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English please as this is and English forum

How come some people post in Spanish then?

Please read USCIS website:

http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD

A form's OMB date is NOT the form's expiration date, OMB date has to do with a survey conducted by USCIS for OMB (Office of Management and Budget) and has to do with the paper-work reduction act.

I read some posts in here where the forms were rejected that's why I got a little confused..Thanks a lot YuAndDan!! I'll print it out now...

Next week I'll be filing for my ROC and I just wanted to be sure first before using the outdated form.Since its the only edition available on their website will it be safe using it without the risk of having it returned to us?

Toy Story 3, The Fighter..good reviews for 'The King's Speech' cant wait to see it

List looks great! With a cover letter explaining your living situation IMO you are good to go! Good luck!

Thanks OBX !! Will do that. Have a great day!!

Exactly my sentiments.I just got done assembling my packet and when I was done it was 1 1/2 inches thick. But I will send what I think will help me establish our relationship.Goodluck!!

its very good. I think u will be fine. good luck

thanks again!!

Your list looks amazing. I think You are good with all the paperwork. I have an advice make sure u have a cover letter in the front mentioning all the stuff u have it on the post. and also in starting mention that you are sending check # of $ for the form and biometrics fees.

Thanks for taking the time to read my post and replying.That's actually my cover letter.

Hello VJers

Please kindly check our ROC evidence.

Suggestions and comments are definitely welcome!.Feel free to do so..

• Completed Form I-751,Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

• Check for payment in the amount of $590.00 (Biometrics fee included)

• Copy of permanent resident card (front and back)

• Copy of Federal Tax Return Transcripts for 2008 and 2009, filed jointly

• Copy of Alabama Department of Revenue Tax Adjustment Notice 2009

• Copy of Alabama State Tax Return 2009

• Copy of Alabama Income Tax Refund 2009

• Copy of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice of Proposed Changes for Tax Year 2008<br style="">

• Copy of IRS Notice of Amended Tax Return 2008

• Copy of Notice from California Income Tax Refund Board 2009

• Copy of joint savings account (cards)

• Copies of bank statements showing joint account (2009-January 2011)

• Copies of various bank transactions showing joint account

• Copies of Health Insurance Cards (Medical and Dental) showing joint policy

• Copies of Health Insurance Summary showing US Citizen husband as subscriber and applicant

As beneficiary

• Copies of car insurance cards on joint policy, 2009-2011

• Copies of auto policy declarations 2009-2011 showing joint policy

• Copies of various car insurance notices addressed to both of us showing joint policy

• Copy of AT&T credit refund check addressed to both of us

• Copy of applicant's Dental proposal plan showing US Citizen spouse as the primary insurance holder

• Copies of phone bills showing our Family Plan

• Copy of joint Electric service application

• Copies of electric bills addressed to both of us

• Copies of cable and internet bills in both our names

• Copies of waste disposal bills in both our names

• Copies of airline boarding passes from our trips/travels taken together from 2009-2010

• Copies of both our Delta Airlines frequent mileage plans showing same address and trips together

• Copies of airline receipts

• Copies of our recreation passes at Fort Greely US Army- Garrison Alaska

• Medical bills of both of us showing same address and joint policy

• Copies of US Postal Service change of address notices for both of us showing same address

• Copies of letters/cards addressed to us

• Two sworn affidavits by friends, attesting to our relationship and marriage

• Photos taken during the course of the past two years during travels, vacations and family gatherings<br style=""> <br style="">

We dont have any joint mortgage/apartment lease.We've been living in hotels and corporate apartment/s the last 2yrs at my company's expense.Is it gonna affect our petition?

Thank you all so much!

nah, they'll just wind up on obama's cabinet.

^ That's an old article? Since it talks about F2A not being affected.

Just completely depressed and hopeless after seeing the retrogression.

Its last month's article...

This article is from an AILA bulletin....November 2010

US family visas to retrogress in December 2010

The Visa Bulletin from the US Department of State indicates that for the month of December 2010, the petitions by siblings of US citizens retrogressed from 1991 going backwards to 1988.

Just two months ago, we revealed the rapid and advanced progression of many family petitions.

