Sterai79

19 hours ago, Tigrusik2006 said:

Good day to everyone

I have a question that I couldn't find an answer to anywhere. And I really appreciate if someone from the community can help with advice or opinion.

This year I got naturalization and applied for passports for me and my child (11 years old).

She was born in Ukraine and is a citizen of this country and always lives with me. Her biological father, whose whereabouts I have not known for many years, therefore cannot sign his consent to a passport. He is a citizen of another country and has never been to the States.

I filled out form ds-5525 and a cover letter explaining the details.

After 3 months, I received a response from the passport agency that I should send documents such as:

Court order specifically permitting the applying parent/guardian to apply for the child's U. S. passport; or

Court order granting sole legal custody to the applying parent/guardian ;or

A court order authorizing the minor to travel outside the US with the applying parent. 

But this is not logical, because, being a citizen of another state, my daughter can leave the States without any permission on her Ukrainian passport.

What could be the solution? Submit form ds-5525 again with explanation? Submit a request to the court for permission to issue a passport ( where to start, where to go? How is this possible if all the documents - birth certificate, divorce, etc. are in the passport agency? )?

  You can wait until she turns 16 and apply without the permission of the other parent. But my husband is active duty in our army and we may soon leave for another country in his service. And I'm worried that then my daughter will have a problem returning to the states, because, being a permanent resident, you can be absent from the country for no more than 6 months.

Thank you in advance

What are the supporting documents you represented for her application.

This write up is an insight for me..

Can you list the documents..please

On 2/25/2022 at 1:36 PM, doggieandsam said:

Ahhh that is so frustrating. My ROC got pulled earlier due to my N400. The DC field office though where I am is reporting ~12 months for N400. It's crazy that NC is reporting 4 months but has still not gotten to your case yet. Hoping you hear some good news soon! 

Atlast,I got approved after a long battle from interviewing in April 21 got approved and was reopened for reconsideration amd oath ceremony cancelled, used all the available resources to fight back from congressman, CISombudsman,FOIA,

USCIS ignored me for 10months and suddenly they sent me NOID..

I had get a lawyer here and in my home country..after another 2months waiting..

All my cases were approved,I751 n N400...did my oath fee weeks after...

Was a long battle but I give God all praises....

Please never loose hope...

One for sure is prayer is the key..but PATIENCE IS THE MASTER KEY...

39 minutes ago, doggieandsam said:

Ahhh that is so frustrating. My ROC got pulled earlier due to my N400. The DC field office though where I am is reporting ~12 months for N400. It's crazy that NC is reporting 4 months but has still not gotten to your case yet. Hoping you hear some good news soon! 

Thanks I really appreciate u checking on me..and so happy to hear your goodnews.. will surely keep you posted..

13 minutes ago, doggieandsam said:

Hey @Sterai79 - I remembered we were the same timeline. No update for you yet? NC used to be really fast for N400s! 

 

No update,Case transferred in dec, quiet since then..but I will get I touch with my congressman and see wat they can come up with..so exhausted right now..

On N400 in charlotte have 4months on uscis profile

Is there anyone from North Carolina, charlotte field office.

filed ROC in 2020,

Case got transferred to another in Dec 2021,...nothing since then

Filed N400 in June 2021, estimate for interview shows 4months..

Am tired...wish I could get hold of either of my applications.

22 hours ago, Rosa Garcia said:

Guys from your experience ( those who already had interviews) Does anybody know how much time USCIS gives you from sending the I-751 interview letter to the date of the interview? Thank you

3weeks to a month

9 hours ago, Rosa Garcia said:

Guys do you know if I travel to my home country due to an emergency and in the meantime uscis denies my i751 can they not let me in back in the USA? Does anybody know if they can deport me? Will I have the right to see an immigration judge to explain myself? 

Anybody knows any cases like that? 

U can only travel if you have an extension letter and get your passport stamp by uscis,don't risk traveling with an expired green card,

Call uscis back tell them u got suspended from work, and u need to show proof of immigration before your employer will accept you back.

