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My wife came over on a K-1 visa with her son using a K-2 visa. When filing for removal of conditions after the initial 2 years of residence, do I need to submit an I-751 for her, and one for her son? From my understanding I submit one I-751 for her, and include her son as a dependent on the I-751.

On that same topic, what is the exact fee amount needed to be sent by personal check? I assume $505 for the I-751 + $85 for the primary applicants biometrics + $85 for her dependents biometrics with a total of $675.

Thank you so much for any clarification and help you can provide.

Aaron.

I apologize if some of these questions have been answered. I am just nervous about this as there are some bad stories I have read lately. Do they usually give people a hard time or is this part of the process generally pretty straight forward (especially with the evidence listed below).

One question regarding the paperwork and the fee. Do I need to send $590 and an I-751 for biometrics and removing conditions for my wife, and then another set of paperwork and fees for my step-son? Or does my wifes I-751 cover my son, along with her fee?

Are documents/statements I print out from online source acceptable? Almost all of my statements are online only, but if I need to I will call and have original statements/bills sent if I can.

Also, I am getting ready to send in my I-751 documents to USCIS for my wife and step-son. Here is what I have to send..

• Copies of the passports, green cards and Social Security cards for my wife and step son.

• Birth certificate and passport for our (2 year old) daughter.

• Two sworn affidavits by U.S. citizen friends and family, attesting to our relationship and marriage.

• Copy of the tax statement for 2010 and 2011.

• Many bank statements every few months from 2010 - present from our joint bank account.

• A recent utility statement.

• Letter from my company regarding the designation of my life insurance and medical benefits/coverage regarding my wife and children.

• Property tax statement showing us as the primary names responsible for the residence we currently reside at.

• Copies of various car insurance notices.

• A copy of our airline reservations for a vacation that we planned and took to Japan in November of 2011.

• About 10 photographs of the family at various points over the last 2 years.

• Letter with additional detailed information regarding our relationship and my family.

I do not have any credit cards in both of our names, as with my home loan since my wife does not work.

I would really like some feedback of additional information I should provide. I could not get my wife on the house loan, but she is on the various documents above.

Also, what is the best way to package my documents? In a lose folder? In plastic sleeves?

Thank you so much for any help you can provide.

Are there any issues with traveling abroad after she has recieved her temporary green card? I just waned to confirm that it is not a problem and also ask what paperwork we should bring with us.

Thank you.

I thought so too, except I read this on the SS-5 application form:

LIMITS ON REPLACEMENT SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS

Public Law 108-458 limits the number of replacement Social Security cards you may receive to 3 per calendar year and 10 in a lifetime. Cards issued to reflect changes to your legal name or changes to a work authorization legend do not count toward these limits. We may also grant exceptions to these limits if you provide evidence from an official source to establish that a Social Security card is required.

The way I read that is that we are limited to so many per year/lifetime, but a new card requested for change in work authorization legend does not count toward that limit. So now based on both of your posts it sounds like she can get a new card.

Your wife already has an SSN, that's her number for life regardless of what restrictions are printed (or not printed) on the card. SSA will not allow your wife to re-apply for a card without the words. I was looking into that myself after we got our green cards. It's on the instructions of the SSN form. I wouldn't worry about it too much, my card also says Valid to Work only with DHS authorization. The green card should dispel any doubt that she can work anywhere.

Your stepson will qualify for an SSN now that he has a green card, no worries.

Thank you. Very helpful.

To clarify, my wifes SS card says valid only for work with DHS approval (or something similar). Will that change or always state that exactly even with a green card?

This might be posted in the wrong forum, if so I apologize. My wife and step-son got their green card last week and I would like to know if are both allowed a social security number free of restrictions based on them posessing a green card.

My wife's current SS card is valid only for work, so can I apply for a new one and have that removed? And is there any additional criteria needed to get her son a social security number? If he cannot I will just apply for an ITIN.

Thank you. I looked on Social Security's website and called them, and surprisingly they say they do not know and to go in to the local office. Hopefully someone here does.

Thanks.

On that same note. I looked at the Salt Lake City processing times for I485 requests, and it states 4 months. What is the 4 months based on? When it is transferred from the service center, or after the interview?

Just curious.

Thank you.

I have read in a couple of posts that people recommend that others call and ask for an "immigration officer" which will answer questions beyond what the scripted operators can answer for you (if you are having issues). Is this true? Is it looked down upon when they view your case in the future? The reason I ask is because I had my interview with my wife on November 3rd, and other than a touch on November 4th there has been no updates, responses, etc.. I have called and gotten the scripted response before stating to wait 90 days since the interview has taken place (they said 60 until they noticed my interview had taken place).

The wait is killing us, but I would not like to piss anyone off when they do finally get to my case. Any advice is appreciated.

My wife and I live here in Utah and we had our interview at the SLC office on November 3rd. We never had any issues with lost biometrics or background checks. They told us they had to look into an erroneous bit of background of information. We still have yet to hear back from them, and they said we cannot inquire again until Februaru 3rd.

We filed in Febriary of 2010 and finally had our interview in early November. Since the interview we have yet to hear anything, let alone receive a GC. We call and they say we must wait 90 days to submit an inquiry. So right now we are in limbo, anxiously waiting to find out our decision.

I assumed they could revoke if they ever found fraud being committed. We have not committed fraud, I was just curious if the accusations and confusion were normal for an interview.

Thanks for the feedback. That does make me feel a bit better.

My backstory.

