cutiebanker

I am sorry to say this, but you can ignore that user. He been creating a lot of unnecessary noise all over the forum.

Just stick to what others have suggested, and use your own judgment on how to proceed.

sure thing. i'll make my own judgment and decicions as to how to proceed. thanks very much again for your advice.

i actually talked to my husband last night about what happened in this forum. we decided to laugh off whatever nonsense and unnecessary noise from this forum.

the most important thing is the bond between my husband, the baby and me has been strong, and is even stronger than ever after the sudden tragic passing of his dad 2 weeks ago.

it doesn't matter where we are as long as we're together eventually after all's resolved. we'll have to deal with this visa/immigration issue sooner or later wherever we are (here for me or another country for him). unfortunately in my case i can live either in the states or back in my home country cuz i speak more than 3 languages. but my husband can't move there cuz he only speaks english.

i tend to bear positive thinking and deem myself a lucky and blessed person whatever hardship i have to face, thanks also to many nice and supportive people around me.

i know and believe everything will be fine.

Nobody is trying to judge you , they are giving their opinion based on information they have read or have experienced , no one is an immigration lawyer hear , speaking of family , when you got married why did you not think that your family back home may need your help ? will it be fair to your child to live a life without his father ? do you think it is fair to your husband ?

For what you have written here , you are giving least importance to the quality your actual marriage , but just giving improtance to a time-frame of your marriage that is 4-5 years and the impression you give here is that you want to use this length of marriage to your advantage to get immigration benefits

No one gives up their family and walks away , my parents are in India and I take ample care to see that they are living there comfortably, but that does not mean that I leave my spouse alone and let my marriage go to hell , its unfair to the person you are married to

i have been with my husband since 2005 so i do not know once again why you jumped into a conclusion about me that i give least importance to my marriage judging

from what i had to do for the past few months, not to mention that i don't intend to be away for too long if you really paid attention to what i wrote earlier. was i able to predict that my Dad would get a stroke last year?

i believe in karma so it's the last thing i'd do to take advantage of anyone in any case. and what in the hell did i take advantage of to get immigration benefits?

what kind of immigration benefits am i getting, esp when i said i'll give up the green card if it's too much trouble?

seriously i don't think giving up the green card now will threaten my marriage cuz my end purpose is not to get a green card but to get everything (family issues and financial concerns--150K students loan yet to be paid off) resolved asap so that we can all be together (do you really think i like this? seriously? are you me?).

it's because i know/believe we'll be together anyway so i would prefer not to waste the money (application fees) and have to go thru the whole application process all over again. by going on and on like you know my life time story, maybe you can explain to me better what exactly are the benefits i'm getting or what kind of advantages i'm taking of?

I am not judging you, and I do understand that people sometimes have to deal with a poor set of cards just to make ends meet. My previous advice was purely based on my understanding of your case, which means that you might have to expect that an Immigration Officer may see it the same way.

Thus, you might have to expect questions that you have to answer. That you basically live in another country and help out with the family business in another country is a valid explanation, a believable one, but it doesn't change the fact that you are walking a thin line if you want to keep your Green Card.

No reentry permit is needed until a year has passed, but once you left for more than 6 months, the Border and Customs Officer at the P.O.E might assume that you abandoned residency and thus may ask you to prove that you did not.

i'm sorry but i did clearly sense strong doubts and criticisms from your previous msg. though you thought you gave advide, unfortunately, i did not feel it's a good-will msg at all accusing me of visiting just to keep my green card alive--it's as if you have already jumped into a conclusion about me just based on a short description of my situation. it's not just making ends meet when you both went to super expensive elite medical school and grad schools and both have super heavy student's loans on your shoulders. and when your family back in your home country needs your help, maybe it's easier for you not to give any damn about it and walk away.

as i indicated, i will give up my green card if it's too much trouble. and i would appreciate any real advice or sharing of experience here as to if we'll waste the application fees and have to start over from scratch when i apply next time while my marrige is longer than 4 or 5 years by then and has a baby involved.

btw, i hope you don't take offense but the pic you have here freaks me out--it looks like Chucky from the horror movie.

