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US Citizenship General Discussionhow does divorce affecting Citizenship applying
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Hello:

Me and my husband may finally get to divorce. Anyway wondering what will happen in the future (after 5 years I got 10 yrs greencard) if I want to be naturalized, by then am I still applying citizenship based on marriage? do I still need to turn in all the marriage proof paperwork (tax return and so on...) even if we've divorced?

thanks so much!


No. As a divorced alien, you will be applying based upon having been a permanent resident for 4 years and 9 months.



We did have a post not long ago from someone who applied after 5 years because she (I think it was a she) and her husband had gotten divorced after the I-751 was granted, and at the interview the AO told her they needed her to submit all that proof that the marriage had been legit, and that they have the right to review all past decisions (like her K-1 and her green card) at the time of adjudicating the N-400 in order to make sure she hadn't committed immigration fraud at any time in the past.


thanks, that's what I heard too. Guess I just need to keep all the old records:)
tomjerryNot Telling02008-02-17 12:59:00
US Citizenship General Discussionhow does divorce affecting Citizenship applying
Hello:

Me and my husband may finally get to divorce. Anyway wondering what will happen in the future (after 5 years I got 10 yrs greencard) if I want to be naturalized, by then am I still applying citizenship based on marriage? do I still need to turn in all the marriage proof paperwork (tax return and so on...) even if we've divorced?

thanks so much!
tomjerryNot Telling02008-02-16 18:46:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionthe I-751 filing dates, 90 days period
thanks again for all the suggestions.

unfortunately, I finally decided to pay the 3000 for him, at this time, hope thats a better solution than divorce immediately.
tomjerryNot Telling02006-08-21 16:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionthe I-751 filing dates, 90 days period
sweetgirl, thank you.

Actually in my case, its kind of complicated, I used to have a sharing account with my husband, and he abused it by deposit a fraud check in and took away 3000 cash from the bank, even now it is still negative balance on the account.

and recently, the detective just called me regarding this case, my husband may be physically arrested if he doesnt return the money to the bank. (I was also finacially involved due to my name is also on the account, but the main reason police came to us is due to the fraud check)

I really hope we will be fine since at that time when we got married, he was a fine person. It feels so hurting to look back...

I was wondering

1. he is unemployed right now, will this affect the I-751 application?
2. if he is physically arrested, whats going to happen to me?

thanks
tomjerryNot Telling02006-08-19 01:10:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionthe I-751 filing dates, 90 days period


Hello, everyone:

I've been in this forum for a while, and posted twice, including this time:)

I have a question regarding the I-751 filing dates, in my case

my 2 years card was issued on August 26th 2005,
so I'm going to submit my I-751 on May 26th 2007, which is the first day of my "90 days" period.

I read some good luck fellows had their I-751 approved in 2 or 3 months, I was wondering does this "2 or 3 months" including the 90 days period or not?

In my case, if I submit my I-751 by May 26th 2007, does that mean if I'm luck enough, my application will be approved around August 2007? or even if I sumbit all my paper work the first day of "90 days", I still have to wait until August, then my I-751 will be reviewed?

Thank you for your help (F)

tomjerry,
Long time, indeed!

First of all, please use the date calculator mdyoung gave you to find the CORRECT date to file your petition.

It is very unlikely that your I-751 will be reviewed immediately or even within that first 90 days, but there is NO WAY to tell. When the Service Centers devote some time to I-751s, they will suddenly speed up. Then they go to work on something else and I-751s slow down again.

You should expect that it will take 3-18 months for your I-751 to be adjudicated. Your status does NOT expire during this time; yoiu must keep your expired card with the extension letter you recieve and just wait. There is no way to track your individual case online or over the phone, so you just mail it and wait.

People are receiveing different instructions and there is no way to know which ones will apply to you. Watch your mailbox and respond to ANY letter you get from USCIS and follow their instructions. It's not rocket surgery, but you have to follow their directions.

If a year goes by and you want to apply for US citizenship, you may do so even if you do not yet have a decision on your I-751.

But please, mail it in the correct dates---if you send it in too early you have just thrown away $205 that could go to charity. :)


Thank you so much, feel so warm in this forum. You know, especially after you've went through those attornies and law offices...

