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Wait, you have a lawyer? You said earlier you didn't have one...

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8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

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5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

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Stokes interviews are very rare, they do not do them for fun. Obviously there is a lot more here than the OP wishes to share, not that he has to.

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Really ? Well if I were your wife I would be highly pissed. You have yourself to blame for that one. It's always better to be transparent in a marriage USCIS or no USCIS. Nothing wrong with having a

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If you did submit all that, then there is obviously another issue that led to the Stokes interview.

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Just by spending the last 5 minutes reading this thread I can see why there was so much suspicion.

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Yes, that's all the red flags that I can think of.

02/07/2015 - Day 0 - AOS application (I-130 & I-485) sent

02/10/2015 - Day 3 - AOS received in Chicago Lockbox

02/13/2015 - Day 6 - Checks cashed (both forms)

02/13/2015 - Day 6 - Texts and emails notifications

02/20/2015 - Day 13 - NOA1 hard copies (4 forms)

02/23/2015 - Day 16 - Biometrics appointment letter

02/24/2015 - Day 17 - Biometrics walk-in (15 mins)

03/03/2015 - Day 24 - Email notification for RFE (Form I485)

03/10/2015 - Day 31 - RFE sent

03/12/2015 - Day 33 - RFE response received

04/16/2015 - Day 68 - EAD/AP combo card ordered

04/22/2015 - Day 74 - EAD/AP combo card received

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What were your miss-matches in the Stokes interview?

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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OP, there are quite a few discrepancies in your story.

1. You said your wife didn't know about your private bank account and then you said your wife already knew about your private bank account. During the Stokes interview she said she didn't know and you apparently said she knew. This is confusing.

2. You said you don't have a lawyer (citing confidence in your application) and then you said you had a lawyer. Which is it?

3. If the permanent resident spouse (you) has enough income and/or assets on their own to meet the 125% requirement, then no joint sponsor is needed for the couple. You say your sponsorship application was declined. If you met the requirement, what was the reason USCIS gave you for needing a joint sponsor? Did you not actually meet the requirement? If you met the requirement, USCIS will not force an unneeded 3rd party into your immigration process. Something is not adding up.

4. Even if your wife used a computer-generated signature which doesn't match her hand-written signature, she was there in the interview to confirm that she indeed signed the form. Why would they accuse you of forgery if she confirms everything in person? There just has to be more to this.

 

 

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03/24/11 - Got married in the Boogie-Down Bronx, NYC!
04/21/11 - Mailed I-130,I-765, I-485, I-864 and I-693 - Day 00

04/23/11 - Application delivered - Day 02
04/28/11 - NOA (most forms) - Day 07
05/03/11 - Checks cashed - Day 12
05/31/11 - Biometrics completed in the Bronx, NYC - Day 40
06/24/11 - Received someone else's employment authorization card!!! What the...? - Day 64
07/01/11 - Mailed the poor lady's card back after calling USCIS - Day 71
07/07/11 - Received poor lady's interview notice! What??? - Day 77
07/15/11 - Received my own EAD card - Day 85
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08/18/11 - Received card in the mail - Day 119

ROC
05/28/13 - Mailed I-751 - Day 00

05/30/13 - Application delivered - Day 02

05/31/13 - NOA I-797 - Day 03
06/04/13 - Check cashed - Day 07

06/06/13 - NOA delivered to my home/Biometrics letter generated - Day 09

06/10/13 - Received Biometrics letter in the mail - Day 13

06/27/13 - Biometrics completed in Milwaukee, WI - Day 30

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09/14/13 - 10 year Green Card received! - Day 109

Citizenship

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05/12/16 - Application delivered - Day 02

05/13/16 - Credit card payment accepted - Day 03

05/17/16 - Received text & email update - Day 07

05/20/16 - Received 1st NOA (dated 05/13/16) & created ELIS acct - Day 10

05/21/16 - Received 2nd NOA (dated 05/16/16) confirming my DOB and address - Day 11

05/22/06 - Biometrics scheduled (online update) and appt letter was mailed on 05/20/16 - Day 12

05/24/06 - Biometrics letter became viewable online (appt scheduled for 06/07/16) - Day 14

