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My wife and I will have been married for 3 years at the end of March. It's time to apply for the 10 year green card. How do I go about filling for her and my step-daughter? Bubba
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Hi all. My wife and step-son have been here in the US for nearly 2 years and we just got the letter from USCIS saying its time to submit the I-751 to remove conditions. I had a few questions - sorry if these are repeats listed somewhere else. 1- Is I-751 the only form we need to fill out and submit? (ex...I dont need to submit the 865 geographic again or affidavit of support to I?) 2- Do we need to submit a separate I-751 for my step son who is 15 yr old? thanks all! Don
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Hi all. I know this is a common topic but I had trouble finding info on it. We applied for my wife's 10 year ROC (and step son) in November of last year. She is planning to go to China to visit this summer and I don't think she will have her new 10 year green card in time for her trip. I thought I read somewhere on this site that you could go to the local USCIS office and request a stamp or something? Could someone tell me about that and how we get an appointment? I forgot to mention her 2 year perm res. card is almost expired and she did receive the 1 year extension letter thanks Don -
Hello everyone, I know it has been quite a while since I have been online. Just finished my school and we are expecting a baby girl this holiday 😝. We are so excited and blessed. I do have a few questions about my status and needs all your help. I have a 2-year green card, I arrived here in the US last year of April 2nd. I know that I need to process for my 10-year green card 90 days before my 2nd anniversary. So my questions are as follows: 1. What type of visa should I file? 2. What are the documents needed? 3. Should we include our baby in the papers and how? 4. And lastly, how do I change my last name to my married name? It is included in the form or do I need to file separate? I really need your help and assistance everyone. Thank you so much! Regards, Mrs. Gravestey -
Hey guys, me and my wife went to an interview to remove the conditions of her green card. The interview went great, she said we passed but we didn't get any type of 'receipt' or anything, she just said that it would be in the mail about a week from then. That was the week before Thanksgiving, and we still haven't received anything in the mail. Should we be worried? When should we try contacting them? I really hope we won't have to go to the office again because its at least a 4 hour drive! (and there is no way to call a local office...) -
Gents, Thanks in advance. My wife's two year green card expired Aug 28th. We sent in all the paperwork in June, made payment and had the biometrics completed Aug 14th. We received I-797, Notice of Action receipt notice that states amount received $590.00 and it states "Your conditional resident status is extended for a period of one year. During this period you are authorized employment and travel". So we are good until Aug 2015. What is the typical turn around time for the new 10 yr green card? Where can I go to check status of this? I check USCIS.GOV and entered in the our number and all it says is: Case Was ReceivedOn July 17, 2014, we received your Form CRI-89, Petition to Remove Conditions of Permanent Resident Status Received, Receipt Number EACXXXXXXXX, and sent you the receipt notice that describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you do not receive your receipt notice by August 16, 2014, please call Customer Service at 1-800-375-5283. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address. Regards, Matt and Lili
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Hi all, Thanks in advance. My wife's two year green card expires Aug 28th. We sent in all the paperwork in June, received received of payment and had the biometrics completed couple weeks ago. We received I-797, Notice of Action receipt notice on 07/17/2014. It states amount received $590.00 and it states "Your conditional resident status is extended for a period of one year. During this period you are authorized employment and travel". Question - My wife needs to go back to China for a few weeks to help take care of her mother (surgery). Does she need anything else besides this letter and old green card to travel back and fourth from USA to China? She will be leaving next week but wont be back until mid Sept. Her 2 yr green card expires on Aug 28th. I just dont want her to have problems coming back in September with a expired 2 year greencard and only a letter stating its been extended for 1 year. Are we ok here? Matt and Lili -
So, in what feels like has been taking forever almost a year later after submitting a book full of evidence after a RFE came in a few months ago, I have found our case was transferred from California to Memphis and it says we will have an interview (but doesn't talk about when). This has me a little nervous for a few reasons: 1. They are very slow, its almost been a year since this whole process started and in November her letter extension expires. 2. Her drivers licenses expires as a result of above, and our lease on our apartment expires around then too and I'm worried that could cause more issues. 3. She is attending University this semester and next, I don't know if this is going to cause issues. 4. I have no idea what more evidence I could bring. We did return to China last month for a second wedding party (our first was just my close friends) but her parents wanted to have their own party so we had another. I'm hoping to get a video of that event and put it on my phone for the interview but that's all else I can think of, besides bringing what I already sent! So how does this interview go? Is it any different then the one my wife took at the embassy while in China? Just go up there, he asks her some questions about how we met , ect, then its done? And is it normal to have to attend an interview at this point? The Immigration hotline is pretty terrible at explaining anything, they couldn't even tell us if they received our RFE. Am I almost done with this terrible process? Is the citizenship process just as slow and tedious?
