★PinK ButTerfLy★

Hello everyone!! I finally get to go home for three weeks and I would like to know when do I need to use my Residency card.

When i check in with the airline do i show my passport and my green card? or just my passport, when I get to Mexico's airport do I show my passport and my green card at the immigration place?

and one last question, when I come back do I still get in the same immigration line ? foreign travelers? My husband was telling me I might have to go to the other line but I'm not a citizen so i just want to make sure if the other line is for residents and citizens or just citizens.

Thank you so much and happy holidays!!!

Use ur pr card when asked for it...

+ WHen u Leave the us: just PASSPORT( u know as soon u show ur mexican passport they will let u go, u know why..they dont want you here cause they think u are ilegal SO u dont need ur green card )

+ Comming BACK to the US : PASSPORT AND GREENCARD ( they ask u for these IDs , so they wont allow any ilegal mexican in the US, dont get me wrong, I Know u are not ilegal)

+ About the LINES: The are 2 lines : ( 1 for the gringos and green card holder) and ( 1 for the tourists) IF u dont fit in these categories , there are more lines in the BORDER between mexico and US, get some COYOTES to get u in line, but be careful its very risky out there.

wow Really? ----> bout the LINES: The are 2 lines : ( 1 for the gringos and green card holder) and ( 1 for the tourists) IF u dont fit in these categories , there are more lines in the BORDER between mexico and US, get some COYOTES to get u in line, but be careful its very risky out there

First of all, there is no need for you to even say that, there are people dying for doing that and it's not even funny. Second of all, I won't have any problem because I'm a Resident, I was just requesting information about traveling with a green card.

on return to USA, go to the citizen's line - PRs go into that line.

If your passport name does not match your green card name, carry an official marriage certificate with you.

Thank you that was very helpful!!

Hello everyone!! I finally get to go home for three weeks and I would like to know when do I need to use my Residency card.

When i check in with the airline do i show my passport and my green card? or just my passport, when I get to Mexico's airport do I show my passport and my green card at the immigration place?

and one last question, when I come back do I still get in the same immigration line ? foreign travelers? My husband was telling me I might have to go to the other line but I'm not a citizen so i just want to make sure if the other line is for residents and citizens or just citizens.

Thank you so much and happy holidays!!!

what is some good standing proof of a bona fide marriage??

is letters and pictures good?.. letters over many months.. pictures together.. wedding pictures..

me and my wife well.. we dont have a house in both our names, or bills together.. ect.. im in the military.

just need to know.. what is some good proof of a bona fide marriage?

enough to at least get me an interview.. and not *DENIED*

help?

Hello when we sent my paperwork we sent our checking account banks statements of 4 months, apartment leases, we didn't send any bills because all of them are on his name, we sent a copy of our car title, and a letter from his mom.. if you don't have enough proof of bona fide marriage ask people you know to write letters. your boss, friends, family etc pictures always help but we didn't send pictures we just brought them to the interview i hope this helped

Hey Pink,

You should be fine judging by what I've read from most interview goers here.

I also have my interview bright and early tomorrow with my wife and I'm bringing the following:

Passport, ID's and documents from USCIS,

Joint bank account with receipts of various purchases together,

Joint phone account with copy of every text message for past 30 days,

Pictures (about 70 of us together, the wedding and trips),

Congratulatory wedding cards from friends

Also bringing just in case but probably wont need is:

Charity care documents from the hospital which lists her as my wife,

Phone bills from our time in Europe with phone calls to me and her parents,

Class and registration documents from the language school in which we met,

Letters, emails and text messages from our time in Europe,

Also: If anybody can answer this I'd appreciate it...

Is a copy of the entire packet we sent in to USCIS neccesary? (i.e. - G325, I765, etc.)

On the interview form it does not ask to bring a copy on the original forms submitted but rather the supporting documents instead (i.e. - marriage cert, taxes, etc.) Or am I misreading?

Thanks and Good Luck! Will let you all know how it turns out.

Thank you so much for posting this it helped a lot. I'm going to start getting together my interview paperwork good luck tomorrow I'm sure everything will go great!

I got the letter last weekend for an interview on october 21 2009... we never got the approval for the petition form... is this normal?

What did you bring to your interview?

I'm planning on bringing our pictures ( we have tons! of pics)

Bills

I'm going to add my name to the power, cable and phone

Copy of bank statements

Copy of our leases for 6 years

Letters from hubby's mom and boss

Letters from friends

All the paperwork i got from USCIS

Copy of all the forms we filed

passports and ID's

Am i missing something?

