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Hello everyone

Question about ACRO certificate. I was reprimanded as a juvenile, fairly trivial crime. I’ve disclosed it properly throughout, got my visa and then my 2 year green card. For those, my ACRO certificate disclosed the offense/date/disposition.

now, because of the time that has lapsed, the certificate is showing as “No live trace”. I know this has caused folks issues in the past - however, nowadays ACRO has started appending a supplementary page to the main certificate disclosing the offense/date/disposition, and I also have a photocopy of the original ACRO certificate from my initial visa application that detailed the offense and disposition.

My question is, is this likely to suffice as evidence during the N400 interview? (Yes, I know best practice would be to get a SAR, but I’m looking specifically for an answer as to whether the evidence I have will be good enough - particularly interested to hear from anyone who may have gone through a similar situation. ACRO SAR wait times at the moment are abysmal)

thanks!

Hello everyone 

I’d really like some advice on this. I was granted my provisional green card in Feb 2021, so it’s nearly time to submit my I-751. 
 

In May of 2021, my wife managed to lose my green card (it was in my wallet, which she’d borrowed to go to the store). I immediately filed for a replacement green card, which has been pending since June 2021.

I’m a little nervous about what this bodes for my I-751 filing, which I know a green card is absolutely necessary for. I have a photo of the front of the green card (not the back, tragically), and I have an I-551 stamp in my passport. Would pictures of these be sufficient? Does anyone else have experience of this?

thanks in advance!

Hello everyone

i had my green card interview today - it went very well, such a relief!

earlier this evening, I received an email from USCIS informing me that my green card had been ordered and would be in the mail shortly. 1 minute later I received an email stating “your case must be reviewed. We will mail you a notice if we make a decision or take further action. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address. ”

When I check my case status on the USCIS site it says my case is under review. Do you think the email stating that my green card had been ordered was sent in error? I’m guessing it was an administrative blunder, but curious to hear of any of you have had similar experiences 

I understand that my lack of SSN doesn’t preclude my ability to get healthcare - what I really want to know is whether receiving mass health coverage for my ER visit could fall foul of the public charge ruling, and whether there’s any real likelihood that it could ever even be found out by USCIS

hello everyone

ive been in the states for a year now - no green card yet (my interview is scheduled for next month), and the March 2020 lockdown prevented me from being able to generate a SSN. After several months of extended travel insurance, and having great difficulty securing private healthcare coverage without a SSN, I decided to risk going without healthcare and cancelled my travel insurance - I’m otherwise healthy. 
 

The risk didn’t pay off! I suffered a medical emergency recently and had to attend the ER.  Having no experience of American hospitals, I was a little overwhelmed by both pain and all the paperwork I had to sign. 
 

i receive a phone call today, and come to realise that one of the applications I filled was for the state’s medicaid program. Now, I explained to the advisor on the phone that I’d not quite realised what I was signing, and that I would surely not be able to make use of the program, given im a recent immigrant, issues pertaining to being a public charge etc. 
 

The advisor explained that, actually, the program covers tons of immigrants in this situation (including undocumented ones). I told her I’d call her back.

so, with this in mind, I’m very curious. Surely I’m on the precipice of becoming a public charge should I follow through with the application. Would that information be accessible to anyone in uscis? I’m able to cover the cost of treatment myself, but I’m curious as to whether there are information sharing practices between agencies with regard to healthcare - seems unlikely? 
 

anyway, thanks!

Hello everyone

my AOS interview has been scheduled. I’m currently reading up on what ill need to take with me to it. ive seen a lot of people mention taking a completed copy of the I-485 application. i filled mine out on my mac, and there’s been some kind of formatting error meaning i can no longer retrieve a full copy of the application form. will this be an issue or will my interviewer have a copy?
 

thanks! 

Hello everyone,

I recently submitted the change of address form on USCIS’s site. I received an email confirming it had been submitted. It also generated an auto-populated AR-11 form. Do I need to physically submit this in addition to having completed the online request?

Hello there

After filing in April, my biometrics was finally scheduled, received the letter today.

i was wondering, to all of you who have completed a biometrics appointment and received your I-131 travel permit in 2020, how long a gap was there between the appointment and the permit coming through? Thanks!

Hello everyone

A number of us are in a similar boat - awaiting biometrics, no long how long it will take to get our EAD. 

Are there any loopholes that allow us to do things like voluntary work, unpaid work? I imagine not, but I thought I'd pose the question.

Thanks!

Hello everyone 

Tomorrow it’s been 90 days since my local ASC (Providence) reopened. I’ve yet to receive my biometrics appointment, so I’ll be calling USCIS to have them raise a request. I understand that once this request is raised they ask the ASC to provide a rationale within 30 days as to why the appointment hasn’t been made.

i know a few of you have raised this type of request already - what was your experience? What (if anything) did you hear back and how long did it take? Are you still waiting?

thanks! Hope you’re all holding up okay, the state of inertia is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced!

