Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	My I-751	Of course you're not late! You don't HAVE to file it 90 days in advance - that's just the earliest you're allowed to send it in. If you mailed it in on the 2nd January (or even the 22nd) you'd still be within the filing time...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-10-19 22:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Copy of IRS Transcripts vs Copy of H&R Block E filing	Do you HAVE TO get your official tax transcript from the taxation department? Or is that a 'just to be sure' optional thing? DH wants me to get my application in ASAP and he gave me our three H&R Block packages to copy.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-11-25 13:32:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	OMG! Time is running out and we haven't yet applied for the adjustment of status	QUOTE (vcamm @ Dec 9 2007, 05:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It will be two years in January since my husband received his temporary green card. We've had, let's just say, a less than stellar 2007 and I just remembered that I hadn't filled out the paperwork to apply for the adjustment of status which would be due in January 2008. Can I get some sort of extension while this paperwork is in process or are we basically screwed? How long would it take for the paperwork to be processed?? I would truly appreciate any suggestions... If his card expires in January, that's your deadline for having the paperwork SUBMITTED... Mine expires Jan 11th and I'm going to send my package in today just to make sure there's a few weeks leeway in case we screwed anything important up. It'll take them months to actually process it but that's their problem, not yours.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-10 09:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Finally sending in my app for removal of conditions...	And it's in the mail Now to wait... and wait... and wait! And hope that Texas passes it along to CSC for rubber-stamping like they did my first app.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-10 17:06:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Finally sending in my app for removal of conditions...	I decided we probably had enough without them... I dredged up EVERYTHING I could think of to show that we did stuff together (like church), and there's 65 pages of stuff in the package! If that's not enough to show that we're really married, I don't know what is... I just finished tidying the packet up and added in some 'real' junkmail and envelopes just so not everything is a photocopy, and in about half an hour it's off to the bank to get the cashier's cheque. And then it's in the mail. Whew!	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-10 13:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Finally sending in my app for removal of conditions...	Nobody else has any advice for me? Should I be panicking because we don't have any letters... well, if they want them now they'll have to RFE me for them. Since nobody pointed out any glaring omissions, the package is going in the mail this afternoon.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-10 09:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Finally sending in my app for removal of conditions...	It had to get postponed a couple of times because things came up (like a vacation and my husband getting sick)... but it was a good thing because a few more bits of evidence came in during the last month. So this is what I've got to send in. (everything is a copy of course, except the actual application...) - cover letter - application to remove conditions - permanent resident card - my social security card with the address attached - 2004, 2005, 2006 tax returns from H&R Block - matching driver's licenses showing same address. - DH's Insurance benefits summary for 2007 showing me as spouse/dependant. - dental insurance statement for me from Oct showing DH's name as inusrance holder. - matching eyeglass statements (I broke my glasses so we got DH reading glasses at the same time) - joint lease for our apartment ending in April 2008 - bank statements from our three accounts (one statement for each account per year we've had it open) - letter from the bank re our account balance in November. - Best Buy letter approving our joint credit card - Pet Insurance paperwork for our two cats - Vet reminders for our cats from 2005 - Receipt letter for donations to our church this year - his-and-hers donation checks from our old church. - Friends of the Library newsletter from the local library with a 'thankyou for volunteering' to me in it. - Broward Folk Club newsletter addressed to both of us - Junk mail from the christian bookshop, addressed to both of us - a couple of envelopes/christmas cards. - memorabilia, hotel invoice and photos from our trip to a sci-fi convention in 2006 - Ditto for a different convention in 2007 - Half a dozen random pages from our scrapbook from our wedding onwards. And I certainly hope that's enough to satisfy them! We can't send in bills because they're all in DH's name... ditto the car and insurance (I don't even drive). And we don't have any kids so there are no birth certificates etc. DH's sisters offered to write letters for us, but they're both out of state visiting family until the end of the year, so it's too late for that. We have photos of us and them together in the package. I've included EVERYTHING I could think of to put in! Does it look okay?	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-08 14:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Can I Staple the Docs together??	