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Originally filed on behalf of my daughter when I was an LPR. My daughter had a priority date of February 11, 2011. Three months prior to my becoming a US Citizen my daughter married. I updated USIS with the new status 1) that I was now a US citizen and that 2) My daughter is now married. I received a notice that my petition has been returned to NVS because there is no provision for an LPR to file for married children Does this mean after having waited 6 years with the February 2011 priority date, I must now refile as a US Citizen filing for a married daughter? Do I get to keep my original priority date or must I get a new one…anyone know about this.
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As a LPR we filed an I-130 for our daughter. It was approved and we received a priority date of February 7, 2011. The preference classification was F2B Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents
The following changes take place:
1. Daughter marries October 10, 2012 (before petitioner becomes a Naturalized US Citizen)
2. Petitioner becomes a Naturalized US Citizen on March 1, 2014
Here are our questions:
1. Since our daughter married while petitioner was still an LPR and now the petitioner is a Naturalized US Citizen, does our daughter lose her priority date?
2. Does our daughter get to keep her priority date and become eligible under the (F3) Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens?
I know that getting married will change our daughter’s preference classification. What I am not sure about is the impact on her priority date? Does her priority date get revoked because she married while petitioner was an LPR and now the petitioner is now a Naturalized US Citizen?
Thanks,
Mai and Robert
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Thanks everyone for your advise. We will have ticket purchased in using Mai’s maiden name so it will match her passport. We will bring green card and marriage certificate as well so we can get through customs in the US when we return.
Thanks again, Mai and Robert
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Hello,
Hope someone can help us with this.
We are planning a trip back to Da Nang last week in September 2012. Our return date will be about a month later in October 2012.
My wife is a LPR with a two year green card that expires on 12/28/2012. The green card has her married name (Mai T. Dalton) on it.
My wife has a Vietnamese passport thaa expires May 4, 2020 with her maiden name (Phùng Thị Mai) on it.
Has anyone here recently traveled back to Viet Nam as an LPR with a Vietnamese passport where thier maiden name on the Vietnamese passport did not match thier married name on their green card?
What do we need to do/bring so there is no problem leaving the US and entering Viet Nam and on return - leaving Viet Nam and entering the US.
In what name should the ticket be purchased in, maiden or married?
Would appreciate any information people may share on this topic.
Thanks, Robert
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Our daughter all ready has a priorty date and she is currently over 21 and unmarried. If our daughter has a baby but is still not married will she be allowed to have the baby come with her when she gets her visa?
What is tyhe rule for this situation?
Robert and Mai
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Facts:
We have filled for a petition for a visa for our unmarried daughter and son, both of whom are over 21 years of age. The priority date is 02/07/2011. As of now my wife (mother of our son and daughter) has a conditional green card. We plan to file for her US citizenship as soon as we are eligible to do so. We understand that once my wife becomes a citizen we can update our status on our petition for our children and save a little time.
Questions:
Our daughter is thinking about getting married. We know that this will change her status and the time frame for her priority date. Our questions are; 1) will her husband and any children they may conceive, be able to travel with her once we update the petition from an unmarried chil to a married child?
2) Would it be a better idea to first have her come to the US as an unmarried child and then after she becomes a citizen (approx 5 years) file a K1 for her fiancée?
Any thoughts members might have on this will be greatly appreciated.
Robert and Mai
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Thanks to all for your insight and words of encouragement. Hopefully all will go well with our interview as we can not think of anything that might be a red flag for our case at this stage. Robert and Mai
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Among other things, the NBC does pre-screening processing for AOS petitions requiring an interview. It appears that CSC has determined an interview will be required in your case.
Unless you have unusual factors in your case, I wouldn't be overly worried about it.
Thanks for your input. We were kind of wishing that we would get a break and get to skip the interview.
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On July 23, 2010 our AOS application was transferred to the CSC for faster processing. We were happy to hear this because we have heard that some people got their green card within two months and without an interview after having their AOS transferred to CSC.
Today we received an email stating that On October 5, 2010, we transferred this I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS to our NATIONAL BENEFITS CENTER location for processing because they now have jurisdiction over the case.
Should we be concerned? Anyone who may have some insight please share with us your thoughts…thanks, Mai and Robert[/font][/color]
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Very good news...my wife and I are very happy this has finally come to pass...all the best for the future for your family...robert and mai
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Stick with the K1 and do your homework to be prepared for second interview...IMO this is your best approach...robert
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Thanks to all for your input. We will apply once we have the green card and will upgrade once Mai becomes a US citizen
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Daughter will be 24 in July 2010
Son turned 21 in January 2010
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They are both over twenty-one but they are not married.
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Hello folks,
A quick question if someone can help us with we would be very appreciative...Robert and Mai
If you have a green card with conditions (received green card before two years of marriage) can you still apply to bring your unmarried children to the US. Or do you have t wait to file once the conditions have been lifted?
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After thinking about this we are not going to use the maiden name unless specifically aked for and will use married name on all forms. We all ready changed Mai's Social Secuity Card to reflct her married name.
Thanks to all for your input!!!
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I agree with Jim it shows the same name in both for me. I really think you are making this more complicated that it is. Family name means just that family name (last name) If she has taken your family name then you should put it in there, but make sure all her documents show this as her new family name. Just make sure the name matches all of her documents unless they specifically ask for maiden name. Jerome
Not trying to make anything complicted. Just trying to do the paperwork correctly the first time. Check out this link to see what I am refering to. In the very first line the Family Name used is Smith. In the very last line the Family Name used is Dollay.
