US Immigration from Germany

Hi all,

Since the data I found in the general thread is over a year old and apparently the US embassy in Frankfurt is taking over transfer cases from other locations, too, I wanted to ask if anyone has more recent info on how long it'll take from DQ to Interview letter to Interview (CR1, US citizen petition for spouse)

I know it can shift, but we're all trying to plan "wrapping up our life", so it would help me a lot if I had at least a bit of an average time frame.

Thank you!

Nach meiner Teilnahme an der GreenCard-Verlosung wurde ich von einer Agentur kontaktiert und von dieser beauftragt.

Der Mitarbeiter teilte mir mit, dass ich das Formular I-601 nicht ausf llen m sse, da bei der rztlichen Untersuchung im Konsulat in Deutschland mein Impfstatus nicht berpr ft werde.

Kann das wirklich wahr sein?

Ich dachte, bei der Einreise nach Amerika g be es Pflichtimpfungen.

Der Agent teilte mir mit, dass ich lediglich einen Bluttest von meinem Hausarzt mitbringen m sse, der best tige, dass ich frei von schweren Erkrankungen wie AIDS oder Krebs sei.

Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass es kein Problem sein soll, dass ich ungeimpft bin, da ich schon so viele Threads verfolgt habe von Leuten, die eine Impfbefreiung beantragen mussten und deshalb ca. zwei Jahre l ngere Bearbeitungszeit hatten.

Hat jemand damit Erfahrungen und kann berichten?

Hi Visajourney,

I'm looking for some advice on what to do if I received 2x a 10-year greencard with the expiration dates being approximately 2 months apart. I'm not sure which one is valid, and I'm assuming it will matter in 10 years if I have to renew.

Backstory:

Back in October 2020, after a successful AOS interview, I was granted a greencard. However, the USCIS made a mistake and gave me a 10-year greencard instead of the 2-year conditional one that you'd get if you got married on a K-1 visa. (Greencard category IR6 instead of CR). Upon researching and consulting visajourney, I filed an I-90 to correct the mistake and explained that I should have gotten a 2-year GC.

I didn't hear back. Then, in summer 2022, we filed for ROC, and referenced the pending I-90 case.

Then, this year in May (2024), my ROC case was approved and they mailed me a 10-year GC with an expiration in May (ten years from now).

Upon receiving the new GC in May 2024, I sent a letter to the I-90 case cancellation address via tracked mail to cancel my pending I-90 case, and at the same time also uploaded a signed copy of said letter to the USCIS online account as "additional evidence" to the pending I-90 case. I never heard back, until July 2024, when they updated the USCIS online case status to say that my I-90 case was approved and my GC is being printed... And about 2 weeks later, I received a second GC in the mail, this one is also a 10-year GC, but with an expiration date in July (ten years from now).

I closely compared them and the details are mostly the same. The only differences that I found are:

- the expiration date (both are 10 years from now, but different MM/DD)

- the 8-digit number on the back of the card (top left corner)

- the machine-readable letter/number combination on the back of the card (one of them has my I-90 case receipt, and the other has my ROC case receipt)

- some of the numbers in the second line of the machine-readable part on the back of the card in line #2.

- one card is "paler" than the other one, but I think that's just a printing issue and not relevant, haha.

Long story short - which GC do you think would be the "valid" one, or are both valid? Personally, I feel like the one that was issued more recently should the the valid one, voiding any previous cards, but some of my family members disagree, arguing that the one that's tied to the actual ROC case should be the valid one (which is the "older" one from May).

I am even debating driving to the local USCIS office with both GCs and just showing them to the person at the door and ask nicely to be let in, because I need to know which document is valid, lol.

I appreciate any advice.

Thank you!!

Hallo Leute,
mich w rde interessieren, wie ihr euren Brief zur Impfverweigerung aus berzeugung formuliert habt.

Verfasst man das wie einen Brief? Wenn ja, an wen adressiere ich das?

Und muss ich ein Formular 601 einreichen oder ist es m glich, vorab einen Brief zur rztlichen Untersuchung mitzubringen? Oder kann ich stattdessen vorab eine Impfbefreiung einreichen, um die zus tzliche Wartezeit f r das Formular 601 zu vermeiden?

Ich m chte mit meinem amerikanischen Mann einwandern, wir leben noch in Deutschland.

Vielen Dank

How do you disclose speeding tickets?

I am planning to click "yes" on all the questions asking about offenses, convictions, citations etc. and then disclose my speeding tickets.

I just recently got a speeding ticket (payed it the same day), and then I remember I got one 25 years ago. (I have been visiting and living in the US for a long time).

I have been a driver since the 90s and been driving all over the US and my home country. I just can not recall if I got any other speeding tickets besides the above mentioned two. It is just such a long time frame and I took road trips through multiple states in the US and also drove in my home country which has speeding cameras so it is very easy to get a speeding ticket there.

Am I really expected to remember all speeding tickets I ever had in my live? I want to fill out my N-400 correctly and not have any errors or omissions but this is just almost impossible.

Do I really have to contact every BMV in every state I ever drove to get driving records?

How do you handle this?

Thank you.