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7 minutes ago, Scandi said:

It's enough to drive through and be stopped at one of the check points in southern CA to get in trouble. I myself have been stopped there, between San Diego and Los Angeles, and had to show my greencard and all. But obviously that's not a regular "traffic" stop, that's an actual "border protection" stop. Regular police doesn't ask, like you said. I bet all the states bordering to Mexico (and Canada?) have these check points. 

True. like I said, I was talking about a traffic stop- not actual border protection stop😉

7 hours ago, Noktor said:

Even if we're married? In that case I'm worried then. I really do not want to take the risk of my wife getting deported. I have about a week left until it hits the 90 day mark. If I submit my AOS application, i-767, i-131 soon, do you think I'll be okay?

Depends on the state you're living in, too: in California the officer isn't allowed to ask for your immigration status during a traffic stop.

3 hours ago, Loren Y said:

Thanks 😊 

🥳🥳🥳CONGRATULATIONS 😃👍🥂

I bought my car brand-new at the dealership, wrote a check. But because I didn't have insurance we bought the car in both names ( me & my wife) cause she had insurance. No ssn needed

8 hours ago, TravelingLilly said:

Ok, that strange to hear. I wish it was already the approval for removal of condition!

Well,THAT would be lightning speed😳🤣🤣🤣🤣

4 hours ago, mepck said:

Yeah, that's what I thought.. I sure will update here later  Congratulations on receiving yours! LOL

 

Yeah, I am one of the lucky one that haven't gotten the 48 months love letter LOL.. Did you get your status updated when receiving yours?

Nope, nothing changed- still saying fingerprints received/ re-used🤷‍♀️🙄

3 hours ago, OldUser said:

If no status update, most likely it's extension letter. Keep us updated.

You haven't gotten the 48 months extension yet, right? Might be that!

1 hour ago, Misscloud said:

Short story : 

 

Came With B1/B2 visa, applied for asylum before 1 year mark. got referred to immigration court ( removal proceeding) . Married with USC filed I-130 only and never approved. 16 months later applied I-485. 3 months later got an interview. I-130 approved, I-485 admin closed. Terminated removal proceeding with the court then go back to USCIS to reopened I-485. 

 

28 months ( 2 years 4 months ) total for marriage based case. 
NBC  - Portland, ME Field Office  

 

Asylum filed : Jan 2018  

Asylum interview : March 2018  

Removal proceeding : april 2018  

Master calendar hearing : sept 2018 ( got individual hearing date July 2021)  

Got married and moved out of state : June 2020  

I-130 filed : Nov 2020  

Motion to change court venue : Feb 2021  

I-485 with medical + I-765 filed : Feb 2022  

I-765 approved : Apr 2022  

PD filed : May 2022  

I-130 + I-485 interview : June 2022 ( i-130 approved I-485 admin closed )   

Called court ask for hearing date : July 2022 ( got master calendar hearing dec 2023  then a month later changed to individual hearing Sep 2023 )  

PD filed (2nd time, useless no response from OPLA /DHS) : Aug 2022  

Motion to terminate filed to court filed : Dec 23,2022  

Court termination : Jan 17, 2023  

Sent written request letter + court order to field office : Jan 30,2023  

Info pass appointment to hand deliver court order (officer is not helpful at all )  : Feb 10, 2023  

Response from FO via email after raised inquiry : Feb 17,2023 “we requested your file from immigration court”  

I-131 filed : Feb 27,2023  WHILE i-485 still ADMIN CLOSED  

I-131 approved : Mar 7,2023 (expedited request on 3/2/2023 after biometric reused/applied)  total 8 days  - but it never produced. Only “case approved” 

I-485 reopened : Mar 8,2023  

I-485 expedited request : Mar 28,2023. Response from FO via email Mar 31,2023 “ we will accommodate that expedited request”

I-485 approved : Apr 1,2023

 

Will got 10 years GC because I’ve been married almost 3 years now.

 

 

Congratulations!🥳🥳🥳🥳

3 hours ago, Kadija Chicago said:

Hopefully it will be a smooth process for me!

I will let you guys know what ever happen with me.

Thank you 🙏 

Best wishes & good luck🍀👍you'll be fine😉

9 minutes ago, GinoNiña said:

I will start by saying I am a proud legal alien who went through a very meticulous and very long process. And so are my friends and families. 
That is all I have to say about that. It’s going to be a long and angry debate and pretty sure the mods won’t like it. 
 

We all are, and we all did go/ are still going through that process. But implying something about uscis not doing their job and instead " dealing " with illegal aliens without providing any substance is just baseless in my opinion.  BTW, uscis is part of/ a branch of homeland security- guess who's in charge of dealing with " illegal aliens " as you call them?😉

6 minutes ago, Becki Louise said:

Thank you. Don't suppose you also have experience in trying to visit a US partner for temporary long visits?

Well, kinda.....I got here on Esta , had a ticket to return to Germany....but never did, cause of a medical emergency of my spouse. So I just stayed and when she was ok , we got married and I did AOS- the overstay of my tourist visa was not an issue, uscis didn't even ask about it. This is just the short version😉

3 minutes ago, Becki Louise said:

I see, thank you!😊

Just try and ask- it might be different depending on the state,county or even city😉 good luck for your journey!🍀

6 hours ago, Becki Louise said:

Hey guys.

