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US Citizenship General DiscussionWrong dates on my Permanent Resident Card???
I applied for conditional Green card in 2005 and I received the approval in 2006. On that card said "Resident since: 08/03/2006" I still have a copy of that green Card and the original of the approval letter (I-797, Notice of Action, Welcome to the United States of America) with Notice date 08/04/2006.
I applied for "Removing Conditions on Residency" in 2008 and I received my new Permanent Card in 2009. On my new card says "Resident since 04/20/2009. "
Is this a mistake?
Shouldn’t be "resident since 08/03/2006" the date I became conditional permanent resident based on my marriage with an American Citizen?
Would be a problem with my Naturalization file due to the date ( 04/20/2009) on my new Permanent Resident card?
I would appreciate any help and any advice!
Thank you,
BeHappy


BeHappyFemaleRomania2009-08-06 07:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionPassport-style Photos and fees?
One more...stupid question...please!

The Instructions for I-751 says I must make the check payable to US Departament of Homeland Security. Is this correct or I should make payable to USCIS Texas Service Center?

Thank you again,
Camelia
BeHappyFemaleRomania2008-05-03 15:09:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionPassport-style Photos and fees?
Thank you very much for all these information. I really need and InfoPass and a stamp in my passport.... the problem is my passport will expire on...February 2009 but this is another story....
Nice weekend to everybody
BeHappyFemaleRomania2008-05-03 12:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionPassport-style Photos and fees?
Hello everybody!
I'm going to mail the I-751 package to The Texas Service Center next week and I have few questions.
1. Do I need two passport style photos for I-751 package?
2. What kind of payment is accepted by Texas Center?
3. Should I have just one payment (whatever payment is accepted) for I-751 petition and biometric together or I need 2 payments for each of them?
Thank you very much,
Camelia
BeHappyFemaleRomania2008-05-03 11:20:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionfile corrupt???
I am so sorry for this so I'll do my best to help you out.
Open: www.uscis.gov
Click on "Immigration Form" (second option on top of page)
Scroll down until you will find the Form I- 751 and click on " Petition to Remove the Conditions of Residence"
Scroll down and click on " Download I-751 (1119KB PDF) " .
On top of the page of I-751 Form you will find as first option " Save a copy". Click on " " Save a copy" and a new window will show up. On top is " Save In" and you should chose " Desktop", after that click "Save" on the bottom of this window. In this moment the form is downloaded in your computer and you can fill it out in the computer or you can print it and after that fill it out by hand.
When you print the page on the bottom of the first page should be a Barcode. If this will not show up that means you need to print this page on a better printer.
I hope this will help you.
Camelia
BeHappyFemaleRomania2008-05-03 19:50:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTSC & I-797 (NOA)
My GC is valid until August 2008 and my passport will expire on February 2009. Do you think they will stamp my passport if it's not valid 1 year or more? I have no chance to renew my passport so fast because I just find out that I need to register my marriage in Romania in order to get a new passport so all the process will take at least 7-8 months. Also in order to renew my passport I need a valid GC…..
What about I-797 (NOA, stating that green card has been extended for 1 more year)? TSC is still sending this one or the only option is an appointment to get the stamp in passport?
Does anybody have a clue what should I do?
Thank you,
BH
BeHappyFemaleRomania2008-05-29 08:54:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTexas Service Center- received NOA
I sent my package on May 5, 2008 and the check was cashed on the 14th. I received yesterday NOA letter with the extension of my status for 1 year kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Notice date: May 21, 2008 and in the bottom of the page is this:
" If you have any questions concerning your case, please call at: (800) 375-5283
Our address is:
U.S. CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION SERVICE
TEXAS CERVICE CENTER
P.O. Box 851488-Dept.A
Mesquite TX 75185-1488"

So....my case will be processed at TEXAS???????????


