Green Card in all this time.

Anyway, I-90s take quite a while these days, so you'll need to have patience. It's also possible that you'll receive the card back with instructions to file an I-751 instead. Of course, you can't do that, so you'll call the USCIS hotline, and try to explain to them that they screwed up. That most likely will also get you nowhere, so eventually you'll make an Infopass appointment and regretfully have to say that you mailed out your Green Card. Not much you can do at this point than sit back and hope for the best . . .

Thanks. I'm honestly just wondering if it's normal to take this long to receive an E-notification lol. Cuz USPS confirmed the delivery, and i'm more like worried of my original greencard being out there in the open.

About the mistake and noticing, lets say that between a few months trip back home, coming back to the US and dealing with deaths in both families, I had other things going thru my head to be completely honest ^^;

So uh, a month ago i received a notice I-751 to remove conditionality from my GC... a year ahead of schedule, cuz turns out they put the wrong expiration date on my GC. That's a bit besides the point tho:

I have filled an I-90, packed my GC in it as per website direction and I have sent everything on june 10th. They (supposendly, according to USPS) received my package on june 13th.

I also have sent a G-1145 to get notified of when my case gets accepted, but still haven't heard anything from them yet! Should i be worried or is it within the normal operation times? Like, i have the terror that my package got lost or something (since it has my GC in it. But USPS tracking confirms its been successfully delivered to the lockbox so...), and given that my AoS application was accepted in not even 3 days...

Hi guys, another update:

I have sent everything on june 10th. They (supposendly, according to USPS) received my package on june 13th.

I also have sent a G-1145 to get notified of when my case gets accepted, but still haven't heard anything from them yet! Should i be worried or is it within the normal operation times? Like, i have the terror that my package got lost or something (since it has my GC in it. But USPS tracking confirms its been successfully delivered to the lockbox so...), and given that my AoS application was accepted in not even 3 days...

Hello guys, i'm sorry if i bump this topic back up, but i need a lil clarification about one part of the I-90:

What do i put in"Location where you applied for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status" ? I thought to put San Antonio, cuz that's where the USCIS office i got my interview is located but... that's pertinent to the following question, so i'm not quite sure?

Also, any I'm probably going to mail with USPS, any suggestion on the sort of... packaging? i guess? to use? 

1 minute ago, killadocg23 said:

I just had to return my new GC because it had an error on it. Fill out the I90 and send in the card with error. Do your biometrics then request expedite due to uscis error and get a higher federal agency involved. I received my new GC within 2 months from me filing it to the new one in my hand. Call to schedule info pass and tell them you want an I-551 in your passport. My office is San Antonio as well. Trust me and listen to me. I just got my New GC maybe 2 weeks ago. Everything went smooth for me. I love the San Antonio office

Yeah i will do just that! the san antonio office has been really nice and understanding to me, the lady doing the interview was super nice too

34 minutes ago, mushroomspore said:

Just normal mail. I'll keep you updated if anything happens. Keeping my fingers you get your new card quickly.

Thank you so much! will probably be able to file everything next week, at most 2 from now

2 hours ago, mushroomspore said:

National Benefits Center.

 

I put "ATTN: I-751 REMINDER LETTER; PLEASE UPDATE RECORDS. FOR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR REVIEW" on the envelope and my cover letter.

thanks, i will probably do the same. Any specific packaging or just a normal mail?

11 minutes ago, mushroomspore said:

Hey, just chiming in to say the exact same thing happened to me. Became a PR in late 2018 but the card listed my filing date instead, which was in 2017. If you look through my profile, you can find my thread about it. My I-90 got approved super fast. Not entirely sure why because I asked for an expedite after biometrics but got an email saying it'd been denied. But it got approved in 1.5 months anyways??

 

Anyway, I got the I-751 reminder letter telling me to file soon. Some people said to ignore it; others said it would be a good idea to write a letter explaining my timeline and include photocopies of everything. I ended up doing the latter recently because I felt VERY uneasy about letting it go ignored. I simply do not trust USCIS to double-check people's cases. If they did, they would not have sent the mistaken I-751 reminder letters to us. Anyways, I also suggest reaching out to your senator or congressional rep to let them know your situation and to look into it as well for you to ensure further confusion doesn't occur. 

who/where did you send the letter to?