Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
US Citizenship General Discussion	Is it me or my local office that's wrong??	Received notification from my local office that my husband is not eligible to apply for naturalization until September 26, 2009. That is the date on his green card. Because we have been married for over 3 years, we sent in his paperwork 90 days prior to the date of September 26, which was June 28. It was received in Texas on July 2. They have also cashed our check!! So apparently they are overlooking the part on page one of the N-400 instructions that says: "based on three years as a lawful permanent resident married to a US Citizen, you may apply for naturalization up to 90 days before you meet the continuous residence requirement." Obviously like anyone else we can't afford to lose $675 because someone is an idiot. So much for not allowing this last leg of the journey to stress me out!! All this happened late on Friday, so I guess I have to wait until Monday to try to sort it out. Any suggestions? I'm thinking of going right to the top and heading into my US Congressman's office Monday morning.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-11 06:51:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Oath Date	After spending the last 4 1/2 years trying to figure out the US immigration system, we have finally received the date for the end of our journey. My husband will be sworn in as a US citizen on January 22, 2010. It's so lovely to receive word of this right before Thanksgiving. There are many people on this board who offered a lot of wisdom and support to us over the last four years and we are very grateful. To everyone dealing with the USCIS whether you are just starting off at the beginning, are slogging through AOS, or are on this forum waiting for an oath letter I say to you good luck and Godspeed. Bye Bye!!!!!!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-11-21 13:15:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 ... May 2009 Applicants	Congratulations Etahb!! My husband is also going through the Albany Service Center, so it's nice to read your experience to get a feel for what to expect. Again, congratulations!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-24 06:53:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	1. Please make sure you are using Rich Text Editor as your message setting. 2. Click 'Reply' on the most recent/updated posting version of this list (not a quoted response, pls). 3. Remove quotes (top and bottom) around the list. 4. ALWAYS use the Courier new font (size 2). 5. 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US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	1. Please make sure you are using Rich Text Editor as your message setting. 2. Click 'Reply' on the most recent/updated posting version of this list (not a quoted response, pls). 3. Remove quotes (top and bottom) around the list. 4. ALWAYS use the Courier new font (size 2). 5. 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US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	QUOTE (WishAllGood @ Aug 15 2009, 11:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (shakysgirl @ Aug 15 2009, 06:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just wondering how many of you are choosing the old test and how many are choosing the new test? I don't think we have a choice here. "Files* the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400, ON or AFTER October 1, 2008, will take the new test." - USCIS. My husband was told at his biometrics he could choose between the old test and the new test. This isn't the first time I have gotten conflicting advice. It's not like I'm new to this- we've been doing this for years. I think I'm just fed up at this point. Wishing you all good luck- I'm done posting.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-08-18 10:53:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Just wondering how many of you are choosing the old test and how many are choosing the new test?	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-08-15 08:14:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Congrats on your interview date Malydon! Wishing good thoughts to everyone for speedy IL's, successful interviews, and most importantly: speedy oath dates!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-08-13 18:16:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Congrats to everyone receiving their IL.....nice to see everything going so quickly!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-08-12 10:43:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	QUOTE (Onion @ Aug 5 2009, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (CanAmCharlotte @ Aug 5 2009, 12:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I noticed some of you have interviews scheduled less than three months after you sent in your N-400 package. Did any of you file 90 days prior to meeting your residency requirement and if so, how will they be able to approve you on your interview day? Things seem to be moving so fast with naturalization that I'm afraid my interview is going to be scheduled before I actually qualify. My USCIS office is quite far away and I sure as heck don't want to make two treks out there. Char, I had the same concern because in the application you state that you have been resident for three years so there is a conflict. I asked them and they said technically you are eligiable ninty days before the three years, Congress wanted the proccessing time to be deducted from the three years. I have applied and everything seems fine. They are able to approve you. This is interesting to see discussed because I was wondering about that as well......I mentioned this earlier in the process due to what I was told by my local office. I am glad to see people getting interviews so quickly- regardless of how much you try to tell yourself you won't allow yourself to become stressed, you still do! Anyway congrats to everyone who have received their IL's and hope the rest of us get them quickly!! Funnily enough, my cousin has become engaged to someone who lives in the UK, and I just pointed him to Visa Journey, so he's starting at the beginning of the process right now. I have offered to help him, but having support from people going through what you are going through at the exact same time is really helpful I think. I am very grateful for all the help and support my fellow VJ'ers have given me. Thanks guys.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-08-06 07:47:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Congratulations to Mr. Big Dog and Tata on getting your interview dates!! You're nearly there............	