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Hi,

I hope all is well. I am working on applying for my naturalization but my spouse who is a US citizen and who petitioned me with a K1 Visa is currently unemployed. Will this have any affect on the decision process? Should I wait until he finds another job? 

Thank you and take care.

I just got my NOA saying Congratulations, my request for removal of conditional basis for permanent resident status has been approved! And that my new green card will be mailed within 60 days. I am super thrilled!

My question is, what is my next step? What do I do now? How long until I can apply for Naturalization? I just want to be aware and prepared.

Thank you and good luck on your journey.

Greetings! Kamusta mga kababayan?

My family and I are planning a trip to the Philippines at the end of this year. I need to renew my Philippine passport ASAP.

My question is, do I need to report our marriage with "the Philippine National Statistics Office through the Embassy / Consulate General having jurisdiction over the locality where the event took place."?

Is this one of the requirements for my renewal of Philippine Passport?

As reference, I have an extended green card and in the process of "Removal of Conditions".

Any insight will be appreciated.

Hello everyone,

My name is Rica and I am a September filer for Removal of Conditions. I received my NOA I 797 on Sept. 18, 2015 and went for my Biometrics on Oct. 23, 2015.

It says on my NOA that my conditional resident status is extended for a period of 1 year.

My question is, am I going to receive a new Green Card that will be valid for that 1 year?

Thank you. :-)

Yes, my mistake, 5 years including 2 years after the age of 14 which he does not meet. We already computed all the years he has been / stayed in the United States and it only added to 3 years and a few months.. (This is before our daughter was born and before we all decided to move and live in the U.S.)

Hello,

I am losing my mind :-( I am nearing the deadline in submitting my ROC. Just to give you an overview, I got pregnant and gave birth to my daughter while I was still in the Philippines. The father is a U.S citizen and he petitioned me with a K-1 fiancé visa and our daughter with a K-2 visa. The reason he did not file for CRBA Report of birth abroad is because he does not meet the criteria, (must acquire at least 5 years of stay in the U.S. After the age of 14) he has been residing most of his life in the Philippines and the reason he gained citizenship is because he was born in LA. Or in U.S soil.

Fast forward, I was able to file for AOS and our daughter has not (Long story). Her AOS papers are now with USCIS and it is still pending. We seeked and we are working with a lawyer for her case because it got complicated as we waited too long to file for her AOS.

Right now, the same lawyer who is working on my daughter's case wants me to include her in my ROC. I just don't know if this is the way to go since she has not even been granted AOS, what is there to "remove"? Plus everywhere I search, I keep reading that a K-2 is only able to file jointly with a K-1 for ROC if they achieved permanent resident status at the same time the K-1 did or WITHIN 90 days after. But this is what my lawyer said as to why I should include Aria (our daughter who came in with a K-2) in my ROC

"Aria is subject to the same period two-year conditional permanent residency as Rica. Even if she does not yet have a Green Card, she came to United States as Rica's dependent child after you filed an I-129F petition for Rica, who was your fiance at the time. Aria's visa was issued based on the same I-129F petition as the petition filed for Rica, and her U.S. Permanent Residency is subject to the same conditions as Rica's.

Therefore, please do not forget to list Aria on the I-751 Petition, as I instructed Rica."

Please help. :-(

Yes, you should scan the cards and submit that as evidence. As for your joint account, why not use that to pay all your bills?

Yes, the Joint account we set up together was originally intended to put in savings for our future and our daughter's future. Moving forward, we are going to use it to pay bills. Unfortunately, I don't think the statements showing that will arrive on time to include in my paper work. I will just have to show it to them in case they request for more proof in the future. =|

Hello,

I'm trying to gather as many information and proof as possible in filing for Removal of Conditions.

My husband and I have only 1 joint account together from PNC bank. On the side, I have my own Credit cards; Discover and Chase. I always add my husband as an authorized user and they send him his own card that he can use. But at the end of each month, I pay for the bills for both these cards.

My question is, can I scan both my card and his card showing the same account number but his name on one and my name on the other card? Is it even common to opt for authorized users instead of doing joint accounts?

I really appreciate your answers! Our situation is a little bit complicated. Even though my husband is a U.S citizen (he was born in Los Angeles California) he has been living most his life in the Philippines (which is also my home country) and does not meet the requirements to file for CRBA. That's why our daughter is not automatically a U.S. Citizen and has to go through the same process I am going through...

Hello! How are you guys doing today? :-)

I already submitted a similar topic to this but new/more input is nice to have.

I filed my taxes as "married filing separate". From what I found out, that is not the end of the world for us. If you're wondering why I did this, it's because at the time, I was very excited to get a tax refund and my husband did not want to file for taxes yet since our daughter (who was 2 at the time) does not have a SSN and he wanted to claim her.

Also, I don't quite understand how taxes work, I just wanted that extra money in our pocket. ?

Anyway, some VJ people said that I should file for my transcript. I've been trying to get this from IRS but my GC is expiring this month and I don't know if I want to risk waiting longer.

What should I do now? Do I need to explain why I filed taxes this way? What do I submit in particular in regards to my tax returns"?

Also, should I still try to amend my taxes and file as joint?

Please please help...

Got it. Thank you!

Hello,

I hope you guys don't mind telling me where to send out my documents and forms for Removal of Conditions.

Thank you.

