doodles75

Say they deny you citizenship, do you just continue as a LPR, or does that become void?

Thanks Brother, the case isn't going to trial. The DA made a deal and I was given a general continuance - i.e do nothing wrong for 9 months and the case is considered closed. To the best of my knowledge, it will still show up next to my name in files, but 'closed' will appear next to it. I am not 'convicted' as such, and there will be no official notice of such. Only of the initial arrest.

We can't tell you. We don't know what you did, we don't know what they'll say. I suggest you speak to an immigration attorney who will tell you.

Most importantly DO NOT LIE about this. You want 100% disclosure lest you end up like this dude: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/342600-revocation-of-citizenship/

I have no intention of lying about anything. I was also asking in case another VJ'er had experienced something similar, and what their outcome was, OR, if somebody knew the process well enough to be able to comment. But lying, no.

I am LPR. I was arrested for A & B. Given the ridiculous circumstances, I was given a 9 month general continuance and told it "wouldn't effect my immigration status", and the case should show as 'closed' in October.

BUT, I want to file N-400 before then. Has anybody else had these circumstances? Is this going to be an issue? Am I likely to get denied?

Any info is appreciated.

Thanks in advance :-)

Hey VJers.

My fiance lives in Arizona and I'm in canada, obviously working on getting me down there on the K1.

He has about 10k in his bank account and a trust fund with at least 50k, but we're worried since he's never worked and doesn't have a job right now, that won't be good enough for the people at the embassy. He graduates university in May and plans on looking for a job asap after he graduates. If they say we need a co-sponsor, we were wondering if his mom is eligible to be one. She doesn't work, she collects retirement and has a decent hunk of money in her bank account. She stopped working after she had a stroke a few years ago resulting in her being unable to speak or use her right arm properly. She's all there mentally and takes care of her bills. Pays half my fiance's rent every month, and pays his auto insurance. Is she suitable to be a co-sponsor even though she's not working, as long as she collects enough retirement to be over the poverty line?

Any help/advice is greatly appreciated!

Yes. My husbands parents were my sponsors. It does get pretty intrusive - bank accounts, savings, tax details etc but totally doable :-)

I seem to remember the chap in our local INS office said something about her needing fingerprints before she turned either 14 or 18 but i am unsure which. Does anyone know what to do before a child gets her biometrics done, how long you have to wait / how soon to their birthday etc?

Thanks in advance

When i applied for my PR card my daughter was 11. This year she turns 14 and i seem to remember the guy at my local office told me something about her needing to get either fingerprints or a namecheck or something done as she turns 14. It seemed so far away at the time and now i cant remember or find any info on it.

Does anyone else have a child turning 14 and has had to do anything with them?

Thanks

Hi LAL,

Haven't been on VJ for a while but am thrilled to see you have FINALLY been approved! Thats excellent news ~ congrats.

Doodles75

Got my 'green' card (white card go figure) through the mail yesterday.

It was indeed a ten year card.

My next worry is.... with the picture this terrible on it would they even let me back in! lol

Now i wait for my daughters card to arrive. You do get a card if you are under the magic age of 14 right?

Engie,

Get an infopass appointment and they will tell you if your case is still with the FBI. Also, i had my local senator 'involved' who wrote to the FBI and they told them that a) the case was still there and B) the date it was sent to them.

(The senator being involved did not help my case or speed anything up but it made me feel better.)

Hope that helps.

Thats fabulous - Congrats

THANKS everybody!!!

You guys on here are such a good support system. Some of you have elped keep me sane!!

Oh dear i cant stop smiling

WOW at last my welcome notice was mailed!!

These are good tears!!!!

I got the email this morning - They have sent my welcome notice.

Only took them two years four months!!!!

Good lord i cant even tell you how excited i was i nearly fell off my perch.

Two years and 4 months - NOTHING

Two years and three months later....

STILL waiting

My daughter (k2) wants to take my husbands (usc) name. In order for her to be able to get a bank account etc in that name i am assuming that he may have to adopt her? Or can she just do it without that hassle? Do i need to get my psycho ex involved? Has anyone else had anything vaguely similar? how did it work etc?

Any info would be greatly appreciated!!

She definately said it was a second name check. She knew it was not the same as the other because they had included my middle name with this second one. Duh would you not have thought they would do that with the first one too??!!

But thanks for the support I shall indeed stay on them.

So i got a return call from the Senators office this morning and explained this to her, she just kept saying well some people wait three years for their name check. When she finally got it that this wasn't the first one but a second she backed off a little. She seems to think this is really odd too. I suggested that maybe they had lost my file and she went a bit quiet and said she would make some phonecalls. Though first she tried telling me it was because i had had my fingerprints taken a second time though i don't recall ever seeing anyone else getting a second name check done for this reason either.

who knows??????

My local senator has looked into it but to be honest they just send me a letter every now and again saying that i'm still pending - along with those damn sheets telling you 'how and why the process works' so i'm no better off.

USCIS, FBI etc pretty much say shut up and wait you annoying woman. (But not in so many words )

Ok so this is just plain odd. After over two years 'pending' with my FBI name check every now and then just for giggles I head to my local office for an Infopass apt.

I was feeling particularly wasteful on Friday so thought what better way to waste gas and time than to pop in and say hi to the cheery officers in there. (Actually the officers aren't that bad) Anyway to cut a long story short she tells me I now have a second name check that had been sent out within the last month and that was also pending!! She doesn't know why it was sent or by whom just that i now have two.

Has any body else had this or heard of it/ know why its done etc because i am beyond perplexed.

I would say that maybe they lost the original file but if that was the case how would they know to order it again????????

I have been in contact with our State Sen. since the end of last year and they did indeed get a respsonse confirming our name check was recieved by the FBI two years ago. Nothing since then though.

Marvelous - So my husband has a friend or a friend who works in the FBI. Having patiently waited TWO YEARS he calls 'buddy' who puts out feelers as to where our file is and who is working on it. What does he get back? NOTHING, they can't even find my file!!!!!!!!

Can you believe that? nada, not a sausage, seems our file really IS propping up someones wobbly desk. And who do we have that we can complain to about this? NO ONE. The USCIS just say we are pending the FBI say we are pending IF they even respond. Now what? wait another two years til they accidentally come across it? If you can't find it when you are actually looking what chance do i have of you stumbling across it????

I am beyond pissed off now. This government is SO messed up its not even remotely funny.

This month I will have been waiting two years for the FBI to do the namecheck.

Bloody marvelous.

Do i sound a little bitter yet?

I get that, but I have been waiting patiently and NOT filed for AP precisely because i can't afford to do it for both myself and the kids. If I would have a really hard time coming up with that amount for all of us.

Is there a chance they now include them because of people like myself that DONT file AP and they feel they are missing out on more revenue? me thinks so.