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If you have an online account with USCIS more often than not you will be able to access certain documents (such as receipt notices) through there these days, as well as receiving them by mail.

Oh nice, seems like they're reasonably quick to upload the important stuff still at the moment. I hope the hardcopies won't be too long for you guys either!

Can't file for another couple weeks, but I will share mine when we send it off. Just in the process of gathering some last minute things and sorting out some pictures at the moment. USCIS was also nice enough to actually send me a reminder to file via mail right around Christmas 😅

I concur. Had the exact same thing happening with our I-485 a couple years ago also. The IO definitely had our entire packet even though only maybe 10-15% were uploaded into the online account in three really bad .tif files. It's weird, but considering it's basically been happening across the board for electronically processed packages I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Unfortunately we're expecting to be in a hotel without a permanent address until at least early April, if not longer. We're planning on getting a PO box in the meantime, but already ran into issues with some places (mainly our various financial institutions all of which we were planning on sending in for statements) not accepting a PO box for an address change. It's all a bit messy. So with only a few weeks to spare on either end of this... neither option is looking too great really. I'm hoping 6 weeks should be enough time on average for USCIS to receive everything and to get the NOA/extension letter. 😐

Hi everyone, I figured there might be some people who are also in the process of putting their package together already ahead of the holidays. Hopefully it’ll be smooth sailing for all of us. Please share any timelines, thoughts, prayers… as we navigate this extremely joyous process. 😅 ————— Our 90 day window opens 01/19/2024 and plan is to have everything ready to go before this weekend, so we will only need to add latest bills/statements in January and print out some pictures pretty much. We are planning on mailing the whole thing out the very day the window opens. We'll be moving states at the end of February so I'm kinda anxious about receiving all the important letters from USCIS in those 6 weeks ahead of us leaving here. 🙃 Out of curiosity, is there anyone who’s travelled somewhat extensively in the last two years? How have you organised (or are planning on organising) evidence in relation to this - i. e. boarding passes, hotel resis, booking confirmations etc. pp. We have 17 trips we took together since getting married so really it is quite a lot. Still going back and forth on this as we’re not trying to overwhelm USCIS with potentially unnecessary information. Looking forward to getting this out of the way though honestly. It’s going to be a busy few months for us in between USCIS stuff, a last little on-island holiday, shipping all our belongings and cars, some extended hotel stays and a 15hr journey with a very hyper kitten.

Just wanted to give a bit of an update on this as I figured it might be useful for others who find themselves in the same or similar situation at some point. The DMV was entirely unhelpful throughout this process and would not (could not? I mean who even knows at this point) escalate anything themselves. Called USCIS speak to an agent to start the appointment scheduling for a "Verification Referral" myself. First request for scheduling callback by a Tier 2 was closed after a week with a generic email sent as a response. Called to speak to another agent after this and she put extra detail of my issue in the notes supposedly. Received callback within a couple of weeks and scheduled the appointment at my local USCIS office for early December. So in total I've had to wait pretty much two months on the dot for an appointment at my local office. Afterwards, I booked a new renewal appt to give it another try. The DMV appt was this morning and I now got my new DL that's valid for the whole 8 years. Finally.

I'm curious about this also, especially people who have not applied for citizenship. I haven't seen very many posts from people who have had both 485 and 751 interviews waived unfortunately. We're in the same boat and not having to deal with an interview would obviously be ideal. 😅

Probably too late now, but I found mine on the old Account Acceptance Notice as well as my 485 Biometrics Notice 😅

I agree with the above. Go to wherever your biometrics were scheduled with your letter and whatever IDs you need to get into the building asap. Explain the situation calmly and if necessary plead a bit so they will let you do a walk-in after the fact. It wouldn't even surprise me if they will have seen this same exact situation before either. Hopefully you'll deal with someone with a good amount of empathy and that's sorted. If not, you can at least say you tried and keep badgering USCIS for a rescheduled appt.

Similar experience to the above. I was able to obtain an ID without SSN by bringing marriage cert, foreign passport and foreign DL. They can assign you a FIN in the meantime. They also gave me the whole spiel of 3 month validity max up to a total of 9 months (3 IDs total). After that they wouldn't have been able to issue me one without social according to them. Luckily I received my SSN a couple weeks before the last renewal ran out so I never got to see what *actually* happens beyond the 9 months. I've also heard many stories of people being able to get full validity IDs right away. Guess it depends on how clued in the various offices and/or individuals are on the rules.

Geht mir aehnlich mit dem Meer, allerdings in Hawaii 😆. Mir graut es jetzt schon vor dem Umzug naechstes Jahr... absolutes Privileg das hier als zumindest temporaere Heimat zu haben

What's Addendum I and II to Form I-751? First I'm seeing this 👀

Hmm perhaps I'm misunderstanding how this works then. DMV says they cannot escalate as SAVE immediately pops up as "Returned to Agency" with the outdated info. They ran three CaseChecks on me yesterday at two different locations, all immediately returned to them. Were yours also returned immediately, but were still somehow "pending" in the background without your knowledge?

Hi @Verrou - sorry to hear you also had a whole lot of hassle to deal with based on that thread. I think my case actually is a little different though. I received my cGC 04/2022, "upgraded" (lol) my social to an unrestricted one 01/2023 here in Hawaii with zero issues. Assuming the SSA had no issues verifying my info based on how painless getting the updated social was... how come the DMV can't do it 10 months down the line. It makes no sense to me. I'm genuinely losing my mind here 😩

I only handed over my DL that I'm trying to renew and my current GC. They had no idea what to do or how to help me. I've spent the entire day on the phone to whichever numbers I can find only for people to either tell me that my immigration records on the USCIS side are accurate or that there is nothing they can do to help me. Also didn't mention this above (cos the post was already long <deleted>), but I've been to two different DMVs in my area this morning. Both gave me the same runaround. What an absolute nightmare. I genuinely don't know what to do.

