I-751 May 2018 files

[dwheels76 5,468]

3 hours ago, delisyus said:

Finally after forever my case has movement! Just a few minutes ago I got a text message about action being taken. Looked on old website (through the app) and it now says it was transferred and new office has jurisdiction. Maybe because I also filed for N-400 already? Will give update here when I get the letter. In the meantime can some share their experience with the same or similar scenario please? Really glad to finally see something happen. Lol. Thanks!🙂

 

**Just checked new website and status still stuck on “Case was received” since June2018

 

**Case number WAC18198XXXXX

Same as us.

Filing timeline

I-751 - 5/21/2018

N-400 - 5/21 2019

 

5/23/2019 -  I-751 transferred to local office

 

I'm in Houston don't expect any movement until maybe February.

 

[Pitaya 2,577]

17 hours ago, Aequitas said:

 

I printed and sent everything, wayy more than what they asked and even stuff I had sent before. I did not skip pages (for eg. if there is 12 pages in your monthly bank statement and only 3 pages have financial transaction, rest is just promo and other BS. Print all 12 as the pages will be marked 1/12, 2/12 and so on and we don’t want missing pages. Same thing with insurance documents, there were 30 pages of home owners insurance documents with our names in like 5 pages but I included the whole 30 pages. The packet was about 500 pages thick. Sorry the format is all wonky, please feel free to let me know if u have any questions. 

 

We just got our green card is mail today. All the best

 

P.S I changed identifying info and dates for privacy sake.

It doesn't sound like USCIS has changed their playbook much in the last four years. The description of your RFE response struck a harmonious chord with me. It sounded a lot like my comment in June 2015:

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Joint ROC petition submitted for my family, my wife and my stepson. For us this approval was a tough one. Unfortunately, the adjudicator wasn't convinced by the initial six pounds of "marriage bona fides" evidence we had submitted. We got the infamous RFE after eight months of waiting, wanting more proof of the marriage. This was our first encounter with the RFE process during our entire immigration journey. It mobilized our family into realizing that we have to fight for our family, and that is what we did. So, after combing though almost three years of receipts, records and documents, our RFE response weighed in at three pounds, eleven ounces. We have no indication one way or the other, but we feel that including each of our recently prepared wills, living wills, and durable powers of attorney had to help as proof to USCIS that we have a real marriage. Believe me, it is a real marriage, sometimes we fight like cats and dogs, but that also makes the reconciliation even more sweeter. We truly feel that this entire immigration journey and dealing with the government bureaucracies on two continents has been instrumental in helping our family grow stronger together, very much a family-building experience. May the good Lord continue to bless our family and also our VJ family. Best wishes to all. (Emphasis added)

According to the RFE, we needed more "marriage bonafides." What a nonsense bureaucratic new-speak term for just "window-dressing," to go along with the USCIS notion of a cute little family cottage, down at Pooh Corner, with a white picket fence around it and the smell of the evening supper wafting up through the chimney.  

 

Where initially, I had sent in the comprehensive quarterly financial statements, i.e., stock brokers, bank statements, retirement funds statements, annuities statements, I send in every month for the RFE. They all had the same information, just more paper. I literally threw everything in there 'cept the kitchen sink! I truly believe that the inclusion of the wills, DPOAs, Living wills, etc. was instrumental in painting the picture to the adjudicator of our happy little family with enough marriage bonafides. Sure...all we did was cut-up a couple more trees for paper. As indicated, the initial submission package weighed in at 6 pounds, the follow-up RFE response came in at a bit under 4 pounds. Oh well, it is all good,  and the skies are not cloudy all day......

 

I guess mailing in paper is better than the rather new, troubling, and hopefully isolated unannounced visit at your home by ICE agents, just sniffing around. Or is this just another aspect of newly instituted government initiatives to provide "enhanced immigration enforcement?"  (There is a new thread in the K1/K3 AOS forum describing this incident, the plot is still thickening, much like a fine gravy.)

 

YMMV.

Wishing you continued good fortune on your immigration journey.

