I-751 nebraska approved, husband wife live apart

[kkg 0]

hi everyone,

my message is for everyone who are in the same situation as mine where husband and wife live apart due to work/school etc. i applied I-751 in august 2006, got interviewed in april 2007 and just received my 10 year permanant residency card in may 2007. on a different note, the NSC is a bit slower in processing than other centers. anyway, the bottom line is "DONT WORRY" that u are living apart. if ur case is genuine it will get approved. me and my wife are living apart for the past 3.5 years. in fact, i got my initial AOS approved for conditional residency in 2004 while we are still staying apart.

what we dont have

we DON'T have joint house leases/mortgages, no joint bank accounts, no joint vehicle related stuff, no joint health insurances, no joint credit cards etc..

what we submitted

travel/vacation itineraries, phone records, some photos, joint retirement plan, employer/school official letters stating our current employment positions, joint TAX returns (very important). thats it.

interview

both husband and wife must attend. took 15 minutes. took some notarized affidavits from family and friends. the officer was very nice. explained our situation. she took a note of it. no hard questions. be honest and be urself. u dont have to pretend. the officers understand that life doesn't always follow as per the USCIS guidelines. at the end of the interview, she did not tell us whether it is approved or not. however, i did a walk-in biometrics the same day. she said that i will receive the decision by mail and eventually my case was approved and got my GC.

last but not the least. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS IN THIS FORUM INCLUDING THE MODERATOR FOR DOING SUCH A WONDERFULL JOB AND TAKING TIME OFF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. HATS OFF TO U GUYS. U ROCK.

i will try to do my best to stay in this forum and answer any questions/clarifications/doubts to the best of my knowledge. i havent been actively involved in this forum so far because i don't know the outcome of my situatuion till now and any advice i would have given u will be without any supportive evidence. now that i have my case approved, i can provide some insights pertaining to the situation where the husband and wife live apart.

thanks again.

P.S: i also posted the same in BRITISH EXPATS. so i'll be checking both the forums

[Erin and Muraari 0]

Hello

Thank you very much for posting this. My fiancee and I are going to apply fgor AOS for me as soon as we get married in a month. However, we know we will have to live apart for a year to possible two years, and were worried about how this will look when it comes time to lifting conditions. So this is fantastic info. Thank you. Andf congratulations on getting the conditions lifted.

Muraari

hi everyone,

my message is for everyone who are in the same situation as mine where husband and wife live apart due to work/school etc. i applied I-751 in august 2006, got interviewed in april 2007 and just received my 10 year permanant residency card in may 2007. on a different note, the NSC is a bit slower in processing than other centers. anyway, the bottom line is "DONT WORRY" that u are living apart. if ur case is genuine it will get approved. me and my wife are living apart for the past 3.5 years. in fact, i got my initial AOS approved for conditional residency in 2004 while we are still staying apart.

what we dont have

we DON'T have joint house leases/mortgages, no joint bank accounts, no joint vehicle related stuff, no joint health insurances, no joint credit cards etc..

what we submitted

travel/vacation itineraries, phone records, some photos, joint retirement plan, employer/school official letters stating our current employment positions, joint TAX returns (very important). thats it.

interview

both husband and wife must attend. took 15 minutes. took some notarized affidavits from family and friends. the officer was very nice. explained our situation. she took a note of it. no hard questions. be honest and be urself. u dont have to pretend. the officers understand that life doesn't always follow as per the USCIS guidelines. at the end of the interview, she did not tell us whether it is approved or not. however, i did a walk-in biometrics the same day. she said that i will receive the decision by mail and eventually my case was approved and got my GC.

last but not the least. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS IN THIS FORUM INCLUDING THE MODERATOR FOR DOING SUCH A WONDERFULL JOB AND TAKING TIME OFF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. HATS OFF TO U GUYS. U ROCK.

i will try to do my best to stay in this forum and answer any questions/clarifications/doubts to the best of my knowledge. i havent been actively involved in this forum so far because i don't know the outcome of my situatuion till now and any advice i would have given u will be without any supportive evidence. now that i have my case approved, i can provide some insights pertaining to the situation where the husband and wife live apart.

thanks again.

P.S: i also posted the same in BRITISH EXPATS. so i'll be checking both the forums

[j-manu 0]

Congratulations!

Great work! Hope that you two will be together soon.

[kkg 0]

thanks guys.

[mimiye 0]

kkg-

Sharing your experience is greatly appreciated.

I have a question: my hubby (US citizen) accepted to go to school out of state and we need to apply for removal of conditions

while I am supporting the both of us- I work full-time in a pretty good position- he is transitioning out of state.

so, today I aksed an attorney for advise and she reject the fact of temporary seperation completely and said that she was not going to assist us in removing the conditions and that I need to leave with him. We do not intend to be separated for long and I wish I could find a job there as soon as possible. But for as long as I am supporting the both of us, I am not going to quit the current job and we both struggle.

First of all, our marriage is genuine and we have all kinds of documentation, tax returns, same address, pictures, bills, car and renters insurance, bank statements...all kind of things.