This forum was very helpful on my last post and ypu all advised me not to bother with the K1 visa, instead to visit my partner on an ESTA visa.

 

Basic overview - I am a UK citizen, living in Australia and have a partner from the US. We're trying to figure a way to not have to do this long distance anymore. So I'd like to temporarily move to the US to be with him (I will not be working). We are then planning to come back to Australia mid next year to settle for a while, while I do my citizenship. Best to be married for that so that's what we will plan to do.

 

My question right now is what is the go with re-entering on an ESTA?

 

Our timeline looks like this for 2023/2024:

Our current plans look like this for 2023/2024:

- I am visiting him for 2 weeks May/July.

- I am going to the UK to visit family and for a trip to Italy for 4 weeks.

- I would visit him again for 4 weeks, end of July to end of August.

- We would both go to the UK for a 2 week visit.

- I would come back with him early September.

- We would vacation out of the US for 10 days/2 weeks before heading back together.

- We fly to the UK for Christmas, for 2 weeks.

- I would fly back again with him in Jan, we would get engaged in the following couple of months.

- We plan a 2/3 week vacation to the UK/France in March.

- I fly back to the US with him and we would marry in May.

 

So, I would be re-entering the US 5 times in a time period of 7 months. Never for more than 90 days. All the while being able to prove to immigration that I am independently financially capable of not needing employment.

 

I am also looking at volunteering during these stays, either at a humane society or the forestry service where he lives and would hopefully be able to provide a letter from the organisation stating I am volunteering only.

 

If anyone has any experience in this, please let me know! 😊

 

Thank you!

 

Just from my own experience: volunteering CAN get difficult if they have it  mandatory to provide us id/ drivers license and/ or social security number - i had that issue and ended up not being able to volunteer at the places I wanted to🤷‍♀️

2 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

VJ data is absolutely not more reliable than USCIS data.

 

Not sure what you mean by that sentence, that is an odd comment.

I agree, the sentence about illegal aliens is weird- at least 🤔🤐

On 3/20/2023 at 2:34 PM, Scott001 said:

We got the NOA1 on May 20, 2022 from the CA Service Center and a transfer NOA on July 20, 2022. The case was transfered to the NBC.

So, I got my 48 month extension letter today, too . Was expected 😉

5 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

2 years is not unusual these days.

 

Yeah, but it still....sucks 🥴 but with those never-ending extension letters, who knows🤷‍♀️

6 minutes ago, Daphne . said:

I am one of the unfortunate ones, my case is at the NBC.. 😕

Godverdomme 🤐🙄 Are you going to apply for N-400?

8 hours ago, Daphne . said:

I received them all by now (12, 24 and 48 months).
 

Your current 48 month extension letter is the one that you need to keep. Please note that it is a 48 month extension from the expiration date of your green card. So in my case, I only have an additional 2 years because I’ve already been waiting close to 2 years since filing for my ROC.

That's insane....why is your case taking already soooo long?🤔 what's your field office?

3 hours ago, mrath5 said:

I just checked my husbands case status on the uscis website and after FOUR years it finally says case was approved!!!! I don’t know if it helped at all but I did google our states immigration congressman and they were putting in an inquiry last week, and yesterday it was approved. I’m so relieved and I wish you all a painless removal of conditions process. This website has helped me so much from the start and I appreciate all of you! 
 

ps we did NOT apply for his citizenship 

Congratulations 🥳🥳🥳

8 hours ago, mepck said:

I hear ya! I want to be done with USCIS as well, yet am not ready to add more stress preparing documents for N400 and study LOL..  Earlier I was thinking to apply N400 after I have 10 year GC in hand, but with this 48 months extension, who knows when I will have the GC in hand hahaha

True.....they might come up with another extension...you never know 🤪I don't want to jinx it 😉

8 minutes ago, mepck said:

I will wait for two more years for N400, I am not ready to study all those questions (yet) LOL... I need a break! 😛  Good luck for your N400!

@mecpk : that's exactly why I'm not waiting, I wanna be done with dealing with uscis, plus I want to be able to vote next year 😉

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

Yes, there's two approaches. Either submitting all the evidence since marriage date or only updated information after I-751 filing. You do what's more comfortable for you.

I think, I'm going to send everything since I-751 because the stuff since marriage they got already twice. Thanks for your input!👍

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

Of course, you need to prove your marriage just like you did for I-751 and AOS / CR-1 when filing under 3 year rule. Not sure if pay stubs are needed though. Just the evidence that has both names on it.

So basically all the things they got for I-751  just up to date, like bank statements or bills ok

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

What's N-499? You mean N-400?

Submit as much as possible with initial filing to avoid RFE and bring the rest to the interview.

Ooops🤣🤣yes N- 400.typo😉 so you recommend all of it, bank statements, pay stubs since filing I-751, tax transcripts?

On 3/7/2023 at 11:59 AM, mepck said:

Keep us posted! I have similar timeline as you guys as well.. Thanks!

So, I haven't gotten a 48 month extension,yet. But already thinking about the N-499application: should I just send the documents required by uscis or add already the once you're supposed to bring to the interview,ike bank statements and so on ??🤔 how are you guys going about it? I'm eligible in May.