Well, our evidence was so many pages that I went through it and stapled each seperate individual piece of evidence together (like each tax return) so that the pages would stay together... then I fastened the whole packet with a binder clip that was JUST big enough. If they don't like it, tough! I doubt they'll deny my application just because I used a few garden-variety staples...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-18 21:16:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	do i need 2 photogragh picture	No you don't. Your photo will be taken when they do your fingerprints again... you only need to send in passport photos if you are outside the USA (ie. military) because they can't get your photo themselves if you're not in the service area...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-27 17:57:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Question regarding Social Security card	I never got around to getting a new card... the number is still valid, it's just a convenience to update it. If you're not working, it really doesn't matter.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-28 09:50:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Removing Conditions in January?	Sounds like it's his problem, not yours then! If he flew the coop and left you, then I don't blame you for not wanting to help him lift the conditions on his gc!	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-28 09:59:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	i-751 -I am way outside the 90 day time period-Am i screwed?Help.	Congratulations!	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-28 10:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	i-751 -I am way outside the 90 day time period-Am i screwed?Help.	Just file as soon as you possibly can and don't worry too much about it... you could tie yourself in knots panicking over it and what's the worst that happens? They could possibly deny (but I don't see why they would if you give them a reasonable explanation for not filing when you were supposed to) and you have to start over and file for AOS again. There is absolutely no reason to need a lawyer if you didn't before.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-09-25 21:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Possible RFE....Help	Don't panic... if it's something they really need they'll just send you a RFE and you can give it to them then... there's no point in sending in anything extra now because it'll just get lost.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-28 11:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	1-751 question	Our cover letter wasn't signed at all - it was basically just a list of what was in the packet for evidence.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-28 09:48:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Got my NOA1 today!	QUOTE (Kajikit @ Dec 27 2007, 05:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wasn't expecting to get it for another month given the backlogs... but somebody must have been in a hurry. My NOA1 was in the mail today, only 17 days after we mailed off the application. Hooray! One surprise though... the receipt came from the Vermont Service Center?! We live in Florida and mailed the app to Texas as directed... I thought they were parcelling the work off to California, not Vermont... They must be... I'm not complaining - I'm just surprised that they were so quick to get to mine! I hope the rest of the process goes so smoothly... I can't wait to be done with Immigration - it seems a bit strange, but in a year I can apply for citizenship! (and I plan to...)	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-28 09:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Got my NOA1 today!	I wasn't expecting to get it for another month given the backlogs... but somebody must have been in a hurry. My NOA1 was in the mail today, only 17 days after we mailed off the application. Hooray! One surprise though... the receipt came from the Vermont Service Center?! We live in Florida and mailed the app to Texas as directed... I thought they were parcelling the work off to California, not Vermont...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-27 17:55:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Receipt NOA Arrived Today	Congratulations! Now to wait some more...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-28 09:48:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Extension letter received!	I got my extension letter yesterday, less than a week after my receipt... I've been transferred to Vermont. I hope that means something good!	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-01-01 14:12:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Help I am confused	This is your extension letter... keep it in a safe place because if you want to leave the country before you get your ten-year-greencard you'll have to show it to get back into the country!	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-01-01 14:14:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Got my 10 year green card	Now you celebrate... congratulations! You're done with Immigration for ten years (or until you want to go for citizenship!)	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-01-01 14:15:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Transfered from Texas to Vermont?	I got transferred to Vermont from Texas too... I don't know how long they'll take to deal with the application but they got my receipt letter and extension letter out to me only two weeks after I filed the application!	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-01-04 15:51:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Production of New Card Ordered!	