Mrs.Bale

Just received my card in mail.

Thank you all for sharing the info and giving your support.

Received an Email from USCIS saying "On August 3, 2012, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you."

Good luck to those who have not received their approvals. I will update when I receive card in mail.

Adding Don_900 and myself (Tokufu) to CSC, correcting Jewel-8 card received date from 06/19 to 07/19

California Service Center (31 applicants, 13 approved 42%)

VJName............Date of I-751......NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

TOKUFU..............02/14/12.........02/16/12.......03/26/12........--/--/--....

Tokufu, we have the same NOA1 and bio date. Good Luck to you!

Congrats to Chads_26!

Just noticed that we had the same bio date.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just got this email:

"On July 25, 2012, 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 at 1-800-375-5283. "

OMG OMG OMG. I was feeling good about the rate, now I feel worse.

Joking. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!

Thank you, SarahandAnis.

Sorry to drag the approval rate down, hope it won't last long

Please add me to the CSC section. Thanks.

VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....

MRS.BALE...........02/13/12..........02/16/12........03/26/12.......--/--/--....

I doubt they made a mistake. What evidence did he submit to support his self employment? They use line 22 of the tax return OR the current income. My guess is he did not support his self employment income sufficiently or miscalcualted it. You can claim as income ONLY the amount which is reported as personal income, NOT the gross business income which is then expensed or costed out to establish personal income. If the supporting evidence of self employment is not sufficient it will be discounted and they will rely only on the documented income, which is not enough.

I am not sure what you mean by separated tax returns. ALL income is reported on the 1040. There would be a separate schedule C for the self employment (or 1099) but that is part and parcel of the 1040 and reported on the 1040. Sounds to me like someone does not know how to report income and that is the root of the problem.

Hi Gary and Alla,

Thank you so much for you reply.

I have 2 more questions for you.

1.about I-864 25. my total income (adjusted gross income on IRS Form 1040EZ) as reported on my Federal tax return for the most recent three years was:

For 2008, I put the adjusted income in there as it requested. Was it correct?

2.about I-864 23. My current individual annual income _______

What amount should I put in there?

The estimated income of 2009, adjusted gross income of last year's tax returns, or line 22 of last year's tax return?

This is very long, thank you for reading and helping.

In 2008, my husband was employed at the first few months, then he became self-employed.

We submitted the tax return of 2008, which shows his income from employment was 14K, and his income from self-employment was 26K.

So his income was over $40K in total, our household size is 2, and the federal poverty line for us is $14,570.

And today we received a "Request for Initial Evidence(I-485)", says:

Based on the documents submitted with Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, for the petitioner/sponser, the income did not meet 125%(100% if military) of the federal poverty line for the petitioner/sponser's household size.

In order t oprocess your application further, obtain a joint sponsor or submit evidence of assets that meet the federal poverty line. Such evidence of assets should include:

blah blah blah..

So my questions are:

How could this happen? my husband made $40k, how can he not meet 125% of the $14,570 federal poverty line?

Did they make a mistake?

Because the tax returns of employed pages and self-employed pages were separated, they might only looked on the $14k income from employment.

How long will this request for initial evidence delay my case? Is there anything I can do to speed it up?

I'm so upset. I followed the I-864 instructions, I don't think I did anything wrong, and this happened.

When I get my conditional green card, will my overstay be forgiven/pardoned? Yes - will be forgiven

one more question, is there any way to speed up the AOS process? No - just don't get any RFE's.

. I will do my best to make sure they dont ask for more evidence.

Thank you very much for your help. I appreciate it.

My I-94 has expired for 11 months, can I still file I-485 for AOS?

Yes - you can still file AOS (I-485, I-765/EAD) you'll very likely need to re-do the medical though (valid for 1 year). Do not (my opinion) bother filing for AP/Advance Parole though (and don't make plans to leave the country).

Doesn't hurt to have AP in hand. Once you have the NOA1 for AOS you can travel if you need to.

Hi, thank you.

does anyone have done this successfully?

Because I have overstayed more than 180 days, I am afraid once I leave, I'll be banned for 3 years.

My I-94 has expired for 11 months, can I still file I-485 for AOS?

Yes - you can still file AOS (I-485, I-765/EAD) you'll very likely need to re-do the medical though (valid for 1 year). Do not (my opinion) bother filing for AP/Advance Parole though (and don't make plans to leave the country).

Since my "unlawful presence" is over 180 days, if I leave the US(even with AP), I'll be banned for 3 years.am i correct?

When I get my conditional green card, will my overstay be forgiven/pardoned?

one more question, is there any way to speed up the AOS process?

Thank you very much for your help.

Hi all,

I entered the US with a K1 visa, got married within 90 days.

There were some issues, I could not get my papers ready for AOS until now.

My I-94 has expired for 11 months, can I still file I-485 for AOS?

Thank you in advance.