Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
United Kingdom	Time frame for legally staying in the United Kingdom	QUOTE (Brit Abroad @ Apr 17 2009, 07:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Although the US Embassy wants (and needs) to see the passport, I believe it's mainly to establish legal identity with a document issued from the home country so, would it be worth checking if they would accept a notarised photographic document of identity and covering letter from the Pakistani Ambassador at the Embassy for your fiance's K1 interview, explaining the situation, with a copy of his passport particulars (assuming your fiance kept a copy of his passport when he sent the original in)? Don't you have to show your passport to get through the embassy's security checkpoint? I can't remember clearly (that day is a blur in my memory) but I'm pretty sure I was asked for mine at the checkpoint...	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-04-17 13:29:00
United Kingdom	Time frame for legally staying in the United Kingdom	QUOTE (MARM @ Apr 9 2009, 08:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Another reason I would like to mention is that usually when one says they lost a passport, with the Pakistani embassy, the first measure is investigating whether it has really been lost...and that could take a lot of time. Yes, requesting a new passport would be a Really Bad Idea in my mind. The background to what you said is that in order for a country's passports to be considered valid in other country's eyes (e.g. the US and the UK) they must adhere to certain standards to ensure the security of the document. A key to that security is making sure that no more than one passport is available to a person at a given time so they won't issue a replacement for a stolen passport without a police report or for a lost one without a thorough investigation to determine whether it's been used recently, returned to the Pakistani embassy after being turned in to the police, etc, etc, etc... Even if they did issue one, however, an emergency passport will almost certainly be marked as such and the US embassy will want to know why he has it leaving him with two options: (1) tell them the truth that he obtained an emergency passport when the original is neither lost nor stolen or (2) lie to them about it. Both options would doubtless lead to denial and a ban for misrepresentation.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-04-10 12:05:00
United Kingdom	Brits in the USA	QUOTE (Gary_UK @ Oct 2 2009, 06:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OOH better add me then. 6 hours before departure to the airport. I remember that feeling well... Nervous yet?	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-10-02 18:30:00
United Kingdom	Brits in the USA	Feel free to add me and my wife Jeremy (UKC - Lancaster) and Dee (USC), Alpharetta GA	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-01-30 22:02:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Non-Visa Topic - How's your Left-side driving spouse?	I never drove in Britain so it was relatively easy to get used to driving on the right here. I've been driving since about March though and I still have to think hard at 4-way stops. Instinct still says 'give way to the right' as with British roundabouts. When I went to get my learner's permit, the guy processing my application said I'd be amazed how many left-side drivers come in for their road test and fail by driving on the wrong side of the 'road' at the testing centre. I would like to think that was just him trying to be funny though - surely nobody would do that?	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-08-09 17:06:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	can lawyers help a visa come faster	Immigration is like plumbing. No, really, bear with me a moment If you need to do something like replace a tap sorry, faucet then provided you have the ability and to carry the job through and the patience to learn the ins and outs of how it works and what to do then there's no reason you can't guide yourself through the job without hiring a professional. If your faucet is an abnormally complicated faucet or you don't have the time, patience or ability to do the job, you can pay a premium to have someone help you. FWIW, saying there are no means of speeding up a visa process, is not strictly true either but a lawyer is not one of them. Off the top of my head, reasons for expediting a K-1 case include: serious family illness/humanitarian grounds, extreme financial hardship [if you don't get your visa pronto] and service error. Probably a couple of other things too. Once your expedite request is backed up with documentary evidence and approved by USCIS (who won't grant it for just any old circumstance to be fair to the majority) it can be approved very quickly. You still have to go through NVC and the Embassy stages though, with all the requirements they have.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-01-15 14:10:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Need Help again!!!	If USCIS approved the I-129f petition and it was the embassy that denied him a K-1 visa then he will have an A# from his prior application, it will be on the top of the I-129f approval notice (see picture). If USCIS denied the petition then I've no idea...	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-09-09 23:55:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Urgent Please help!!!!!	