I have another question, its regarding the credit card statement.

I added my husband's name under my account, so he also got a card as an authorized card holder, but his name doesnt showed on the monthly statement, so I was wondering except the credit card itself, what other evidence regarding this we can show to the immigrant office.

(PS: if anyone here remember me, probably know the reason that I can not have a sharing account with my husband, thus, credit card is probably the only financial prove I can show)
tomjerryNot Telling02006-08-18 16:00:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionthe I-751 filing dates, 90 days period

May 26, 2007 and August 26, 2007

92 Days

http://tinyurl.com/nzlzm


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:D I guess I made my question pretty confused, actually in a simple word, my question is

will my I-751 be reviewed as soon as I submit it or has to wait until the 90 days passed.

Thanks again
tomjerryNot Telling02006-08-17 21:26:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionthe I-751 filing dates, 90 days period
Hello, everyone:

I've been in this forum for a while, and posted twice, including this time:)

I have a question regarding the I-751 filing dates, in my case

my 2 years card was issued on August 26th 2005,
so I'm going to submit my I-751 on May 26th 2007, which is the first day of my "90 days" period.

I read some good luck fellows had their I-751 approved in 2 or 3 months, I was wondering does this "2 or 3 months" including the 90 days period or not?

In my case, if I submit my I-751 by May 26th 2007, does that mean if I'm luck enough, my application will be approved around August 2007? or even if I sumbit all my paper work the first day of "90 days", I still have to wait until August, then my I-751 will be reviewed?

Thank you for your help (F)
tomjerryNot Telling02006-08-17 21:15:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionWhat if he has a baby with someone else
thank you all....for the help.
tomjerryNot Telling02007-01-08 11:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionWhat if he has a baby with someone else
Hello, all:

I just have a complicated problem.

Finally I solved some of the problems I had with my husband from last year, and now I got a new problem...

just few days ago he admitted to me he made someone outside preganent...for almost 5 months!!!!!!!

I know that girl, she's been friends with us since I know my husband...it's a long story...

Anyway, this time there is no way I am able to keep this going. We talked night after night, and finally we both agree we will wait until my condition has been removed. finally we used to be the cloest...

the situaltion now is

I'm going to submit my I-751 package after May 24th this year, which is few weeks from now. The baby will be born around April.

We both are not very sure
1. is the birth of the baby going to affect my case?
2. if it does, in which way? (does the baby has to get a birth certificate as soon as he is born?)

I'm so overwhemed now and can not think about any other issues or problems...

Anyone can give me some suggestions? I really appreciate that.

God bless us all!



2.
tomjerryNot Telling02007-01-08 02:41:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiontax report question
Hi,

We are going to file by the end of May, and we will have tax report by next month.

I was told that the total income for me and my husband has to be more than $30000, I'm not sure if that has anything to do with our I-751 filing, because my husband lost job last year, and I worked part time, our total income may not be able to reach $30000.

thanks for your help.
tomjerryNot Telling02007-01-25 23:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionaffidavits letter
Hi, I just have a simple question.

Regarding the affidavits letter, what's the format? should we also put the letter writer's social security number or address and telephone only? also should this letter be typed and the writter only sign at the bottom or she has to handwrite it?

Thank you
tomjerryNot Telling02007-02-03 02:17:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionFiling I-751
we'll file by the end of May, my card expires by August.

Just got our tax filed yesterday, will start to clear out the evidence checklist...
tomjerryNot Telling02007-02-06 04:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussioncopy or original?

And also the format, can anyone share about the format (the way all these marteirals are organized)?


What do you mean by how is the format organized? I made a cover letter (there are examples in the sticky post) and listed all of the evidence. I then organized it with the cover letter on top, then the actual application, then the evidence in same order as the cover letter.

Is that what you are asking?

Oh and yes to copies. I do send in actual photos though, because its just as easy (and I get doubles free usually) and I don't have a color printer.

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thanks a lot for the reply.

Acutally that's what I am going to do with all the photoes...I was just wondering the format of these description tags...for the photoes.

