WAC1990059XXX

Approval notice dated 30 January 2020.

New card mailed out 4 February 2020.

Congratulations everyone, and good luck to everyone waiting.

We just did some traveling by air within the US. My wife had her original extension letter with her, but no one asked to see it. One TSA agent mentioned that her card was "expired" but did not look at the extension letter when I mentioned we had the original with us.

7 minutes ago, Waiting for gc said:

Hello everyone! So today i saw update on my case! And it says: 

Fingerprint Review Was Completed

As of May 14, 2019, we completed our review of your fingerprints and are working on your Form I-751.

 

it means that my previous fingerprints are still valid?

 

or should I expect new appointment for fingerprints?

thanks !

 

Great! That's what my wife's status now says after doing biometrics. So it sounds to me like they checked whether you need new biometrics and have found that you do not need new ones. Excellent.

59 minutes ago, Waiting for gc said:

Hello everyone, so finally i can see the case on the case tracker , and i can see there update saying 

On May 8, 2019, your Fingerprints/Biometrics, referral number T1M1271***278ELP, was assigned to an officer for response.

 

But ! This update came 2 days later 

 

 

As of May 10, 2019, your Fingerprints/Biometrics, referral number T1M1271***278ELP, is currently not assigned for processing.

 

is it making any sense? I plan on going back home for few months , but can’t do that yet as I don’t know if I should receive biometrics app . 

Also as anyone received Biometric app waiver? 

You didn't go to a scheduled biometrics appointment for I-751, right? If not, then those status updates sound like they were checking whether you need to do biometrics for I-751. If they have current biometrics for you, then I don't think everyone is required to get new ones just for the I-751. What they consider current means that they were done within, I think, the last 2 years. That does mean that many people will need new ones during I-751.

If I were you, I would not plan on going anywhere for the moment. I don't think there is a way to get a biometrics waiver. Do you have the extension letter?

My wife's status says they have completed the review of fingerprints and are now working on the Form I-751 (and she did have to go get new biometrics done). I would check status again in a few days or in a week to see if it gets updated to say whether you need biometrics or not.

Please be careful about leaving until you know for sure.

On 4/7/2019 at 1:04 PM, B and H said:

Filed 15 November 2018

Routed to California Service Center

Biometrics appointment letter dated 30 March 2019, received 6 April 2019

Biometrics appointment scheduled for 19 April 2019, Seattle ASC

18-month extension letter dated 03 May 2019, received 09 May 2019.

On 4/27/2019 at 9:03 PM, rafi_1219 said:

 

Go to USCIS https://egov.uscis.gov/e-Request/Intro.do

 click did not receive notice by mail.  Fill up the application and  submit. Trust me it works. 

 I was waiting for six months then I did that. Finally, I got my extension letter. 

Thanks for mentioning this. I did end up submitting this form.

The general advice from this community, at least as of a few years ago, is that applying for citizenship while removal of conditions is still pending "forces" USCIS to adjudicate the pending removal of conditions "immediately" so that they can process the  N-400. But things change and every case is its own case.

I'm still undecided whether to recommend that my wife apply for citizenship in November if her removal of conditions is still pending then. They still haven't even given her an extension letter.

Filed 15 November 2018

Routed to California Service Center

Biometrics appointment letter dated 30 March 2019, received 6 April 2019

Biometrics appointment scheduled for 19 April 2019, Seattle ASC

Never received an extension letter nor notice of receipt, despite having filed G-1145.

Good luck.

My wife had to get hers reissued not that long before the interview and it was not an issue.

Is his visa also misspelled? If so, then I think yes, the green card will be wrong. I'm going through a similar issue with my wife right now. Her first and middle names are swapped on the visa, social security card and green card. If you're in the same situation then you will have to file I-90, mailing the incorrect green card with the form, to USCIS to correct it. If it is USCIS error, then you don't need to submit a fee with the I-90.

https://www.uscis.gov/i-90

Our local USCIS office let us take in the receipt number from filing the I-90 along with a passport photo and made my wife a temporary paper green card, so that we can go back to social security to get a corrected social security card. Social Security cannot simply correct the name on their system. It has to match the name as USCIS/DHS sees it, the SAVE system or whatever it's called.

Good luck.

Put your expiration date in this calculator and it will tell you your earliest accepted filing date:

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/dateCalculator.html

As for airline tickets, sometimes it's just not possible to get the name right when buying online because of how the form is presented and processed. A call to the airline after booking online has worked for me.

20 hours ago, Bryan and An said:

Thanks for your responses. I will contact them via that contact form. 

What is considered the correct name order? Her last name is correct, and for given name, it is Middle Middle First, in the typical Vietnamese way. I'm assuming this is okay as it's the order on her passport? We had a heck of a time with Vietnam Airlines once because I had bought her ticket as "First Middle Middle," which didn't match the passport. Is this the order they will put it on her US documents though, thus being incorrect in the US?