Well here is an advice. Deliver your baby in the US.... whatever it takes, make it happen. If you deliver overseas, it might be like opening a can of worms. Others have suffered with USCIS about paternity and requested DNA tests and sometimes still refused to accept that your US husband is your child's father...

I am saying this because you are a "family" person, so think about YOUR family.

thank you soo much for your advice. you've been the most helpful so far.

my hubby's cousin is an ob-gyn, who will help me deliver the baby and take good care of me (btw, my hubby's a physician too in another field).

i will surely deliver my baby in the states unless i go into early labor while in another country (i hope not. lots of nice people've been praying for my and my baby's good health).

i have strong confidence though that everything'll be fine.

thank you again.

Let me give you some facts , since you have stayed abroad on a GC for a period of more than 180 days ( 6 months) you have already abandoned your residency , and you cannot enter without applying for a re-entry permit

correct me if i'm wrong, it occurs to me that you'll be denied entry w/o a re-entry permit only when you stay abroad on a green card for continuously more than 6 months, which is not the case for me. thanks anyway.

my guess is her husband pays for it and suports her with finances ,

but you say you want to go back to your country in july/aug thats about the timeframe when you have to file ROC

I hope you know you will get a biometric apt wich is usualy send within a month after you file ROC ,

sure you could ask for a later date ,

also take into considerations they choose people for interviews at random ( doesnt happen often but it does happen )

yes, my husband supports me with finances. also as i'm helping out w. my family business in another country, i have enough money to support myself as well.

i hope people here do understand that sometimes people make decisions out of a lot of concerns. similar decisions made by different people are not from the same considerations or reasons.

those were very tough decisions for me and my husband to make by living in different countries for a while and visiting each other and me being pregnant myself in another country, but thankfully i have a very understanding husband. btw, the reason i'll be back to the states to deliver my baby is because my husband insisted that he wants the baby born here (just like himself) and also he wants to be part of process (i hope that helps clear some people's doubts here).

as a lot of people here suggested, i could give up my green card if it's too much trouble. but as our marriage goes along with our baby involved, i'll have to deal with this issue again eventually. if i give up the conditional green card now, does it mean we'll waste the application fees and i will have to start over again from scratch even by then our marriage will be longer than 3-4 years with a baby in our life? any suggestions? any concerns i should bear in mind?

Several people have posted extended travel and I haven't heard of anyone denied entry into the US. I beleive they asked you some questions for their random process and nothing to do with the GC and travel. Where the questions related to your residence and extended travels or something else?

Usually, in order for you to maintain your continuous residence, you need to have physically lived in the US for 18 months out of the past 24 months (allowed 6 months total travel),but if you can get documentation about your fathers condition, and that has been the main reason you had to leave the US, then they might understand. Lifting conditions is more of a check to see if you are still married and that you are living in a good-faith marriage and not for immigration only. Go ahead and apply, which by the way, it is 90 days before GC expires.

They will send you a NOA which extends your GC by 1 year.

All this said, I suggest you apply and see what happens as the I-751 form doesn't ask for travel dates and durations.

If and when you apply for citizenship, that's when they will require continuous residence....

Thanks for the quick response.

A few more questions:

1. When you say 90 days prior to the expiration, does it mean i can acutally start working on the application even earlier and make sure it arrives at whichever office I have to send it to 90 days before it expires? I assume it doesn't hurt if the application arrives earlier than 90 days before the expiration?

2. Will my husband and I be required to have another interview as they're reviewing and processing my application, i.e. I-751 form?

3. How long does it usually take for them to approve my application after I send it? What would happen if they approve my application while I'm in my home country again? I assume the approval would take place after my green card expires. In this case, can my husband mail me the renewed green card to make sure I won't be denied entry next time?