Thank you
tomjerryNot Telling02007-02-15 23:57:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussioncopy or original?
HI,

We have 3 months to send out evidences

I was wondering which of the evidences should be send in original and which are copies?...

for example, like photos.

And also the format, can anyone share about the format (the way all these marteirals are organized)?

Thank you
tomjerryNot Telling02007-02-15 12:09:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionevidence list and question
thank you for the replies...

:whistle: suffering days are coming...:) from now till May, about 3 months to prepair evidences.

Good luck, buddies:)
tomjerryNot Telling02007-02-28 02:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionevidence list and question
Hello,

I have a question about the credit card statement.

I have my husband added to my credit cards accounts years ago when we got married, I was told credit card statements can be evidence to submit, my questions is my husband's name is not showed on any of the credit card statements. I called the credit card company, they said they will only have the main account holder's name in there,

1. in this case, I guess I can only submit the copies of our cards instead of the statements, or any other way I can show them?

2. I read some threads, people were talking about letters from credit card company, I was wondering what type of letters do we need, what letters the card company will be able to provide?

3. we are going to submit packages by the end of May, we brifely went through what we have so far...
we have

joint tax statements,
joint health insurance,
joint utility and phone bills,
Lease agrrement,
joint credit cards,
AAA cards,blockbuster cards...so on
Photoes with my husband's big family
support letter from friends
greeting cards from parents and friends
Misc....

what we lack of is join bank account statement from 5/06 to current, (we only have our joint bank account statement from 8/04-5/06) due to some reasons, we are unable to have a joint bank account together, will this cause a problem, any suggestions?

Thanks a lot.
God bless us all.
tomjerryNot Telling02007-02-27 02:41:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTravel evidence

Tomjerry,

Just a tad curious as to why you are submitting travel evidence with I-765.

Yodrak

I was wondering the same thing.


Hi,

We are just trying to submit as much as we can, like the others did, and we think travel together might be a good evidence:)
tomjerryNot Telling02007-04-15 12:07:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTravel evidence
thank you.

the information is helpful:)
tomjerryNot Telling02007-04-08 12:22:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTravel evidence
Hi,

I have a question about the travelling evidence.

we travelled to Chicago few months ago together, I was going to attach that as an evidence. My question is we booked our tickets online, and we dont get the regular tickets excpet half of the checking receipt, I was wondering what shoulde we submit, is that half check in receipt enough? (it has name, dates, city, gates, time and seat number)

do we also have to show the tickets order confirmation printed from internet?

thank you all

Tomjerry
tomjerryNot Telling02007-04-08 00:00:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionHow did USCIS know your email address
I saw some posts that people got email from USCIS to notify them that their case is proved.

I was wondering how did they provide email address to USCIS? is that provided in the I-751 application form?

thank you
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-08 17:55:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?

Another update....

Received email from CRIS today... here's an excerpt...

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: WACXXXXXXXXXX

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On July 24, 2007, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this CRI89 PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS RECEIVED. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.


I also updated my timeline in my signature... I'll just wait for the card anytime soon. :D

Congratulations!!
I wish I get approval so fast :)

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congrates for all the folks got approved.

I was oversea for the past a few days, and got email notification about card ordered on 7/18
then on 7/20 got email saying approval letter has been send out, on 7/23 I received my green card.

So far I did receive my card but havent got the approval letter yet (which was send out on 7/20 based on the email), I was wondering if that matters?

For the waitting folks, good luck to all of you.

Tom&Jerry
tomjerryNot Telling02007-07-26 22:58:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?

I actually have my bio appt tomorrow. Hi, tomjerry and conditional-resid, did you possibly have your bio taken at 1666 N. Main St, Santa Ana? Are they actually in the Bank West building by the intersection of E 17th St. and N Main St.? It looks like they only have underground parking, did you find parking spots easily? I just want to be prepared and not to be late for my appt.

Thanks a lot!

Cax&JL

any updates from anyone? I had my biometrics yesterday.. and wait is ON.


