mspencer

I have heard that if an American has already married in a foreign country, that he does not have to show he has a minimum income (whatever this is) to get a visa to the United States for his foreign wife. What I was told that he only has to show that he has a minimum income if he wants a visa to bring his foreign fiancee to the United States to marry her in the United States. I wonder if someone would let me know if it is true that he does not need to show he has a minimum income to bring the woman he has already married to the U.S?

My wife has a cousin in the Philippines and the family there is wondering about what she has said. She said that she can come to Canada without a visa to get married to a Canadian. I wonder if someone can say if this is actually possible? I will pass this information on if anyone can let me know.

My wife was scheduled tp appear for her oath ceremony at the courthouse for the District of Western New York at 8:00 A.M. on October 21, 2008, on Court Street in Buffalo, New York. Since it was early in the morning and we live 90 miles south of Buffalo, we stayed overnight in the impressive Adam's Mark Hotel four blocks away, a hotel which was inexpensive for a downtown hotel in a major city. Most of the 50 people who were there to take the oath showed up in good time, but surprisingly there were a small number of people who showed up 10 or 15 minutes late. The people there for their oath and their companions pretty much filled the court room.

As I waited with them, I could tell that a good many of the people there were very nervous (though they were very happy at the end).

Starting at 8:00 A.M. in the 6th floor courtroom where we met, the immigration officer in charge of the ceremony made many remarks explaining what would happen then, and then people were called forward one by one to the table in front to turn in their green card and the appointment letter, the letter which the people were supposed to fill out and sign that morning. There were questions to fill our on back of the letter asking for example if they had been arrested or travelled outside the country since their interview weeks before.

Then finally everyone was told to stand because the judge was coming in. The judge is a bankruptcy judge who made it obvious during the ceremony that he was delighted to help the people there become citizens of the United States. There were 50 people there from 30 countries to take the oath. For example there were half a dozen people from various African countries. Sitting to the left of us was a woman from Albania and right in front of us were a family from India.

Then the people were told to stand in the court and the oath was said. No one had to have memorized the oath, since every part was read to the people there and all they had to do was say "I do" to each part. Then each individual was called forward to receive their certificate of naturalization from the judge. Some people had brought cameras and those who came with them took their picture in front of the courtroom standing next to the judge and holding up their certificate of naturalization. The judge smiled the whole time as this was going on and greeted each person. And so the ceremony ended.

The only thing left for the people to do was to check their certificate of naturalization for errors, such as a misspelled name or the wrong birthday, and to sign it. If there was any error, they were told to bring it forward there and they would get a correct certificate that day or the next day. Quite a good singer, who in fact is the head lawyer for the city of Buffalo, sang patriotic songs such as the national anthem at one point during the ceremony. Off-hand, I would have thought this would be an unimpressive part of the ceremony, but this was a happy and likeable part of the ceremony.

At the end the people were very happy.

For my own part it was the end of four years of many forms and documents and much anxiety, which began after I married my wife in the Philippines. Right at the beginning, if she had not been given a visa to come to the United States, she would have been in the Philippines unable to come and I would have been in the United States.

During the next hour after we left the court room we had two copies of the naturalization certificate made at our hotel and then we went to the nearby downtown post office to apply for my wife's passport. The passport has to come from another government agency, the Department of State. The Department of State has a website that allows you to call up the passport application form and type in the answers by using the keyboard on your computer, and then to print it off. So we had this all ready. We didn't like the fact though that we had to send in the original copy of the naturalization certificate with the passport application form (though they were to send the certificate back to us, either with the passport of separately, at around the same time). I had called the passport office at the Department of State several days before and the information officer who answered the phone said that we would get the passport in a month, or in two weeks if I asked for it to be expedited (at twice the cost).

The next day we went to the Board of Elections for our county, Cattaraugus County, and gave them the voting registration form for my wife. The deadline for registering in time to vote in the Presidential election had been 2 weeks before, but there was a special exemption for those who had just become citizens, and they told us that my wife would be able to vote in the Presidential election, though it was just 2 weeks away.

I hope you find this helpful. I had wondered myself about many things concerning this event.

My wife was scheduled to appear for her oath ceremony at the courthouse for the District of Western New York at 8:00 A.M. on October 21, 2008, on Court Street in Buffalo, New York. Since it was early in the morning and we live 90 miles south of Buffalo, we stayed overnight in the impressive Adam's Mark Hotel four blocks away, which was inexpensive for a downtown hotel in a major city. Most of the 50 people who were to take their oath showed up in good time, but surprisingly there were a small number who showed up 10 or 20 minues late.