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Hello all, I will have to admit that I have been a rather infrequent member here for the last couple of years. I got involved with VJ. I have learned quite a bit on my immigration journey. However, my family and I recently started the ROC process and it seems to signal a change in the emphasis and tenor of our journey. I suspect that I will soon be spending more time here. Since their arrival in July 2012, my family has been working hard to make their new country their home. My wife, a former 20-year high school teacher in Liaoning province, is a recent massage school graduate and is now working in medical clinics expanding her therapeutic massage therapy practice. My stepson, formerly a somewhat awkward recent high school graduate, recently graduated from a local community college achieving a 3.92 CGPA. This fall, as a junior transfer student, he will be attending the University of Washington - Seattle campus, majoring in a very popular Electrical Engineering discipline. While I just keep working at my health profession practice, looking to retire in five years (ya right ). Currently, the ROC part of our journey has been progressing at a quick clip, certainly a far cry from the seemingly forever lapses of time during the K1 visa phase of our journey. We sent in our 3.8 pound POC packet toward the end of August. We recently received notice of their biometrics appointment 8 days from now. Maybe we will be lucky enough to avoid the ROC interview. I mention this in view of the "murky" AOS interview we endured a few years ago. Que sera, sera. Good luck to all.
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I am seeking help with Drafting a cover letter for my Wife's I-751 application . We are about to send in the Documents for file to remove the restrictions on Her Visa . Please help me make a Nice professional looking Cover Letter Thank You my Brothers & Sisters Michael -Sean
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Hi folks! I know this is probably a stupid question, but as we all know, the immigration process is sometimes stupid, so I figured I'd better ask anyway. My wife's green card is expiring in three months. I know we need to file I-751 along with the evidence and fees it calls for. My question is: is there anything else we need to file? For example, do we also need to file for green card renewal, or will she automatically be given a new green card if/when the conditional status is lifted?
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My wife and I will be married for 2 years in March. Can we apply for the 10 year green card then or do we have to wait for 2 years at the end of the current green card to apply? Also when can my step-daughter apply for her 10 year green card?
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It took like 8 months, but I just got an RFE. I was really shocked and not sure what to do. It states that they want more evidence from the beginning of the marriage, because my evidence was too recent. And more evidence of financial commingling. What I submitted the first time: My lease with both her and my name on it, for our current address. Our car insurance (both names on it) Affidavit from my Dad. Tax record from last year (I used the record I had from TaxTurbo) One or two bills (doctor), to same address but different names (hers and mine, as we are not put on the same bills together). I don't really know what else to provide. We don't have a joint account, as a student they suggested she get a separate one because it would be free. I transfer her money regularly, but I don't know how to really show them that or if they will care. I have two car loans, one for mine and her car, but since she's a student with no credit, I put my name on both, and we didn't bother to put her name there. We have no utility bills in her name. We don't own a house so no mortgage. We are both young. I'm not sure what to do, some ideas that I came up with were: Add as many bills with our address and previous addresses that I can possible find. Just add them all in there. My Dad added me and her as part of his cell phone family plan, maybe I can get evidence we are both under it. Print out my Bank Statements and try to draw some map that shows I'm sending it to her. See if my Health Insurance company can print something that has both our names on it. Call for Tax transcripts from IRS for last 3 years (more than before, and more official being from the IRS?) Pictures of our apartment and things we own? Cars? Clothes? Food?? Add more photos for good measure. Add all the evidence I ever submitted before, so there is records from the beginning of the marriage, before I just focused on our time since we been in USA. I'm really all out of ideas, and I'm not sure any of those are going to really help me! I also don't know if I should be freaking out about this blue letter or not, or if its pretty common. I also don't know what happens after I submit these, what should I do? Should I be considering a lawyer? ~ Freaked out and confused.