Hi, Cax:

I actually had my bio appt at buena park, so I'm not quiet sure about santa ana condition, but good luck to u, its an easy process
tomjerryNot Telling02007-07-13 18:52:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
Hi, XL

I had my bio today, it took about 10 minutes, just check in, fill out appliation, and then had fingerprint, also a picture was taken (hopefully not for the pic on green card).

And then that's it, very fast and easy:)
tomjerryNot Telling02007-07-05 23:42:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?

congrats conditional- Recent filers plz share your timeline updating with us, :thumbs:


We got our NOA yesterday (letter dated 06/12/07), and bio letter with appt on July 14th. I was able to track case status online with the receipt number too.
:)


congrats:) Cax&JL, u are back to the normal track now:) Seems fellow submitted on April already got their card recently, hope CSC can keep the same pace for May and June submitters:)
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-28 12:39:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
congrats conditional- Recent filers plz share your timeline updating with us, :thumbs:
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-25 00:07:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?

Mailed 6/6

California Service Center

Cash: 6/11

Received NOA : 6/20

Right now i see they are process December folks.


it seems they always have weird processing updates. offically was told they are processing December cases, but folks send over cases during Feb and March 07 mostly got card within 2 months or 3 months...and then CSC seems getting slow down again after eastern, dont know if anyone send over April got proved recently.

Good luck to all of us!
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-21 00:43:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
another update:

5/29 mailed out package
6/8 checke cashed
6/19 NOA1 (1 year extentsion)
6/20 NOA2(bio) for July 5th

XEE, It seems we are almost in the same pace. After the bio, guess just endless waitting now...
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-20 23:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
I received the first NOA today, Just an update of my timeline.

5/29 mailed out package
6/8 checke cashed
6/19 NOA1 (1 year extentsion)

(PS: I was told CSC has been slowing down since eastern, due to some cases from other SC are transfered to CSC, anyone has more infor about this? thanks)

I received the first NOA today, Just an update of my timeline.

5/29 mailed out package
6/8 checke cashed
6/19 NOA1 (1 year extentsion)

(PS: I was told CSC has been slowing down since eastern, due to some cases from other SC are transfered to CSC, anyone has more infor about this? thanks)


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I was also wondering which receipt number should be used to register online account for case status tracking purpose. should be the one on NOA1(1 year extension) or NOA2 (bio appointment)?

Plz share your updating also. thank you. :unsure:
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-19 20:43:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?

Hi, conditional-ris:

COngra for the first NOA.I'm still waitting mine in process.
I think the NOAs and Bios are routine procedures, some interviews are called randomly, so
getting NOAs and Bios doesnt gurantee without interview. But I think it will be fine
for most of the cases, since interviews happens rarely.

I have a question regarding the local office location.

It seems there are two offices in orange county CA, one in Santa Ana, one in Laguna Niguel,
It seems some people filed in Santa Ana, while others filed in Lagua Niguel. We live in
Anaheim and yet we filed with Laguna Niguel. I just what to know if that makes a diference?

Thanks.


Good question. But I thought the address provided for CSC in the instructions of I-751 is Laguna Niguel.

Any way, updates from us: package re-delivered to CSC on 06/11/07, check cashed today. I can see a receipt number written on our check, but I still can not track case status using this number on USCIS website yet. Any body possibly know why?

Thanks,

Cax&JL



Hi, Cax&JL

The receipt number on the check is different with the one u'll get later from the NOA, and the one on NOA is the critical one for future status tracking.
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-14 13:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
Hi, conditional-ris:

COngra for the first NOA.I'm still waitting mine in process.
I think the NOAs and Bios are routine procedures, some interviews are called randomly, so
getting NOAs and Bios doesnt gurantee without interview. But I think it will be fine
for most of the cases, since interviews happens rarely.

I have a question regarding the local office location.

It seems there are two offices in orange county CA, one in Santa Ana, one in Laguna Niguel,
It seems some people filed in Santa Ana, while others filed in Lagua Niguel. We live in
Anaheim and yet we filed with Laguna Niguel. I just what to know if that makes a diference?

Thanks.
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-14 10:46:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?

just an update that both of my checks were cashed this morning.

Package mailed out 5/29/07
Check cashed 6/8/07

Wondering the next coming NOA, is that an one year extension NOA or bio-finger print appointment NOA?

