tiberonsuave

Double your money back gaurantee! Time will tell.

t

I have a friend that was denied in Tampa. They lawyered up and paid a little more attention for the second interview. They passed the second time around. Personally I would have denied them as well. They were just lax and clueless.

t

I've seen you give misinformation in these forums yourself T. Do you think you should be denied for being clueless?

Darn I thought it was, "We don't have any televisions."

t

Do you know how many telephones are in your house? I didn't until I read the list of potential questions. Do you know what brand of televisions are in all of your rooms...I still don't.

If anyone is interested in the answers to these questions, just to help people prepare for AOS, the correct answers are: 3 and Sony and Toshiba.

I never said they had a lawyer. They had a notario in Florida prepare the application. The application was flawless.

Yes you can say anything but when they separate you and ask each of you separatly and individually and get different answers...bingo...you got a problem.

And yes it is one of the standard questions.

t

yes they had the paperwork "professionally" assembled. However they didn't have sufficient "evidence" of a life together and "failed" a few questions during a stokes style interview.

Do you know how many telephones are in your house? I didn't until I read the list of potential questions. Do you know what brand of televisions are in all of your rooms...I still don't.

t

I have a friend that was denied in Tampa. They lawyered up and paid a little more attention for the second interview. They passed the second time around. Personally I would have denied them as well. They were just lax and clueless.

t

If they got to the actual interview the first time, that means they filed the paper work. So how clueless could they have really been?

If they had the paper work filed by a lawyer, if he/she was a good lawyer, they would have told them what they needed to get as evidence for the interview.

And how many POs do you think really spend the time to ask what brand of televisions people have in their houses. You could say anything.

yes they had the paperwork "professionally" assembled. However they didn't have sufficient "evidence" of a life together and "failed" a few questions during a stokes style interview.

Do you know how many telephones are in your house? I didn't until I read the list of potential questions. Do you know what brand of televisions are in all of your rooms...I still don't.

t

I have a friend that was denied in Tampa. They lawyered up and paid a little more attention for the second interview. They passed the second time around. Personally I would have denied them as well. They were just lax and clueless.

t

If they got to the actual interview the first time, that means they filed the paper work. So how clueless could they have really been?

Yes it is a requirement. However enforcement isn't universal. I was advised by a conoff to wait and see. Yup they asked for one. I do know of at least one person who didn't need a fresh medical.

All a part of the game.

t

It is a requirment for AOS that you have to have had a medical done with the last 12 months.... You should expect to receive a RFE for a new medical....

Kez

I have a friend that was denied in Tampa. They lawyered up and paid a little more attention for the second interview. They passed the second time around. Personally I would have denied them as well. They were just lax and clueless.

t

Nothing USCIS does is consistent. The CS here locally required it.

t

Does anybody know yet if this TB test requirement is being consistently applied? I haven't followed up as much on this lately as I should have.........

I wasn't thinking of an inability to return for immigrations causes. Rather for financial causes or the lack of the desire on the part of the spouse. It just seems to me that this should be resolved here and now rather than in a decietful manner.

t

K3 is multiple entry.

Hmmm...trick your wife into going out of the country. Then you don't have the support problem. BUT...you are still married!!! That might be very inconvienent and costly in the future, don't ya think?

t

Can you trick her? You know, maybe, "Hey, baby, let's go visit SE Asia!" and then leave her there? Or maybe you can have or pretend to have a really blatant affair and make her want to leave. Ah, go get a vasectomy! Come home with all the proof from the doctor and then she might want to leave you. Um, I had better stop. my creative evil thinking is starting to scare me.

Ahhhhh...but you are soooo wrong...They are VERY consistantly-inconsistant!!!! hehehe

t

Shouldn't their be some sort of fluency and guideline to either stamp or NOT stamp? Seems weird it's not the same everywhere?

Consistency: Not one of USCIS's strong points.

Fraud carries the potiential for heavy fines and prison time...lack of evidence carries the potiental for deportation.