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-27 13:05:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Congratulations Jayde. My husband just left for his biometrics appointment. I just told him we'll have to get really serious about studying for the civics test now. Up til this point it's been for fun quizzing people when they come over and seeing who gets what correct. It's time to buckle down now and get this right.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-24 06:42:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Thanks for all the replies. I don't mind waiting, I just wanted to be sure that my local office wasn't just giving the congressman's office a load of garbage. Sorry but I do not believe in any way they know the rules and follow them. Like the rest of you, I've been doing this basically non-stop for 4 years and have had nothing but problems throughout. I made the "mistake" of doing US immigration after going through the UK immigration process. That was so easy and stress-free it's like night and day. So I guess my take on it all has been skewered a bit by being spoiled the first time around! Anyway, thanks again for all the input. I feel better now!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-16 08:19:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Can this get any more ridiculous? When all the hoopla happened last week as far as whether or not my husband's application was acceptable, we contacted our congressman's office just to get it all straightened out. In the meantime, we did receive the NOA1 as you all know, and yesterday we received the biometrics letter with an appt for next Friday. Anyway, today my husband receives a call from the congressman's office stating that they have spoken to our local field office, and although they can accept my husband's application and process it, he can not go for his interview until he meets the residency requirement, which is September 26, 2009. I have never seen anyone else post about this. I was all over the USCIS website and never saw it posted there anywhere. Maybe it will take 90 days to process anyway, but I have never heard that they won't give an interview til that date is reached. Anyone else ever hear about this? How many June filers are filing with the marriage residency 90 days prior to your green card date? This is just so typical and ridiculous I'm ready to go crazy!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-15 11:01:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Congrats Poisontee and gopalagl on your interview letters! It's really exciting to see that kind of movement so quickly. After stressing out on Friday, today we are in receipt of the biometrics letter. Can someone please update us on the list as follows: NOA 7/6/09 Biometrics: 7/24/09 Thanks so much- after 4 years I'm still hesitant to touch the lists and mess them up! Thanks.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-14 14:22:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Would someone mind telling me what their NOA letter said on it? I wrote earlier about receiving notice that my husband was not eligible for naturalization until 9/26/09 (that is his green card date). Today I received TWO NOA's in the mail dated July 6. They are both the same. I'm now wondering if someone realized their error and corrected it? This NOA has the statement: The above application has been received by our office and is in process. Our records indidcate your personal information is as follows: Date of Birth: (correct date) Address where you live: (correct address) Please verify your personal information listed above and immediately notify our office blah blah blah. Upon receipt of all required Records Checks, you will be scheduled to appear for an interview at your local USCIS field office. Also it states Payment INformation as well (balance $0.00) Please, can someone tell me if that is what your NOA's looked like? Can I assume that it has been accepted?	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-11 13:13:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	I posted this in another section but just to highlight it here in the June filers section- the local office sent us notification that my husband is not eligible for naturalization til Sept 26, 2009!!! And they cashed our check!! We just got this notice Friday late in the afternoon so I guess I'll have to wait til Monday to straighten it out. Someone please talk me down: green card dated September 26, 2006, married for more than 3 years, continuous residency since green card date, filed for naturalization 90 days prior to Sept 26 which was June 28- they rec'd it apparently on July 2. HELP!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-11 06:56:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Hi June Gang- I can see via online banking our check was cashed- I imagine the NOA will be here anyday. Happy to see people progressing- it'll be exciting when people start getting interview letters!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-08 19:09:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Congrats to everyone who just got their NOA's.....just checked my online banking and the check hasn't been cashed. I figure with the holiday people are on vacation, etc. I expect we'll probably get the NOA in a week or so. Hope everyone had a nice holiday!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-07-06 11:43:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	I just wanted to say hello to all of the June N-400 filers. Some of the names I recognize from previous threads- it's been a long 4 years since I first joined Visa Journey trying to navigate our way through the various paperwork needed for our family to be together. We're finally at the final hurdle- naturalization. After the stress of removing conditions, this is almost anti-climatic. (almost!) Good luck to all of you!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-06-29 15:04:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Can someone please add my husband's information for me? Thank you. We are mailing out the N-400 today to Texas (our local post office has Sunday hours). Our office is Albany. Looking forward to the final leg of our journey! Edited by shakysgirl, 28 June 2009 - 07:16 AM.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-06-28 07:15:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Question about Biometric time frame	I just went through lots of posted information- geez I forgot how much time and energy it takes to do this stuff!! I'm definitely out of the loop. Anyway, I saw that it said you can apply any time during the 90 day window (I had thought it was a strict deadline). I'll wait til we get back and then mail it out. Once again I have to say thank goodness for VJ!!! And thank you for your reply. ps. If it was mailed out while we were away, I WOULD have worried about it the whole time!