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I have a question that I am going to get divorce after getting my 10 years of GC. I Got my GC in july 2014 and I am about to get divorce from my Spouse this december.

Is it going to cause any problem when I apply for citizenship in 5 Years Rule??

Thanks

Hey there, I had my interview for citizenship this past Monday. I separated from my ex-husband 9 months after receiving my 10 year green card and the divorce was finalized shortly after.

I was not asked a single question about my ex-husband or my marriage, not even why it ended.

I don't know if it had anything to do with the fact that my interview was scheduled for 1 pm, and the officer did not call me in until after 4 pm. He seemed to feel genuinely bad and apologized more than once for leaving me wait for so long. At the end of the interview, he recommended me for approval and I'm only waiting for the supervisor to approve his decision. This is the New York (Federal Place) office.

Hope this helps.

Hello everyone,

I'm a fellow November filers. I sent my application at the very end of November and had my Biometric appointment December 29.

I checked my status today and it says, "On March 29, 2011, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you."

Hang in there fellow November filers, if they haven't already, they will get to your case soon!!!

Hello everyone,

My temporary GC expires in January and I'm gathering all the documentation I can find to file for removal of conditions. Unfortunately, I'm missing some important things (I'm in graduate school and have no health insurance at this time, my husband is on medicaid so he can't add me to his, no driver license (don't need one in NYC!) or vehicle/house ownership). Plus, most of the documents we do have don't go back two years... so needlessly to say, I'm freaking out a little.

This is all I have:

1. Apartment Lease with both names (for the past 2 years)

2. Join bank account (15 months)

3. Utility Bill with both names (7 months)

4. Cable Bill with both names (7 months)

5. Evidence of a trip together to Las Vegas (January 2010)

6. Pictures together for the past 4 years (and with friends and family members)

7. Health Care Proxy form, indicating my husband as the person who can make decisions for my health if I can't (I had to get one for a surgery I had in August)

8. Tax return filed as married (but "filing separately" because my husband is on SSI and didn't have to file for taxes)

Can the above be enough to satisfy USCIS?

Thank you in advance for your comments.

Hi guys,

quick question: I had my interview yesterday, and received an email today (regarding I 130) saying: On January 21, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we certified our approval of this case and sent it to the appropriate appellate body for review. They will notify you directly when they make a final decision.

Anyone has any idea what does that mean? Am i approved or not? The 485 status hasn't changed.

Thanks.

Hi, I had my interview today in NYC as well. The interview went well and at the end the interviewer told us, "I'm gonna submit your application for review and recommend that it is approved." My understanding is that it has to be approved by a supervisor or something.

The interviewer told us that another "set of eyes" was needed for a final approval but that her recommendation will be for the case to be approved.

The strange thing is that she didn't stamp my passport but she wrote a bunch of things in it, including my immigrant ID number, a code that tells that I have been married for less the two years and her name (she did take my 1-94 though, is that a good or bad sign?).

Good luck with your case. I'm sure you'll be celebrating soon (and hopefully so will I).

Thank you all for the replies.

I basically forced my husband to look for his birth certificate all night and he finally found it around 5:30am, just about 30 minutes before we had to leave for our interview! The funny thing is that after stressing him out and making him stay up looking for it all night, they did not ask for his birth certificate and didn't ask for mine either!

Always better to be over-prepared than under-prepared anyway, and that's what I kept telling him while he complained about not being able to get any sleep.

Hello,

My interview is scheduled for this Thursday, January 22nd. I think I have all the necessary documents with the exception of one. My husband (USC) doesn't have a birth certificate, so he is just going to bring his passport to prove his American citizenship (the passport is also expired but we have been told that it's not a problem since it still proves that he is a citizen).

Our lawyer doesn't seem to think that it will be a problem and he told him to just bring the passport in lieu of the birth certificate, but I'm still very worried.

Do you think that not bringing a birth certificate for the USC could cause our petition to be denied?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Hello,

I checked my case on the uscis.gov website a few days ago and found:

Current Status: REQUEST FOR INITIAL EVIDENCE SENT, CASE PLACED ON HOLD

On August 1, 2008, we mailed a notice requesting initial evidence in this case. Please follow....

But it is now the 11th and we have NOT received anything from them. 11 days are a long time, if they had sent it, we would have gotten it by now.

Does anyone have experience with RFE's that were sent but didn't arrive?

We never moved so our address is still the same.

Thank you again for the replies.

I went this morning and had no problems. Biometric is done, I'm so relieved!

Thank you both for the replies.

I just keep repeating to myself, "everything is going to be okay." I will go to the center tomorrow morning and try to be there as soon as it opens (8:00am), and hopefully everything will be okay.

Hello,

I just made the most stupid mistake I can think of and missed my biometric appointment. Somehow I was convinced that the appointment was for August 8 and I was just getting read to search for directions online when my appointment date caught my attention... and my heart literally dropped. My appointment was today, and I missed it.

I franticly searched on google for "missed biometric appointment" and found this topic on another forum:

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Mi...3/msg00631.html

That guy said that he missed his appointment by 3 weeks but was still allowed to take his biometric simply by walking in. He said this happened in NYC. I also live in NYC. Do you think that it will be okay if I walk to the center tomorrow? Have you heard of any similar case and what happened?

Thank you in advance for your help.

P.S. Please don't tell me how incredibly stupid I have been, I already know it.

Congratulations!

(And Happy Birthday! )

Hello all,

I have been reading this forum for weeks now, sometimes for hours and hours in a row. It is wonderful to find so many information and to read the experiences of others. Of course, no matter how many information we get, some of us still need to be reassured so this is what this post is about. I did read lots of articles, here and elsewhere and I did read the official guidelines for sponsorship... yet I need some extra reassurance. I hope it's okay.

I'm in the US on a student visa (F1). I have been living here for almost 4 years now and I fell in love with a great American guy. We are going to get married in June and we can't wait. However, something is ruining my joyful time and that something is my pessimism. I can't help but think that something will go wrong with the AOS because my husband is unemployed and has been for the past 3 years. We have his brother as co-sponsor and he makes more than enough, plus has been at his job for many many years. I asked around and everybody tells me not to worry because as long as we have a co-sponsor they will approve our case (or at the very least won't deny it because of financial reasons). I also went to talk with a lawyer but found him quite ignorant on the subject, despite the fact that he claimed to deal with AOS all the time. I caught him making mistakes several times, like when he told me that my husband needed to make 110% above the poverty line and I had to correct him to tell him that it was 125%. I asked him if I could use my own apartment which I own (in my home country) and he was like "hmm, I don't know if you can use your assets." I knew right there that I was talking with lawyer who didn't have a clue.

So (before I make this wayto long), how will the fact that my husband is unemployed and has been for the past 3 years affect my AOS? Even though we have a co-sponsor, is it possible that they would think, "Nah, this guy doesn't have any money, he hasn't be working for the past 3 years, we are not going to approve this even with a co-sponsor" ??

I always look at the worst case scenario, I guess I feel it helps me prepare for the worse. If you could offer some reassurance, I'd appreciate it. Just please don't redirect me to the official guidelines, I read them... I just need some words from these more experienced than me.

Thank you in advance.