Truth_Seeker

First, don't make the same mistake twice. Take charge of the matter yourself and do it yourself. Also, I would demand my full refund and then some. Filling out forms is what you paid for him to do properly, and if he didn't do it right, I would demand the full amount plus damages. If he does not want to pay, I would file a claim against him in small claims court. Also, you should file an I-130 and I485 at the same time. Do it ASAP. https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/concurrent-filing-of-form-i-485 Note as to your lawyer, at the very least it should give you his whole fee back plus your filing fee. That is more than reasonable. Ask him to do this over the phone. Then if he refused to pay, send him a DEMAND letter asking for the return of his fee, the form fee, plus damages, and send that to him by certified mail. He refused to pay the monies back within 30 days, and file a claim in small claims court against him in small claims court, while simultaneously complaining to the State's Bar Association. I would recommend that you act now and file your complaints within 3 months while everything is fresh. Anyhow, good luck.

I agree. Everything out there says that IR/CR1 visa + CBP Entry Stamp = 1 Year I-551 Card. So we submitted. In any event, about a week later we got the Card, and I uploaded a copy of that also. After we did a submit, we got an RFE for Fingerprints and Photo. We mailed those in on 2 September 2022. And then when I got a notice from the post office that USCIS received that package, I uploaded a letter with the receipt showing that it was delivered in response to the RFE.

So with this said, is there a good place nearby for the spouse to wait? We will be coming from Germany for the interview and will more that likely take the train/bus to USCIS.

Passport should suffice. The thing that is that if you are coming in under the 3 year rule or the 319b rule is that your spouse is a USC. There passport is sufficient to prove this.

That's not showing. We get a response with "evidence button" though. However, I think that is only there until they receive the Fingerprint Cards and photo. Hmm. With that said, should I put something there saying that we sent in the fingerprint cards and photo?

If you mean the Visa in her passport with the entry stamp? If yes, then yes.

So, we finally got my wife's Green Card today, and I wanted to upload it to our case. However, I am not seeing how to, even though it says you can. Does anyone know what the trick is? I never understand how people can develop web pages where things are not clear on how to do it.

She just became a resident on 11 July 2022. We can USCIS mail it to my HR department at my company, and then to us. So it is literally still in that wonderful APO mail system. My company did copy it before they mailed it, but the copy was really, really bad, so we did not use it.

Then why do they even bother telling you how much the biometric is if you have to pay it no matter what? Or on other pages telling people overseas, that they don't have to pay for it, because they have to use other means. In any event, online submissions give you no choice. So we just submitted it online. We still have the fingerprint card, but it is no longer in a sealed envelope. So, I am not sure if we need to go back to the place and get them to reseal it or send it in as is. But with that said, the packet they sent back was more than what we sent in that they copied the fingerprints. So maybe they have them on file. FYI, their instructions were to send the packet back with the payment. Hopefully what we did does not screw anything up. Also, we are still waiting on my wife's green card to come in the mail. For evidence in place of the green card, we sent her VISA with the stamp on it showing the date of entry.

So, today we got in the mail our packet back. They refused it because they claim I had the wrong fee. Which I know is wrong. What they probably saw as that the fee was the normal fee minus the biometric fee. You know you can't fix stupid. And stupid is as stupid does. And of course they shred the evidence of their stupidity. With this said, I am thinking about submitting online. Has anyone else done a 319 Overseas Online with any issues?

So, I mailed off our packaged to the Arizona Lock Box per their instruction on the 2 August 2022 and asked that we be interviewed in Seattle. How long does a 319b application take. My understanding is that they are to get special handling. Is this true?

We are in Germany and are filing for citizenship from Germany under the 319b exception, where you also need to send in fingerprint cards and passport photos. So according to the instruction we mailed our package to the Arizona Lock Box. We also have an account with USCIS which we indicated on the N400 form. In any event, USCIS received it on 8 Aug 2022, but we haven't received anything back yet. Has anyone else gone this route and has an idea of the timelines? Also, since I am from Washington State, we chose Seattle as the place where my wife will be interviewed.

Mailed N-400 Form with Fingerprints, Photo, and Fees. USPS says the package was delivered on August 6, 2022. So, with this said, how long will it take for USCIS to even acknowledge receipt? I have also been monitoring my credit card charges, and I don't see where they charged me yet for the fee. FYI, we are a little bit different since we are applying under 319(b) from overseas with an APO address.

