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    Texas

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  • Local Office
    Houston TX
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    Canada
  • Our Story
    I lived in the US on an L1B visa for 5 years, 2 months. I met my husband in that time and we married. I left the US to prevent a visa overstay.

    Initially, DH was a PR. He received his citizenship in Jan 2019. We upgraded our petition at that point. After I-130 was approved, we endured 89 days, 22.5 hours of waiting before my I-130 magically showed up at NVC. The CEAC website was undergoing maintenance when I was trying to fill out the IV. After some frustration and losing data more than once, I learned how to manipulate the system to work and got the forms filled out. RFE setback for my CRC and a request for a marriage certificate for my Littles and we were finally DQ.

    We narrowly escaped the covid Consulate closure - our interview was the Monday, the Consulate closed Friday. We were approved and finally headed "home" on April 1, the day after our 2 year anniversary.

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  1.    appleblossom reacted to a post in a topic: How Long does it take for physical Green Card to be Mailed?
  2.    appleblossom reacted to a post in a topic: I-130 approval
  3.    Lemonslice reacted to a post in a topic: TURKISH FIANCEE OF AMERICAN CITIZEN AND K-1 APPLICATION WITH IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY
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  5. mam521
    @mopekmez you can avoid some of these questions if fill out your timeline here: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=468693
  6. mam521
    So....have you remembered to do this yet today?
  7.    OldUser reacted to a post in a topic: TURKISH FIANCEE OF AMERICAN CITIZEN AND K-1 APPLICATION WITH IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY
  8. mam521
    Food for thought, but why a K1 versus a CR1? Takes a longer, but it's cheaper in the long run and means you enter the US with a greencard in hand, able to travel freely back to your country, should you choose, and able to work, get a driver's license and really begin your life.
  9.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: My Step Sons Citizenship Status after Mom becomes a U.S. Citizen - Spend the $1200.USD? I dont think so!
  10.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: My Step Sons Citizenship Status after Mom becomes a U.S. Citizen - Spend the $1200.USD? I dont think so!
  11. mam521
    A quick google search says a MRIV is, but my inference was to the fact that it is affixed to a passport, which definitely serves as proof of identity.
  12. mam521
    No. Your endorsed I-551 in your passport serves as proof of identity and status for up to a year. You can get a SSN with it.
  13.    OldUser reacted to a post in a topic: NEXUS related to K1 visa
  14.    OldUser reacted to a post in a topic: How Long does it take for physical Green Card to be Mailed?
  15.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: How to update address with CIS office? Confused.
  16. mam521
    As @OldUser said, expect 90-120 days. If you don't see it after 120, submit an inquiry. Ours took closer to 180 days and one of the 3 were incorrectly statused. When you do receive the card, check it over for any errors - spellings and status. If anything is incorrect, file an I-90 immediately to have it corrected. It won't cost anything as long as the information provided to the DOS was correct at the interview.
  17.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: How Long does it take for physical Green Card to be Mailed?
  18.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: TURKISH FIANCEE OF AMERICAN CITIZEN AND K-1 APPLICATION WITH IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY
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  21. mam521
    What's NEXUS got to do with your K1? FYI - some airports have interview on arrival. If you're flying into HNL, they have that option. Another option is to go to a Trusted Traveler office at the airport and do your TT interview. You don't have to be traveling per se. You can do it after you enter the US on your K1 - like, later date entirely. I don't know where you're leaving out of Canada, but chances are it's a major airport and you'll use your K1 there. If HNL is your final destination, I'm guessing you'll potentially connect in LAX or SFO. They also have Enrollment on Arrival. So, plenty of options to get the interview done and sorted.
  22.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Was approved at interview in Montreal
  23.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: Was approved at interview in Montreal
  24.    mam521 reacted to a post in a topic: My Step Sons Citizenship Status after Mom becomes a U.S. Citizen - Spend the $1200.USD? I dont think so!
  25.    From_CAN_2_US reacted to a post in a topic: My Step Sons Citizenship Status after Mom becomes a U.S. Citizen - Spend the $1200.USD? I dont think so!
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  28. mam521
    I suppose with the citizens vs naturalized or derived citizens. But, a birth certificate is a lot cheaper. SAVE exists, so if the authorized acceptance agent can verify your identity and take a copy of the original certificate, there's no real reason to provide the original for it to get lost/stolen/damaged. Those people should be or, perhaps, could be required to be notaries. No passport reps at mine or the kids' ceremonies. I think you're right about the post covid slim back. I had to get an expedited passport as I had travel within 2 weeks of the ceremony. I had to call DOS and they basically said you have to suck it up and go wherever we have Passport Office appointments. Luckily, they had one in Houston but I did have to waste 2 days of my life in the Passport Office. It was nice to have my certificate back in hand because I needed it to update my NEXUS (apparently my passport wasn't good enough?). The kids we did through the Post Office and the agent stapled my CoN. I was NOT happy. They weren't supposed to and that was reaffirmed at the kids' CoC ceremony. The USCIS agent and judge cringed when I told them that's what had happened. Technically, the certificate should be replaced because it's supposed to stay pristine, or so I'm told. That's a nope from me.
  29. mam521
    I found it intriguing. I think another challenge is wording. "Evidence of" and "proof of" are not the same thing. So you get a passport - the DOS says it's evidence of, not necessarily proof of citizenship. Is it a loophole for the government to get outta dodge? So strange. In general, it is interesting to me that there's still a lot of "manual steps" one must take after getting citizenship. It doesn't make sense that, if SAVE exists, that I have to go update my status with the SSA. My kids also have to be done separately. Same with my state DL - they use SAVE verification, so why do I have to turn up with these documents to update my status? Work authorization - same thing. Proving identity, sure but if the status is in the system....
  30. mam521
    At some point, most people find their status says "refused" at some point. This is while AP is taking place. It doesn't apply to only those that have received a 221(g). As for the social media - the applications have been asking for that information for a long time now. Many years. It seems to be investigated more thoroughly now though. The bigger issue is your fiancé is a dual national of 2 countries that are under additional scrutiny. The approval will likely come in time, but the AP checks will dig into the past as well as the present. If he was missing documents, then yes, it will come after those documents have been reviewed.
  31. mam521
    Congratulations and good luck with the move!
  32. mam521
    Food for thought - what about her coming to you? I can't verify, but it looks like typical spousal visas are 8-12 weeks for the UK. Courthouse wedding and apply. The US has non-existent maternity benefits and she'd have to go back to work pretty quickly. That's tough. You could still apply for a CR-1 for the US in the meantime.
  33. mam521
    Sooo worth the read...100%!!!
  34. mam521
    Oh, I believe it. I am just wondering what happened to the girls/how his plan was foiled. They haven't yet said how the parents were killed. But the girls - did he bail because someone came upon them or did the girls manage to run and find someone, despite the area being remote, to essentially save them? Not much mention of them. Maybe for the best, tbh. It's weird because he allegedly just got into a car and drove off.
  35. mam521
    You should search the forum and look for other threads with people from the same consulate and how long they've waited or are waiting. I don't recall how long it seems to be averaging for HK, but there has to be some people on here who know.
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