shadtov

Congratulations! What a wonderful place to be

Hello everyone,

We are pleased to see all you being so optimistic, that is great and helps ease some if not most of the anxiety and fristration of the process. I'll get to the point now:

We just received a letter saying we missed appointment for removal of condition status, this letter says we were supposed to appear in Janurary! but we never received a single appointment letter. Here's the deal, back in February (a month after the supposed appointment) I spoke with a customer service rep who said I am ok and should be receiving the appointment letter soon. We are confused, now the letter says to surrender the green card (exp 2/8/08) and that a judge will determine the outcome. As most of you know, the letter states that we have to show credible evidence of post office error or something like that. I will be going to my local post office, I am 100% sure we never received the appointment letter, they must have misplaced it or perhaps it's a mistake by the UCSIS....we need to have peace of mind here, need some guidance..Has anyone experienced such an issue?

thanks. Carlos&Karla

can you go in for an infopass appointment? Do you remember the day in february that you called the info line? You could reference that. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I hope someone else is able to give you a better answer. You might want to repost it under the removal of conditions forum.

We're in Seattle, too. I know there are others out there.

We've been here a year and love it.

andelee

parece q varos miembros de aqui ya han sido correteados bastante jojojo

incluido yo.. lo bailado, nadien nos lo quita

'nos dias raza!!

juat du yu min?

de donde los corretearon????

Hola Banda loca de fuera de lugar:

espero q todos la esten pasando de maravilla..y a los q se van de viaje pues q envidia(de la buena claro) que disfruten de un descanso placentero y merecido tambien. Len eso mismo me estaba preguntando yo sobre lo q dice pedro.

Bueno pues yo estoy felizzzzzz y queria compartir esto con uds: mi esposo finalmente despues de casi mas de cuatro meses de haber venido YA TIENE TRABAJO YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, empieza el 7 de Julio y la verdad es q un mejor trabajo no pudo conseguir wow Dios esta de nuestro lado sin duda,va a trabajar en una joyeria en el Hotel plaza,frente al parque central y va a ser tipo asistente del dueño ( que viene a ser el ex esposo de la dueña de la compañia donde yo trabajo) un tipo a todo dar,buena gente a morir.. no le importo q mi esposo no hablara ingles,ni que no conociera la ciudad ahi lo contrato on the spot wowoowowoowo y el sueldo para q les cuento ni por cerca de lo q nosotros nos imaginabamos,la verdad hermanos q esto si que es una bendicion, estoy super feliz y agradecida con Dios.. valio la pena la espera porque les digo q yo ya me estaba desesperando y los ahorritos ya se nos estaban acabando,,ay ya me angustiaba a mi en solo pensar q pasara mas tiempo y El sin trabajo, ahora si muchachos a ahorrar se ha dicho....

Saludos a todos y cada uno de uds y si nos posteo tan a menudo como quisiera es q paso medio ocupada durante el dia y cuando llego a mi casa lo menos q quiero es estar en la pc, pero no me olvido de uds...

Abrazos de su amiga

Abby

Dios me los bendiga

Felicidades Abby! que bueno que encontro algo interesante.

Ok.. being in the process of AOS from being an overstay what is the process of getting a license with your EAD and Social Security #?

1) What you have to bring to get your license? Like can you take your EAD and Social Security Card only? Or do you have to take something else for ID proof? The passport is out of the question for us because he is an overstay adjusting... so the passport is expired, he's never had any kind of ID here in the US, and his birth certificate is foriegn so they wouldn't want it....We had to use his Shot record from school with his picture on it (US high school) when we applied for his social security card.... Maybe DL will take that too!

2) What did everyone else take?

3) He's 19, so does he have to haev a learner's permit for 6 months, or can he take the written test and the road test at the same time?

4) You have to take proof of car insurance correct? So how do you do that if you've never driven b4.... the truck my husband uses is his parents and they have insurance on it in their names.. is that sufficient. And how would he go about getting the truck changed over to our names for insurance purposes?

Thanks everyone! (=

My husband renewed his Mexican passport at the local consulate in seattle. You don't have to go back to Mexico for the renewal. Could he do that? That would give him an ID. Also, the mexican consulate can issue an ID for it's residents. I don't know how close you are to one, but I'd look on line and have your husband call.

It's interesting to know "how it all began" for fellow VJers.

We met while I was volunteering during the summer in his hometown. He was working his way through college as a bartender at the only dance place in town. I went out dancing with a friend of mine one night and well... 7 years later it's still great.

