wildllama

Wow, what is happening??? When I filed my AOS I decided not to come here (VJ) much and not to sign up for e-mail updates. I didn't want to stress now that my wife is by my side. And to my surprise she has her green card in hand in less than 3 months. she started working last week and got the card 2 days later. we never even had an interview!!! Is that normal? Just reading a couple posts here it looks like I'm not alone. Is USCIS getting their act together?

Good luck to those of you still waiting.

Good to see all these Japan filers in one place. I wish I had found this when we were sending our packet in. The good news is that things seem to move fast and the interview at the embassy is so easy and short. Takako's interview was about 5 minutes and she got the visa 2 days later. She spent less that 1 hour clearing immigration at her POE (Chicago) and everything has gone well. We were so happy to be together that we were a bit slack in preparing our AOS paperwprk. We got married on Saturday so we have time, but the sooner we file the sooner she can get work authorization.

My only problem is that when I was living in Japan I wasn't filing taxes. I'll need to clear this up a some stage but it's not a huge concern now.

Good luck to everyone and if you have questions,please ask.

Also, to the person was asking about the photo, I wouldn't stress too much. I doubt they will even notice. I don't think they do serious review unless any of the basic info raises a flag.

Can my wife enroll in classes at a university during the AOS process? Has anyone done this before? What if she just wants to take language classes at a community college?

Thanks for the advice and sorry for the delay. I lost internet service for a week at a time when I really need it. Anyway, I think I will file the best I can now and begin tracking down the forms from Japan that I'll need so I can be prepared for the RFE.

If I file for AOS and an EAD at the same time will an RFE slow down the EAD process? My wife isn't so worried about the green card, more about being able to work.

I potentially have a problem and need some advice please. I was living in Japan with my fiancee for the last 3 years and just moved back to the US this summer. I spent a total of 6 years in Japan and didn't file taxes for the last 3 years. How will this affect our application?

Can I file everything else that I have, get a co-sponser, explain my situation and hope for the best. I realize that I might have some tax penalties but will this hurt our chances? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Ryan

I had the same problem as you and finally received my hard copy last week. I called the CSC and didn't give them a chance to give me any of their BS or to claim I lost it. I called and explained that I had a letter from the NVC stating my I-129 was approved and that I was also looking at a USCIS website that said I was still pending. When they started to talk I politely interupted and said that I need the NOA2 for the AOS process and could I speak to someone in charge to gett this problem corrected immediately. They said they would put in a request to fix the problem and have my copy sent out within 30 days. I received my NOA2 12 days later. I think if you come at them with all the info you have and you are firm and polite, you should get what you need. Good luck.

I do think putting one of these stickers on your car can be a sign of education or intelligence. Not in every case, but probably a majority of the time. My reasoning is this, intelligent and educated people are more likely to want to talk or debate a point instead of throwing some bumper sticker on their car that is just some political or religious rhetoric. Because few things are really so black and white and people who think they are, are in my opinion not very intelligent. What does "Support our troops" mean? I see it as "Support our troops or your are a ..." Why do I have to put my complex feelings and opinions about this or any war on a three word sticker? As someone else said, I think we can assume that any normal person doesn't wish any harm to our service men and women or the many innocent Iraqis caught in the cross fire, so putting the sticker on your car implies something else. Atleast to me it does. Of course, someone else could just as easily say that sometimes people who consider themselves intelligent or educated tend to over think things and are missing the basic point. Whatever, that's just my 3 yen.

BUT, I don't think it has any reflection on if someone is worthy of respect. I base respect on personal character and it has little to do with intelligence or education and everything to do with who you are and how you treat other people.

There are lots of ways to organize and answer question 18. First I wrote a short paragraph explainging our relationship. I just explained how we met, when we moved in together and where we traveled together. Below that I put three sections and explained the evidence in each. Mine were 1.) Proof of living together - this including copies of ID's and bills witht the same address 2.) Passports - This established that we traveled on the same dates and that I had a valid Japanese visa for the time I claimed we were together. 3.) additional items - I included my work contract, travel itineraries and pictures. The last picture I added was of the two of us holding our completed I-129F.

There is no right or wrong way to address this question as long as you include primary evidence in an easy to follow form.

hi!

we are still waiting for the noa2 hardcopy. also waiting a notice from nvc that they received our case.

march filers, let's keep in touch....we are getting closer and closer.

and remember guys, keep praying

goodluck to us

Whre is ous case??? Why it's not at NVC??? 17 days after approval already!!!!

Took mine 21 days. Have you gotten through to NVC at all? Around 7:30am or from 8pm to midnight Eastern time are the best times to call. Apparently NVC doesn't send the beneficiary nor the petitioner anything in the mail. The next correspondence you will get will be the Packet 3 from the consulate.

Actually, the NVC does send you a notice. I never received my NOA2 but I do have a letter from the NVC saying "...received an approved I-129F...This letter is to let you know that within a week the petition will be forwarded to the appropriate visa-issuing post where your visa interview will take place."

The letter also includes a new case number. I received my letter on June 18th and my fiancee received packet 3 on June 23. Thankfully for us, things seem to be moving along now.

Oh well. The automated line said there was no updates, and when I called again and used the prompt combination, the message said I had to be the applicant or an attorney etc. I couldn't have the info, so I just hung up. I'll get the OH to call when she gets home.

Thanks for the help.