Hi everyone, I’m currently trying to speak to a human on the USCIS helpline, and no matter what I say to the automated voice, it ends up hanging up on me when I ask to speak to a human. I’ve managed to get thru to a representative before, but I can’t remember what combination of magic words I used when speaking to the robot - can anyone help out?

Hey everyone, I was curious as to whether anyone has had their biometrics appointment scheduled since the ASC’s reopened? And if so, when did you receive your NOA?

2 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

They are looking at the paperwork but nothing will be approved until biometrics are done. ASCs are opening on July 13th I think, so you will still wait a bit for biometrics.

thanks!

Hi everyone - fully prepared for this to not be something that's answerable given the one-two punch of the pandemic and process reforms.

I submitted the AOS application, with all the bells and whistles, on April 25. Got 797C through soon thereafter.

We've been waiting to hear about biometric appointment ever since. I'm aware that there's quite a logjam. 

What I'm wondering is if any processing of my application (such as the EAD) is going on in the background, or if that's all on hold until after my biometrics appointment?

I've been presuming that nothing's going on, and preparing for a long wait, but would be curious to know what to expect.

Thanks!

Hello everyone

I'll summarize our current situation - submitted AOS application April 25. Received I-797 May 14 (as an aside, still haven't heard anything about biometric appointment - is this normal?). 

I arrived first week of March, just before lockdown. We declared the value of my wife's house for the I-944, and made an appointment with an appraiser to visit. The appraiser told us he'd need to do it in two visits (long story), took payment and assessed the outside of the house. Then lockdown happened, and so he couldn't return for the concluding visit. 

We ultimately completed the AOS application, declared the house's value (per its purchase price) and left an annotation explaining that the appraiser hadn't yet been able to complete the valuation, and that we'd happily submit this separately if required at a later point. 

Anyhow, the appraiser was able to complete his business with us last week, and we now have the completed appraisal. It seems unlikely that the AOS has been seen to yet. Is there any way I can submit this additional evidence to them at the time being? Should I just wait and see if they sent an RFE? What would your suggestion/s be?

Many thanks in advance

Thanks for the contributions everyone. I’ve already applied for AOS, and (regrettably) chose not to opt for a SSN in that application. I figured that my prior application for a SSN would be sufficient.

Do you know if there’s a way I can contact USCIS to request that they generate a SSN? 

Hello all,

I arrived in the U.S in early March on a K-1. My arrival coincided with the point at which lockdown measures were imminent. I applied for a social security number 4 days after I arrived (I know it's advisable to wait a couple of weeks, but I rightly assumed that Social Security offices would soon be closed to the public). 

As I expected, I was told that the application would be subject to a manual review by DHS, who would confirm my entry to the country. 

It's been nearly 3 months, and I still haven't received my social security card. I've called the social security office, who told me that DHS are massively delayed due to Covid, and that the social secutiyy office are still awaiting manual confirmation from DHS. I was told to call back in a couple of weeks.

I'm happy to accept that the circumstances at hand have caused some delay in applications, but I'm also cognisant of how paperwork can fall down a hole in the government-bureaucracy-industrial-complex, and how 'delays on the other end' can be used as a catch-all excuse. 

With this in mind, is anyone here in a similar boat (Applied for a SSN just before the lockdown)? If so, how long did it take?

If it turns out that my wait has been excessively long, can anyone advise as to what I can say to the social security office when I call them back?

Many thanks

Just now, LeoUSA said:

I am feeling that the tone regarding immediate family members of USC being exempted is fading away. Yesterday i could read in almost every article them mentioning family members in the exemptions, today? Not much

 

i hope i am wrong since im a IR1 visa holder

Plenty of articles yesterday speculated that immediate family members wouldn’t be exempted.

for what it’s worth, the News wires which are being briefed by anonymous officials seem to all have reported that immediate relatives of USCs will be exempted, whether they published today or yesterday (if I’m wrong please let me know)

irrespective, this is ongoing and still being drafted. Things changing on the fly. Keep it together the best you’re able

have a couple questions, perhaps some of you will be able to help me out. I'm based in the UK, about to enter the USA on the K-1. 

Obviously I'll ultimately be filling out the I-944. 

1. Would my US-based spouse's assets count towards the 'household income'? (she owns a house/car, no mortgage/student debt)

2. Obviously I'm quitting my UK based job in order to move. However, the I-944 asks for my income. My understanding is that the I-944 is submitted at the same time as the EAD application (meaning my income would be 0 at the point of application). Am I missing a trick here? Is there some way of getting eligibility to work prior to submitting the I-944?

I've got a decent career in financial services, so I won't have any issue getting a job that satisfies the income requirements, but I only have a few thousand in savings, so there's no Earthly way I'd be able to demonstrate assets in lieu of income that satisfies the criteria. Seems counter-intuitive that I could be penalized for not having income when I don't have the legal opportunity to even pursue employment (but it's immigration, so nothing surprises me!).

Any advice is massively appreciated, my other half is besides herself with worry about it!