GC arrived today, not the conditional but the 10 yr, yooohooooo!

[We Got 2 0]

I am happy to announce that today I received my GC in the mail!!!!! And it wasn't the conditional GC, it was the 10 yr one!!!!

We're so happy! It seems that when we went to our interview (last december, almost 20 days short of our second wedding anniversary) and we were told that I'll get the conditional one for 2 years, the IO decided that we had PLENTY OF EVIDENCE (I knew that 50 lb folder with evidence came in handy So she closed the case, opened to review it on Jan 2nd (day of our 2nd wedding anniversary) and on the 8th we received an update via regular mail that our I485 was approved, that my GC should arrive in 30 days and to read it carefully to check for any mistakes so they can correct them at once...

So we called them today, and asked about citizenship (I know, I know, a bit greedy considering the fact that if they wanted to ,they could have issued the 2 yr conditional GC) and they told me that 90 days before my 3rd wedding anniversary (October of this year) I should start the citizenship process

Now I can sleep better at night, go visit my family overseas and have a normal life, all this time that we were feeling miserable and impotent because mistakes made by others in our case, RFE's and all that; ALL WENT AWAY because of the big, compassionate and kind heart of an IO that saw beyond any evidence... To all of you still waiting for any results in your case, keep the faith and pray, it can be done!

God Bless, congrats to all that already have good news and my prayers and good vibes to those that have an upcoming interview... See you here again to change status/citizenship, best of luck!!!!

[We Got 2 0]

And the funny thing is that I almost tossed the card away, because ever since I started buying things online I have gotten tons of junk mail, so I saw my name in an unmarked envelope and thought "Oh great, more junk..." But one thing caught my eye: "Lee's Summit, MO" and I instantly knew and started screaming "Yeeeeeeeeeesssssssss"

I thought that since every piece of mail sent by USCIS comes with either their seal or blue letters on the envelope that It'll be the same, but nope, It wasn't.... Either way we're very happy... It's a pretty card, let me tell you, it's got like a 1,000 holograms and images of the presidents and the flags in the back side...

It's ironic how when you start this grueling process you sometimes cannot sleep, you're too preocupied, too stressed out; but now that a favorable desition has been made on your case you're to frigging happy you just can't sleep Is this like, normal?

Good night y'all

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

That's great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

[marie09 5]

Congratulations!!!! That's awesome!

[We Got 2 0]

That's great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

Thank you so much, you guys were always telling me that it will come when I least expect it and you were right!!!

Congratulations!!!! That's awesome!

Thanks!!!

[shellyalex 0]

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[firdaus 0]

congrats!!!!!!

[edp333 9]

Congratulations!!

Another reason it is best to open junk mail before you through it away.

[UnIqUe 4]

Congratulation! That's great.

Itz hard to get 10 yr GC at once.

[payxibka 10,045]

So we called them today, and asked about citizenship (I know, I know, a bit greedy considering the fact that if they wanted to ,they could have issued the 2 yr conditional GC) and they told me that 90 days before my 3rd wedding anniversary (October of this year) I should start the citizenship process

They told you wrong about citizenship... the eligibility is the latest of the following three dates when based on an ongoing and continuous intact marriage to a USC

3 yr wedding annivarsary

or

3 yrs of when you USC husband became a USC

or

3 yrs after your RESIDENT SINCE date on your greencard.

For you, that application window opens 90 days before the January xx, 2010 date on your card or sometime in October 2012!!.

Edited January 21, 2010 by payxibka

[shellyalex 0]

Your right payxibka, as the same applies for me...

[We Got 2 0]

Thanks to all of you guys; we've been together in this process, sharing info and trying not to be sad whenever we were RFE'ed... We're very happy

[We Got 2 0]

They told you wrong about citizenship... the eligibility is the latest of the following three dates when based on an ongoing and continuous intact marriage to a USC

3 yr wedding annivarsary

or

3 yrs of when you USC husband became a USC

or

3 yrs after your RESIDENT SINCE date on your greencard.

For you, that application window opens 90 days before the January xx, 2010 date on your card or sometime in October 2012!!.

What do you mean by they told me wrong? We called today again just to make sure and ask if we can travel outside the country and after speaking to 2 CS reps and 1 supervisor we were told that I'm eligible to citizenship 90 days before my 3rd wedding anniversary (that puts me at the beginning of October this year)... The only thing that can affect my citizenship process is if I'm outside of the country longer than 6 months (we're only going overseas for 1 week) and after stating that they mentioned twice that I have nothing to worry about...

[We Got 2 0]

Your right payxibka, as the same applies for me...

Looking at your timelime and for what I understand, if you've been in this country for more than 5 years, without going overseas for more than 6 months and you've been married 3 of those last 5 years with your USC husband/spouse you are eligible for citizeship. Give them a call and find out about your case, since every case is different...

I read in this forum that if your USC sponsor was on unemployment your I485 and your I130 couldn't not and will not be approved, but that was our case and guess what? We were approved. Our case was delayed because the people we hired to do the filing of the papers made several mistakes on the info...

[payxibka 10,045]

What do you mean by they told me wrong? We called today again just to make sure and ask if we can travel outside the country and after speaking to 2 CS reps and 1 supervisor we were told that I'm eligible to citizenship 90 days before my 3rd wedding anniversary (that puts me at the beginning of October this year)... The only thing that can affect my citizenship process is if I'm outside of the country longer than 6 months (we're only going overseas for 1 week) and after stating that they mentioned twice that I have nothing to worry about...

Look at the eligibility requirements for citizenship... for eligibility for citizenship based on a marriage to a USC is a three pronged test. You are NOT eligible to apply until three years past the latest of the three dates in the test. For you, the latest date appears to be the granting of permanent residency (January 2010). Three years past that date (the RESIDENT SINCE date on your greencard) would be January 2013. The application window opens 90 days prior to the eligibility date. Being married to the same USC for three years is NOT the only criteria

If not basing eligibility on a marriage to a USC, then eligibility is 5 years from RESIDENT SINCE date.

The USCIS 800 number is not called the mis-information line for nothing.

Edited January 21, 2010 by payxibka