Chemist_Geek

Agreed. I have been trying to get them to give me the password for configuring their router for port forwarding, and, it's impossible. When we've had other difficulties, neither I nor my wife were able to understand them!

OK, again, I somehow messed up and they RFE'd us. The USCIS claims that the I-864 we sent in, was not from the petitioner/sponsor. At this point, I'm not the petitioner, my wife is petitioning for AOS. I'm the sponsor. On the I-864 instructions, page 5, there's absolutely no mention whatsoever of the I-129F. However, on page 2, it reads: Well, that would be me, right?

Bobbie does the same thing... over and over and over and over again! (Then she'll say, "What do you think?", give me three seconds to make my complete statement, and launch into another repetition... Oy...)

Well, Bobbie and I have had our "fun" with SSA and the Michigan Secretary of State... We went to three different SSA offices (and called their national number) before finding one which would even issue a SSN. Of course, they would not issue it with her American names, but only with her Chinese given name and married family name. Then, going to the Michigan Secretary of State for her ID card, it was the same story...although since her K-1 had expired (for entry; she's still in status until February) there was a bit of consternation. Her medical insurance through my employer wouldn't be issued in anything other than her SSN name...so that's "wrong" too. Right now, the only things that are in her desired American name are our marriage certificate and her library card. Finally, she has nothing from her medical in Guangzhou; everything was taken at POE Chicago O'Hare. No yellow book, nothing...so we had to have the full medical again. That required six (!) sticks to get enough blood, and an X-ray. So, we're getting ready to file the I-485, I-131, & I-765. I wonder if we use her American name on the I-485, how much trouble that will cause?

Utterly different from our experience today...we received three different stories from the SSA. The first office to which we went, said that she could not apply because her visa was expired. After I explained that the visa was expired for entry, but that she is permitted a 90 day stay, the officer pointed to the mark Immigration made and said, "See? they crossed it out. That means it's invalid." "Yes, it's a single entry visa, and she's entered. Of course it'll be crossed off." So then she took all of our paperwork (birth cert & translation, passport, K-1 visa, I-94, marriage certificate, and my driver's license) and went back for a while. She returned and told us that Bobbie would need her EAD or green card to apply for a SSN and told us to come back. So we went to a different office; on the way, I called the SSA's 800 number. After fighting with the automated system which repeatedly asks for the SSN of the person you're calling about, I finally spoke with a live person. He said that a K-1 is immediately eligible, just bring all the documentation available to the local office and they'll process it, would I like the address? *sigh* Arriving at the next office, we spoke with an officer who told us that Bobbie would have to get CIS to change the name on her visa (since I suggested she apply with her married name) in order to process the SSN application. Oy. We're going to a third office tomorrow...it'll probably be the fourth story we hear.

Are those (TRVtVC) as difficult to get as a United States B-2 visa?