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Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

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QUOTE (maya62 @ Nov 13 2008, 07:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I posted last night asking about this in another post, but maybe I was too flippant in the way I asked...

or maybe no one reading VJ last night knew the answer. Maybe the daytime crowd can help...

This "letter" we got for our son, saying he is included on his dad's (my husband's) Removal of Conditions petition, does not look like any NOA-1 that I've seen... it says all the right stuff, from what I know (not much), but is just on a plain white sheet of paper... no letterhead, no NOA form, just a bunch of typing and a stamped signature.

Is this what others have gotten when petitioning to remove conditions for a K2 dependent?

And has anyone travelled internationally using this document? How did it go?

Thanks for any feedback/prior experience anyone can share...

Maya

Hi, yes the letter you recieved is normal, i got the same for my son, after recieving mine. You will get the proper one later, his extension letter and then his biometrics, be calm, its just part of the process

Ah good! Thank you for your response! It provides a level of comfort to know that this is how it has gone for others. I am glad to hear that he will get an extension letter of his own later, as we would like to travel to Nepal next June, and I doubt we'll have their 10 year greencards by then, and I just can't imagine handing this letter to CPB as proof he is a PR... it looks like anyone with a computer could've generated it.

Thanks again, and I will try to be calm...

Best wishes,

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-11-14 09:18:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

Well, one of them appears from her profile to be suffering the breakdown of her marriage

and the other one applied separately for K2's removal of conditions (ie, not included on parents' application), so maybe I'll cast the net a little wider and ask on the OT forum... our situation is apparently not as common as I had assumed!

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-11-13 14:18:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

Good idea Mrs. S... I hadn't even looked at the CSC list, and I hadn't seen any K2's noted on the VSC list.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-11-13 14:12:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

bump...

Anyone know anyone who's done ROC with a K2 child???

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-11-13 13:46:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

I posted last night asking about this in another post, but maybe I was too flippant in the way I asked...

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-11-13 09:11:00

MIDDLE OF DIVORCE & HAD AN INTERVIEW BUT WAS STILL APPROVED!

AussieDude...

I think 2 years falls within USCIS's definition of the word soon, as in "your petition will be approved soon..."

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-07-28 13:37:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

i-751 denied ! help

I wouldn't say anything to your employers about your immigration status unless you are asked. Then, I would answer honestly something to the effect of what Bulanglang said.

I would make an Infopass appt ASAP, and if possible, have your spouse accompany you to that appointment. Bring your proof that you submitted change of address information, and bring your copy of your I-751 stuff, including NOA-1 and biometrics letter. See if you can get the case re-opened.

Keep going to work!

Best wishes,

Maya

I wouldn't say anything to your employers about your immigration status unless you are asked. Then, I would answer honestly something to the effect of what Bulanglang said.

I would make an Infopass appt ASAP, and if possible, have your spouse accompany you to that appointment. Bring your proof that you submitted change of address information, and bring your copy of your I-751 stuff, including NOA-1 and biometrics letter. See if you can get the case re-opened.

Keep going to work!

Best wishes,

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-11-21 14:42:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

K1 and K2 biometrics appts scheduled for different days...

Just thought I'd post what happened in case anyone searches this topic in the future:

We all went yesterday 12/9 to my husband's appointment, and the Service Center was fine with allowing our son to get his biometrics done at the same time. So now we don't need to make the trip again next week... YAY!

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-12-10 14:30:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

K1 and K2 biometrics appts scheduled for different days...

Thanks Nich-Nick and payxibka for the feedback... we'll give it a try and report back.

Annabelle, I agree with payxibka that you would be better served by entering your request in the AOS forum. There are a lot of folks who have arrived as you and your son have, using K1 and K2 visas, and have adjusted status or are going through the process now. I would also recommend reading the guides (see tab at the top of the page) and especially the USCIS instructions posted with the I-485 application itself on the uscis website. Then if you have specific questions, the AOS forum would be a good source for clarification.

Best of luck to all...

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-12-03 13:33:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

K1 and K2 biometrics appts scheduled for different days...

We just received letters for biometrics appointments for my husband(K1) and our son (K2). Unfortunately, for the first time in our visa journey, their appointments are for different days.

As it is a 1.5 hour trip one-way (as long as the traffic isn't bad), I'm thinking we should maybe try to get them done at the same time.

Would it be worth it to take our son with us to my husband's appt on the off chance they'll process him too? It would mean pulling him out of school, and if they didn't process him and we had to return for his appt, he'd miss two days instead of one.

And what about that scary writing on the appt letter:

IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AS SCHEDULED, YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED ABANDONED.

What if they processed him with my husband and then freaked when he didn't appear for his scheduled appt?

Yeesh. Has anyone had this same issue, and if so, how did you handle it?

Thanks for any info...

Maya

Edited by maya62, 01 December 2008 - 03:00 PM.

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-12-01 14:57:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

is it a bad idea to travel during the 90 day period

I agree with Gerard...

