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Its been 17 days now since the USCIS recieve my response to the RFE... My question is, how many days does it takes to be reviewed??? Do I have to call the USCIS national cervice center???

I did a quick search on VJ and it seems that most people had a response for their RFE in about a month. Don't stress, you're well within the average timeframe. It's really just a waiting game. Check your online case status for updates.

Keep in mind that from the date you received the RFE to the date that USCIS receives in the mail (NOT that date you receive a response, only the date they receive it), your AOS timeframe is put on hold. So take the time it took you to respond it it into account when you work how long your AOS has been processing.

Hi VJers,

I am adjusting my status after receiving a K-1 visa.

I received last week my bio appointment which is schedule for March 15th, which is in 3 more weeks.

I was wondering if I could walk-in to my local USCIS where I have my bio to be taken, before this March 15th.

Could you please give me advice on walk-in:

1/ How do I know if the USCIS local office do the walk in? (I suppose I just have to call them)?

2/ Does it matter if I already received my appointment?

3/ Am I eligible to do the walk-in? (I suppose anyone adjusting his status can do it if the office does it)

4/ Do I need to bring something more than what is requested on the Notice?

5/ Do I have to call them before to let them know which day I come?

Yesterday, my case was transfered to CSC.

I think my appointment is very late according to the time I received the NOA1 (more than one month).

I know some people have it much longer. But people who filed later than me have an appointment sooner than me.

And as my case was transfered, I think that it would be better if I got my biometric taken before these 3 weeks, as it will obviously delay my process.

Thank you very much and best regards,

Ben

I've read on VJ about quite a few people who had successful walk-ins.

Like above, the worst thing they will do is turn you away and tell you to come back on your appointment date.

I believe you replace it by filing another I-131. You can try to get this one for free by including a photocopy of your I-485 NOA1, and mentioning on the cover letter that it's a replacement for your original lost AP documents, but I fear they may reject that and require you to pay the full 300-dollar-ish standalone filing fee.

That makes sense, since it IS a filling fee, and I am technically filling a form. Buh. What an expensive piece of paper.

at the time we applied for AoS we were above the minimum income level. i do not work. my husbands income dropped significantly when his work changed the pay to commision only.

since then we moved back to his mothers home because we could not afford to live on our own. we have managed to live on our own for nearly 4 years but with the bad economy and what not it wasn't working out anymore. we moved therefore he had to quit his old job and get a new one. currently he is only part time, makes less than 1000 a month, and no benefits.

after 8 years of being together and being married for 3 years and all the stress and what not, we have grown distant and so we are seperated for now.

i personally have zero income. staying at a friends place(in nys. husband lives in west coast) whom provides me room and board. the medicaid worker told me that i needed a letter from my friend saying that she provided room and board for me b/c i have no personal income/job.

just fallen into hard times and i was put in a life threatening situation and had to get medical help.

best i can do is get some help with the system for now, look for a job that provides benefits or get paid enough so somehow i can manage the medical bills and stop bumming off the system asap.

i will call my medicaid worker and ask about my situation and if that changes my medicaid status. if it is an issue then well, i will have to make a payment plan with the hospital to pay off the bills i got.

I'm very sorry to hear about your current situation and my thoughts and prayers go out to you.

That being said, you are still not entitled to medicaid. Even though are and your husband are not making sufficient income, he is still legally responsible for financially supporting you because he signed the Affidavit of Support, which stays in effect for about 10 years.

"best i can do is get some help with the system for now"

As you are not a US citizen, you are not entitled to receive help from that the majority of the system, I'm sorry to say.

If any program in that system is means-testing, and you take advantage of it, the petitioner is responsible for repaying the cost of those benefits to the agency that provided them. If you do not repay the debt, the agency can sue the petitioner in court to get the money owed.

When you call and speak to the medicaid officer, get her to confirm that the support you are receiving (medicaid) is indeed means-tested. Then you will know for sure that you are not entitled to it and your husband could/will end up paying all that money back to the government.

I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but I would hate for your future in the U.S. to be jeopordized by this, or your husband be sued by the government. I also have no medical insurance (as I have not begun work yet and we cannot afford it on one income), and so I feel you pain; if I were to be put in a life threatening situation and needed medical assistance, I would be stuck with large bills too.

