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Does anyone with a recent experience at Mumbai know if a laminated birth certificate will be accepted? It is the original copy but has been laminated.

I searched and there are some old threads with people guessing about whether or not it will be accepted, but could not find any recent real experiences from anyone.

Anyone know if it makes any difference to use those emails or use the public inquiry form on the website? Will one be answered faster or anything like that?

28 minutes ago, JoshuaLndmd said:

Thank you so much for your quick response on this! So even if we have a ceremony with no marriage license signing and no legal documentation you would think that it might still be risky if the government can somehow find a record of our ceremony? Would they go as far as look for a record of such ceremony with no legal documents supporting that event?

Yes they will check for records that may exist but were not provided, that's their job to investigate and determine eligibility.

Find your congress representative and on their website they will usually have a page titled like "Help with federal agency". Fill out the information and they will contact USCIS on your behalf to inquire: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

You can also submit another inquiry yourself that your case is beyond the expected processing times, and maybe explain it in detail and also inquire with USCIS ombudsman. If I were in your situation, I would just go with the congress rep first and see what happens.

You could also call them and ask instead of using the website. You will have to go through the automated menu and try to speak to a person, then difficult as it may be, explain to them politely that your NOA 1 is on whatever date, and it is beyond the expected processing time.

Just wondering if it was approved or you're still waiting?

15 hours ago, Noahn369 said:

Here is what I have:

1.Certified statement from the court with court stamp establishing non-existence of records

2.Notarized statement detailing events etc.

3.Certified PA state police background check indicating no criminal record

The documents you have are fine and your letter answers their questions. If it's notarized, send the documents.

You're not the first or last person to apply for immigration benefits with some citation, arrest, or other run-in with the law. It's not a big deal, just meet the requirements they are asking, which you appear to with the documents you have, and send them.

The RFE says pretty clearly what they want from you.

1.) Certified letter from the court

2.) Notarized statement describing: 

- The events that lead to the arrest,

- The arresting agency,

- What charges were filed if any, the final disposition,

- A list of all charges,

- The location of the court

- Any punishments applied

You don't have to write them a bedtime story, you can just give the basic information as long as you answer the specific questions they are asking. Example: You were drunk and did xyz. Agency ABC responded and detained you. They determined not to file criminal charges but issued a civil citation for 123456. The County Civil Court of Blahblah, Blahville dismissed the case. No other punishments were imposed.

If USCIS wanted anything more from you, it would have said so on the RFE.

Thanks a lot for the help!

Just now, Mike E said:

Approval is likely based on what you’ve written so far. Bank statements not needed. 

Thanks for the response. I am just looking for clarity as to whether it is sufficient to meet the minimums for the financial requirements or whether it is worth going above and beyond on this particular form?

Can someone please tell me from their experience or knowledge if they think this will be an issue or no:

If I fill out the I134 indicating my income is 56k/yr and I have 1 dependent (parent) - since this is above the poverty mark, would that be approved without any listed assets?

Or should I have another sibling take my parent as a dependent, so I list no dependents on I134, and list all my assets?

Also do you need to take bank statements to the interview as evidence for this form or is it sufficient to have letter from employer, pay stubs, and tax statements?

Thank you.

2 hours ago, GF & AF said:

Loooong time reader and I've never posted before but I'm so excited I wanted to share with people that are still waiting. It WILL happen. I'm sorry if this makes anybody feel bad since I know 95% of December is untouched, but I'm really hoping it'll give people some hope. 

 

We were approved today!! The confirmation of receipt date was 12/29/21. The receipt number is in the 34000 group. The application ended up at CSC. The only thing I can say that might have helped is that we used a service to help us organize everything. They sent us a whole packet to make sure we had all of the documents completed and in order, and then we sent it to them for review and they went over the package twice. A couple supporting documents had to be added and then when they said it was acceptable they sent it to USCIS. I don't know if others have used services, but I've seen a lot of comments about how some of the applications since to be cherry-picked to keep their processing times down and I wanted to mention it in case it helps.

 

If anybody has questions or anything let me know.

What service did you use and what were some of the recommendations they gave you?

2 minutes ago, Oregonian97 said:

Is anyone else's case status showing as unavailable on the website? it's been that way for over 2 weeks for me

Yes, the same for me and I believe many others.

2 minutes ago, Peonia23 said:

I still think USCIS has a way to easily proof if we’re legally married or not. I really don’t think there’re so shallow. 
I’m gonna trust in God and he’s gonna take care of it knowing we didn’t do anything wrong.

There is no national database of who is married or not married. But that being said, no one here knows what will happen. Seen plenty of threads here with people calling something bad advice or outright wrong, yet it turns out favorably. You just have to wait and see.