You didn't say if you were going to Nepal, but either way, travel can be unpredictable, and that goes double in Nepal! I've had too many flight delays and schedule changes in my trips back and forth, including a delay of several days in 2005 after the "coup". And the current govt is not really that stable, imho.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, eh?

Best of luck,

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2009-02-24 08:58:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

traveling with pending I-751's... requesting I-551 stamps

I also wanted to add that our case status online has not been updated since our NOA-1's were issued back in Dec '08.

Thanks ELW! I was kinda joking about the VJ meetup (and haven't discussed it with Dolma either...) but it would be fun to do one from the subcontinent some day... maybe in the US, eh?

We'll post pix if Dolma is willing...

Maya

PS I see you are filing for removing conditions soon... good luck and may you have as smooth and speedy a process as we did!

Edited by maya62, 19 May 2009 - 08:05 AM.

maya62

Female

Nepal

2009-05-19 08:03:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

traveling with pending I-751's... requesting I-551 stamps

Just thought I'd update this thread...

On Friday May 8, we recieved letters from our local USCIS office (Washington DC/Fairfax, VA) saying that the 10 greencards had been approved and we would get them in the next 60 days. Since we are going back to Nepal in about 30 days, I have been hoping they would arrive before our trip. Well, they arrived last night! Yay!

It is curious, imho, that the approval letter came from our local office, but the cards themselves clearly came from VSC in St. Albans, VT. I wonder if that is true for everyone who goes through VSC? And what role does the local office play in the Removal of Conditions?

So we are happily and busily preparing for our trip back to Nepal. And Dolma-bahini, we are looking forward to meeting you too!

VJ meetup in Kathmandu at the end of June! Be there or be somewhere else!

Thanks everyone for all the good advice and hand-holding...

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2009-05-19 07:42:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

traveling with pending I-751's... requesting I-551 stamps

Thanks guys, for the feedback.

Eileen, I saw that thread and it was one of the things (that and the fact that our departure date is fast approaching) that made me think pretty much what Yu and Dan said... what can it hurt to ask? I think I will try, just for one more layer of insurance.

Thanks again...

Maya

Edited by maya62, 08 May 2009 - 03:13 PM.

maya62

Female

Nepal

2009-05-08 15:13:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

traveling with pending I-751's... requesting I-551 stamps

We are getting ready to return to Nepal for a 2 week visit, and have NOA-1's for my husband and son, in addition to their expired greencards. As the time approaches, I have read everything I could find about I-551's and would feel much more secure (perhaps falsely so) if we had something more than just a letter. I think I'd rather lose my passport than those letters! Yeesh.

I am just wondering if anyone has had any luck, in the same situation, with making an Infopass appt in Fairfax and requesting an I-551 stamp in their passport? We are traveling in mid-June, so now would be the time to do it, but I don't want to make the effort if others have been consistently unsuccessful, and it seems like USCIS, on the whole, is very inconsistent from one local office to the next (and maybe even within a given local office) about granting I-551 stamps.

Any feedback?

Thanks!

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2009-05-07 14:13:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

i get a case number, but no info online:(

For us, checking case status online during the ROC process was pretty much a waste of time (although I'd still do it again, if only to hope for a head's up of an RFE or any other problem).

My husband and son have their 10 year greencards in hand as of a couple of days ago, and case status still shows only the action of sending the NOA... no touches or approvals posted since last December.

Good luck on your journey...

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2009-05-20 08:14:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

Wow.

I came home from work today to find two letters in the mail. Knowing it was WAY too early for approvals, my heart sunk, thinking they were RFE's instead. Wrong! My husband and stepson are approved for their 10 year greencards! The letters are dated 5/5/09. It looks like the approval came from our local Washington DC (Fairfax) USCIS office. The approval letters came exactly 6 months from the date of our NOA-1's. Lightening fast compared to what the timetables say.

Now if those cards would get here in the next 4 weeks, I wouldn't have to worry about traveling with the expired cards and NOA-1's. Pretty please???

Would someone kindly put our approval dates up on the list? Or should we wait until cards are in hand?

Edited by maya62, 08 May 2009 - 06:32 PM.

maya62

Female

Nepal

2009-05-08 18:30:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

bump

maya62

Female

Nepal

2009-05-05 08:30:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

Would someone kindly please add that we have biometrics scheduled for 12-9-08?

Thanks!!

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-12-04 15:08:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

Would someone kindly please add that we received our NOA-1 (dated 11/8/08)

Thanks!

maya62

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-11-14 13:30:00

Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

Could someone please add a (K2) after my name on this list?

I have a question about the process specifically pertaining to our K2 son. A helpful VJ'er pointed out to me that on the CSC list, the folks who also have a K2 child/children have a notation after their name, which is very helpful to anyone who has a K2-related question. I was hoping we could do that here on the VSC list, too.

Thanks!

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-11-13 14:06:00

bringing dried fish in america

Would someone kindly add us to the list... I don't trust my skills to do it correctly.

I mailed our I-751 package yesterday, November 3, 2008 to VSC. It is for K1 and K2.

