ghostinthemachine
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Couldn't pay me to carry the extension letter around. Hell, I barely carry my actual (now expired) GC with me unless I know I will drive in a specific direction from where we now live as there are check points. I have copies of both extension letter and GC on my phone too for good measure. It's never been an issue.
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German people...rührt euch!!
ghostinthemachine replied to Penguin_ie's topic in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)
falls deine GC und dein reisepass underschiedliche namen haben dann braeuchtest du auch noch irgendwas was den name change abdeckt (z. b. marriage cert). ansonsten brauchst du nichts weiter fuer gewoehnlich. re: schalter - das ist sehr abhaengig vom flughafen leider. manchmal haufen die LPRs mit den USC zusammen, mal gibts einen extra schalter fuer LPRs, mal wird man mit den touris/non-citizens gehauft. falls die beschilderung nicht klar ist dann frag einfach jemanden - oft stehen da ja leute rum die anweisen. -
Thought I'd check in on our little thread... anyone with any updates? Been absolute crickets for me since January. Since we're fast approaching a year of waiting at this point it naturally poses the question of whether to apply for naturalisation or not. Since Germany did away with the huge bureaucratic hurdles to keep citizenship earlier this year, I have been umming and ahhing about filing next year. The thought of never having to deal with USCIS is quite lovely, but having to deal with the IRS for the rest of my life certainly isn't 😅 still not quite sure what to do at this point c.10 weeks out from potential early filing so if anyone has any interesting reading on the topic please do share.
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Travel to Cuba
ghostinthemachine replied to JD2's topic in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion
I would not consider going to Cuba until you are at minimum a citizen if that is your final goal in terms of immigration. Travelling on any of the usual waivers will likely lead to longer background checks for any future USCIS petitions, Global Entry, government jobs etc from my research. -
When you get your social go to a local credit union and open your own bank account and a secured card that can graduate to an unsecured credit card a few months down the line. It'll give you access to your own money, helps establish a credit score in the US with time and can be used as proof of address when you need it. In terms of credit/charge cards - if you had a relationship with Amex in the UK you can use that to open a card here in the US right away even with no prior credit history (I did that second to the bank account and secured card a couple years ago and it worked perfectly). In terms of DL - make use of the official document checker to see what you need and what would be accepted. https://realid.ilsos.gov/checklist.html
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German people...rührt euch!!
ghostinthemachine replied to Penguin_ie's topic in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)
Oh gott der spass steht mir naechstes jahr auch noch bevor... mein reisepass laeuft ende august 2025 ab und ich werde mich wohl nach weihnachten irgendwann auch drum kuemmern muessen. blutdruck geht direkt hoch wenn ich nur dran denke 🫠 -
I-751 - empty fields
ghostinthemachine replied to kavanna's topic in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion
We only filled out what was needed for our AOS and had no issues - no RFEs, no delays, nothing. Did the same with the I-751 and I don't expect there to be any issues with it either. -
Just filed the change of address and can see in the portal that it says "Request changed" and the new address in my profile... anyone have any first hand experience of whether that means the change has definitely gone through? I know there's been issues in the past with it not reflecting correctly for people 🙃
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German people...rührt euch!!
ghostinthemachine replied to Penguin_ie's topic in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)
Ich habe meine physical GC grundsaetzlich nicht dabei, es sei denn ich reise international. Allerdings habe ich eine scanned copy auf meinem Handy. Die bloede Karte ist viel zu teuer und nervig zu ersetzen im Zweifelsfall. 😂 Waere vielleicht ne andere Geschichte wenn wir in der Naehe der border wohnen wuerden mit regelmaessigen Checkpoints etc. Ansonsten bezweifel ich dass irgendjemand im tagtaeglichen Leben jemals wirklich meine GC sehen moechte oder muss. Nee, aber sobald dein case im Online Account landet und die dort entweder die receipt notice oder den bio re-use letter hochladen siehst du wo es hingegangen ist. -
Yep, should be at the bottom of your documents tab for the I-751 once it's been accepted. Figured it can't really hurt uploading it there once we have the return transcript from the IRS. Either someone will look at it there and decide that's enough in combination with the paper submission or we'll bring it to a potential interview.
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It says right above that section to select all that apply if you're not filing jointly with your spouse or parent's spouse. I genuinely think it got rejected because she selected that she's applying jointly and then also selected all the applicable extra boxes in the waiver section. Admittedly I've never looked at any of the waivers, but that's how the form reads imo. in other news, my bio re-use letter came in the mail today. No sign of the receipt notice with extension yet though.
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Personally think you should be good re-sending everything and just correcting the issues with the form and re-printing that. I'd just go over the whole form again and make sure you're using the latest version and that there's nothing else missing for your own sanity. And maybe check they haven't rearranged any of your evidence? Also sorry you had to wait a few weeks to get it back, but at least it's an easy fix and your petition didn't just fall into some black hole at the lockbox 🙂