~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[Toshtishtash 1]

Congrats Julez

Do you know if you get the green card before your second anniversary you have to remove conditions.... Do you still have to do that even if you get the green card after the two years? And do people often get their green card before the 2 year mark? Only cos I just found out that it's another $500 to do that

You know... I think now is the time for me to start visiting the AOS forums. I have stayed away till now as I didn't want to confuse myself But I keep getting little surprises, so I really think I should begin preparing.

Edited April 21, 2008 by toshtishtash

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

The first 2 year GC is a conditional one and everyone who has that has to remove the conditions. I don´t think it has anything to do when you get it or anything about your anniversary. You should remove the conditions in the 90 day window prior to the 2nd anniversary of the issuance of the greencard, that is before it expires

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Congratulations to the transfer Julez That´s great

As to when people view their stuff online it varies so much. Our EAD and AOS were online the day we did the biometrics but AP is still not online and therefore I don´t think it ever will Maybe it goes online when they touch it

[StillThePrettiest 3]

thank you, Julez; I AM looking forward to meeting you

but I meant I was getting nervous about the packing... it seems everyone wants a piece of me right now, and while that's lovely on one level, it's panic-inducing on another

plus I had to say goodbye to my good friend at work

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Oh and I noticed that they also slack behind with the removal of conditions and sometimes people don´t get their next (10 year GC) in time before the first one expires and get it like 3-6 months later. Then technically it means that people have to apply for another EAD if they wanna continue working. But I´m not sure about that. But it makes sense cuz if your GC is expired it means you don´t have a work permit. But then the question is if you apply for another EAD if it actually gets to you soon enough. Or I dunno, just thinking loud here

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Oh and it´s not funny if you forget to remove the conditions in the 90 day window cuz then they might start the process of removing you from USA or something so put it in the calendar

Poor STP has to give lotsa goodbyes now But we know she is strong and everything´s gonna be great And I am sure you will stay in touch with your friend and that you will see him or her again in future

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

You know I looked earlier, Scott and Marta when you first mentioned your days postcount, and you were in no.1 place with 38 posts. Now it says your in 9th place with 34 posts

[Toshtishtash 1]

Oh and I noticed that they also slack behind with the removal of conditions and sometimes people don´t get their next (10 year GC) in time before the first one expires and get it like 3-6 months later. Then technically it means that people have to apply for another EAD if they wanna continue working. But I´m not sure about that. But it makes sense cuz if your GC is expired it means you don´t have a work permit. But then the question is if you apply for another EAD if it actually gets to you soon enough. Or I dunno, just thinking loud here

Ok, now i'm REALLY confused....

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

You know I looked earlier, Scott and Marta when you first mentioned your days postcount, and you were in no.1 place with 38 posts. Now it says your in 9th place with 34 posts

Haha yeah And I posted at least like 10 posts since the number 38 They are messing with my LIFE!

[English Muffin 59]

Congratulations to the transfer Julez That´s great

As to when people view their stuff online it varies so much. Our EAD and AOS were online the day we did the biometrics but AP is still not online and therefore I don´t think it ever will Maybe it goes online when they touch it

Ah, thanks for that. I've got my biometrics on Thursday so I'm hoping I'll be able to see it after that.

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Ok, now i'm REALLY confused....

Don´t worry, it will all work out I´m sure I just read another post from a girl who has been waiting for over a year for the conditions to be removed. So what do you do when your old GC is expired and new one doesn´t wanna arrive for so long? I assume you need another work permit

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

Biometrics sounds scary to me then again, I didn't even like giving my fingerprint at the interview (and refused at disney ) so i think I'd run screaming from a biometrics appointment

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Haha What´s so scary about it? If you found the other ones scary these ones will be even scarier for you cuz first they are much more thorough and second since they are so thorough the girl will be grabbing your hand and turning it and touching it all the time and pressing it on the screen. It´s not like you only touch the screen yourself like you are used to

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

Haha What´s so scary about it? If you found the other ones scary these ones will be even scarier for you cuz first they are much more thorough and second since they are so thorough the girl will be grabbing your hand and turning it and touching it all the time and pressing it on the screen. It´s not like you only touch the screen yourself like you are used to

it was the first time in my life i had to give fingerprints, and I really hated it. I just hate the thought of having my fingerprints or DNA or iris scan on a govt file. It creeps me out.

I know they already have my past addresses, jobs, medical info, but somehow biometric info seems more personal. I can change my name, I can move somewhere else, but my fingerprints will always be the same. Besides the only reason they would have my fingerprints in the UK or in Ireland is because I was convicted of something. Seems like being an immigrant you are treated the same way as a criminal by the US govt.

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

But I just noticed you are going for CR-1/IR-1 I don´t think you will have to go do any biometrics here. These ones are for those of us who are doing AOS now and with CR-1/IR-1 I don´t think you need to do AOS cuz you should get a 10 year GC in the mail a couple of weeks after POE and it should be all automatic