I-751 Filers (September 2018)

[MonicaG 8]

Hi All, 

 

I sent my package to Texas Center on September 13th, it was delivered Monday morning and i did not receive any communication yet. I also filled the form G-1145. 

 

Let's hope for the best! I just need the text message saying the case is accepted and i will be more relaxed.

 

Good luck everybody! 

[Goldfish123 38]

5 minutes ago, MonicaG said:

Hi All, 

 

I sent my package to Texas Center on September 13th, it was delivered Monday morning and i did not receive any communication yet. I also filled the form G-1145. 

 

Let's hope for the best! I just need the text message saying the case is accepted and i will be more relaxed.

 

Good luck everybody! 

Same here even i opted for G-1145. I sent on Sep 15th and case was delivered on Monday..!!

Awaiting response..

Good luck

[Alimanu 77]

2 hours ago, Nikitka85 said:

Hey guys! Packet was delivered to CSC Sep 4 but even after 2 weeks the check hasn't been cashed yet. Something tells me this is going to be a long process... we might end up becoming citizens before getting the 10-year GC hehe.

 

My packet was not as thick as I see here. I only sent utility bills and bank statements one per quarter, I'm hoping the fact we have cars listed to both our names, mortgage, car loan and joint tax returns is enough proof we actually ARE together...among other things of course.

 

Good luck to everyone!!!

Mine was received on the 5th September CSC, no info yet. 

[bariki 71]

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I-751: September 2018 Filers

 

California  Service Center :  ( 7 ) Applicants  (  0  )  Approved  (  0  )  Percentage
VJ Name                            I-751 Date          NOA1Date          Biometrics         Approved                             Notes
Khang H.                             09/06/18                   --/--/--                --/--/--                 --/--/--

Aloud                                   09/04/18                   --/--/--                 --/--/--                --/--/-- 

Alimanu                               08/31/18                  --/--/--                 --/--/--                --/--/--   

shoemaker168                   09/04/18                  --/--/--                 --/--/--                --/--/--   

DAFNYDUCK                       09/08/18                  --/--/--                 --/--/--                --/--/--   

UA747SP                             09/05/18                  --/--/--                 --/--/--                --/--/-- 

Bariki                                    09/08/18                 --/--/--/               --/--/--                 --/--/--

 

Vermont Service Center :   (  4  ) Applicants  (  0  )  Approved  (  0  )  Percentage

VJ Name                            I-751 Date          NOA1Date          Biometrics         Approved                             Notes

JAC1313                              09/06/18                 09/07/18          --/--/--                 --/--/--                             18 mo. extension letter

Happiestoflives                   09/05/18                 09/06/18          --/--/--                 --/--/--

Audrey!                                 09/08/18                  --/--/--                --/--/--                 --/--/--                              Divorce Waiver

GAVW72                               09/10/18                  --/--/--                --/--/--                 --/--/--

 

Texas Service Center :   (  6  ) Applicants  (  0  )  Approved  (  0  )  Percentage

VJ Name                            I-751 Date          NOA1Date          Biometrics         Approved                             Notes

VPALERMO85                    09/10/18                   --/--/--                --/--/--                 --/--/--

changbaihou                      09/11/18                  --/--/--                --/--/--                 --/--/--

goldfish123                        09/15/18                  --/--/--                --/--/--                 --/--/--

YACINE                                09/17/18                  --/--/--                --/--/--                 --/--/--

MONICAG                           09/11/18                  --/--/--                --/--/--                 --/--/--

Miki28                                 09/13/18                 --/--/--/               --/--/--                 --/--/--

 

Arizona Service Center :   (  1 ) Applicants  (  0  )  Approved  (  0  )  Percentage

VJ Name                            I-751 Date          NOA1Date          Biometrics         Approved                             Notes

Ashtastic                            09/12/2018                     --/--/--                --/--/--                 --/--/--

 

Edited September 20, 2018 by bariki

[bariki 71]

7 minutes ago, Alimanu said:

Mine was received on the 5th September CSC, no info yet. 

It’s going to be a month from receipt, I reckon, for CSC to get around to issuing NOA1s. That would be consistent with some August filer’s experiences. I’m in the same same boat for me. Check not cashed, no e-Notification. All I have is proof that they received the packet.

 

Once I file N-400 this time next year, I will be so happy to never have to deal with USCIS ever again!

