UsGer

Received the Card today in the Mail. This is finally over. Thanks for everyone’s support here.

26 minutes ago, Vivian_C said:

Hi, do you mind sharing what you sent back to them after RFE? I’m gathering my documents as well since receiving the RFE and all information I get will be helpful. Thanks 

Absolutely not 😊

We got a generic RFE basically to proof that our marriage is legit. I will say, we have 30 years in age difference which is why I initially already sent in a bunch of evidence, knowing that this might be happening. 

This is what I’ve sent in. 

I wrote a letter explaining our relationship. 

So did my husband. 

4 Affidavits (Sister in Law, My brother, two Friends) 

Drivers Licenses of both of us 

Travel documentation (we traveled quiet a bit) with Photos and activities we booked

Pictures of our life together month to month for 5 years of relationship (4 years of marriage) 

Facebook Post/Photos Screenshots 

Car Insurances in Our Name

Joint Health Insurance 

Joint Cell Phone Plans 

Our Rental Agreement for the House we’ve lived in for 4 years. Signed by both of us 

Joint Tax Returns for 4 Years 

Joint Car Loan 

Bank Statements showing my monthly transfer the money for Rent/Car to his account 

That what we sent. 

On 7/26/2019 at 3:36 AM, Mydy said:

Congratulations! N400 next?

 

anyways, Im still hoping for a favorable update from Nebraska. 

Not sure about N400 yet, 

I don’t have to rush 😊 I’m happy to be done for a bit with USCIS. 

Yours will come soon, hang in there. 

The day has Finally arrived, 

When I went ahead to check my Status this morning it has changed to “New Card Is Being Produced” 🙏 

I’m so happy I just want to hug the entire world. 

Application Received 4/11/18 at California Service Center, and was transferred to Nebraska on 3/5/19. I received my RFE on 5/22/19 and they’ve received my answer on 6/12/19. 

7/24/19 New Card is being Produced 🙏

Looks like a Christmas in July present 😊

Please hang in there, it will be alright. I was scared and angry at times but it all worked out. Thanks for everybody’s support here. This was a big help 😉

21 hours ago, Mydy said:

Yup. Its been 37 days since they received my RFE - still waiting for an update...

The day has Finally arrived, 

When I went ahead to check my Status this morning it has changed to “New Card Is Being Produced” 🙏 

I’m so happy I just want to hug the entire world. 

Application Received 4/11/18 at California Service Center, and was transferred to Nebraska on 3/5/19. I received my RFE on 5/22/19 and they’ve received my answer on 6/12/19. 

7/24/19 New Card is being Produced 🙏

Looks like a Christmas in July present 😊

Please hang in there, it will be alright. I was scared and angry at times but it all worked out. Thanks for everybody’s support here. This was a big help 😉

4 hours ago, changbaihou said:

Nebraska center is working on the cases filed after 9/10/2018......

I wish they’d finish up the case that’s still left from April which is mine

1 hour ago, Lanala said:

Agh, incredibly disappointing. To me it feels like my old home is not home anymore but my new home hasn’t started yet. Living in Kafka’s Castle. What a nightmare!

That’s exactly how it feels to me. I’ve been here for 5 .5 years now (I came as a student) and married 4 years ago. Since I had a work visa for a while we didn’t even apply for Greencard right away. I regret that now, since this nightmare would’ve probably already been over if we had. It’s just frustrating. 

I’ve been waiting for 40 days now since they’ve received my RFE. Still no change or any signs of change. 

Just now, slimbolina said:

Your case is being handled by a different office, California I think WAC is.

I’ve been transferred to Lincoln Nebraska in March, but it never changed my Number or the letters. Is that normal? I filled up Cal initially before being transferred 

4 hours ago, Sam90210 said:

Thanks TPVN for responding. My check was cashed on 9/20/2018. And my LIN number is also #1890640XXX. Hope to received some news soon. Got my bio done on June 26, 2019.