4. My baby will be travelling with me in a few months after she's born here cuz I can take better care of the baby. What should I do to get a proper travel document for her? I assume she'll have a U.S. passport, which we can apply for her. But how long does it take for her to get the passport? Would it be weird that the baby's travelling w. a U.S. passport while I am holding her in my arms travelling w. a conditional green card?

Many thanks to you all who share the experience and suggestions. My family back in my home country hopefully will take over what I have to do there by the end of this year or earlier next year, which is probably the limit I can bear cuz I really hope for me and my baby to be with my hubby after then.

I have a few questions I hope peopel in the forum can help or share experience with. I've been married with a U.S. citizen for almost 3 years, yet I didn't get my green card till early Oct. 2008 (I didn't care so I delayed applying for a long time). anyway, the green card will expire early Oct. this year, which means I have to apply for the removal of conditions 2 months prior to the expiration if i'm not mistaken. My questions are as follows:

1. For the past 10 months I had to go back to my home country to deal with family emergency. Each time I stayed there for about 2-3 months and came back to the states to stay 3-4 weeks. Last October I came back and entered from a L.A airport w/o any prob. This early February, however, I entered from Anchorage airport (final destination: NYC but the airline stopped over at Anchorage first) and was taken to another room for further questions. Those were not tough questions, and I got in anyway. But that got me a bit worried cuz I have to leave again in 1 week and won't be back till less than 2 months later (around late April this year). I'm afraid that they won't allow me in since my conditional green card's about to expire in Oct this year, and they might give me trouble cuz I left the country for quite some times. I'm pregnant with a due date around late May so I'm really worried I'll be given trouble when coming back this April to welcome this new-born baby w. my hubby.

2. As my conditional green card will expire in Oct this year, I realize I have to apply for a removal of conditions around Aug or probably earlier. But after I give birth to my baby this May, I will have to head back to deal with family issue (my Dad's really sick and they really need help with family business) by late July or early Aug. What should I do with this situation? Any suggestions?

I'd appreciate very much any thought or suggestion you guys can give me here.

i got married w. my hubby, a U.S. citizen, almost 2 years ago, but just got my conditional green card last oct. (oct. 2008--a delay in processing, sighs...what can i say?)

due to serious financial pressure, i'm considering accepting a very very good job offer in another country. the prob is--i have to work there for 1-1.5 years before i can

come back to the U.S.. obviously, i'm leaving the U.S. for a job b/4 the 2-year conditional period is over. my questions/worries are as followed:

1. do i need to apply for a suspension of my conditional green card b/4 i leave for another country for the job? during the 1-1.5 years, my hubby and i will still visit each

other. if i can come back to the states to visit him for the first time within 6-8 months after i leave, and stay for 2 weeks, will that be a prob? do i still need to call a halt

to my permanent residency status in that case? and is that gonna affect or delay my chance of removing conditions on residence? what kinds of probs will i be facing when

i visit my hubby from another country?

2. i'm planning to give birth to our first baby while i work in another country. what should i do for my baby to make sure he/she has the right status/nationality that won't

affect his/her future? i assume there will be some probs since he/she's born in another country though his/her dad is a U.S. citizen???

i appreciate very much any of the good advice on this forum. i wanna gather as much info as possible as not to make the wrong decision. thanks.

No problem.

Obtain a re-entry permit (I-131) before you go overseas.

You child will be a US citizen at birth because his/her father is a USC citizen.

thanks. but do i need to relinquish my green card b/4 i obtain a re-entry permit? how long will I-131 allow me to stay legally in another country for work?

should i apply for my child's citizenship right after birth at the U.S. embassy in another country? how does that work?

i appreciate very much your further answers.

while you work away would you be out of the united states for 365 days straight?

i expect to visit my hubby in the U.S. in 6-8 months after i leave for another country for work.

but due to the vacation time i'll be allowed, i'm gonna stay only for 2 weeks.

