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Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionUSPS!!! WHAT THE FU... IS GOING ON???
QUOTE (Hany S @ Dec 23 2009, 07:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Important things Jst Use . DHL or Fedex


People use USPS all the time for USCIS mail - is rarely a problem. But there are always exceptions...!

To the OP - it sounds like there was some plonker processing mail in St Albans that day. What a crock! As you have a tracking number, I would think there's a very small chance it will get lost on its way back to you. But then you're in the situation of trying to figure out whether or not to send it back via USPS or try FedEx. Sheesh. rolleyes.gif
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-23 08:51:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionReminder to file joint petition to remove conditions...

I did not get a reminder letter, (yet.) :clock:

(More than asked, and not necessarily for the OP, follows:)
Nor, I would advise, should anyone risk their status waiting for a reminder letter. :bonk:
Even if they were diligent and mailed everyone reminder letters without fail, there is no guaranty that it will be delivered. Mark your calendars, learn, and pay attention to your process !


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TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-04 08:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMarried Filing Separate
I don't think it makes a bit of difference. People file their taxes in a way that is most beneficial to them - I'm sure USCIS understands this.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-07 08:29:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMoving to homecountry
There's no need to badger the OP about it - not everyone wants to live here the rest of their lives.

Glad you got your answer, marieke. :)
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-07 11:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionChanging name on permanent resident card
The form is the I 90.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-06 10:39:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionRegarding 'no reminder notice' from USCIS
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TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-15 15:34:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionRegarding 'no reminder notice' from USCIS

Curious - on the link provided by Captain Ewok to the USCIS - it states that above.

However, a quick check of the FAM Chapter 25 Petitions for Removal of Conditions on Conditional Residence shows this:



So this is probably a disconnect between policy and updating of their website.



Thanks so much for quoting the FAM. I could never find where it said that they wouldn't remind you - though I remembered that being their M.O. What you posted pretty much contradicts that, although it does seem that they are failing to do what they said they'd do (notify us) - at least in many cases.

I still think it's best to err on the side of caution and tell people in the guide here that they will NOT be reminded - unless and until they are willing to approve late filers whose excuse is they filed late because they did not receive a reminder from the Service.

Edited by TracyTN, 15 January 2010 - 03:02 PM.

TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-15 15:02:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionRegarding 'no reminder notice' from USCIS
Agreed - I'd say your chances are about 50/50 as to whether or not you'll receive such a letter. I think the guide should stay as is unless/until the rate of folks getting the letter comes close to 100%. Not sure if that's what you were asking or?
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-15 14:42:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion10 MONTHS SINCE I SENT I-751

Not correct! Because...
...since April 2009, a waiver petition can be filed to remove conditions, while petitioner is separated, but not divorced.
However, ROC can not be approved until divorce is complete. MissisFu will be sent RFE asking for divorce decree. No decree = denial.


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TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-15 15:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionInterview letter received
I'm sure you'll be fine.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-19 12:52:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionme again...help
If she was arrested and/or convicted, then she needs to list it.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-22 14:17:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionHave different address from wife
I agree - why change his driver's license just because he'll be going to school there?
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-22 09:33:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionThose who filed their i-751?

No argument here.
Still not proving me wrong. Show me it's required for a naturalized citizen to dig out his or her old A number and fill it in. I'll bet you can't do that and I'll bet nobody else can do that either. If it were required, USCIS would engage in a discriminatory practice, plain and simple.

This field is for one purpose only: if the petitioning spouse is an LPR but not a citizen. For that very reason proof of citizenship can be provided by birth certificate, naturalization certificate, and passport, the latter one giving no clue to the duration of citizenship at all.

Hence, citizens leave the field open, LPRs fill in their A number.


I wasn't trying to prove you wrong. I was just stating what (to me) seems to be the obvious.

But if you want an argument, by all means keep it up - I'm sure someone will have one with you! :lol:
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-25 08:20:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionThose who filed their i-751?
US citizens may not have an A number anymore, but they have one tied to them because their naturalization application had to be submitted on the basis of their permanent residency, which by default gives them an A number.

Is the A number relevant to the new US citizen going forward? No. Does it make a naturalized US citizen different from a US born US citizen (as far as their rights, etc)? No.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-22 14:15:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionConditional GC Approved without Interview
I think instead of one sweeping thread, people are sticking to the monthly filer threads to keep track.

It sure does seem that the trend is approval without interview these days (just from reading some of those threads). I think if non interviews were more of an anomaly, it may benefit us more to track that specifically - but it's certainly not up to me whether or not we still track it here. It just seems a little redundant to me, esp. with the number of 'tracking' threads we already have.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-26 08:14:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionConditional GC Approved without Interview
This thread hasn't been used in over a year. Not that we can't resurrect it, but we do seem to have separate, monthly threads going by service center. It just seems like having this one, too, would be overkill.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-25 14:30:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionConditional GC Approved without Interview
That's great news, annelizabeth!!! smile.gif smile.gif
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-01-28 10:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionConditional GC Approved without Interview
Yay annelizabeth!! Go go go!! smile.gif smile.gif
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-09-28 12:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionabout to file form i751 and green card stolen
QUOTE (Helen G. @ Oct 1 2009, 07:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well, I just found out that in the costumer center phone no. they don't know about imigration!