As I waited with them, I could tell that a good many of the people there were very nervous (though they were very happy at the end).

At 8:00 A.M. in the 6th floor courtroom where we met, the immigration officer in charge of the ceremony made many remarks about the ceremony, and then people were called forward one by one to the table in front to turn in their green cards and the appointment letter, which the people were supposed to fill out and sign that morning. There were questions to fill out on the back of the letter asking for example if they had been arrested or travelled outside the country since their interview weeks before.

Then finally eveyone was told to stand because the judge was coming in. The judge was a bankruptcy judge who made it obvious duirng the ceremony that he was delighted to help the people there become citizens of the United States. There were 50 people there from 30 countries on every continent. For example there were half a dozen people from different African countries.

Then the people were told to stand in the court. No one had to memorize the oath, since every part was read to the people there and all they had to do was verbally assent to what was said. Then each individual was called forward to receive their certificate of naturalization from the judge. Some people had brought cameras and those who came with them took their picture in front of the courtroom standing next to the judge and holding up their certificate of naturalization. The judge smiled the whole time as this was going on and greeted everyone. And so the ceremony ended.

The only thing left for the people to do was to check their certificate of naturalization for errors and sign it. If there was any error, they were told to bring it forward there and they would get a correct certificate that day or the next day. Quite a good singer, who in fact has the head lawyer for the City of Buffalo, sang patriotic songs such as the national anthem at one point during the ceremony. Off-hand, I would have thought this would be an unimpressive part of the ceremony but this was a happy and likeable part of the ceremony.

At the very end the people there were very happy.

For my own part it was the end of four years of many forms and documents and much anxiety, which began after I was married to my wife in the Philippines. Right at the beginning, if she had not been given a visa to come to the United States, she would have been in the Philippines unable to come and I would have been in the United States.

During the next hour after we left we had two copies of the naturalization certificate made at our hotel and then we went to the nearby post office to apply for my wife's passport. The Department of State has a website that allows you to call up the passport application and type in the answers with your computer, and print it off So we had this all ready. We didn't like the fact though that we had to send in the original copy of the naturalization certificate with the passport application (which though they were to send back). I had called the passport office a few days before and the department of state information officer who answered the phone said that I would get the passport in a month, or in two weeks if I asked for it to be expedited (at twice the cost).

The next day we went to the Board of Elections in our county, Cattaraugus County, and gave them the voting registratrion form for my wife. The deadline for registering in time to vote in the Presidential election had been 2 weeks before, but there was a special exemption for those who had just become citizens, and they told us that my wife could vote in the election November, 4, though it was just 2 weeks away.

I hope you find this helpful. I hd wondered myself about many things concerning this event.

Oops-my timeline had appeared in the thread of May filers, not in this thread, for what it is worth knowing.

Mspencer

I appreciate the congratulations very greatly.

Yes--they asked only one civics question out of the hundred they could ask! The examiner certainly could have been harder with some parts of the interview. My wife will take her citizenship oath October 16. This time we will stay at the Adam's Mark Hotel, which is only blocks away from the Delaware Avenue office we were at and from the courthouse where she will take her oath. I really would rather just drive there on the day, but we live several hours away in Cattaraugus County, and I had visions of my car breaking down on the way or some other emergency happening on the way. I wanted to make sure to get there.

My wife's timeline appeared earlier on in this thread in the list of timelines, but it somehow disappeared from this thread, no doubt from some glitch. As I recall, my timeline had been in this thread in August.

Hi mspencer,

Congratulations on your wife getting approved for her Naturalization interview. Thanks for sharing this interview experience with everyone here on VJ. I defintely found this information helpful, as likewise, I'll be having my Naturalization interview (hopefully by next year) in Buffalo, NY, as my husband and I live in the Western New York State Area too. By the way, was it the Delaware Ave. location (the same location for the AOS) in Buffalo that you went for your interview in? Or was it somewhere else? Good that you both had a fun time touring Buffalo while you were there that day. I assume too that you are living in Chatauqua, or Cattaraugus, or Alleghany county of Western New York State, as you mentioned about living 100miles south of Buffalo near the Pennsylvania border. I'm glad all went well for your wife during her interview, and that they didn't ask her too much, and she passed all the questions. Did they ask her all the 10 civics questions during the interview too (as you only mentioned she got one wrong/right)? I found it surprising though, that they would question you and your wife as well in terms of questions about your marriage/relationship, as I thought that was more so during the other processes of the immigration journey. Oh well, no worries there for you, as you and your wife had consistent answers there. And once again, congratulations on passing the interview!