Get a new doc, or try to kindly point out that there is a box to check "insufficient interval between doses" which allows a medical to be complete without the immunizations to be complete (have to start the series as stated above).

Agreed.

I wasn't due for my third round of HPV vaccine when I took my medical and the doctor ticked that box and I had the shot a couple of months after the medical and there were no problems.

The US citizen is petitioning for the foreign consulate to send a visa application to their beneficiary.

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification.

The visa is for one time entry and becomes invalid once used.

Yes.

Sorry I should have been more clear. I did not word it correctly at all. My apologies.

OP - you have 90 days to get married once entering the U.S. That is part of what you agreed upon receiving your visa. If you do not marry within those 90 days, you are in the U.S. illegally and you will not be able to adjust status and get your greencard.

You can apply for AOS after those 90 days, but once again, the sooner the better.

There has not been a visa application yet. A visa application occurs when the beneficiary is invited by the consulate to apply for a visa. This only happens once a petition has been filed by a US citizen, approved by USCIS, and then arrived at the consulate via NVC.

So, technically, you are petitioning for the right to request a visa? If that makes sense.

But that's after she comes to the US...my question is, is it valid for 90 days AFTER she enters the US or 90 days from the day she receives her visa??

Once you receive the visa in your passport, you have 6 months to enter the U.S. before it expires.

The issued and expiration dates will be printed on the visa.

Once you arrive in the U.S., it is valid for 90 days. BEFORE those 90 days are up, you must submit your AOS. The sooner the better.

Thank you all for the answers, I will post more as soon as the letter arrives, at the moment I just feel like my whole world fell apart and being so far away from each other on moments like this doesn't really make things easier.

Harsh with re-apply you mean start all over? But wouldn't the endresult be the same then?

It's okay, you have not run out of options. You could get married in your home country and apply for a CR-1. I don't know the specifics of how to do that, but I know that you CAN apply for a CR-1, even if your K-1 was denied. I would do a search on VJ and seek out other members whose K-1s were denied, but their CR-1s were approved.

Best of luck!

Oops, posted twice.

You haven't applied for a visa yet, that was just the petition, and it sounds like it was denied for lack of evidence/filling out forms incorrectly. You, the beneficiary, never applied for anything yet. I am not sure the right answer to that question for ESTA, but I wouldn't count on it being yes just yet.

How do you not consider that a denial of a visa? You are applying for a visa, not applying for a petition. The 'petition approval/denial' stage is one step in the overall visa application. If you get denied at one step during that process, then the visa is denied.

1-129 = A fiance visa application

ergo

1-129 application denied = Fiance visa denied.

The visa application was for the beneficiary, if approved, she would receive it. So even though the petitioner filled for her, since the visa was to benefit the beneficiary, the denial is on her.

WOW!! Your lucky.. I've been at the Japan embassy pasay today and they said I need to go US embassy to get a request from them.. I don't know what i will do because my visa is not approve.. my question is if im going to US Embassy what form should i get to them..

I would think that the U.S. Embassy in Japan would have experience with Japanese citizens needed letters to get police certificates. Just go there and explain your situation - I expect they'll know what you need. Make sure you bring your NOA to prove that you filed for I-129

Hey all,

I recently naturalised as a british citizen and my fiance is sending off my paperwork to uscis to update them on my change of nationality. We're kinda confused..when he called them, the ever so (not) useful customer service adviser just said,send as much as we can. We don't know if the copies need certification or not and also, we don't know if a new g325 needs to be sent out. The adviser didn't mention it so I am presuming they don't need one but we're not entirely sure. If anyone has been in this situation and knows what to send out, please let me know. Thanks

Did you denounce your other citizenship, or are you now a dual citizen of your original country and the UK?

Hello Vjers

We sent in our application for K1 end of July and received RFE end of December, we had sent in the small birth certificate instead of the large one and they also wanted copies of my pasport (me being the beneficiary), so we sent that on the 19th of January, until now we didn't get any news so today my fiance called USCIS and was told that our application was denied and that he would receive a letter explaining why they had denied it.

I had visited my fiance 4 times in the past year and a half and we had photos, flighttickets, boardingpasses, pasportstamps, receipts from my visa from restaurants, shops, to proof that, i really don't know what went wrong and why we didn't get accepted, at the moment i'm totally in shock, hearing this after waiting for 7 very long months, i still can't believe it.

