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What is the best way for someone to send money from China to the USA?
Patrick & Li
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Ok.... My Wife, Son and Daughter are going to China this summer.
My wife is still waiting for her GC due to Namecheck still pending soooo we had to file for the AP. My son has his GC sooooo we assume No Problem. My Daughter is a US citizen but is only 1 1/2 years old. Do I need to get her a Passport and a Visa so she can travel?
Patrick & Li
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2, My son has his GC, but my wife is stuck in Name Check Hell.
Patrick & Li
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It took my wife about 90 days to renew the EAD. I efiled the EAD. Her green card arrived before the 2nd EAD. We wasted the money.
Yea, I am also worried about this. But, No way to plan for it.
Patrick & Li
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I would say YES. You don't have any documentation saying that you can work other than a EAD. But, Make an INFOPASS appt and find out for sure.
Patrick
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Yea, i understood the obvious. But I am filing electronically and one of the questions is where is the AOS pending, and ours is Missourri, but in the Drop Down menu, it has 2 locations in Missourri, but, it also has the NBC address and that is the one I needed. Soooooo, thanks for ur help.
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Here is what I get when i do a case status report.
I need to do a I-131 for AP and one of the things it asks for is where is our I-485 pending at. Here is what I get when I do a Case Status:
Receipt Number:
Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS
Current Status: Fingerprints review completed.
Review of the fingerprints taken relating to this I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS has been completed. Processing of this case continues. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when yours will be done. This case is at our MISSOURI SERVICE CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.
You can choose to receive automatic case status updates, which will be sent via email. Please click here to create an account online.
I need to know this before I can file the I-131 Advanced Parole.
Thanks for ur help, Patrick
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I am tired of paying. We had to renew our EAD, That costs $180.00 for all you that are uninformed.
Got to soon file for AP, That is another $170.00.
All for what????
Because the USCIS and the FBI are dragging their feet.
I am going to do a little research just to see exactly how much I have spent so far just in Paperwork fees. I would venture to say it exceeds $1500.00
Ought to be Tax deductable!!
Ok, Did some research.
Filed
I-129F = $170.00
I-130 = $190.00
I-131 = $170.00
I-485 = $325.00 x 2= $650.00
I-765 = $180.00 x 3= $540.00
for a Grand Total of $1720.00
Of course. That doesnt include the Medical exams, The SS# fees, Drivers License fees. Doesn't include any Biometrics fees that might not have been included in those costs. Doesnt include Gas or the days off I had to take to do the 6 fingerprint jobs so far. Doesnt include the fact that my wife had to take a 16 hour train ride from Nanning to Guangzhou for 3 seperate interviews because USCIS is too damn STUPID to get out of their own way.
So please, DON'T try to console me. I only want people who have guns or attitudes on my side. I am ready to go POSTAL!! Who wants in?
Friggin Arseholes. Fuggem!!
Patrick
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AP is usually 90 days, but that is dependent on the local USCIS district office.
You may need to make an infopass appointment to have an IO look up the status of her AOS, if you do it over the phone they only log your information and then tell you they will get you a response in 30-90 days. With an infopass appointment you can at the very least try to get some information.
Also, if your local congressional representative makes an inquiry it can help at this point because they will need to locate the file, which will probably include knocking an inch of dust off the file.
I have a feeling it is sitting on someones desk in the bottom of a pile.
Hey Lee, Thanks for your reply.
I have done all of that. Infopass appt only tells me that my file is being held up due to Namecheck and that their is nothing that can be done.
I had my Congressman do an inquiry, and I have received 2 letters from them and basically it is what you can imagine. They say that their hands are tied due to it being the FBI. In fact, i received a letter from them today. Blah blah, same old crap!
Patrick
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Up to 120 days after filing for naturalization, again some have to sue the government to perform their duty. See my previous post.It will be 3 years this June.
Now the magic question...... How long does it take to get Citizenship?
Hi Patrick,
Lee nailed it; your wife needs her LPR status.
Looking at your timeline I see you filed the I-485 for your wife on 07-09-04 but you filed before the I-130 was approved, if I remember correctly. I remember that from your posts, plus, you're the only one I've seen to do that. I always thought about how things were going for you two since then. Also, we both were going thru the K3 process at the same time and that's been a long time ago since our days "in the trenches."