My wife and I met while she was here on a student visa in 2008. When a year passed she went back to Japan to renew her passport and reapply for a student visa to attend another year here in the U.S. When she applied for another visa, she was denied with the reason stating she did not show enough ties in her home country to show that she would not attempt to stay in the U.S.

After a few months of long distance relationship I traveled over to see her and propose, after which we initiated the K-1 visa application.

Currently.. We went to out interview on November 3rd. We were prepared and did not have any reason to worry. The interviewer said my wife has tried to enter the country (in 2007), and was denied at port of entry for unknown reasons. This is untrue and he said he would look in to this, because he and I were unsure how they found that information. He did state that if it was true she should be banned from the United States for 5 years I believe it was. He then said in 2009 she was denied for a student visa (a student visa renewal really), and he claims the reason they stated is because she fraudulently submitted paperwork from a school in the U.S claiming to be a student. She was denied for a student visa, but this is also untrue as I was in contact with the school and had to pickup the paperwork at the time and mail it to her prior to her interview in Japan. She was in fact a student. He also stated that this should have been grounds for a 5 year ban.

After the interview on November 3rd, the case was touched on the 4th of November and nothing since. I am just curious how long I should wait to call and ask about what is going on? Also, if any of his accusations were true (which they are not) and she was banned from the U.S. why would she have been granted the visa and us allowed to be married and even attend the interview? Is it normal for them to try to confuse or scare you with false accusations? Those seemed a bit much for my wife and I.

I have contacted an attorney and he said wait to get the approval or denial and he will take it from there if need be. We just do not know how long to wait or if weird stuff has happened to many others.

Any feedback is appreciated.

therefore NOT seeking a VWP entrance.... so no "either" required

I appreciate everyones feedback. I did finally get a hold DHS/CBP and they verified only those visiting need to apply, which does not apply to her K-1 visa even though it has expired.

So all is well.

Thank yiiu

The airport website is asking about it and I do not know.

Any feedback is appreciated.

We have been granted AP and did not overstay before we were married and filed for her now penning I-485 application.

In that case, leave the utility bill, ss card, birth certificate behind (they are never needed at a POE) and just travel with the AP and passport like JustBob suggested.

Forgot to include that in original post but she is.

All she needs is passports and AP.

I am assuming she did not overstay before filing for AOS, in which case she shouldn't travel, not even with AP.

No she did not overstay. We married within 2 weeks of her arrival and I filed our paper a couple weeks after that..

My wife will soon be traveling with my step-son on an AP she received a week ago. I just want any second opinions on documents I should bring to make the trip back flow as smooth as possible.

We have the following documents she is bring...

Approved AP documents for her and her son (2 copies, one to keep and one for the POE to keep I believe)

Social Security card for her

Birth certificates for both of them

Passports for both of them

NOA1 for both of them regarding their I-485 petition

Proof of residence (utility bills) in the U.S. (I have no idea if this would help for anything but I am throwing everything I can think of.

Any advice for traveling during with AP is appreciated. I get nervous with her Visa and I-94 both being expired.

No. Write unknown and unknown. That's what I did. Don't "pick a date" like some people do, it's lying on a form and who wants to risk that.

Though my best guess was not a "lie", I like the idea of writing "unknown" a bit more.

hi guys,

quick questions...

FORM I-131

do i need to put the date of intended departure and expected length of trip? i don't know when to visit my family and if anything happens and for emergency purposes that i need to go back there.

thanks VJers!

We just put a date close to when we planned on going on our trip, along with a guestimate of the time out of the country (2 weeks). But when it was approved and we recieved the notice we noticed it says nothing of the dates or length of time allowed to stay out of the country. Except for the date the parole paperwork expires, which is one year from the date it was issued. So in the end, the dates we put on the request had no relevance on what is actually on the AP approval notice.

Hope that helps

My wife's son received his parole travel document, and it has his picture at the bottom of the form along with a USCIS rep's signature. On the right side of the bottom of the form it has a box labeled National Benefits Center Parole Stamp, and a big empty box. Is this box supposed to be stamped, or is it stamped when they leave or re-enter the country?

Thank you.

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I spoke with Ally and she was wonderful. I did not ask about cost until I went to sign and pick up the sealed envelope with my wife. Ally was wonderful, got all of the documents filled out and explained them to us and gave us a copy and told me it was free since it was only the transcription. I am not sure if they would do it for free, but they did it correctly and were very kind.

My wife applied on February 8th for an I-131 (along with her I-485 and accompanying documents) with her son to go back home and visit family in Japan. The estimated time to process an I-131 is 3 months from according to the USCIS website but we need to buy her tickets now for May.

My questions are these..

Do they often deny I-131 requests? We documented on her I-131 request her mothers poor health hoping that would be enough to get approved.

Another question. In her I-131 we put 3 weeks but put the dates on there as an estimated time for leaving the country. Are they strict upon re-entry that those dates match or if she exceeds 3 weeks or the ending date will she be denied entry?

Thank you.

I was rereading what you wrote (and I wrote) and noticed something; When you said you amended your I-864 (taking off some assets), does that mean your original I-864 (the one USCIS has right now) listed assets? (Assets you have any way of showing proof for?) If so, I wonder why the RFE notice doesn't mention this (or maybe it does). Does the notice only reference tax return support?

(It could be that the assets are optional and they can see that they wouldn't be of benefit but it wouldn't hurt to go over that RFE notice again just to be certain they're not also expecting more than W-2's.)

On my original I-864 I did not include proof of any assets even including my bank account. I did state the amounts on my I-864. I just included tax returns and paystubs.