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Sorry, I could not find a calmer article discussing this, but this one caused me to look at the new I-485 form (the old ones were meant to expire in Dec 2018, the new ones 6/30/2019). Some questions on the new one: 1. Have you ever been arrested, cited, charged, or detained for any reason by any reason by any law enforcement official (including but not limited to any U.S. Immigration official or any official of the U.S. Armed forces or U.S. Coast Guard)? 2. Have you EVER committed a crime of any kind (even if you were not arrested, cited, charged with, or tried for that crime)? The second of the two examples I put up there is definitely a minefield. https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-admin-doubles-immigration-form-length-says-itll-take-no-more-time-do-0 Increased complexity and ambiguity may increase need to hire an attorney. No comment re whether or not it will speed things up or slow them down: Admininistration Doubles Immigration Form Length, Says It’ll Take No More Time to Do The Trump administration has quietly made immigration more difficult for people seeking to immigrate to the United States. It has increased the length of immigration applications significantly. Since January, it has increased the length of 15 immigration forms, yet at the same time, it claims that most of these forms will take no more time to complete. The table below presents a list of all of the forms that the new administration has increased since January and how long each administration estimated the forms would take to complete. Collectively, immigration forms have doubled in length, but key forms like the I-485 to adjust to permanent residency were tripled. The I-130 to sponsor a relative increased sixfold. U.S. citizens will need to fill out nine times as many pages to sponsor a spouse as they did last year. It’s a monsoon of bureaucracy. -
Hello all, small question I can't find online. My partner submitted a medical birth certificate with a US notarized translation for I-130/I-485. She was born after 1996, 1998. Sources indicate online, if born after 1996 a chu sheng gong zheng shu is NOT needed, just the medical birth certificate. Last week I received notice that the birth certificate was not accepted and a chu sheng gong zheng shu was needed. Is this correct, as my partner was born AFTER 1996. My partner is in america so it is very hard to get a chu sheng gong zheng shu. Is there an easy way to do this and do I even NEED to? All things suggest I just need the medical birth certificate. I apologize if this has been asked before, I search all over and could only find one similar but not exact post. Thank you! -
Hi everyone, So we sent in our I-485 monday last week, and I called to try and check the status and I come to find out that the application was rejected, because we forgot to have her sign it. We had printed out so many iterations of it and signed them that I guess when we we're on the final one we were so exhausted from all the forms that we missed it. I feel like an idiot. Anyway, she came her on a K-1 and her 90 days are up on 9/10. We can't just put everything together tomorrow because we sent in her white book for her birth certificate. We could technically send in a copy of her original chinese birth certificate, but they are like scraps of paper practically. I don't think that they would be accepted. Plus they're obviously not in English. Has anyone dealt with an issue like this before? Are we totally screwed? Thanks!
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Hi everyone, Thanks as always for all the help! I cannot thank y’all enough for the support and aid y’all have provided in this crazy process! We made it through the interview for her K1 just fine without the CCP membership being an issue. As we near the time to submit our I-485, I’m wondering if it’s necessary to frontload the application with the I-601 for the CCP membership or to wait and see if it ever becomes an issue. On a totally unrelated note, have any of your Chinese spouses changed their last names? It seems like that would cause issues with having a Chinese passport with a different name when traveling in the future. Thanks again everyone! -
Hi So for i 485 part 8, question 1 ask for any organizations that I joined, and for part 8 question 56, it asks for any affiliation with the community party. I was never a member of the actual Chinese communist party, but I was in the youth program called Young Pioneers of China (中国少先队员）, should I write yes? and should I write this down in question 1 aswell? since this probably count as both organization and affiliation with communist party? Will I get in trouble for this? Since this was involuntary, I was an elementary school student, I didn't know enough to make my own decision, and it was required for the school, I was automatically in when I was around 6 and automatically out when I was around 14, Should I just attach an explanation? I don't have any evidence to prove that it was involuntary, or any evidence to prove that I am not a member anymore, everything happened automatically without my involvement, only the explanation itself.. Thanks! -
If a lady enters the USA on a visitor's visa and marries an American citizen while here on that visa, do we have to worry at all about the lack of a K-1 visa?
