Nicoco

My husband is a 10 year green card holder but his citizenship is for Thailand. If we are traveling to Vienna and Slovakia, what do we need to do? 

Edit: Does he really need travel insurance? Can you only get visas from the consulate?

Could he go back and renew the tourist visa or is that hard to do when you have a K-1 or a CR-1 pending?

My close friend is engaged to a man from Slovakia who has been getting tourist status to stay in the US and see her. They want to get married but still be able to have him stay here during the process. Is a CR-1 or a K-1 or something else better for this situation?

I remember feeling like this when we were going through the K-1 process. I felt like everyday away from him, talking on crappy skype to his cellphone because he didn't have internet regularly, was deteriorating our relationship. We fought a lot...mostly because there was nothing else to do other than planning, waiting for the future. I'm pretty sure it has something to do also with the fact that at the time I was only 20 and he was 21 years old. But you know what? It's two years later, and while the process of K-1 was horribly long and draining, it strengthened our relationship at the end of the process. We still talk about how we overcame everything that had happened to us.... we were fighting a lot, his country was in a flood during part of the process and he didn't have clean water or food, I was working full time and in college full time during the process, and it was just chaos! I was staying up until 3 am every morning talking to him because his country is exactly 12 hours apart, and then waking up at 7 am and going to work. No wonder we fought.

I know it seems like it's bad now... and people here may mention about when you have to take care of children, or other obstacles to overcome but the reality is that it's different when you're with your SO in person. You can look into their eyes and work out problems rather than trying to talk it over phone or message or a crappy webcam. It WILL be better.

I doubt it will take 6 months to send him a new card. The letter they sent you should serve as proof of whats going on until he gets the new card anyway. If you feel you need something then try Info Pass.

I don't know why he would need a passport unless he is traveling internationally. He doesn't need it for Info Pass.

So does this mean we actually don't have to do anything? That would be great haha

Okay so this requires a story to understand my question.

When my husband, Ice was approved for AOS, he was issued a 2-year temporary green card. A few months later, we got a letter from the case manager stating they had accidentally put the incorrect classification on his green card (instead of the classification for k-1 visa, they put some other one that symbolized a family member immigrating to the US by the means of blood relatives who have permanent residence). So they told us to fill out an I-90 (included with the letter) to replace the card and it would be free because it was their mistake. So we sent it in. A few weeks later, we get a notice stating we filled out an expired form (that THEY gave us, remember?!) so we needed to fill out another one and send it back. We have sent that in on Sept 4th, and we are waiting for a NOA.

Ice's passport just expired yesterday (I know, that's a bit careless of us). So we have to go to D.C to get a new Thai passport (it says we have to do it in person on the website). But we also want to make an infopass appointment in Philadelphia (our closest office) to get something that shows proof of his green card while they reprocess it because they told us it can take anywhere from 6 months to a YEAR to issue the correct card.

My question is..... where should we go first? Should we go to DC to renew the passport, or go to the Infopass in Philly to get a temp proof of a green card? I'm not sure if we go to either one if they will need the latter. Like, what happens if we go to the infopass and they're like "well.... you don't have a valid passport, so you'll have to renew that first and then come back."

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Hey OP I will message you

Even though I think I would have a hard time moving to my husband's home country because I can't speak Thai.... in your situation I would definitely seriously consider moving to Peru because your husband and daughter are there. It's going to be hard to leave everyone here in the US, but at least when you're in Peru you will have his family to help with your child and your husband and you will be together.

I know for many it is hard for them to leave their entire life to come to the US. This is exactly what you are going through....but just on the other side of things.

Good luck

You really have to start filing jointly to avoid trouble during naturalization especially if your sposuse is going to apply for naturalization based on having been to a permanent residdent for three years and married to USC. You have to know that it is very rare for an USC to still live with his/her parents even after 18years. Unless you show that the other things you have jointly far outweigh not filing together. Also you have to know that even though your parents can claim you on their tax, you and your spouse can stil file jointly so filing seperate is not an excuse.

