xulei601

Thanks for all the responses, everybody. Schuller, I like both of your suggestions - the roaming consulate service in Seattle and the Vancouver option. I live in Walla Walla, so we're always up for a trip to the cosmopolitan West Side. Do you know how to find out when/if the SF consulars will be traveling to Seattle? And please share what you find out about the Vancouver office. Ryan

I've searched the threads, but nobody's saying what I want to hear. Does my wife really need to travel to the nearest Chinese embassy or consulate in order to renew her passport? Can she just mail it? If not, could she mail it to a government agency in China? If not, could she renew it in person in China? (As strange as it sounds, that would be easier, as a trip to China is always in the cards--and usually in the budget--but an unscheduled, bureaucratic trip to San Francisco or NY is not something we could easily do.) Information about this is oddly hard to come by. But I know this group has a wealth of experience, so I hope you can come through as you've always done in the past. To be clear, I'm looking for recent information or first-hand experience; from my research it sounds like things have changed over the past couple of years. Thanks! Ryan

I've just started putting things together for my wife's 10-year greencard and am dismayed by the biometrics fee. Not only is it 80 smackers, but it also means a three hour drive to Yakima and a missed day of work. This is for fingerprinting, right? What she did two years ago when she got her two-year greencard? So why is it necessary now? Anybody know?

My SO received her permanent residency card in the mail today. Surprised the hell out of us! They finally got something right! (well, almost. it was sent to the wrong address, after "changing" our address three times - by mail, by phone and in person at the biometrics. oh well, at least it found us). woohooo!

I've been out of the loop for a while, patiently waiting....waiting so long that I've forgotten how the process works. Is there an interview for EAD? Is EAD and AOS generally granted at the same time? When you go to the AOS interview do you really need to take all the stuff you've already sent in - tax returns and whatnot? Don't they have all your files in front of them during the interview? Thanks!

We're moving, thus jumping through more DHS hoops. On form AR-11, the last question states: "My stay in the U.S. expires on:" We just filed for AOS a month ago. The date of expiration on her I-94 has already expired. So how do I express this without raising alarms? Should I write "AOS pending" or something like that? Give the (expired)date and add an attachment explaining that the AOS is pending? Thanks!

We just got an RFE asking for proof the my wife's joint-sponsors are U.S. citizens. Will copies of passport ID pages do the trick? Kinda ticked off about this. She's getting really impatient to work (i.e. bored). Plus we got this just hours before our Spring Festival party. Damnit.

I finally filed the AOS forms, along with EAD and AP. I sent them by certified mail to Chicago and now I'm wondering when it might be received, or when I might receive notice that it's been received (just so I have something new to worry about in the new year). Any ideas? And happy new year to everybody, especially those of you spending it together with your SO's in America for the first time!

Roger that. Thanks. But does that pertain to the possible skin test, or was it just a general "heads up?"

Finally settled on a doctor who will sign my SO's vaccination form. But the secretary said they might need to do a skin test (I think she said PPD, but I couldn't understand her very well). Is this normal? Has anybody else had to do this?

But in the end, I do have to go with somebody on the list, huh? I live in Walla Walla, WA and there are only 2 doctors on the list. My hometown (small town) hospital said they would gladly do it for me, but they are not on the list..... Thoughts or suggestions?

One of the last things we need to take care of before submitting AOS (and we're getting close to the deadline, if there is one) is the vaccination supplement. Can this be done anywhere? Like a county health dept., for example? I think it was on the USCIS site that there was a way to look up doctors in your area who could do it. but after calling them I came to the conclusion that that was only for the physical (one receptionist said they could do the physical but not the vaccine form, another said they could do it but would have to charge me the full physical price - $175!). If anybody has any info I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

For my wife's K-1 visa my parents were co-sponsors, because my income was not sufficient and I'd lived in China for several years and hadn't filed tax returns. Now we're in America filing for AOS/EAD and I have a pretty good job that starts next week. I have a letter from the company stating my starting date and salary. I still don't have tax returns, though. Should I ask my parents to also fill out the I-864, or will my letter of employment be enough?

I-94 never expires 171712[/snapback] But it does have an "Until" date..... So the expiration date in question is that of her visa?

At the end of Part 1 it asks for an expiration date. Is that for the I-94 or the visa itself? Cheers