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My wife came to US on a B2 visa, we met and were married about 10 weeks later on February 17 and we are applying for adjustment of status and green card (I-130 and I-485). We have everything ready to submit but her birth certificate. She was born in 1976 and never had a birth certificate. Her brother has gone to the police and to the government for the city of Dazhou in Szechuan Province, the town of her birth. They told him my wife has to request this in person, which is of course not possible. I am concerned my wife's visa will expire before we can get the birth certificate for submission of a complete package into USCIS. Those folks who have been successful getting a birth certificate from China while you were in the US, please tell me how to do this. Any advice is much welcomed. Thank you much.
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Good day, My wife has her I-485 interview the 9th of November in Tampa, FL. I am looking for opinions. I have been offered a job in my hometown (about 300 miles away). I can potentially make 2-3 times what I am making now. My worry is if it will reflect poorly on our situation hat I am changing jobs shortly after her interview? Not sure if in the right section. -
Hello! My wife and I are applying for green cards (I-485) and we need to submit a copy of her birth certificate. We have a one-page document that looks exactly like the sample document below, except: The title at the top is Gong Zheng Shu instead of Chu Sheng Gong Zheng Shu It doesn't have a number (like XO01836888) in the lower-left corner It has her information and photo, not somebody else's information and photo Is this sufficient for I-485 (along with a professional translation), or do we need to get a 4-page white booklet? How would we get the white booklet, given that we aren't in China and don't have family or friends in China who could take care of it for us? Thanks!
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Not sure if this is the right place to start, but here I am anyways. As a background, I'm a US citizen, and my fiancee is a Chinese citizen. She's living here in the states on an H-1B visa. When we've talked about whether to change her last name after marriage (I understand that this is not normal for Chinese women), but my fiancee is very concerned about the hassle of trying to change her name while simultaneously applying for her green card. If we decide to change her last name to mine (its still not something we've fully decided on), we don't know anything about what this would entail. Would we need to get her name fully changed first (along with getting a new passport, etc), and then apply for the green card, do it the other way around, or do both at the same time? If it makes a difference, she isn't planning on becoming a US citizen in the near future. Thanks for the help!
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We received notices of action that they had received the applications for the AOS, work authorization and travel document on May 19, 2016. We went to the biometrics appointment on June 20th and no problem was indicated. So, I am wondering about other people experience with how long it takes.
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how long did it take to get your spouse green card please list if you did fiance visa or cr1 visa my wife got hers 45 days
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My wife and I will be filing the get permanent residence status for my mother in-law, my wife's mother. She is here on a B2 visa now and is getting older and will not work here, also she partially blind. I think I have all the forms for this: I-130 filled out by my wife I-485 filled in as her mother I-864 filled in by myself I-693 filled in by wife G-325A about her mother The questions that have on the forms are: The I-485 Part 2 I am applying for an adjustment to permanent resident status because: (letter H) Not sure what to put, don't want to get denied. Do we file all the documents at the same time? USCIS does not make it easy to figure out. Any help would be great. Frank & Stephanie -
asks "Current USCIS status" and "Expires on". I don't know what know exactly what they are asking for and I don't think I have anything with an expiration date. She's here on a K1, married and now doing the AOS.
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Good day, and happy Chinese new year! I Haven't been on in a long time! Much has changed, and I am currently preparing I-130 / I-485 for concurrent filing. I have questions regarding the Chinese Communist Youth League in relation to I-485 . My wife joined the Communist Youth League entering middle school as it was mandatory. She paid the fee one time, and hasn't thought about again it until it came up under (I-485). (Part 3. Q6). "Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way affiliated with, the communist party or any other totalitarian party?) From what I have read it is best to answer (NO). Then list the youth league under. (Part 3. C). "List your present and past membership in or affiliation with every organization, association, fund, foundation party, club, society, or similar groups in the united states, or in other places since your 16th birthday." Here is where the questions arise. We have heard mixed things. 1. If you haven' t paid the annual fee to the youth league, then she is automatically withdrawn, meaning she would have been withdrawn before her 16th birthday, and we shouldn't list it. 2. Even if you don't pay the annual fee your still considered enrolled. We then should list it, and withdrawal. Problem is we cannot find a way to see if she is still involved, and how to withdrawal if so. Checking for advice on how to handle this in the best way.
