benmariela

Okay, so hears the deal. My wife, conditional permanent resident, really wants to finish her last year of college. She has studied four years and has one left, that is - 2 semesters. We've been married for a little over a year and we are thinking about her traveling to her home country to study for a semester, then coming back, going again, and then coming back. She'd be out for probably 4 months at a time and back for a month in between trips. I would be visiting there as well. If she chooses to do this, would she need a re-entry permit, or advanced parole??? or would she be fine??

well actually since yesterday I've finally found where USCIS gets the stuff they say from. In their "How do I extend my nonimmigrant status in the US" guide, it says the following:

What if I file on time but USCIS doesn’t make a decision

before my I-94 expires?

If we receive your application before your status expires, and if you have not violated the terms of your status and meet the basic

eligibility requirements, you may continue your previously approved

activities in the United States (including previously authorized work) for a maximum period of 240 days, or until the first of the following occurs:

•

We make a decision on your application; or

•

The reason for your requested extension has been

accomplished.

If your application for extension is denied after your previously approved stay has expired and you are still in the United States, you will be considered “out of status” as of the date your original period of stay expired. You must cease employment (if such employment was authorized) and depart the United States immediately. In addition, any nonimmigrant visa in your passport granted in connection with your classification becomes void. Once your visa is void, you must submit any new visa application at a U.S. consulate in your home country (not a third country, except in rare instances as determined by the U.S. Department of State).

So yeah, you can stay over and you'll be fine, but only if they accept it. because if not, you're visa will be voided and you may have issues even applying for one in the future. Thanks a lot.....

My sister in law is here in the states visiting. She needs to go home for family reasons, but we would like her to come back. Is there a time period she needs to wait before she can be admitted again? Are there certain reasons why she would or wouldn't be admitted again? etc...

Since her visa apparently is valid for 10 years, I'm just wondering, what does that really mean she can do with it? come and go as much as she wants for 10 years? I assume that she can't do that but what is the limit for time of stay? time between visits? etc...?

hi, My wife applied in Dec 2009, here case was transferred to the CSC in January, and we are also still waiting. How do I go about checking on things?

I know there is a way on uscis.gov to check status, but that hasn't changed, it is still in initial review. And I believe there is also a way to check

what date of paperwork the field office is actually working on right now. Does anyone know how? And also how did you know that they had touched it two times???

My wife has received her employment authorization card but not her green card yet. She is a k-1 recipient, married in the US, and applying for AOS.

having said that, she has a Social Security Card from when she was a J-1 exchange visitor 2 years ago. When she applied for a job they asked for

her social security card. She showed them that one and her employment authorization. We have heard no word from USCIS about a

social security card change or anything, but the potential employer said she needs to go to the SSA to have her card changed to her new name.

I am wondering if this is correct and if the same social security card is valid??? help please.

If this is correct, what is the process?

thanks for all the posts everyone....

when she applied for advanced parole, she specifically put that she planned to return to school in peru and that was the reason for going back.

She would come back to the states during vacation times so would only be out of the country for four months at a time. so like 4 there, 1 here, 4 there, then here.....

they gave us a year on the advanced parole but that seems pretty common for most people; and since i've heard they don't deny advanced parole, im not sure if they even reviewed her reasons for going to peru or not.

My wife is from Peru, we have been married for 4 months and are in the process of Adjustment of Status. She's recieved advanced parole and we are thinking about the possibility of her going back to peru to finish her last year of a bachelor's degree. Obviously, we understand that there is risk in this, but I have heard of other people mentioning that with residency they finished education programs in other countries and were not affected. I wonder if going with her and applying for foreign residence would in anyway endanger her residency here. She would not need foreign residence, since she is from Peru, but I would need residency to stay there for more than 90 days since I am a U.S. citizen. What are your opinions? thanks.

I was told that K-1s who have had their interviews in embassy's to prove existence of relationship don't have interviews when they do AOS.

Anyone know if that is true? in all cases?

thanks for all the help everyone....

