mounir and suzie

Thanks for you all for the reply to my question .. i just wonder about something how the uscis will know about my arrest and i am not convected yet or have any charge .. are they run any kind of check during the time of the fingerprint and interview because i done my back ground check already ?

Thanks again for everybody .

Hi ,, i keep hearing different opinion about that so please i wish to know all the info that's for sure .

i am waiting for my interview for the citizenship,, i don't know when yet because my case now is in line for scheduling for interview and of course i dont my fingerprint .. two weeks ago i got a DUI first offense and they write it's a misdemeanor , i have a court date at the end of next month so please my big concern is .. does that can get me deny on my interview or cause a delay on my case or not a big deal at all ?

Thanks so much in advance .

Hi

I am a k3 visa so i come to the us since 12/27/2009 then i stayed two years with my visa and i applied for the Green Card January 2012 so this January i will have it for one year since i got it also my Green Card is for ten years and i been married for four years now because i married my wife In Egypt a year before i come here ,i am confused really because someone told me that i can apply for the citizenship this January because they count the time since i am here and married with my wife , others says no you need to wait two more years since you got your green card does not matter how long you here and married .. so what is the true on here please .. please let me know when i can start the process for that so i can make my budget to pay the fee for that .

Thanks everyone and Happy Thanks giving to everybody.

Mounir

Coongrats!

Did you have to re do your taxes? DId they ask you any questions about them or your work?

I hope the next 10 years of being free from uscis is wonderful

Thanks so much . no i did not re do my taxes because we realize that when my wife sent to USCIS her tax she added my name and we did not know that lol ,, and no the officer didn't aks me about the tax all he asked was about if i work or not and i told him the truth that i help with my wife company . thanks so much for your great wishes , wish the best for you .

Conratulations tou and ur wife, Mounir!! It must feel sooo good to be finally done with AOS journey!! what was the local office where the interview took place? Mine is next month in San Diego, CA...

Thanks so much , mine was in San bernardino , wish you all the best luck on yours next month .

Thanks to all of you guys , wish all the best to all of you

Congratulations Mounir!

We are getting ready for ROC for Sameh so gathering up docs and all we can!!! How exciting!!

Thanks wish all the best luck to Sameh and to you .

Hi everyone , first i wish to everyone on here the best luck and the best ever on your Journey and your life all , last Monday 1/23/2012 was my interview for AOS so i want to share with you all how's it going and my experience on there and let me tell that i got Approved and the officer told me that they will send me my Green Card within two to three weeks , thanks so much to all Visa Journey members and to this great web site who help me and help lots of people on here, so i will start now how the interview went and really was so smooth and nice .

my Interview was super easy , i and my wife went to CIS office at 10am which was late for our interview because it was at 9:45am but we get lost while going there but it no cause any problem they accept us so we set and wait till 1pm then the officer called my name so we went inside his office .. he was so nice guy , we did the oath for tell all the truth , then he asked about our ID and then asked me for how long we get married and my first and last name and some easy questions about if i get arrest before or fail to vote or belong to any releagues group and i answered no to all this questions then he asked me to show him my social security card and my EAD card then he asked me to show him the English version for our married certificate and the divorced certificate for my wife ( she was married before ) and my birth certificate the English version too , then he asked for any documents have our name together so i show him our joint bank account and the lease for our home also some of out bills , then he asked my wife if she have any kids and if she married before then he asked me same question about if i married before or ever have any kids , then he kept my EAD on my file and print out a paper then he told me congratulation Mounir your application approved and we wil send you an official letter telling you that and your Green Card will be mail to you within two to three weeks then he gave me the paper he print out was said the same as he told me , that's it was so easy no hassle no any person questions nothing just as easy and i ever will expect .

Again i wish the best to all of you guys and forgive me for not coming here often but some times i got busy and just can not find much time to come here but for sure i will do my best to be here time by time .

hey - how's it coming with the tax forms?

Hi first i want to thank everyone on here for the great help, about the tax forms nothing yet but we work on that i will keep inform you about that ,by the way i just today update my time line ,my interview day on 1/23/2012.

Have a good one everyone.

Many people do not get jobs or work in USA before AOS and they pass just fine.

But what other proof of co-mingling of assets do you have?

Joint banking?

Joint credit cards?

Are you her life insurance beneficiary?

Are you on her healthcare plan for health insurance?

Do you have a drivers license with the same address on it?

Do you have the light or gas bill in your name?

Has family sent you cards or mail in Both your names

There is alot of proof you can submit without having a job.

But she still needs to have filed taxes. and for 2011 she needs to file married filing jointly.

When is your interview?

My interview on 1/23/2012 ,about the other proofs yes we do have Joint Banking and all the bills have same address and our name on it , so she sent the USCIS from w7 for her Tax when we sent them all the papers work including the medical exam and all then they asked me to do my finger print then they send me the letter for the interview date with what papers they need me to bring , so please let me know what we need to get now because my problem now that we do not have much money and i need to know if that right to tell them that i do not have any jop for two years without mention that i was working with her on her company because if i did i guess they will ask me why then there is no tax joint with both your name on it . so i just want to know what the right to do.

