AOS From F1

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Hello everyone,

I am on F1 status in the U.S. since 2007 and got married with my wife in OCT 2009 (first marriage for both of us). We had already filed I130 petition back in sept. 2010 which was approved and I believe its been pending since the visa bulletin doesn't show our date as current.

Now my wife is having citizenship interview on 16th Feb 2012 in Houston. I have few questions about what to do next ---

1. How long would she has to wait for oath ceremony in Houston?

2. Once she gets citizenship certificate how do we upgrade our petition (cause I've heard people saying that we have to notify NVC and send copy of naturalization certi and copy of approved I 130 - but since I'm already in the U.S. legally do we need to notify NVC or the Dept. of State?)

3. Or do we have to upgrade our petition and send I 485 and other required forms along with it?

4. What do we do once after upgrading the petition?

5. I am on student loans and my wife is also going to college with financial aid, and she earns very less (below poverty) - would it be a red flag in sponsorship?

6. My uncle would help us in joint sponsoring but he had already sponsored few families in past to migrate in the U.S., so can we still consider him as our joint sponsor?

7. Lastly any idea how long would it take for AOS once she gets citizenship?

Thanks in advance

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Can't help you on the first few but the last few questions:

5. That's fine if you have a cosponsor. She still fills out an I-864 anyway.

6. That's not a problem but he has to include anyone else he is still on the hook for sponsoring (ie anyone who isn't a citizen yet or hasn't worked 40 credit hours which is about 10 years) in his household size when calculating poverty level.

7. Depends on your local office. AOS takes about 4-6 months on average.

[WishCommitHope 0]

Can't help you on the first few but the last few questions:

5. That's fine if you have a cosponsor. She still fills out an I-864 anyway.

6. That's not a problem but he has to include anyone else he is still on the hook for sponsoring (ie anyone who isn't a citizen yet or hasn't worked 40 credit hours which is about 10 years) in his household size when calculating poverty level.

7. Depends on your local office. AOS takes about 4-6 months on average.

Thanks alot....

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Thanks alot....

I've done some research on internet about upgrading immigration petition and it suggest that my wife should write a letter to NVC with copies of approved I130 and Naturalization certificate. I recently called NVC helpline number and found out through automated service that they don't have a record of my petition (starting with WAC......).

So my confusion is do I still need to notify NVC to upgrade file or should I notify USCIS? And if USCIS then how should I do it?

Thanks