dhsplease

Hello, I have a H1b visa and i came here on it in early 2009 and worked for 4 months and then went back to India. Can i now come back on the same visa since it does not expire until 2012.

This is all pretty good.

Did you take any trips together? That would be good as well. printouts of your facebook accounts etc are good as well.

not sure if this is the right forum but i will ask here anyway.

Now that i have been approved for ROC and have my 10 year GC, should i carry any other documents with me apart from passport and gc?

For example -- does it make sense to carry my marriage cert and divorce cert with me. I was a waiver filer.

Hi Folks,

Finally got approved. Thanks a lot to everyone for their support over the last 6-7 months. Have learnt a lot here.

Hi Folks,

Finally got approved. Thanks a lot to everyone for their support over the last 6-7 months. Have learnt a lot here.

did my biometrics last week - 25th aug. please update

forgot to update as I received my green card in mail yesterday 8/17/10

forgot to update as I received my green card in mail yesterday 8/17/10

forgot to update as I received my green card in mail yesterday 8/17/10

congrats

If you apply based on 3 years, then they will need to establish some particular things:

1. Your eligibility (physical presence, continuous residence, good morals, etc...)

2. Your spouse is a USC and has been for the past 3 years.

3. You are living together (some evidence)

i am a divorce waiver so i think it would be 5 years for me. so i am guessing they would only need point 1 for me?

Hi,

Yes - save as you go. You need a much smaller list of evidence when (and if) applying for citizenship.

RFEs come in two ways. Sometimes they are specific and other times they just ask if there are any other things you would like to submit. Sometimes people basically submitted all they can and get an RFE, so they try to get some few more things and then include a cover letter explaining the lack of some specific items. For example, the spouse owned the house before marriage and we never had a mortgage together.

Interviews are very rare but if requested, they usually like to see originals but make sure you take copies as well if they want to keep.

They would need evidence for citizenship? why? Wouldn't citizenship be automatic once we are done 5 years on GC? how long does that whole process take?

How does one know they have been approved? Once you get the "card production ordered" status online, is it definite that one has been approved?

My cases was touched (last updated is 9/12/2010) but didn't receive any notifications in the email. I updated my address almost 10 days ago, could that be the reason why it is touched or am I going to be receiving something from them?

Thanks

Do you mean 8/12? It could be anything, you really cant say anything although you would hope it is something to do with your approval than the address

dhsplease

iam not a HE iam a SHE

goldfee is a female nick lolol

sorry about that -- am i right about your timeline? you didnt have to wait until 2 years after your first GC.

Hi Amina,

Do you really think they hold the application until the 2 year GC expires? What kind of research did you do?

thanks

Looking at goldfee's timeline - it doesnt seem like they do that. He got his conditional GC in march 09 and waiver was approved in aug 2010

I-751 Approved.

8/12/08 conditional GC

5/3/10 filed I-751, divorce waiver

5/6/10 uscis received

7/6/10 fingerprint done

8/9/10 approved

We have a child. It seems that uscis holds the application till your conditional GC is about to expire. I did some research, it does apply to many people including me.

Thanks, all you guys who keep contributing fantastic information on this board!

Hi Amina,

Do you really think they hold the application until the 2 year GC expires? What kind of research did you do?

thanks

1. There's no way to predict accurately as each case is uniquely different and treated as such. Could take a few weeks to a few months.

2. Re-read your NOA1 to find out how and when you'll be able to access your case online.

You cant check the case online with the number on the NOA, you have to wait for the biometrics letter and use that number to check the case online.

Applied on 10th June 2010, got an email exactly 2 months later (august 10th) saying green card was in production! They're real fast this time around !!!

Did you apply at VSC or CSC

i have a quick question. I would like to accept an overseas assignment from my company (top 10 tech firm in US). I am currently on a GC which i got in late 2008.

I am looking into filing n-470 which would allow me to stay outside US while still preserving my residency for naturalization purposes.

My question is around the eligibility requirements for n-470 which seem to be two pronged:

- one year uniterrupted stay in the US as a green card holder. I stayed in the US for one year from may 2009 to may 2010, then travelled outside for 2 weeks and then back in now. does that comlete that requirements?

- 2.5 years of stay in the US.If i move before i have completed 2.5 years of stay, then can i come back to some point, stay for another couple of months and then apply after accumulating 2.5 yrs.

thanks in advance for your answers

sorry to ask again but has anyone here been in a similar situation

i have a quick question. I would like to accept an overseas assignment from my company (top 10 tech firm in US). I am currently on a GC which i got in late 2008.

I am looking into filing n-470 which would allow me to stay outside US while still preserving my residency for naturalization purposes.

My question is around the eligibility requirements for n-470 which seem to be two pronged:

- one year uniterrupted stay in the US as a green card holder. I stayed in the US for one year from may 2009 to may 2010, then travelled outside for 2 weeks and then back in now. does that comlete that requirements?

- 2.5 years of stay in the US.If i move before i have completed 2.5 years of stay, then can i come back to some point, stay for another couple of months and then apply after accumulating 2.5 yrs.

thanks in advance for your answers

how does one find out if their case has been touched? does it show anywhere?

Since your divorce is not finalized it, i would think you should be able to travel. You are still married until you are divorced so i doubt you would have any issues. Hopefully some of the more experienced members of the forum with confirm my opinion.

The whole point is proving to the immigration officer that you entered the marriage with the intention of staying in it and not for the green card. Usually that is proved by showing joint assets and proof of living together. If you dont have those evidences but have a good reason for not having them, you can try t apply with others but you would need something to provide that your marriage was bonafide

No Biometrics for anyone yet? I guess that's normal? When should we start to expect them?

well then, that gets some load off your mind...

yah i know - thanks.

Mine didn't have that date in red on the back page!! USCIS changed NOA format??? So when is that red date?

Anyway, for this filers list, NOA date = the Receipt Date on the front page.

Updating dhsplease's NOA date

That red date was July 20th. it was a red stamp at the back of the NOA. Nobody else has that?

This looks good. I would try and get a letter from the bank just stating that you have a joint account and just send that.