Thanks a lot

I just looked at your timeline. You have been in te usa since Dec 2009.

Did you file taxes together for the last 2 years? Married filing jointly?

If she did not then she needs to fix them quickly. She should not have filed married filing separately. and she should not file head of household unless she has children in the home.

If that is what the government is questioning then she needs to speak to a tax man or amend her taxes quickly.

Good Luck

How we can file it ? no she did not file Married filing jointly . all she did is file form w 7 and send it to USCIS when we send all the papers work to them.

Thanks and Good Luck

Hang on a mo.

Yer adjusting status FROM a K-3

so YOU will not have any SSN

so it's sorta weird to have any tax return info

as you aren't allowed to work, as a K-3 visa holder.

I'm thinking the adjudicator on yer casefile is confused, much.

At best, you could have applied for an ITIN after you arrive in USA via the W-7 form and your wife filing the entire tax return, via paper filing process, to the special ITIN/W-7 address in Austin Texas.

re: AID for work? Sorry, you mean EAD? With an EAD card you can get a SSN, within about 2 to 3 days at yer local SSA office (two trips - one to apply, second trip to get the number - card mailed out 2 weeks later)

and then

You and your wife refile tax returns, the 1040X, one for each year that you've been here. IMO, that'll satisfy the requirement. Can get it done without HR block, and you'll probably have a nice surprise, a retro-active tax refund.

If you start on Monday with the trip into yer local SSA office, you SHOULD be finished up by Friday, to submit the 1040X via paper submittal. Keep an entire copy of everything you've submitted, as the adjudicator wants to see this before you are issued a greencard .

Good Luck to you !

Thanks so much for your reply , let me tell you and make it more clear , yes i do have a SSN and EAD sorry for my misspell but i didn't work because i kept looking but no luck other wise all this time i work with my wife from home with her company , so i am so confused now because when we sent the papers work to USCIS she sent them form W 7 for her Tax but just have her name on it so i really don't know if i should tell them the truth that i working with her but then are they will ask for any form of tax have my name on it or i just say to them i didn't work and didn't maintain that i help her ? i do have other proof like joint bank account,rent, billies and letters have our address on it with our name .

Thanks and good luck to you

Mounir,

Did you ever adjust your status when you came to USA?

Are you now applying to remove conditions?

Thanks

No let me tell you , i am a K3 visa so i come here at the end of 2009 with valid visa for 2 years , now i adjust my status and my interview on 1/23/12 .

Thanks for your reply

Hi and Happy New Year all MENA Friends wish all of you doing good , sorry i know it had been long time for me to post anything on here but i was really busy , i need your help because i am so so so confused i will start my question ,, well i got a letter from the USCIS for the interview for my AOS and they ask me for the papers work they need for me and for my wife ,one of them is the Tax Return or any recently tax for me so the problem here my wife working from home and i help here with this business so when we sent them the paper when first start the process for the AOS she send them her Federal Tax under her name only because she did not add me to any tax also i did not work anywhere so i do not have any kind of tax and i am here for two years now so what i should do in my interview ? is that simple to say i don't work so i do not have any kind of tax and also i can't say that i help her with her business because in this case i need a tax Report and we do not have money now to go to H@R to ask for sharing tax because it will cost us $350 .. sorry for talking a lot but time is short and i really need to understand it clearly . so please advice me what to do and what the right to say in the interview to make everything going good without any delay , ah i forget to tell you that i do have my AID for work but i don't work any place .

Thanks so much for you all and wish the best for all of you .

You're right Terrie, I am a little overzealous to get started on AOS! I made 2 complete packages to send in, I have an extra in care the first gets 'lost'.

Good Luck to Mounir & Suzie!

Jackie

thanks Jackie so much ,i and Suzie wish you all the best luck .

Hey Bro how are ya ? I hope that everything is going ok with ya and its good to see ya around .

How to File for Adjustment of Status ?

How to get a Social Security Number (SSN) ?!

Good luck and my best wishes for ya bro .

Mohamed

hey bro , i'm doing well wish you doing well too and soon you tell me a great news ,, i will read the links you sent me thanks so much for all bro.

You have to file a EAD and I-485 to adjust status. Sooner you do so the sooner you'll have the GC or EAD approval and you can get a SSN.

Check the Guides for adjusting status for K1/K3.

thanks so much

If you have not been married for 2 years yet and you want to wait to file AOS. You can file a stand alone EAD and get permission to work. You can then file for your SS#. It took us about 3 months(typical) to get the EAD card and a few weeks to get the social. You can then file AOS after you have been married for 2 years and receive the 10 yr GC. If you file for AOS before your 2yr anniversary, you will receive a 2 yr GC and then have to lift conditions after that.

