Noname93

I think that person is confusing I-131 reentry permit and I-131 AP. For the reentry permit, a lot of people only stay until biometrics are done. However, that is only for people who already have a greencard who are expecting to be out of the country for a year or longer, so it is not applicable to your situation.

I think OP is talking about the physical plastic cards being received more than 90 days apart. That shouldn't matter though if they entered and became permanent residents on the same day, right?

By my calculations you have until July 2024 for a visa to become available in order to stay in the F2A category.

When was I130 filed and when was it approved?

Where are your parent now? Also, are they aware that they won't be able to go back home for many months?

Nope, I personally started a new job during ROC. It took them a while to figure out how to use the extension letter, but it worked fine. This was during covid so the Social Security offices were closed, but when they opened I got an unrestricted social security card. The only annoying thing is that if you are in the middle of ROC when you start, they can ask for reverification once your extension letter expires, so I'd definitely go the unrestricted ss card route.

I believe 130a is only needed for marriage based petitions

I'm wondering, if you are currently out of status, did your work authorization expire as well?

Hello, Just to catch everyone up: I'm in the middle of ROC (first one denied due to uscis error, second one sitting in some uscis office gathering dust), and I'm planning on traveling to Europe to visit my family in December. I have a I551 stamp in my passport that expires two weeks after my return. I'm a chronic worrier and therefore would very much like to have a printout of wherever it states that LPRs must be allowed entry (albeit with an NTA if the officer so chooses) in case I get an uneducated CBP officer. Does anyone have a link?

Good news is you won't have to bother with removal of conditions

I'm pretty sure you need the approval letter. Anyone can send in the paperwork with the right amount of money and get a NOA1. That just means they've accepted your papers and cashed your check. It doesn't prove you actually have an approved K1 petition from which to adjust.

Yes, many moons ago during covid (aka when I filed my first I751) the packages would sit around for 3 months before being opened. All of our packages were opened after our greencards expired, but they still counted the date the package got signed as the filing date.

K1 doesn't make much sense if they're living in the same town.

I got 2 student visas in a row 10 years ago. First, I did a university prep program with an F1, and then a bachelor's degree program with a other F1. I know a lot of students who extend (might not be the correct term) their student visa by doing a master or doctorate after their bachelor's degree but most of them stay in the U.S. during the winter or summer break between the two programs.

Unrelated, but if she's already going to be here and the paperwork for K1 has not been filed yet, why not get married during the visit and then file for CR1?

Only U.S. citizens can file for their parents.

The expiration date of the greencard or of the extension letter? If it's the greencard, no problem. If it's the extension letters, she'll need to get an I551 ADIT stamp.

Not an option unfortunately as Austria doesn't allow dual citizenship.

Quick summary of my ROC journey. My first I751 submitted in 2020 got wrongfully denied due to supposedly not responding to RFE even though I later found out my response to RFE is in my A-file. Second I751 got submitted in January 2022 and is still stuck on "Case was received". I already contacted a congress representative last year. My next step is calling USCIS, get told there's nothing they can do, and then submit an Ombudsman request. The only problem is that I'm planning to visit my family in December. I haven't been to my home country since 2017 due a combination of waiting for AOS to be adjusted, then covid, then not being able to take time off work. I'm worried that contacting the Ombudsman now could increase the chances of my interview falling exactly during the 1-2 weeks I want to go abroad. On one hand I want to finally get my 10 year greencard, but on the other hand keeping my case sitting untouched on someone's desk for another 6 months isn't going to hurt me. The only thing that could be a hassle is that I would need to renew my ADIT stamp at the end of January. So what should I do? Should I get things rolling now or let the proverbial sleeping dogs lie?

Filing adjustment of status puts you in authorized stay. That means the person can (and pretty much has to) wait out their time inside the US. If they leave before AP or the greencard is approved, the whole process is considered abandoned.

VAWA while still living with the ex spouse? That probably wouldn't have been approved anyway.

I wonder if there's a way to temporarily disallow new posts so the mods can get some time to catch up on banning the spammers.

I was about to make a thread about that.

I'm a bit confused how you can know what country your future spouse is from when you don't even know who they are yet. Are you currently a US citizen?

It's a moot point for me since I can't get us citizenship without losing my current one. I'm more upset that I got a voice-mail saying, "we have found a way to possibly speed up your ROC" only for the senator's office to ask me if I'd considered filing for citizenship. Of course I have, this ain't my first rodeo with USCIS.