i got married w. my hubby, a U.S. citizen, almost 2 years ago, but just got my conditional green card last oct. (oct. 2008--a delay in processing, sighs...what can i say?)

due to serious financial pressure, i'm considering accepting a very very good job offer in another country. the prob is--i have to work there for 1-1.5 years before i can

come back to the U.S.. obviously, i'm leaving the U.S. for a job b/4 the 2-year conditional period is over. my questions/worries are as followed:

1. do i need to apply for a suspension of my conditional green card b/4 i leave for another country for the job? during the 1-1.5 years, my hubby and i will still visit each

other. if i can come back to the states to visit him for the first time within 6-8 months after i leave, and stay for 2 weeks, will that be a prob? do i still need to call a halt

to my permanent residency status in that case? and is that gonna affect or delay my chance of removing conditions on residence? what kinds of probs will i be facing when

i visit my hubby from another country?

2. i'm planning to give birth to our first baby while i work in another country. what should i do for my baby to make sure he/she has the right status/nationality that won't

affect his/her future? i assume there will be some probs since he/she's born in another country though his/her dad is a U.S. citizen???

i appreciate very much any of the good advice on this forum. i wanna gather as much info as possible as not to make the wrong decision. thanks.

Anyone know how long the AOS sits at the NBC before they finally send it somewhere? Ours has been there since early October. Just curious.

Thanks in advance,

Charlie

from what i could see from your timeline, you guys are PRETTY LUCKY already since you got your EAD card just a bit longer than 1 month after your application arrived at NBC. MANY MANY people's cases including mine were not processed as fast as yours. just be patient, and you'll be there soon.

plus you've got your EAD, for which you can proceed w. a lot of things, including getting SSC, driving license, etc., and most important of all, employment. if i were you, i would be super super grateful already. good luck w. your case and many many other people's cases anyway.

Can anyone actually tell me what they do different in the Biometrics that hasn't already been done at the embassy before? Am I correct in saying that the scan all 8 fingers and both of your thumbs and take your picture? If this is so, why do they repeat it if you have already provided the prints and photos before now? Other than because they can and its the system it seems just like another example of the duplicity in a thoroughly innefficient system.

YES, you're correct. that's what they do--scanning 8 fingers and both thumbs followed by a picture taken.

well...it's inefficient alright. but if they ask you to repeat the process, you have to do it unless you wanna abandon your case. some people have to do it again simply because the fingerprints they took are unclear, which in my opinion is their fault. annoy but what can you do? also i heard that the biometrics are only valid/in their record for a certain period of time (i don't remember how long? 18 months or so? sbd pls correct me if you know) so when you need to remove the conditions on the 2-year GC, you'll be asked to do biometrics again.

as for the mistakes they might have putting in our info, i'd say no doubt it's always better to be correct than incorrect. hehehe.

LET'S ALL PRAY THEY DIDN'T MAKE MISTAKES PUTTING IN THE INFO OF THOSE WHO HAVE DONE BIOMETRICS.

Good advice!

The few times that I've had my biometrics done, the ASC staff always had me check the info that they entered in to make sure there were no errors.

not the case for me though. i caught the mistake myself. i could tell that she didn't intend to ask me for reconfirmation. she even sorta chatted/flirted w. her male colleague while doing my fingerprints the same time.

i don't blame her though. if i have had to do the same routine job everyday, i'd have been bored to hell and couldn't care less. it's certainly more fun for her chatting w. da cute male colleague...hahaha.

i went thru my biometrics for AOS and EAS last friday.

it took quite a while, but overall went smoothly.

i wanna share my experience and hopefully can help others.

when they called my number, i was brought to a clerk in front of the machine/computer.

as soon as she scanned the bar code on my appointment letter, the screen showed my profile.

but obviously not all the info was showing so she still needed to put in some data manually based on

the form i was asked to fill out right after i stepped in the office.

she did it very quickly as a routine, and i almost lost it, but forunately i caught that SHE MADE A MISTAKE by putting down the wrong nationality. of course she corrected it otherwise i don't know if the mismatch of my info would cause some probs and thus delay the processing.

for those who are expecting biometrics-- DO DOUBLE CHECK whatever info they put down b/4 they take your fingerprints. THEY DO MAKE MISTAKES. if you can't quite follow their speed of keying in data in the computer, kindly ask them to wait a bit and make sure the info ab you is all correct. believe me-- it's never too much to be careful.