Try calling the NVC direct, that's what I did. I just said that I was getting confusing info from CSC and I wanted to check if my case arrived yet. They asked me for my recipt #, Beneficiary's name and DOB. I never received an NOA2 and my case has already gone through NVC and is on it's way to the consulate. The number is 603-334-0700. Press 1 for Eng and 5 for a rep. I called around 8:45 EST and only waited about 10 minutes to speak to someone.

Although I don't want to get my hopes up too much, because we filed at TSC (and then sent to CSC) on March 17th, I'm hoping we're going to hear something back very soon.

I am normally ok with waiting for things, but this is killing me! I almost died when we got our first touch, it was nice to know someone had looked at it!

Fingers crossed!

Check out my timeline, we have almost the same dates. Try calling VCS, they might already have your approved I-129. If you have read over this thread you can see that many of us were approved even though we never got our NOA2. Don't trust the info on the USCIS online tracking website. Good luck!

Well after getting touched twice in early June and then nothing, I thought I better call someone like many here have suggested. I decided to just call the NVC and see if they had received my packet and they said that they already sent it on to Japan yesterday (June 18)!!! This is awsome. But...

Does anyone else find the incompetence at the Service Center level unacceptable? Of course I'm thrilled that I'm further along in the process than I thought, but why haven't I received an NOA2? I plan on documenting all the misinformation I got and passing it on to someone (who, I don't know yet). I hope everyone else is doing the same. Who knows, CSC may not even realize that they are having problems. BTW, those of you who had similar problems, did you eventually get your NOA2 in the mail? Do we really need the hardcopy for the interview or later stages?

Wohoo!!! We finally got touched. Twice. Hopefully we will get or NOA2 this week while I'm still living in Japan with my SO. Good luck to everyone else.

I can answer a couple of your questions as I am also living overseas and filed two months ago. If you read the instructions for the I-129F form, it states that if you are living outside the US then you should file with the service center that covers your last address where you lived in the US. Before I moved to Japan I was in Ohio so I filed with the Nebraska Service Center (even though NSC and TSC are all being forwarded to California you should still file where they tell you to) It's also fine to use a relatives address in the US but I don't think it's too difficult to change once you have moved and settled somewhere.

About the income, you can get a co-sponser if you know someone who would be willing to sponser you on the I-134 (I think) This eliminates your gap when you move. But if you have money in the bank, a new job and tax returns, it shouldn't be a problem.

Good luck and read all the info here, it helps a lot. Before I found this site I was ready to give up and just stay in Japan.

Thanks. Now I can stop worrying that my file got lost. Looks like everybody goes months without a touch.

i went when i was 18 years old and would love to go again. i went paragliding n nepal 3 weeks ago. it was awsome but not as excitng as skydiving.

i filed in march and then went traveling for 2 months. i'm back now and looking for the "march filers" thread and i can't fnd it. in fact, i can't find any of the XXXX filer threads. have they been moved? as i recall, these were a good way to see what was happening to other people who filed at about the same time. did i dream this? please help.

I sent my I-129F from Japan in March and then left for Nepal. After a month of hiking, I have returned to Kathmandu to find an e-mail from my mom that we received our NOA1 on March 16. That was stress free. I won't get back to the US until early June and hopefully by then I'll be close to NOA2

Does he still communicate with his ex? Can he get the info?

If it's immpossible he could ty to just fill in her name and make an additional note describing that he doesn't have the requested info. Of course, I'm not a lawyer, so you should probably wait for a response from someone who can answer or consult a lawyer.

I would try to contact the ex, though. Iy seems like the eassiest solution.

Ryan

Bobbie,

Don't worry, I think you just misunderstood the info. The current version is dated 11/24/06 and is now being accepted. the old version was dated 5/23/06 and was also being accepted until 2/18/07. It looks like they had a grace peroid where both editions were accepted, but that has passed. Check this link for the latest info:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Good luck,

Ryan

Andrew,

All the look in the world to you. Leaving your home is a HUGE step, maybe she really needs to be sure that you will always be there for her. Anyway, good luck. I was sad to read your post last week and I'm happy to see this one.

Ryan

At a cafe in her country, Japan.

I know what you mean. If I'm going to ask my congressmen for help, it seems foolish at least not to make a request to God himself. But I tried to get my priorities straight. I asked for an end to war, poverty, environmental destruction, nuclear proliferation, famine and malnutricion, and injustice first. And if He has time to help my case, that would be great! I figure I might as well give it a shot. My favorite baseball and football teams won their national championships this year, and there was definitely a lot of God-thanking. Did anyone hear Tony Dungy and Jim Irsay after the Super Bowl?! You wonder if the God-hating Detroit and Chicago coaches, owners, players, and fans will learn their lesson for next season.

lol, us Clevelanders most be some serious god-haters because they haven't won anything in my lifetime.

btw, I answered n,n,maybe

Good luck!!! I would also still be sitting here scratching my head if I hadn't found this site. I sent my I-129F this week, too.

Ryan

You understand quite well Gigo. It appears that reading is no longer tought in USA schools.

Maybe I don't understand this all but it seem the question like this get asked 10 times day

I think it's just you that can't read. If you had read the OP's post, you would see that they were Canadian (so what they teach in US schools is irrelevent) and that they had checked the timeline at VSC. I'll never understand why people would waste their time to post on a forum when they have nothing to contribute. You must be really bored.

Welcome OP, and good luck. Another way to get a feel for how long it will take is to read other posts that mention VSC and to check out the Canada forum. I have learned a load on here just from browsing other posts.

Ryan