Yep this year should be fine.

Did you file based on three or five year of permanent residency? The fact that you didn't file your taxes together was the problem. Now the officers are very suspicious about that because they think you just got married to get your green card. I had almost the same problem and it took three years and different state to be able to get my citizenship even though I had a child with my ex-wife and paying child support. I suggest you wait and hopefully they give the benefit of doubts and approve you. My bet is that they will send you a letter doubting your marriage. Anyway good luck

Is filing married but separate a problem? I'm only 21 and my parents claimed me in 2011 because I was still living with them most of the time and they get a tax break for claiming me, plus my husband got here in Dec 2011.... and in my AOS interview, the interviewer acted the same way as the OP's interviewer for her citizenship. If it is, I have to make sure we file "jointly" this time...

It does not make them legal permanent residents. It defers removal action. They are not getting lawful permanent residence for the $460.

And what do you think will happen next?

Their is a difference between them and us though:

We (alien fiancé and spouse) are immigrating. Meaning we are also emigrating. We are leaving our country to go live in a new one.

They are not immigrating. They are not even migrating. They are just staying were they are and have always been. And they are finally going to have rights that most of us are totally able to enjoy already in our own country. As painful as the process is, compairing both situation to say ours is worse seems a little too much.

It is not just money and time we are talking about, it is a right to be equal to others...

The parents of those people are to blame , I know. Everything is usually not fair. They may have had it difficult. It's frustrating to see illegal Thai girl getting married after being here illegally for 4 years and nothing happens tho.

Nothing is equal and that goes BOTH ways. It's when people cheat to make it "fair" that is not good.

I agree with the OP. I am just glad we didn't file this past year for K-1. But it is still true that we paid about 2000 dollars when this new DREAM act makes the others legal with 460 bucks or something crazy like that.

I was 20 when I petitioned my husband. No troubles, but during the interview, the CO did mock our young age for marrying and asking why we don't continue college before marrying. But we passed Good luck on your journey!

We moved and we filed a change of address, and the case manager sent us an I-90 form. That's for replacing the GC. When we move, he has to replace it even tho the address isn't on the card? Do they need to encode it? And if we do, I still don't feel comfortable sending the GC with the form like the form tells you to do. Is this correct?

So Ice had his interview on 7/24 and we got an Rfe and we sent in the requested info on 8/17. They told us to give them a max of 30 days for the result, and it has been 30 days now. Should we call? And who should we call?

So we didnt pass the interview but she gave us a list of things we needed to send in, and one was a joint credit card.

The credit card company told us he cant be on it unless he has a gc.

But he cant have the gc until we pass....

Now what? I added him as an authorized user, but I know thats not the same.

Nick your relationship is so solid that you dont need to do anything except show up. They go thru a list of things that are very simple. The whole idea is to see if you have a marrige built on the right foundation. If yours isnt then no one has a chance. Let them ask the questions and give short simple answers. Keep it all positive.

If anything comes up they will give you time to respond if its a document for example. This happened to us. We turned it in within a week & two weeks later they approved us.

Do you think we're getting an interview randomly or because my income was low in 2011?

I know that it says on the notice how to prepare, but are there any tips anyone has about AOS interviews?

Maybe I'm wrong, but this topic seems a little trolololo...

Ning said very good advice.

While you are waiting, I would suggest preparing Packet 3.

I know it's hard...

If you are sure he is cheating on you, why stay? I don't believe in divorce unless you have absolutely tried everything, cheating is a deal breaker for me. I would say to leave him. Seriously not worth it.

I've had that problem all my life

College placement exams: Check one box for race

Me: *raises hand* What race should I choose?

Instructor: Check "Asian"...or are you ok with checking "other"?

Ok, so I have included the Tax Return Transcript that they faxed me yesterday. That is enough?

We had received an RFE that was looking for my full tax form for 2011. I had sent my W2’s. Now I am sending my 1040A tax return form and a transcript that was faxed to me from the IRS. Is this what they are looking for? I’m sending it today, so I want to make sure.