2 hours ago, Rosa Garcia said:

Guys my case is pending since December 2019. I need to visit my family in my country, bought a plane ticket and the USCIS officer called me and said they don't have any appointments to give me my i551 stamp for traveling. What should I do?

If u still have your extension letter that will be fine..or you call back tell them you are about to lose your job,your employer needs an update letter or evidence from USCIS...

46 minutes ago, Jayshark0107 said:

Anyone tried to filed  FOIA? Alot of pending n400  from 2020 got their inteviews after thay file this, im tempting to do it :(( im waiting since aug2020 

What is FOIA..

3 hours ago, Mariia said:

I have the exact same timeline and received the same updates a week ago with case being moved twice. I have seen people in Facebook post the same. I guess they were going through some backlog recently… 

Yeah...but we waited 18months just for our application to be transferred 

On 12/20/2021 at 5:53 PM, Angela & Dave said:

My adopted daughter recently landed and immigrated to US last Tuesday under IR2 Visa. In accordance with my instruction on her DS 260, her SSN card will be sent to our home address without separate application at local SSN office. Any idea how long it will take to receive it in Bay Area, CA?

 

I tried to contact our local SSN office but in vain that always line busy and cut calls afterward. 

 

My understanding is that she is below 18 and meets the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 eligibility that entitled her citizenship automatically. I called USCIS and the lady advised us to file N600 for her certificate of citizenship (around 21months waiting time in CA) which deviate from what I was told by the agent of the Consulate General of Hong Kong  who said the cert would be issued to us directly. Besides USCIS told us she is also required to file and pay for her permanent resident card at $220, I would have thought it was covered by the DS 260 application fees and the card will be send to our address.

 

Do we need to file the N600 and permanent resident card for her?

 

Would anyone kindly provide us some expertise advice? Many thanks

Her SSN..should be approved the next day she arrived into USA...so be patience 

6 hours ago, doggieandsam said:

Got the letter just now. 

I got the same letter that my application is going to NBC....

3 minutes ago, doggieandsam said:

Wow we really ate on the same timeline! I also have a letter from uscis today! 😀

Lol...so what's the letter all about..am still at work..but found out on informed delivery...

What's the reason for movement of application 

On 12/28/2021 at 4:40 PM, doggieandsam said:

I already got my extension letter. The other letter about the transfer is what I’m still waiting for.

I think I have another letter coming in mail today from uscis hopeful is the movement letter.

Will kip u posted

Filed my ROC in June 2020,and N400 in June 2021...nothing since then..just got a notification last week that my application is moved to another office..next day I got another notification that its moved again to an office that has jurisdiction...while waiting for letter of movement...I got 24 month extension instead....where exactly is USCIS driving us all too...

Mayb a frustration island..I keep wondering why not issue ROC OR Citizenship to all instead of spending tax payers money to print an extension for all us...

Confused system

22 minutes ago, doggieandsam said:

Same. I am still waiting for the letter though.

I didn't get any letter about the movement of my application rather 24 months extension letter came in mail yesterday...

Confused system...

On 12/23/2021 at 2:55 PM, Sterai79 said:

I just got a notification that my case has been moved to another office,I hope it's a good omen...

I just got another update just now that..my case has been been moved to an office that has jurisdiction....please what does it mean....

50 minutes ago, doggieandsam said:

Same! Did you file N400 already? I did, and my interview has already been scheduled for Jan 25.

Yes I did,I filed in June 2021,how long does it take to be schedule for an interview..it's frustrating 

On 12/4/2021 at 7:57 AM, Sterai79 said:

Am a June filers also..I haven't heard anything since fingerprint in June 2020...filed my N400 in June 2021 though..am just so frustrated..

I just got a notification that my case has been moved to another office,I hope it's a good omen...

On 11/30/2021 at 5:28 PM, JasonGG said:

My wife and her daughter filed in August 2020 and they have not received an extension letter.  Her son filed in May 2021 (arrived 6 months after her) and got an extension letter last week. - Jason

Am a June filers also..I haven't heard anything since fingerprint in June 2020...filed my N400 in June 2021 though..am just so frustrated..