Question and sorry if it’s stupid. But why does everyone has a LIN number mine starts with WAC, does that matter at all?

4 hours ago, Sam90210 said:

From case tracker app, you are able to put a receipt number and see the status of the  500 cases after yours. You can play with the numbers to see the status of the cases before yours as well.

Is that an App for the iPhone? Is it called “Case Tracker” App? Does it automatically show you 500 cases or do you have to

put them in individually? 

What day did they receive your RFE package? Mine is June 12th 😩🤷‍♂️ 

1 hour ago, Sam90210 said:

Congrats to those who got approved from Nebraska. I am a LIN# as well. Can you please share the first 6 numbers of you receipts LIN# so we can see how close or far the rest of us are from getting any update. Thank you

How exactly do you check that and how do you know that you’re close to being processed by doing that?

15 hours ago, Mydy said:

This made me laugh. 😂 “Nebraska Waiting Club” 

 

I am a member in this club, they received my RFE 28 days ago and still no update. 

Omg 😮 

we are in the same boat.

I’m absolutely sad and depressed about that. They received mine 34 days ago and I’m checking like a world champion everyday and of course nothing happens. Although I hope you get an answer soon it’s nice to hear that someone else has the same time frame kind of. What was your timeline for everything? 

It’s been over a month now since Nebraska has Received my RFE 🤦‍♂️ This is absolutely frustrating. 

They received it on June 12th. I’ve seen cases that have had their RFEs sent in and have usually heard back within 20 days. 

Such a demotivating process 😢

12 minutes ago, neoblast said:

I did not get an RFE, just straight up transfer for interview. 

Wow, 

interesting. Haven’t heard of that yet

at all. Did you have your Interview yet or at least scheduled? 

4 hours ago, Manchester said:

I had my i751 interview and it was approved on the spot. How long will it take for the card to arrive in the mail? Thank you! 

Congrats 

can you share your timeline?

On 6/27/2019 at 7:07 AM, neoblast said:

Finally got some news, though not the news  I was hoping for. At least the light at the end of the tunnel 

Would you mind sharing your Timeline from them receiving your RFE to the notice of being scheduled that Interview?

They received my RFE on June 12th since then I haven’t heard anything it’s so frustrating. 

2 hours ago, MADforNYC said:

UsGer, thanks for the info! What do you think is "close" to request and infoPass? I think 3 months is kind of close for these things plus we were thinking of travelling in September to visit family abroad. With the extension expiring in October, I don't think we can travel in September, I imagine we need it to be valid for 6 months ahead, no?

 

All this is very frustrating but not being able to get a job because of this is even worse. I wish you best of luck with your new interview. I wish I could help somehow. Sending you all good energy I have your way 🤞

You can absolutely call them next week if you like. I called them regarding my Job “issue” to ask for an extension and they were willing to schedule an Info appointment for me if I wanted to (it wouldn’t really help me because again, the extension is for one year from the day of the stamp and the job wanted the Card /Permission not to expire for a year). 

Just call them and ask. They might tell you, you should wait another two

month and for you to just call back or they’ll already schedule an appointment for a time frame close to expiration of the letter. 

Just be aware there might be a wait to get someone on The line for at least 20 minutes if not more. Also you can always request to talk to a Tier 2 officer if you’re not happy with what they tell you. They might not be able to tell you something different but sometimes it helps. 

Hope I could help you a bit. It’s just what I learned so far through the process and might vary from case to case or even location to location. But it’s absolutely worth a try and if it helps you to less worry I would say go for it! 

Thanks for your words, it’s just patience and the annoyance of this process. I hope it has been the longest time for us to wait. 

7 hours ago, MADforNYC said:

 

 

We try not to think too much about it and continue living our normal lives but we actually are very distressed at this point with the expiration of the 18 month extension just 3 months away.... Are they going to issue another extension?

Once it gets close to the expiration of the 18 month letter you can call them and they will be scheduling an Info Appointment at your local office where they’ll stamp your passport which is basically good for another 12 month. Hope it doesn’t have to come to this. 