Any ideas on what we can do now are very welcome.

I do have a question about me going to see my fiance now, will this denial cause me any problems with entering the US? and on the Esta-form for the Waver program, one of the questions is "Have you ever been denied a US Visa or entry into the US or had a US visa cancelled", what do i reply on that? Is the I-129 application already a visa application or not, i'm a bit confused.

Yes, the I-129 is a visa application form. You must answer that question truthfully and say you were denied. If you misrepresent yourself (read: lie) than that can be grounds for a 5, 10 or lifetime ban from entering the U.S.

Hello all,

I have misplaced my AP. Looked everywhere for it but I think it's gone for good.

Does anyone know if it's possible to get a replacement? I do not have my GC yet and I want to travel back home.

If so, how do I do replace it and will it cost any extra $$?

Thank you!

I'd go for the more expensive official ones. However, that is based on the information you provided.

Agreed. Given what you've said, it sounds like the more expensive ones are the official ones. Make sure they emboss or stamp the forms so the USCIS knows that are indeed official documents.

thank you for the info. I own my home free an clear and should have about 37k more or less in the next year or so if I don't go over my budget available as cash.

I hope this will satisfy the embassy because if not I'm screwed.

You can also get a co-sponsor.

Hello all,

My fiance is worried about working and possibly traveling back home. She currently has a visa that allows her to travel back and forth to the U.S. She told me today that there might be a 6 month to 1 year process where she will not be allowed to leave the U.S. after she enters on her k-1; is that true?

Another question she had was in reference to a job. She is worried about not being able to work right away. Is there is a 3 month application process that she may have to go through before she can work? Does anybody on this board have experience with either of these issues? Also, is there any way to get this process rolling sooner rather than later?

Thanks.

What visa does she currently hold? a B-2 Tourist Visa with multiple entries?

Where is she living now?

Have you filed for a K-1?

We need more information to give you a better idea of what time frame you're looking at.

"N M" is correct below.

You WILL need police certificates from New Zealand and Fiji.

They require police reports from any country that that beneficiary has lived in past the age of 16, for 6 months or longer.

Fiji

You should request certificates by mail to:

Criminal Investigation Department,

Police Headquarters

P.O. Box 239

Suva, Fiji

The AUS Citizen will need to send them a letter requesting a police certificate. Explain the situation - you are applying for a visa to the U.S. and as you lived in Fiji for several years, you need a police certification. Provide your full name, date or birth, and where you lived/worked in Fiji, and how long you were there. Also include any information about visas you had in Fiji and provide photocopies if you still have them in your passport. The more information they have about you, the easier it will be to clear you when they do a search on your name.

I could not find exactly who you need to contact for your NZ certificate, so best bet is to contact NZ Police and ask.

Police National Headquarters

PO Box 3017

Wellington

Phone: +64 4 474 9499

Fax: +64 4 498 7400

I would get the beneficiary to call from Australia. You'll probably get a quicker response. I imagine they're fairly busy with the earthquake

Hello evry one pls I wanna ask a q

If I just have my GC and my wife wanna divorce can I still move on without her and do ROC on my GC?

Pls help

Check this thread out -

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/220094-divorce-before-removal-of-conditions-on-permanent-resident-status/

That's good news because we booked that cheap flight to the UK were my parents and brother lives for May 11th so that's even more then 60 days away from the ADIT process that they say.

Did you receive your AP before this? You can travel internationally and return safely with the AP.

Thank you, everyone, for your responses. I am now curious, so do Mexico and Canada for real make exceptions? It would be fun to go some time without going through the visa process.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Ukrainian_citizens

This list details the visa requirements for a Ukraine citizen to travel to other countries. Always double check with the country's immigration website. Generally temporary visas to Europe are not that difficult to get. I would do some more research before writing it off as too difficult.

No. The USC petitoner doesn't count in joint-sponsors household size. The USC petitioner would file for a 2 person household (himself and immigrant) on his I-864. Joint-sponsor would do THEIR household size (co-sponsor, spouse, any children + immigrant/s) on their own I-864.

Ahh I get it. Thanks for the clarification, I was a little confused.

Add a cover letter explaining what it is you're sending them. Similar to the cover letter you would have sent for the AOS. There is an example here on VJ.