So I have a question regarding the AOS interview process. From the AOS guide it says:

"Interview Exception. In some cases a beneficiary's Adjustment of Status case may be transfered to the California Service Center (possibly another location) where the CIS will attempt to complete processing without requirinig an "in person" interview. There is no particular way to know if this will happen to your case however if this does happen then you will not be required to attend an interview in person. If the I-485 is approved the beneficiary's green card will simply be mailed to them. "

I recently moved and changed addresses and when I did so, after changing my address with USCIS, I received a notice saying they'd received the change of address and that our case would be moved to the California Service Center. Does this mean there will no longer be an interview necessary? Also, are interviews standard with a K-1 AOS?

thanks all.......

I'll send the whole I-864 again, hopefully it works.

sorry, if adjusting, and using a co-sponser, there MUST be info on the primary sponser (you, via I-864)

so that's two I-864's, ya?

one on the USC that married the person from Peru,

and another on the co-sponser.

I suggest submitting a new I-864 on the primary sponser, with ALL of the support docs.

right. well I submitted two I-864s, I just may not have included a w-2, though i did include tax return information, etc..., which in the end, shows the same thing, that I do not make enough money, but i imagined that because with the i-134 i did the same thing and it was enough, then it would be okay. Obviously I was wrong about that.

The point is, do i need to submit another I-864 with supporting documents, or just the supporting documents, because they should already have a copy of the rest. Nothing will change on that piece of paper.

I recently received an RFE that says,

"Submit all supporting tax documentation (W-2's, 1099s, etc) submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from the petitioner/sponsor on Form I-864, Affadavit of Support, for the most recent tax year."

First of all I did not send some of these, i just sent my tax return information because it is obvious that i do not make enough to be a sponsor by myself as I am a student, but a joint sponsor does, in which all of this information was included.

Now, my question is Do I need to just send these forms, or do they need to be attached to another copy of an I-864?

thanks, please help.

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Thanks for the post, it is such a hassle calling these people, someone should write instructions on how to explain to someone what you need done as well, cause in the last office i called i was passed around to 4 different people, no one had any idea what i really needed. But somehow they knew how much it should cost.

Okay, I am also in that group of people that sent only the DS-3025 and got and RFE. I'm trying to figure out this lame I-693 requirement quickly, but i've called a couple "civil surgeons" and the price I've gotten is 150 and 175 dollars.....so seriously anyone know what i can do in the state of UTAH? any civil surgeon's recomendations?

In response to someone else's post about living abroad, I find that I have a similar question. Are there any exceptions for why you could stay out of the country for longer? My wife, for example, wants to finish her last 3 semesters of her degree. So we were thinking we could travel to her home country for about a year and a half for her to finish and then we'd come back. Would it be possible to do that? How often would we need to come back? We were thinking that we might come back between semesters, but I wonder if that would even make a difference. Her coming back for a week or two every 6 months doesn't really equal residence either.

Okay, so after we get married and have my fiance´s status adjusted, within 6 months we are planning on returning to Peru so she can finish a year and a half of school that she has left. Is that plausable? Would it be possible if we returned every few months or something like that? What could the possible consequences be?

Yeah what you need the most for the interview in Peru is your last 3 years of income tax. If you are using a joint sponsor then you also need their last 3 years of income tax and if you need to include their assets, then you show proof of that.

For you, the last 3 years of income tax are required though.

the last three years are needed? I think on the paperwork she recieved to take to her interview it only says the last tax return, but it says it needs to be notarized. is that really necessary?

The Joint sponsor´s income is well above the poverty line, and they have sent assets, bank information, and proof of occupation from the employer with salary information. Is it then still necessary to have tax information?

And my question is that not making any money do I still need to have supporting documents to support that I don´t make any money?

I am a student and can´t meet the financial requirements for supporting my fiancee when we are married. I have a joint sponsor who can meet the requirements and has supporting documents from the bank and what not. I however have not yet gotten mine and we have the interview in 3 weeks. Are they really necessary for me to have since even with them there is no way my assets or income could show that I will be able to support my fiancee above the poverty line?

So my question is, Do I as a student who doesn´t make money, with a joint sponsor need to include documentation about income and assets as the primary sponsor?

Any help is appreciated.