She cannot file for RoC until she is a conditional permanent resident. You cannot file her I-751 (jointly with yours, or separately by herself) until she has filed an I-485 and had it approved,

That's what I thought... We are working with a lawyer on our 4-year-old daughter's status since it got a little complicated.

The same lawyer if offering to work on my papers "for free" but I would rather work on it without legal assistance. He called and was persistent to help and I was firm with my answer. However, he did mention that I must let the USCIS know that we are working on our daughter's AOS and show them a copy of the receipt etc. and that in my form I-751: (my lawyers email) -

"As we discussed on the phone, please note that, when you prepare the Form I-751, that on page 3 of the form (Part 4 Child 1 - Question 6 Is child applying with you?) you must answer this question Yes."

What should I do now? I'm so confused and I really prefer to work on my papers with the help of my husband and my fellow VJers.

Hello!

My green card is going to expire on Sept. 21 so I am about to send out my documents for I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence. I came here with my daughter and she entered with a K-2 visa. She still hasn't gotten her Green card (long story) and we are working with a lawyer now for her adjustment of status.

My question is, do I need to file a separate I-751 for her? Or should I wait to file for her removal of condition until she actually gets a green card.

Right now, I only made an I-751 for myself and included our daughter's name/ information on the part they asked for "Information about your children" .

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One more thing,

If my GC expires on Sept. 21, what do I use as a form of ID here in the US? Just my passport then?

Thank you!

Hello fellow Visa Journeyers!

My Green Card is about to expire soon and I am starting to gather documents to submit for my Removal of Conditions. I will include copies of tax returns.

My questions are:

1) Do I need to submit my husband's (US citizen) tax return together with mine?

2) Is it just a copy of the W-2 Form they need?

3) Should I be worried if I filed as "Married filing Separate". I have started filing for taxes since 2013, so I have that year and 2014.

I filed both years as "Married Filing Separate" and did not claim our daughter.

Also on my W-2, I noticed that under my social security number; on taxable marital statues, it says: SINGLE. Although my company did put my Marriage name / last name.

I hope this does not affect us in a bad way. Our Marriage is legitimate and we are happily living together since he petitioned both me and our daughter.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

In what year was your USC husband born and at what ages did he live in the U.S.?

http://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-parents

1984. He was back and forth. So he was born in LA and flew straight to the Philippines a few days old. Was back in the United States Ages 1-2, 10-12, 16-17 and then came back again 2011 until present day.

I think I read somewhere that the USC has to have lived in the US for at least 5 years after the age of 14. Is this true?

Thanks.

That is very different to the situation suggested by your first post.

Okay, so what should I do? Pls. help.

The reason why we opted to just get a K-2 visa and then hopefully that green card for our daughter was because my husband who is the US citizen, lived most of his life in the Philippines. I'm not sure if it's really required, but I thought we read somewhere that he may not be eligible to file for the CRBA (even though he is a US Citizen by birth) since he hasn't acquired enough years of residency in the US? Up to this day, we are still confused if we should opt for CRBA or the same process like mine, Adjustment of status, Green Card so on so forth......

Hi,

I need your advise.

My husband (since 2011) who acquired US citizenship by birth and I had a child born in the Philippines. I came in as a K-1 (fiancee) Visa Holder, Yes, we had a baby before getting married. I brought our daughter to the US as a K-2 Visa holder. I followed all requirements, we got married 90 days upon my arrival and filed for Adjustment of Status and eventually received my green card. Soon enough, I will file for removal of conditions and then for naturalization.

Now our dilemma is, back when we filed for my Adjustment of Status, we intended to file for our daughter's papers together with mine. The lady who had received our papers then said that we didn't need to file for our daughter's Adjustment of Status papers and instead, to file for CRBA. Long story short, we were not able to do this and my question is, is it too late to file for that NOW? She's been here since 2011. I feel it might be too late? What should we do?

Oh, that's right. Okay, I'll definitely look into it. Thank you. :-)

That just got us even more excited. Thank you! :-)

My husband's birthday is coming up and he wants us to take trip to Canada to celebrate. I haven't worked on anything after getting my green card since I can start applying for "removal of conditions" next year still; year 2015.

My question is, can I travel outside the US with just my green card?

Harpa is correct that you need to file for ROC, removal of conditions which will replace your 2 year conditional green card with a permanent 10 year green card. After that then you will be able to file for the N-400 which is citizenship. As far as dual citizenship is concerned, it depends what country you come from an allow dual citizenship, and not sure about the Philippines, My wife is from Poland and it taking the oak ceremony on Feb 12th, 2014 and Poland allows her to keep her Poland citizenship. If they didn't allow it I know she would not become a citizen of the U.S. She if very Polish, you can take the Pole out of Poland but not the Polish out of the Pole.

Hahaha! That's good that her country allows dual citizenship. I will have to check with mine.. Thank you for the information and congratulations in advance to your wife!

Removal of conditions is form I-751 and you will be eligible for naturalization in 2016.

Read over the I-751 instructions.

Okay. Thank you very much!

Have you filed for removal of conditions? When does your card expire?

You are not yet eligible for naturalization.

It says my card expires Sept. of 2015. What should I do next?

Did you get your green card through marriage? Is it a conditional green card?

Yes, I got it through marriage.

Your timeline says you got married 11/11/11 and you got your GC 10/03/13 so you need to file for removal of conditions in 2015, within the period 90 days before your GC expires.

What happens after that? And how do I apply for removal of conditions?