Good luck on the rest of your immigration journey, and I hope that you get your oath letter and ceremony date soon too.

Ant (Another NYSer, who's looking forward to Naturalization too...)

P.S. , as that would be helpful to other VJers too. Thanks.

My wife had her naturalization interview in Buffalo, New York, yesterday, September 10, 2008. Since we live 100 miles south of Buffalo near the Pennsylvania border, we stayed at a Buffalo area motel the night to make sure we could get there all-right. Her interview was at 2:30 in the Federal Building downtown Buffalo. We got downtown two hours early, and since I didn't want her to sit somewhere getting nervous, we went to the observation floor at the top of the City Hall building two blocks away, which had great views of the area, and sat in Niagara Square in the sunshine outside teh City Hall. After going through security we went into the lobby of the immigration office. We would have just sat there, but then I realized that we should check in at the counter, and the woman there sent us to an office on the second floor. My wife was very nervous, and unfortunately, the examiner came out 15 minutes late. In fact some time after we arrived an officer came out to ask why we were there, and I was worried that they had lost the appointment for her interview. Finally though a very pleasant woman came out and took her to the room.

First my wife had to swear to tell the truth. My wife had brought the many documents that we had gathered together over months, but the examiner didn't ask to see any of them, except for her green card, passport, and New York State ID (my wife does not drive, and has no driver's license.) Luckily from posts here I had thought she could need such an ID.

Six months before I bought a very useful book over the internet called "Becoming a U.S. Citizen, a Guide to the Law, Exam and Interview," by Ilona Bray. (A new edition is coming out in a month or so.) This lists all the government, civics questions that the examiners ask and also the sentences most of the examiners use that the person has to write out as part of the English exam ("Official USCIS List of Sample Quesitons") We had gone over these often before the interview. However, the examiner was very easy with her when it came to these things. She asked my wife to write only one sentence--"Today is a sunny day." The only civics question the examiner asked was what color are the stripes on the American flag. My wife was very keyed up and said "red. white, and blue," which was wrong. But then the examiner told her that she only wanted to know the color of the strips, the quesiton that my wife then answered correctly. (Ilona Bray's book said that if you do not pass these parts of the interview though, they have to give you another chance with another appointment.)

While the examiner was very easy when it came to these things, she tried to see if any fraud was involved, that our marriage was not fraudulent and in fact that I was her husband. She asked my wife one time if she worked and then another time later on who pays the bills. She asked one time if she drives, then another time how she gets around. Someone making up answers could have been easily tripped up one time of another with contradictory answers. She also asked her in what city I was born, for one thing, to see if my wife knew about my life. (I had given such information about my own life when I had applied for my wife's visa years before, and apparently the examiner had this information.) My wife also said her husband had brought her, then at the end of the interview the interviewer actually came out to me and asked me to show her an id (I used my driver's license) and she asked me several of the questions she had asked my wife to see if we gave the same answers. If I had been her cousin or boy friend, for example, or had a different address on my driver's license from my wife, I assume that would have been a problem. However, there was no problem or anything for us to worry about because we simply told the truth when she asked something.

After my wife came out after forty minutes, she said she had passed, and we were very happy that day.

I appreciate the congratulations very greatly.

Yes--they asked only one civics question out of the hundred they could ask! The examiner certainly could have been harder with some parts of the interview. My wife will take her citizenship oath October 16. This time we will stay at the Adam's Mark Hotel, which is only blocks away from the Delaware Avenue office we were at and from the courthouse where she will take her oath. I really would rather just drive there on the day, but we live several hours away in Cattaraugus County, and I had visions of my car breaking down on the way or some other emergency happening on the way. I wanted to make sure to get there.

My wife's timeline appeared earlier on in this thread in the list of timelines, but it somehow disappeared from this thread, no doubt from some glitch. As I recall, my timeline had been in this thread in August.