Those who waited for several years to be reunited with their immediate family members were elated this summer about the unexpected progression of their visa numbers. Like the progression of the visa numbers, the recent retrogression also came as a surprise.

In a recent conference last week, hosted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association in Monterey, California, Charles Oppenheim, Chief Immigrant Control and Reporting Division of the Department of State, revealed that this coming January 2011, there will once again be retrogression in certain categories of family petitions.

According to him, there was a surge of visa applications in the past few months as a result of the progression. He justified the need for retrogression to meet with the numerical limitations set by law.

The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for the month of December 2010 indicates which visa numbers are affected by the retrogression.

Preference categories

There are three groups affected by the change.

The first group is the "second preference-B petitions" filed by green card holders on behalf of their single adult children. The visa priority dates under this group retrogressed from September 1, 2002 to March 1, 2000.

The second group affects petitions filed under the "third preference category" by US citizens on behalf of their married children. The priority dates have been moved from March 1, 1995 back to July 1, 1992. This is a retrogression of almost three years.

For siblings of US citizens under the "fourth preference category," the priority dates have been pulled back from April 1, 1991 to January 1, 1988. This is the group which has the most severe backlog.

Thus, beneficiaries whose petitions were filed after January 1988 will have to wait longer before they are issued their visas.

"First preference" petitions by US citizens on behalf of single unmarried children; and, "second preference-A" petitions by green card holders for their spouses and minor children are fortunately not affected by the recent changes.

What to expect

The retrogression of visa numbers will not begin until the month of December 2010. The National Visa Center and the consular office of the US embassy may still continue to accept applications and supporting documents for visa processing of certain applicants.

Depending on the discretion of the consular officer, applicants may still be issued their visas if all documents are completed and a visa interview is scheduled before November 30, 2010. However, if the processing is not completed by December, the visas can no longer be issued until the priority dates become current once again. When this is going to happen remains to be seen.

Considering the progression and retrogression movement of the priority dates, one can no longer anticipate with reasonable certainty when an immigrant visa will be available.

It may be a matter of time for the Department of State, but to those affected, family unity has become uncertain.

I couldn't be more prouder of my wife.Like most of the Filipinas here she's literate in English.She speaks 4 languages(not dialects) and never had problems doing all the paperworks herself. I never relegated her and asked her to do everything but she told that she will take care of it and she did.

They have no basis to apply for permanent residency, unless they are married to a US citizen, are millionaire investors, or top-level professionals with international recognition.

The Senate just conceded that they dont have the votes to pass the Dream Act.The Dems voted to pull the measure from consideration yay!

The American people should not be PAYING TAX dollars to help these lawbreakers,become legal. They should earn the right, and apply like the rest. I say deport all of them, and force everyone of them to apply like the rest of the world.

DREAM Act Delayed in Senate

WASHINGTON -- In a move that could effectively run out the clock on the DREAM Act, the Senate voted on Thursday to table its version of the bill. Although Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NEV.) plans to take up a version passed Wednesday through the House of Representatives, the brief Senate calendar makes it uncertain whether the bill will be passed before the end of the session.

The bill, which would create a pathway to citizenship for some illegal immigrants who entered the United States as children, narrowly passed through the House. In the Senate, it faces a tougher battle given opposition by nearly all 42 Republicans and several undecided Democrats.

Without votes to pass the Senate's version of the DREAM Act, Reid attempted twice to set aside the bill but was blocked by Republicans before the bill was ultimately set aside in a 59-40 vote. Passing the House version would be the last chance to pass immigration reform legislation before a harsh anti-immigration GOP takes over the House next year.

A leadership aide said reports that the DREAM Act is now dead are inaccurate and that the added time before a vote on the House version will allow advocates to push for more support for the bill.

If the House-passed version is approved by the Senate, it could be signed into law without being sent back and forth between the chambers.

Advocates of the DREAM Act, including Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), praised the Senate's decision.

"We now have the weekend and into next week to launch a national mobilization to get the votes to enact this important bill that could literally change the course of hundreds of thousands of young lives and make our country and our military stronger," Gutierrez said in a statement.