Please Can anyone share the number to call for info pass..I mean a number to be connect to a human not machine.

Thanks

40 minutes ago, geekyg0ddess said:

Yes, I've been out of the country twice with the infopass stamp and had no issues. Just that the ground attendants (when checking us in for our flight) see my expired green card and then ask again, so I just show the stamp.

Thanks for info

1 hour ago, geekyg0ddess said:

Well, I've avoided posting here since it just depresses me that there has been no activity on my application...

 

Anyone else still waiting?

 

May 2019 - Applied for I-751
Feb 2020 - Got a notice that my case was being transferred to Potomac

May 2020 - Applied for N-400 citizenship

Dec 2020 - I initiated adding an I-1551 stamp because my letter was expiring in Jan 2021

May 2021 - Contacted my congressperson to ask for help

Jun 2021 - Received an update from my congressperson that my case is still pending

 

And now OCT 2021 --- still no updates 

 

My I-1551 stamp is expiring in DEC 2021  I guess I need to apply for an InfoPass appointment again...

 

Luckily, it hasn't affected my travel outside the US much. It's still quite a pain in the butt showing my expired greencard in other situations though

Can someone travel with an infopass stamp on your passport abroad.?

On 10/6/2021 at 9:32 AM, CJK said:

Hey guys, I could use some reassurance. Our case was assigned to YSC, as I discovered yesterday. Yippee for the slowest center. 

 

I started delving deep into this forum after I submitted my packet. A lot of folks here submitted 2 years (!!) of bank statements and we only did 3 months. I thought that would be enough. We bought a house in 2021 so I included the joint deed/mortgage docs but I stupidly left out our apartment lease that we were living in beforehand. I also submitted 2019/2020 tax returns, not tax transcripts...

 

They cashed our check and all that, but this wouldn't be enough to warrant an outright rejection... right? Just an RFE?

 

How long did other YSC filers take to receive an RFE?

Hang in there for whatever come your way..

Issued on fri..US embassy released on monday...next day delivery on Tuesday through UPS

On 9/17/2021 at 12:56 PM, Sterai79 said:

My kids went for an interview on July 1st,the biological mother took them to the embassy..after the interview the officer didnt even know what kind of application it was he had to call the attention of  2 senior colleagues to help out, so made him look stupid in turn passes bad mood to my kids applications asking for a consent letter from me and my EX, after which she gave him a child support agreement, my passport photo page,my Green card, which was mailed that same day, Few weeks later the update shows refused.i sent a mail asking what's wrong,they said the officer need my ex passport photo page, I be like for what,she sent it tru post, after mailing them found that update to refused again few weeks later, I send in a mail why ,they said he want more proof between the kids and their mother,I have never heard such before,

Call the senator and congressman office to step till now no reply,so I was advice to gather every evidence,from kids growing up pics that in includes me and my ex,, 2 affidavit from my side and my EX family,health insurance card with the kids as her dependents,CAF documents that shows the kids as her dependants,early school inscription letter,document showing affilation...she sent it in few days later, updated to refused again, I send a mail then got an automated mail say backlog bla bla bla,I flew down to France few weeks ago,I went to the mayor of my marie, who wrote an introduction letter stamp and sign by him,a consent letter from my ex,notarised by him and a letter from my ex explaining she brought the kids to the embassy,she sent in all document requested and she is available for any evaluation the embassy deem fit,few days later updated to refused,..

 

I just got tired right now..so decided to give them time,the congressman told he's going to reach out again...

 

This is crazy..I have heard about paternity problem with kids but maternity issue,then the embassy ahould just tell her to go for DNA..so that they can have their proofs

 

Am so pissed and frustrated right now,was hoping my kids will start the new school called last month...

 

It so annoying..

That's my story...just waiting

My kids approved,visa issued and passport received....

Expecting them soon...

All the best for everyone...