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I believe the US law for K2 applicants for green card changed in 2012. This change in law enabled K2 applicants who entered the US before their 21st birthday, but who turned 21 before adjusting status to get their green card. The law held that the K2 applicant's age was considered "frozen" as of the date of entry to the US. I'm trying to find specific law regarding this issue from a government website or posting. Anyone here familiar with it?
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My son and I entered USA via K visas in 2014. a month later i married my husband and then he filed AOS for us .But up to today we both haven't got green card. what's worse , my son is over 21 now .we fear he will be denied because of age out. please contact me if you know how to help or if you have had the same experience. Thanks !
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Hey guys, I'm now in this section after a fairly enjoyable K1 process.... My questions is about this medical. I've done a fair bit of research but I can't quite answer my own question. My wife was pregnant during her K1 medical, so she did not get any vaccines. They did not give her a DS-3025 either. I see via the I-485 instructions... C. Fiance(e)s: If you are a K-1 fiance(e) or K-2 dependent who had a medical examination within the past year as required for the non-immigrant fiance(e) visa, you only need to submit a vaccination supplement, not the entire medical report... I don't understand if this means I need to fill out a DS-3025 or just the "Vaccination portion of the I-693". Which is the final page of the I-693. I definitely wouldn't want to mail in a I-693 that is totally blank except the vaccination page. Unless this is what is expected. (???) It also states that I do not need to include the "entire medical report". So it seems that all I need to send in with my I-485, as far as medicals go, is the vaccination proof. I don't even need to provide proof that a medical was done in China (I don't have anything to prove that anyway really) as the K1 visa wouldn't have been issued without it anyway. True? Thanks guys! I wouldn't have made it this far without this forum.
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Hi, I am stumped about the name change. Fiance arrived 10 days ago and we went to the courthouse the next day and got married. In Colorado, you merely sign your names on the license and you are instantly married. The clerk said she could not change her name then, but could go over to the SS office and change it there. We went to the SS office yesterday and the clerk there let her change her last name (to mine) but not her first (I expected that). But, I am skeptical that this changed her name in any way. We still need to do the G-325a (bio info), i-131 (travel), i-485 (adjust status), and i-765 (work auth). That is, the AOS procedure for the alien who entered on a K1. My question is: is her name changed in anyway? Or, is is still the English translation on her passport? We need to haul ass on her AOS as she was given a very short window of validity for her K1. So, how are names legally changed? Through marriage/divorce? Or, in state or county (not federal) venues? I would appreciate any light shed on this situation. Thanks, Greg
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Hi Everyone, Here is my story: I met my current girlfriend while we were in graduate school in the US. We started dating in graduate school. Basically, if she didn't maintain a 3.0 GPA average, she would be academically dismissed. For two semesters, her GPA stayed at 2.85 so the University dismissed her. In dismissing her, her student visa was revoked and she was forced to return to China. This has been brutal. So we are going to see if things can work long distance for a while and then seek out paths for her to come to the US. She is from a pretty wealthy family from what our Chinese friends in graduate school have said. We are open to any visa type or whatever path necessary. I am willing to marry her in China if that is necessary. Basically, I would like her to be here with me while she looks for a job in the US. She is an experienced finance professional in China. From what I understand, it is easier to find a job in the US if the company is not required to provide sponsorship. Basically, I am in a situation in which I really don't even know what questions to ask or what to do. This whole thing has really been a hard pill to swallow. We talked about me going to China, but I am not going to be an English teacher and I don't speak much Mandarin. I work in Corporate Tax so I think the opportunities are fairly bleak for my situation. Any advice/input would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance. -
