Hags

The extension letter has the function of a new YEAR sticker on a vehicle license plate. It's only for the airline people and other drones who may have an interest in someone's lawful presence or permission to travel to the United States.

When your wife arrives back in the US and CBP swipes her Green Card at the airport, the DHS computer already recognizes the extended validity of her Card electronically, with or without the letter. It's all computerized now.

Thanks, good to know!!

Back in December my wife received a NOA extending her conditional permanent resident status for a year. She had her bio-metrics appointment in January. She is scheduled to travel to Colombia with my daughter to Colombia on Thursday. I just assumed that she could travel with her expired resident card and the NOA extension letter. Now that the travel day is coming close I am in a panic, is there any reason why she wouldn't be able to travel on the extension letter?

I just got the letter from USCIS regarding submitting the 751 to make make my wife's resident status permanent. My wife's current resident card expires on 1/22/11, if I submit the 751 on 12/1 would that be far enough in advance? Thanks for any advice.

Before my wife received her permanent resident card she had to keep her maiden name until she received the card and could change it at the DMV. When she went to the DMV they advised her she would have to first get her name changed on her permanent resident card. I was looking online and it appears that she will have to submit an I-90 and pay $290. Can anyone tell me if this is correct? Is it worth the $290 and do we have to get the name change or can she wait for citizenship and then change her name?

Congratulations...you give me great hope!!!

AOS fee is $1010

My wife and I just got married, she is an over stay on a tourist visa from Colombia. Her father filed an I 130 for her six years ago, that is still pending. I am filling out an I130, I485, and an I864 (Affidavit of support). Are there any other forms I need to fill out, or anything else we have to do before mailing the applications.

Does anyone know the amount I need to send in with the I485 and I130? Thanks so much, you guys are great.

Billy

I feel like a jerk, but since she is already here, we don't have to go through quite the lengthy process that you went through (I think). I just am not sure if there were any additional forms we needed to fill out or if she needed a physical or anything (she is 35 yoa). Is the $1010 it or do I have to pay the I130 fee as well..thanks for any advice u guys can give...Billy

My wife and I just got married, she is an over stay on a tourist visa from Colombia. Her father filed an I 130 for her six years ago, that is still pending. I am filling out an I130, I485, and an I864 (Affidavit of support). Are there any other forms I need to fill out, or anything else we have to do before mailing the applications.

Does anyone know the amount I need to send in with the I485 and I130? Thanks so much, you guys are great.

Billy

Ok I started filling out the forms for the I130 and I485 to get an adjustment of status for my wife and was wondering if you guys could answer a few questions.

1. What is the fee for both forms, does the $1010 for the I485 also cover the fee for the i130 or is that in addition to the 1010?

2. Do I send both forms in together?

3. I know I need to send in a copy of our marriage license, and it is kind of vauge on the rest of what is needed? We just moved in together so we really don't have anything financially that ties us yet.

4. She came here on on I-94 that has expired, and is currently waiting on an I130 that her Dad, a nat. U.S. citizen filed for her back in 04. Would her status be an Overstay?

5. In part two of the I-485 I am fairly certain she checks box A. for immediately available visa number, but I wasn't sure what to attach besides 2 photo's of her, a copy of her birth certificate, a copy of our marriage license?

Hopefully you all can help me out, I am sure I will have some follow up questions....Thanks

Thanks, you guys are great, I will start the application for AOS (i-130, I-485) and will continue to be a visitor to the site.

I believe my fiance, who's father applied for a I-130 (filing for child over 21), back in 04 and was wrongly under the assumption that she could stay here while the I-130 is being processed. We got our marriage license on Monday and we were planning on getting married on Thurs., but I wanted to make sure that won't cause her more problems. I realize once we are married I need to file for an adjustment of status and I was hoping someone can tell me if she can stay in the U.S. while that paperwork is being processed? She is still waiting for her original I-130 to be processed, which could take as long as sometime next year. She is fixing to lose her license (which I realize now is the least of our problems) and has no way of getting to and from work. I am freaking out a little...so hopefully you guys can bear with me...Thanks

Her father did file an I-130 for her back in April of 04 and the document she received from Immigration says it would take 900-999 days, but w know how that goes. In October of 06 she received a letter saying her petition had been approved...she thought they would send her something else, but they didn't and now they are telling her her petition is still being processed. If we get married this week, I was hoping someone could tell me what I need to file or what does a consultation with an immigration attorney going to run me? I don't have thousands of dollars laying around, but I will do anything it takes to get this taken care of...Thanks

From what you say, if you are a US Citizen, just get married and follow the AOS guide here. If you have questions after the marriage, ask them in the AOS forum. You would be filing a new I-130 for her as your spouse.

Thanks so much, I will post in the AOS forum.

Her father did file an I-130 for her back in April of 04 and the document she received from Immigration says it would take 900-999 days, but w know how that goes. In October of 06 she received a letter saying her petition had been approved...she thought they would send her something else, but they didn't and now they are telling her her petition is still being processed. If we get married this week, I was hoping someone could tell me what I need to file or what does a consultation with an immigration attorney going to run me? I don't have thousands of dollars laying around, but I will do anything it takes to get this taken care of...Thanks

Back in April of 04 she was here on a 6month tourist visa. Her father who is a nat. citizen applied for a green card for her. Her status on that is still pending approval, she was under the impression that she could stay here while waiting for her case to be processed. I am certain that she needed to go back to Colombia until her case was processed and she received a green card. When she went to renew her DL they took her license and told her she needed something newer then the certificate she received when her father filed the petition in 04, and they gave her a 30 day extension to get the paperwork. She sent the paperwork in for the newer certificate with a $340 money order and it came back saying her case is still being processed. We went to the courhouse today and got our marriage license and can be married on Thurs. and then I am not sure what I need to file? Once we are married is there any thing I can get for her so she can continue to drive while the new case is being adjudicated?