No, the child is a U.S. Citizen. The father should simply have his citizenship recognized and the boy will need to go the consulate to get a passport. U.S. Citizens can not get VISA's for the U.S. If he wants a VISA, he will have to renounce his citizenship and pay over 2k for the pleasure.

Nope. Doesn't change a thing. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html#:~:text=For birth between December 24,acquire U.S. citizenship at birth. A person born abroad in wedlock to a U.S. citizen and an alien acquires U.S. citizenship at birth if the U.S. citizen parent has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions prior to the person’s birth for the period required by the statute in effect when the person was born (INA 301(g), formerly INA 301(a)(7)). For birth on or after November 14, 1986, the U.S. citizen parent must have been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for five years prior to the person’s birth, at least two of which were after the age of 14. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, the U.S. citizen parent must have been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for 10 years prior to the person’s birth, at least five of which were after the age of 14 for the person to acquire U.S. citizenship at birth. In these cases, either the U.S. citizen parent or their alien spouse must have a genetic or gestational connection to the child in order for the U.S. parent to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.

I am in the same boat. Showing that you have your retirement accounts in a state, a state's driver's license, an address, and in my case my W2 has my address in my home state. And plus I vote. Given all that shows that I am domiciled in the U.S. and my residence here in Germany is just temporary.

There was no questions concerning financial matters with us. Once you get past the security check, first window is document check-in, and where you give them any documents they asked for. 2nd Window, is a quick review/correction that need to be made done, 3rd Window is the actual interview of the spouse under oath where she is asked questions about herself, and the relationship. 3rd Window was the easiest. Make sure she knows where you are going to live in the States and when you will be entering the states, and what she plans on doing there as far as work.

Yes. Our appointment was at the Frankfurt Consulate. Since she doesn't speak German, and she said she didn't speak English well, they let me go with her to interpret.

Yes. Just wait. You will get something that says you are approved to schedule an appointment.

So, from what I seen, this is like the catch 22 thing. You get through I-130, but then here is the Affidavit of Support hurdle that many people can't overcome. So, what is all about? The U.S. Goverment does NOT want to have to end up having a person to immigrate to the U.S. to only then have the tax payer to pay for their living expenses. So what they do here is they want someone who they can get reimbursed from for any monies that the immigrant gets from the U.S. Tax payer. This is sort of like having your parents co-sign for your car loan. With this said, the U.S. Goverment does not care who co-signs, as long as someone or a group of someone does who income and/or assets are U.S. base. After all, it's hard to garnish someone's wages in a foreign country, but they can do it real easy like in the U.S. With this said, personally, I would NEVER co-sign for ANYONE except for my wife and small children. But that's me. With that said, many in this situation has the U.S. Spouse go back to the U.S. and get a job to meet the income requirements. Best Wishes, and good luck.

Just a sheet of paper with vaccinations. When we had our interview during document review, they asked us if we had the medical done, and we said yes. He looked in the computer and said that they had everything, and they just needed to print it out. Note we Had our medical on Thursday, and today is Tuesday.

We wrote them, and they came the today with the answer of yes. It's sad that there is a lot of mis-information out there.

So, our interview is on Tuesday for my CR1 Wife at the Frankfurt Consulate. My wife is reading from some sites the U.S. Petition Spouse is not allowed to accompany the immigrant spouse. However according https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/FRN-Frankfurt.html Accompanying persons The following persons may accompany a visa applicant to their interview: U.S. citizen petitioners Interpreter: Applicants may bring ONE interpreter if they do not speak English or German well enough to participate in an interview. Special Needs Visitors: Applicants may bring ONE person to help if they are elderly, disabled, or a minor child. Does anyone know if there has been a policy change, perhaps due to COVID so that I may not attend?

First you select the second option when you go to schedule the appointment. That is for address registration. It is CONFUSING. After you have done that, and they approve you for you to schedule an appointment you will do the schedule appointment thing. It took me a few tries to figure it out.

There should be a print button some place. I can't remember where. Also, you will get an email with an attachment of the confirmation page. Additionally, I would suggest you also go into the site and download a copy of the application itself. If questions are going to be asked during your interview, most likely they will want to verify some of the data you submitted. Pro Tip: If you are submitting documents that required translation like I did, make sure you submit the ORIGINAL Pen and Ink Signed Translation Certificates. I didn't and now we have to bring them on interview day. Not a big thing, but it would have been nice to come in empty handed.