I seem to remember having a similar conversation with the post office when I sent my stuff back, too. Absolutely send your forms back to exactly the address they give you - don't listen to the post office person. I'd send it Royal Mail Special Delivery for next-day delivery if I were you. Don't use Recorded - that's just 'ordinary' First Class with a signature.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-03-04 12:35:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	London Embassy - I-134 pages missing 2 days before Interview!	You won't be denied, don't worry about it. Lots of us have gone to the interview at London with missing documents including the I-134 and been just fine.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-03-11 13:28:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	London Embassy - I-134 pages missing 2 days before Interview!	QUOTE (*julez* @ Mar 10 2009, 01:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The worst that will happen is that they'll approve you pending receipt of the originals. Agreed. Almost the same thing happened to me at London. I had zero pages of my I-134 and they said "I can't approve you today without an affidavit of support so you'll need to send it to us before we can continue processing your case. Thank you and enjoy your time in the United States" followed by a wink and a big smile. I left with an RFE sheet and instructions to send the affidavit in via SMS courier (you can't send it any other way). You can get their details from their stand at the top of the stairs in the waiting area. If they do RFE you, it won't hold you up by more than a week or so.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-03-10 18:13:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	London Embassy; Medical After Interview?	QUOTE (paumanda @ Mar 9 2009, 11:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the suggestions. I took your advice and changed the medical date to the afternoon after the interview. My interview is at 9am and the medical will be at 3pm, will I have enough time to get to the medical? (im hoping to make sure that in the worst case scenario I still have time). Unless the delays at the embassy are horrific, I doubt you'll have a problem. My interview was 9am too and I was done by about 11 (and about 90% of those 2 hours was waiting and queueing ). Which office is conducting your medical? If it's the Bentnic Mansions office, it's 5 mins walking distance from the embassy. Really, no worries there, you'll probably have several hours to kill on Oxford St QUOTE Also, once the embassy receive my medical documents will they send my xrays with my passport and visa? I would assume so. If SMS deliver it to your house for you, consider yourself lucky - it's a roughly A2-sized envelope and a real pain in the backside to carry around London FWIW, mine is currently sat behind my computer desk (the only place I can fit the blummin' thing without bending it ). I've never been asked to present it and certainly didn't have to turn it in it at the PoE.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-03-10 20:25:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Selective Service Question	QUOTE (KJC @ Jan 26 2009, 06:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I saw that chart already, wouldn't someone on a K1 be permanent resident alien since that is the goal of that visa? No, I don't think so. The K-1 is a non-immigrant visa and permits entry for only 90 days. It's the subsequent adjustment of status proceedings that makes it permanent, which I why I'm sure you don't need to register until the date on your GC (or not at all if it comes after your 26th birthday). QUOTE I called the SSS phone number and the guy I spoke with thought my husband would have been OK if has we got married after his birthday since he'd was here on the visa, but technically he still was on the visa (wedding in May, applied for AOS in early June, his birthday late June, and K1 expired in September). Remember that as soon as your husband walked through the immigration area at his port of entry, the K1 became null and void - the visa is good for entry only - it's his I-94 and later his AOS pending status that is his authority to be in the country after that. Until such time as the the GC is in hand, he's a non-resident alien, who entered on a visa, as detailed in the SSS document. I really don't think you need to be concerned... (edited for clarity ) Edited by JeremyR, 26 January 2009 - 06:45 PM.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-01-26 18:43:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Selective Service Question	QUOTE (KJC @ Jan 25 2009, 06:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I didn't think he would need to sign up until after he got his green card, but according to the chart on the selective service website it looks like he was suppose to sign up as a legal alien. Are you sure about that? This chart (pdf format) makes it quite clear that "Lawful non-immigrants on visas" are NOT required to register but that "Permanent resident aliens" ARE required to register, which certainly suggests to me that you're not required to register until you have a green card. I'm approaching my 26th birthday in April and awaiting my AOS interview. I entered (also K1) last May and haven't registered with the SSS because the rules always seemed clear to me that it was something that was something that's only required of LPR's.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-01-26 15:56:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Re-entering the US	QUOTE (camifree @ Jan 12 2009, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Officer: BLICISO BAL (God knows what that is) The surname of the officer who stamped your passport and BAL for Baltimore, I'd imagine?	