Hi there, I'm hoping someone here will have dealt with the same... To give some background: - Received EAD mid-February 2022 with an expiration date of 02/15/2024 - Applied for a Hawaiian driver's licence in March 2022 after as I was approaching a full year in the US at that point and I wouldn't have been able to legally drive on my German licence for much longer (HI gives you a year essentially) - expiration date of limited-term licence is therefore the expiration of my EAD 02/15/2024 - Received conditional GC mid-April 2022 with an expiration date of 04/18/2024 So to summarise, I'm a Hawaii resident & conditional LPR. HI allows you to renew your DL 6 months prior to expiration. As we will be moving states literally the week after my DL is set to expire in February 2024 I wanted to get ahead of this to ensure there will be no lapse in validity (so I can do an out of state transfer at our new location eventually). This morning the HI DMV turned me away because whenever they run the Save Check (or whatever it is called on the DMV side of things) it only pulls up the expiration date of my EAD (02/15/2023). Nothing about the April expiry of my conditional GC according to them. They told me to contact USCIS/DHS to get my info corrected and to get lost essentially. Went back to the car and spent almost two hours on the phone to USCIS (who confirmed my info is all correct on their end based on my A number) and gave me another number of someone dealing with SAVE/e-Verify to follow up. This next guy told me it's on the requesting agency (HI DMV) to initiate a 2nd level verification and that there is nothing that I can do as a person to fix this. Went back to the DMV and told them what both USCIS and the SAVE/e-Verify guy had told me. Even got the supervisor involved, who ended up on the phone to someone for a good 20 minutes trying to figure this out, but in the end we were just going around in circles. On the Save Check website I can see that the case was immediately returned to the DMV here so supposedly they cannot initiate a 2nd level verification of my info. They told me I need to fix this. The people on the phone specifically told me I CANNOT fix this myself. So here I am. Lost, confused and frankly kinda annoyed. How can I get in touch with someone who can help me figure out what's wrong with my records and help me fix it?! Has anyone of you ever dealt with this by any chance?

Hi there, Still have a few months until my 90-day period opens up to file for ROC, however, we're also due to move states in this timeframe and I'm honestly not sure what the best way of handling this would be. For reference, this is the situation we're looking at currently: 90-day period opens: 1/18/2024 Most likely physically moving at some point between: 2/15 - 2/28/2024 GC expiration: 4/17/2024 We'll be in a hotel for at least a few weeks upon arrival with no set address so it'll definitely take a while to have everything switched over as we need to find a new place to live first of course. Probably unlikely for us to have a house secured before mid-March, so most billing cycles and statements and whatnot wouldn't show our new address until at some point in April, possibly after GC expiration even. Delaying or moving up the relocation date isn't an option either. I'd assume filing everything from where we're currently at would be easier as all addresses are in order and connected, however, I'm concerned that I'll essentially have less than a month between potentially filing and us moving away. What if there's a delay and some USCIS comms, especially the extension letter, might just get lost in the mail in the end? I'm 🌟stressed🌟 just thinking about this - idk if this is warranted of if I'm perhaps just overthinking it? If anyone of you has been in a similar situation, would you mind sharing any relevant personal experiences please?

Preconceived intent to use a non-immigrant visa or visa waiver (= ESTA) to obtain immigration benefits is considered fraud last I checked

I got GE last year and I'm only a conditional GC holder currently. They don't care. Just took forever to get approval for me personally, but that seems to be the norm for a lot of people, (including some unlucky citizens) anyway.

Slightly OT, but how does this work in Texas - if you're conditional GC is expiring and you've been sent the automatic extension waiting for the ROC to process... do they typically only give you the two years on your new DL (assuming a 24 month extension letter)? Moving next year and trying to plan my moves carefully as this all seems to be a bit old hassle. ----- Fwiw, I went to get the restrictions removed on my social just earlier this year after procrastinating a bit and the worst part was showing up an hour before opening times to be within reach of first in line lol. Received my updated social within about a week following my visit.

I got my GE approved back in October. I'm a conditional GC holder and have a somewhat spicy travel history. Apart from the fact that getting conditional approval for GE took almost 6 months and finding a timely interview resulted in my first grey hair it was a complete non-event.

Other things we sent that I can think of on top of my head: - Showing each other as beneficiaries of life insurance policies, pension accounts, emergency contacts at work - Any evidence of travels together - boarding passes, hotel bookings etc. If you travelled lots during said time I'd also include a brief timeline - Any letters/holiday/birthday cards addressed to you both or given to each other including the postmarked envelope if you still have it - Receipts of wedding expenses and any significant gifts between you both - Any bills you share that have both names on them - we did electricity and Verizon iirc - Select few screenshots of online comms you keep up as part of your day to day life from Whatsapp or w/e you use to communicate when you're not physically together We didn't have any shared bank accounts or taxes at the time nor any affidavits. Our original submission was as thorough as it could've been at the time including the above and we got approved without a formal sit-down interview.

Genuinely thought I misread this late last night when I first saw it. It seems to be entirely disproportionate in comparison to the other changes and the hours they listed in the analysis portion. Guess anyone waiting to file the I-751 later in the year will most likely just be f'd then. Classic USCIS.