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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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3 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

It is preferable, imo, to wait until a day after the window opens to sign & mail the package.  Too many people mail it before the window even opens.....then worry about it arriving too early.

we will be writing a cover letter... is it the norm for both me and my spouse to sign on it (bottom)? 

my mom is writing a small letter as well... as we have been living with her rent free. do u think it should be notarized or not?

 

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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17 minutes ago, TonyK said:

we will be writing a cover letter... is it the norm for both me and my spouse to sign on it (bottom)? 

my mom is writing a small letter as well... as we have been living with her rent free. do u think it should be notarized or not?

 

In our case, I, US citizen spouse,  signed the cover letter per the example in the VJ guide for Removal of Conditions.  My wife did not sign the cover letter.  If sending an affidavit from a third party, it should be notarized, imo.  

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We both signed the cover letter in our case. I don't think it really matters who signs it...it's just a cover letter. They want to see what's in the packet.

Our affidavits were not notarized. The I-751 instructions do not state it as a requirement. I doubt they will really have any meaningful impact whatsoever, though.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

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I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

The reason of rejection is that I filed a day earlier than the ninty day period so I resubmitted the form and here is the update :

 

I-751 Package received: 8/8/2020

check cleared:                  8/12/2020

Text message received with case # :          8/13/2020
 

good luck everyone!

 

 

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  • 2 months later...
Posted
On 8/3/2020 at 7:51 AM, Dzfiction said:

I called uscis today and found out that my package was rejected, asked what was the reason the agent said she did not have the exact answer to what was the reason it only says other.

 

so I will be waiting for the mail to see what I did wrong oh my God I’m so mad :( 

I’m pretty sure that everything was in order, the only thing that I can think of is they received my form earlier than the 90 day period or because I dated the form before that period.

 

any idea to why would they reject an application?

I just want to ask how did you receive the packet back? Is it through USPS? I feel that my packet will be returned as I sent a wrong fee

Posted
On 8/6/2020 at 8:39 AM, TonyK said:

we will be writing a cover letter... is it the norm for both me and my spouse to sign on it (bottom)? 

my mom is writing a small letter as well... as we have been living with her rent free. do u think it should be notarized or not?

 

A cover letter is not required and a signature is not necessary. I didn't sign my cover letter at all. 

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
Timeline
Posted
5 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

A cover letter is not required and a signature is not necessary. I didn't sign my cover letter at all. 

dude, your replying to something from 2 months ago. it was 2 months ago. I have moved on with the process. 

 
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