alohaspirit

I know other service centers are slower than VSC but I am concerned because there is no approval yet. Anyone else have this many days at VSC? Seems march filers from that date are all approved.

Any ideas what may have caused delay?

I do have past DWI charges. Would that slow the process?

It appears that the only folks posting on this forum are the lucky CSC and the bitter NSC applicants. Not a whole lot is said about us, the TSC crowd. So, take a moment, good sirs, and post your TSC I-751s timelines and experiences here. Namely, how long following the biometrics did you receive the "card production" notice online.

Rock 'n Roll.

Hi everyone! My wife has already passed the interview, and we got her visa already. I would just like to know is the envelope supposed to be cut at the top right corner exposing the documents? I am so careful about this "envelope" but I would just like to know if it does arrive like this for everyone else as well.... especially for the ones in Manila. The envelope itself is SEALED, but again - the right corner part is EXPOSED...I sure hope that's intentional.

Let me know guys.

Thanks!

In fact today at the mall the food court was 90% Filipino today.

It wasn't written on the packet 4 yet i still provided a copy just to be safe....and still was refused by the pre-interviewee and the CO. And i was avoiding to be on AR but i didn't make it....i've been in this process for 17 months...darn! i can't wait to get out.

waiting is so easy to say but try y'all to wait is so hard and tiring.

thanks for the sympathy friend.

so sad to hear ur experience but nothing to worry about, it is not a hopeless case...the fact that they let u pay for delbros delivery is a positive sign...just patiently wait and it wont take long...i just wanna ask, is CENOMAR really required for an IR1 visa application?

Hi all,

I am the husband of a US citizen, with conditional permanent residence obtained through Direct Consular Filing (Sydney, Australia). After I submitted the I-751 and an additional I-797 (request for evidence) to the CSC in August 2006, I heard nothing at all from USCIS. In March 2007, I called the USCIS expressing concern at the prolonged silence and they told me that I would hear from the CSC within 40 days.

Sure enough, I received a letter today from the CSC saying that my case was approved and an approval notice was sent on September 15, 2006. Whilst that is great news, I did not receive the approval. I can only assume it was sent, but I certainly did not receive it. Apparently I can request a duplicate by submitting an I-824 (Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition) but there is a $200 (!) filing fee. This seems exorbitant...

But do I need the approval notice at all? I assume the approval notice included the information I need to get a new green card. Is this approval letter the same for all applicants? Or is it "personal"? And would I need to include a copy of the approval notice, or a receipt number, on my green card application?

Or should I resign myself to forking out $200?

Thanks as always for any help.

Matt

Here`s a scenario i would like folks to comment on..

Your case is in CSC as RFE is being expected (693A, 693 and all that).

You wish to change the last name on the petition. All other information remains same. How feasible is this if one hopes to avoid the $260.00 fees associated with the form I-90. Has any one had a similar experience?

Comments or pointers are welcome

That's another question I have. Has anyone had any problems getting their SS card in the mail if you checked the box on the DS-230? Is this advisable to do or should the beneficiary apply for a SS# here in the States?

My Wife rein arrived on a CR-1 Visa on April 10th, We applied for a Social Security number on the 14t at the local office, but now we dont know what to do. What do we have to do next, we were very sure of ourselves with visa journeys and assawa sites help but now we are very confused. and calling uscis didnt help much, the operator sounded more confused then us. From what i gleaned we need to file a I751, but talking to Uscis makes me think we need to file a I-485 first for a green card, then wait for the green card to nearly expire(ninety days before) and file a I-751.

PLease help, Rein is here on CR_1 visa which she entered USA on April 10th, we filed for SSN# at local office, and now we need to know what move to make.

Thanks in advance

tom & Rein

Anyone know how strict they are about Certified Copies of Police Records and Court Records? Thease are minor Drinking related Arrest ,20 to 30 years ago and it would be very difficult to obtain Certifield Copies, I have Stamped Court Approved Copies ,will that be sufficent or will it cause A RFE? any related experience with this issue would be welcomed. Thank you in Advance. :help Tim & Janice

u can choose ur MIL as ur choice of agent instead...

have ur hubby prepare the affidavit of support and the required docs as early as now and send it to ur MIL

and also on ur part, prepare the DS-230 and the required docs and send it to ur MIL

so when time comes that ur Agent has to send it, she can send it right away

regarding the AOS, we really want to do that, preparing the package as early as possible so that my hubby can send it now to my MIL, but our concern is the Authorization for Release of Federal Tax Data that my hubby has to sign which is included in the AOS package. Do u think he can download and print it and just delete the barcode and then when the orgininal form arrives, my MIL will jst cut it off (barcode ) and paste it to the one my hubby previously downloaded and printed?Do u think it's ok for us to do that?