After I typed out my rant, I started thinking about that and wondered if she would have had trouble at POE if they had issued the visa with the correct name order. Because you're right, then it wouldn't match how it appears on the passport. I would still suggest having them "fix" the visa for US name order, though, because apparently how they issue the visa is how it ends up in the Homeland Security system. And then how Homeland Security sees the name is how they will issue social security and green cards. And that affects driver's license / state ID, etc. It's a pain. Local social security and USCIS offices can't fix this problem. If the visa is "wrong" I think you will have the same problems I'm having now, with an I-90 in your future. My wife's was also issued as Middle First for given name. Good luck.

I don't have an answer for you, but you mentioned not seeing a contact form. After the last website update, the contact forms are here:

NIV https://vn.usembassy.gov/visas/nonimmigrant-visas/non-immigrant-visa-inquiry-form/

IV https://vn.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/immigrant-visa-inquiry-form/

I used the IV form before my wife's interview and got a response back in a few days.

My wife's visa also has a separate IV Expiration (different visa, CR-1), but she entered before that date as well.

As an aside, did they happen to issue your fiancee's visa with the correct name order? I'm trying to gather documentation on how many times they screw this up in HCMC because of the hassle it causes. If they screwed it up, I highly recommend trying to get it fixed before she leaves for the US. For my wife, fixing it in Vietnam would have meant another 24 hours on a bus, finding another temporary place to stay, etc. So we left it alone. Now we are feeling the pain. Her social security card came with the wrong name order and so did her green card. We're still waiting for USCIS to process her I-90 to fix it. In HCMC, they work with Vietnamese names for a living and this still happens all the time according to our local social security and USCIS offices.

Hi,

Contact the IV section: https://vn.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/immigrant-visa-inquiry-form/

Contact the NIV section: https://vn.usembassy.gov/visas/nonimmigrant-visas/non-immigrant-visa-inquiry-form/

K instruction package: https://vn.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2016/10/K-INSTRUCTION.pdf

Good luck.

The I-864 is not an online form, it's just a PDF file.

The reason questions like this seem to have no clear answer is because person A will tell you how they did it and they had no problems; person B did it another way and also had no problems; and so on and so forth. Your turn asking the question will be no different.

Good luck.

It seems like there's a misunderstanding here--the mythical "marriage intent." It is not fraudulent to travel to the US to get married if you return home after the wedding to begin the immigration process. The fraudulent part is if you intend to immigrate (stay and adjust status) without the proper visa.

Your spouse is petitioning parents? You can start calling NVC a week or two after NOA2, and you use your USCIS case number as reference.

http://nvc.state.gov/

http://www.visajourney.com/content/guides

Good luck.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/dateCalculator.html

OP was more than 1 day early. Knowing that 90 days is not the same thing as 3 months, and how to calculate it, is part of the solution.

Not canceling led to problems for people such as:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/527121-my-i-94-says-i-left/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/548917-i-94-thinks-i-left-the-usa/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/541911-aos-from-k1-travel-history-error/

Overzealous I-94 system? Perhaps. The upside to such a system for travelers is you don't have to go through immigration while leaving the US, like one has to do in nearly every other country.

Perhaps? It is the I-94 travel history causing people problems. Not an airline manifest as was indicated in the post I responded to. It was the second time I had seen airline manifests mentioned, so I spoke up. Thanks for the links.

Sure, the solution is easy. I'm not recommending that anyone not cancel the unused portion of their trip.

But it seems the problem is an overzealous I-94 system. The airline itself would know the person did not board the flight. That's all I was hoping to clarify.

My wife listed her sister on the EMS form at the consulate as an approved person to receive the packet. It was delivered to her sister without my wife present with no problems.

Be sure to CANCEL the return trip (even if you do not get a refund/partial refund for the unused portion) if you get a round trip ticket. I have read about situations where someone's name was on the airline's list (I forgot the technical term) and this created a problem later when USCIS thought the person left the country before filing AOS with AP. Big hassle for that person. One-way worked fine for us. Good luck.

I've heard this before and I don't believe it. Do you have any sources? The record keeping required of airlines makes it hard to believe that someone who did not board a flight would be left on a manifest or list somewhere for USCIS to see.

Welcome.

You will get a general idea by following other people's timelines, but VJ members and their timelines are only a small subset of the full picture. So no one can say for certain when something will happen.

Lawyers also make mistakes and have no magic way of making things go faster for their clients.

Is your timeline accurate? You say you're at the beginning, but your timeline says you're at NVC?

Welcome.

Please fill in your timeline. It helps everyone.

You have a difficult embassy. Where is your cousin? I would expect some questions about the introduction. Did your fiance propose the first time you met? Did you have any kind of ceremony or event that might make the interviewing officer believe that you two are already considered a married couple?

Check guides section to see what's next.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/guides

Your fiance's odd jobs won't be a problem. Good luck.

Did he enter legally, even if he's out of status right now?