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-01-14 17:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 - When to File	No, the NOA1 is the extension document. Look at the example image here (click the image to make it big enough to read. It's probably worded differently these days but the principle is the same).	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-06-09 19:58:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 - When to File	QUOTE (chili74 @ Jun 9 2009, 08:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> what is our status in the wait period, we would have an NOA1 from sending the petition but what does that give us? A one year extension to your permanent resident and (with travel and employment authorised) is granted on the NOA (which, along with your expired GC, is your proof of status while in RoC).	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-06-09 19:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Downloading I 865	Clearing cookies will make no difference in this case. Cookies are the responsibility of and kept exclusively by the web browser software (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc). Despite that it normally runs inside your web browser, Adobe Reader is independent of it and does not have access to your cookies. Anyway, assuming you're not using a years old version, you should be able to view the document without issue if you elect to ignore the warning about newer versions. If you really have problems downloading the forms and you don't want to make a sizeable donation to your local library's running costs, you could always call the misinformation line and ask them to send you one (ordering forms is one of the first menu options). I believe it's free. Heck, you could even make an infopass and go and collect them from your local office	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-06-12 21:51:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Preparation for Lifting Conditions Procedure	QUOTE (milesinfront @ Jul 10 2009, 07:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Our apartment is solely in my name. I submitted bank statements for every three months spanning the two years, from our joint checking account, a tax return, correspondence from the IRS, one photo, two emails, a greeting card sent to both of us, cellphone bills and an electricity bill. Thanks for this. My wife is the sole name on the mortgage (since she's had it a good ten years or more). We have looked into adding me to it but realised it would be a bad idea for three very strong reasons. One, it's prohibitively expensive (we're talking a four figure number + a renegotiation of the interest rate based on my credit history which is obviously very short). Two, we were warned that it would probably harm my credit rating because my wife's is erm... not that great. And lastly, it was pointed out to us by the mortgage company that if we ever wanted a second mortgage in the future for example on a second property, me having no existing mortgage to my name would be very advantageous. So, we're not going to do that to ourselves just for the benefit of one piece of evidence for USCIS at ROC time Honestly, I would that the result of the adjudicator feeling the supplied evidence wasn't sufficient would simply be a request for interview rather than a denial.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-07-13 19:06:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Do I have to start all over again????	QUOTE (Otto und Karin @ Aug 20 2009, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have some tea (have a lot of tea in fact...) Come on - you know you'll miss the whole 'waiting' thing.. just when you won't be able to stand it any more...along will come the Removing of Conditions... I'm trying to do that but I keep finding myself reading the RoC forum 'in preparation'... Supposed to be out of the grip of USCIS for a while but it certainly don't feel that way	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-08-21 18:12:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Atlanta walk-ins??	If it's not too far, just drop by and see when you're passing by. Can't hurt. Failing that or if it's a long awkward way to go to risk being sent away, just wait for your date, that way you know you will be seen...	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-07-21 14:49:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Atlanta walk-ins??	Are you talking about Atlanta ASC, 1255 Collier Road, Suite 100. Atlanta, GA 30318??? All I know is that Atlanta ASC told me to take a hike last October... about 15 minutes before my scheduled time when the place was empty Maybe things have changed since then or the guard was just being an #### (quite possible, of course!) but it certainly seemed then that they wouldn't accept people other than at exactly their allotted time. That said, once I was in, it took less than 10 minutes and once I was past the #### on the door, everyone was polite and courteous [edit: What? I can't say ####? Another word for donkey ] Edited by JeremyR, 21 July 2009 - 12:05 PM.	JeremyR	Male	England	2009-07-21 12:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Passport photos?	Nope, no photos needed. Great, thanks	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-02-14 14:22:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Passport photos?	Hello again VJ - long time no see but here we are again at RoC time already I have just a quick, silly question. Somewhere in the back of my memory I recall there being a need to send 2x passport photos with the I-751, but reading through the instructions, I can't find where it's mentioned unless you're an overseas military filer. Are passport photos required and I'm being blind reading the instructions or am I just mis-remembering something (quite possible!)