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Thanks for the heads up:) I guess I'll just have to be prepared to have my name legally changed.

I did the same thing and my aos was approved.I live in CA so it might be different in every state.

I have been through the same process when I had my medical at St.Luke's. I had a previous tb infection and have taken the prescribed medication. After the medication, i had a lot of smear tests and had a culture test as well. However, St. Luke's has todo their own tests. If they find something in your chest xray, they will always require applicants to undergo sputum test (whether you like it or not.) If your smear tests turn out negative, you still have to wait for the sputum culture. Usually they don't call you before the release date of the result if it's negative. Goodluck to those who will be undergoing the sputum test!

So...we applied for AOS in May this year, transferred to CSC in June...and now we get an RFE for medical. Here's exactly what it says:

Here are the facts:

-Original medical for the K-1 was done in Mombasa Kenya in December 2009.

-We did the vaccination supplement with the civil surgeon (as they point out in the 2nd paragraph.)

-He turned in the brown envelope at POE O'Hare in Chicago.

Here is our confusion...the first part says they have no record of his file. Then it kind of makes it sound like he just needs a TB test (which is kind of a problem in and of itself...he has positive skin tests for TB due to exposure, like tons of Africans and people who spend lots of time in Africa. We can provide copies of his results to a CS, but I hate to make him get the skin test AGAIN because it becomes very itchy and painful, gets worse each time they make him do one!)

So...we called the "information" line, they told us to schedule an InfoPass which we did but the first available appointment isn't until October 4 (which would still give us time to do the medical and get it in - RFE must be returned by Oct 26) but we don't WANT to do the medical! Just seems like a huuuuuge waste of money since he just had it done less than a year ago INCLUDING of course the chest x-ray which we still have here in our apartment.

Any advice? I'll be calling our senators & congressman tomorrow...and of course if worse comes to worse we will do the medical, but that's just adding to an already RIDICULOUSLY expensive process. I am still amazed that it took them FOUR MONTHS to decide that our medical was missing. What nonsense! I cannot WAIT to be done with these people!!

You can try sending the receipt of the medical and the vaccination report. Good luck!

cOngratz ...did the adjudictor got ur Authorization employment card?

Thanks! No, he didn't get my EAD and I-94. I know I have read some posts before that IO not getting the i-94 and EAD means a bad thing that's why I was still nervous when the interview was done even though I got the piece of paper saying my application has been approved. I was relieved though when I checked my status online and is already in card/document production stage.

We recieved an RFE today from USCIS.

We got married in the Cook County, IL marriage court. I sent a copy of the marriage certificate that was given to us by the judge. I am confused if I should have sent something more than a copy or if Cook County didn't register the marriage.

Here is what the RFE says

From our experience, the marriage certificate given by the judge is not the certified copy. We had to go to the county office to ask for the certified copy of the marriage certificate. And when you ask for the certified copy from your county office, make sure to ask for extra copies just in case you have to send originals. When I sent my AOS package, I sent the original marriage certificate.

Just checked my case status and it's already in the card/document production stage. hooray!!!

Oh thank you! Yea,we're hoping. God is good:)

Hi! Had our AOS interview today.officer told us that he will be approving the application but will review the papers once more. But he said we should not worry.he gave us the approval letter and then checked the box for other also. Officer said application was 99.9 approved.what do we expect?he didn't get my EAD card and I-94.

Try posting your resume in careerbuilder, monster.com, indeed.

Thankf for the tips. Careerbuilder responds pretty fast. I posted my resume just this morning and then got a call after a few hours. Unfortunately, the location is way too far from me and worst, couldn't get there by bart so, yea, had to pass on that:( I am planning to get a data entry position in the meantime just to gain experience. Or jcpenney, macy's, etc.

Try Restaurants and Retail first. I find snagajob.com very resourceful.

Oh thanks! that was a quick one. The online applications for such websites are new to me. So,do i just click the job posting, directs me to a staffing agnecy and then I upload my resume there?

Hi all!Does anybody know a job opening particularly in Hayward, CA or neighboring cities? Just got my EAD and i'm currently looking for work. Any suggestions?

We ended up receiving an RFE and I just wanted to clarify what I needed to send. The RFE just says to submit evidence of the joint sponsor's status (as a US citizen or otherwise). Do I just need to send in a certified copy of the birth certificate of my joint sponsor? It must have been something on the form I overlooked (how is that possible?!)

If anyone could clarify this it would help greatly!

Thank you!

You can send your sponsor's greencard (have it photocopied front and back) or the biographic info in his/her passport.

Can anyone shed some light on this matter? do they really look for the employment letter?

Hi guys! I just got my initial interview notice today. My interview will be on Sept 22. The thing is my joint sponsor (household member) just lost her job. Do we really need to bring employment letter in the interview? when we sent the AOS package they did not ask for the employment letter. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

USCIS people read a standard transcript.They told me the same thing about calling an Immigration attorney.But I called them atleast 10-12 times and finally talked with a knowledgeable guy ,read my RFE and he was able to give me some good advice.Don't get nervous by those USCIS !@#*$.You can send them IRS transcripts.Call IRS automated system them and yo can get transcripts in a week.It's better to collect all the documentation before sending your response to them.Sorry i don't know about 1099g but I'm very sure someone will help you on that.Try to relax and gather all the info needed and then send everything...Good luck !!