Hi guys i got a letter this weekend!!!

My interview is scheduled for october 21 2009!!

I never got a letter stating the the I-130 was approved... is this normal should i be worried?

hi guys!!! so i checked the mail this weekend and i got a letter from USCIS ...

I got my interview scheduled for October 21 2009!!!!!

I'm excited! but confused because i never got a letter saying the i-130 was approved... so I'm a little worried is this normal?

Hi guys i got my EA card! this process is going so fast!!! i got it friday 11 and I can't wait to get a job

hello guys!!! just got on here to let you all know that i got my work card!!! that was soooooo fast!!! its dated for 1st but i just checked my mail yesterday now time to look for a job!!!

No harm in attaching additional documents. Less could unnecessarily delay your case. I followed VJ's guidelines and advices given to me at various points from day one and have been successful till now.

same here

My wife is here on a K-1 Visa. We have her biometrics appointment next week. What is she supposed to receive so that she can legally stay here? I hear that it takes a while after the biometrics to get a green card?

What things can she do? We filed for EAD and a travel permit. How long do those take to get,

Also (unrelated) but we want to open a joint account at Chase. What will we need to do this?

Hello! i went to my biometrics appointment august 27, i already got my advance parole in the mail check my timeline below for more information. i got a letter stating that i will receive my work permit within a month. some places take longer than others i hope i get it soon.

after she gets her work permit and the advance parole she can work and leave the country with no problem.

When my fiance goes to his interview he will leave his home in Merida. How can he ship things cheaply ahead of time so that he doesn't need to move everything with him to Juarez and then to the US?

Hello, he can use multipack their prices are good, most bus stations have multipack. fedex is too expensive and its the same thing.

If he is sending his things to Juarez he can use that and multipack sends things to the US too

Its a recipe for a bread and this is the part that i don't understand

***Do not place product in proof box.

someone explained me that is a temperature and humidity controlled compartment or cabinet that the dough is placed in to rise or ferment. but do any of you know the name in spanish?

Sounds like a bad Chinese translation. Is this a pre-mixed product. If it is and the product was made somewhere else and the instructions have been translated, I'm guessing a microwave. I don't remember specifics, but I would sometimes buy frozen dumplings in China that had English instructions, but they didn't help at all. I just had to figure it out by myself. This sounds sort of familiar to me.

Or maybe, as it is bread you are making, this refers to some sort of box to make the bread rise faster. I don't know. I've never heard of a proof box.

thank you so much!!you're right, it was like an oven lol i ended up not doing it, i was so upset i couldn't understand the intructions hahaha thank youuu

http://www.sourdoughbreads.com/SourdoughSt...ProofingBox.htm

I guess you would use one of these if there wasn't a warm place for you to put your dough to rise, although I have lived in hot and cold climates and never needed a man made "proof box" I have used my oven on warm setting or my airing cupboard and now the back porch

I have never needed a proofbox either. I just leave it out on top of the oven or in an oven that has been warmed and then turned off. It sounds like they don't want you to use one, so I would just make it according to the directions and leave it on top of the stove to rise.

thank you so much

i received my advance parole friday sept 4th how does that work? Just take those papers when i go home in december does anyone know how that works? Thanks for all your help!

Hi again!

I've got a question on the 2nd page of the I-485. What is the Non-Immigrant VISA number? Is it the CONTROL NUMBER, or is it the ANNOTATION?

I dont have a number on my F-1 VISA called the VISA number..

Anyone knows???

Thanks again everybody!!!

It's the RED number in your student visa

i received my advance parole friday sept 4th how does that work? Just take those papers when i go home in december does anyone know how that works? Thank you for all your help!

Its a recipe for a bread and this is the part that i don't understand

***Do not place product in proof box.

someone explained me that is a temperature and humidity controlled compartment or cabinet that the dough is placed in to rise or ferment. but do any of you know the name in spanish?

Hi guys i went to my biometrics appointment august 27

i got a letter september 1st stating this!!! Current Status: Card production ordered.

On September 1, 2009, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you.

On September 2, 2009,Current Status: Approval notice sent.

we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I765 APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION.

one step closer !!!! thanks for sharing your timelines i will keep you posted!!

Hi guys i went to my biometrics appointment august 27

i got a letter september 1st stating this!!! Current Status: Card production ordered.

On September 1, 2009, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you.

On September 2, 2009,Current Status: Approval notice sent.

we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I765 APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION.

one step closer !!!! thanks for sharing your timelines i will keep you posted!!