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-06-10 16:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Question about Biometric time frame	Well, after living stress free for the past 18 months, here I am back at VJ looking for advice as we get ready to remove the conditions on my husband's two year green card. I have no concerns regarding documentation- I've been saving everything for the past 2 years, we have children, and are in a loving and committed relationship. My question involves the biometrics. 90 days prior to his green card expiring puts us at June 30th. We are going on vacation for nearly 3 weeks in mid-July to take the children to visit his family in England. It looks like a lot of people are getting their biometric appts within a month, which could potentially put the appt during the time when we are gone. Should I mail out the packet a few days before we leave on our trip (even though it'll make it "late") to try to ensure that the biometric appt won't be until after we return in early August? We're sending the packet to the VSC. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-06-10 16:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Is this enough evidence?	Thank you for your input. It alleviates my mind a bit. We were living in England for part of our married life- other joint accounts were located in the UK. I could give them that stuff if I get an RFE but I didn't really think they'd be relevant. I only really started saving things after we applied for the green card 2 years ago. I thought 2 years worth might be a bit of overkill- I can go through and pull 5 or 6 examples of each to make it less fat! Thanks so much- I do feel a bit less nervous!!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-07-06 14:08:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Is this enough evidence?	I put in loads of things in just one or the other's name just to show the address. Where I live in upstate NY, our utility company won't put two names on an account. Also the same with Time Warner- I've asked for both names on the bill and told they can't do that. Unfortunately, the house is owned by my husband and I am not on the deed. This is for purely financial reasons but if anyone out there thinks that will be the make or break thing, we can add me to the deed without any problem??	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-07-06 13:57:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Is this enough evidence?	I woke up at 2 in the morning in a cold sweat suddenly worrying about this- stayed up for 3 hours putting all of our paperwork together. It is about 3 inches thick. Please tell me what you all think: -copies of his green card and passport -copy of our daughters birth certificate -copy of letter addressed to us both from state senator congratulating us on birth of daughter (silly I know but it has our joint address on it) -copies of 2006 and 2007 joint taxes -copy of letter informing us of economic stimulus check -copies of joint savings account (2 years worth) -copes of 2 joint checking accounts (2 years worth) -copy of deed of house (it is only in my husband's name though) -copy of homeowners insurance in both our names -copy of my 401(k) paperwork listing husband as sole beneficiary -copy of husband's 401 (k) showing me as sole beneficiary -copy of husband's FAA license (to show address) -copy of letter from insurance company showing husband as subscriber and me and Alice as dependents -copy of previous health insurance showing same -several EOB's -copy of my social security statement (to show address) -copy of his social security statement (to show address) -copy of my voter registration card (to show address) -copy of waste bill in my name (for address) -copies of car insurance in both names (we own our cars so no loans)- 2 years worth -copies of Time Warner cable bill in my name (phone and cable)- 2 years worth -copies of electric/gas bill in his name- 2 years worth -copy of a letter from electric/gas company stating I am allowed access to account -copy of credit card bills to show address (2 years worth) -copy of letter showing I am authorized user on husband's credit card -affidavit from my father (still waiting for my mother to do hers) -copies of flight itinerary for two family vacations to the UK one last year, one this year -daughter's christening information from church -personal letter from sister-in-law addressed to us both discussing planning daughter's christening and party in UK -photos of family together -personal letter addressed to both from father-in-law discussing how happy he was with birth of our daughter -hand made anniversary card from 8 year old daughter (husband's step-daughter) stating she loves us both -several cards addressed to us both congratulating us on birth of daughter Sometimes I look at it all and think it's ridiculous over-kill...then I look at the other posts on this forum and I get scared. I love my husband, we have a family together- I'm petrified of some nameless, faceless person in an office going through our personal papers deciding whether we've proven to them our family can stay together or not! Anyway, even though 90 days was up the end of June, we are going to England to see my husband's family and so that he can be the best man in his friend's wedding on July 15, so none of this will be mailed out til August 2 when we return. Green card expires September 26. We are applying to the VSC, so even though it would probably be ages til he gets the biometrics appt, we aren't going to take the risk that it comes in while we are away! Thanks in advance for any input!!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-07-06 13:48:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	How important are photos for this stage?	I may have included 2 photos- like you my husband and I don't have too many of us together. When we are at family functions or on vacation, most of our photos involve either the children, or one of us with the children (while the other takes the picture). I wouldn't be too worried about it.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-08-12 13:32:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Any advice on other items to include for I-751?	Looks to me like you've got it covered!