I am sorry to hear you had to go to 2 different offices in an attempt to get an emergency AP.... In the 2 1/2 years I have been on VJ I have never seen anyone get a emergency AP for a wedding.... and every case that has been approved they did have evidence of the life or death situation... There is a big difference between getting them to process your normal AP application faster at the service center and applying for emergency AP at your local office.... you will need to get evidence such as a fax from your fathers doctors or the Nursing Home where he lives, detailing the severity of his health...

I hope thing work out for you and you get to go and visit your father soon..

Kez

thank you for your wishes and explanations. i can surely get a doc's note that describes in details the severity of my dad's disease. however, even if the patient does faint many times, any ethical doc won't write down anything like 'life or death' situation unless the patient is already dead, or is SURELY dying soon.

i'm not sure if all plp that got expedited AP only got it w. life-or-death reason. after all, i would have got it from NY office already if i have still had live in NYC (i moved to CT recently).

i shared my experience in the hope that plp won't get misled by how easy it seems to expedite AP as posted on this forum somewhere before (i swear i saw quite some posts b/4). also each office seems to have totally different policy. NYC has the discretion to grant AP right away, and is more willing to believe/help people. Harford, on the other hand, claims it has NO discretion or whatsoever to grant anything, and tends to be way more skeptical and critical than it's supposed to. believe me--you won't like it when they jinx you by saying "a lot of plp apply for GC and can't get it. don't assume you'll get it" when you politely only ask to discuss AP and REF from USCIS for B/C.

anyway...THANK GOD my dad and mom are still alive. hahaha... it's no big deal i can't expedite AP. i can postpone my trip. it's just another lesson i've learnt and hopefully would be helpful info for others.

You can only get an emergencey AP if you have a life or death situation.... you will need evidence to prove the emergency, like a letter or fax from the hospital or funeral home... if you are approved at AOS interview you can ask for the I-551 stamp but you might not get it.... you could apply on the spot for emergency AP but remember to take your proof with you...

Kez

Finally someone answered my question...thankyou kezzie! yeah..I have read that...Oh goodness I don't want to be on that situation I think if there's no way I'll just apply I-131 normally.So if someone is on the start of applying AOS now ,it is better to apply AP concurrent with AOS. I'ts a lesson for me

yeah. i read the post you had in your first article before as well. i think that guy was just SUPER SUPER lucky. and that doesn't happy so often.

i visited 2 different offices to expedite AP--NYC almost gave it to me the day of my visit till they found out i live in CT; Hartford, CT just turned me down cold-heartedly though i do have some evidence (it's just not sooo serious as a 'life or death' situation).

remember you might need to go for an interview at that same office. if yours is a small office, you do not want them to remember you in the bad way...haha...you know what i mean.

btw, i heard normal AP won't necessarily arrive b/4 your AOS gets approved. so DO apply for AP w. AOS since the fee ($1010) for AOS also includes AP and EAD anyway. but since it's not emergency AP, just keep praying in the hope that you're one of the lucky people. good luck.

my AOS/EAD/AP/I-130 application package arrived at chicago lockbox on Oct. 15, and i got the receipts followed by biometrics appointment on Nov. 7. everything went okay so far except for a major setback on AP expedition.