? Thanks as ever Jeremy (time to update that timeline ) Edited by JeremyR, 14 February 2011 - 10:49 AM.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-02-14 10:46:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	how late can I file	You should be fine but just make sure you triple check everything you send, make sure the form is entirely filled in and signed, the check or m/o is made out perfectly and that the front and back copy of your GC is in there. I know it all goes without saying, of course but the last thing you want when you're filing closer to the end of the window is for them to reject the packet for some little slip up because then you will be very tight for time. Edited by JeremyR, 27 May 2011 - 02:22 PM.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-05-27 14:22:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Can spouse join applicant for biometrics?	What kinds of questions do they ask in the form you fill out? I'm kinda nervous because they might not let my spouse in with me! It's a fairly painless procedure if you know what to expect. You must take a government-issued ID (your expired GC is ideal, or DL, etc) and your appointment letter. You will likely be asked to show your ID at each stage of the appointment. First you're given a form which asks for basic info. Off the top of my head, it asks for: I-751 receipt number (it's on the bio appointment notice), full name, address, date of birth, country of birth and country of citizenship, A-number, SSN (doesn't matter if you can't remember it as I found out ), height, weight, eye and hair colour and stuff like that. Once you give that back, you take a seat and wait to be called to be fingerprinted and photographed. They ask you to verify that the info on the computer screen is correct, then it's fingerprints. It's a bit cumbersome, they take them in lots of different ways and each finger is scanned multiple times. Finally they take a photo and that's it, you're done. It sounds like a lot but if they're working efficiently, it doesn't take long. I was in and out (of Atlanta ASC) in 15 minutes at most each time I've been. Also how early do I have to be? My app time is 3pm. Should I come 30 min early? 1 hour? Depends on the centre and the attitude of the security on the door. Hopefully somebody who's been to Seattle will give specific advice. Some will let you visit at any time before your appointment date if they have space, others will hold you to time to the minute. As somebody above mentioned, Atlanta office are very officious and won't let anybody in with you but others reportedly will. Atlanta once made me wait outside for 10 minutes because I was early - that was when I did bio for AOS but last time for ROC a few months ago, they let me in 30 minutes early. They will probably also insist that you don't take anything in with you apart from ID and the appointment notice. That includes cell phones, purses, bags, etc so it's best just to leave them in the car.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-06-06 15:40:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Clarification	Third paragraph says: "Note: Conditional resident applicants, including dependents residing overseas will not receive a biometrics appointment. To complete biometric processing these applicants must submit the required items listed on the I-751 form instructions. Mine (from VSC) is written slightly differently but has the same poor wording. I think there's a comma missing and it's meant to read: "Conditional resident applicants, including dependents, residing overseas...". In other words, it applies to active military personnel (including their children) removing conditions from outside the USA rather than all conditional residents (in the US or otherwise) and dependents residing overseas. Commas can change everything Edited by JeremyR, 08 June 2011 - 08:54 AM.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-06-08 08:52:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	ROC I-751 Package Sent ... No Response Yet	Usually i have seen people getting NOA in 2 days but in my case its been 7 days since i sent the package. I just wanna make sure is it normal ? On the ROC monthly filer's tracking threads, people are putting the date their NOA was issued, not the date it was eventually delivered to their mailbox. They won't have received the NOA until a good few days after it was issued, longer if they live a way away from Vermont... I think mine arrived just over a week after it was issued. Anyway, you filed at VSC. You're gonna have to get used to waiting (im)patiently for things to happen, I'm afraid	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-06-08 21:51:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Interesting stats: VSC versus CSC	VSC also gets applications from the bigger states. In that case they need to adjust the boundaries. I was under the impression that the divide between filing at VSC vs CSC was supposed to level the workload between the two service centres.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-06-25 20:18:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	ROC double check time to file it.	If you ask them to send something overnight on a Saturday, they will deliver it on the Sunday and charge you a premium for the privilege . Express Mail is a 365 days/year service and does include Sunday and holiday delivery as an option but you have to pay for it. Tell them you want it to be delivered on Monday and they'll know what to do. Regular Express Mail (i.e. not Overnight) will be what you want and should guarantee delivery on the Monday.