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did you file to vermont or california?

congratulations!

I file in Vermont.

Hey guys.Got the approval letter yesterday;

Timeline

Roc sent :05/20/11

Noa : 05/26/11

Bio : 06/21/11

Approval letter sent :12/22/11

Can somebody update my status please.

Gigi

Hey guys just received yesterday a letter saying that the approved my petition....

It took them 7 months in VSC to approve my case ( no RFE no interview). be patient.

Hello everyone, I have not been on the forum for months.

I just want to update on my case...

Timeline :

Roc sent : 05/20/11

NOA : 05/26/11

Biometrics : 06/21/11

Opproval letter sent 22/12/11

Exactly 7 months to get the approval letter in the mail without RFE or interview...

So surprised but it's my Christmas gift...

Thanks to everyone on this forum and Merry christmas.

Sorry I wanted to post on the waiver to be updated.

after 14 months i receive my green card in the mail 31/10.

congrats.......

I haven't been on visajourney in a while.

Let me resume my story...Got married in sept 08, GC in may (26) 09, separated in sept 09...I moved to Florida in August 2010...In october I filed for divorce, last week I served the divorce papers to my husband (still live in MD)and today I received the return receipt from the post office with just his signature but no printed name. I went online and checked the post office tracking # it said that my husband signed the doc but used a different name and signature....

What should I do sent the receipt from the post office to the court like that or served the doc again to my husband....

Thank you for any suggestion and help.

give what you have, if they have concerns u will get a RFE, in extreme cases an interview.

Thank you for ur comments.

I also have a credit card with both name.

thanks for these answers! i really don't know what to do!! and if i really really want to live with my boyfriend, the marriage is my only real option??

if it is the case, how can i do?

Dans quel etat et dans qelle ville vit ton copain....

U can try to find an "au-pair" job or apply to school for english...

Tu peux m'envoyer un email.

A bientot

Hello everyone,

I am going to file for divorce form my husband (usc). We got married in sept 2008 and I had my green card in may 2009, by august he went to our home country (Haiti)to visit his family by the time he came back I have learned that he was involved with a girl...when I questionned him he denied it....we talked about it. I decided to trust him and moved on with our lives and forgive but december he went back to his old demons and cheated again.....

Here the evidences I have now :

Lease for 08, 09

Tax transcript for 08

Utilities bill with both names

Return from the IRS with both names

3 affidavit from friends and family

Cards and letters adressed to us same adress

Official doc adressed to him at our adress

Official doc to my name same adresss

Did not have time to take a copy of his driver license before he moved out

No joint account( because he owes money to the bank and his name is on national database and the bank repocessed his car for non payment).I intent to explain when I decided to file for ROC after my divorce is finalized.

Thank you for taking a look at my evidences.

I sent my wife's I-751 in Feb and was received on Feb 16th. I had to wait until the end of March to receive her NOA1 and we only received that after 3 phone calls to the USCIS and requested they send another one because the first one for some reason did not make it to my apartment. Along with her NOA1 we received the biometrics appt letter dated the 25th of Feb which obviously had long passed. So I sent the biometrics letter into the local USCIS office at the address listed on the letter to reschedule appointments. I also submitted a letter explaining what happened to and a copy of the envelope showing that the postmark was in March and I this was the reason she missed her appt. In addition I mailed a copy of the biometrics appt notice and the letter of explanation to the USCIS in Vermont.

It has now been 3 and 1/2 weeks and we have not received a new appt or anything. I don't know what we should do next and my wife is freaking out thinking something has gone wrong. Please can someone please give me some advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks

Why not doing an infopass or just walking for the biometric...

Hello I am looking for info about TPS for haiti after the earthquake. My sister is in the USC after january 21 would she be able to apply for tps?

Thanks.

My accountant said no need for extension bcause I do not owe taxes...

I went online and check for EIC ( earned income credit)they said all the filling status are fine except "married file separated" and yes I have dependent my nephew who lives with me...I am a self -employee....

How do the officer at the immigration will see that?

I will call my accountant see if I can file "head of household"

Thanks.

Hello everyone,

I am back again with some question.

I am separated from my husband (usc) since mid february, we are heading from a divorce and I will have to apply for roc with a waiver.

Anyway he refused to file the taxe jointly for this year and I know I have to file separatly, but the problem is my account remind me by filling married but separated I will loose all my refund (a good sum that I really need to start over)

Can I just wait until I am divorce to file and when I apply for roc explain in a note the reason why I did not file for taxe before that date.

Thanks for your answer guys....

I thought I would share our experience today (and the events running up to it). The good news first, our application was approved after the interview today!

By way of background, we made it through the K-1 process with hardly any problems. We submitted the application for conditional permanent residency, got that approved and...I pretty much did not give much thought to anything else to do with immigration for the roughly 18 months after that. My wife reminded me that we had to file the I-751 in December, so I did. Now, what happened with us may have been just pure luck and I am not offering this to suggest that others should not be more diligent or will have the pretty easy experience we had. But, we did not submit very much evidence in support of our I-751. There were a number of odd or unusual circumstances in our life that caused this. First, my wife has not worked since coming to the US. After the housing meltdown and taking a beating on the sale of my home, being unemployed for a little while and having a hit to my credit rating, I have tried to pay for things upfront and not take or open any additional credit. My personal bank is in another state (where I lived right before my wife came to the US), so we don't have any joint bank accounts. We rented under a lease for a year, and then, for the last 15 months or so, we have been month to month in our current apartment. Due to there not being any tax advantage and the timing of things, we did not file joint taxes. So, as a result, I did not have joint tax returns, nor a lease.

With all of that said, what I submitted was two letters (one from a friend, one from my mother) attesting to the bona fide nature of our marriage. I submitted pictures of vacations, car insurance documents showing both of us covered under the policy, and a letter from the landlady saying we have been renters together for the past 2 years.

Even though some friends had their interview waived, we did not, and received a letter about a month ago telling us our interview was scheduled for today. I did not worry too much, because, well, we live together as husband and wife, and, factually we clearly have a bona fide marriage. I tried hard to think of what additional evidence I might be able to produce, but there really was not much. I printed out the itinerary for our vacation (tomorrow!!), and a lawsuit we filed in a civil matter drafted by our attorney and naming my wife and I as the Plaintiffs. That was all I had.

I dressed in a business suit and tie, my wife in conservative pants and shirt. I had a briefcase with our (few) documents that I carried.

Our interview was in Hartford, CT and we showed up at the office in the Federal Courthouse at 9:30 am (the time of our appointment). We sat down, but less than 2 minutes later, our names were called. A gentleman introduced himself as Agent _______, and escorted us back to his office. He told us he needed to see our ID's and would administer an oath to us. When I started to translate in Spanish (my wife's native language) he then asked her if she understood him and if she preferred to have an interpreter. She was a little nervous, but said, in halting English, that she could understand better than she speaks English, but it would be best if there was an interpreter so there was no errors. He then picked up his phone, called a number and requested an interpreter. Surprisingly (to me, anyway), someone called and he put her on speakerphone. The interpreter introduced herself and that was how the interview was conducted as to my wife (with over the phone translation). He then administered an oath to both of us.

The tone was professional/friendly. He asked me if I spoke Spanish, I said, "si." (Not trying to be a wiseass, I answered in Spanish because of slight nerves). He chuckled and then asked me where I learned Spanish. I explained that I was in the Army and worked in South and Central America for a few years and picked up much there. He asked me some questions about the Army, some of the places that I served, my jobs, etc. It felt conversational, but that could have just been an interview technique. He then switched to my wife, asking her (through the translator) if I was the same person she came here on the K-1 Visa to marry, where she lived, her address, he place of birth, her name, her maiden name, her date of birth and some other background questions. He was checking off blocks on a form when she answered. He then switched back to me, asked me some similar questions (full name, current address, previous marriages, occupation, where I went to school). He asked some questions about the Army, my unit (I asked him if he was in the military, he said "no," but it seemed odd, because he seemed to know more about the military than someone who was not a veteran would know...maybe he was a veteran, but said "no" to put me at ease in case I was lying and would not be so open with details...or maybe he was just thorough in preparation for the interview and had looked up some of the information he was asking me about, like matching up units and locations where I served). Then he went back to my wife, asked her, somewhat sharply, if she was married before, wasn't it "normal" to be married younger in Colombia (we married when she was 28, she is 31 now)? , then asked her some questions in a more rapid fire way (address again, where she was living when we met, date of our marriage, was she married before in Colombia, her age when we got married). It is hard to remember everything, but, the overall sense I got was that a part of what he was trying to ascertain was if we were the same people who filed the application and if we were telling the truth on the application (by checking minor facts). He then looked through the file again and said, "to be honest, most applicants have more evidence...why don't you have tax returns, did you not file jointly?" (No, we didn't). "She has not worked since coming to the US?" (No, she hasn't). "How does she get money to put in her account?" (I tried not to laugh, the answer was, "with the money I give her"). He asked if I had any other evidence of the "bona fide nature of the marriage." I was a little more nervous at this point...I said, "well, I have photos of Christmas on my iPhone, if you want to see that." He replied, "yeah, anything to help me rule in your favor....nah, hold on...let me ask some more questions." He said something like, if you do well or answer these well, I will approve the application.

He then asked some of the same questions as before (to my wife, he asked, it seemed like 3 or 4 times total, our address, and maybe this is where he asked my wife about being married before, which she has not been). He punched some keys on his computer and asked me about having lived in Florida before and then my hometown where I grew up. A few more questions for the both of us, and he said, "Okay, you're all set. I need to do some background checks on you, but if all comes back okay, you'll get your new card in the mail in a few weeks."

That was it! It was probably 20 minutes or so from start to finish. It was a little nerve-wracking (like I said, I was not too worried because of the real nature of our marriage, but, if we were denied, I know it would have made my wife very upset and would have been a pain to go through the removal hearing in front of an immigration judge...I suppose there was the risk that everything could have gone horribly wrong and she could have been ordered out of the country after a removal hearing, but I had faith that with us living together since our marriage and all of the people who know us as husband and wife and the tons of pictures we could produce from every holiday, I was not really worried that there would not be an eventual finding that our marriage is bona fide).

Like I said, we may have been just lucky and I am not saying that people should not prepare (perhaps better than we did). My military background and the fact that I am a professional may have helped. But, my overall sense was that if you have really been married for several years and can honestly answer questions about your lives and life together, they will most likely approve your application. It is probably best/easier if you can provide more evidence than we did, but my point is that it is not strictly necessary. That is, if you don't have a ton of evidence, it is not the end of the world.

I hope this was helpful in relieving anxiety/stress for those going to the interview. I also hope that everyone gets a good outcome. Best of luck!

Congratulations to you....I am on my way to a divorce, but nice to hear from couples who made.....it gives me hope.

Hello everyone,

I had posted already asking for help and advices.

My Usc husband and I are separated since last month, I am a conditional gc holder wich will expire in may 2011.

I am moving to Florida next month to be with family members ( they come from Haiti after the earthquake ).I understand that I will have to file ROC with a waiver, my husband is agreed to sign an affidavit to explain that our marriage was genuine and why we are getting a divorce.

My question is can he sign it when I move to florida and while we are separated or should I wait until I apply for Roc?

Thanks

USCIS recommends you file at least 45 days before the I-94 expires. When you file the I-539 you will have to explain why you are asking for an extension of stay. If you're filing well in advance of the expiration of her I-94, then you should be prepared to explain that you are certain the reason for requesting the extension will still be valid when her I-94 would otherwise expire. In other words, you're saying "nothing is ready back home for her and the kids". Make sure you explain why you are absolutely certain that will still be the case in July. Be sure to provide evidence that she'll continue to be financially supported while she's here.

Thank you,

For evidence to show financial support I am ready to send tax return and bank statement showing that we will support her.

Hello,

My sister came from Haiti after the earthquake on B2 visa, she has two kids both usc. I was wondering as soon she can apply to extend her visa (she has to live by July, but nothing is ready back home for her abd the kids )?

Thank you all for your help.

If it were me, I would include a copy of the deed (or similar ownership documentation) just for clarity.

They'll see that at least one of you owns the home you're claiming to reside in (which is fine). I would probably make a notation on it that says something like: "Home owned prior to marriage."

Other than that, it sounds like you've prepared well.

We are separated, I am getting ready to file for divorce from my usc husband..I have almost enough doc to show a good faith mariage ( it did not work because of husband's infidelity and girl pregant for him ). Anyway we did not have a joint account ( his credit his bad, car reposessed, bounced checks).I want to know if I can go to my bank and ask them to provide me a letter stating that I intend to open a joint account with him but we could not. Or can I just use his credit history to prove that.

Thank you.

Hi, what step of the process are you at right now? And if you move to FL, you have to live there for at least 6 months before you can divorce.

I have not started yet, but want to move next month...I know the waiting period in fl is 6 months before i can file for divorce...by moving to fl i can have support from my family.....

Hi everyone,

I posted two weeks ago. We got separated ( he usc just left the house two weeks ago ), I have learned that he moved in with some girl, but he says he moved back to his cousin...anyway.He told me he just want to finish with this marriage and move on with his life.He says " your are a grown woman you will know how to take care of your business"...

I talked to lawyer today he advices me it's best for me to move to florida and start all the procedure ( divorce and later file for roc ).I am trying to gather every bite of evidence that our marriage was entered in good faith....

Thanks for all of your help guys, I will keep you posted.

thank you for all of your answers...I will keep you all posted about my outcome.

Hello,

My husabnd left the house last week, I talked to him yesterday about filing taxes for this year ( he did have a job for over a year now, but he does some Dj job on week-end and for my self I am a self-employee working as a hair stylist and braider). He told me he did that last month using his cousin adress.

My question is do I need to show is tax return if I apply for ROC with waiver or does my only ok?

Thanks

iam in a similar situation..but u wrote he went back in his homecountry...where are u now?not in us?

Hello,

He went to our homecountry last september and came back. Now I am in the Maryland, but if we get divorce I might move to Florida to be close to my family and apply for roc there....

Did you get divorce?

What did you send with your roc?

When did you get divorce?

Thanks for your help.

Hello

Can u guys please advise me....

Got married in sept 2008, obtained my conditionnal in may 2009.... like every married couple we have ups and downs, but last september my husband went back to my home country ( he is the USC ) to visit family members and taking care of fmily matters...

After his came back his attitude changed, only to learn sometime later that he has a girl pregnant back home....Of course a confront him at first he denied and after a while admited it....I have tried to forget and moved on together but I can't.....last month I went to florida to visit my sister and when I came back he moved out of the house and taking all his belongings....two days ago he called me and told me he want to file for divorce....

The only docs I have are tax return for 2009, lease for 2 years, credit with both name, utility bills with both name, drivers license showing same ad, letters in his name and some in my name.

We do not have joint account because of his credit history, he has a really bad credit his car had been reposseced...and we have some pic together....I knoe I can I have his uncle and brother writting me a notarized statement that they have known us as couple for almost 2 and half years....

what do you think about my doc and what can I do to improve my chance of being approved if filled alone.

Thanks.

Hello everyone.....

I got married in sept 08 and got my gc in may 09...like every couple my husband and I had ups and downs.

But last sept he went back to our home country ( he is the USC ) and had a girl pregnant.. To make a story short my gc is conditionnal until may 2011...

We talk about how we can resolve this situation but for me separation and divorce is the best solution, I was trying to have a baby for years and it did not work out and I am 8 years older than him ( by the way he remind me that in our argument ).

Last month while I was in Florida to visit family he moved out and took all his belongings....

We had a talk and we decide to head for a divorce.

I know if my husband divorce me I will have to file for a waiver and show that I enter the marriage in good faith.

Here the list of doc that I have:

Tax return for 2009 ( he told me already file his tax for this year after he moved out )

Lease for 2009 -2010

credit card in both name

driver licenses with same ad

utilities showing same ad and both name

pictures of us with friends ( families back home)

some junk mail adress to us..

We don't have joint account because of his credit history, we went to the bank trying to add him in my account when we get married we couldn't.

He agrees to sign an affidavit to show that our marriage was genuine....

If anyone has an idea how to write the affidavit please let me know...

Thanks.