Hi all, We are filling out Form I-485 for my wife's AOS. She joined the CCP when she was an undergraduate student in China (as an academic honor) in 2010, but went completely inactive and stopped paying dues after she graduated and came to the US in 2011. Researching the topic of CCP membership, I am aware of Article 6 of the CCP Constitution, which states non-participating and non-paying members forfeit their membership after 6 months. At the top of page 4 of Form I-485, Part C there is a table for listing past memberships and it includes columns for "Date of Membership From" and "Date of Membership To". I'm wondering, given the above, what we should enter for "Date of Membership To"? Should we enter the date she went inactive plus 6 months? Have others done similar? Thanks! - Sorca
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Hi All, My instruction for I-485 marriage-based cases (my fiancee came here on K-1) states we must bring the following additional items: Affidavit of support, COMPLETED AND NOTARIZED, WITH THE SPONSOR'S FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR THE MOST RECENT TAX YEAR. My questions: 1) Affidavit of support: does this mean I need to fill out a new form I-864? Notarized? I'm confused since I already submitted it with my I-485 application, do I need a new one? 2) Tax return: I e-filed, so I don't have a signed paper copy. Can I print out a copy and sign it? Does it need to be notarized? For the I-485 application I submitted 3 years of IRS transcript already. Thanks! John -
Married while in possession of student visa
mark89134 posted a topic in AOS & Immigration Challenges
My stepson has just been married to a Chinese girl who is on a student visa. He is also Chinese with permanent residency. They were married here in US. What is the next step that the girl needs to take in order to stay in US? Does she need to get another type of visa or does she perhaps need to be petitioned? Thank you for any help... -
Please post Name, Address and cost of Civil Surgeons you may have had a bad experience or good experience. For example a K-Visa holder adjusting within a year of medical for visa interview should only need vaccination portion of I-693 done NOT a FULL medical. Note CR-1 and IR-1 have this handled before Visa interview so wont deal with the Civil Surgeon in the USA. If adjusting from a visa type like a student visa then a FULL MED is required. Links of interest: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030.pdf (List of vaccinations requirements for AOS) Thanks Lee VD http://candleforlove...ndpost&p=565702 VJ's Thread: http://www.visajourn...nt-rip-you-off/ Age 18 - 64 are required to have: MMRTdVariccella (AKA Chicken Pox)The FLU if in seasonTable of required vaccinations: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult.html http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/adult/adult-schedule.pdf Better yet, if you can, get the DS-3025 done overseas while doing the medical for the visa, the DS-3025 should be in a seperate sealed envelope that you will bring to the USA and use when adjusting status, see this posted later in this thread: http://candleforlove...012?do=findComment&comment=577012 mm5901-Immunization.pdf ds3025.pdf adult-schedule.pdf
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My wife came here on K-1 visa and we just had our AOS interview at USCIS Seattle field office ($7 cash only for parking so bring $$). It was rather quick and easy. Appointment was at 10 AM but didn't get called in until 11 AM. The officer was a nice lady in her 30's. First we swore in, then she asked for both passports and official marriage license. She then went through some questions from our application, the part about have you ever been a communist party member, have you ever killed anyone, have you done human trafficking, are you a spy, etc. Those are the questions they HAVE to ask. For evidence showing bona fide marriage, the stuff I brought were Quit Claim Deed for my house (put her name on the deed officially), joint checking account, her being my life insurance and retirement beneficiary, both driver licenses showing same address, I'm her credit card co-signer, etc. Next we showed our recent photos -- we brought about 20 photos and about half way she smiled and said that's good enough she didn't wanna be too nosy. The officer did not take copies of anything, simple took notes of what she saw. The experience was pleasant and painless, maybe 15 minutes? The officer apologized a few times about asking weird questions from above and having us wait an hour, etc. She did not ask for my affidavit of support or most recent tax return, even though the appointment letter specifically asked to bring those. My wife did not have to show *anything* e.g. her SSN, employment authorization card, advanced parole, etc. Basically, we only showed our passport and marriage license to the officer. The only bump in my experience was the vaccination record was incomplete by the civil surgeon. We have to go back to the surgeon and send the completed form back. Again, the officer was apologetic and sympathetic that she couldn't approve us right away. Maybe I was lucky to have had such a nice and easy officer? I think overall just relax and answer truthfully and you will be fine. The officer went through your files thoroughly beforehand and probably have a pretty good idea if the marriage is real or not -- if they suspect something, they will then drill hard with questions. Good luck to all! John
