UPGRADING THE LPR PETITION. . .

[chie1423 3]

Hi there, my name is MC just want to ask if I have my LPR petition for my husband and since the visa is not yet available in embassy abroad, is it possible I could file my US Citizen instead? since I've been over 5 years here. Then later on will upgrade my petition for my husband?? Is it better to do that instead of waiting for the visa availability that right now they have retrogression and went back to Sept 1999?

Please advice. . . thanks a lot for all the response. . .

May God Bless you always!

MC

[diadromous mermaid 36]

Hi there, my name is MC just want to ask if I have my LPR petition for my husband and since the visa is not yet available in embassy abroad, is it possible I could file my US Citizen instead? since I've been over 5 years here. Then later on will upgrade my petition for my husband?? Is it better to do that instead of waiting for the visa availability that right now they have retrogression and went back to Sept 1999?

Please advice. . . thanks a lot for all the response. . .

May God Bless you always!

MC

Are you a US citizen yet MC?

[chie1423 3]

not yet. . . I plan to apply this coming September. I already request for the form and to be schedule next. So, I decided to do this instead of waiting with LPR case I don't think so, that anytime soon my husband will come fast since they have now the retrogression. Me and my kids away from my husband since 1999 when I came here. I filed my LPR Petition for my husband and got the approval in Aug 2005 after that I don't hear anything from USCIS. So, I think the better way is to file the US Citizenship instead of waiting for nothing.

Thanks a lot for the reply.

Edited August 21, 2006 by chie1423

[diadromous mermaid 36]

not yet. . . I plan to apply this coming September. I already request for the form and to be schedule next. So, I decided to do this instead of waiting with LPR case I don't think so, that anytime soon my husband will come fast since they have now the retrogression. Me and my kids away from my husband since 1999 when I came here. I filed my LPR Petition for my husband and got the approval in Aug 2005 after that I don't hear anything from USCIS. So, I think the better way is to file the US Citizenship instead of waiting for nothing.

Thanks a lot for the reply.

Chances are that you will move the process forward by upgrading the petition, once you become a USC, that is. You'll receive a Naturalisation certificate, after being approved and sworn in. To upgrade the LPR petition once you are an US citizen from family second preference (F2) to immediate relative (IR), you will send proof of your citizenship to the National Visa Center (NVC). To prove that you are a US citizen, you send:

A copy of the biodata page of your U.S. passport; or

A copy of your certificate of naturalisation

Don't forget to include a cover letter with the specific details on your husband's petition, when submitted, a copy of any correspondence you've received from it since as a precaution.

Edited August 21, 2006 by diadromous mermaid

[chie1423 3]

Thank you very much diaddie mermaid, i'm so blessed I found this website too. . . and visa journey website had a lot of different case and you could find help and information too from all the members like you.

Thanks again, take care! If I need to ask more answers re: my questions I will post again here or I'll email you right away.

You know that after I got my Petition Approval I didn't get anything from NVC that they told in the I-797 paper? Well, after that I called them and they told me to wait (just like that!).

MC

[KingMedusa 0]

Thank you very much diaddie mermaid, i'm so blessed I found this website too. . . and visa journey website had a lot of different case and you could find help and information too from all the members like you.

Thanks again, take care! If I need to ask more answers re: my questions I will post again here or I'll email you right away.

You know that after I got my Petition Approval I didn't get anything from NVC that they told in the I-797 paper? Well, after that I called them and they told me to wait (just like that!).

MC

Hi MC,

Simply do this. Go ahead with your naturalization process... You can download form N-400 on the web. You don't have to wait for them to mail it to you. When you become a citizen, just photocopy both the certificate of naturalization and the approval notice and send them to National Visa Center, 32 Rochester Ave, Portsmouth, NH 03801.

That's it. You're done with the upgrading. I went through the same process and I'm only waiting for the appointment date for my wife and two kids.

Good Luck on the citizenship process.

Edited August 23, 2006 by KingMedusa

[chie1423 3]

Thanks a lot, Kingmedusa. I'm so blessed found some new friends here, I've been through with all those hardship without my husband for almost 7 yrs now, when I left our country. Thanks a lot May God Bless you always. . . and if i have a question re: paperworks I will email you too.

Thanks,

MC