I-751 January 2019 Filers

[MMteam 72]

4 hours ago, MariaR323 said:

I think it's also somewhat country-specific because, let's face it, some are looked at "harder" than others and you often times have to over-provide to compensate for that.

 

At this rate though, I'm not worried at all about the ROC and I'm already planning my wife's prep studies for citizenship lol Those 15 to 20 month processing times are ridiculous 😂

 

 

I think I will wait till I finish the I-751 , I heard it's really depends on your local office some allow combo interview and fast some very slow and might wait till the decided on 751 from what I read here ..

[MariaR323 199]

1 hour ago, theossmanfamily said:

I think I will wait till I finish the I-751 , I heard it's really depends on your local office some allow combo interview and fast some very slow and might wait till the decided on 751 from what I read here ..

True, we have to wait until that time anyways in case any policies/procedures change as well. And yes, the specific assigned local office will also play a part in how we proceed when it comes time for the N-400.

[Cryssiekins 976]

6 hours ago, H-M said:

If you don't get the extension letter in time, you can also use an unrestricted Social Security Card + Driver License to complete the I-9 form/e-verify requirements.

I was not aware a perm resident could obtain an unrestricted SS card.  I can spare 2 hours of my life to sit there and wait if it means not losing my job.  

[ilovepho 21]

My 90 day window opens today. Still did not send the package because I'm missing tax transcript from IRS and state. Waiting for state transcript at the moments so I can send them...

[Eric The Wait 40]

Hello January 2019 Filiers....
 

I hope everyone on this thread has smooth sailing with their ROC.

Facing stress here which is my own fault. I am a total idiot. It took me too long to get all our evidence together and I left no margin of error. 

My wife's conditional green card expires Feb 16, 2019. I mailed our I751 Package on January 7th via UPS. It was delivered (maybe) on Jan 9th. The UPS tracking address is not identical to the address I shipped it to. There is no reference to USCIS on the tracking, and the delivered to address says "Suite 40" when it's supposed to be "Suite 400" There are other little differences between the label address and tracking delivered to address ....   

I am an idiot for putting us in this position because missing the 90 day deadline is grounds for deportation and it appears the only excuses they take are death in  family, in hospital... Shipped to wrong address is not a valid excuse. 

I did include a G-1145 form but only put e-mail. Really stupid....I should have put cell phone because many are getting text messages but not e-mail notifications.  

I made a huge mistake thinking ROC was an easy process and got caught short on time. I know the chances of us getting the extension letter before the Green Card expires is just about zero, so my wife will be out of status. Coupled with having questionable proof of delivery, I am the poster child for how NOT to do the ROC.  

Hopefully it's all worry over nothing but I have no one to blame but myself. If it's getting within 2 weeks of the 2/16/19 deadline and I have no response to the G-1146 with the assigned case number I am going to submit a new I-751 with all the same documentation and send them another check. If I blow $680.00 bucks for nothing that's better than a deportation for filing late.
 

Sorry for venting. Y'all don't need this negativity. I will try to be a productive participant in this thread.
 

[gregcrs2 1,778]

9 minutes ago, Eric The Wait said:

Hello January 2019 Filiers....
 

I hope everyone on this thread has smooth sailing with their ROC.

Facing stress here which is my own fault. I am a total idiot. It took me too long to get all our evidence together and I left no margin of error. 

My wife's conditional green card expires Feb 16, 2019. I mailed our I751 Package on January 7th via UPS. It was delivered (maybe) on Jan 9th. The UPS tracking address is not identical to the address I shipped it to. There is no reference to USCIS on the tracking, and the delivered to address says "Suite 40" when it's supposed to be "Suite 400" There are other little differences between the label address and tracking delivered to address ....   

I am an idiot for putting us in this position because missing the 90 day deadline is grounds for deportation and it appears the only excuses they take are death in  family, in hospital... Shipped to wrong address is not a valid excuse. 

I did include a G-1145 form but only put e-mail. Really stupid....I should have put cell phone because many are getting text messages but not e-mail notifications.  

I made a huge mistake thinking ROC was an easy process and got caught short on time. I know the chances of us getting the extension letter before the Green Card expires is just about zero, so my wife will be out of status. Coupled with having questionable proof of delivery, I am the poster child for how NOT to do the ROC.  