Thanks:) I sent everything today for my RFE which includes the household member's form 1040, 1099g (from EDD), EIC and schedule M.Actually, the USCIS reps didn't get me nervous. It just made my blood pressure rise.I even asked the rep if he knows W-2 form and said "no." I think everybody here in the US who are working legally has their respective W-2s. They simply said, "we don't have that information with us." ??????? Everything's verbatim. I don't know if they even paraphrase their scripts. Anyhow, hope everything goes well with the things i sent and get my application approved. Just keeping my fingers crossed right now and leave it all to the One above.

Just send everything, again. You have copies of everything, so it's not a big deal.

Thanks. I guess that's the best thing to do. Just called USCIS twice today and they just actually read something on their monitors to me. They even advised me to call animmigration attorney when I was just asking for a complete list of supporting tax documents just to make sure everything's good. tsk...tsk...tsk... RFE states that if there is a need for clarification, just have to call their toll free number. And now I got more confused. Anyhow, does anyone of you have an idea if a state 1099g form is acceptable as a supporting tax document? This is the form the EDD sends.

Actually I sent my mom in-law's income tax return copy (from her tax preparer)for the most recent year which includes her form 1040, 1099g form and eic form as well. Her W2s for the last 3 yrs were sent the first time.ayyayyay! Maybe I'll just make a copy of her 1040 forms, 1099G form and eic together with her W-2s. You guys think this is good if I don't get the transcripts?

Ok. So 2 weeks ago i submitted the RFE for my sponsor's/household member's most recent income tax return. I only included their W-2s the first time i sent the AOS package so the first RFE was for their 2009 income tax return. Now I got a letter for another RFE saying I need to submit my household member's supporting tax documentation (W-2s, 1099, etc.) when I actually sent her W-2 with the AOS package and her 1099G (since she only has her form 1099G for unemployment benefits.) So can anyone advise me as to what I should be sending?

Oh it's for an RFE? Did you not submit your mother-in-law's 1040 form in your initial submission?

If you sent her 1040 already and they still gave you an RFE, they may not be happy with what you have sent them.

Maybe you should actually have her go to a local IRS office to get tax transcripts.

Because this is for RFE response, I would make sure you send everything tax related, including copies of the w-2s even though you already submitted these.

My RFE wasn't tax related but it listed some forms of evidence which included things that I had already sent to them.

I sent everything again and then some.

Better safe than sorry.

Yup, her 1040 wasn't submitted. i only sent the w-2s. Didn't carefully read instructions. Anyhow, yea, i think i'd still submit the copy 1040 since the info there reflects in the other forms. Thank you!

My husband's 1040 form from 2008 tax year looks like this too because he used H&R block to file.

So there is a huge "COPY - DO NOT FILE" in all caps written across it. It should be fine, it just means it is a copy of the form that was filed for your mother in law. If she has everything else that should go with the 1040 form, you should be fine (w-2s and 1099s, etc..) I would think it's OK that the form indicates that it is a copy. There is no way she can provide the original that was filed, because, well.. she filed it already..

That's such a relief. Actually it doesn't have the word "copy." It just says do not file do not file do not file" although the tax information are there so i guess it's fine. They filed taxes anyway. And yes, I already submitted the w-2s. This is for my RFE. Just wanna make sure. Thanks a lot!

last week i got my joint sponsor's income tax return. Then i noticed that her form 1040 says "do not file" across it. I didn't ask her to get a transcript from IRS anymore since she has a copy of her income tax return from her tax preparer. The information there are the same as the other forms though and the other forms look normal (1099, schedule.) My mother in-law says she doesn't know why because it was just given to her and didn't ask. Need advise. Thank you.

The joint tax return is not a problem. She doesn't have to include her husband's income if either she or he doesn't want to. She should write only her own income on the I-864. Her household size will include her husband, though.

If she does choose to include her husband's income, and if he agrees, then he needs to sign an I-864A. This is a contract between a sponsor and a qualifying household member where the household member agrees to make their income available to sponsor the immigrant. In that case, they would use their combined income to qualify. There is a space on the I-864 to declare the income of a qualifying household member for combining income. That number has to be obtained from a signed I-864A.

She should write her current address on the I-864. The address on the tax return is not an issue.

Thanks for your quick reply. Actually, our joint sponsor's income alone won't support 4 people but if my husband's income is combined, then it will make it. However, since her husband needs to be included in the household size, will this mean that combined income (sponsor's and joint sponsor's) should be able to support 5 persons(mother-in law, husband, daughter, intending immigrant and sponsor?)

Here's a clearer picture:

sponsor only made $16k for last year

joint sponsor made $10,500 for last year and she's on EDD so she received 8k for her EDD

Mother-in-law has 1 dependent

Household inlcudes mother-in-law, husband, daughter, intending immigrant and sponsor. As per poverty guidelines, income requirement for a household size of 5 is $32, 237. I'm really stressing right now.

Need your help again guys. Got an RFE last week in reference for my i-485 application because I did not submit my sponsor's/joint sponsor's federal income tax return and only the w2's were submitted. Which were definitely insufficient. So i got my mother-in-law's federal income tax return today and I see that her husband is also in her tax return. So, is this fine? And her address in her tax return doesn't match her current address right now. Her husband's income is way too low so will that have any bearing about her being my husband's joint sponsor?