BeHappyFemaleRomania2008-06-03 06:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTSC???
Call this number and ask: (800) 375-5283
BeHappyFemaleRomania2008-06-03 06:19:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionBiometric received
Well...I just did...and they told me to send the appointment notice back and request to change the location. That means it takes a while till they'll send me back a new appointment. So...I'm going to change my vacation from Orlando to Jax than to change something in my immigration process....I just told my husband and he thinks in the same way. So as I said: Don't worry! Be Happy! innocent.gif

Edited by BeHappy, 06 June 2008 - 12:27 PM.

BeHappyFemaleRomania2008-06-06 12:25:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionBiometric received
Biometric app. received. In Jacksonville, Fl not in Orlando, Fl as all the app. in all those years...My 3rd aniversary vacation was planed in Orlando just to be there for an eventual app. The appointment is exactely in the middle of my vacation but not in the right place. All our biometric and all the interviews had been in Orlando....untill now...It's so frustating, and Jacksonville is so far away to my home town and, of course,Orlando.

Does anybody know why they changed our local office?????????

Edited by BeHappy, 06 June 2008 - 08:36 AM.

BeHappyFemaleRomania2008-06-06 08:35:00
Asia: East and PacificIn Need of Help....Anyone Fluent in Thai?
Hello Everyone,

My girl finally has the K-1 Visa! Four months of battles since the interview and we won. She flies to the US from BKK on the 23rd and I just thought I would see if anyone out there could take a few moments and help us out.

I need some one to tell Nan, in Thai, what to expect during her travels. Everything from check-in and carry-on baggage to Customs and POE instructions. I've explained as much as I know in English, but she's asked me to repeat this several times which leads be to believe she is a little anxious and not completely comfortable with what I've told her.

So, if anyone is familiar with the whole air travel and POE procedures and is fluent in Thai (or Laos), we would both greatly appreciate you taking a few moments and explaining everything to her.

Happy Holidays Everyone! and...

A big thanks to all you VJ'ers out there!

Edited by Nan&Steve, 21 December 2007 - 05:30 PM.

Nan&SteveMaleThailand2007-12-21 17:28:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussionquestion about police reports from Bahrain
We've hit a bump in the road in our visa process. She'll have packet 3 in hand tomorrow, which is great, but I've read that we'll need police reports from everywhere she's lived for over 6 months. This is where we are going to have a problem. I met Nan while I was deployed in Bahrain, she was working in a salon there. However, she stayed in Bahrain for about a year using multiple visitor visas, not a work visa. The Bahraini police will only issue a Certificate of Good Conduct to someone who has or had a residency permit, which can not be obtained with a visitor's visa.

She has never been in any kind of legal trouble in either Bahrain or Thailand, but how do we prove she had no problems in Bahrain without this Cert of Good Conduct? She has a friend who works for the Thai embassy in Bahrain, would the US Consulate accept a letter from the Thai Embassy in Bahrain stating that as far as they know she never had any problems in Bahrain? Does anybody have any ideas on how to address this problem?


Thanks,
Steve

Edited by Nan&Steve, 17 June 2007 - 11:35 AM.

Nan&SteveMaleThailand2007-06-17 11:34:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp! BKK Packet 3 Checklist Conflict !!!

DS-230 part 2, and DS-156K have the disclaimers not to write below a line, that is don't sign. DS-230 part 1 and DS-156 can be signed.

The photos need to be 2"x2" passport photos.


YuandDan, Thank you!!! I'll have Nan sign DS-156 and DS-230 part 1, and mail it in along with the checklist and 2 X 2 photos.
Nan&SteveMaleThailand2007-07-01 09:38:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp! BKK Packet 3 Checklist Conflict !!!
Hello everybody,

My fiance's packet 3 has arrived from the US Embassy in Bangkok. The checklist included is different than the checklist on the Embassy Website. The one she has in hand requires she mail 2 photographs of herself, DS-156, DS-230, and the Checklist itself before an interview will be scheduled. The checklist on the website requires only the checklist to be mailed in, everything else has to be carried to the interview. Quite a difference, in my opinion. Anybody else run in to this oversight?

