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Hello. My boyfriend and I are getting married in a couple days and our I-130 interview is coming in two days after our marriage. (I know. Sounds impossible, right? But there’s is a lot of stories on behind…) And I have some concerns about filing I-130.

 

Question 1

If I change my sir name now due to a marriage, will I have to change my sir name on my passport before filling I-130? 
Or could I still use my current passport that has my maiden name on? And so long as I have the certificate of name change, would it be okay?  


 

Question 2

Since our marriage is less than two years, we have to provide a statement of how we met. But I don’t know how to write it. Can anyone give me some examples or a templates? 
Also, what is the proof of on-going relationship? Is it also some kind of essay? 

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If this a DCF case?

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3 hours ago, tearing-jaguar09 said:

Hello. My boyfriend and I are getting married in a couple days and our I-130 interview is coming in two days after our marriage. (I know. Sounds impossible, right? But there’s is a lot of stories on behind…) And I have some concerns about filing I-130.

 

Question 1

If I change my sir name now due to a marriage, will I have to change my sir name on my passport before filling I-130? 
Or could I still use my current passport that has my maiden name on? And so long as I have the certificate of name change, would it be okay?  

Should be fine, you can change any names on the I130/DS260 at the interview.

3 hours ago, tearing-jaguar09 said:


 

Question 2

Since our marriage is less than two years, we have to provide a statement of how we met. But I don’t know how to write it. Can anyone give me some examples or a templates? 
Also, what is the proof of on-going relationship? Is it also some kind of essay? 

I would use the template fiancés use for intent to marry and modify it for your purpose.

 

Good Luck!  I would love to hear the back story, if you are willing to share, as to how your case ended up like this. 

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N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

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Thank you so much for your answers! That’d really appreciated.
 

Yes, sure thing:) 
first of all, my boyfriend is a US navy, stationed in japan and I myself is Japanese living in japan.


So, long story short, we found out that we are having a baby back in March. Though I was attending to college, we both agreed to keep our baby. I dropped out school, and we decided to settle down together. Our baby is coming on September. So i need to get visa as soon as possible. 

 

Unfortunately, he has to go back to the states in like a week. And he will be stationed there for over a year. So It will be so hard for both of us if we cant get these things done now…. You know, in many ways…


We had about two months to prepare but we wasted the first month working on K-1 visa. Only to find out that we couldn’t file because he was not inside the states. 
 

From the very beginning of April, we started working on CR1 visa which we are trying to get. But before the visa we had get married. 
 

Since my boyfriend is in the navy, he has to get his marriage affidavit from the navy which took forever than it usually does. Only if they did it soon, we could have gotten married two, three weeks ago. We would have had more time preparing for visa. 
 

Now that we finally have the affidavit with us, next Monday morning we will go to city hall and get the remaining stuff we need for i-130. 
 

Our original i-130 appointment was also on Monday. We were this close yo give up on the visa. But with a slight hope, i talked to the embassy all day the other day and they allowed us to walk in on Wednesday. So yeah, hopefully, we will make this whole process done. 

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***Topic moved to the Military Immigration-Related forum***

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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1 minute ago, tearing-jaguar09 said:

Would you tell me what this means? 

It means I moved the topic to the military related forum area where other military immigration matters are discussed.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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7 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

It means I moved the topic to the military related forum area where other military immigration matters are discussed.

Oh… i see. Well, thank you I guess:) but I did not mean to do so tho. i saw a comment saying that he/she wanted to know our back story. 
 

Do you think i should remove it then? Also i really don’t know how to use this im new to this app…

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2 minutes ago, tearing-jaguar09 said:

Oh… i see. Well, thank you I guess:) but I did not mean to do so tho. i saw a comment saying that he/she wanted to know our back story. 
 

Do you think i should remove it then? Also i really don’t know how to use this im new to this app…

No action needed.  I just placed the entire thread in the appropriate forum. All is good.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

Should be fine, you can change any names on the I130/DS260 at the interview.

I would use the template fiancés use for intent to marry and modify it for your purpose.

 

Good Luck!  I would love to hear the back story, if you are willing to share, as to how your case ended up like this. 

Thank you very much! I’m relieved to hear that. 
 

i see… and do you also know how long should it be? 

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1 hour ago, tearing-jaguar09 said:

Thank you very much! I’m relieved to hear that. 
 

i see… and do you also know how long should it be? 

It sounds like you are doing DCF, so I guess it can be that fast particularly when a member of the military is involved.

 

Good Luck!

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

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14 hours ago, tearing-jaguar09 said:

Thank you very much! I’m relieved to hear that. 
 

i see… and do you also know how long should it be? 

 

Members of active military have access to immigration liaison personnel and a special hotline to USCIS.  In your case, it sounds like USCIS will not be involved and the embassy (DOS) will directly handle the I-130.  I would advise you to prepare all your paperwork and have your required documents ready (passport, police record, birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc.)

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