[kk090107 2]

Had biometrics done 7/10 and website updated today to say that the new card was being produced as of 7/11. They are moving now! Good luck to everyone still in the wait 

[Vivian_C 2]

On 7/11/2019 at 10:13 PM, Aequitas said:

-       Original notice for the Request of Evidence

Supporting Documents

 

®    Marriage certificate  

®    Driver’s license showing both Applicant (full name) and petitioning spouse (full name) with same address

®    Photos of our time together (100 pictures -date and location behind each image) 

Taxes

 

®    Internal Revenue Service’s Jointly filed Tax Return Transcript (2018) (4 pages)

®    State Resident Income Tax Return (2018)  

®    W2 for husband (petitioning spouse) and Applicant for 2018  

®    Internal Revenue Service’s Jointly filed Tax Return Transcript (2017)  

®    State Resident Income Tax Return (2017)   

®    W2 for husband (petitioning spouse) and Applicant for 2017  

®    Internal Revenue Service’s Jointly filed Tax Return Transcript (2016)

®    State Resident Income Tax Return (2016)  

®    W2 for husband (petitioning spouse) and Applicant for 2016  

Joint Home ownership for our home at Full address

 

®    Grant deed for our home at Full address (certified copy)  

 

®    Secure tax bill from County Treasurer  Tax collector year 2  

®    Secure tax bill from County Treasurer  Tax collector year 1  

®    Homeowner’s transaction history as provided by HOA  

®    Cable, Telephone, Trash service verification for Full address  

®    Gas and Electric service verification statement for service established since date

®    HOA payment statements since we bought the house  

 

Insurance- Health  

 

®    Enrollment verification for health care benefit (Health insurance)  

®    Enrollment verification from Dental insurance  since 2016

®    Enrollment verification from vision insurance  since 2016

®    Health coverage form for 2018  

®    Health coverage form for 2017  

®    Health coverage form for 2016  

Insurance- Motor vehicle

 

®    Car insurance policy 2 cars year 2019  

®    Car insurance policy 2 cars year 2018

®    Car insurance policy 2 cars year  2017

Insurance- Home

 

®    Homeowners policy packet from year  

®  Homeowners policy packet from year

Bank/ credit cards

 

®    Joint bank statements for Bank 1 (starting 05/16 till now)  

 

®    Joint bank statements for Bank 2 (starting 07/16 till now)  

 

®    Joint statements for Master card Card (09/17 till now)

 

®    Joint statements for Amex Card (03/17 till now)

 

 

 

Power of Attorney/Beneficiary

 

®    Advance Directive Durable power of Attorney (petitioning spouse designating Applicant as Healthcare Decision maker)

 

®    General Durable Power Attorney (petitioning spouse designating Applicant as Power of  Attorney)

 

®    401K Designation of Beneficiary (petitioning spouse designating Applicant as beneficiary)

 

®    Life insurance Designation of Beneficiary (petitioning spouse designating Applicant as beneficiary)

 

®    General Durable Power Attorney (Applicant designating petitioning spouse as Power of  Attorney)

 

®    Advance Healthcare Directive Form (Applicant designating petitioning spouse as Healthcare Decision maker)

 

®    Workplace documentation approving Applicant as petitioning spouse’s dependent

 

®    Workplace record of Applicant designating petitioning spouse as emergency contact

 

®    Petitioning spouse’s medical record designating Applicant as emergency contact and Next of Kin

 

®    Applicant’s medical record designating petitioning spouse as emergency contact and Next of Kin

 

 

 

 

Travel

®       Itinerary for our proposed travel from our city to San Diego, CA (09/10/19 to 09/17/19) 

 

®       Itinerary for our travel from our city to Seattle, WA (02/18/19 to 02/26/19) 

 

®       Itinerary for our travel from our city to Cabo, Mexico (10/04/18 to 10/13/18)

 

    Itinerary for our travel from our city to Tokyo, Japan (02/10/17 to 03/04/17) for our wedding

 

 

Others

 

    Copies of some cards given to the couple from our friends  (anniversary, Christmas, congrats on new home )

 

    Copies of some cards given to each other

 

       - Verification of applicant’s address of full address

     Pay stubs for Applicant from employer name starting 05/20/17 to now

 

-          Multiple receipts from applicants dental/medical office

 

-          Notification and promotions from Applicant’s bank

 

-          Multiple shipping label from Amazon deliveries

 

-          Correspondence from Applicant’s insurance in regards to a medical procedure

 

-          Correspondence from state licensing board in regards to Applicant’s professional license  

 

-          Other random promotions

 

 

 

I printed and sent everything, wayy more than what they asked and even stuff I had sent before. I did not skip pages (for eg. if there is 12 pages in your monthly bank statement and only 3 pages have financial transaction, rest is just promo and other BS. Print all 12 as the pages will be marked 1/12, 2/12 and so on and we don’t want missing pages. Same thing with insurance documents, there were 30 pages of home owners insurance documents with our names in like 5 pages but I included the whole 30 pages. The packet was about 500 pages thick. Sorry the format is all wonky, please feel free to let me know if u have any questions. 

 

We just got our green card is mail today. All the best

 

P.S I changed identifying info and dates for privacy sake.