We've decided to follow the instructions of the Packet 3 she has in her possession. Send in the Photos, DS-156, DS-230, and the Checklist itself. We will leave the signature off of DS-156 and DS-230, signing them in the presence of a Consular at the interview.

What do you think? Is this the right course of action? Should we leave the signature section of DS-156 and DS-230 blank?


Thanks!!!
Nan & Steve
Nan&SteveMaleThailand2007-07-01 08:57:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionPetitioner's Birth Certificate needed for K-1 Interview?
Yodrak,

Thank-you, excellent information! I've decided to send certified copies of my Birth Certificate and DD-214(military discharge papers). I hope this will be an acceptable alternative. Hhhhhmmm, maybe I'll do the same for my driver's license and passport.

Everyone, we really do appreciate your inputs. Thank You all soo much!

This community of VJ really highlights what's noble in today's world. People helping each other without expecting anything in return. If only the rest of the world would follow our example. Nan and I wish you all health and happiness.



-G,

It may be different for each interview. Photocopies of supporting documentation for petitions and applications is accepted by USCIS and DOS with the understanding that an immigration officer or a consular officer can ask to see the original document to verify the photocopy. The visa interview (and the AOS interview) are convenient times to spot-check documentation.

One won't know what will be asked for and what won't be asked for until they are at the interview talking with the interviewing officer. Just because you weren't asked for a particular item doesn't mean that the next person after you won't be asked for it.

Yodrak

Hmm... I didn't need one. I guess it's different for each embassy in each country. Make an email inquiry to the U.S embassy in Thailand for asking about the original BC of the petitioner, it's better to hear directly from them.

-G


Nan&SteveMaleThailand2007-06-24 19:04:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionPetitioner's Birth Certificate needed for K-1 Interview?
Hello all,

I've a quick question. Does the US Embassy in BKK need to see the petitioner's(me) original Birth Certificate? Should I send it to Nan to bring along with her to the interview?

Are there any Original Documents that the petitioner needs to forward to the beneficiary or consular?

Thanks everyone!
Nan&SteveMaleThailand2007-06-23 12:56:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionBKK Interviewer requested additional information
QUOTE (AndreThompson @ Sep 1 2007, 01:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi Steve,

I too am in a very similiar situation as you. I am also in the Navy (Mine Warfare Community) and I am currently deployed to Bahrain. I met my Thai fiancee Suphakchaya last deployment to Bahrain in November. In April (from the States) I sent in the I-129F petition for the fiancee visa also, and I just got my approval on August 9th. With our case I put on the petition her current Bahraini address and I put that she has stayed in Bahrain since July of 2005 (which she has off and on). And I also put for the approved petition to be sent to the Manama, Bahrain embassy. Now the problem is; she has stayed in Bahrain this long with multiple visit visas (just like your Nan) and as you already know, Bahrain will not issue the "Certificate of Good Conduct" to holders of the visit visa. And the NVC has already told me that our case was forwarded to the Bangkok, Thailand embassy by default. So now my fiancee's interview will be around December and I am afraid we will have the same situation that you have had.

Have you gotten a response from the Bahrain Embassy of Bangkok? If so what did they tell you? Has your case been resolved yet? If so please tell me how you two did it.



You must be in HM-15! Good guess? Well, anyway I hope I can point you the right direction. The way I see it you have three possible choices. The first is to get a Bahraini working visa for your fiance while she is still in Bahrain, this will allow you to obtain the "Certificate of Good Conduct". This sounds a lot easier than I imagine it will be, but this is perhaps your best option. The Bahrain goverment is very tough to deal with, and they will not go out of the way to help you. I speak from experience.