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Where is the example form you're looking at? The one I see has "Doally" in both places.
In the VJ section of example forms under the AOS (Green Card) area there is a hyperlink to the G-G-325A form
http://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-G-325A-aos.pdf
The name is not the same in both palces on this example
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Question regarding G-325
In the example G-325 form on the VJ website the first line of the document ask for Family Name, First Name and Middle Name. The name filled in for the example is the ‘married” name Smith, Jane, Joan
This makes sense to me.
On the last line of the example G-325 form it asks for the applicant to print their Family Name, Given Name and Middle name.
Would this not be the same as what is filled in on the first line of the G-325 document? I ask this question because the example form on the VJ website used the maiden name Doally, Jane, Joan
We are amrried now and we are wondering what have others done when filling out this document? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mai and Robert
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Good news at last!
Late last night my fiancée called to tell me that she received a phone call from the Consulate informing her that our K1 Visa petition which has been in AP since our interview on March 4th of this year has been approved…I could not sleep the entire night and before going to work I checked my email and there was a message from the Consulate saying that our visa has been approved…we still cannot believe it…but we are optimist that this long journey is coming to a happy ending. It has taken us almost three years – an interview, the denial, getting our petition re-affirmed, another interview and then the AP status…along the way many heartbreaks and but never giving up…Praise God from whom all blessing come!!!
Thanks to all on VJ who helped us with timely advice and encouragement through out the years.
Robert and Mai
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We wish you all the best for years to come...Robert and Mai
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We arrive at Consulate at 7:30 AM for 9 AM appointment (March 4th)
After waiting till 12 PM my fiancée still did not have her number called. Told to go have lunch and come back at 1 PM
Arrive back at 1 PM wait till 4:40 PM and finally her number is called.
Goes to window and can see blue sheet all ready prepared. This takes her back for a second but she gathers her strength and does not let on that she knows we are not going to get a pink slip
Consulate Officer (same one from first interview one year earlier) says hello and asks first question:
Do you have any evidence to support that you relationship is true.
My fiancée replies that she has many emails, many hand written letters and cards, phone bills, Skype Call logs, a notarized timeline and lots of pictures from each trip and of course our engagement ceremony. I also have my fiancée’s passport which shows the trips he has made to Vietnam. He is waiting for me right now outside. Would you like to see his passport?
He only wants to see the photographs. He is very adamant in refusing to look at any other evidence. Through my fiancée tried in vain to offer it.
He looks through the photographs very slowly and asks 2nd question:
Can you tell me where your husband was born?
My fiancée answers yes he was born in New Jersey in a city called Jersey City
Still looking at the pictures he now says OK we will begin the interview now. My fiancée thinks this statement is strange but does not say anything.
The third question is asked and it is:
Can you tell me how you fiancée knows your sister Van in America.
We were asked this question at our first interview and provided the same answer. They know each other from their job. In our first interview you asked us to provided proof of Van’s address I have that information would you like to see it again? He replies that he does not need to see this information.
He is still looking at our pictures which are labeled with the date and the names of everyone in the photograph. We have pictures from time spent in Saigon, Hue, Hoi An, Da Nang. We have pictures of all the places we visited amusement parks, restaurants relatives houses and of course we have many pictures of everyone who attended our engagement ceremony two years ago.
He finally stops looking through the photograph and turns to his computer screen. He now asks the fourth question:
How were you introduced to you fiancée?
We also had this question in our first interview. In fact one of the reasons cited for our denial of our visa was that my fiancée did not provide a detailed explanation of how we were introduced. She merely stated that we were introduced through her sister Van.
This time she explained in detail how the introduction occurred and how I wrote to her asking if she would like to communicate with each other. She gave the dates of our first email correspondence and first phone calls. This took about a minute and half or two minutes to explain. The whole time the Consulate Officer was looking at the computer screen and nodding his head up and down as she spoke. At the end of answering the question the translator said to my fiancée “Your answer is too long. Looks like you studied and memorized you answer. My fiancée just smiled at him and said that in her first interview it was said my answer to this question was to short. Now you are saying it is to long. I want to please everyone. Perhaps the Consular officer can tell me if he wants my answers with or without detail. I will accommodate.
The 5th question was asked:
Can you tell me the month your fiancée told you he loved you
My fiancée replied of course. How can I forget that day? It was January 10th 2007. How much would you like to know I can tell you the time he called and what he and I said if you like.
The Consular office said that that was not necessary.
The final question was do you know your fiancées cell phone number?
My fiancée replied that he does not have a cell phone only a home phone and she provided them the number. At that point the Consular Officer handed her a pencil and paper and told her to write the number down.
After reviewing this it was stated that the interview was over and they handed my fiancée the blue paper which she has seen at the start of the interview.
The blue paper states that our case needs additional processing. No additional documents or information is required. They will contact us when the review is complete.
We do not know what to make of this. I am going back to the Consulate on Tuesday at 4 PM. That is the time they will let me speak to someone about our case.
Anyone who has gone through AP process would like to hear from you
Robert and Mai
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Daughter married while I was an LPR.
in Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America
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Originally filed on behalf of my daughter when I was an LPR. My daughter had a priority date of February 11, 2011. Three months prior to my becoming a US Citizen my daughter married. I updated USIS with the new status 1) that I was now a US citizen and that 2) My daughter is now married. I received a notice that my petition has been returned to NVS because there is no provision for an LPR to file for married children Does this mean after having waited 6 years with the February 2011 priority date, I must now refile as a US Citizen filing for a married daughter? Do I get to keep my original priority date or must I get a new one…anyone know about this.