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We just got our approval 😀 13 days after responding to our RFE

8 hours ago, inneedofmyhb said:

I know right!! I will definitely let you guys know. You were the first (other than hubby) that I let know. We are all in this nightmare together. And even though I’ve broken down so many times over this, this group has somehow managed to lift my spirits when I needed it the most. 

 

I just hope and pray it’s something simple. We had a really hard time obtaining certified documents from Argentina. They were very slow. Who was it from our group that recently got an RFE for intial evidence? I don’t remember. 

I got one last week, it said pages 10-12 were missing. No idea if I somehow forgot to put them in or if they lost them but it was a relief that it was something so simple. Try to relax it will probably be something equally as uninteresting! 

2 hours ago, Allison1128 said:

Every inapplicable blanks I left as "N/A". I saw someone did this.

But I am not sure if this is correct since I haven't got my NOA2 yet.

Okay I'll do this also, thank you!

What a stupid mistake?!?!!!

I just received my RFE in the mail and it says pages 10-12 are missing. We did indicate that we didn't have an interpreter/attorney/anybody else completing our forms on our behalf so I'm thinking maybe I just thought the blank pages weren't necessary to send? Though I don't know why I would have left the blank pages in my application and not sent them with his... I'm hoping it was just a ridiculous mistake because if I left them out of both then I'll be getting a 2nd RFE for the same thing 

Would they generally check everything else is there before sending an RFE?

12 minutes ago, inneedofmyhb said:

Well, if you get an RFE for more evidence. I will as wells my attorney didn’t have us send even anything close to that. Just pictures. But I have everything else you mentioned dating back to 2016. Unfortunately I don’t get to see him often. I have my daughter, my job and it’s approx 950 round trip for a ticket to go see him. Please please please keep us updated as to what the RFE is for. Hopefully it’s something basic...btw, what does the email say? How do you know It’s an RFE? 

The email says - On March 12, 2019, we mailed a request for initial evidence for your Form I130, PETITION FOR ALIEN RELATIVE. The request for evidence explains what we need from you. 

I know, it's so expensive to get there and then there's always a possibility they won't even let you in with a current application processing anyway! So frustrating. 

23 minutes ago, JC&BS said:

Doubt you're denied. Send in updated info (pics, visits, chats, etc) since it's been 7 months since your noa1.

 

How much did you send in initially?

I haven't visited since August so no new photos etc.. We initially sent in a few pages of photos, messages, calls, facetimes, and I was there with him for 4 visits (2 months, 3 months, 3 months, then 6 months) but we got married on an impromptu trip to vegas, just the 2 of us, and I think that looks really bad. but I was 23 I wasn't thinking about what immigration would think!

24 minutes ago, Gojo said:

If u don’t know what it’s for, why do you think it’s a request for evidence of marriage? If that’s what they are asking for, show them chats and anything else from the past 7 months. Yes it’s good they are finally moving with August. About time🙄. Don’t get discouraged. From my understanding they review rfe in a few days or weeks and give u approval if it’s satisfied. Keep hope alive, at least u received something. 

because I'm paranoid and don't trust this process at all 😅

We just got a RFE. After 7 and a half months of waiting.. So disappointed and now I feel like we've basically already been denied because if they want more evidence that our relationship is bonafide we really don't have anything more. Only got the email so far so don't know what it's for but I hope to god we just forgot something stupid.

The good news for all of you is that this means they're processing August cases now!

7 hours ago, inneedofmyhb said:

Seee...ugh. I’ve become obsessed with checking our status and making sure I check my mail box everyday. It’s kinda sad. 

Me too it's bordering on OCD at this point..

13 minutes ago, Gojo said:

I think it’s fine. You didn’t put the person’s name or nothing like that.  Do you know if it was an approval for Texas service center?

Yes it was Texas!!

1 minute ago, Gojo said:

Oops sorry I just read it again, that is coming from someone else with an approval lol

Yes sorry! I don't know if I'm actually allowed to do that, but I was excited when I saw it myself and thought maybe some early August filers have also unknowingly already been approved!

To anybody who has been checking their case status on just the egov website please see below from one of the July filers - 

https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov

"Thanks for sharing that link, I hadn't yet made an account yet on the site. I was using this link https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do to check my case status and it was never updating. 

