Family Based Greencard

Santa Ana Field Office
PD:12/23/2016 (i485,i130,i765)
Ead approval notice:04/25/2017
Ead card received: 05/01/2017
Interview notice received: 08/01/2017
Interview scheduled for 09/05/2017

We're finally scheduled for our interview. From the time of submission to getting our interview scheduled it took about 8months. We're almost there. Does anybody have tips for the interview?

Dear all,
              My wife was a US citizen who passed away few months ago. I'm still shocked. I have a daughter (1.5 years old) who's us passport. I'm from Bangladesh. There's us embassy in Dhaka. I can't file my petition (i-360) here in Bangladesh as because there is no uscis office in this country.

I have been trying to find where to send my petition and when should I make the payment for the petition. I am having trouble to get the correct information in this regard. Can anyone tell me where should I send my petition? If the answer is uscis lockbox then which one? Phoenix, Az or Chicago lockbox?

When and how should I make the payment for the petition (petition fee $435)? After the approval of the petition or before?

Thank you.

HELLO FRIENDS, HERE'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF MYSELF AND HUSBAND AND MY JOURNEY TO BECOME A LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT/ GREENCARD HOLDER.
ME AND MY HUSBAND FELL IN LOVE SINCE WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL IN OCTOBER, 2000
WE DATED FOR 8YEARS THEN WE GOT MARRIED IN APRIL, 2008 (NOT LEGALLY BUT RELIGIOUSLY)
HIS FAMILY GOT SPONSORED AND MOVED PERMANENTLY TO THE USA IN 2011, ONE MONTH AFTER I GOT MY B1/B2 VISA AND I VISITED THEM, MYSELF AND HUSBAND WENT BACK TO GUYANA AND SPEND 9 MONTHS AND WE BOTH CAME BACK TOGETHER, HE DIDNT WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM ME, HE EVEN WANTED TO GIVE UP HIS RESIDENCY IN AMERICA, I PERSUADE HIM NOT TO, AND WE BOTH DECIDE TO GIVE IT A TRY, SO I TRAVELLED BACK TO GUYANA TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE, I RETURNED ONE MONTH LATER TO THE USA (OCTOBER 2012) AND SINCE THEN I NEVER WENT BACK, WE GOT MARRIED LEGALLY IN MAY, 2013 AT THE COURT HOUSE.

FIELD OFFICE IS LONG ISLAND NEW YORK

OCTOBER 9th 2000- MET MY DARLING HUSBAND (HE WAS 17 YEARS AND I WAS 16 YEARS)
APRIL 27TH 2008- WE HAD A HUGE WEDDING BACK IN OUR HOME COUNTRY(GUYANA) WITH OVER 800 GUEST ATTENDING, IT WAS JUST A CEREMONY, NOT LEGAL
MAY 29TH , 2013- GOT MARRIED LEGALLY IN QUEENS COURT HOUSE WITH HIS PARENTS AND SIBLINGS ATTENDING
OCTOBER 19TH 2016- HUSBAND BECAME A USC
OCTOBER 24TH 2016- MAILED 130,131,765 AND I485 ALONG WITH 864 AND 693 MEDICAL, ALL PROOF OF BONAFIDE EVIDENCE IN ONE PACKAGED TO DALLAS
10/25/16- PD
11/29/16- DID FINGERPRINT
12/09/16- READY TO BE SCHEDULED FOR AND INTERVIEW
02/10/17- RECEIVED COMBO CARD (I-131 AP & I-765 EAD )
02/28/17- RECEIVED SSN
04/10/17- RECEIVED MY DRIVERS LICENSE
07/27/17- RECEIVED INTERVIEW IS SCHEDULE UPDATE TEXT AND EMAIL -TOTAL DAYS 275
08/30/17- INTERVIEW DAY!!!

I never recieved any RFE nor did we take any lawyer, I did all paperwork on my own... my journey so far was smooth and hoping for it to end soon!

THE EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE SO FAR:-
card s and letters we exchanged in school when we first met and fell inlove
photographs since school days to present, i made an album (we love taking pictures)
hotel reciepts from 25 different states we visited for vacations and weekend getaways
tickets that we purchase to visit sight seeing places like disney world in Florida, Hollywood Studio in California, Grand canyon skywalk in Arizona, places in las vegas, white house in washington and places too numerous to mention in all the states that we stayed....
planes tickets that we purchase to visit those states.....
we already purchased airline tickets to visit on home country in guyana for christmas,2017, so we gonna take that to show then aswell...
card from well wishers who came to our wedding, card that we give to each other for anniversaries, birthdays etc...
Joint tax return when he filed in february of 2017
utility bills- national grid, con ed, cable/internet , phonebill in both our names
bank statements-checking and savings in both names (we have previous bank statements since we were living in guyana with both names )
credit cards and debit cards in both names
we purchased two vehicles for each other with both our names on the TITLE
health insurance with both names
auto insurance with both names on the policy
we applied for life insurance, we are in the process and hoping to get it finalised before our interview
we are renting, but the house we are living in is not leased, so we usually pay the landlord with a check, i have the duplicate books to show , the check book has both our names.. reciepts for furniture we bought.
we took tattoos of eachother names on our hands

i already started putting everything together and making copies also,
any advise will be appreciated from u guys
OUR MARRIAGE IS 110% REAL (WE ARE TOGETHER FOR 17 YEARS AS OF TODAY)