The second option would be to have your fiance return to Thailand. Then have your interview set up at least six months after her return. From what I've been told from representives of the US Embassy in Bangkok, if she had any police problems in Bahrain they would have immediately deported her back to Thailand with the Thai Police waiting for her at the airport. So a clean Thai Police report indirectly suggests a clean Bahraini Police report. I guess the US Embassy feels six months is adequate time for the Thais to catch up with any possible legal issues she had outside the country. This is what we tried.

Nan kicked ### at the interview, and the Consular said OK, but he was new and needed the Bahraini Police Report before he would hand over the Visa. So we were stuck. But, you might get lucky and have a different interviewer who will issue the visa with only a Thai Police report and without the "Certificate of Good Conduct" from Bahrain.

We tried The Thai Embassy in Bahrain(Nan even has a friend who works there), the Bahraini Police(another one of her friends is married to a Bahraini Police Officer), we also tried The Bahrain Embassy in Bangkok. All was for nought. It seemed no one could help us.

So, in desperation I wrote a letter to the US Embassy in Bangkok explaining our situation(this will be your third option) and Nan went down there to speak with them personally. The US Embassy is now having us go to the Thai Immigration Police to obtain a report from them. Then Nan must go to the Thai Ministry of Foriegn Affairs to have the report confirmed. Then she'll have it translated to English and submit it to the US Embassy. Monday is going to be a busy day for her!

Seriously though, it looks like we're close to sealing the deal. Finally! I am not kidding when I say this has been a battle, but I'm hoping to have all this done in a week maybe two. I'll let you know what happens. If you have any other questions let me know. I hope I've been of some help to you.

Oh yeah, be aware that people are going to say they can help you but they'll want a bribe. Don't believe it. That Certificate of Good Conduct which costs one dinar is not easy to obtain for anyone. If you can't get it, I doubt anyone else will be able to get it for you either.

Good luck, and keep in touch.
Nan&SteveMaleThailand2007-09-07 18:24:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionBKK Interviewer requested additional information
Hello everyone,

Let me start with some background information. I met Nan(a Thai citizen) while I was in Bahrain during a deployment last year for the US Navy. She was working in Bahrain as a cosmetologist, however she never acquired a working visa. She stayed 13 months with multiple tourist visas. The Kingdom of Bahrain will only issue a "certificate of good conduct"(apparently their version of a police record) to persons who stayed in Bahrain with a working visa. It looks unlikely they will budge on this stipulation.

Prior to the K-1 interview on August 17 we asked the Thai Embassy in Bahrain for help, and they were unable to help us along wiht The Bahraini National Police. We called the US Embassy in Bangkok for advice. Nan was told that it wasn't a big deal, because if she had gotten in to trouble in Bahrain she would have been immediately deported back to Thailand with the Thai Police waiting for her at the airport. So, a clean Thai police report(which she has) indirectly points to a clean Bahraini Police report. She unfortunately did not get the person's name who gave this information. She went in to the interview without this document.

Nan's interviewer was the new Japanese man, he had been there exactly 1 week on the day of our interview. He asked many questions, mostly about me. At the end of the interview he said, "OK. I will issue you the K-1 Visa, but I need to see the police report from Bahrain". He typed up a letter for her stating this and said after we submit this police report we'll have the visa the next day.

Nan explained to him why we didn't have this "Bahraini Certificate of Good Conduct", but he wouldn't budge. She proceeded to contact the Bahraini Embassy in Bangkok. They'll have an answer for us Monday, August 26th. I am afraid they will be unable to help us...in fact I'm almost sure of this.

Anbody have any advice for our next move? Are there waivers for this type of problem? Should I contact a congressman(or another goverment offical)? Or should she just go back to the US Embassy and try to re-explain our situation?

Again, everyone thank you soo much!
Nan&SteveMaleThailand2007-08-22 18:32:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionVisa Photos For Interview

Thank you



We were just at the Medical on Friday and the asked for the Passport plus TWO photos. They will affix a Barcode to the Passport for tracking of the medical records, etc. They will also do digital fingerprinting at the medical and again at the interview, AFTER you have been granted approval. Best of luck to you! We're almost there!!
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