wasabi

Forwarding your case to the CSC doesn't mean you will or won't get an RFE. For example if you look at my signature you can see we got an RFE soon after being transferred there.

I was going to go with my wife to get the work authorization required warning at the top of her SS card removed since she has a GC now but maybe I'll just leave it as it is if they think they are a bunch of ICE hot shots at the SS office.

Definitely lawyer time.

I was thinking yesterday that the USCIS sure loves to send letters that aren't all that helpful. I wonder how long between the welcome letter and the actual card too. But I'm still glad to have made it to this point.

is an interview require on all AOS applicants?

It looks like my wife got hers without having one. I don't know what determines whether or not you get one. It may have to do with us living in Boston but having our case transferred to California.

Wow, that must be so frustrating. Why would you need a 2nd interview?? Good luck to you!

Also why would you need a 2nd Biometric appointment. Seems like something has gone wrong and you are getting the run around. I think you should get a lawyer or senator on your side.

I'm not real familiar with this step of the process but given your lengthy military service it seems a senator would leap at the chance to help you. If you continue to have problems maybe you should contact one of them.

How long does it typically take from card production to delivery +/- 4 days or so depending on where one lives.

Thanks

See my signature for another example of a possible timeline to green card. You can subtract one month from mine if you don't end up with an RFE.

WOW WOW! Just saw an update on the site that my wife's Green Card is being made and will be shipped. Finally this leg of the journey is complete. Man it feels so good after so many starts and stops.

What I did was make 2 Affidavit's from elder relatives stamped by the village headman. Then I got 2 other relatives to get a document stamped by the Laos government, ministry of Foreign affairs that further certifies that my wife was born where and when she said she was. I know my profile says Thailand but my wife is Laos. She lived in Thailand all her life and Thai is her first language which is why I have it that way.

Best of luck to everyone and this site was instrumental in our success.

USCIS received our response on 12/31/09. They say expect a response within 60 days but I'm hoping it doesn't take that long. Anyone care to chime in how long it took them to respond? In this case they wanted some affidavit's verifying my wife's Birth Certificate.

Thanks

with all the holidays we just went through it's not that surprising it hasn't shown up yet. I'd give it another week then maybe ask them to resend.

I suggest mentioning your employment has changed along with a cosponsor.

I would get divorced wherever you were married whether that is Taiwan or the USA. Try to avoid consulates as consular divorces are not always recognized for visa purposes. As long as she goes back to her home country you should be free of all responsibilities after that. Sorry it didn't work out.

I and my wife are moving at the end of the month to an apartment nearby. I am the USC. Her case is still pending due to an RFE for the I-485. She has not received her Green Card and likely won't prior to moving. I am aware of the online change of address form and the need for me to to fill out an I-865 but I have a few remaining questions.

On the online form it asks

Is this change of address for a U.S. Citizen?

* Yes, this change of address is for a US Citizen

* No, this change of address is not for a US Citizen

Do I need to first click change of address for US citizen and complete the form. Then in a separate step click Not a US Citizen and complete the form again? How do I assure I have changed addresses for myself and my wife, can it all be done in one step?

If I need to click the choice Not for a US citizen for my wife what do I enter for the final field which asks.

If not a Permanent Resident, my stay in the US expires on (month/day/year)

Because right now her case is pending and I don't know when her stay in the US expires.

No just copy the biographical side and a copy of the I-94 she entered on front and back.

I am dealing with something similar. My wife received an RFE due to a delayed birth registration. This is because she was born on the floor of her house in a remote village in Southeast Asia. Original records simply don't exist. I am in the process of getting elder relatives to sign affidavits attesting to this fact as well as the date and location of her birth. At the moment it's flying to my office via DHL. I hope they accept these affidavits because if not we don't have any other type of proof. If I reach that point I'm probably going to need a senator to help which seems like a big hassle.

I'm also worried with this recent fiasco with the underwear bomber that they are going to try to make a show of denying people to act like they are doing something.

If you are married and living together you have nothing to worry about as the questions should be easy to answer. It's only difficult if you don't know small little details about day to day living which the average married couple learns over time.

My wife was issued an RFE because her birthwas registered late. There were several options to resolve this problem but the only one available to us is to get an affidavit signed by a few family members. I have included what I plan to use as an Affidavit below as well as the specifications for it from the USCIS. Please comment if you think I should ammend anything.

From USCIS:

DELAYED RGISTRATION.

