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I have a question, did your wife received any temp. GC while she is waiting for a new one? Since there is a time between her 2 yr card expires till new one. ? Thank you As dnoblett said the NOA is the temp GC. That's why it's important to file ASAP. ------------------- So yesterday we got the actual 10yr GC in the mail. We mailed things off on 09/03/09 and got the physical card 10/17/09 for a total of 6 weeks. That's for record keeping by whomever...

Super fast! Which center did you mail the I-751 too? Hopefully ours is handled as quickly. California.

New update! "On October 13, 2009, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283." So, we now have the GC and just have to wait a few weeks to get it! Pretty fast, eh? Thanks to anyone who has helped on this path and good luck to everyone else waiting!

Couple updates: - 09/15/09 got NOA receipt - 09/24/09 got appointment for biometrics. appointment is for 10/02/09

Yeah, I just seen that. That's awesome. I always thought you were way ahead of me, though, so I was kind of surprised to see you had just sent off your docs. Good luck!! We'll see who has the least speedbumps. ;-) Unfortunately I have to rely on the Califronia service center....

Howdy, everyone! I just mailed off our I751 on 09/03/09. Today, 09/09/09, my check was cashed and posted to my account today. Let the roller coaster begin.... B)

from visajourney: "You will receive a notice of receipt for the form stating that "Your alien card is extended one year - employment and travel authorized". Keep the receipt with your green card. If by some chance you are not approved within a year you will want to make an InfoPass appointment to go to your Local Office to request an I-551 stamp in your passport. "" http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=751guide We are supposed to take this recipet/form down to the DMV and get a new driver's license, right?

I don't believe moving would be a problem, as long as you make sure to register your new address with the USCIS. We just filed the I-751, and what pretty much happens is that you send in the package and fee, and after a week or so, they will cash your check and send you a receipt, followed by a biometrics appointment. After the biometrics, it's anyone's guess as to how long you will wait. I've seen quite a few timelines showing several months to up to one-year. Where does she have to get the biometrics done? Is that similar to the appointment we got for AOS at USCIS/DHS offices. Normally, how far out is the biometrics date from the date you send in the package? I'm guessing I'd have to stay put until after the biometrics appointment, if it is in fact at a USCIS center (they will surely schedule for the center of the state i'm currently in). Take a look at my timeline, and some of the other timelines of those posting in the AOS forum. I've noticed that biometrics are scheduled pretty quick after they receive the package. In our case, we mailed the I-751 in late January 2009. My wife and daughter's biometric appointments were then scheduled about one-month later. As for the location for biometrics, they will choose the closest facility to your primary residence as per the address you indicate on your forms. Okay, cool deal. Looks like you are flying right through. I suspect ours will too. We arne't filing until late August, but I just like to get a head start on things...got my manila folder collection already start. ;-) Sebastian, thanks for the links. I think we did the online form before, so that's probably what I'd do again if we do move. I'm going to try and hang tight where I'm at until it's all done, but ya never know. --------------- After we get the biometrics done, isn't she supposed to get a form that tells the DMV to renew her driver's license for antoher year? Her license, and of course work permit, both expire in late November. Or does she get that letter (thought I read that somewheres) after they cash our check?

I don't believe moving would be a problem, as long as you make sure to register your new address with the USCIS. We just filed the I-751, and what pretty much happens is that you send in the package and fee, and after a week or so, they will cash your check and send you a receipt, followed by a biometrics appointment. After the biometrics, it's anyone's guess as to how long you will wait. I've seen quite a few timelines showing several months to up to one-year. Where does she have to get the biometrics done? Is that similar to the appointment we got for AOS at USCIS/DHS offices. Normally, how far out is the biometrics date from the date you send in the package? I'm guessing I'd have to stay put until after the biometrics appointment, if it is in fact at a USCIS center (they will surely schedule for the center of the state i'm currently in).

So here's my hypothetical situation (as usual): We can apply for me wife's 10-year GC August 29. Assuming we do the papers right (God/Lennon willing) and we get an NOA notice, say, 6-8 weeks later saying they accept our package and they're going to take 90-forever days to process it.... Given that, how much hassle am I looking at if we move after they send that initial NOA? I'm in AZ but may go back to WA or even TX...how much trouble will this cause me if i move out of state? If i get summoned, will I have to go back to AZ to deal with it, or ?? Also, any feedback as to what pretty much happens after I file this package is welcomed, especially if it's different than my assumptions (file I-751 papers and wait for 10 year GC). The form itself looks to be the easiest of this process so far, and i've got plenty of goodies in my ever buidling package.

OMG!! 10 weeks? People, is the 'new process', or an unusually kind act of God?

Thanks for the quick response, Randy. Is she supposed to get the biometrics at the USCIS when she gets the NOA1??? It says it must be at the USCIS, but it's not entirely clear when we will be invited to the lovely buidling to do so.

NOt sure whre to place this thread, but here goes... I read this: http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29296 And this: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-751instr.pdf - Number 5 in the USCIS.pdf link/file above says affidavits from two friends statind they know your relationship is real.... Has anyone actually done this? Or did you just give tow letters, like in the top link as David's comments seem to suggest? - So she was issued her GC on apprx. 11/28/2007, so we are supposed to submit this I-751 90 days before this date, right? Or is it date_got_GC - 90_days? - Hmm, what else? Oh, how long does this process normally take? What will happen to her status if they don't complete it before her GC expires??? - Do they normally ask for interviews for this part as well? - Anything useful to know? Experiences?? Thank ya kindly in advance! edit: sorry mods, didn't see this forum -thanks for the move. ;-]

yeah, so pretty much if you sign up for the military and are stationed in japan/germany, you can do this route. very interesting. i have a friend in the army...i don't think he's aware of this.

