US Immigration from Ireland

Just received my notice of action - rejection. My package was returned to me for the following reason : 'incorrect payment or payment not provided' .

I put a cheque for 750.00 into my package., The package returned to me didn't have the cheque included. The cheque was never cashed.

If I rewrite a cheque, can I resubmitted what they sent back to me aka my package - the package has been seperated into three sections with big staples by uscis. I removed these but there' s a staple mark at the top of each page - should I reprint?

Hi Everyone,

Putting together the packet and wonder how is this for evidence so far?

G-1145

Copy of GC

Lease agreement (printed double sided otherwise it would be 50pages)

Credit card bills (one for each year)

Health insurance cards

Retirement account beneficary

Tax transcripts (filed jointly)

Evidence of joint bank account (not statements)

copy of both drivers licenses

Boarding passes of trips we took

Photos of us on said trips

envelope addressed to both of us

I can also add out car insurance cards and phone bills

Does this seem comprehensive? Do i need a cover letter

Last week, my wife and I sent our Adjustment of Status packet (I-485, I-864, I-765) through USPS the the Carol Stream lockbox in Illinois.

We payed for 3 day shipping but over a week later the tracking status hasn't changed from "Moving through network, in transit to next facility arriving late."

We have the receipt and copies of everything but we don't know if it will arrive before my Visa expires, which is at the very beginning of February.
We allowed for over 2 weeks of leeway for the shipment but are now worried what should we do if it doesn't move or arrive on time.

Should we resend? Or should we wait for it to arrive? I understand it could have shipped with nobody marking it as such, but it's just a panic here honestly.

Has anyone been in a similar situation or can offer advice?

Hey everybody, so my CR-1 interview is in Dublin on January 16th. We assumed we had everything in order however this morning we received an email from the US Embassy requesting additional documents specifically from the petitioner

Most recent W-2 for petitioner.
Petitioner's Birth Certificate.
Proof of petitioner s U.S. citizenship (passport scan) or LPR status.
Detailed proof of Petitioner s domicile in the United States

With regards to proof of domicile. She has her current lease for the apartment she's been living in alone for the past year. That expires February 28th. We also have organised a new lease together in a different apartment. That lease begins February 10th and has both of our names on it

I guess I have 3 questions

1. Do you think this likely slows down our approval

2. Should we submit both leases as proof of domicile + should we add anything else. She has lived in the US her whole life and has never spent more than 2 weeks outside of it for an extended period.

3. While it's on my mind I've been trying to ensure I have the correct documents and that I am bringing everything necessary so I'm just going to list what I'm planning on taking and some advice on if it's missing something/unnecessary would be advised. I've really struggled to find non-conflicting information on this, even across the official US Government websites

- The Medical exam results are apparently electronically transmitted now so I have nothing with regards to those. My appointment was over a month ago however (December 10th)

- Passport (It is valid til 2029 so within the time boundaries)

- Original Birth Certificate (I have both a long + short, however the long one is at a point where it's held together with cellotape, but it's the best I've got. I requested a long one from the Civil Registries here in Cork but they just gave me an updated short one and said that was enough)

- Original Marriage Certificate

- Original Police Certificate

- Copy of NVC Interview Appointment Email

- DS-260 Confirmation Page
- Passport Biographics Page copy
- Visa Delivery Courier Page
- Form I-864 Affidavit of Support
- Photocopy of her U.S. passport
- 2 2x2 Passport photographs
- Either IRS transcript or latest W-2

- 10 photos from all of my different trips to the US and hers to Ireland

- Both Lease Agreements mentioned above

Apologies if this is a bit of a word salad, I'm happy to clarify anything if it's unclear

Kind Regards,

Tom s

Early in our relationship I started scrapbooks our adventures. I'm very sentimental and had made a habit of collecting things like brochures, cinema tickets, little trinkets from gift shops in places we went on dates, receipts from dinners, etc. as keepsakes to keep in the scrapbook alongside pictures.

Thing is... a LOT of recipts/tickets/etc. are in glued in here and double stuck down with things like stickers and having photos layered on top of them. I can't remove them from the scrapbook without destroying them.

Is it acceptable to take the scrapbook with me to the interview? Or is that just me being cheeky?

An example attached below. Face blurred for privacy: