littlebhuddha

Is it possible to get an I-485 fee waived based solely on income?

Asking for a family. His I-130 was sent to the Nebraska Service Center when in fact it should have gone to Texas. He has received a notice that the case has been forwarded to the Texas center. My question is does the clock start over? What date will TSC use as the initial received date, April 19 or August 18?

Again, looking for advise for my stepson on bringing his wife and child to the US, He is a naturalized US citizen. He received his citizenship about two years ago. We are trying to get the CRBA but he is having trouble proving that he was present in the US for the previous 5 years. He has proof for the last three years but having worked "under the table" for several years he has no employment records, no tax records, no social security records for the years before he went legit. Any ideas on other forms of proof? And what does he need to do if he can't provide the proof? Thanks again for your help.

I am asking this for my stepson. He has been a US citizen for about two years now. He married his wife in Colombia about a year ago. Just last month she gave birth to their son. I know he needs to apply for a visa for her but what about the baby? What is the process for bringing the child to the US? Thank you.

Here is the situation. I have met (online) a lady from Venezuela and we have been emailing and Skyping for the last six months. She has a tourist visa for multiple entries to the US that expires in 2023. She is coming for a visit in April. If, as I suspect, things go well, we may become engaged or possibly even married. Either way she will return to Venezuela and we will begin the process of getting her a k1 or k3 visa. My question is will she be able to travel to the US on her tourist visa while waiting for her k1 or k3 visa?

Thanks

FYI

I just talked to an immigration officer. He said by withdrawing the I-130 the K4 would be canceled. But he said that it might take awhile to get it in the system and suggested removing the visa from the the passport.

Thanks for the responses.

As of Thursday, San Diego will be less one juvenile deliquent.

Does anyone know if you can cancel a K4 visa? My juvenile deliquent stepson is here on a k4 visa and he is going home to visit his father and his mother and I want to make sure he does not reenter the US. I have filed an I-130 for hin that has not yet been approved. His k4 expires in December. I have thought about just tearing his visa out of his passport just before he boards the plane but if I can cancel it properly I would rather do that. If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it.

300 pages???? better to be over-prepared than under. congrats to ya!

I actually think it is an advantage to walk in with as much paper as you can find. I even had the receipt for my wife's behind the wheel lessons. Anything that can even remotely be considered evidence should be brought with you to the interview. I think the adjudicators are impressed with a mountain of evidence even if they don't look at much of it.

I haven't posted here since August of 2004 when after 8 months of waiting my wife and I were notified of the approval of her I-129F. Almost one year to the day after our wedding my wife finally arrived at LAX on her K3 visa. We waited until March of this year to file for adjustment of status. I was shocked when we received notice in April of her interview on May 23. Well today finally arrived and we arrived at the Immigration office in Chula Vista at 10:40 for our 11:00 appointment. After standing in line outside for about 15 minutes we were let in and made our way to Room 116, handed our appointment notice to the lady behind the glass and took our seats. After about an hour, They called my wife's name and we followed the gentleman back to his office. Now I have read a lot on this board about rude and unfriendly adjudicators in other cities and pretty much expected the same here in San Diego but this guy was nothing close to the horror stories I've read. He greeted us with a warm smile and led us to his office and even made with some small talk that really put us at ease. After swearing us in he asked to see our IDs and passports. He then asked my wife some of the details from the I-485 such as name, address and birthdate. He asked her some of the questions from the questionaire, had she ever been arrested or had problems with immigration. He also asked about her two sons, only one of whom lives with us. He then asked me how we met. I told him we had met through an agency in Cali, Colombia. I told him about the day we met and our time together. He asked me if that was the first time I had been to Colombia and I said yes. He then asked for a few documents. He asked for my birth certificate, our marriage certificate, bank statements plus anything else that could provide evidence of our marriage. I told him I had over 300 pages of evidence and began to recite some of what I had. He laughed and asked for the copy of the title to our car and our rental agreement and said that would suffice. He then told us she was approved. He stamped her passport without us requesting it. Then after some more small talk he escorted us back to the lobby. We shook hands and he wished us good luck. The whole interview took all of twenty minutes. We left the building with huge grins. The nightmare I had anticipated turned out to be a very pleasant experience. As we have been married for over two years her green card will be permenant so our next adventure is in 2 years 9 months when we shoot for citizenship. Here's wishing everyone that best of luck and a pleasant adjudicator.