05/27/16 - Received Biometrics letter in mail - Day 17

05/31/16 - Was denied walk-in fingerprints with just 1 person left in line. Milwaukee office, boo! - Day 21

06/07/16 - Biometrics completed in Milwaukee, WI - Day 28

12/21/16 - Passed Citizenship test/Interview was successful! - Day 197

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Penguin_ie   5,993

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Op, you mentioned you had a separate bank account. Do you have any joint ones, and other co-mingling of finances? Your previous thread seems to suggest that could be the issue, as it was specifically mentioned in the interview letter: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/595137-urgent-please-help/

I'd still like to know what otehr discrepancies there were between your wife's and your answers.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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@chimichanga: Our combined income is all lower than 20k for both year.

@Cheezees: Yes, she knew I had a personal bank account but when the IO asked about how much I had, my wife couldn't answer it. I just retained the lawyer after the interview to ask for legal advice. They did not give me the reason why they did not accept my assets; I believe they thought I have fraud money or something (they couldn't prove it) although I submitted my bank account and car title.

4) I had no idea for real. Guess we were in bad luck!!!

@Penguin_ie: Yes I specified the evidence in page 2. We had like 4-5 wrong answers (restaurant, first day, bank account, etc) I believe and IO played the tape in front of my wife to confirm the inconsistencies with her.

02/07/2015 - Day 0 - AOS application (I-130 & I-485) sent

02/10/2015 - Day 3 - AOS received in Chicago Lockbox

02/13/2015 - Day 6 - Checks cashed (both forms)

02/13/2015 - Day 6 - Texts and emails notifications

02/20/2015 - Day 13 - NOA1 hard copies (4 forms)

02/23/2015 - Day 16 - Biometrics appointment letter

02/24/2015 - Day 17 - Biometrics walk-in (15 mins)

03/03/2015 - Day 24 - Email notification for RFE (Form I485)

03/10/2015 - Day 31 - RFE sent

03/12/2015 - Day 33 - RFE response received

04/16/2015 - Day 68 - EAD/AP combo card ordered

04/22/2015 - Day 74 - EAD/AP combo card received

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Harpa Timsah   13,258

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Oh, you were the one that said your interview letter was "different" from what you had received, but couldn't explain why you had anything to compare that letter to...

If it was your first interview letter, how do you know it was "different."

You also suspected it was "different" because it'd be a Stokes, which also suggests that you had a feeling something was not right with your case...

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

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On 22/5/2016 at 10:02 PM, Nathan99 said:

@chimichanga: Our combined income is all lower than 20k for both year.

@Cheezees: Yes, she knew I had a personal bank account but when the IO asked about how much I had, my wife couldn't answer it. I just retained the lawyer after the interview to ask for legal advice. They did not give me the reason why they did not accept my assets; I believe they thought I have fraud money or something (they couldn't prove it) although I submitted my bank account and car title.

4) I had no idea for real. Guess we were in bad luck!!!

@Penguin_ie: Yes I specified the evidence in page 2. We had like 4-5 wrong answers (restaurant, first day, bank account, etc) I believe and IO played the tape in front of my wife to confirm the inconsistencies with her.

Hi

How is your case going?

 Have applied again yet

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3 hours ago, Shalany2017 said:

Hi

How is your case going?

 Have applied again yet

OP hasn't made a post since last April.

I can explain it to you. But I can't understand it for you.

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On 5/19/2016 at 3:08 PM, Nathan99 said:

We had a Stokes interview and the officer was already onto us at the first step in the reception. He separated us immediately and after 3.5 hours, he decided to deny us and said we would receive a denial notice in the mail within 7 days. He did not give us a second interview at all or let me explain any discrepancies in the interview answers. I contacted a lawyer and she said I should wait for the denial notice before making any decision.

Since our marriage is legit and the officer gave us the option to re-file it again, we gonna take the shot of reapplying. So does anyone know if the denial is gonna affect our interview again next year?

We're both very stressed and depressed. The officer was real mean since he told my wife I used her to enter us and bring my family to here if I have a green card. He didn't say it verbatim but he implied he didn't want more immigrants to come and stay in America.

Any news about your case? Updates?

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