So yes...I'd say there is a difference.

t

Hi Guys, I came here thru K1 fiance visa and got my conditional 2 yrs greencard.. my ex husband and i got divorce 8 months ago, I filed to remove my conditional greencard alone..I dont have enough evidence like joint bank account and joint ownership together so they denied my application..My greencard will expire january next year..Also i been married with my new husband 5 months ago...I wonder if theres anything my husband can help me about my case?

I hope someone here can give me some advice or info what should i do.?

See an immigration lawyer.

The problem is that, if they deny your I-751, I'm not sure what information gets entered on your record. I think there's a chance they will put a finding of fraud or misrepresentation on your record -- this is something you need to discuss with that attorney.

If they decide that your original marriage was a sham for the purpose of immigration benefits, then you are permanently barred from admission to the US. It doesn't matter if you have a later marriage to a USC that is provably genuine, once there's a finding of fraud, it's a permanent ban.

So see that immigration attorney and find out what needs to be done to prevent them from issuing a finding of fraud.

lucyrich,

Do you believe there is a difference between a "finding of fraud" and a denial due to lack of evidence to support the bonafides of marriage?

If you have filed you income taz ask the IRS for a tax transcript. IF you have not yet filed ask them for a wage and earnings transcript. They will fax them to you while you wait to confirm that you received them. I just did this Thursday to bring to my AOS interview.

t

Sorry to hear about the RFE, perhaps he could go to irs.gov and request tax transcripts for the last three years? If he just filed in June for 2006 I don't know how quickly they could return a transcript to you but it could be worth a try.

If the medical was performed within the last year it should be accepted. Ours was from 2003 so we have to have another exam.

t

HELLO AOS!!!

Ok, I tried to read through some of your experiences on this quesiton, but I didnt get a clear answer

For K3 Visas (already married), does the SO have to have another full medical or is the medical taken in Colombia valid for AOS?

Thanks,

Dre

You will likely have an interview for removal of conditions.

t

Just curious about any conditions that AOS can be approved w/out interview?

I m filing AOS from F-1 student and still waiting for the approval.

An IO at our infopass said that they are sending K-1 AOS's to CSC without an interview because they just recently were interviewed in their home country. This was the IO that was able to verify to my IO that there are AOS's being sent to CSC and being approved without an interview (she laughed when I said that cases were being approved without an interview). I could swear that there are other cases besides K-1's being sent to CSC without interviews, right? I think they make up stuff as they go.

Depends on your skill sets and willingness to work hard. I know of many immigrants making 50 to 60 thousand dollars a year with no education.

t

I had posted a while back about the frustration sometimes with not being able to work,and other lack of freedoms while waiting etc. It was nice to hear from others and that i'm not alone in feeling that way! I had been planning to go to massage therapy school this fall with the hopes that my status wouldn't be an issue,since i was under the impression that these types of schools differed from typical college in that they are more vocational and follow different guidelines.I figured that worst case,i would need the SSN in order to register and that if so,assuming all goes well and i receive that mid october,that i would start classes in Jan.Well,i found out today that these schools require either permanent residency status or a student visa.Blah!! So now I have to wait until i have the actual green card to start working towards a career.

I'm 23,and don't have any college experience from before moving here so i guess i'm stuck with american minimum wage for a while! That's one of the things i miss about Canada- i browse job ads here and some place offer as little as two dollars an hour! To me that is slave labour,i don't get it.

Anyway just wanted to vent,anybody relate?

Just a note,

Just today in Tampa a friend was approved after having a similar situation. Dig deep and find as much as you can. The affidavits go a long way. And try to relax.

t

Other proof can include each writing your wills and including the other as your beneficiary; listing each other on health insurance policies, car insurance/ownership listing both individuals; joint membership in AAA; if you have cell phones check into a 'family' plan where you can call each other at no extra charge and both names are listed on the bill; hospital documents noting you as next of kin (ask the hospital for a copy); doctor's office statement that list you as your wife's spouse; any joint credit cards, etc.

Maybe this is a silly question but I'm asking anyway. In case we open a joint bank account will the statements bear both our names? Similarly how do you know that joint credit cards are joint. Must everything bear my name as well as my wife's?