But debate before the decision showed the tough road ahead for the DREAM Act if it comes up for a vote. Republican senators repeatedly called the bill "amnesty" and claimed it would lead to fraud by large numbers of illegal immigrants to gain legal status.

"These illegals who would be granted amnesty would be put in direct competition with American people for scarce resources," Vitter said.

The bill was revised last week to make it more difficult for beneficiaries to eventually become citizens. A six-year conditional status before beneficiaries could become legal permanent residents was extended to ten years. After becoming legal permanent residents, beneficiaries would have to wait three years before applying for citizenship. Only then could they petition for family members to have legal status.

Several Republicans said the DREAM Act was too costly to proceed, citing a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office that the bill could increase deficits after beneficiaries become eligible for Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the federal heath insurance exchanges.

Many undocumented immigrants pay taxes -- particularly payroll taxes -- but are not eligible for benefits from the government.

The White House and DREAM Act advocates argue the CBO report underestimated the economic contributions DREAM Act beneficiaries will make after becoming legal residents.

Despite opposition, Democrats pushed back against the idea the bill would be a free ride for illegal immigrants.

"Anything that is immigration-related, they'll use the word amnesty," Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said during debate. Amnesty is when you get something for nothing. I believe that wearing a uniform and risking your life and maybe losing it before you reach your dream -- that is not amnesty."

Ah that also contains the IDS (Immigrant Data Summary) Correct?

That makes total sense in the process, I was wondering why the lack of discussion about CFO.

What else is in that packet they give you with your passport and Visa?

Nope Immigrant Data Summary is not for K-1 visa holders. K-1 is a non-immigrant visa so it doesn't come with IDS.Only the brown envelope,CFO flyer and passport with visa is sent to the approved applicants.

Info about the CFO is included in the visa packet that they will send to your fiancee after passing the interview.And its also mentioned on their site http://manila.usembassy.gov/after-the-interview.html

Goodluck!!!

You can get it anytime you want to.And yes check the box for Passport/Travel and write USA.There's no Visa Application option there unless you want to put in the Others box...

Elizabeth Edwards, 61, dies after battle with cancer

By the CNN Wire StaffDecember 7, 2010 5:28 p.m. EST Elizabeth Edwards died Tuesday at the family home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a statement from the family said. (CNN) -- Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of former North Carolina senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 61.

She died at the family home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, according to a statement released by the family.

"Today we have lost the comfort of Elizabeth's presence but she remains the heart of this family," the statement said. "We love her and will never know anyone more inspiring or full of life."

Edwards was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her husband lost his bid for vice president in November 2004. John Edwards, a one-term Democratic senator, was Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry's running mate.

It was later revealed that she knew before the election she might have cancer, but shielded her husband from the news during the campaign. She immediately underwent treatment, and the cancer was believed to be in remission.

In March 2007 -- at the start her husband's 2008 presidential campaign -- Edwards learned that the cancer had returned and spread.

Dr. Lisa Carey, the oncologist treating Edwards, categorized the cancer as metastatic stage four cancer, largely confined to the bones.

The cancer was diagnosed treatable but not curable, Edwards said.

Despite the diagnosis, Edwards said she was ready to go forward with her husband's bid for the White House.

"Either you push forward with the things that you were doing yesterday or you start dying," she said. "If I had given up everything that my life was about ... I'd let cancer win before it needed to."

"Maybe eventually it will win," she said. "But I'd let it win before I needed to."

John Edwards, unable to compete with the attention focused on then-Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, withdrew from the presidential race in January 2008.

Several months later, he admitted that tabloid claims about an extramarital affair with former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter were true. Eventually, he also admitted to fathering a child with Hunter -- an allegation he initially vociferously denied even after conceding the affair.

John Edwards said the affair happened in 2006 while his wife's cancer was in remission. He claimed he informed his wife at the time and asked for her forgiveness.

The couple was criticized by some activists for not revealing the affair prior to his presidential bid, as the news could have damaged Democratic chances if it became publicly known during a general election campaign in which John Edwards was the party's standard bearer.

"This was our private matter, and I frankly wanted it to be private because as painful as it was I did not want to have to play it out on a public stage as well," Elizabeth Edwards said.

The affair appeared to end any future political ambitions the former senator may have had. It also led to the couple's separation.