CIS works in strange ways. Your wife's son got his 10 year GC and your wife hasn't gotten hers yet and it's been 31 months (07-09-04).
My wife got her 10 year GC but my wife's daughter hasn't gotten hers yet and it's been 30 months (08-09-04).
We're in the same boat except I am on the starboard bow and you are on the port stern!...
Dan might be on to something; sue the CIS and get them to do their job!.......
Yes, I looked at that too.
The GC eliminates all of these extra costs, I will soon have to apply for AP because my wife is going back to China this summer.
Anybody know what the average length of time it takes to get AP is?
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It will be 3 years this June.
Now the magic question...... How long does it take to get Citizenship?
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My wife told me that she was told by 1 of her many friends that a person could apply for citizenship after so many years of being married. She wasnt sure of how long. I was just wondering if anybody had heard of this. We are approaching 4 years of being married with no end in sight for the AOS. Just curious!
Patrick & Li
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Crawling on my hands and knees works for me most of the time. If that doesnt work then I have to put my head on her shoulders and beg her forgiveness and then slowly work my way back into her good graces.
But trust me, The rewards at the end is sooooo much more than what I gave to get them.
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Before you can check on your status you need to receive the I-797C receipt for AOS that will have her case number on it. The processing time will more than likely be about 6 months assuming you are in the Milwaukee district area.
Oh, Really?? about 6 months?
Sorry, I am being a smartass, but that is a bit misleading. AOS has to go through a FBI Namecheck, and if ur a lucky one, then ya might get through in 6 months. But, I wouldnt get my hopes up. We are at Month 31 since we filed.
Good luck, I hope it is better than ours.
Patrick
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Yup, They just told us that we would have to have additional fingerprints done in April. Ours would expire for our AOS that was filed July of 2004. 28 months and still nothing.
I swear....If I ever hit the lottery or somehow get rich, I am gonna camp out at Homeland Security and harass them till I die.
Patrick
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My answer is unrelated to your question Mick.
Just wanted to say that your daughter is sooo beautiful.
Patrick & Li
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Hmmmmm...Only 22 months, Huh?
I am adding in my head as I type for ours....Its been 28 months for us, and no light at the end of our tunnel.
Congratulations though, 22 months is much too long for anybody.
Patrick
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We went for our interview and the VO said even though we hadnt been passed for the namecheck that we would go ahead with the interview. She didnt have any of our AOS paperwork and neither did I, because I assumed they would have it. We were forced to make a new appt.
Pat
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Great news papabear!
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If it has been two years since your AOS interview, I'd suggest making an infopass appointment at your local USCIS office to inquire on the status.
I agree with Don, because something may have come up during the process that could be easily fixable.
But, In my case, At our Infopass appt, All we got was the same old song and dance about being hung up at the FBI for the Namecheck. We have been in Namecheck since 10-2004.
Patrick
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Try a temp agency. It gets your foot in the door and gives you a resume`.
Patrick
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Sounds like a stalled Name Check at the FBI, I have read cases where getting someone involved like senator's office to make inquiries of the FBI got things rolling, the case for some reason was misfiled, and stalled at the FBI.
I would be shaking some trees now, a nice letter or call to your senator's office, may get some satisfaction.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/se...hecks_42506.pdf
Thank you, and Yes, I already have. Senator can hurry USCIS but their hands are tied with the Namecheck. FBI isn't going to be hurried.
Patrick & Li
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My son got his Greencard 2 weeks after his interview, My wife is still waiting for hers. My son occasionally taunts her with his...LOL!
Patrick & Li
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Nothing has changed. The officer at Infopass said that we were still waiting for the Namecheck to clear. That is 27 months since we applied for the AOS. She told us that our fingerprints were good till April and then we would have to have them re-done. I am going to have to apply for AP for my wife, That is another $170.00. I guess they don't know that we are poor!
I know how lucky that I am to have my wife by my side, but let me tell you something that only the Longtimers can tell you. The longer you are in this process, the more you have to swallow their Crap, and the more I have to swallow, the more cynical I become about the process! Constantly having to pay fees, and for WHAT? Just so I can sit here and wait some more. Only the Gov't could get away with this, Anybody else would be out of business.
I am up to my nose in their crap!
Patrick & Li
Question concerning money sent from China to USA?
in AOS & Immigration Challenges
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LOL...ty, but I mean by wire, or deposit or someway other than mailing or carrying it.