Hopefully it's all worry over nothing but I have no one to blame but myself. If it's getting within 2 weeks of the 2/16/19 deadline and I have no response to the G-1146 with the assigned case number I am going to submit a new I-751 with all the same documentation and send them another check. If I blow $680.00 bucks for nothing that's better than a deportation for filing late.
 

Sorry for venting. Y'all don't need this negativity. I will try to be a productive participant in this thread.
 

You are fine.  Nobody will get deported.  Stop worrying.  You will probably get an email message anytime now.

Edited January 11, 2019 by gregcrs2

[Eric The Wait 40]

2 minutes ago, gregcrs2 said:

You are fine.  Nobody will get deported.  Stop worrying.  You will probably get a text message anytime now.

Thanks gregcrs2!!!!!

 

[Kiolas 103]

@Eric The Wait If you put the correct address on UPS shipping label you should be fine. You can monitor when they cash your check - this way you'll know if they got it or not.

 

I'll pray to God they get it🙏

 

[H-M 169]

5 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

I was not aware a perm resident could obtain an unrestricted SS card.  I can spare 2 hours of my life to sit there and wait if it means not losing my job.  

Yes, we can. I was able get an unrestricted SS card soon after getting my (conditional) GC. We are required to update our SS record anytime there is a change in our work authorization status (Non-immigrant work visa/EAD -> GC -> US Citizen). Here is more information on this: 

https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-01436

 

Hope this helps!

 

One more point: I am not sure how SS folks would react if your GC is expiring soon. I did this soon after I got my GC.

 

 

Edited January 11, 2019 by H-M

[Emmylou151 44]

22 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

I said to my husband the other day how absolutely not worried I am about this stage, and how weird it feels.  

 

At the K1 stage I was obsessed with it daily, but that’s because we were dying to be with each other.  At the AoS stage, I checked my mailbox every day, but again, that’s because I was bored out of my mind waiting for the ability to work.  

 

Now, we’re two years into forever, and everything is great.  Just this formality of showing it’s legitimate.  We’re good if we have to go for an interview, and they are more than welcome to come visit us at home.  

 

The only worry I do have is I started a new job at a large corporation and because of the shut down, they can’t e-verify my ability to work.  Obviously, I have status, but if this goes on for much longer, I’m concerned I won’t have the extension letter in hand to provide to them.  

They get out the extensions pretty quick don't they? But I 100% agree with you on the least worrying stage! The worst part was doing the interview in our native land - that was scary AF! But this is all plain sailing if you have nothing to hide why would they not issue it! But for the easiest process, i don't see why it should take a year smh!

[Cryssiekins 976]

Really dumb question (because I’m overthinking):  what did everyone do for questions that are N/A when you can’t enter N/A or 0 as per instructions?

 

Not all the fields are letting me enter something.  If I put N/A in the field, then the rest of the question doesn’t let me fill in.  Should I write it in ink after I print, or is it common sense that if I put in N/A in the main field, than the sub fields can be blank?

 

I should probably finish this tomorrow when my brain isn’t mush from a long week at work.

[MMteam 72]

Papers delivered on 1/9/2019 so far no text nor the check was cashed ... When we should worry? 

[AstroCanada 206]

On 1/11/2019 at 2:56 PM, Emmylou151 said:

They get out the extensions pretty quick don't they? But I 100% agree with you on the least worrying stage! The worst part was doing the interview in our native land - that was scary AF! But this is all plain sailing if you have nothing to hide why would they not issue it! But for the easiest process, i don't see why it should take a year smh!

They've been taking 3-4 weeks to actually send the extension letters (some have had longer delays than that).  Check cashing and e-notification with case number came around the one week mark.

5 hours ago, theossmanfamily said:

Papers delivered on 1/9/2019 so far no text nor the check was cashed ... When we should worry? 

Nope, take a few deep breaths.  1 week has been perfectly normal, and you can definitely bet they're not working weekends.

[H-M 169]

6 hours ago, theossmanfamily said:

Papers delivered on 1/9/2019 so far no text nor the check was cashed ... When we should worry? 

My ROC package was also delivered on Jan 9. So far no e-notification(text/email) or cashed check. I think 1 week is an average time before any update.

How did you send your package (USPS/Fedex/UPS) ?

[MMteam 72]

31 minutes ago, H-M said:

My ROC package was also delivered on Jan 9. So far no e-notification(text/email) or cashed check. I think 1 week is an average time before any update.

How did you send your package (USPS/Fedex/UPS) ?

UPS to Arizona