[llllluka 0]

Oops, replied to an old question that is already answered. Disregard this.

Edited September 20, 2018 by llllluka

[bariki 71]

2 hours ago, vpalermo85 said:

Lol it's possible if you're at CSC.

 

I spoke to a tier 2 officer not long ago for a client.  We had a discussion about the process and the issues many filers were facing--having a pending I-751 and being up for citizenship.

 

Interestingly enough the officer made a valid point about sending the N400 application with the pending I-751.  He said that you really should wait to file one until the other is adjudicated.  This is because they're filed in different offices and each office will make a request for the hard filer, so a lot of time is spent travelling between one office and the next.  Things could go missing and it wastes a lot of time with a file potentially travelling half way across the US.

 

So in the end it's best to wait until everything is sorted and let it run its course--you'll have a 10 year green card at the end of the I-751 process and you don't necessarily have to apply for citizenship immediately.  

The advice I received - from a friend that had a long-pending I-751 last year and is now a US citizen - was to file N400 when the date came round. The cases can be adjudicated concurrently and if it puts a “hurry-up” on RoC, then I am all for it. He was a CSC filer for I-751.

 

For my circumstances, I do not believe it would cause harm to do it. I’m going to do it unless the rules change to explicitly proscribe it. I am stuck in the 21 month mire that is CSC so I’m willing to roll the dice.

[Pennycat 880]

I'm going to put our petition in the mail soon (tomorrow I hope, we are going on a little mini vacation this weekend and I do NOT want to be stressing about this). But I am having extreme anxiety that I'm not doing something right/enough. Talk me down?

 

Ok we live in Virginia, which means that as of like last week we send to TSC, right? Everything from family/friends/landlord is addressed (in the business letter format) to the Vermont center. They understand paperwork shuffle, right? Should I change my cover letter to Texas? Does this even matter?

 

Beyond that, I have:

 

• Petition (and a required supplement)
• Copy of green card
• Addendum to the lease adding Husband to it; affidavit from landlord confirming our cohabitation/ co-payment etc
• Tax transcripts 2015-2017 (we married right before the end of the year 2015, have not filed for 2018 yet obviously)
• Bank statements Sept 2016-Sep 2018 (Joint, with all paychecks deposited to and all expenses paid from it. A lot of activity, plus a personal loan and auto loan, also joint. We shared money but at a different bank and a now-closed account before Sept 2016. So, first ~9 months of marriage not accounted for)
• 401(k) beneficiary form (me to husband)
• Life insurance beneficiary form
• Renters insurance policy and renewals 2016-2018
• Car insurance (August 2018-- we didn't own a car until last month)
• Should I include a copy of the registration? 
• Medical/dental insurance and claims 2016-now
• Two personal affidavits (from my cousin and good friend)
• Airline reservations for three trips
• Photographs from wedding and those trips/ random photos (12 total)
• Should I include cell phone bills?

I'm also somehow super freaked out that I'm going to forget to sign somewhere or something dumb like that. 

 

Answers/insight? Valium? 

 

[Goldfish123 38]

6 minutes ago, Pennycat said:

I'm going to put our petition in the mail soon (tomorrow I hope, we are going on a little mini vacation this weekend and I do NOT want to be stressing about this). But I am having extreme anxiety that I'm not doing something right/enough. Talk me down?

 

Ok we live in Virginia, which means that as of like last week we send to TSC, right? Everything from family/friends/landlord is addressed (in the business letter format) to the Vermont center. They understand paperwork shuffle, right? Should I change my cover letter to Texas? Does this even matter?

 

Beyond that, I have:

 

• Petition (and a required supplement)
• Copy of green card
• Addendum to the lease adding Husband to it; affidavit from landlord confirming our cohabitation/ co-payment etc
• Tax transcripts 2015-2017 (we married right before the end of the year 2015, have not filed for 2018 yet obviously)
• Bank statements Sept 2016-Sep 2018 (Joint, with all paychecks deposited to and all expenses paid from it. A lot of activity, plus a personal loan and auto loan, also joint. We shared money but at a different bank and a now-closed account before Sept 2016. So, first ~9 months of marriage not accounted for)
• 401(k) beneficiary form (me to husband)
• Life insurance beneficiary form
• Renters insurance policy and renewals 2016-2018
• Car insurance (August 2018-- we didn't own a car until last month)
• Should I include a copy of the registration? 
• Medical/dental insurance and claims 2016-now
• Two personal affidavits (from my cousin and good friend)
• Airline reservations for three trips
• Photographs from wedding and those trips/ random photos (12 total)
• Should I include cell phone bills?