I went to the MD yesterday and she confirmed I am pregnant. (but I knew that already )

She gave me referrals for OBs and for the midwife program at the local hospital. I set up a "meet and greet" with a midwife on Monday. My insurance will cover midwife or OB. If things get complicated, I'll obviously switch to an OB but I like the idea of a midwife.

Did any of you guys use midwives? The ones at the hospital are nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives.

I like the idea so far, but don't know a lot about the difference since it would be a hospital birth.

I'm already learning lots about newborns from you all, already. thanks!

Hola banda. Si alguien tiene conexiones directas con los dioses del clima, no hay que ser malora, pídanle que nos mande tantito solecito a Seattle Está triste y nublado; pregúntenle a Heather. Sufro, y necesito SOL damnit.

de acuerdo, de acuerdo. Nos dan unos dias con sol solo para hacernos sufrir mas cuando regresa la lluvia.

Diana--necesito recomendaciones. Mi amiga, Marvel, se mudo con su marido y su hija a los suburbios de Denver hace 8 meses. Ella es mexicana/guatamalteca. Su marido trabaja en Denver y viven en un suburbio entre Denver y Colorado Springs. no recuerdo el nombre... Pues, ella dice que extrana a la comunidad internacional, ni conoce restaurantes buenos. Le puedes recomendar unos?

gracias!

I haven't posted on this thread for quite some time. Sometimes it's easier just to get on with things an not obsess about the waiting. But..... I do have some news..... which i hope is good news. I posted this in a seperate thread but wanted to include it here for old-times-sake.

Hello. My case is a little tricky and i'm trying to simplify things. After a long wait, including namecheck delays, I was approved in February 08. I got the approval letter and also a temporary stamp from my local Washington, DC, office. Throughout my whole journey, the online status check has never been updated. It's always stated that my fingerprints are being reviewed and that my case is continued. But there was, i think, a slight change this week. (I say i think because i had given up checking the thing and can't remember the original wording.) The case status now says that fingerprint review is finished and that the case is at their Vermont Service Center. This seems like it could be good news. Am i right in thinking that the local office reviews a case, and once complete then forwards it to the main service center for card processing/finishing touches. This is what i am trying to make myself believe. I really want this thing over. I still can't believe i've been waiting since March 2005!

Has anyone got an insight or encouraging word?

My case was approved on March 17th and sent to the nebraska service center at the end of the March for final review and card production. My husband's card arrived on June 2nd.

This looks good for you!

thanks for the replies. I'll give my doctor a call this week.

Hi everyone,

I read through lots of the posts but may have skipped a few pages so I apologize if I ask a question that has already been answered.

You guys are so helpful of one another. It's great to see, especially since off topic can be kind of harsh sometimes.

How soon did you guys make pregnancy test appointments with your doctors after a positive hpt? I'm hoping this "sticks" and don't want to jinx anything. I read somewhere that some doctors like to wait until you have missed 2 periods.

thanks!

heather

Ok...I thought I would join this thread. I had my first ultrasound today and the babies (yes...plural...we are having twins) are measuring 6 weeks and 3 days.

Congratulations! I'm a twin and it's great. I think it's impossibly hard for the parents but great when you're the twin. good luck!

I didn't know that they did ultrasounds so early... I guess I have a lot to learn...

Thanks everyone. I appreciate all the advice.

Fwaguy: Yes, Mexico City is the closest consulate, I think. That's where my husband had to go when he applied for a tourist visa. I'm not sure we could get "evidence" aside from a property deed. My in-laws certainly do not have bank accounts and the only real ties they have to Mexico besides the house are family members (lots of them).

Boiler: Which two countries?

Guatetaliana: I hope you and your husband will be eligible for the immediate waiver - I'm sure you've read about having the waiver prepared ahead of time and being pregnant/having a baby might help with your hardship case? I hope so. I wish you the best. I know how hard it is living here while your husband is in Mexico. PM me if you have any questions about going through Juarez.

I may just hold off on sending them to the Embassy until Adolfo gets naturalized. Which might take awhile the way things are going now but oh well. I would feel awful, and of course so would they, if their visas got denied. My husband described it is as the worst feeling of humiliation and rejection and I wouldn't want to put them through that. I'd be personally embarassed, too.

Thanks again all.

My husband had been denied a visitor's visa in 2002 even though he was a full-time student and had a job. After he was here, we applied for a visa for my mother-in-law. I involved the local congressman's office. I wrote a letter and included a copy of the wedding invitation. I included what Staashi suggested. The congressman's rep faxed my letter and info from them to the Guadalajara Consulate. My mother-in-law brought proof of her property (1 bedrooom house and small piece of property) and a letter from a job stating that she was granted 2 week vacation. They took her into a separate room for the interview. (My husband was only interviewed at a window). She said they seemed skeptical, but they gave her a one entry visa. It's the same price as a multiple entry visa, but they didn't want to give her that.