hoping to expedite my AP so that i can visit my illed dad, i went to the NY district office first cuz it's closer to me by distance. i thought new yorkers are ruder but surprisingly the lady agreed to grant me AP the same day. before she was about to issue it, however, she discovered that i live in CT, apologized that she had to turn me down and said i had to go to the Hartford office though i'm only 45 mins away from NYC, but 3 hours away from Hartford. i then made another appointment w. hartford office last week. unfortunately, the day b/4 i went, i got a RFE cuz USCIS doesn't accept the birth certificate issued by my consulate (i followed the advice from the clerk at infopass appointment...sigh). with the assumption that AP shouldn't be affected by the RFE (cuz i'm not expediting EAD), i still went to Hartford office and explained the situation to them in the hope that i could get AP as easily as i would in nyc.

having read some posts ab Hartford office here, i thought they would be nice. unfortunately, the lady i spoke with was kinda mean to me. she said because of the RFE, they had to stop processing my AP. she also said i need to provide further evidence like doctor's note (the simple note, flight schedule and the letter of explanation of the urgent need to visit illed family member i had were not accepted) to prove it's DIFINITELY life or death situation othewise there is NO WAY i can expedite AP. to my surprise and very uncalled for, she then added that "just because you apply for GC, doesn't mean you will get it. a lot of people can't get it."

i was totally clueless as to why she gave such a comment out of the blue cuz i didn't request to discuss if i will get GC or not. nevertheless i still tried my best to be polite in response to her rudeness/insult, and asked to speak w. her supervisor. to my greater disappointment, the supervisor answered my questions while looking at the lady the same time as if he was afraid of pissing her off. he said Hartford office has NO discretion to grant me AP (i wonder why NY office has the discretion, but Harford has NONE then???). but i need to get doc's note to show EXACTLY that it's life or death situation, and i MUST come back to Harford again and ask them to fax over the doc's note for me to the MO office. and this is THE ONLY way i can expedite AP.

my dad lives alone at the nursing home after divorce w. my mom. he is indeed old and illed, and he fainted a couple of times the past few months that worries me a lot. but he is NOT ABOUT TO die in the next couple of days. i heard plp got AP w. a lot of differrent reasons including attending friends' or relatives' weddings, or even having your own wedding, etc. but i know for sure none of those reasons would be accepted by the cold-hearted Hartford office. my flight is next wednesday, but i guess i have no choice but give up AP and cancel the trip. SIGH....

Where do you go for biometrics? does it necesarily have to be nr service center in state of residence? or can we go anywhere in US? and do i need separate scheds for EAD and AOS biometrics?

to answer your question--NO, you won't necessarily go to the service center in the state of your residence.

by my experience, you will get the notification from USCIS that tells you specifically which office you need to go for biometrics. and the one i went to is closer to me by distance that is not in my state.

After your marriage, send in the AOS paperwork, you don't need proof of relationship then. Before he leaves, you can easily have both of your names on certain things like credit card, joint bank account, utilities, phone, apartment lease, insurance, etc. Only 2-3 things with both your names on it will satisfy them. Usually in interviews, not many questions are asked. If they do ask, I'm sure they will understand his job situation. I would not worry about it.

thank you very much for your advice! I will file the application right after the marriage. and get credit card and joint bank account.

you DO need proof of relationship. in your case, you can't just apply for AOS w/o submitting I-130 (petition for alien relative that HAS to be submitted by your husband). joint bank account, credit card, lease and utilities w. both of your names on, pictures of wedding, ect. can all serve as the evidence of the fidelity of your marriage.

you have time to work and stay legally till your OPT expires (except for that w. your current visa you can't travel to another country and expect to reenter to the u.s.). you can then plan your wedding based on the best schedules for both of you. as long as you apply AOS, I-130, etc b/4 the expiration of your OPT, i think you're safe. good luck.

My fiance has a Colombian Birth Certificate and a Death Certificate for her spouse that was issued in Colombia, in Spanish, and I translated both documents myself and wrote a seperate paragraph explaining such. USCIS didn't have a problem with it.

Bundy

USCIS wouldn't have a problem with that but the OP is asking about documents needed at the interview. USCIS doesn't do visa interviews. This is a country specific question.

