AOS Filers: February 2010

[Lorenzoid 12]

I need my EAD to get my license.

Chase REQUIRES a license to get onto my husband's bank account.

My Canadian one expired. I have an SSN, but they want a license, passport and SSN.

That IS ridiculous and, from what I've read on VJ and experienced myself, different from the majority of banks. I'm sorry that Chase is being assinine. The majority seem to require only an SSN and a valid form of identification, such as a passport. I suppose if you are afraid you don't have enough evidence of your joint lives, you two could go to a different bank and open a joint account just for the sake of having one. But I suspect you will have enough evidence to get past the interview.

Also, as someone else mentioned, if your husband has health insurance through his job he can get you added to that. I did that as well but forgot to mention it. The insurance company needed only my wife's SSN, copy of her passport ID page, and copy of our marriage certificate.

Also, how about a will (as in Last Will and Testament)?--if your husband has a will naming you as a beneficiary (and vice versa for your own will), that would seem to be a nice bit of evidence. You can find software to make a will if you don't want to use a lawyer. Another legal document you could make is a Healthcare Power of Attorney, where you give someone such as your spouse the power to make decisions about your health care if you become incapable. Again, there's probably software out there for this.

[Rhiannercakes 14]

We wont get medical insurance till the end of May and he has no will.

I think we're going to try with what we have and see what happens.

I'll look into that last thing you mentioned. It sounds like a good thing to have in general.

Edited April 24, 2010 by Rhiannercakes

[snivvel 0]

I just received my Green Card It was the only letter in the mailbox... from Lee's Summit

What a calming experience.

You all know (and most of you are still going through) the many steps and fears along the journey. To finally hold the Green Card in your hands is tremendously rewarding. It doesn't look spectacular (at least not the front - the back does look fancy with a huge silver hologram/chip thing).

I'm so used to the visa struggles that it is hard to believe that it's over for a little less than two years and that I'll finally choose a different line at the airports when they check your status (citizens & permanent residents left, everyone else right... !). :D

I hope all of you will be successful and soon hold your cards. Best wishes from the bottom of my heart, and we will surely see each other in the I-751/Removal of Conditions thread in 2012

Snivvel & Snivvel's Better Half

Edited April 24, 2010 by snivvel

[Markieboy 104]

Congratulations, snivvel!!!

[fPf_iMc 1]

You and me both, girl!! It's getting mighty hard to see people who filed after us getting notifications that EAD/AP or AOS has been approved and card production ordered. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for them but it's just so darn frustrating!

Hey, I think we have almost the same timeline, and until now I still have no updates since my bio appointment too. I agree with you. Though we're happy to see these approvals for our co-VJers, it makes you wonder, what could be wrong with my application???

[Rhiannercakes 14]

Y'know, I don't think I've been to an airport that has different lines for US Citizens/Permanent Residents.

But if I ever see one, I'll be using it!

Toronto doesn't seem to have that kind of thing, and LAX (the terminal I fly from) doesn't even do customs, they leave it all up to Toronto, haha.

[Ivo and Cynthia 0]

I just received my Green Card It was the only letter in the mailbox... from Lee's Summit

What a calming experience.

You all know (and most of you are still going through) the many steps and fears along the journey. To finally hold the Green Card in your hands is tremendously rewarding. It doesn't look spectacular (at least not the front - the back does look fancy with a huge silver hologram/chip thing).

I'm so used to the visa struggles that it is hard to believe that it's over for a little less than two years and that I'll finally choose a different line at the airports when they check your status (citizens & permanent residents left, everyone else right... !). :D

I hope all of you will be successful and soon hold your cards. Best wishes from the bottom of my heart, and we will surely see each other in the I-751/Removal of Conditions thread in 2012

Snivvel & Snivvel's Better Half

CONGRATS!!!

[lizandpat 0]

I just received my Green Card It was the only letter in the mailbox... from Lee's Summit

What a calming experience.

You all know (and most of you are still going through) the many steps and fears along the journey. To finally hold the Green Card in your hands is tremendously rewarding. It doesn't look spectacular (at least not the front - the back does look fancy with a huge silver hologram/chip thing).

I'm so used to the visa struggles that it is hard to believe that it's over for a little less than two years and that I'll finally choose a different line at the airports when they check your status (citizens & permanent residents left, everyone else right... !). :D

I hope all of you will be successful and soon hold your cards. Best wishes from the bottom of my heart, and we will surely see each other in the I-751/Removal of Conditions thread in 2012

Snivvel & Snivvel's Better Half

CONGRATS SNIVVEL!!!! Sooooooo happy for you!!!

Hey, I think we have almost the same timeline, and until now I still have no updates since my bio appointment too. I agree with you. Though we're happy to see these approvals for our co-VJers, it makes you wonder, what could be wrong with my application???

Yep...that's exactly what I start thinking...what did I do wrong, did I forget something??? I KNOW deep down that we did it all correct and we'll get my hubby's green card soon but still....I just want to go arrrrrggggghhhhhh....lol!

[UnIqUe 4]

Congrats for your GC!!! You are the first one who got GC, of Feb Filers!!! :dance:

Congrats again!!! :thumbs:

I just received my Green Card It was the only letter in the mailbox... from Lee's Summit

What a calming experience.

You all know (and most of you are still going through) the many steps and fears along the journey. To finally hold the Green Card in your hands is tremendously rewarding. It doesn't look spectacular (at least not the front - the back does look fancy with a huge silver hologram/chip thing).

I'm so used to the visa struggles that it is hard to believe that it's over for a little less than two years and that I'll finally choose a different line at the airports when they check your status (citizens & permanent residents left, everyone else right... !). :D

I hope all of you will be successful and soon hold your cards. Best wishes from the bottom of my heart, and we will surely see each other in the I-751/Removal of Conditions thread in 2012

Snivvel & Snivvel's Better Half

[lirwin2000 0]

@ lirwin2000

and tell me the guys at the security are not creepy!??! when i went for my second bio appointment (long story) One of them remembered my name from 3 weeks before, i was FREAKED!

haha!!!! Yes! Those guys are soooo weird!!! When we left he jumped back in, asking where in Ireland I was from... God dammit I just wanted out of there to freak out in the car! Yes did not help stress levels.

[lirwin2000 0]

We wont get medical insurance till the end of May and he has no will.

I think we're going to try with what we have and see what happens.

I'll look into that last thing you mentioned. It sounds like a good thing to have in general.

From what I experienced you should be fine.. Yea it's better to have that stuff, but as you have valid reasons why you don't have them, and knowledge about why you are showig them that you intend to do all those things.. Unless u get a complete nightmare IO u should be ok. They looked at none of my evidence, and I didn't get approved straight away, you'd have thought they'd have looked at tha stuff as he wanted to "further review" the case. Who knows!!! We joined a library.. Gave us proof of same address and me using married name etc and we needed nothing official to join... That's something you could do maybe? Good luck!!

[lll-lll 1]

Congrats Snivvel!!!!!

[piscesforever 1]

I got my EAD in the mail today, exactly 9 days from the day the EAD was ordered for production.

Interview in 4 days.

Edited April 24, 2010 by piscesforever

[Markieboy 104]

Congratulations on getting your EAD, piscesforever!

In four days, you'll have to give it back to USCIS. Why do they do that?!?!

Good luck with your interview! You'll do just fine!

[Lorenzoid 12]

Congrats, Snivvel!

It almost seems like people who are given interviews often end up getting the GC sooner than those whose cases were transferred to CSC and not interviewed. There must be quite a stack of these transferred cases at the CSC.