Look at page 20 of M-476 form. http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf Am I reading the first two bullet points in the last section on page 20 correctly? You can be a contractor or in the US military and your spouse can apply for citenzenship?? "If you are at least 18 years old and: Are the spouse of a U.S. citizen who is one of the following: • A member of the U.S. Armed Forces; • An employee or an individual under contract to the U.S. Government;" There is no "Continuous Residence" requirement for such situtations as I interpret it. Anyone care to point out something I may not be seeing here>? It is rather late....

" I would also venture to say that the act always proceeds the feeling. " Seemd we would agree... I don't want to have endless back and ofrths on the net, leaving people hanging for a response when I know I'm probably not going to post again for a while. Nothing toward you...

Speaking on behalf of all humans, I disagree. Love is something you feel, not do. What you do is a result of how you feel. Therefore you are said to love someone if you do nice things to/for them. These nice things are done because of the way you feel toward them - a result of how you feel. Since when? Some people care enough about their fellow man to be kind and loving to them, even when they don't love them. Love has many meanings. In this context I assumed it was related to a 'partner'. If you look in the dictionary love has many meanings, one such meaning, essentially, is 'brotherly love', the love you describe. christian orgs, for instance, love all brothers of the world, therefore their actions are many including rasing money for food, clothing, etc for poor people around the world. What they feel is 'love', what they do is 'help'. End of discussion from my side of the fence.

Speaking on behalf of all humans, I disagree. Love is something you feel, not do. What you do is a result of how you feel. Therefore you are said to love someone if you do nice things to/for them. These nice things are done because of the way you feel toward them - a result of how you feel.

Well, hey - maybe one of my suggestions stuck. That's good - at least now you know about an MSG allergy. Which of course, mondo sucks. YOU CAN MAKE chinese dishes without the MSG, of course, but the taste will be nothing like one WITH MSG. I've successfully used chicken bullion cubes in place of MSG, not have such a big 'reaction' and the taste was ok.. Not stellar, but just ok... 90% of everything i cook is chinese food (no, not kung pao chicken and fried rice - real chinese food) and i never use MSG. MSG is used primarily in restaurants where they want to substitue spcies and such with MSG. MSG is a flavor enhancer that is as cheap as salt...it basically open the pores/taste buds on your tongue so you get a fuller flavor than without it. no need fo bouillon cubes...beef stocka nd chicken stock aren't reaidly used, at least not in the regions of chinese food i'm familiar with. if you don't get your sodium/flavor out of salt and soya sauce, then, i suspect, you must be putting too much water,. look here and see such cubes are very high in sodium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouillon_cube not so good for blood pressure/stroke, but then food fried in oil and salt ain't all too healthy in the first place. of couse hcinese don't consume as much as we do.

Actually no i dont eat beef jerky. I'm a country girl, most food i eat is actually dairy, breads, potatoes(my family's irish so that's a whole catagory on its own lol), pasta, etc. My diet is fairly MSG free. The things that would contain MSG end up making me just as sick, so i stay away from them. I also have a TON of food allergies, so you'd be suprised how limited my diet is. I was tricked into trying it. I was very pissed when I found out. I don't eat anything with a personality. I do want to share a quote from my Japanese friend lol. I know Japanese and Chinese don't get along, and sometimes i get the most fun out of hearing them making biting remarks at each other. One time my Chinese friend goes "It is so sad. Japan is such rich country, but they can not afford fuel to cook thier fish." I nearly laughed my butt off. My Japanese friend then countered with, "Chinese eat everything with 4 legs... except desk." I didn't quite understand how funny that was until i was IN China. Let me tell you, out in the countryside it's no holds barred. I finally got to the point of no longer asking and having my husband decline any and all meat put near me. And i actually saw a dog body hanging in the meat market with a few pieces carved off... I fainted. Wow, just noticed you're in Huntsville...I have a slight chance of coming out there myself. country girl, we'll go go cow tippin' if i end up there...jk though not definitive, there's a growing claim in the medical industry that people who have many food allergies are ones that were not introduced to different types of foods in their early years, and who's foods and environments were very sterile. possibly useless factoid I thought i'd share...

I once read after a year they can take back the GC, or at least deny her at POE. Like most on the Internet, I won't reference any legit source to back my statement(s).

I bet you eat more MSG than you know. Ever eat beef jerkey? Many american foods also contain this, contrary to popular belief that it's an asian thing. Just fyi..random search here, not sure of it accuracy, but you can verify next time you shop. http://www.rense.com/general52/msg.htm

i used to work at a county hospital and I know for sure the poor folks that would come in there were not paying as they had some form of state medical INS that was paying the expenses. i would think this covers permanent residents as well... worst case one can always buy INS policies that cover the major stuff...high deductible policies that are only to be used for emergency. of course if they have repeated hospital visits yearly that are withing the high deductible then you would be scrwed.

'wine' in china usually is liquor or liquer. And it's very nasty...and this is coming from a vodka drinker.

Yeah, I've thought about this as well. You can buy a monthly INS plan, which usually sucks, but will help in the event of something very costly like surgery. Also, I think they can get welfare/healthcare being that they would be residents and make zero income. Anyone say otherwise??