Finally,

We are scheduled to have our interview in late September!!!!

t

Maybe a couple of affidavits from people stating that they have known you as a married couple....

t

What did you present as evidence at the first interview and what are you planning on presenting at the second interview? What did the interviewer request from you that you didn't have?

What we presented:

- Marriage certificate.

- My paystubs with "M"arried status on it.

- Joint bank account statements (not much activity though -- just credit card bills).

- 2 Visa Cards attached to the same account (one card in each of our names).

- 2 Amex Cards where I was a user of her existing account.

- Recent statements from those credit cards.

- Pictures of our marriage dinner (small party of 5 people -- we got married at the courthouse).

- A few pictures of me with her family.

- Driver's licenses showing a common address.

Important things the presenter asked us for that we didn't have:

- Lease (we were subletting and weren't on a lease).

- Utility bills (our names weren't on the utility bills).

- Common auto insurance (We hadn't updated our insurance).

- Evidence she was on my health insurance plan (I hadn't done that).

- More pictures.

After the interview we moved into an apartment, so we now have a lease, rent receipts, and gas&electric bills in our names (for the past 3 months). We consolidated our auto insurance plans. She got a job so she has her own health insurance through her employer. My Dad visited so we took a group picture together. We found more pictures of me with her family.

If you can recommend other things to bring that I've overlooked, I'd really appreciate your help.

edit: one additional thing that I have now: she's the beneficiary on my 401k plan and life insurance at work.

I would get the card corrected. You never know when that error will rear its ugly head.

I can't help you with a timeline.

If you have imminent travel plans bring them and get the stamp.

When to file for removal of conditions. Go to the link below and read up...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=751guide

T

I had an infopass appointment today in Santa Ana to get I-551 in my passport before I send my green card back for correction of place of birth.

They told me that they can only give me a stamp valid for 60 days and that I would have to have a letter of emergency to get it.

I thought that since I am a permanent resident that I don't have to have an explanation why I need to travel. Or there are some rules I am not aware of? After all it was their mistake and they are making it so difficult. She also had no idea how long it takes to get a corrected card. So I am thinking of not even sending it to be fixed.

Anyways, they were pretty useless, complete waste of time. I also asked when I can file to remove conditions. My green card was issued on 4/25/2007, and she wasn't sure if I need to file in 2009 or 2010.

Any advice on what to do would be appreciated

Thanks

How,

Comfortable are you that you understood what the interviewer wanted. Were you able to gather everything that they asked for. If so...I wouldn't pay the money for another attorney. All they can do is present what you give to them anyway.

t

Hi,

Our first AOS meeting went poorly and was very quick (under 20 minutes).

We did not have enough "evidence of marriage" documents to satisfy the Interviewer.

The Interviewer listed lots of "evidence" she expected us to submit and did not want to listen to responses why we didn't have it. :-)

I feel the lawyer we used did a poor job of preparing us for the interview, and she made mistakes preparing the few documents we did submit (which the Interview noticed).

We have received notice of a second AOS meeting scheduled for next month.

I called a second immigration lawyer ("Bob," out of the yellow pages) and asked his opinion on if I should "stick with the first lawyer", "get a new lawyer", or "go it alone."

Bob first suggested we should stick with the original lawyer since they had handled all the paperwork up to that point. He said that, provided we're a "real" marriage, there's not much support a lawyer can provide at the second interview -- given that all paperwork had been filed and we had gathered the additional documentation requested by the Interviewer.

When I mentioned that the original lawyer would be charging an additional $2500 to prepare for (and be present at) the second interview, Bob said that I was being overcharged and that it would probably make more sense to go it alone.

If anyone has been to a "Second AOS" meeting -- did you have a lawyer present and were they helpful? $2500 is a lot to me, but I don't want my wife to get kicked out of the country either. I don't particularly feel like paying this particular person $2500 -- the $3500 we've paid her so far didn't get us much value.

I'd love to hear some experienced thoughts on this -- I feel very out on a limb... No one I know has been through this stuff.

Thanks!