It appears that the birth certificate for the applicant, XXXX, was a delayed registration. Please submit secondary evidence to support the claimed date of birth and country of origin. Do not submit new or related evidence. All evidence presented shoud have been created prior to the child's 14th birthday. Examples of evidence that consitutes secondary evidence are as follows. Submit as many of the items as possible.

The document then suggests School records, hospital records, baptismal records etc. But Because her parents are not alive and her family has traveled to and from Laos where she was born a great deal none of these documents exist. The letter goes on to say there is a second way to verify her place and date of birth with an Affidavit

AFFIDAVITS Affidavits my only be submitted if primary and secondary evidence are unavailable. Affidavits shall be in the form of witten statements sworn to or affirmed by at least two (2) persons who were living at the time of the event and have first-hand knowledge of the event. Each affidavit must contain the following information regarding the person making the affidavit: name, address, birthplace, relationship to the applicant, and full information concerning the event, which includes how this knowledge was obtained.

Important: All secondary evidence must be contemporaneous with the event in question (the birth, marriage, divorce, or death) Therefore, evidence that originated at the time of the event will be deemed more persuasive than evidence that was created as the result of this request for evidence.

The letter concludes stating that all documents must be translated in English and the decision will be based on the evidence.

My sample Affidavit:

Affidavit of Delayed Birth Registration

I, __{Name}__________ who was born in {Country}and am currently

residing at ____{Address}___ state that the following is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge:

1. I am {relation to person of interest}

2. On __{Date at time of birth}__ I was living in __{Location}___.

3. {Name of Person of interst, place and date of birth}__. I know of this event because {Reason}__.

4. {Person of interest}__ was born to our parents, _{Mother}___ and _{Father}__ who are {Nationality} and are {Alive/Deceased}.

5. I hereby attest to the fact that original birth records for individuals born during this time and at this location are difficult if not impossible to obtain and that a birth certificate was not issued to {Person of interest} on the date of her birth.

Signed: _______________________

Dated: ________________________

The reason I am going to give that they have knowledge of the event is that 3 of her sisters were alive and at her house where she was born so they witnessed the event.

My wife just got an RFE for Delayed Registration for her Birth Certificate. I wish this would have come up sooner when we were both in Thailand. The notice is due to the fact we got a copy of her birth certificate last year and there is no earlier record of it. Being that she was born 32 years ago I can understand that is seen as being late though I had no idea at the time that this was a concern.

I've checked the various ways to resolve the problem and unfortunately getting an Affidavit from 2 or more people seems to be our only option. She has no record of schooling, or anything. Both of her parents have passed away. She has 3 sisters that are willing to sign but they vary in age one is 12 years older, another is 6 years older and the other is 3 years older. I read somewhere that the person needs to have been at least 10 at the time which would be a problem.

Does anyone have a sample Affidavit that a relative or other person should sign attesting to the date and location of a person's birth? Also what information needs to be included about the people signing the affidavit? It would be nice if I didn't need to mention that some of the siblings are close in age. Though my wife and all her relatives now live in Thailand they are all born in Laos which only makes getting official looking documents more difficult. I'm not sure who can sign the document, what it needs to look like and who can notarize it. Anyone with any experience doing this from any country please chime in.

Which Civil surgeon did she go to? the USCIS.gov website indicates we too got an RFE though I haven't gotten it yet so I don't know what it's for. This process is so annoying and stressful!

My fiance wants to know if she can still use her phone to text her family after she leaves

the country.

Anyone know about this?

Thanks

Filipino phones work but unfortunately Filipina phones are locked and cannot be used beyond Cebu City.

I am the sponsor so I'll file the I-865. I didn't know about this form thanks. I don't see anything requested other than new and old address so I should be ok. Am I correct I will not need to verify my employment again until my wife is required to update her GC?

My wife and I are not very happy with where we are currently living and would like to relocate to California. She has not yet received her Green Card and we will be staying put until she does. After this I'd like to quit my job and move out to California but given the economy there may be a period of time I am unemployed. It would be great to have a job before moving but it is more likely that i won't. I know if I move I have to file a change of address form with the USCIS but do I also need to send in an updated I-864? Will they question what I am doing for work? My understanding is once she has the GC with the exception of notifying the USCIS if you change addresses you don't need to interact with them about anything until it's time for her to get a new Green card which in our situation will be in 2 years after her first GC.

I would go to the UK embassy closest to you and try to extend it. I don't know what they do about transferring the I-94 though I'm sure it's happened many times.