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-06-25 17:25:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	ROC & GREEN CARD COPY	ANY IDEAS? Well that's pretty much the way I've always done for our packets (K1, AOS and ROC). I write a cover note with a bullet pointed list of sections ("Form I-whatever' then sections for evidence: 'ID documents', 'finances', 'photos', etc, etc) and use paper clips to separate the evidence for each section, with a piece of paper at the front of each section listing what it contains in more detail. As I understand it though, one of the very first things they do with your file is re-arrange it according to their own system and put it into a top-punched file folder so whether it makes any difference is questionable. I'd still do it that way again though, myself, if only because it made it easier for me to check through the file and make sure everything was as I wanted it. Edited by JeremyR, 22 July 2011 - 11:11 PM.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-07-22 23:11:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	GREEN CARD COPY	I'm sure if it mattered what type of copy it was, they would stipulate "black and white copy" or "color copy" in the instructions Providing the image is readable it'll be fine. I don't understand why they demand a copy of it anyway, it's not like they don't have the data it contains already	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-08-01 19:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Removing Conditions evidence question	If you dig around in your online banking, you might find you can get them free of charge as PDF documents. I was pleasantly surprised to find just over 2 years of our account statements for checking and savings, including the accounts transition from a single to a joint account and my wife's name change to my surname so I printed them and submitted. If I'd gone to the bank and ordered copies, it would have cost me an arm and a leg I don't know if others would say this is a good idea or not but I submitted just the front page of each statement for brevity. It shows what's important (names, address, deposits, checks, outgoings and a few transactions). I didn't think they needed to know exactly how often we go to Walmart and how much we spend there . Edited by JeremyR, 08 August 2011 - 07:40 PM.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-08-08 19:39:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Approval but no PR card?	You need to call the misinformation line and chase it up... IIRC, the approval email says something like allow 30 days for card receipt then call us. That's erm... this Friday coming. If you ask, I believe that they are meant to give you the USPS tracking number so you can see what's going on. Edited by JeremyR, 27 July 2011 - 06:20 PM.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-07-27 18:20:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	House quit claim deed question	So what did you give them then? We are in that situation (filed Feb this year, hopefully approved soon, no RFE to date). My wife owns our home and has done for more than a decade. I'm not on the mortgage. We wrote a letter addressed to USCIS, explaining that my wife had held the mortgage since long before I even knew her and that, while we had explored the options and possibilities of me becoming a joint owner with her, that it made no financial sense at this time (explained in more detail than this) and that therefore she remains the sole owner of our home. We went to the bank and signed it in front of a notary for good measure (no idea if that helps but it can't hurt - at least it proves we both signed it) then included the letter in our evidence along with a copy of a mortgage statement. We were following what seemed like a common sense approach, that if we simply couldn't supply something that is normally considered basic evidence, that we should explain why we don't have that rather than just say nothing (and then make up for the shortcoming in other areas of evidence).	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-08-08 20:12:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Going to Interview without my wife - USC	Cool cool i get that :-) but.... what if your usc spouse ran off and no matter what you could say to them, they still did not want to attend...?? ....just thinking out aloud... If the OP really can't get their spouse to come, well then there's not ultimately much they can do but turn up alone... But if it can be in any way avoided, that's got to be the best course of action. The OPs spouse doesn't have to turn up and lie to the officer, they just have to be honest and let the IO decide what to do next. Splitting up isn't a grounds for denial of RoC so long as you can show it wasn't a marriage for immigration purposes and was entered into in good faith but people who split up between filing RoC and approval fall through a crack and don't meet any of the filing categories, so it comes down to the IO's judgement to deal with if they happen to be called for interview. That judgement is going to happen whether the USC spouse turns up or not but if they can hear from both parties that it just didn't work out, that's surely got to work in the applicant's favour? Right from the very beginning of the fiancé(e)/spousal visa process, the golden rule has been to follow USCIS' instructions to the letter. If the interview notice demands that the USC spouse attends, they should unless it's a matter of life and death (and you have documentation to prove it ).	