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USCIS approved my wifes 10 year green card! With all the other 'problems' we've had with all the dealings with the government in getting visas, etc. I thought for sure...ahh what the heck...not a time to be thinking negatives...THIS IS A POSITIVE!! YEHAAAAA!! CELEBRATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ChunMei's 10-year green card came in the mail last Saturday, and she's thrilled. And so am I. We'd filed in early October and she was complaining about filing so late (I was waiting for some copies of supporting documentation.) She wanted to have her card before New Year. I'd told her that that would probably not happen. In early November she went in for biometrics, and we heard nothing after that. So I had to listen to her constant grumbling about the long wait, and maybe it would take one year, and why didn't I call and ask why she didn't have it yet, etc, etc, etc... So about 10 days ago we got the letter saying she'd been approved. Of course the letter has the usual "will receive your new card on 30 to 60 days" disclaimer in it, so now she's grumbling about not getting it until April. So when the card showed up in Saturday's mail... Now all she talks about is how she is a lucky lady, and how she got her green card very quickly in only 4 months, and how all of her friends waited 6 months, and so on. Funny how quickly attitudes can change.
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In 9 months we can file for Yuan's ROC. While we have been living on China for my work the company has provided our apartment. our name is not on the lease or any of the bills required for the apartment. I was thinking about putting the STAR program literature on the packet with the section marked about the company providing housing along with a copy of my contract as part of the packet. As far as other evidence we will have 1. Bank statements from 1 month after wedding till current 2. NYS DL showing our US home address 3. Chinese birth cert for our daughter 4. CRBA from the shanghai consulate for our daughter 5. insurance cards with both of our names 6. Credit card with her as authorized user not really helpful but it will not hurt to send it 7. Electric bill's from Feb of this year on with her name. I know we should of done this sooner but for some reason our local elec company would not add her without the GC, she had to fly back to china before it arrived in the mail due to final trimester of pregnancy. 8. We will get her a secured credit card or loan when we are back in the states in a week. 9. life insurance and 401K showing her as ben 10. Pictures of us with the baby from birth thru the filing of the packet, along with pictures from various trips in china and around western NY. 11. Hopefully we will have a new house in both of our names by the time we file. I could add her to our existing house title when we pay it off next week but do not want to waste the money if we can sell it when we buy the new place. 12. Copy of my work contract showing that I was working in China for 11 months. My main concern is the amount of time she will have spent out of the country during her conditional GC. We have a I-131 covering last year, but it expires mid feb and we are coming back until middle to late april. I do not think we will have any trouble entering this time. But with us only staying 2 weeks then leaving again for 2.5 months they might give us problems with the ROC. She will have been out of country for approx 15 months of her 2 year GC time. The time she was out was because of traveling with her spouse for work purpose so that should time out of country should be ok, at least I think it should be. Anything that I am missing in my thoughts on the packet?
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We never received a 797 for my wife's 10 year GC. We did get the biometrics letter and already took care of that. The USCIS officer we talked with in MN when we did the InfoPass, said it may have got lost or something, but that the bio letter shows they received it and moved forward with processing the request. Do you think a call to USCIS is in order to see why we never got the 797? Thanks and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
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Hi All, Wife and I went up to St. Paul for an InfoPass to get the I-551 stamp on her passport since the 10 year green card hasn't gone though and probably won't before we go over to China in Jan. 2014. Officer was a little surprised that we didn't have a receipt paper for the 751 we sent in, but only got the biometrics appointment letter. He just calmly said though, "Maybe it got lost in the mail." and went forward. Stamped the passport, but today, my wife sees that while her A# is A08...... the officer wrote A8..... leaving out the 0. How critical is this? I sort of thought that it might not be that critical but she's worrying. Any thoughts? Thanks and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
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Hello! Rosie and I got all the evidence for the I-751 sent off about a week ago. We were just wondering (of course) how long the process takes? When should we expect to get a letter from USCIS? Will it just be an initial approval letter or just for biometrics? USCIS says 6 months for processing at the CSC. Any experience at this time from anyone else on how long they've waited? Thanks for any info!! Have a great day!! Rosie and Marc -
"The original affidavit must be submitted and also contain the following information regarding the person making the affidavit: his or her full name and address; date and place of birth" Question. If date and place of birth are not offered in the affidavit letters, will they be disallowed as evidence? I have letters from friends and family (that I gave them copies of sample letters that showed to include this) and they omitted it. My sister put her date of birth and not where she was born. 3 friends have no date of birth or where they were born. Can I write this info on there or have them do it and initial it? They are typed letters.