I made an account on your link, added my case, and what do you know, I was approved on 02/19/19 exactly 7 months from my NOA1 of 07/19/18

It's weird that I didn't get an email when I included my form for the email along with my petition, as well as nothing in the mail was received yet. But i'm very happy, if you haven't made an account and added your case on myaccount.uscis then I suggest you do so."

Would somebody mind directing me to where I can find info regarding what documents etc are required after i-130 approval?

Am just now realising I've been obsessing over when I'm going to receive NOA2, but haven't prepared at all for the next stage. Also any info regarding pros/cons of side-loading? I'm from a low fraud country (Australia) though we didn't have a whole lot of evidence to begin with- we're both young and don't have individual assets let alone joint, but we're close in age, education etc, met in person and have spent plenty of time together in person. 

under 'current processing times' the NOA2 date for TSC has been moving backwards almost every day (incl 2 weeks in the past 2 days) - how is this even possible?

On 1/29/2019 at 8:03 PM, K.U. said:

Oh which app do you use?

The case tracker app. The notification was on my home screen when I woke up and I saw something like "return to normal processing times" then hit the home button and couldn't find it again 😫

Did anybody else wake up to a notification from the app saying something about normal processing times are back? I was half asleep when I dismissed it but it sounded like the shutdown maybe was effecting the processing times?

Just now, geowrian said:

An overstay of at least 1 day makes you permanent ineligible for the VWP, and any existing visa invalid.

An overstay less than 180 days has no ban associated with it.

 

An overstay of 180+ days has a 3 or 10 year bar associated with it (depending on how long the overstay was). This bar is assessed when you exit the country.

This is not a bar for adjusting status within the US as the immediate relative of a USC. The bar does still apply if you exit and apply for a new visa.

Thank you for clarifying. 

I don't know anything about the waiver that you mentioned, but I was told when I consulted with a lawyer about my own overstay (2 weeks overstay on the VWP) that being married to a US citizen acted as a waiver in and of itself - that an overstay is "excused" for immediate relatives of US citizens once the relative applies for immigration benefits. 

I'm not sure if this is correct at all, but that's what I've been advised.

59 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

She won’t get “detained” unless she’s done something wrong. She’ll either be let in or sent home.

I'm not sure this is entirely correct as if they decide to send her home and there are are any issues or delays with the next return flight, then she can be held until the next day or so, and this would involve being searched and held with others who were in the same position. In this case you wouldn't be able to get in contact, but if you are the one picking her up from the airport then somebody will contact you to let you know.

5 hours ago, EldestElderSon said:

I am a US citizen and my wife is a Turkish national. She applied and received a tourist B1/2 visa. One month later we submitted an I-130 application for a green card on her behalf and I moved back to the USA. She plans to visit me in the USA on the tourist visa for 2 weeks.

 

I heard this can be a problem, since the green card application signals to the State Department or CBP officers that the visitor intends to stay permanently in the USA in the future. The State Department usually does not approve tourist visas to green card applicants. However, we applied for the tourist visa BEFORE submitting the I-130.

 

During her visit, we have no intent to adjust status or for her to stay permanently.

 

Despite that, will this situation cause a problem at a US port of entry for my wife? What can she do to demonstrate that she is not intending to adjust status/stay permanently to the CBP officer? She is planning to show her return ticket, employment contract, letter from employer, and a letter from me attesting that the visit is temporary to the border agent. Is there anything else we can do?

 

Thanks!

I applied for and received a b1/b2 visa last year prior to submitting the I-130 and then travelled to the US to visit my husband.

I did get pulled up for secondary processing at LAX and was held for hours and interviewed which is always unpleasant. 

It wasn't the first time this has happened as I overstayed on the VWP by a few weeks the year prior so now I get pulled up every time, but this time it was apparantly just because I only had my electronic return ticket and they wanted to see a printed copy. I took plenty of proof of ties to Australia which they weren't even interested in looking at anyway. 

I honestly think that having an application processing can work in your favour because if she wanted to travel there just to adjust status, she'd probably wait until she was there before applying for anything. 

4 minutes ago, missileman said:

Edit:   Correct...other than optional Naturalization....

What a relief, thank you so much!

For some reason I was always under the impression that after entering the US with a CR-1/IR-1 visa, there was then another interview in the US, which both spouses were required to attend. 

If by the time I enter the US we've been married 2 years, then is that ultimately the end of the immigration process for the next 10 years?

Appreciate any clarification of this