Jennifer Villegas    •   04/25/2013 00:06:15 AM

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My husband got approved for the I-30 and then we applied for the I-485 cause we thought he could fix here but anyways we went to the appointment in Irving Texas but he got denied cause he entered illegal and he was gonna have to go back to his country and since then we haven't received anything we have called to the USCIS and they cant find his case and to the NVC to check for his case but they say they don't have it either can yall PLEASE help me

Sonata0506    •   04/24/2013 14:13:20 PM

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My husband and I put through our paperwork and the date it was accepted was October 5th. Had my Biometrics and have heard nothing since. The date the office is now showing as working on is October 7th. I called and they put through a file to my local office. I received an email that night saying my case is still being processed and unfortunately they can not give me a time frame. Nearly at 7 months now. Very Frustrated indeed

p_kr    •   04/05/2013 16:57:12 PM

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I received an RFE for the I-864 (affidavit of Support) that my husband filed along with the adjustment of status application.

In the RFE the income tax return for the year 2012 was requested. We filed in feb 2012 and did not send that years income tax return as we had not yet filed it. so we sent the returns for 2011, 2010 and 2009.

As a response to the RFE we had to send the 2012 tax return and a new I-864 to the address mentioned in the RFE.

Lesson Learnt - If you're filing your Adjustment of Status sometime in Jan-Feb then try and include that years income tax return in the affidavit of support form so you dont get a similar situation.

Now this has unneccessarily extended the time for the review of the application by 15-20 days.

I'm not an attorney or legal representative and the post is purely based on my experience and is meant to be used as a guidance only.

toadbadger    •   03/28/2013 00:28:34 AM

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Hi,
in 2011 I won the Green Card Lottery and yesterday I had the interview in New York City. All the documents were ok, except for the fact that I forgot to pay the Processing Fee to the US Department of State, which I paid this morning. The immigration officer told me I should receive a communication from them next week. I am a little bit worried. I was wondering if anybody else went through a similar case. Thanks.

saratk    •   03/20/2013 13:39:19 PM

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I am the citizen, my husband a European citizen. We co-filed the I-130/I-485 with a priority date of August 2, 2012. My husband received his EAD/AP card and we had our interview 12/6/12. At our interview, we were told that our case was currently in background checks. We've heard nothing from them since. Two week ago, we had an Infopass appt and went to the local office (Long Island City, NYC) just to be told our case is "in background checks". I also did an e-file request last week, just in case we might find out more. Case still "in background checks.
A little background on us: I've been married once, 12 years ago. My first husband was a Lebanese native (we met in Egypt) who I petitioned for with the INS so we could start our life together in NY. Unfortunately, things did not work out between us and, after 4 years together, we separated amicably sometime around 2004 and eventually divorced in 2007 (or 2006?). I now have one 4-year old son by a man I never married, whom I was with briefly. My husband and I have now been together for 2 years, married for 1. We're a bit concerned that my former marriage to someone I petitioned for (successfully. He's now a citizen. We did not marry for a greencard, however. It was a genuine relationship.)
My husband has never been married, has no kids. He entered legally on a tourist visa but overstayed and has now been in the U.S. for almost 7 years.
If anyone has any advice, a similar experience, anything...:)
Thank you,
Sara

Nattywal    •   03/17/2013 09:59:22 AM

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My husband petitioned for my kids and I and on March 14 we had our interview following biometrics, approval of EAD etc. however during the interview, all went well. Except the officer said I was approved but not my kids since initially my husband filed the I-130 for me which was approved and had to then file separate ones for the kids. My issue is, why tell us that now? We filed all the I-485 since December 2012 and everything went through up until the interview. Why wasn't this medicated to us since we had sent in the I-485 applications?

So now we are awaiting correspondence from USCIS on the next steps.

Has anyone had a similar situation?

romina    •   03/10/2013 01:17:29 AM

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Got AP approved on March 6th . still waiting for the interview letter. status still shows testing and interview since Feb, 12, 2013. Hopefully hear something soon.called USCIS and they said mostly it takes a month to get the interview scheduled.

Franzrosearth    •   03/05/2013 15:32:40 PM

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Me and my 3yrs old boy applied for I-485 since my husband is a US citizen. We got diffrent interview date, and I keep on calling USCIS why we got diffrent dates for interview since my son is only 3. They said that I should come with him on the interview date(note his interview date is prior than mine). So that what we did we went on his interview date. And explained the officer why I am also there, they said they will pull out my
Record. So after waiting an officer called me, and told me to leave my husband and son. So she just make me swore, ask my son's full name and mine bday and my husband work. And if were only married once and that's it. Then she said were done, i told her do i need to call my son and husband? She said no were done your free to go. I asked her whats the result of our interview? She said I'll review it first and you'll receive the decission theough mail.

Anyone experience this?

p_kr    •   03/01/2013 17:11:15 PM

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Hi, I found very few posts on this topic and hence decided to post my experience.

Background: My husband was an LPR when I applied for I-130 and the I-130 was approved. The priority date in the F2A category was not current so I had to wait to apply for adjustment of status.

My husband became a citizen in Jan2013. these are the steps we followed.

1) Got together all documnets for Adjustment of status I-485, I-131, I-765, I-864, G-325A, Medical Form I-693.
2) Supporting documents
3) Copy of naturalization certificate

We filed through a lawyer and they sent out the package on Feb 15th to the USCIS Chicago lockbox and it was received on Feb19th 2013.

I received 2 NOA's on 27 Feb2013 saying that the application has been fwded to the National Benefits Center.

Earlier in 2012 we received an email from NVC asking us to pay some fees, do not pay this if you intend to adjust status in the united states. I think this only applies if you are going for consular processing.

Before we mailed the Adjustment of Status package we also sent an email to NVC saying that my husband is US citizen now and I intend to apply for AOS and to please fwd the application to USCIS. you will need to include a copy of the naturalization cert in the email.
We received a response after 2 weeks from NVC that they are reviewing our email and will hold the petition till USCIS requests it.
I dont think this delays your AOS as theystart processing your case. I would also suggest inclusing a cover letter with the AOS package stating that you're changing from spouse of LPR to immediate relative.
Will post updates as my case progresses.

Pinayprincess27    •   03/01/2013 14:32:28 PM

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Hi there! I came here with my K1 visa on October 12, 2012 married on the 15th my I-94 expires January 10, 2013...My husband didn't file my AOS because of financial issues... After three months something happened things didn't work out between us...January 30, 2013 I decided to leave him so I can breath and think I have decided to get things over I want my marriage to be annulled. We have no property and the best thing I'm not pregnant I dont wanna go back with him anymore...I just wanna know if I can file my divorce before I go back to my country eventhough I-94 has been expired. I dont want to become blocklisted or stay illegal here because I wanna go back in the US someday. And second, Is it ok to marry someone else after I get my divorce so I can file for my AOS? Please help me Im confuse. ..I heard a lot of things evrybody isntelling me to stay but I couldnt afford to stay here illegal Im trying to do things in a right way...but going back to my husband is not my way:( I need some advise...thank you