Thanks!

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-11-04 09:08:00

Philippines

Drying is an effective means of food preservation because the "water activity" of the food (the hydration level, if you will) is lowered below the threshold where it can support pathogens. I'd be surprised if they raised an objection, but they may.

APHIS (part of USDA) is charged with regulating the import of food. I didn't see anything on their website regarding dried fish, but there is a phone number.

http://www.fsis.usda...ption/index.asp

maya62

Female

Nepal

2011-03-11 14:45:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

APPROVED AFTER 4 MONTHS!!!

Badhai Chha Tapainlai!!!

Fantastic!

Congratulations!!

Now for a speedy flight to Kathmandu... and tell R to get his ducks in a row!

Yeehaw!

Love,

MS&A

maya62

Female

Nepal

2007-10-21 09:42:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Interview a success!!!

CONGRATULATIONS Putali & Rajan!!

MS&A

Edited by maya62, 03 December 2007 - 08:04 AM.

maya62

Female

Nepal

2007-12-03 08:02:00

YESTERDAY MY HONEY SHOULD ARRIVE, but he did not!!!!

I hope everyone will take from this that it doesn't really matter how forthright, honest and careful one is at the petition stage or at the Consulate... at the POE you have to behave, dress, speak like someone who is a fiance(e) by American standards. It's not fair (and I don't see why it would be that difficult to create some kind of notation on a visa if a couple has had a religious ceremony that was disclosed at the petition or interview stage), but for now, this is how it is.

Maybe there should be some sort of permanent warning on VJ about this (or maybe it's there and I never saw it). It has come up over and over again. The issue caused me a fair amount of angst last year because we did something similar. That NOLO book does say it's no problem to have a religious ceremony, which is clearly untrue. Maybe there could be a pinned thread about some of the very avoidable pitfalls that have occurred, especially if it has happened to more than one VJ member...

Oh, and there is a USCIS petition denial/appeal in their archives about a couple that had a ceremony but no paperwork who were denied a K3 based on no documentation (ie, license or certificate) and then denied a K1 based on the ceremony they had had, or something like that. I may be able to locate it if anyone's interested, or maybe someone has a link handy. Anyhow, the ruling was that, if the couple's "marriage" was not legal for the purposes of a K3, then their K1 petition can not then be denied on that basis.

Best wishes to Goldenheart in getting this straightened out. If I were in your shoes, I would be contacting both of my Senators at this point.

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2006-06-05 11:05:00

YESTERDAY MY HONEY SHOULD ARRIVE, but he did not!!!!

Gosh I hope Goldenheart is still reading. My heart goes out to her and her sweety. But in order to move forward, the more resources and information they have, the better. VJ is one valuable source of info.

It was reading VJ that saved us from a fate just like that. We had a religious, undocumented, not-legal-in-his-country-or-the-US "celebration", and when I stumbled upon something at VJ about this topic while researching K-1 visas, after I had a cow, I was able to thoroughly research how to handle it. And my fiance did fine when he was asked by the CO at the interview if we had had any kind of ceremony

(he told the truth, but he also fully understood the significance of what he was being asked). And we had a very smooth POE experience, thank goodness.

Let all of this be a lesson to those starting down this path...

BUT, that said, I am wondering if Goldenheart saw this, from a link posted recently on the thread she started herself (I am asking this on this thread since it seems like Goldenheart is/was more active on this thread):

Q: How Can I Appeal?
A: In certain circumstances, if you used a valid visa to apply for admission and your application for admission has been denied, you can request a hearing before the Immigration Court, where an immigration judge will determine your case. A judge's decision can be appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). You will receive instructions on where and how to appeal. For more information, please see, How Do I Appeal? If you apply for admission to the United States under the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, the decision of the officer is final. In cases involving fraud, willful misrepresentation, false claim to U.S. citizenship or lack of a valid immigrant visa for an intending immigrant, the officer's decision is final.

Since it sounds like her SO is being accused of fraud, maybe they won't be able to appeal. I wonder if Zyggy has an opinion? What do others think of this possible option?

Best wishes to Goldenheart...

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2006-06-02 15:39:00

Um I brought back a souvenir from Algeria

Congratulations!

I didn't read the whole thread, but I have two comments:

1. Check with your local health department and/or free clinic. They will most likely have services for you.

2. Regarding your breathing/asthma/bronchitis... check out something called a neti pot:

http://www.himalayan...structions.aspx

It is designed to flush your nasal passages. It looks weird, but it works. I have had chronic sinusitis and resultant bronchitis for several years now and this has literally changed my life! I can finally breathe! I have not had to take any meds since starting to use this method several weeks ago.

I recommend it highly, especially if you want to avoid taking lots of meds. This method just uses salt and baking soda, and you can flush as much as you want. I started with 2 times a day, but now once a day seems adequate. TMI, but you wouldn't believe the junk that came out the first few times!!!

Best wishes for an easy pregnancy and birth, and a healthy baby!

Maya

maya62

Female

Nepal

2008-01-15 12:43:00