Well, if the form IS in another language, it has to be submitted with the translation to either USCIS or the Consulate doing the interview. All the documents my fiance has are in Spanish and the US Embassy in Bogota wants them all translated in English (so does the USCIS). So, I submitted the Spanish forms to USCIS in English and the same forms are then sent to the interview with their translations attached. Country specific or not, either way, the forms should be translated. Better safe than sorry if you ask me.

Bundy

true...correct me if i'm wrong. be it a K1 visa you're applying for first or just be married w. a us citizen while you're in the states on other types of visa and then apply for AOS directely, you'll have to deal w. I-485 sooner or later. and the form CLEARLY requires some initial evidence including BIRTH CERTIFICATE. and it the B/C is in any language other than english, you have to submit an english translation w. the B/C. LOL...that's what i'm facing now cuz the B/C (that i got from my consulate in NY) i sent earlier was not accepted by USCIS and they requested me to submit the initial B/C w. english translation. sigh....

Wow, normally that is all SSA needs to process...GC.

In our case, we brought Marriage cert, I-94 and passport and applied for SSN in married name before AOS filing, SSA had no problem with this.

indeed, if you had a social security card before AOS, you would usually bump into more trouble when you wanna have a replacement SSC for the sake of name change. the computer system at SS office sucks big time. it's a set format that will only allow their clearks to make limited changes.

Eddie--if i were you, i would still try to make the name change for her SSC though she's now allowed to travel and work legally (perhaps you can start from making infopass appointment w USCIS local office in attemp to clarify the confusions and ask them to help update the info). i guess because i'm afraid that the dealy in correcting the inconsistency in names might cause bigger probs in the future. plus, which name of hers are you gonna put down when you file taxes next year now that you're eligible for married couple tax duduction. how about her driver's license? well maybe i think too much. but it's up to you. good luck anyway.

hehehe...nope. the previous few replies were all correct. $1010 is the fee for I485, I131 & I 765. you have to write a separate check of $355 for I130.

what i did it that I put the personal checks (one for $1010 and another for $355; and of course put down what the checks were for on the memo line) in separate envelops, on which i put down my name, alien number, amount of check and clearly indicated what the checks were for. then i clipped the envelops on the top of the forms (one on top of I 485, I 131 and I 765 altogether in order, and another on top of I 130) to make everything clear and neat. both of my checks were cashed pretty soon after i mailed my applications. anyway, fyi and good luck.

OH REALLY??! I thought the I130 is also included in the $1010!!!!

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Is there a separate fee for the I130?

You are correct bostonparis.

$1010 only applies for I-485, I-131 and I-765.

The Petition for Alien Relative, form I-130 is an additional $355.

Kenking - did you send a separate payment for the I-130? If you didn't include payment for it on top of the $1010, then that is why your application has been rejected. You would need to have sent a check for $1365 or two checls - one for the $1010 and one for $355.

But wouldn't you have to get married within 90 days of September 23?

Yes December 1 is still in the timeframe so I am good.

i agree w. what cellarlily said. gather application forms now, follow the instructions and start filling them out step by step, then you'll have everything ready to be mailed out right after you get your marriage certificate. i wouldn't wait till either I-94 or the visa expires. the sooner you get things done, the earlier you'll be able to travel and work freely and legally w/o any worries.

Make an Infopass appointment for the first available date. This is the best way to bring your problem to their attention and will (hopefully) get your card to you sooner than just calling the hotline.

try using a different local zip code, or selecting a more ambivilant purpose for making the appointment.

i wouldn't recommend making appointment w. other district offices other than the one w. real jurisdiction over your residence. the thing is that i went to NY office last week cuz it's MUCH closer to me by distance in attempt to expedite AP. they almost gave it to me right after the conversations till they found out i currently live in CT. they apologized but turned down my case because of the jurisdiction issue. that means i have to spend MUCH longer time taking a train to Hartford, CT and start all over again. but what can you do? regulations are regulations. FYI.