Congratulations! I bet that feels good...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-28 09:46:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Progress is being made...	I got my biometrics appointment letter today and my appointment's on January 30 at 9am... progress is being made! How long does the average person have to wait after their biometrics to get their approval?	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-01-18 21:09:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Ok, transcripts or returns- what did you submit?	We sent three tax returns WITH W2s (we got married in December and filed our first taxes a few weeks later)... I'll let you know if we get a RFE! (hopefully it'll be okay).	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-01-29 07:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Major RFE Received	QUOTE (lovedolphins @ Jan 28 2008, 03:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi all, The letter I was waiting for finally arrived from USCIS. Was really hoping it was a 10-year extension of the Green Card. Instead, it was a major RFE, requesting the following: • Your Federal Tax Return transcripts, as printed by the I.R.S. for the last two years • Actual bank statements for the past twelve months, indicating you and your spouse as joint account holders. Each statement must show the account balance and transaction history. • Health insurance claim statements indicating you and your spouse as co-dependants • Utility bills • Property warranty and mortgage deeds of your current residence indicating they were recorded not just notarized with your local or state government • Mortgage loan statements and property tax documents of your current residence We must submit all documents as requested within 12 weeks of the date of this letter, or our application will be considered abandoned. Is this bad? We have to now contact the IRS, go down to the Deeds Office, contact the bank, etc. And, we submitted A LOT of information in our original package. This is devastating. I know it's a nasty shock... but it sounds like none of the stuff they want should be too hard for you to get hold of, just a hassle... everyone has medical bills at some time, utility bills come every month, you can get your tax transcript from the IRS just by calling them etc. It sounds like you gave them evidence, but not in quite the form they wanted to rubber-stamp your paperwork... I just hope we don't get RFE'd for the same sort of stuff! (I sent in some medical bills, but all the utilities are in DH's name, and I sent in the H&R Block tax info... etc.) Did you send in any of this information at all before? PS. Don't blank out ANYTHING this time - why take the chance that they won't like it? And since you don't have a joint mortgage, send a letter explaining why you can't provide one... and a letter from your neighbours wouldn't be a bad idea either to say that yes, you are BOTH living there... Edited by Kajikit, 29 January 2008 - 07:44 AM.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-01-29 07:39:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	is this usual?	Maybe their computer was down for the count... I don't think the manual way is usual, but it won't hurt either...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-01-29 07:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	food stamps	You're the one who has to deal with immigration, not your wife. Lifting conditions doesn't require a new affidavit of support, so your wife's financial status is irrelevant at this point - what matters is your continuing relationship, not how much money you have.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-02-29 20:42:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Will you become a U.S. Citizen?	I WILL be becoming a US citizen - it doesn't invalidate my Australian citizenship, and it provides a lot more security which could be needed if anti-immigration sentiment gets much stronger... besides, I'm quite happy here and have no particular desire to go 'home' again. (besides, I don't want to have what happened to my mother happen to me... she was an Australian citizen by virtue of her family, and then they decided that wasn't good enough and she had to do the actual ceremony etc and she refused to, so even though she's lived there for 50 years, she's 'not Australian'.) There's no valid reason NOT to do citizenship, and plenty of reasons to do it. Edited by Kajikit, 28 February 2008 - 10:17 AM.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-02-28 10:14:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	OK now I am worried about an RFE	I can't help feeling offended here... if the purpose of marriage is to have children, does that mean that I should just pack up and go home because I can't have them?! Our marriage isn't any less valid than anyone else's because our children have four legs and fur...