1999-07-29: Enters country on Student Visa.

2001-06-22: Met

2006-10-11: Married

2007-01-20: I-20 Visa Expires

2007-01-29: Received by government: I-485 Adjustment of Status

2007-05-03: First Adjustment of Status Interview

Case continued for "Security Clearances" and "Futher Review" Reasons

2007-06-20: Additional evidence (more pictures, more bills, lease, car insurance, etc) sent in.

2007-08-27: Second AOS Meeting (Scheduled)

Contact,

the immigrations liason officer with the senator where you reside. They should be able to get you some information within a matter of a few days.

t

Two years ago my wife and I filed for her adjustment of status. We have asked the 800 number at least 4 times to check our case. All the replys that we get are "under review". My wife was advised by a "lawyer" to refile another adjustment of status form again. Has anyone ever heard of this? Is this posible ? Please help... my wife is driving me crazy.

I doubt,

That your husband had anything to worry about. However, your time out of status may have triggered a three or ten year ban on returning. Typically if over six months and less than a year you get a three year ban. If you were out of status for over a year it is a ten year ban.

You may have to file for a waiver depending on the fact specifics about your case.

An attorney experienced it waivers would be highly advised.

t

Hello,

I have a question on behalf of my now-husband, a US citizen. I came on a k-1 visa and married a man in the US, but our marriage did not work out. When I realized that, I left him and stayed with friends for some time, then with the man that is my husband now. I was living with him while I was waiting for the divorce from my first husband to be finalized. I filed for the divorce myself, and I didn't care if I had to leave the country because living in the US wasn't my goal, but I stayed there until the divorce was finalized, then I married my new husband and then promptly left the US. We are now planning to go through the CR-1 process, and I have this question:

I know there's a law concerning US citizens who harbour/help/employ illegal aliens, and it's pretty severe. My husband and I are wondering if this law will apply to him, because I lived with him for 8 months while I was out of status. (My K-1 visa ran out, and my ex-husband never filed AOS for me, so I was in that grey area. I was out of status for almost a year.) When I was filling out g-325a I saw that I need to state where I lived in the past 5 years, and one of the addresses is my husband's current address. Is it going to mean a bad thing for my husband - i.e. that he was harbouring me or something - if the INS sees that our addresses match and i was out of status then? Mind you, I did not work at all and had no troubles with the law. Could he be potentially charged with harbouring or are we worried unnecessarily? Are there any known cases that would be similar to that? A lawyer that we saw a long time ago didn't seem to think it was a problem, but I don't know if he could be trusted. It does seem like the INS would have a bigger fish to fry if they wanted to, what with all the illegal workers...

Thank you for your insight!

As I understand it,

A "stokes" style interview is where they separate you and ask you questions about your relationship and living situation and then compare answers in order to verify that the couple is living together. I just had a friend that went through one of these type of interviews.

Since you are no longer in the marriage I cannot see them attempting to do such an interview. I would get an attorney.

t

or is a "stokes interview" only for married couples who immigration believes is just a "friend-helping-out-a-friend" thing?? on an AOS??

I feel your pain Patrick. Ours application was submitted in Oct. 2004. E-mail actually is a surprisingly good option. My local congressional liason actually prefers it and I have gotten responses from them.

t

Hi all, I have been in touch with one of my senators about my wifes AOS being stalled at the FBI. So today I went one step further and sent E-mails to our other Senator and 6 House of Representatives.

I also sent one to President Bush himself....LOL!

On 7-12-2007, It will be 3 years since we filed for AOS for my wife. I have run out of adjectives to describe my consternation with this whole damn process!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patrick_A

USCIS probably isn't working on Sunday. It is more than likely contract IT personnel. Anyhow my AOS was "teched" twice Sunday. Both to state that my reply to an RFE from 6 September, 2006 had been received.

t

Maybe, USCIS is working overtime. If we think about it they are going to get loads of petitions right before the price changes next month. They have all of the current petitions that are getting old, they must do something. Let's pray it's overtime so that the current petitions are out of the way in anticipation for a petition rush that is comming.