HI everyone! i hope you are having a great day

thank you for sharing your updates.

I went to my biometrics appointment last thursday august 27 and i got an email today September 1st from CRIS stating my Current Status: Card production ordered.

On September 1, 2009, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. i thought it took 3 months! i need to start looking for a job!

when do i get advance parole?

I went to my biometrics appointment last thursday at 10:00 am August 27, Everything went smoothly i thought it was going to take forever... i got there at 9:45 they called my number at 9:50-9:55 Took my fingerprints and picture. the guy that did my fingerprints and pic was so nice and made me feel comfortable. When you go don't forget to bring your ID and the letter for the biometrics smile.gif

I was heading home around 10:05. He told me "we'll send your work card in the mail" but he never said anything about my advance parole? I'm confused do you guys know if i get the advance parole with the work permit?

I told him i didn't know what to write in the last part in the form he gave me where it says "benefits" and it gives you all this forms on there. like the 400 for citizenship, i-765 and other ones.. i didn't know if he had to fill that out or me, he said he'll get it and not to worry about it... Was i suppose to tell him that I'm applying for advance parole hahahaha I'm freaking out because i need to go home in december. Thank you for answering!

I went to my biometrics appointment at 10 am yesterday, Everything went smoothly i thought it was going to take forever... i got there at 9:45 they called my number at 9:50-9:55 Took my fingerprints and picture. the guy that did my fingerprints and pic was so nice and made me feel comfortable. When you go don't forget to bring your ID and the letter for the biometrics smile.gif

I was heading home around 10:05. He told me we'll send your work card in the mail but he never said anything about my advance parole? I'm confused do you guys know if i get the advance parole with the work visa?

I told him i didn't know what to write in the last part in the form he gave me where it says "benefits" and it gives you all this forms on there... i didn't know if he had to fill that out or me he said he'll get it and not to worry about it... Was i suppose to tell him that I'm applying for advance parole hahahaha I'm freaking out because i need to go home in december. Thank you for answering!

I went to my biometrics appointment at 10 am yesterday, Everything went smoothly i thought it was going to take forever... i got there at 9:45 they called my number at 9:50-9:55 Took my fingerprints and picture. the guy that did my fingerprints and pic was so nice and made me feel comfortable. When you go don't forget to bring your ID and the letter for the biometrics

I was heading home around 10:05. He told me we'll send your work card in the mail but he never said anything about my advance parole? I'm confused do you guys know if i get the advance parole with the work visa?

I told him i didn't know what to write in the last part in the form he gave me where it says "benefits" and it gives you all this forms on there... i didn't know if he had to fill that out or me he said he'll get it and not to worry about it... Was i suppose to tell him that I'm applying for advance parole hahahaha I'm freaking out because i need to go home in december. Thank you for answering!

Hi I could not find a August one so I hope that there is not one that I have missed

Sent my AOS in and was delivered and signed for yesterday

Any other August filers want to join in and we can all wait together

shaz

thanks so much for creating this!

AOS while being on a tourist visa

July 22 - Sent AOS paperwork

July 24 - Immigration received paperwork

July 28 - Received NOA

July 31 - Received Biometricts appointment notice

August 27 - Biometrics appointment

Do you guys know how soon i will get my employment card and advance parole after i go to the biometrics appointment ?

I want to go to my home country for Christmas i hope this is possible !!

Well they say you should get advane parole in around 90 days so you should be good to go for Christmas I am going back to the UK as soon as I get mine to see my mum as she is 85 and being away from her is so hard thinking of her all on her own in the house, lets hope we get them quickly

90 days is not bad at all i thought it would take 6 months or so, i miss my mom a lot and the only time i get to see her is christmas and when i was in school i would go see her when i had breaks, with our advance parole you won't be as worried because you will be able to go see you mom more often I'll let you know when i get mine and please do the same have a great day and thank you so much for answering !

Do you guys know how soon i will get my employment card and advance parole after i go to the biometrics appointment ?

I want to go to my home country for Christmas i hope this is possible !!

Well they say you should get advane parole in around 90 days so you should be good to go for Christmas I am going back to the UK as soon as I get mine to see my mum as she is 85 and being away from her is so hard thinking of her all on her own in the house, lets hope we get them quickly

90 days is not bad at all i thought it would take 6 months or so, i miss my mom a lot and the only time i get to see her is christmas and when i was in school i would go see her when i had breaks, with our advance parole you won't be as worried because you will be able to go see you mom more often I'll let you know when i get mine and please do the same have a great day and thank you so much for answering !