Hotguy sent you the links so you can take it from there.

We're getting ready to file AOS this month sometime.

Good Luck and I hope everything is smooth for you guys.

thanks so much i will tell Suzie and we will start soon isa thanks again , wish you a great one .

Hey Mounir good to see you again! My husband arrived 2 weeks ago and he is also K3. Looks like you and me are doing this AOS together.

We have printed off the many forms needed, the G325, the I864 and the I485. We both need new passport size pics. Ibrahim needs a new medical (his is more than one year) I need 6 months of paystubs from my work. Still searching for my tax records from 2008 & 2007.

After it is all sent in, you will get a letter to go for your biometrics. About 3 months after your biometrics you will get EAD card, then you can apply for your SS card. About 9 months after filing you will get a letter to go for your interview together. Then........greencard. If married less than 2 years...you will get a 2 year card. If married more than 2 years, you will get a 10 year card.

Jackie & Ibrahim

wow i'm so so glad to know that your husband arrived safe this is great news ,, i will start doing the same then thanks so much Jackie and tell Ibrahim a big hello for me.

thanks Jeanne yes finally ,, thanks zaytoona so we both in cali wish you all the happiness,thanks Tamara and Mehdi wish you the best alwyas , thanks Ahmed bro and isa your trip will be the best not like mine lol ,, thanks to every one you all mena my family i love you all .

Congratulations and welcome to California!

thanks so much cali is beauty thanks so much.

So glad you made it safely and glad to see you on here again. Egyptlover, where are you flying to? There are lots of direct flights to major cities. unfortunately we dont leave in a major city so my husband will have to take two flights to get here, but I am hoping he will get here safely. It will be his first time to ride an airplane so I know he is nervous.

thanks Nancy sister ,, i can imagine how nervous Ahmed is but isa he will make it safely so glad to hear the good news,, thanks again.

WOW!!!! Welll thank God you made it here safe. And Congratulations Welcome to America

thanks so much wish you all the happiness.

I'm so sorry for that bro .I hope that everything is going ok with you now .

thanks bro so much so glad to see your reply , wish to hear good news from you so soon.

welcome

thanks so much.

hello every one , i 'm sorry for not be here since my last topic but really was crazy in here for moving and stuff ,, now i have some questions here it's ... what i need to do now to get my social security and green card ,where i need to go and what paper work i need to bring with me ?,, is there a limit of time to do this ? how long it take to done all of this? please let me know all cause i and Suzie all lost at this point ,, thanks so much all .

hi everyone ..thanks so so so so much for all the warm wishes and greetings this is MENA family ,, please forgive me for not coming since my last topic but really was no time cause we moved to new house and you know how hard it was so please forgive me all and thanks so much for all, about my trip i tell you ... when i went to cairo air port to take my flight they told me there is a delay for five hours then i waited ahh by the way this flight was Egypt air so after the five hours waiting they call us to go then when we were about to landing in NY they said we can't land now cause of the weather so it took about half an hour then when i arrived to NY the imgrant process took just few moments ,the officer was so so nice with me and done all so fast , then i had to run to get my other flight which will take me to Los Angels but then they told me the flight is took off already cause of the delay from Egypt air so Egypt air made a rebook for another flight with delta air line it happened after four hours and they put us in Hotel far from the air port like half an hour , my other flight was next day at 7 am so i spend this night in NY then next day i went to the air port two hours earlier but was lots of pepole and i missed this flight also and a guy there asked me to put my bag to take it then just after i did that he and me realized this was wrong then i went fast to take it back but was late cause they already put it on the flight which will leave to los angels then i felt all lost then after two hours i found another flight but i paid for it again then i arrived to LA and Suzie was there waiting for me . thanks so much for you all and again forgive me for this delay for replay you all .

Alhamdolilah! Where in Cali do u live, if you don't mind?

thanks so much and no i don't mind , now i live in Lake elsinore Cali ,wish you all the happiness.

WE GOT THE VISA!!!! He got the call this morning he will go to pick it up tomorrow morning!! We are sooooooooooo happy.. Its soo surreal now! Now just getting the ticket lol.. I cant wait to see our daughter with him! HAPPY DAYS!!!!!

so so happy to hear this good news wish to both of you alll the happiness and joys on your new life ,, congratulations

hi everyone and sorry for not been in here for a while ,, i'm now in California with my wife i arrived here sunday evening and my trip was so so so hard i will tell about that later just love to tell everyone that now i'm with my wife finally later i will tell about the whole process with my trip and all , wish with all my heart to everyone who is waiting to hear good news so soon and be with his love one and for all MENA family all the happiness always ,, thanks so much to everyone , have a great one all

Congrats, Im so happy for you. Inchallah, Ahmed will get his soon.

thanks so much Holly inshallah Ahmed will be with you so soon ,,, i'm now in Cali with Suzie ,, have a great one .