Circus-of-Power

Again a bit hearty thank you for all the good wishes

rebeccajo....good to see you too ..... Hope everything is fine and dandy with Wes and yourself ... Do you see any of the other "class of 2005" kids

I always mean to come back here and maybe answer a few questions ...help out as others helped Cathy and myself, but I hardly get time to sit at a computer ( one of my 3 step kids is usually on the darn thing when I do get chance) let alone sit and read the threads ...although last night, having taken some vacation time from work I did read through the forums .....nothing changes ..... thousands of people desperate to be with their loved ones ...kept apart by red tape and bureaucracy ...my heart goes out to them and I wish I could help them all ..being in love is the finest feeling of all ....

Went to work today and passed on the news that I was staying put in the USA etc..etc .... I got a promotion They had held back till now ..and boom there we are ....

Again ..great to see you rebeccajo you must have helped thousands of people by now ...Cathy says your one of those little angels that just makes the world a better place

Paul&Cathy

I really couldn't search for RFE's in the AOS section. We just got an RFE for :

F.(40) The sponsor or joint sponsor (if required) on Form I-864 Affidavit of Support must submit the following:

- W-2's, 1099s, and/or all schudles submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)- a copy of his/her Federal income tax return was submitted and/or the sponsor or joint sponsor requested an extension to file his or her Federal income tax return.

I sent in a copy of only my 2006 tax returns with W2. I'm not sure why I got an RFE when the instructions say to send in my latest tax return and I'm above the 125% requirement. What do you guys suggest I send in this time for my RFE? I'll include a copy of my 2006 tax returns and W2s again. but do you think I should send in my 2005 and 2004 tax returns and W2s? Should I send in pay checks also? thanks

Did you have a co-sponsor ? We received the same RFE as unbeknown to us our joint sponsor had not filed the 2006 taxes on time and had asked for the said extension .... We sent in the W2's for the previous 3 years for my USC partner and my co-sponsor plus the two W2's I had received since being here....the co-sponsor also had to provide the1099 for 2006 and the info. sent to the tax office regarding the late filling of taxes

I'm thinking he's sitting on sofa couch watching Fox News, on a Ranch in Crawford.

He lives in the UK ....Bolton to be exact, and he owns a kebab (Gyro) take away .....The Chicken Jihad kebab is a hot and spicy and the flavour explodes on the the tongue...whilst the Lamb Fatwa never really lives up to the chefs great retoric..the vegetable Taleban is only served to male customers with profuse facial hair and a liking for living in caves. The service is not the fastest as Mullah Omar is rarely seen and can only keep one eye on one thing at a time...

Send them individually and return the original RFE .....also make a copy of both notices and the corresponding replies for your records

Congrats ..K3 worked for me ..now its worked for you ......Be happy and cherish each other

Congrats!!

Thank you ...it feels rather good ..that I do admit ...i

A hearty congratulations from a fellow Illini!

PJ

Thank you ...and I note your also a fellow Englishman

Nearly 3 years after this journey through life,love,stress,despair and joy began we finally had out AOS interview.....

It was a 2am start for the journey up to Chicago, traffic was light and so we were very early...a bonus in some ways as the car park we used did a special rate for those entering before 6am...The car park was clean well lit and had security some of the others in the area were rather seedy to say the least...The car park is on W Van Buren/S Federal St.

A coffee is Starbucks, a walk around the area and then we were all set for the doors to be open at the USCIS building at 7.15am. Security was as you would expect and the interviews are held on the second floor. Our appointment was set for 8am but you know how these things are so Cathy and myself settled down for a long wait .... The lobby was busy with those there for the interview and attorneys looking for their clients ...one attorney had 5 clients lined up to be interviewed...no wonder he wore a designer suit and gold Gucci glasses ....Cathy wondered if they delay your interview to secretly watch your interaction as a couple whilst you wait...it is true that some couples hardly spoke, some even sat apart but as to whether its a deliberate ploy (making you wait) who knows...we talked and joked the time away trying to calm the nerves that both of us were feeling