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Hello everyone! me and my wife are approaching the 90 day window for our 2 year anniversary in the USA, and we are preparing to file the i-751 to remove conditions. I noticed it says to include evidence of a relationship, and the instructions look exactly the same as the first ones we did when we first started this process almost 3 years ago. Is the evidence as important in this step as the first time? Should I pack all the same stuff I had in there before, plus more? Also, I called them up and they told me after I send it they would send a receipt, which my wife is to use until the new green card comes, is this receipt good enough for renewing a drivers licenses? When my wife got her licenses they made it expire on the date on her green card, she drives to school and i'm concerned this will be an issue. After she removes her conditions, when can she begin to apply for citzenship? Thanks,
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We filed all the paperwork for the permanent green card. I received a letter back stating they need more evidence. I am not sure what more to send. I sent the follwoing: Drivers License, health insurance, dental insurance, photos, affadivits, life insurance, retirement funds, bank acocunt info, and credit cards. The tax return was from 2011 because the 2012 had not been filed, so I can send the 2012 tax return. Since my wife does not have a job, she does not have a credit card of her own. I bought the house long before I met her, so her name is not on the title. Same goes for the cars. I am not sure what to do here. Any help would be appreciated. I only got this letter for my wife..not for my step daughter. Thanks in advance.
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Thanks to all the information and help I have received here through the years. April 28th had AOS interview in Buffalo. A week later got a letter we were approved. And last week we finally got Jun's 10 year Green Card. Thanks once again to all here and all my family and friends for their support. During the interview she asked a few questions and intently wrote down all our answers. But after about 10 minutes she stopped writing anything down and just began to listen and look at photos and proof, asking only a few questions. Interview lasted about 30 minutes. After she found out we had been together for almost 4 years already I guess she realized we were really married and in love. For those of you who do not know our story to sum it up. After I married Jun, I moved to China after I got everything paperwork and financially done here. Spent 11 months with her in China, taught English while there. Soon as she got approved to come to the U.S., we moved here. So in the 4+ months we have been married have only been separated for the 6 months from when we got married till I moved to China.
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Thanks to all of you. This forum helped me tremendously. Quick note - We had RFE because I didn't send sufficient info showing a marriage relationship for the entire 2 years of marriage, for example, they mentioned I sent only a few monthy joint bank statements rather than statements covering the 2 years. So I went to the bank and had them print a copies of statements from the time I added Ling to present. Instead of only a few copies of health insurance, assets, etc etc. I sent everything I had covering the two year period which has both our names. If I can offer any advice, it would be get everything possible in both names and keep monthly copies. Ling got her 10 yr GC on the 24th. Such a relief Thanks again, everyone.
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Well, its that time ... time to file for ROC for my wife and step daughter. My step daughter is now 23 years old and came to the United States at the same time as her mother. My wife came on a K-1 and my step daughter as a K-2. My wife and I were married 6 weeks after her arrival. The daughter was 6 months from turning 21 when she arrived in the States with her mother and received her 2 year Green Card before aging out. My question is this ... does my step daughter's age have anything to do with the filing of the I-751? I have my wife's I-751 ready to go. On Part 5 - Information About Your Children, I have listed my step daughter, her Date of Birth, and her "A" number and "Yes" ... Living with me. Do I just file the one I-751 for BOTH my wife and daughter with one submission fee and 2 biometric fees or does my step daughter need her own I-751 with a SECOND submission and biometric fee? Their 2 year Green Cards will expire at the end of June. Any advice would be helpful and very much appreciated.