What do you suggest to do? I am confused and started looking into jobs close to where he will be but haven't found anything. Plus, we do not whether to file from there (in case I will find a job there or here)

its so confusing... and we do not know what to do now

hi everyone,

my message is for everyone who are in the same situation as mine where husband and wife live apart due to work/school etc. i applied I-751 in august 2006, got interviewed in april 2007 and just received my 10 year permanant residency card in may 2007. on a different note, the NSC is a bit slower in processing than other centers. anyway, the bottom line is "DONT WORRY" that u are living apart. if ur case is genuine it will get approved. me and my wife are living apart for the past 3.5 years. in fact, i got my initial AOS approved for conditional residency in 2004 while we are still staying apart.

what we dont have

we DON'T have joint house leases/mortgages, no joint bank accounts, no joint vehicle related stuff, no joint health insurances, no joint credit cards etc..

what we submitted

travel/vacation itineraries, phone records, some photos, joint retirement plan, employer/school official letters stating our current employment positions, joint TAX returns (very important). thats it.

interview

both husband and wife must attend. took 15 minutes. took some notarized affidavits from family and friends. the officer was very nice. explained our situation. she took a note of it. no hard questions. be honest and be urself. u dont have to pretend. the officers understand that life doesn't always follow as per the USCIS guidelines. at the end of the interview, she did not tell us whether it is approved or not. however, i did a walk-in biometrics the same day. she said that i will receive the decision by mail and eventually my case was approved and got my GC.

last but not the least. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS IN THIS FORUM INCLUDING THE MODERATOR FOR DOING SUCH A WONDERFULL JOB AND TAKING TIME OFF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. HATS OFF TO U GUYS. U ROCK.

i will try to do my best to stay in this forum and answer any questions/clarifications/doubts to the best of my knowledge. i havent been actively involved in this forum so far because i don't know the outcome of my situatuion till now and any advice i would have given u will be without any supportive evidence. now that i have my case approved, i can provide some insights pertaining to the situation where the husband and wife live apart.

thanks again.

P.S: i also posted the same in BRITISH EXPATS. so i'll be checking both the forums

[Boscouple 0]

thanks guys.

We were in the exact same situation as yours until six months before applying for the removal of conditions.

My husband was living in California attending school for one year, and I could not telecommute, so I remained in Massachusetts.

we called a few lawyers before the application was sent, and some of them gave us a hard time because we were living apart... We decided to apply on our own (without a lawyer). We sent lots of financial documents showing shared accounts, joint tax returns, copies of itineraries of visits to one another during the time we were away, and pics from travel to different places and with family members. We also wrote an explanation letter for living at different address, and included the transcripts from school for my husband.

Our petition was approved without an RFE or an interview two weeks ago!!

Don't worry: if you have docs to prove your ongoing relationship, you should be fine!

Good luck!

[mimiye 0]

thanks guys.

We were in the exact same situation as yours until six months before applying for the removal of conditions.

My husband was living in California attending school for one year, and I could not telecommute, so I remained in Massachusetts.

we called a few lawyers before the application was sent, and some of them gave us a hard time because we were living apart... We decided to apply on our own (without a lawyer). We sent lots of financial documents showing shared accounts, joint tax returns, copies of itineraries of visits to one another during the time we were away, and pics from travel to different places and with family members. We also wrote an explanation letter for living at different address, and included the transcripts from school for my husband.

Our petition was approved without an RFE or an interview two weeks ago!!

Don't worry: if you have docs to prove your ongoing relationship, you should be fine!

Good luck!

Newbie,

thanks for sharing your experience. So I guess you experienced something similar with the lawyers. One question: Did yo u file from the state you mainly resided or where your hubby was going to school? I was going to write a letter, too, and then add his school transcript.

thank you!

[road2kros 0]

That was great ... Congratulations!

[Boscouple 0]

Hi, we applied from the state where our main residence (permanent address) was (i.e., in Massachusetts, and not Califronia where my husband was going to school only temporarily). I say the permanent address because most of our bills, joint banking account statements were still being sent to our address in MA.

There is a question on the I-&%! form that asks whether you (the immigrant petitioner) has lived at different(s) address(es) since he/she became a green card holder. If you say yes to that question, you are supposed to attach a separate sheet with a list of the different addresses, so we added the explanation to living apart right there (we didn't write much, just a basic explanation why he was there and why I could not go at the time).

Good luck!

[mimiye 0]

Hi, we applied from the state where our main residence (permanent address) was (i.e., in Massachusetts, and not Califronia where my husband was going to school only temporarily). I say the permanent address because most of our bills, joint banking account statements were still being sent to our address in MA.

There is a question on the I-&%! form that asks whether you (the immigrant petitioner) has lived at different(s) address(es) since he/she became a green card holder. If you say yes to that question, you are supposed to attach a separate sheet with a list of the different addresses, so we added the explanation to living apart right there (we didn't write much, just a basic explanation why he was there and why I could not go at the time).

Good luck!

thank you, I will say yes to that question and then add that sheet with the addresses. I saw that question. I appreciate your input as it related exactly to my current situation!

hope all goes well.

[elikhom 7]

bump.

This is happening to me and my wife. Thank God I saw this thread buried among several others that contain mostly speculation on how this cases are handled.