spartanburt

I think I feel good about the amount of evidence we sent.  We have a birth certificate for our son born last year, 3 years of joint tax returns, home and auto insurance policies, a house deed and car deed with both our names, statements from a joint checking account, my benefits info from work showing her (and now son) as plan members, as well as a fair amount of pictures and a few affidavit letters.  I also think we covered the time period pretty well - for the first year we were married she wasn't in the US yet, but we have pictures (including wedding pics) and plane tickets from that time.  Then for '20-'23 we have the more "official" stuff I just mentioned.

I know it takes a while to get a decision but man, that's crazy it can take that long just to acknowledge receipt.  I guess we just buckle down for a nerve-wracking wait then.

Hello,

We filed our I-751 for my wife back in September 2021, along with all the normal evidence of relationship as instructed.  At the end of June 2023 we got a letter requesting evidence of relationship with a deadline of September 11.  I thought it was odd but someone here pointed out it's likely a good sign as they are waiving the interview.  I sent an updated packet and got confirmation that it was delivered a few days ago.  Our case status on uscis says "initial request for evidence sent", I wonder if this will update to say they've received it or if we just have to wait until they make a final decision on our case.  They don't want you to call unless it's been 60 days.  Since that's after the deadline it would just feel better to see that status change to something like "we're reviewing your submission".  Anyone else in this situation?

Thanks,

Burt

Hello,

My wife got an RFE on her CR-1, which I guess isn't all that uncommon.  However, what seems odd is that there is no mention of anything missing, only the whole list of suggested items to show we share a married life together, exactly the same as for the I-751.  We were very meticulous and included all of that and more in our original packet, submitted Sept. 2021.  For this next round we wouldn't really be able to provide anything additional, except for:  birth certificate for our baby born last fall, and then more recent copies of the same stuff again (tax returns, insurance policies, etc).  If I didn't know any better I would think they just lost our first packet or never looked at it.  I found it odd also that a couple months ago her temporary green card was extended another 2 years to fall 2025.  Could it be that they are just so far behind that they are not even reviewing packets and asking for evidence all over again?  Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks and best regards,

Burt

Yeah, I know it's not a huge rush right now, but just knowing how slow these things go I just didn't want to let it sit too long and then be in a hurry to fix it later.  Thanks, I'll give them a call if we don't see anything soon.

After reading a little more it seems that there is no welcome letter for these cases, just the SSN and Green Card that should get mailed automatically.

1 minute ago, SorrowL said:

Did you pay the online USCIS immigration fee?

Yes, a couple weeks before she arrived.

My wife arrived to the US with a CR-1 Visa in mid November.  She received her Social Security number in the mail within a couple weeks or so, but it's been about 60 days and we haven't seen the Green Card yet.  I was trying to search for how long it should take - it seems that 90 days is about the max, but I saw some mention of a 'welcome letter' that is supposed to come sooner.  Is that something they do for CR-1 visas or only other types?  Should I call USCIS if we haven't received this 'welcome letter'?

I just wanted to see if anyone had an idea of how long this step was taking these days.  We (my wife is the applicant) are at the stage where our application is at the NVC.  After uploading all the forms and supporting documents; the civil documents, actual visa application itself, affidavit of support, and my W-2's were approved very quickly, about a week later.  However they requested I upload an IRS transcript for 2018, which I did, and it's been 3 weeks no with no word.  It just seems weird that that one document would take so much longer to review.

I had a similar situation with the I-130.  Don't wait.  Go ahead and use the form available.  I did and it got approved just fine.

Hello,

This is my first time posting here.  I am in the process of applying for my wife's Visa to come to the US and I am at the stage where you must submit the civil documents to the NVC via the CEAC site.  All of them seems pretty clear as to what they want (marriage license, birth certificate, police records, passport biographic page) except for the one simply labeled "photographs".  I tried calling but the recording just says to try again at another time.  I tried the "ask NVC" link but I just get a standard "can't reach the page" type error.  And incredibly, travel.state.gov seems to have helpful info on every other document type but this.

I see no where else to turn so I decided to make a profile here since a friend recommend it and said it helped him a great deal.  Does anyone know what photographs they are referring to?  Do they simply mean passport-style photographs of the applicant?  That would make sense because they do mention something like that in the original petition I filed months ago, but they say you needn't submit them if the applicant is out of the country, which is our case.  I just wish this was more clear!  Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on this.

Regards,

Burt