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-03-05 23:08:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Affidavits - Poll	QUOTE (jsnearline @ Nov 3 2007, 09:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It seems funny to me that USCIS does not have an affidavit template to use for this requirement. Since I couldn't find anything official, I took some language from an affidavit of support and made modifications to it. Here's what we came up with: ________________________________________________________________________________ I, FIRST M. LAST, residing at ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP, being duly sworn depose and say: I was born on MONTH, DD, YYYY at CITY, COUNTRY. This Affidavit is executed on behalf of NAME OF COUPLE in support of their Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence. (IN THIS SPACE, STATE HOW YOU CAME TO KNOW THE COUPLE AND DESCRIBE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP) I swear (affirm) that I know the contents of this Affidavit signed by me and that the statements are true and correct. I understand that I may be required to testify before an immigration officer as to the information contained in this Affidavit. __________________________________________________ FIRST M. LAST Subscribed and sworn to (affirmed) before me this _____day of __________________at ____________________ My commission expires on: ____________________________ Title: ______________________________________________ Signature of Officer Administering Oath ___________________________________________________ Thanks for sharing this... it's easier to give to someone else to use as a template than the form somebody else posted...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-11-05 08:34:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Our joint tax return as the evidence of our relationship	They don't actually care what's ON the tax return as long as one was filed correctly and they get to see it... they're not going to say 'hey, there's not enough money on this thing'. That's not relevant at this point. It shows that you have joint financial stuff and that's all they really care about.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-05-16 08:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	POLL! How often do you check your CIS online status?	I don't even know HOW to check... I don't really want to obsess over it anyway. One day I'll get a lovely surprise in the mail when they approve me.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-03-13 14:27:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 (Services Centers applications status)	Add me to the bottom of the list next time someone updates it... Kajikit applied to TSC on 12/10/07... now the waiting begins! I told DH not to expect to hear anything from them for at least six weeks...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2007-12-18 18:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	No update on my I-751 case for 4 months	Sadly, it's entirely normal... it seems that if you're very lucky you'll be approved before the 12-month extension expires, but don't expect to hear anything before that. Judging by the approval dates we're seeing here, VSC is up to September '07.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-07-20 17:07:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Question about fingerprints...	QUOTE (KikiDoug @ Jul 6 2008, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello, I have an odd question... When I did my biometrics for adjustment of status, they could not obtain any legible fingerprints from me despite many attemps. Several officers tried, even the supervisor and they even tried the ink and paper method method and it didn't work. After some time I received an RFE, of course . I had to obtain police records from the town I lived in, in Virginia (Certificate of Good Conduct). We have moved and now live in Maryland. I am due for biometrics again at the end of this month. Did anyone else experience the fingerprint problem the first and second time? Did you receive an RFE again...? I am fearing that I will have to reobtain these certficates from both VA and MD Many thanks, Kiki My fingerprints were illegible the first time round... so they sent me a letter to go and do them again. I don't know what was going on the first day (when three people tried to do my prints and NONE of them worked out!) but when I went back it was 'zip, it's over with'... and I didn't have any problems getting them for my greencard either. So just because it doesn't work one day that doesn't mean it won't work EVER... you might not need to worry. The human body replaces skin cells all the time so it might have been a once-off problem.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-07-11 09:34:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	selected for an interview :(	If he actually told you you were 'randomly selected' and you had plenty of evidence you don't have anything to worry about... they have to do a certain number of interviews just for quality control purposes, but you won't get interrogated or anything.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-08-21 08:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	VSC new processing Dates!	If you look at the list of approvals that have come through, it's easy to see that they're nearly done with October and they're starting on November 2007...	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-09-16 10:14:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	VC Card Production Odered	QUOTE (antra0303 @ Oct 17 2008, 09:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello, I guess Vermont IS doing something. I sent my application to remove conditions on December 12th 2007 and I JUST got the BEAUTIFUL email: Current Status: Card production ordered. On October 14, 2008, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register. No RFE, no interview. Just hang in there! Hope you all get yours soon! Antra Congratulations! Were you a direct application to Vermont or a transfer from Texas?	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-10-17 09:01:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	VERMONT SUCKS!!!!	I agree it's grossly unfair for the one service center to be so fast and the other so obscenely slow... but there isn't anything we can do about it except wait.	Kajikit	Female	Australia	2008-10-02 06:52:00