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-10-30 20:33:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Going to Interview without my wife - USC	Hi rora, if i were in your position... i would attend the interview myself. I really don't think you should do this. I happen to have an RoC interview notice in my hands that I received today and it's absolutely crystal clear what about who is required to attend: If your eligibility was based on a petitioning relative (spouse, parent, sibling) they must appear for the interview. The emphasis is mine. To the best of my knowledge, your eligibility is based on what box you checked on the I-751 when you filled it out and signed it together, not what your situation is now. If you filed jointly and it's even remotely possible, I think you should go with your wife, be honest with the IO conducting the interview and then let them decide how they want to proceed. Take as much evidence of good-faith marriage as you possibly can. It's surely less risky than turning up alone and risking being turned away for not following the instructions on the notice. AFAIK, there's no grounds for a conditional resident who is separated but still legally married to remove conditions on their own? FWIW, somebody in the February filer's thread found themselves in a similar uncomfortable situation to yourself. He attended his interview with his wife, they were honest with the IO and he was eventually (after a delay of a few months), approved. Start reading here, then here and finally here. Honesty is the best policy.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-10-29 21:23:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Couple of questions re upcoming RoC interview.	I understand that he will get an interview date sometime over the next year and that they may request additional evidence. Is this pretty much how it goes with everyone? No, not really. Very few people get called for an interview at the RoC stage (anecdotally from the monthly filers threads, it's about 5%)... I'd bring the photos. There was no mention of it in our notice, but since its in your notice I would do it. Yep, that's exactly what we're going to do... They ask for it, they get it...	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-11-21 15:59:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Couple of questions re upcoming RoC interview.	Thanks both of you. Made a mental note to get a high res front-and-back scan of the GC before the interview so I've got one just in case this drags out until after I'm eligible for citizenship. I can't imagine why they'd want pictures of the USC. That's my logic. But they got some photos of me during biometrics so why they'd want more is beyond me... Read the requirements carefully. If I recall, the two photos (of the green card holder) apply in cases where you are applying overseas. Otherwise they use the photos taken at your biometrics appointment. Nope, I filed in the US & there's no qualifier in the notice, it just says "Two passport style photos". I've uploaded the evidence requirements part of the notice I received from Atlanta Field Office: http://www.jeremy-r....equirements.pdf The passport photos are the last item on the list. I guess it's just "an Atlanta thing"... But they're asking for them so I'm taking them. I wouldn't be surprised if I leave with them too, though Edited by JeremyR, 15 November 2011 - 08:56 PM.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-11-15 20:55:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Couple of questions re upcoming RoC interview.	Can anybody who has had an RoC interview answer these two quick questions for me? Firstly, the supplement that came with the interview notice (the one which details what evidence is required) asks for "two passport sized photographs". That means of me (the LPR), correct? Sounds obvious but it doesn't say whether they should be of me or my USC wife! Second, the IO's tend to retain the 2yr green card at the interview don't they? If they do, and if they don't make a decision promptly (horror stories of no decisions for months after interviews abound) then InfoPass will still give me a passport stamp, even if my 1-year extension expires (this coming March), won't they? I have some sick family members back in the UK and may need to travel at short notice not too far into the future... Not to mention that my DL will expire at the same time. Being stuck in a proof of status hole would be a major problem.	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-11-15 10:59:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	When is form considered filed?	IMHO, just mail what you have right now, wait no more. They will send you an RFE but at least your docs will be considered accepted before the deadline. By the time an RFE arrives you will have everything else ready. This isn't necessarily true. I took a similar (but not as urgent) chance and filed slightly down on evidence in order to be sure that I had enough time to get my NOA1 and renew my DL before it expired on the same day as the GC. I figured we probably had enough documentation and that if they wanted more they would probably just RFE us, right? Wrong We were interviewed last week, after more than 9 months and two service requests' worth of waiting (VSC filer ). The adjudicator told us that the reason we were being interviewed was insufficient supporting evidence. Quite frankly, we sent more than I see on the lists of a lot of people in this section but that's beside the point, I suppose...	JeremyR	Male	England	2011-12-07 17:33:00