Hi mspencer,

Congratulations on your wife getting approved for her Naturalization interview. Thanks for sharing this interview experience with everyone here on VJ. I defintely found this information helpful, as likewise, I'll be having my Naturalization interview (hopefully by next year) in Buffalo, NY, as my husband and I live in the Western New York State Area too. By the way, was it the Delaware Ave. location (the same location for the AOS) in Buffalo that you went for your interview in? Or was it somewhere else? Good that you both had a fun time touring Buffalo while you were there that day. I assume too that you are living in Chatauqua, or Cattaraugus, or Alleghany county of Western New York State, as you mentioned about living 100miles south of Buffalo near the Pennsylvania border. I'm glad all went well for your wife during her interview, and that they didn't ask her too much, and she passed all the questions. Did they ask her all the 10 civics questions during the interview too (as you only mentioned she got one wrong/right)? I found it surprising though, that they would question you and your wife as well in terms of questions about your marriage/relationship, as I thought that was more so during the other processes of the immigration journey. Oh well, no worries there for you, as you and your wife had consistent answers there. And once again, congratulations on passing the interview!

Good luck on the rest of your immigration journey, and I hope that you get your oath letter and ceremony date soon too.

Ant (Another NYSer, who's looking forward to Naturalization too...)

P.S. , as that would be helpful to other VJers too. Thanks.

My wife had her naturalization interview in Buffalo, New York, yesterday, September 10, 2008. Since we live 100 miles south of Buffalo near the Pennsylvania border, we stayed at a Buffalo area motel the night to make sure we could get there all-right. Her interview was at 2:30 in the Federal Building downtown Buffalo. We got downtown two hours early, and since I didn't want her to sit somewhere getting nervous, we went to the observation floor at the top of the City Hall building two blocks away, which had great views of the area, and sat in Niagara Square in the sunshine outside teh City Hall. After going through security we went into the lobby of the immigration office. We would have just sat there, but then I realized that we should check in at the counter, and the woman there sent us to an office on the second floor. My wife was very nervous, and unfortunately, the examiner came out 15 minutes late. In fact some time after we arrived an officer came out to ask why we were there, and I was worried that they had lost the appointment for her interview. Finally though a very pleasant woman came out and took her to the room.

First my wife had to swear to tell the truth. My wife had brought the many documents that we had gathered together over months, but the examiner didn't ask to see any of them, except for her green card, passport, and New York State ID (my wife does not drive, and has no driver's license.) Luckily from posts here I had thought she could need such an ID.

Six months before I bought a very useful book over the internet called "Becoming a U.S. Citizen, a Guide to the Law, Exam and Interview," by Ilona Bray. (A new edition is coming out in a month or so.) This lists all the government, civics questions that the examiners ask and also the sentences most of the examiners use that the person has to write out as part of the English exam ("Official USCIS List of Sample Quesitons") We had gone over these often before the interview. However, the examiner was very easy with her when it came to these things. She asked my wife to write only one sentence--"Today is a sunny day." The only civics question the examiner asked was what color are the stripes on the American flag. My wife was very keyed up and said "red. white, and blue," which was wrong. But then the examiner told her that she only wanted to know the color of the strips, the quesiton that my wife then answered correctly. (Ilona Bray's book said that if you do not pass these parts of the interview though, they have to give you another chance with another appointment.)

While the examiner was very easy when it came to these things, she tried to see if any fraud was involved, that our marriage was not fraudulent and in fact that I was her husband. She asked my wife one time if she worked and then another time later on who pays the bills. She asked one time if she drives, then another time how she gets around. Someone making up answers could have been easily tripped up one time of another with contradictory answers. She also asked her in what city I was born, for one thing, to see if my wife knew about my life. (I had given such information about my own life when I had applied for my wife's visa years before, and apparently the examiner had this information.) My wife also said her husband had brought her, then at the end of the interview the interviewer actually came out to me and asked me to show her an id (I used my driver's license) and she asked me several of the questions she had asked my wife to see if we gave the same answers. If I had been her cousin or boy friend, for example, or had a different address on my driver's license from my wife, I assume that would have been a problem. However, there was no problem or anything for us to worry about because we simply told the truth when she asked something.

After my wife came out after forty minutes, she said she had passed, and we were very happy that day.

My wife had her naturalization interview in Buffalo, New York, yesterday, September 10, 2008. Since we live 100 miles south of Buffalo near the Pennsylvania border, we stayed at a Buffalo area motel the night to make sure we could get there all-right. Her interview was at 2:30 in the Federal Building downtown Buffalo. We got downtown two hours early, and since I didn't want her to sit somewhere getting nervous, we went to the observation floor at the top of the City Hall building two blocks away, which had great views of the area, and sat in Niagara Square in the sunshine outside teh City Hall.