I'm also somehow super freaked out that I'm going to forget to sign somewhere or something dumb like that. 

 

Answers/insight? Valium? 

 

Hi, I'm from Virginia too and submitted my documents to Texas Service Center..!!

 

Your documents looks good..

regarding addressing to changing address on cover letter i would say change on the cover letter as I did too .. but my affidavits from friends/family remained the same addressing to Vermont Service (as those wer taken weeks before)

Car registration if you both have a joint name its better to include..

Phone bills if you both have same line or it shows same address then i would suggest adding those too.. As many evidences you send the better..

 

Good luck

[Pennycat 880]

Sorry....

 

And credit cards (yay, that's new!) are ONLY if you send to the Lockbox, but we can FedEx/whatever right to the service center, yes? Any idea which one gets you NOA1 or whatever we're calling it faster?

[bariki 71]

Apropos of nothing: how do people feel about travelling abroad on the I-797 letter? I know it’s legal and proper but my concern is poorly-informed checkin staff denying boarding or, worse, I-751 being denies while abroad.

 

Thoughts?

[Pennycat 880]

1 minute ago, Goldfish123 said:

Hi, I'm from Virginia too and submitted my documents to Texas Service Center..!!

 

Your documents looks good..

regarding addressing to changing address on cover letter i would say change on the cover letter as I did too .. but my affidavits from friends/family remained the same addressing to Vermont Service (as those wer taken weeks before)

Car registration if you both have a joint name its better to include..

Phone bills if you both have same line or it shows same address then i would suggest adding those too.. As many evidences you send the better..

 

Good luck

Thanks! So it's weird. Our old mobile company (Verizon) at one point had the bill with two phone numbers, and each of our names next to the numbers, on the same bill. At some point they put both lines in my name. Our new carrier (~1 year) I believe shows us split. It is just SO much paper I can't imagine they'd want to deal with all of it. Like the cell phone bills are twice as thick as all the bank statements 😕

 

Oh also, staples. I have heard they hate them but HOW are you supposed to keep this all organized?

[Pennycat 880]

2 minutes ago, bariki said:

Apropos of nothing: how do people feel about travelling abroad on the I-797 letter? I know it’s legal and proper but my concern is poorly-informed checkin staff denying boarding or, worse, I-751 being denies while abroad.

 

Thoughts?

We have a trip planned and the green card will expire while we're abroad. I felt fine about it when we planned it but I'm pretty much at a dead panic now and will probably cancel the trip. It doesn't help that we went there (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) at the same time last year (last week Oct/first week Nov, yes we aren't filing the first possible second, and yes I feel guilty and stupid about it) and had some pretty stressful confusion with the ticket agent understanding the expired K1 visa and the valid green card. I don't want to imagine dealing with an expired visa and expired green card and some letter they may have never seen. MAYBE getting a 551 stamp would help ease this thought but I kind of doubt it. See also: I really am pretty much in a panic over this whole thing this time.

[Goldfish123 38]

1 minute ago, Pennycat said:

Thanks! So it's weird. Our old mobile company (Verizon) at one point had the bill with two phone numbers, and each of our names next to the numbers, on the same bill. At some point they put both lines in my name. Our new carrier (~1 year) I believe shows us split. It is just SO much paper I can't imagine they'd want to deal with all of it. Like the cell phone bills are twice as thick as all the bank statements 😕

 

Oh also, staples. I have heard they hate them but HOW are you supposed to keep this all organized?

You may add your old phone bill that shows both your names with numbers. and for the new carrier as long as both your bills show same address you may include them as well..

yes me too had hard time organizing papers, I did use fastener to bundle all the papers together.. 

[Goldfish123 38]

6 minutes ago, Pennycat said:

Sorry....

 

And credit cards (yay, that's new!) are ONLY if you send to the Lockbox, but we can FedEx/whatever right to the service center, yes? Any idea which one gets you NOA1 or whatever we're calling it faster?

yes credit card payments for Lockbox services.. I used USPS and it was delivered the next working day (sent package on Saturday and it was received Monday).

some members got notification in about a weeks time when sent to Texas Service.. So guess it is the faster one compared to the other service center..