Blake&Melek

My wife received her GreenCard on 02/22/2021 and now she was offered a great paying full time job overseas, not in her country of origin, but in Denmark.  While the K1 was a long and tough process, she doesn't want to throw it all away but the offer is REALLY good, better than anything she has been offered here.  If we decide to come back to the US someday, how difficult will it be for her to get a greencard then, after say 5-10 years?  We knew that we would end up in the EU somewhere but we didn't expect it quite so soon.

Thank you in advance!

Indiana is terrible and much worse at handling COVID than the Chicago area, there will be no issues. 

We just got my wife’s AP/EAD approved without biometrics, appointment was 2 days after the offices down in March. Took 153 days. 

On 7/19/2020 at 5:35 PM, Oscean said:

Without biometric?? Is that possible?

We called today and they told us the EAD and AP were both approved abs the biometrics were not needed. We will see if the card gets sent out without them.  

4 hours ago, b911 said:

When was AP approved? Did you receive the card / AP document?

Ap was approved Thursday.  No card and I don’t expect one until after we can get her biometrics. She will call Monday to see what’s happening. 

That’s great!  We filed 3 days before you and my wife’s biometrics were schedules on 3/20, 2 days after the offices closed.  You were lucky to get in!!!  Our I-131 was approved without the biometrics and still waiting to hear about the EAD.

Just now, Ayrton said:

A lot of people had their EAD and AP forms approved without biometrics. BUT, they haven't received the actual card.

 

They can't produce the card without it, unless for some special cases.

Gotcha, thank you. 

Wife sent me a message yesterday that her I-131 was approved yesterday but she never did go for biometrics as her appointment was March 20, 2 days after they closed all the offices. Does this mean that her EAD will also be approved and it will be a combo card?

Good that it was approved but we can’t go anywhere.  

thanks. 

You are at the back of the line my friend. My wife filed her AOS in mid February and was supposed to have her biometrics done but they stopped appointments on March 18 I want to say, her appointment was March 20. Still no reschedule letter. You are unfortunately are going to be at the back end of a VERY long line. 

8 hours ago, AGF said:

Are you applying from K1? When will your I-94 expire ? If it has already expired, I think you may not be able to apply for an SSN in person until you have either your EAD or GC is on hand.. ( if I’m not mistaken )

We have the k-1, she got here on December 19 and we were married 1/1/2020.  We just sent in the form and requested the SSN on the form but we think it may be better to get it now.

Yesterday I sent my I-485 Adjustment of Status package to USCIS. I did not apply for Social Security Number when I came to the US. So I requested for one in my paper work. Now, if I apply for a Social Security Number in person, would this result in RFE? Many thanks. 

No, you can’t take the passport and bring it back after your trip, if you are approved they will keep it.  If you have a tourist visa currently that will be voided when you are approved for the K1.  My fiancee had a 10 day window between two jobs that involved travel and I told her to let he employer know that if the passport wasn’t returned she wouldn’t be able to travel to the country for work.  Luckily she had her passport in hand 4 days later.

Good luck to you.

Wait for the passport back and be sure it is all correct!  The all say not to book before you get it in your hand and that is the best advice!  My fiancee had a job lines up and was working in the UK until Sept. 21, flew back to Turkey and had her interview on the 23rd.  She arranged to have a job and had to be back in the UK on the following monday.  She was ready to give up that job but she did get her passport back with the visa inside it by the same friday!  She was very lucky it all worked out!  You may not get that lucky.

Good luck to you!

Generally you will leave the interview knowing that you are approved.  My fiancee had her interview in Turkey on Monday and she knew she was approved before she left.  She had her passport back on friday.

My fiancee just had her interview in Turkey on Monday and was approved, had her passport back by the same friday.   On my I-134 I only stated my income, (which was above the requirements.). I also submitted a letter from my employer and my most recent W-2 along with my tax return from last year along with 5 pay stubs reflecting my current salary that was increased for the new year.  Bank statements are not required in our experience.

Good luck to you!

Today was my fiancée’s interview in Ankara Turkey and after nearly 8 months of waiting for this process she was approved to come here!  Hang in there, there is an end to this part of the process.

If they have the k-1 then no, they are not required to have a return flight. 

We printed our photos through an app that gives 80 photos/month free only paying for shipping. We labeled them on the back and put them into a ziplock bag taped to a piece of 8.5x11” card stock.  We did the same with all items that were smaller than 8.5x11” including the mugshot photos and all prints of every page of my passport.