After going through security we went into the lobby of the immigration office. We would have just sat there, but then I realized that we should check in at the counter, and the woman there sent us to an office on the second floor. My wife was very nervous, and unfortunately, the examiner came out 15 minutes late. In fact some time after we arrived an officer came out to ask why we were there, and I was worried that they had lost the appointment for her interview. Finally though a very pleasant woman came out and took her to the room.

First my wife had to swear to tell the truth. My wife had brought the many documents that we had gathered together over months, but the examiner didn't ask to see any of them, except for her green card, passport, and New York State ID (my wife does not drive, and has no driver's license.) Luckily from posts here I had thought she could need such an ID.

Six months before I bought a very useful book over the internet called "Becoming a U.S. Citizen, a Guide to the Law, Exam and Interview," by Ilona Bray. (A new edition is coming out in a month or so.) This lists all the government, civics questions that the examiners ask and also the sentences most of the examiners use that the person has to write out as part of the English exam ("Official USCIS List of Sample Quesitons") We had gone over these often before the interview. However, the examiner was very easy with her when it came to these things. She asked my wife to write only one sentence--"Today is a sunny day." The only civics question the examiner asked was what color are the stripes on the American flag. My wife was very keyed up and said "red. white, and blue," which was wrong. But then the examiner told her that she only wanted to know the color of the strips, the quesiton that my wife then answered correctly. (Ilona Bray's book said that if you do not pass these parts of the interview though, they have to give you another chance with another appointment.)

While the examiner was very easy when it came to these things, she tried to see if any fraud was involved, that our marriage was not fraudulent and in fact that I was her husband. She asked my wife one time if she worked and then another time later on who pays the bills. She asked one time if she drives, then another time how she gets around. Someone making up answers could have been easily tripped up one time of another with contradictory answers. She also asked her in what city I was born, for one thing, to see if my wife knew about my life. (I had given such information about my own life when I had applied for my wife's visa years before, and apparently the examiner had this information.) My wife also said her husband had brought her, then at the end of the interview the interviewer actually came out to me and asked me to show her an id (I used my driver's license) and she asked me several of the questions she had asked my wife to see if we gave the same answers. If I had been her cousin or boy friend, for example, or had a different address on my driver's license from my wife, I assume that would have been a problem. However, there was no problem or anything for us to worry about because we simply told the truth when she asked something.

After my wife came out after forty minutes, she said she had passed, and we were very happy that day.

I just got my wife's interview letter, which will be September 10. I don't now how to post all this information to the list of dates, so I am just providing it here.

[i am not sure how to add to the list, so I am just putting my information here.

Sent N-400 May 31

NOA1 arrived June 12

Biometrics appointment June 26

The biometics appointment was in Buffalo, New York. I was suprised to see on the biometics notice that if I could not go to that appointment, that I could go instead any wednesday until mid-September. However, I had no reason for delaying.

Good luck to everyone!

I am not sure how to add to the list, so I am just putting my information here.

Sent N-400 May 31

NOA1 arrived June 12

Biometrics appointment June 26

The biometics appointment was in Buffalo, New York. I was suprised to see on the biometics notice that if I could not go to that appointment, that I could go instead any wednesday until mid-September. However, I had no reason for delaying.

Good luck to everyone!

I wonder if someone could verify that this will be the actual test from a U. S. government website? Since that my be about the time my wife will be tested, I would like to know for sure what test she will be given so she can prepare. A news source may not be accurate.

Good Morning

i did not file for the the visa yet .

but i found that topic and i want to post it to whom it may concern

In October 2008 a new version of the U.S. citizenship test will be taken by all applicants. Could you pass it? The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 samples that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview. Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones.

NOTES: Candidates are not given multiple choices in the naturalization interview. The following questions have been adapted from the immigration service’s sample questions.

Could you pass the latest citizenship test?

i bet that most of Americans citizens can't answer those questions .

have a nice blessed day all .

My wife just asked me what clothes she should wear at her interview. I decided it would be best to ask here. Any idea about this?

A lawer in the field on naturalization law advises not to go on vacation after sending in the N-400 naturalization application, because suddenly you might be called in for the biometrics appointment or etc. I wonder though if it is safe to go out of town for several days. When you receive a notice for an appointment, how many days ahead of time has the appointment been?

This has to do with part 10, B, question 18 on N400 form.

This question seems very broad, asking if you have even been detained by a law enforcement officer for any reason.