Gee, there's a surprise rolleyes.gif - NOT!!!
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-10-02 07:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionabout to file form i751 and green card stolen
If you were told that by the misinformation line, I wouldn't take it with much more than a grain of salt.

I'd make an Infopass appointment and find out for sure. If the stamp will work, then they can likely stamp it right there for you.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-10-01 13:56:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionabout to file form i751 and green card stolen
I agree with Len.

As for evidence, you only have what you have. Send anything that you have jointly, as well as the information on your daughters. If you went on vacations together, send evidence of those as well. If it is not enough evidence, they will be sure to let you know.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-09-29 10:29:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionwhole name change in I-751?
If you have no documents that prove the basis of your name change (like a marriage certificate or court order), then you have no basis for the name change - whether you do that now at ROC or natz is irrelevant. They still have to have something legal to base that name change on.

If you're married, I'm not sure why you couldn't use a certified copy of your marriage certificate to base the name change on, though - unless it doesn't state your maiden name on it for some reason.

Edited by TracyTN, 27 January 2010 - 11:56 AM.

TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-27 11:55:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionCo-sponsor wants to pull out before Removal of Conditions

He wants to, in his own words, "unhook himself from a massive liability", and pull out as a co-sponsor. Can he do that?


I want a million dollars, but that isn't likely to happen either.

As you're learning from the other posts, he's on the hook. This is why people should take it very seriously when they agree to it initially.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-01-25 15:34:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionGuide for ROC RFE?

Interesting but random piece of evidence! And I'm sure that you have some fun pictures to back it up, TracyTN!

Unfortunately, we are still sharing a car that my family bought for me 13 years ago and because of its age, I didn't even have to show the title when registering it in RI. I saw something on the evidence list about car registration, but I thought a car could only be registered under one name.

Family cell phone plan bills? I added a line for him pretty much the month he got here, so I could get a couple of bills spanning the length of the marriage with both our phone calls logged.


HA Yeah, I spared them piccys of us at hockey games with 'Red Wings sucks' signs. :lol:

YES family cell phone plan bills are a good idea - we included the same. We basically have a handful of bills in his name, and a handful in mine - we sent examples of both.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-03 09:32:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionGuide for ROC RFE?
No car loan documents (or car titles)? Just thinking out loud of other things you might be able to send.

We sent a statement from the Nashville Predators showing our joint season tickets. :lol:
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-03 09:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionAre they struggling?
Employees at the biometrics appointment (application support centers) cannot put stamps in your passport.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-03 11:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionAre they struggling?
It probably is touch and go with the (mis) information line. I've heard both success stories and stories like yours. But if the infopass appt would be way out of my way, I'd at least try the misinformation line first.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-03 09:33:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionAre they struggling?
You could also call the (mis) information line and tell them you did not receive the NOA1. They may well issue another one.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-03 08:27:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionOut of Country - Pregnant - Travel Concerns
Just ignore Bob, KansasDragon. :lol:
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-05 08:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionOut of Country - Pregnant - Travel Concerns
Yep - I think reaching out to both the rep and senator's office is a good idea - see who 'bites' first. Sometimes they're not as quick to react as we'd like so its probably good to try both. Though I'd just involve the first one who takes it and runs with it.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-04 11:39:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionOut of Country - Pregnant - Travel Concerns
My only concern with you trying to remove conditions from there is she would have to have her fingerprints taken in order for the 10 year GC to be approved.

Given a circumstance like this, though, I would think there would be some way they could accomplish that without requiring you to return to the states. Perhaps having her fingerprints done at the consulate - though that is Dept of State and they'd somehow have to get that information back to DHS. But I'm sure it's not impossible - it would probably just take some planning.

If you do indeed find she cannot travel, I would contact your congressman's office for assistance before you file so that you have a game plan. They have an immigration liaison who could reach out to USCIS and see what they suggest you do. I would NOT call the (MIS)information line. They'd probably advise you wrong and jeopardize her status.

*edited for typo*

Edited by TracyTN, 04 February 2010 - 08:31 AM.

TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-04 08:30:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionBig Mistake

Ok here is the situation.


I came here from the UK on a K-1 - got married, everything was fine. Appied for Greencard, got it and so started my life with my wife over here - bought a house, had a baby and basically just beig a husband and father to my child.

Long story short - I forgot to file before my 2 years were up. I know it was stupid, but with moving and having a child I guess things just got blown away. The next thing I know in October I get a letter saying my status is terminated (letter was dated August but didn't get to me until October). I then hand in my notice at work (I thought working whilst out of status would go against me) and go and talk to a couple of laywers. They want over 2k to help me. Due to the economy and trying ot feed my child, I decided to sell my car to pay for it. Unfortunately, no one is buying.....