Elizabeth Edwards was born Mary Elizabeth Anania on July 3, 1949, in Jacksonville, Florida. Her father was a Navy pilot, and in her early years, she attended school in Japan.

She attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and met her future husband while studying at UNC's law school.

They spent their first date dancing at a local Holiday Inn, and it ended with John kissing Elizabeth on the forehead.

"It was just really sweet," she said of the kiss. "I wasn't used to men being sweet."

The couple was married July 30, 1977, the Saturday after they took their state bar exams. They had three children: Wade, Cate, Emma Claire, and Jack. Wade Edwards was killed in a car accident in 1996.

Mrs. Edwards worked as a clerk for U.S. District Judge Calvitt Clarke Jr. in Norfolk, Virginia, and was a bankruptcy lawyer in Raleigh.

In 2006, after her initial cancer diagnosis, she wrote "Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers," which chronicled the aftermath of her son's death and her battle with the disease.

When her cancer returned in 2007, the couple held a news conference to publicize the information and declare their intention to continue with John Edwards' campaign.

"You can go cower in the corner and hide or you can go out there and stand up for what you believe in," the former senator said. "We have no intentions of cowering in the corner."

In an interview with the Detroit Free Press after her husband admitted to his affair, Elizabeth Edwards said the incident helped her focus on resuming her role as an advocate for the poor and for health care reform. She also said it pushed her to refocus on her role as a mother.

She also said she did not want her husband's tarnished public image to overshadow his role as an advocate for the poor -- particularly in the eyes of her children.

"I have to prepare for the possibility if I die before they are grown" to make them "able to function without an involved, engaged and admiring parent," she said. "So I need to create the picture for them that I want them to have."

She said living with stage four cancer "is like dancing with a partner who keeps changing."

"Fortunately with the research, it looks like there may be a new drug for me down the line," she said. "My job is to stay alive until they find a cure. I don't think there's any way to live with this diagnosis than to have that kind of optimism."

On Monday, the Edwards family released a statement saying that further cancer treatment would be unproductive.

In a message posted on her Facebook page, Elizabeth Edwards addressed her family and friends:

"The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And, yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human," she wrote.

"But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. It isn't possible to put into words the love and gratitude I feel to everyone who has and continues to support and inspire me every day. To you I simply say: you know."

(F) Rest in Peace (F)

Its funny(and ironic) that the king of transparency cant or wont even provide his address.

I hope we dont hear soon that he is ASSASINATED!!!

or disappeared.....

Assange ordered to jail while court decides on extradition

London (CNN) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sent to jail Tuesday while a London court decides whether to order his extradition to Sweden.

The judge at the City of Westminster Magistrate's Court refused to grant Assange bail, despite several celebrities coming forward and offering to pay his surety.

Assange, who was in court with security guards on either side of him and his lawyer in front, must now stay in custody until December 14. It was not immediately clear if the court would decide on that date whether to release him.

In making his decision, the judge cited the fact that Assange gave no permanent address and has a nomadic lifestyle, and that he has access to significant funding that would make it easy for him to abscond.

English socialite Jemima Khan had offered to pay surety of 20,000 pounds ($31,500) and journalist John Pilger also offered a sum of money.

At the start of the proceedings, Assange was asked for his address and at first gave a post office box. When told that wasn't sufficient, he wrote a location on a piece of paper and handed it to the judge; it was later revealed that Assange wrote "Parkville, Victoria, Australia" on the paper.

The judge repeatedly said the case is "not about WikiLeaks," but about serious sexual offenses that allegedly occurred on three occasions with two women.

The media was allowed inside the courtroom initially but was later ordered to leave.

Assange appeared in court after turning himself in at a London police station. He was arrested on a Swedish warrant, though he has not been charged with any crime.

He refused to agree to be extradited to Sweden, so the court now has roughly 21 days to decide whether to order his extradition, said Mark Ellis, executive director of the International Bar Association.

Even though the Swedish warrant is a European arrest warrant designed for easy transfer of suspects among European states, Assange may still fight it, Ellis said. If the court does decide to allow his extradition, Assange will be allowed to appeal that decision, too, elongating the legal process, he added.