12 hours ago, Land of L said:

From here, where else  that was my calc based on comments, there may be some slient readers as well...But who are actively invoved from they applied, 70%-80% of them got approved already. 

I don’t think you can just make assumption based on who posts here. A lot of people who file don’t even know that this side exists or frankly don’t care. So we really don’t know how many people have been approved or not. Sadly! But you are absolutely right, the people who initially posted her, most of them have already been approved. 

I am still waiting here. It has been 3 weeks today that Nebraska has received my well put together RFE package and still no answer or movement. I have another Interview next week with a great company I’d like to work for and I’m afraid that the exact same thing will happen with them as with some of the others before. It’s absolutely frustrating and is really getting to me. As wonderful as my husband is and tries to help I think really understanding this sort of thing can only someone who’s going through the same thing. 

So I’m absolutely thankful for this Forum and an outlet for me vent lol 😆 

I’m pretty sure that due to the Holiday tomorrow nobody will be working for the rest of the week so I already gave up on getting any answer this week. Here is to hoping and not giving up. 

On 5/28/2019 at 12:30 PM, Sophia2018 said:

Received RFE on May 22rd. CSC Filer. Here is my timeline:

 

Sent out application April 10th, 2018

Received notice in late May, Date as May 23rd, 2018

Received 18 month extension letter in August 2018

Received Bio letter in Late Feb 2019 and had fingerprint Done on March 11th, 2019 

Received RFE letter on May 22rd 2019, date on letter is May 17th, 2019

Received Text and Email notice of status change on May 24th, 2019

Any movement on your case?

It’s been 2 weeks as of Today that they’ve received my RFE answer and nothing has happened yet. 

This process is absolutely frustrating and discouraging, I’ve lost two job offers due to having an expired GreenCard (they wouldn’t except the Extension letter because they don’t know anything about it). About to go into a third interview for another job, but I’m already afraid it’s going to turn out the same way as the first two offers in the end. 

If I wasn’t so madly in love with my husband and I’d probably just go back to Germany, but I know he would have a much harder time adjusting over there than I have had here. 

Not sure what to do except waiting but I just needed to let it out here. Happy though for everybody who’s gotten approved so far. 

Just got an update that they’ve received my RFE yesterday on 6/12/19. Hope it won’t take too long now for them till the next step. Even if it’s an interview. I just want it to be over with 🙏

Finishing up my RFE package tonight and sent it in first thing in the morning. I will give a detailed list of what I’ve included once it’s mailed off. 

Question: Anybody else here already got movement after they sent in their RFE request? Approvals or Interviews? 

Finally some movement on my Case. Not exactly what I wanted but I had a feeling that might happen. 

Haven’t gotten the Letter yet, but online status asks for additional evidence. 

I absolutely can’t understand that because I’ve sent them so much evidence. 

Only thing we don’t have Is a shared Bank Account. And we won’t have one this time either or anytime in the future because that’s just something we’ve decided for ourselves. 

I sent them: 

- Signed Lease on our house of both of us

- We both Signed for the Car Credit 

- Car insurance in both our names 

- Cell Phone Contract in both our names

- He is part of my health insurance, proof of that was sent as well that we are each other beneficiaries in case anything happens 

- Photos from Honeymoon, vacation, holidays, Birthdays, with Family and Friends; over the course of the last 3 years from beginning till the time of filing. 

- proof of same address by providing Drivers License. 

- jointly filled Tax returns for 2 or 3 years I’m not sure exactly but definitely everything since the beginning of our marriage 

Starting to prepare the same thing again. What would be good to further add. Keep in mind we don’t share our bank accounts (which wasn’t a problem when we filled for Adjustment of Status initially). I’m preparing some Affidavits since I’ve not done that the first time. 

Should I only include them from US Citizen or can I also include my Mother who is German but has spent significant time with us, or friends who actually were there when we met who are not US Citizen? 

Any suggestions?