12yrs_inUS

Hello there!

I'm very happy to report that USCIS emailed me on the new card production.

All the time, efforts and money paid off.

Good luck to everyone who is going through the similar situation as I did.

Here is the copy of the email:

Application Type: CRI89 , PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS RECEIVED

Current Status: Card production ordered.

On May 15, 2008, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

Sincerely,

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

OK, I mailed a package to USCIS yesterday. The "Additional Documents" list are:

1. Original Form I-797

2. Our 2004, 2005 and 2007 joint federal and states tax return (We already submitted 2006 tax return. The I-797 says "Do not send copies of documents previously submitted.")

3. 2007 and 2008 Benefit Confirmation Statement for life and health insurance from my husband's employer (We couldn't find the copy for year 2004 - 2006 since they are too old to keep.)

4. Beneficiary Designation Form for Pension Play from my husband's employer

5. Beneficiary Designation Form from my employer

6. Letter from credit card company stating joint account

7. Letter from auto insurance company stating joint account (Only current company; the company we had when we got married was merged to another company, changing its name, then we switched to another company afterward. We don't have ID for either company. Who keeps all of information you don't think you would need anyway?)

8. Letter from bank stating joint accounts

9. County Department of Parks Registration Card showing two of us under one family name

10. Driver's licence showing the same address

11. Passport pages for vacation abroad in this year (We already submitted up to the year before.)

Also, we explained why we don't have any joint property. Hope it will work this time. If USCIS decides to have an interview, that will be fine! Rather than looking for old papers we might not have!

We don't have jointly leased property or mortgage.

If you don't have jointly leased property or mortgage, then what's your living arrangement? Do your driver's licenses have a common address on it?

Thank you very much for responding to my posting, everybody. I'm trying to collect anything we have; called credit card company and auto insurance company. looked for old insurance policies. We changed auto insurance companies, though.

My husband bought a house just before we got married, so the mortgage is only under his name. A copy of both driver's licenses is good, too? I'll make a copy for that.

I'll keep looking for more documentation and tell you the result.

I got a letter from Vermont Service Center today. It says "Submit copies of additional documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted conditional status was entered in "good faith" and was not the the purpose of circumventing immigtation laws. These documents should demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date (for the entire period of your marriage), and any circumstances surrounding the end of the relationship, if it has ended."

For I-751, I submitted:

1. Copy of our 2006 joint federal and states of New York and New Jersey tax return.
2. Copy of car insurance policy and ID cards.
3. Copy of our credit cards showing a joint account.
4. Copy of our health insurance confirmation statement for the year of 2007 and cards showing a joint policy.
5. Copy of our bank statements on joint accounts.
6. Copy of a postcard that my husband's cousin and her husband sent to us from Iceland, addressed to both of our names.
7. Copy of our passport pages for vacations abroad and pictures that we have had.

We don't have jointly leased property or mortgage. No life insurance policies or no joint utility bills. My husband says, "Send the same documents as you sent before." I beginning to think that I need to submit tax return, auto and health insurance policies for the entire period of our marriage, but we do NOT save the old health or auto insurance polices. What do you think?

Hi all,

I am just getting ready to send my application for removing conditions form. It says on the form that I need to get biometrics done, which I have had done previously for the adjustment of status. Can anybody explain to me why this is neccessary? Last time I checked fingerprints did not change!

I understand its probably some stupid USCIS policy but I could find no explanation of why they need to do this twice on the form so I'm just wondering if anybody else has recieved an explanation.

Thanks,

Nia

The first biometrics was done for the green card you have now. The second one will be done for the 10 year green card you are getting. Sure, the fingerprints are the same, but USCIS does not have the system to track down the previous record and retrive them. I'm sure our records exist somewhere in their database, though.

Ugh. It's been a month since they cashed our check and still no NOA. Her green card expires in 2 weeks. I guess it's time for me to call the NSC and find out what the heck is going on...

I mailed on 7/7/07 and VSC received on 7/9/07. They cashed the check on 7/16/07. After that, nothing has happened. Long way to go...