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They will know from the J1 & I-94 documentation that you abided by the 2 year rule.

Your wait time started when you applied and is therefore still around 13.5 months and not longer. It’s 16.5 months for people who apply now. either way, you clearly misrepresented yourself at the border as you entered the US under a tourist visa with immigrant intent. This is unlawful and could lead to denial of your aos and deportation. All the best.

I agree with the previous opinions. It is so much easier to enter the country and immediately be able to work and live a regular life. It’s only a few more months.

Are you currently in the United States?

Oof, that must be very frustrating. It is not unheard of, unfortunately. This stage is quite hard to deal with because you have zero way of knowing what is going on. Something that might be of use is to see if you can already start your application. I hadn't gotten my K1-FTP either (it was actually erroneously sent to the US Citizen) but was able to apply and set everything up with my case number. This was a different embassy (Frankfurt) but you never know...

This entirely depends on the embassy you are dealing with and the appointment system they use. I would reschedule the appointment to fix the issue - otherwise you might be refused at entry.

We need more information to be able to help.

The question remains if she properly filed her taxes (even if she didn't report all the cash she received). She needs to have properly filed her taxes.

I (and the others) implore you: Do not perform any ceremonies of any kind, official or unofficial, if you are going for a fiancé visa (K1). This can end with a denial of the visa because you are "too married", even if you are not officially married (!). Celebrate your relationship, but ensure that it doesn't even come close to looking like a wedding (so no special dress and suit, no walking down the aisle, no holding flowers, etc).

If the fee is paid, you probably do not have anything to worry about.

We need more context.

I posted my new packet today. Fingers crossed it'll work out this time

Hey everybody, So I did get an appointment notice for my biometrics..but I am unsure whether I am supposed to go or not since my case has been rejected? The USCIS live agents are no help unfortunately.

Rule of thumb is to spend twice as much time away from the US as compared to the time in the US. You seem to be under the impression that there is a notion of fairness and equal exchange when it comes to access to the US for visitors. This is most decidedly not the case. Visitors are always assumed to have immigrant intent and the visitor is burdened with the task to prove that they will leave the country in a timely manner and that they will adhere to the visa that has been given to them. The manner of conduct of the CBP officer is annoying, but not out of the ordinary. The way that your fiancée used the tourist visa is out of the ordinary (staying longer than intended and returning very quickly after the long stay) and the CBP is right to suspect abuse of the tourist visa. Remember, the burden is on the visitor to prove otherwise.

I am almost done with the new packet :). question I am doubting about, maybe someone can help: On page 8, Part 4, Item 5 I am asked if i previously applied for permanent residence while in the US. Now, I know rejected packets are seen as "never arrived at USCIS", so I'd expect to answer "no". Would that be the correct response?

My name was nowhere on the check. I don't know if I can fight them on this, it's probably better to resubmit.

Alright my friends, for the concluding chapter of this particular ordeal.... After chatting with a very helpful live agent through Emma, we found the issue. When we opened a joint checking account at our friendly local credit union, the union printed us checks. These checks only had my husband's name on them. To ensure that the checks could be cashed, my husband signed these checks. This would be our doom. USCIS does NOT accept checks in your spouse's name. The applicant and ONLY the applicant can make the payment. We feel silly and stupid to not have thought about this issue beforehand. It is an easy fix, fortunately. USCIS will NOT be returning our packet. It has been destroyed. We made a (partial) copy that we are going to finalize and send.

it did. I'll add a picture.

Today I got my rejection notices in the mail. It says that USCIS will take no further actions. We were under the impression that rejected packets would be returned to the sender. This notice seems to state otherwise. Should we assemble and send a new packet or should we wait to see if our rejected packet will be returned?

We wrote two checks - one for the I-485 and one for the I-765.

We just received an update that notifies us that the case is rejected due to the check not going through - we are mystified by this as we filled everything in according to USCIS instructions. What is even more mysterious, is that we also received two NOAs in the mail which explicitly state that they did get the money (Total Balance Due: 0). We have no idea what's going on but we will keep y'all informed.

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The saga continues! My USCIS updated last night (at 3 in the morning) to tell us that there is a payment issue (which is surprising). We are quite sure that both checks are correct with the correct payment amount. I called our bank and they said that no attempts have been made to cash a check. I also contacted USCIS and they scheduled a Tier 2 callback......so fingers crossed that it's an issue on their side and our forms don't get rejected...

Update: My NOA arrived! In a surprising turn of events, our checks have not been cashed but our NOA has arrived. I accessed the online account and it says the biometrics appointment was scheduled and an appointment notice has been sent. That notice has not arrived yet. Still, good news!

I would say that that is not necessary - it would be fairly unreasonable for them to expect that. Remember, "I don't know" is a perfectly legitimate answer (if the interviewee doesn't say that too often). *edit: The general story should be enough, not exact dates.