Assange, a 39-year-old Australian, has said he has long feared retribution for his website's disclosures and has called the rape allegations against him a smear campaign.

Sweden first issued the arrest warrant for Assange in November, saying he is suspected of one count of rape, two counts of sexual molestation and one count of unlawful coercion -- or illegal use of force -- allegedly committed in August.

The Australian High Commission in London said Tuesday it was providing consular assistance to Assange as it "would to any Australian under arrest."

Last week, at the request of Sweden's Stockholm Criminal Court, Interpol issued a "red notice" placing Assange on a list of wanted suspects.

A spokesman for WikiLeaks said Tuesday the legal proceedings in London had not affected the site, which facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information.

"WikiLeaks is operating as normal, and we plan to release documents on schedule," spokesman Kristinn Hrafnson said.

WikiLeaks has been under intense pressure from the United States and its allies since it began posting the first of more than 250,000 U.S. State Department documents November 28.

Since then, the site has been hit with denial-of-service attacks, been kicked off servers in the United States and France, and found itself cut off from funds in the United States and Switzerland.

In response, the site has rallied supporters to mirror its content "in order to make it impossible to ever fully remove WikiLeaks from the internet." More than 500 sites had responded to the appeal by Monday evening, it said.

WikiLeaks has also posted a massive, closely encrypted file, identified as "insurance" -- a file Assange's lawyer has described as a "thermonuclear device." Assange has said the more than 100,000 people who have downloaded the file will receive the key to decoding it should anything happen to him or should the site be taken down.

"The insurance file will only be activated in the gravest of circumstances if WikiLeaks is no longer operational," Hrafnson said.

Ira Winkler, a former National Security Agency analyst, said the file is nearly impossible to decode without the key.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he has authorized "significant" actions related to a criminal investigation of WikiLeaks, saying U.S. national security has been put at risk.

"We are doing everything that we can," Holder said Monday, though he declined to answer questions about the possibility that the government could shut down WikiLeaks.

Holder also refused to say whether the actions involved search warrants or requests under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorizes wiretaps or other means, describing them only as "significant." British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the leaked information is also a danger to British national security, calling the leaks "reprehensible" and "irresponsible."

"Governments have to be able to transmit confidential information, to share confidential information, of course, for them to be able to go about their job," Hague told CNN affiliate ITN. "We think it can be a danger to our national security."

Asked Tuesday in Afghanistan for his response to the arrest, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, "I haven't heard that, but it sounds like good news to me."

Monday, WikiLeaks published a secret U.S. diplomatic cable listing places the United States considers vital to its national security, prompting criticism from both the United States and Britain that the site is inviting terrorist attacks on American interests.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the disclosure "gives a group like al Qaeda a targeting list."

The sites are included in a lengthy cable the State Department sent in February 2009 to its posts around the world, asking American diplomats to identify installations overseas "whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, and/or national and homeland security of the United States."

The diplomats identified dozens of places on every continent, including mines, manufacturing complexes, ports and research establishments. CNN is not publishing specific details from the list, which refers to pipelines and undersea telecommunications cables as well as the location of minerals or chemicals critical to U.S. industry.

Other leaked documents reveal confidential information relayed by U.S. embassies around the world that shed light on the United States and other countries.

A cable prepared for the visit of U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke to Saudi Arabia earlier this year says terrorist funding emanating from the kingdom remains a "serious concern."

A series of cables from last year show Chinese officials were increasingly anxious about their citizens obtaining uncensored online content through Google. One Politburo member said he believed the search engine was a "tool" of the U.S. government.

U.S. diplomatic cables from Mexico say their war against drug cartels is frustrated by a risk-averse army and interagency rivalries. It does, however, highlight outstanding successes against cartel bosses.

As a GC holder yes you can petition for your wife.She will get the immigrant visa when the visa number becomes current and sometimes it takes 3-5years also depending on what country she came from. The priority date takes long time to become current. And in the meantime the green card holder becomes US citizen and can upgrage the petition category. Once the green card holder petitioner spouse becomes citizen, the visa number is immediately available and spouse can get immigrant visa immediately subject to processing time delay.And she has to be in her own country while waiting for it.

Goodluck!