Thanks


Congrat!

Update: our package got returned today :crying: , bcoz we mailed form I-751 revised on 8/1/2006, and there is a new version revised on 2/5/2007. Husband downloaded the form a couple of months ago. We were so focused on getting all the evidence together, did not even notice there is a new version. sigh :(



It almost happened on us too, we took our package to the law office and then they refilled the form for us due to the one we had was the old one.

Just resend it and wait for few days more, it happens, you will be smooth in the following "transactions":)
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-08 20:21:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
just an update that both of my checks were cashed this morning.

Package mailed out 5/29/07
Check cashed 6/8/07

Wondering the next coming NOA, is that an one year extension NOA or bio-finger print appointment NOA?

Thanks
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-08 13:29:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?

Till now we havent got any receipt to confirm the package has been received by CSC. (it was mailed out on 29th May). Since we didnt mail out the package by ourselves. Someone in the law office mailed it out for us, so we dont know what type of mail they mailed.

It seems most of u got confirmation when the package has been received, is that because you mailed the package with certified mail? What if its mailed by regular mail or by priority mail, is there any way u know if it has been reveived or not?

thanks


Hi tomjerry,

Can you ask your attorney whether they mailed it with priority or certified mail? I think usually you will get a tracking number either way. But it has been only a few days, I don't think there is any thing to worry about.

Cax&JL


thanks Cax&JL. Hopefully its ok.
nothing so far.
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-04 20:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
Hi, sean and Pascal,

I did look at your link, so u guys havent got NOA yet up to now? Seems CSC is slowing down, I have friends here got everything done(from mailing out to receive card) within only two months.

In my case, I dont even know if they have received my package or not, I'm still in the phase waiting for the check to be cashed...

Hope things going well for us.
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-03 22:49:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
Till now we havent got any receipt to confirm the package has been received by CSC. (it was mailed out on 29th May). Since we didnt mail out the package by ourselves. Someone in the law office mailed it out for us, so we dont know what type of mail they mailed.

It seems most of u got confirmation when the package has been received, is that because you mailed the package with certified mail? What if its mailed by regular mail or by priority mail, is there any way u know if it has been reveived or not?

thanks
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-02 21:18:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
it seems most of the checks in CSC were cashed after one week mailed in. except J-Manu in Vermont. I also dont know if it makes a different between Los angeles and Laguna Niguel. Hopefully they are both keeping the fast pace as the last two months.

I have some peers now in CSC, will share our timeline with others. :dance:
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-02 12:19:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiondoes everyone get a receipt after mailed out I-751?
I was told we suppose to get a receipt from USCIS as soon as they received it, usually you will get sth like that after 2 or 3 days after filed. We mailed out our package on May 29th, till today we havent got anything yet.

I was wondering if that receipt supposed to be received by everyone who filed as long as USCIS received ur package or only the ones send in package with certified mail?

By the way, anyone else filed with CSC recently? does anyone know how's CSC's processing progress? I know that they were pretty fast back to Feb and March.

thanks

tomjerry
tomjerryNot Telling02007-06-01 23:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDrug Use and K1 Visa... What are we looking at?
Nearly 6 years ago, my fiancee spent a couple of days in a psychiatric facility. His business and first marriage were failing and smoked pot, staying up for multiple days, all of which resulted in his hospitalization. During his medical exam, he answered 'no' on the questionnaire because he panicked. But he did mention his hospitalization to the doctor during the medical exam, saying it was for depression - which it kinda all boils down to. He was told he'd need a psychiatric doctor to meet with him to ensure he wasn't a threat to himself or others. In reviewing the medical notes from the hospitalization, the psychiatrist said he'd have to include the marijuana use in his report but would try to phrase it as favorably as possible.

He is going to call the clinic that performed the initial exam and ask if he can change his answer on the questionnaire because we don't want to compound the problem by lying. (Anyone know if that's even possible?)

Based on your experience, what does this mean for us? Will it be an automatic three year ban because he used pot ever, not an issue because it was more than 3 years ago and he hasn't used it since, or a permanent ban because of the connection to a psychiatric episode?

Thank you for your help.
~ Laney
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