My experience working with families at my job is that they're the toughest on young men and grandmothers. We had a couple of friends, men in the 20s, get visas while another friend was denied a visa and he had a good job with the local government. It's up in the air.

We're preparing for my mother-in-law to try again. I'm hoping that they'll consider past history.

I'm about to file an I-130 /129F /325a.

I've been searching and going over the advice for dealing with a problematic mailing address (no delivery) for my spouse in Mexico and it seems clear that either:

1) It's reasonable to use a postal box for your mailing address in certain places so your mail will get delivered. But always use her physical address for residence.

2) It's a bad idea to use a PO Box because they don't accept them. The Consulate's delivery service will find you anyway.

That is, both opinions are strongly held, it seems. Can anybody who filed while at a rural Mexican residence shed any light on this? I can imagine that this answer varies from country to country and even depends on the area of the country as to whether it gets delivered.

And will USCIS have a problem with this address considering it's long and has no street or number? My wife's address (as on ID) is "Arroyo Numero Tres, Santa Maria Tonameca, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Thanks,

Steve

My husband's mail delivery was just pushed through the fence. (Quite a few envelopes were chewed up by his dogs if he wasn't home soon enough.) Everything seemed to get to him though, but he is from a good size city.

I'm wondering, if your wife is from a small enough town, could she ask the postal carrier what he suggests and then ask him to keep an eye out for her package? Of course, that would mean that she would need to know the carrier to trust him...

I hope someone else pipes in. You could post this in the ciudad juarez thread under consulates. Most of the folks are applying for fiance visas but they had to use the mail system, too.

Add another 4 year couple to that list we got an e-mail saying card production was ordered June 12, 2008. We just had our interview in Oct. 2007.

Barb

It feels so good to update that timeline with an "approved? YES!" woo hoo!

Congratulations!

Make sure you get the 10 year.

We were approved today!!!!!!!!!!!! I can hardly wait for the actual card to come!!

yeah! Another 4 year couple bites the dust!

We were approved today!!!!!!!!!!!! I can hardly wait for the actual card to come!!

your patience has paid off! An unbelieveable wait

My husband received his 10 year gc in the mail just today

the card is a beautiful thing to behold when you've been waiting so long.

finally!

That is a question for the lender is it not? You will have a hard time proving LPR status without the greencard...

I believe that student loans that are supported by the federal govt are limited to supporting US citizens. I'd get it a shot, though. There may be a bank that will give you a loan with your husband as a co-signer. I'd see what you find.

Thank you for your reply

You don't have to if you're over 18. You'll take a written test to get a permit, and then take a driving test to get the actual license. They have it in lots of languages, but the translations can be weird. It took my husband a few times to pass the written and twice for the driving b/c he had trouble understanding the instructor. He hadn't been here that long when he applied.

im already receivie the green card and social security... its no even 1 month later... like 2 weeks later after the port of entry

wow! they really is expediting!

Congratulations!

¿Alguien sabe cómo es la ciudad de Austin para vivir? Sólamente he estado en Fort Worth, Dallas y Arlington y no me gustaron para nada.

Diana

Mi companero de depa en la universidad crecia en Ciudad Juarez/El Paso. Se mudo a UT Austin para estudiar (antes de ir a NY para estudiar conmigo). Pues, el es gay y dice que la vida en Austin fue mucho mejor para el y podia vivir como queria. Es todo que se de Austin, pero imagino que tenga buena vibra si el se sentia libre alli.

I think it's important to talk directly with your husband. I'd try to go in with no expectations for the conversation (something I work on in my own relationship. ). It may be that he really just doesn't understand where you're coming from since his faith is more church focused. I'd give him a chance to express his feelings about your future together and for you to do the same and come up with a compromise. It may be what diana said, that you agree to respect each other's belief systems, or like "stilltheprettiest" said and you find a place to attend together... or maybe something entirely different.

As long as you're both open to figure this out, you'll be fine. I think the religion thing is only insurmountable when people are set in their ways and not open to the other person.

Congrats! Time to celebrate!

On June 6, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I181 CREATION OF RECORD OF LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENCE. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

HUH????

was this in response to my post or did you receive the same thing?

Tavo--Estaba revisando tu timeline, y sabes que, Marcos puede solicitar ciudadania el mismo dia que tu, el 1/17/11. que coincidencia, no?

Como estan todos?