Twenty minutes after the alloted interview time a mild mannered middle aged guy called my name, and we were shown to a small office ...I'd guess the guy was Indian by birth and he still had a broad accent, something which Cathy to her great embarrassment later admitted she had difficulty understanding ( I thought she was just nervous) ..I wish I had got to know his name as he was great at making you feel at ease, he was patient as we fumbled with papers and had a wry sense of humour. We presented our ID,s and I handed over my passport and EAD,s ....he asked how long we had been married and if we had any children.....Then we swore the oath and he examined the paperwork...he often asked questions but then answered them himself ...Parents names ...DOB.....place of birth etc....he asked the standard was I a Commie...trouble maker...degenerate style questions (all answered with a precise NO! ) Cathy then joked about the interview being a day before my visa expired and whether a place was booked on a flight out of Chicago ....our kindly interviewer not looking up from the papers he was reading said in a quiet voice "there will be no problem I can already tell you that"

Then onto the finance questions ...he verified our incomes, checked the W2's ...asked why we even had a co-sponsor ..."you earn enough... no sponsor required" He complimented my Human Resources manager for the fine detailed letter I had included in the support package and said financially we were good. All this was followed by being asked for the evidence of relationship ...we offered numerous bits of paper rental agreements, utility bills, car loan etc ... but he hardly looked at them .....Then we hit a sticky patch or what Cathy and I saw as a sticky patch ...Our kindly official asked about my entry record into the USA, which was numerous, and why we married only for me to return to the UK and then only apply for a visa some 15 months later ....We explained almost in stereo that Cathy was supposed to have come to the UK in the original plan...but her first husbands refusal to let their daughter leave the USA dealt a blow to that .. I produced a letter from my UK employer confirming my visits to the USA and that I was given special leave ...and with that our interviewer smiled and said "Ok everything is fine ...you are approved as of now ...your card will take 3 weeks ...and you need to take care of your special lady (Amen to that) ...he explained that if I did need to leave the USA for emergency reasons what I needed to do ...but I wasn't listening by then ...I was just looking into Cathy's eyes and smiling at her ...A shake of hands ....and that was that ... He escorted us to the main lobby and wished us luck ..

Not a bad day at the office as they say .... like the interview in London many moons ago it all seemed simple in the end and betrayed the months of stress and preparation ...but then thats the key ...preparation

It feels great to be done with that I have to admit ....

Finally a huge thank you to Visa Journey ...its a huge resource of help/info and support .... The K3 visa does work .....and never ever give up hope ....I love my wife to death and it has all been worth it ....Time for a beer ....

Paul&Cathy Cunningham

It's the corn syrup

High fructose corn syrup ......its in everything (I wouldn't bet against it being in the tap water too )

Everything is sweet and it takes some getting used too ....oh!!! and can we please have some real bacon

Circus-of-Power,

Tough call. Consider an application to renew your EA as insurance and answer this question for yourself - how much is the ability to keep working after your EA expires worth to you if you're not a LPR yet?

Yodrak

Lord its been some time since I have been here ...good to see Yodrak made Mod after his long stint answering all manner of questions ...

Anyways ....question .....

I have received notification that my AOS interview is on Sept.6 2007......my current EAD expires the day after ....now we are pretty confident that everything will work out fine but the condrum is whether to reapply for the EAD... I know the FBI checks can hold up the issuing of the green card but if my passport is stamped I will able to continue working ...or have I misread something

Thanks Yodrak ......your right on both counts ......its a tough call but in the end I don't want to have to sit on my hands waiting .... I had already half made up my mind to reapply anyways ....it was just a case of seeing if anybody had been in a similar situation ...

Once again thanks for the time and consideration ...

Lord its been some time since I have been here ...good to see Yodrak made Mod after his long stint answering all manner of questions ...

Anyways ....question .....

I have received notification that my AOS interview is on Sept.6 2007......my current EAD expires the day after ....now we are pretty confident that everything will work out fine but the condrum is whether to reapply for the EAD... I know the FBI checks can hold up the issuing of the green card but if my passport is stamped I will able to continue working ...or have I misread something

Just a quickie

Having once paid for biometrics (EAD) do I need to go through the same process again when sending in my AOS ?

Thanks

Never had the pox as a kid ...so they checked me out at the medical (via the blood tests) and said I was immune, so I would not need the varicella jab. I did react to the TB test though...although I expected that one ...having been immunised as a kid ... but around these backwoods no one would believe me ...so I was treated as having active TB... till a specialist arrived and slapped some sense into the locals

Paul (Once of Wigan UK) Catherine (Central Illinois)

Now together in a corn field in Central Illinois B) .....ok small town Central Illinois (cornfields are too exciting)

Seems your archive missed some posts out ... oh! well ... not to worry ... not like I had anything of interest to say ...