Oh wow. That’s a lottt. Thanks, waiting on the letter, will let you know for sure. Thanks a lot

[delisyus 14]

On 7/12/2019 at 1:05 PM, dwheels76 said:

Same as us.

Filing timeline

I-751 - 5/21/2018

N-400 - 5/21 2019

 

5/23/2019 -  I-751 transferred to local office

 

I'm in Houston don't expect any movement until maybe February.

 

Is February your estimated completion date for your N-400? Mine here in Phoenix is not until June2020. Now my worry is my extension letter from ROC is only good until January2020 which means I won’t have any document to present to the DMV to renew my driver’s license by then. 

 

Anybody here have an idea what to do? Or if needed will the stamp on passport work too? 😭😳🤣😅

Edited July 14, 2019 by delisyus

[budgie 8]

On 7/8/2019 at 9:09 AM, kline19 said:

You should send them all that and a kitchen sink (jk).

Ha Ha. Thanks. I kinda did do the kitchen sink. Worse that can happen is we get an interview (I think) and that's not so bad. I took a pic  - next to an apple for scale -  of my joint account print outs (we use it A LOT) plus some other docs, that got sent to USCIS. I truly feel bad if anyone has to scan/copy it. Fingers crossed now !

 

Edited July 15, 2019 by budgie
removed attached image for a link - was too big

[Pkr 21]

19 hours ago, delisyus said:

Is February your estimated completion date for your N-400? Mine here in Phoenix is not until June2020. Now my worry is my extension letter from ROC is only good until January2020 which means I won’t have any document to present to the DMV to renew my driver’s license by then. 

 

Anybody here have an idea what to do? Or if needed will the stamp on passport work too? 😭😳🤣😅

you can get a stamp on on your passport which will help till your ROC process is complete

[aakif 8]

After completing bio-metrics appointment on 11th June finally some movement on my case, got the RFE letter on mail today.

[kk090107 2]

Hey everyone

wondering if any of you guys can answer a question for me. Today we got our approval notice for the ROC and states that the green card should be received in 60 days. However the letter also states that we should not travel outside of the US while waiting for the new green card to come since our old one is expired. But like many of you, we had received the 18 month extension letter and it is still valid through Feb 2020 (received Aug 2018). I’m thinking the reason they say no travel is so that people who have an expired card and no extension letter don’t leave the US and have trouble getting back in AND that since we do have a letter that is valid through our travel dates we should be okay. Anybody can help out with this? 

[Eli G 3]

On 7/12/2019 at 9:52 AM, delisyus said:

Finally after forever my case has movement! Just a few minutes ago I got a text message about action being taken. Looked on old website (through the app) and it now says it was transferred and new office has jurisdiction. Maybe because I also filed for N-400 already? Will give update here when I get the letter. In the meantime can some share their experience with the same or similar scenario please? Really glad to finally see something happen. Lol. Thanks!🙂

 

**Just checked new website and status still stuck on “Case was received” since June2018

 

**Case number WAC18198XXXXX

same here.

filed N400 midmay, but my case was transferred twice, my NOA shows it's in NBC right now.

 

 

[JJO 4]

Hello All, Any may 2018 VSC filers (without transfer) still waiting for an update ? 

Mine shows "Fingerprint completed" since July 6 2018.

[eric1225 6]

14 hours ago, kk090107 said:

Hey everyone

wondering if any of you guys can answer a question for me. Today we got our approval notice for the ROC and states that the green card should be received in 60 days. However the letter also states that we should not travel outside of the US while waiting for the new green card to come since our old one is expired. But like many of you, we had received the 18 month extension letter and it is still valid through Feb 2020 (received Aug 2018). I’m thinking the reason they say no travel is so that people who have an expired card and no extension letter don’t leave the US and have trouble getting back in AND that since we do have a letter that is valid through our travel dates we should be okay. Anybody can help out with this? 

Hi there. I had the same concerns. As per my attorney, the warning on the approval letter is just a general warning stated on most of the approval letters. I personally had travelled twice with the expired green card and extension letter after my case was approved but before I received the new green card. No problem at all. Everything was the same as it was before the approval. No additional question asked. 

[Positiveenergy 0]

53 minutes ago, JJO said:

Hello All, Any may 2018 VSC filers (without transfer) still waiting for an update ? 

Mine shows "Fingerprint completed" since July 6 2018.

Mine is from June 27! Same status

[JJO 4]

46 minutes ago, Positiveenergy said:

Mine is from June 27! Same status

praying that this long wait ends quickly on a happy note!

[delisyus 14]

22 hours ago, Pkr said:

you can get a stamp on on your passport which will help till your ROC process is complete

I’ll wait until end of year. If nothing then I’ll definitely try to get the stamp. Ty.