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-08-18 09:42:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Attn: VJ'ers with conditional GC who traveled back home.	Every time we travel out of the country to visit my husband's family in the UK, my husband gets grief coming back in ie. taken to the windowless room. This last time it was "have you ever overstayed a visa?" Um, NO and regardless what difference would it make NOW with the green card?! ARGH. It's one of the main reasons we're doing naturalization as soon as he is eligible (June '09- he'll probably have his US passport before he gets the 10 year green card!)	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-08-21 09:06:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Finally my 10 years green card	Congrats!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-09-30 08:26:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	POE ENTRY WITH EXPIRED GREEN CARD	Those of you who haven't had problems at the POE should count yourselves lucky!! My British husband has never entered this country, even with his valid greencard, without some sort of hassle. I'm so fed up I could scream. We are applying for naturalization as soon as he is eligible in June so we don't have to put with this immigration ####### anymore.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-09-30 08:25:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	VERMONT SUCKS!!!!	OMG- I just looked at the CSC timeline- people who applied in JUNE have been approved. I've stayed off that thread so as not to upset myself, but having just looked I'm insane with annoyance!!!! People at VSC waiting for a good solid year or more and people at CSC being approved in a few months?! OK, I've gotta stay off these threads- I'll see you all when a) we're approved or we start applying for naturalization!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-09-30 08:34:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	VERMONT SUCKS!!!!	I'm pretty sure my husband will have his American passport before we receive his 10 year green card! We only applied for the conditions to be removed in August, so we are just babies on this forum. It is really disheartening to see so many people who have been waiting for so long.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-09-30 08:28:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	60 Minutes	Why would the person in question want to stay here if their spouse dies? Especially if they came here JUST to be with their other half. Seems like they would want to return to their homeland to be with their family. Chances are they'd end up on welfare here anyway and depending on our government to support them, God knows we have enough of our own here doing that. It makes sense to me that they should be asked to leave. [/quote] You have GOT to be kidding me! What about people like my husband- who now has an American child (dual British citizen) AND an American stepdaughter?! So he should just go back to the UK if I was to die tomorrow with our American child and leave his stepdaughter who he loves and who is also the half-sister of his child behind? So my full American child should lose her mother, her stepfather who she adores and her half-sister? And since my husband supports us all with his extremely good job, why the hell would you assume he (or any immigrant) would end up on welfare? You are a complete idiot. Edited by shakysgirl, 24 November 2008 - 02:26 PM.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2008-11-24 14:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Travelling on extension NOA with expired card	We must be the unlucky ones- but every single time we've left the country, my husband has had problems re-entering. Since his green card is expired and we're "lucky" enough to have his I- 751 processed through the VSC, we will not be taking the risk of leaving the country until it's approval. Those of you who have never encountered any problems- consider yourselves lucky. Nothing like being treated like ####### when you have a valid green card while travelling with your American wife and two American children!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-02-01 09:32:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Expired green card!!	Obviously my husband is the only person to ever have any problems coming back through on an UNEXPIRED green card......we won't even take the risk of travelling now that it's expired. He must look shifty- LOL.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-02-15 11:51:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Has anyone received an email like this?	This is actually getting exciting now- I hardly ever come onto the forums anymore as it's too depressing waiting around for this to be approved........my husband's RD is August 7..........going by the theory on here, maybe he'll get transferred to CSC in a few weeks....that would be fantastic!! There's hope for a trip "home" to see my elderly father-in-law this summer after all...................(we weren't even thinking of planning anything d/t not knowing when this would be approved and the hassle we got last year re-entering at JFK.)	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-02-15 11:49:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	VSC transfered to CSC	QUOTE (dara @ Feb 22 2009, 03:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (dara @ Feb 19 2009, 02:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just got this e mail, thought I'd share it with you guys: The CRI89 PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS RECEIVED was transferred and is now pending standard processing at a USCIS office. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when this case will be done, counting from when USCIS received it. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. To receive e-mail updates, follow the link below to register. I just hope this will all be over soon. you can see my timeline in the VSC status list Why can't you just say what your filing date was so that people don't have to go troll through another thread? It would have been just as easy to write that. A lot of people on here are looking at those of you who have been transferred to the CSC early as test cases you know.	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-02-24 11:07:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Letter of Approval Arrived Today (1 month / 13 days)	Congratulations- that's amazing!! Wish more than anything we were at CSC!!!!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-02-15 11:34:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	APPROVED!!! FINALLY!!!	Congratulations!!	shakysgirl	Not Telling	England	2009-03-20 07:34:00