My wife and I are getting married in the next couple of days...hopefully. She is here waiting for residency which her father applied for in 04 since he is a Nat. Citizen. Once we are married what do I need to file? Her DL expires next week, is there anything I can do in the mean time once we are married to get her a temp DL so she can still drive while we are waiting the outcome of whatever I need to file?

in florida, all she needs is her passport. go to the courthouse, fill out the paperwork, pay the fee and return in 3 days and get married.

she does not need anything more than her passport.

So I don't need to file anything before we get married? Once married then we need to file an I-130.

....instead of making any assumptions this person or that person may have.

I agree we should not assume things, but if the following is the scenario, she'll know where she stands without going to USCIS (which may be risky as mentioned by ICE friend).

Your finace was petitioned by her USC father after she was 21 years old. That means she has to wait in line before there is an immigrant visa number available to her. It takes 5 - 6 years. Only then ( around 2010) can she file to adjust status in the USA or get an immigrant visa in home country. In the meantime, she has to either maintain her own status in USA (student for example) or leave or is illegal. Approved I-130 does not mean anything for her status, it is just a part of the process. And after I-130 approval, the next time her father will hear from USCIS will be close to when her turn is to get an immigrant visa number.

When married, you can file for her (as fwaguy wrote). She wan't have to wait in line and can adjust status despite being illegal (which she can't do if she waits for her father's petition to come through).

I know all I need to get married is my DL, Birth Certificate, and Soc. Sec. Card. What does my fiance need. She has several documents that show the process she is going through and her passport, is that enough? Do I need to file anything with Immigration before we get married? Thanks for any advice.

This may be a stupid question but can they file for her "AGAIN" even if her previous petition has already been approved?

Petition approval expire if no action is taken .....

You guys are great...thanks so much for all the helpful info

I don't know if certificate is the right word. I guess I am talking about the actual visa they are supposed to send her (the one they sent her when her father applied for her resident visa looks like some sort of certificte). I will have to check with her on what exact type it is, I know her father is a naturalized citizen and she applied for a resident visa as his daughter. I guess it's possible that she shouldn't have been here while her visa petition was pending, but she didn't think that was the case. I just don't want to mess things up by going right out and getting married if we are not supposed to. Thanks for your help.

A visa is a document that gives you permission to present yourself at the border to request entry into a country.... It sounds like she is already here... She does NOT need a visa.... It is very important to know the background information well so you can ask the correct question and get a good answer....

She was here on a 6 month tourist visa back in 04 and her dad petitioned for residency for her since he was a citizen. It is possible that she shouldn't be here while the petition is pending (no one told her or her father that she had to go back to Colombia), but she has received an letter and spoke with someone from immigration both instances telling her that the petition was approved but she never received anything else. When I spoke to a friend at ICE he looked into her case and said if they wanted to push things she would almost be deportable. He also said most of her problems would go away if we got married. I am trying to get some advice on whether they will give us a marriage license in FL with just her passport and all my information? Then there is also the problem that in three weeks her temp DL will expire if she doesn't get her residency papers/card back from immigration. I wish I had more details but I am kind of ignorant when it comes to immigration matters.

Hi, I'm not clear on what you mean by "resident visa." What type of visa are your talking about (letter-number)? IT sounds like she is here in the US with you. What visa is it that legally allowed her to come to the US while her father had an application pending for her? As long as that visa is valid there shouldn't be a problem.

Also, what certificate are you talking about? I'm not sure, but they only certificates that I was a aware of are the naturalization certificates (citizenship).

I think you can get married now if she is here in the US. If she doesn't have a social security number, that can be waived at the time you apply for your marriage license. (In Louisiana it took less than 5 minutes).

I'm not 100% clear on your situation, I'm sure others will have something to add.

I don't know if certificate is the right word. I guess I am talking about the actual visa they are supposed to send her (the one they sent her when her father applied for her resident visa looks like some sort of certificte). I will have to check with her on what exact type it is, I know her father is a naturalized citizen and she applied for a resident visa as his daughter. I guess it's possible that she shouldn't have been here while her visa petition was pending, but she didn't think that was the case. I just don't want to mess things up by going right out and getting married if we are not supposed to. Thanks for your help.

My Fiance applied back in 04 for a resident visa through her father. In O6 she received a letter saying her petition had been approved but she never received any other paperwork. Of coarse she didn't follow up and when she recently went to renew her FL driver's license...the took it and gave her a 30 day temp and told her the letter from 06 wasn't sufficient they needed the certificate she should have received (but she never got it). Now she has to pay $340 to get a duplicate of the certificate that she never got and it will take 1 to 3 months but she only has 3 more weeks on the temp DL. On top of this we were going to get married right away so she could move in with me for financial reasons but I have no idea what I need to do for us to get married or what we can do about the other situation. I would really appreciate any advice!!