So we try other means to get the money - they will not give us a loan anywhere as my wife doesnt earn enough and I am not working, wife does not get on with her family so they will not loan the money and my parents in UK are both on disability. Any money we do get now is going on food/bills.

I now have a notice come through saying I need to go to court, the date has not been set but I have to go and get some biometrics done. There was a list of free attorneys, but NONE of them are getting back to me. So I have a few questions.


1) Would I be able to go to court by myself and have a good chance at them showing mercy on me for making ONE mistake. Are they literally going to pull apart my family or do we have a shot of getting this waived? We have been together 10 years, married for almost 5. Everything is legit as far as our relationship goes. I would NOT want to go to court on this occasion on my own. Catholic Charities offers free (or little cost) immigration assistance - contact the one near you if you can't find another attorney that will be reasonable with you about payment.

2) The biometrics appointment is for a walk in during hours - will I have to pay for this? There is no price listed on it. If so does anyone know how much so I can try and borrow the cash to get it done. Normally it is $80 when you pay the fee along with a ROC application. I would assume it is the same but can't be sure.

3) Would it be possible fo rme to fly back home, work and get some money to get this situation fixed whilst at the same time helping out my wife and child financially? And if I do this, can I come back to visit whilst getting it fixed?

I'm not sure what leaving would gain you (other than some money). Technically you are an LPR until an immigration judge says you're not - but honestly I'm not sure what CBP would do to someone who is essentially in removal proceedings if they tried to re-enter. if a CBP officer decides not to let you in, then where would you be? My gut tells me do not leave the US until you have this sorted out. But I would be curious to hear what an attorney would think about that.


Please, I know people are going to say "you need a good lawyer" but a Lawyer is really not an option. We really cannot afford it. It came down to getting a lawyer or putting food on my kids plate at the end of the day, and that was not a hard choice.

Honestly I don't think you can afford NOT to have one - not if you want to stay living here anyway. I'd start with Catholic Charities and go from there. At the very least, try to have a free phone consultation with one - normally they do those pretty routinely.

Thanks guys.


TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-04 14:50:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTimeframe to File I-751
Yep that's the norm. It has to be 90 days or less.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-17 09:29:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionUNBELIEVABLE!

I got the text, email and update on the website today. Card Production Ordered!!! I'm having a Mimosa!


Well there you go!! Congrats!
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-19 12:09:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionUNBELIEVABLE!
So you are going to go ahead with natz or?
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-17 16:00:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionUNBELIEVABLE!

I understand the way things work. I appreciate the suggestions, but we are informed. However, I live in an area where a flimsy letter and an expired GC do not make it easy to get a job. I think he's the first immigrant to hit these mountains since the coal mines were dug up. He's been offered positions only to have employers back out. Quite frankly, supporting a household through a high risk pregnancy and now a newborn has been exhausting and I'm not willing to give them anymore of my HARD earned money or give myself another headache until the cough up the GC! Thanks though.


I guess that's exactly why I was thinking of applying for natz as soon as you're eligible (I'd think you are by now). Surely a natz certificate would be even less flimsy than a 10 year green card, right? I mean, unless you never wanted to naturalize in the first place - in which case I agree with you about not coughing up more money. But if you were going to anyway, than it's either spend it now or spend it later. Though maybe I think in too much black and white.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-17 08:27:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionUNBELIEVABLE!
When can you apply for citizenship again?
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-10 09:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionCopies of credit cards as evidence
Yes you can. Like I said, I just didn't see the point in having it out there if I didn't have to - and it obviously had no adverse effect on our case, which was the only reason I made the point to begin with (it was mentioned that you probably risked an RFE by not having them on there). But there's no harm in NOT doing it either. It's a personal choice.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-19 12:11:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionCopies of credit cards as evidence
True you cannot blank out SSNs, etc. on the I 751 - as they actually need that information for verification. I just don't see the point of opening myself up to having my credit card info stolen if I can avoid it and not hurt my case in any way. But I suppose everyone is different.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-19 08:58:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionCopies of credit cards as evidence

Since my wife and I have a joint credit card account, I included front and back side copies of both our credit cards along with a couple copies of the credit card statements spanning 2 years.

I've read posts here over the years where some people choose to black out account numbers (fully or partially). It entirely up to you. I chose not to black anything out as I didn't want to give them a potential reason to send me an RFE.

I get people's paranoia regarding identity theft and fraud, however they are the U.S. Government and frankly they can probably find out this information anyway.

Just my two cents....


There's no reason they need your credit card numbers so I seriously doubt blacking them out would generate an RFE. Surely they understand the need to keep such things safe in the event the document gets into the wrong hands. Its likely true that they can get the information if they wanted it anyway, so why take the chance of advertising it on a piece of paper that could get lost?

We blacked ours out - both on the credit card statements and account numbers on bank statements - and it was no problem.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-02-19 08:11:00