I have just filled out the N400 form and then I remembered that the day my wife arrived in the US we were stopped because she did not have her seat belt on, and then after I told her she had just arrived, we had to show her green card before he let us drive on (with no ticket). This normally would be a trivial incident. But I have started to worry if I should do this part over because from what I have heard, if you do not tell them the truth, they may deny her application for naturalization.

What do you think?

I wonder what to do with the 2 passport type photos so that they are not lost in the shuffle somehow. I don't think they should be put in loose by themselves. And is there a preferred way of arranging everything else? I recall that there was a preferred way of arranging everything (preferred by USCIS) when I applied for my wife's visa.

We applied to have my wife's conditions of residence removed six months ago, and last week we got a very upsetting notice saying that we would have to supply more proof by November 2, or she will be required to leave the country. I wonder if this has happened to anyone else here? I am trying fast to get more proof. The notice didn't say when we failed to send; it only provided a standard list of the sort of evidence that can be sent for lifting the condition. I am very surpised by this, since we had sent the following evidence.

Copies of her permanent residence card and of her passport with visa.

Four original letters written by U.S. citizens

Original tax return transcript of our joint 2005 tax return, followed by a copy of our New York State joint 2005 tax return.

Copy of my will, naming my wife as benificiary.

Confirmation letter from my retirement group, naming her as beneficiary when I die for my retirement benefits.

Letter from my financial advisor saying my wife will receive my mutual funds when I die (transfer on death), followed by a portfolio statement showing the same.

Am email from my employer saying my wife is the beneficiary with my life insurance provided by my employer.

Copy of our health insurance card showing joint coverage.

Several recent statements showing joint checking accounts at our credit union.

Some recent copies of joint invoices for utilities where we live.

Pictures of the two of us at various places, including before the State of Liberty, the CN tower in Toronto, and before the Golden Gate bridge.

Original itineraries and boarding passes for various trips together in the U.S. and one abroad.

Original letters sent to the two of us at our home address.

I wonder what other people think?

We were at my wife's biometrics appointment earlier today, and I wonder why they have it? If I understand correctly, biometrics are meant to verify the person's identify. If wonder if there is some sort of fraudulent situation the biometrics appoointment is meant to prevent? Just curious.

I see that the third edition of the book, "Fiance & Marriage Visas" by Ilona Bray (the publisher is Nolo) just came out. I constantly used the second, 2004 edition when I was getting my wife from the Philippines to the U.S. in 2004-5. It provides line by line guides for filling out the forms you need to send in and it covers the steps you will have to take, for example. The fact that the third edition came out February 23, 2007 means that the information will be up to date. I see that it is available at amazon.com, and no doubt it is at similar sources for books.

This site has been very helpful for me, and I am happy to be able to make a contribution myself.

My wife is going to her biometrics appoointment next week. I wonder if it is possible to have her passport stamped at that distant office then, showing that her permanent residence status has been extended a year? (We got the letter of extension for one year last week.) Or do we have to make a special appointment for another time? I just called the field office we are going to for her biometrics appointment to ask, and all I got was endless menu choices, which never led me to a live person to ask.

My wife will be going to her biometrics appoointment next week, March 28, and she is wondering, since they will take her picture, if they prefer any sort of clothing? Do they care, for example, what kind of collar she has? She also asked me to see what people here say.

Our joint petition to remove my wife's condition on residence was received at the Vermont Service Center last Friday via Express Mail. Since then we got only one thing in the mail, yesterday we got a "Finger Print Receipt Notification" indicating that they have collected the fingerprint fee. There is no explanation about why we got this notice. I would just file it away quietly, but we are bewildered about what purpose this mailing serves. Does anyone know about this?

Pictures seem a good idea if they help establish the legitimacy of your marriage. We are sending in pictures of the two of us together with the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate bridge, Plymoth Rock, the CN tower in Toronto, and the royal place in Warsaw in the background, and at other identifiable places. In fact I took some of these pictures because I intended sending them in. If you weren't really living together I wouldn't think such pictures would be likely.

Before she came to the United States, my wife received only some of the required vaccinations, since the official medical facility in Manila that gave them didn't have all the shots available there. According to the instructions, she was to get the other required vaccinations while she was in the U.S. She did get these shots, following all the instructions they gave about getting the vaccinations. I wonder now if the document from the doctor that gave the vaccinations should be sent in with the I-751 application for lifting the conditions on her permanent resident status? It would be better to know too since we would not get this document back, according to my understanding.