Hey everyone

I just received my first NOA for my I-129F. I was wondering should I now send USCIS a copy of the entire I-130 and I-129F, or RFE? What’s the next step after the first NOA from for the I-129F?

Hi everyone,

I filed in January to Nebraska Service Center. On April 1 we moved from Oregon to California. I changed our address online, got the confirmation letter in the mail about a week later.

Does anyone know what happens to the actual petition? Does it get sent to California for processing or does it stay in Nebraska? When I check the case status online it still has the same LIN-number. I am wondering since CSC seems to be very fast compared to Nebraska.

Thanks,

Jenny

I filled aplication for I 485 and instead to sent on this adress:

USCIS Nebraska Service Center

P.O. Box 87485

Lincoln, NE 68501-7485

..i send to: uscis nebraska center

850 s street

Lincoln NE 68501-2521

Is this going to affect anything? What I can do now????

Thanks

USCIS

P. O. Box 805887

Chicago, IL 60680-4120

It's stated on the first page: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-485.pdf

Two things will happen:

Either NSC will send your package back to you or

NSC will send it to Chicago for you.

Me and my wife didn't have to attend the Pre-marriage seminar because we did not get married in Catholic church. We got married in the Civil Registry before a judge. Had we gotten married in the church, then we would be required to attend the seminar.

We are planning to renew our wedding in the Catholic church in Manila and for that, we will have to attend the seminar.

Hello, My husband and I got married last September in the U.S. and he submitted I-130 in late February. We have received NOA-1.

I am not living in the U.S. nor in my native country (where I have my passport from), but living in a third country due to my work.

It seems like it would be difficult to time my flight to go back to my native country for the interview. It would be much easier if I could just go to the capital city of the country that I work in now and be interviewed there.

My questions are:

1. Is it possible to be interviewed in a third country? Any delays, difficulties, additional forms expected if I decide to go this route?

2. I think I put my correspondence address as my parents' house in my native country. Whom should we contact and any forms we should send so they will know to mail all correspondence to my current address (in a third country) and so NVC will send my materials to the embassy in the third country? Any trouble that can be foreseen from making this change?

3. If I decide to be interviewed in my native country -- but don't want to wait until the last minute to purchase the flight (since it'll be more expensive), but don't want to delay the interview date much, when would be a good time to start looking for flights? For example, when I receive packet 3, or when I get NOA-2, etc. etc.?

Thank you!

Hello all. My question is about the adjustment of status forms. One question we have is that in the I485 and I765 the forms request his social security number.. Should we wait untill he recieves a SSI number before we apply for adjustment of status? or is it very important that he has one?

Ok. Both the CR1 and the K3 are filed. Once either or both are accepted, do you get to choose which one you want, how does that work. Which one gets them here the fastest is really the one we want. We don't mind waiting on a greencard, as long as she waits here.

So what steps are taken once they are both approved.

Sorry for posting this in 2 spots. Dunno which forum this would apply to.

K-3 process takes 6-9 months or even longer.

CR process takes 12-15 months or even longer as 24 months. (depending on how you respond to NVC correspondance)

Click on the guides tab located above.

Hi guys, long time no see, I have just moved, 10 days ago and went on the uSCIS website and found the AR-11 form for the change of adress. On the form, it says I need to notify of a change of address WITHIN 10 days of moving!!! The officer we have met when I got approved for conditional permanent residence said we had 30 days ... so I did not worry. Am I on the correct form here? Is there another form I need to fill in? Please let me know, if so, and also if there is anything else I should do to notify them we have changed our address.

Thansk a lot and blessings to all!!

