I-751 January 2025 Filers

[OldUser 7,865]

3 minutes ago, Mpowie said:

 

2/3 - I797C green card extension letter received in mail (oddly this came first before the biometrics one)

Actually, this is normal. The odd scenario is when biometrics letter arrives before extension letter.

Edited February 5 by OldUser

[Crazy Cat 42,547]

8 minutes ago, Mpowie said:

2/3 - I797C green card extension letter received in mail (oddly this came first before the biometrics one)

Normal.  In 2019, we received the receipt and extension letters in same envelope within a week......a week or 2 later, wife received biometrics appointment letter. 

[R.T. 1]

On 2/3/2025 at 12:30 AM, R.T. said:

Package sent Jan 27.

Received on January 29.

 

Nothing more yet.

+ Check cashed Feb 4

[mmsamor 28]

Package mailed the 21st
Received all 4 letters in the mail 2/5

The 48 month extension isn't that exciting for us because we are filing a year and half late- yikes I know.

 

Did you guys see that on the online portal you can upload more evidence?  Is anyone doing this?  Like more photos of me super pregnant.

[Educ8r 41]

My husband had his biometrics appointment this morning and his status just changed to "actively reviewing".  Hope that's a very good sign. 

[EatBulaga 407]

9 hours ago, mmsamor said:

Package mailed the 21st
Received all 4 letters in the mail 2/5

The 48 month extension isn't that exciting for us because we are filing a year and half late- yikes I know.

 

Did you guys see that on the online portal you can upload more evidence?  Is anyone doing this?  Like more photos of me super pregnant.

 

As a general rule, we don't upload additional evidence unless USCIS requests it.

It could delay the processing.

 

The only time we did upload additional evidence was from the i-693 Courtesy Email instructions which we fulfilled.

Edited February 7 by EatBulaga

[Sam Walz 14]

9 hours ago, mmsamor said:

Package mailed the 21st
Received all 4 letters in the mail 2/5

The 48 month extension isn't that exciting for us because we are filing a year and half late- yikes I know.

 

Did you guys see that on the online portal you can upload more evidence?  Is anyone doing this?  Like more photos of me super pregnant.

Dude, don’t do that. Beyond the USCIS processing logistics and it not mattering much, that’s just plain weird. 
 

USCIS is there to determine whether or not your marriage was bonafide. You’re under no obligation to provide them with (and they have no right to ask you for) every little intimate detail of your life. 

[OldUser 7,865]

10 hours ago, mmsamor said:

Did you guys see that on the online portal you can upload more evidence?  Is anyone doing this?  Like more photos of me super pregnant.

This is not necessarily evidence that's useful. I don't want to sound too harsh, but a pregnant person may be pregnant from somebody other than their spouse. When you have child's birth certificate with both parent's name on it - that's evidence

[OldUser 7,865]

37 minutes ago, Sam Walz said:

Dude, don’t do that. Beyond the USCIS processing logistics and it not mattering much, that’s just plain weird. 
 

USCIS is there to determine whether or not your marriage was bonafide. You’re under no obligation to provide them with (and they have no right to ask you for) every little intimate detail of your life. 

Burden of proof is on petitioner, not on USCIS. They can only determine if there's enough supporting evidence. Yes, technically USCIS wants to know intimate details of your life. This is why you share intimate information with stranger (USCIS adjudicator), such as:

 

- Your bank account statements

- Your photos with significant other and your friends, families

- Your tax return transcripts (how much you make as a family)

- Your trip reservations for vacations showing how you spend free time together

- Your lease / mortgage details

- Your identity documents

 

In addition, USCIS can ask very intimate and personal questions during interview such as:

- Last time you had intimacy

- Who sleeps on which side of bed

- Birth marks, tattoes, scars on your partner

- What sweet names do you call each other

- Many more things like that

 

However, I agree sending a photo of being pregnant is not necessarily useful for reasons I mentioned in comment above.

 

Edited February 7 by OldUser

[Sam Walz 14]

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

Burden of proof is on petitioner, not on USCIS. They can only determine if there's enough supporting evidence. Yes, technically USCIS wants to know intimate details of your life. This is why you share intimate information with stranger (USCIS adjudicator), such as:

 

- Your bank account statements

- Your photos with significant other and your friends, families

- Your tax return transcripts (how much you make as a family)

- Your trip reservations for vacations showing how you spend free time together

- Your lease / mortgage details

- Your identity documents

 

In addition, USCIS can ask very intimate and personal questions during interview such as:

- Last time you had intimacy

- Who sleeps on which side of bed

- Birth marks, tattoes, scars on your partner

- What sweet names do you call each other

- Many more things like that

 

However, I agree sending a photo of being pregnant is not necessarily useful for reasons I mentioned in comment above.

 

Yes burden of proof is on the petitioner in nearly all immigration matters, EXCEPT when USCIS denies a properly filed I-751 (other than through abandonment), then the burden of proof automatically shifts to DHS where they must prove that they properly denied it based on the evidence in the record. 
 

The standard there is preponderance of evidence, no judge will go along with the reasoning that USCIS denied an I-751 because their adjudicator wanted every little detail of a married couple’s life. 

[OldUser 7,865]

30 minutes ago, Sam Walz said:

Yes burden of proof is on the petitioner in nearly all immigration matters, EXCEPT when USCIS denies a properly filed I-751 (other than through abandonment), then the burden of proof automatically shifts to DHS where they must prove that they properly denied it based on the evidence in the record. 
 

The standard there is preponderance of evidence, no judge will go along with the reasoning that USCIS denied an I-751 because their adjudicator wanted every little detail of a married couple’s life. 

A lot of the times USCIS denies cases with very vague wording, not exact but similar to "based on submitted evidence we could not establish petitioner's eligibility to immigration benefit". Which essentially means they were not convinced by quantity / quality of evidence provided. But yeah, to me when somebody wants to see every transaction in my bank accounts in the last few years and know living arrangements, whether we have kids or not... That's considered "every detail of married couples life" in my view.

Edited February 7 by OldUser

[EatBulaga 407]

So one of the first things we did after getting the 48-month extension letter was to update my foreign spouse's DL. For anyone interested, I posted our experience with the Georgia Department of Driver Services at

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/828891-georgia-dlid-with-ead-aos-roc-experience/

 

[OldUser 7,865]

1 hour ago, EatBulaga said:

So one of the first things we did after getting the 48-month extension letter was to update my foreign spouse's DL.

Smart

[BOKURAGAITA 105]

- 02|10 : Biometric Appointment today  "Case Actively Reviewed"

[R.T. 1]

• Jan 27 --> Package sent
• Jan 29 --> USCIS Received 
• Feb 4 --> Check cashed 
• Feb 10 --> I-797 receipt notice 

Looks like I've got Texas Service Center --> not sure if its a good or a bad thing