PRAYING TO HAVE A SMOOTH INTERVIEW!
BEST WISHES TO EVERYONE IN THIS FORUM AND MAY ALL OUR WISHED COME TRUE!

I married USC in Oct 2014, and i filed on July 2015 got ead sept 2015, first interview on Dec 2015 after that no response from USCIS after several calls, info pass, on March 2017 got another letter for 2nd interview scheduled for April 2017 we went and no separation for the interview and everything was okay not until we got a notice of intent to deny, due to improper divorce of my ex-wife through customary court instead of High Court decree which has been processed before the interview but it was decree of nissi, we responded before the end of 30 days given after we discovered the problem but it was too late. we went back to remarry after getting the absolute divorce decree and presented it it as our defense, unfortunately it was denied bcos as the time i marriage was consented i did not qualify to married my wife.
On June 2017, we receive deny letter with option of appeal on i 130.

We refile again on first week of July with maximum packages of our documents including pics of vacation and flight ticket within and outside US.
sent by express mail 5th July cost $35 by usps
received and acknowledge on 6th July
check cash on 10th July
receipt received on 17th July
Biometric letter receive on 21 July
Biometric done 24th July

does it mean we will going through expedite process, will they still call us for interview?
kindly advise

Hello everyone my case was finally updated this morning, I have an interview scheduled for Aug 28.

Filled Date: 12/14/16 forms i-130 and i485
Bio Metrics: 1/10/17
Case Ready:For Interview 4/21/17
Interview Date: 8/28/17

Daca holder with work permit and advance paroled, filling thru marriage.

Hello everyone,
I am really hoping some one can help me. As my visa is expiring in less then two weeks.Little bit back ground, we have been married for two years finally applying for green card. We are doing all paperwork by our self, have couple of question before we lodge our applications.
we are doing both petition and adjustment of status application together. We are bit lost after reading all articles online and going through the multiple website.

 we think we need to submit the below forms on the first package;

#I-130
#I-130A
#I-485
#I-765
#I-693

My main question is when do we have to lodge I-864 form. As we are doing joint sponsorship ( my wife and I am sponsoring my self showing my business income back in Australia). I dont have my current tax documents as in Australia we do our taxes end of July also my wife was student and didnt have a proper job until this year.

If anyone can advice us , we will appreciate a lot.
Cheers

Hi guys. Hope everyone is doing good. First I would like to thank the forum for such good help they offer to the members. I had a query regarding my wife filling for a green card for me from India.
Questions-
Can we apply for my green card from India as both are staying together in India?
How to pay the 535 dollars for the I 130 application in India ? I cant by cheque as i dont have a US based account
Thanks in advance.

Hi All,

I am USC petitioning for my spouse today is 115 days after our interview. We were told it would be 120 days before reaching a decision.

We will reach 120 days this coming week and there has been no updates on our case status since the scheduling of our interview March 15. We have an InfoPass appointment scheduled for 7/17/17. Prayerfully, we will receive an positive update.

Does anyone have any experiences they would like to share about Infopass or with Los Angles, CA?

Thanks in advance for your time & replies.

I have researched a lot on the below questions but could not find any relevant answers—please read and help!

Background:
Divorced mother with a 14 year old boy undergoing family based US immigration process (filed by sibling). I got divorced 4 years ago—family court in Gujarat has given me full custody with visiting rights to my ex-husband. The court judgment also stated that my boy is older than 9 years of age and therefore, the court cannot compel him (my boy) to meet the father, however it is suggested that the boy should have a father figure. I am trying to prepare for my upcoming immigration visa interview at an embassy in India and had the following questions:

Questions:
1. could my visa be rejected based on the custody situation (i.e. visiting rights to father) of my boy?

2. If yes, how best can I prepare for the immigration interview so I can get the visa approved and can travel with my son to US?

Hi Forum,
I'm getting a marriage-based green card.I have received my EAD but i lost all of my i-797 approval notices for i-765 and i-131 along with the receipt notice for i-485, i-130, i-765 and -131 during an international trip. I do have a picture copy of the receipt notices and the original EAD card.

Will I need these notices for the interview later, especially if I have the EAD card? I did some research and I can replace the approval notices by submitting i-824 form. Anybody has done that before and how long does it take to replace all the approval notices?

Thanks!