Mo

You can change the address online by clicking here: https://egov.immigration.gov/crisgwi/go?action=coa

The 30 days is for I-865 for US citizen petitioners. http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-865.pdf

Hi co-members,

I just want to ask this:

Does it OK to file US tourist visa here in the Philippines while waiting for the approval of my immigrant visa and K3? Does this not result any complication in the future? or does it has a big chance that the tourist visa will be approved? Provided that we have a pending visa application.

or it may just a waste of money and time filling tourist?

Your inputs to this query will highly be appreciated.

Thank you.

Ness

i received a note of receipt last week and today got the appointment for my biometrics. both are addressed in my married name. i didn't expect them to be this fast but im not complaining. thanks for the help and ill keep you posted with my timeline. Good luck and God bless to all.

felheart

Hi everyone. I have an income tax question: when they look to see if i can meet the 125% of the poverty income level, which line on my income tax return will they look at: total income or adjusted gross income?

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

Okay my husband and I will be filing our removal of conditions petitions in about 10-12 days from today. So far I have all documents except for the affidavits and I haven't written the check yet. My petition has about 100 pages give or take. Please review it and tell me if I have enough evidence or if I have forgotten any evidence. Also could you tell me with the following documents below if I should add the affidavits (I don't have them done as of yet) and before I am told to read the guide I know they are optional. I am just looking for opinions.

Complete and signed Form I-751

Front & back copy of green card for beneficiary

Copy of Alabama driver’s license for beneficiary

Copy of USC identification

Copy of Welcome to US notice

Copy of marriage certificate in Arabic & English

Power bill

Cable/Internet bill

Home phone bill

Cell phone bill

Letter from bank showing beneficiary as a joint account holder

Bank statements

Copy of life insurance policy showing my husband as beneficiary

Statement from Health insurance Company showing my husband as a

dependent on my health insurance

Health Insurance Claim Reports

Copy of health insurance card

2005 joint federal and state tax return w/W-2's

2006 joint federal and state tax return w/W-2's

Retirement Dept change form(adding my husband as beneficiary)

Annual retirement statement(showing husband as beneficiary)

Joint car loan documents

copy of car registration

Mail addressed to Beneficiary &/or Petitioner & Beneficiary

Pictures of us/family and friends

What do you think is this enough?

Hi,

The posts that I've read so far has really given me a heads-up, and just wished that I came across it many months ago. My wife and I have been married since 2003 (I've been a naturalized citizen for the last 20+ years), and she was on a conditional PR (and have been in the country for the last 4 years.)

Unfortunately, we are 6 months late in filing the I-751, and am faced with what seems like a huge problem / emergency / challenge.

Here are the most worrisome facts that we're faced with:

• Her conditional PR card has been expired for 6 months
  
• We've never made her a SS#
  
• No shared financial statements (partly due to lack of #SS, also because I was paying for most everything)
  
• Haven't had a wedding ceremony
  
• Tax returns have not been filed for the last 3 years
  

Now what we do have:

• Her checking/saving account and mine are to the same address
  
• We have paid for each other's expenses each other's debit cards
  
• Have trustworthy colleagues & clients who can sign affidavits
  
• Have plenty of photographs, videos, and other personal items
  
• Have hired a CPA to help us file the tax returns, which will be filed jointly
  

We're just deathly afraid that we have become what NOT to do in a marriage case, and have made too many mistakes. Of course we'd love a year to get her a SS# and get everything in a joint status, as we're thinking of buying a house later this year, but if she enters the removal process it will all be moot.

What are our chances? Should we hire an immigration lawyer? How realistic is to get a one year extension to get things in order?

I almost wish they came by at odd hours to check on us (I've heard stories of immigration officers coming by at odd hours) or even a surveillance camera!

Would most welcome any advise or comments -- thank you in advance...

- worried in NYC

Lots of people are late filing the I-751 package, but you have a few other problems to complicate things.

You need to file the I-751, with some evidence of cohabitation and commingling of assets, IMMEDIATELY. You can then wait for whatever demands USCIS makes of you.

You guys may have to do the Adjustment of Status over, but maybe not.

Hi,

I have a question about the travelling evidence.

we travelled to Chicago few months ago together, I was going to attach that as an evidence. My question is we booked our tickets online, and we dont get the regular tickets excpet half of the checking receipt, I was wondering what shoulde we submit, is that half check in receipt enough? (it has name, dates, city, gates, time and seat number)

do we also have to show the tickets order confirmation printed from internet?

thank you all

Tomjerry