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1.5 is easy... People wait much longer for decision. Hang in there. Has you I-751 been approved yet?

This is so bizarre. Hopefully this is just a glitch in the system or left hand not knowing what the right hand doing. Maybe the cancelled it last minute, but went ahead with your interview since you were present... Keep us updated

The forum messages suggest otherwise. Even cards such as Chase Sapphire Reserve with $550 annual fee and Amex Platinum with $695 in my experience flag perfectly legit transactions as fraudulent from time to time. Do you have recommendations? My recommendations is to NOT use credit cards for USCIS payments and rely on tried and tested technology this old fashioned agency is familiar with - personal or cashier's checks. Just because something is allowed doesn't always mean it's a good idea to do it.

Good luck and please let us know how it goes. You're the only data point who can share invaluable knowledge with this community. We have not seen this before.

@Utah123 were you or your spouse ever married before? Did anybody sponsor you for GC before? Did your spouse sponsor anybody other than you for GC?

Your lawyer gave you a sound advice. By sponsoring somebody soon after receiving GC based on marriage (or WAVA), you're effectively inviting USCIS to scrutinize your first marriage again and accuse you of fraud. They'll think you knew the second spouse all this time and married the first one just for immigration benefit. This doesn't only apply to WAVA. It also applies to somebody who got GC or citizenship based on marriage to US citizen, divorced them, remarried to somebody else and now sponsoring them for GC. I cannot quote the rules or laws exactly, but this topic came up a lot of times on Jim Hacking immigration show.

Interesting. It looks like USCIS sends them chaotically.

Extension letter only extends the physical green card, not the stamp. You'll have to be getting stamps or other new document for travel, like described in this thread: Extension letter is irrelevant in your situation.

So both letters you have are 48 months? Or one is shorter?

@Utah123 If you want to be bullet proof, bring all statements from all joint accounts, bills etc from start of your marriage to current day. Include all other evidence, new and already submitted. Bring all your passports, IDs, your US citizen spouse's passport and birth certificate (if born in the US) or naturalization certificate (if naturalized). Bring affidavit of support, recent paystubs, IRS return transcripts since you married, letters of employment verification for both of you. Everything else letter asks for. Bring lawyer and be ready for 2-4 hrs stokes interview. Talk to your spouse about all possible questions USCIS can ask you about your marriage. It's time to be prepared and spend that cash on printing if needed. Take it as a big obstacle to naturalizing. You have to prove yourself.

Your employer is correct, you only get I-9 employment eligibility verification once, when you join. As a side note, since you're an LPR, you only need to show valid driver license (or state ID) and unrestricted social security card to any future employer. No need to show GC and extension letters. This will make your life easier.

Wait for the card. If there is a mistake, file I-90 free of charge.

That is sad, as the replacement card can take another 1.5 - 2 years to receive.

You don't know. And nobody here knows. But with pending I-751 you always assume and hope it's a combo interview. Bring your spouse and evidence to the interview. Yes, this happens. You can pass N-400 but get welcomed with "decision cannot be made" because of pending I-751. You'd have to wait for I-751 to get approved before N-400 is approved. It can take hours, days, weeks or months. Each case is unique.

Yes, it's a letter HR or your boss can give you. It should say your name, when you started working at the company, your job title, annual salary or hourly wages. Don't know if USCIS want it from you or your spouse. I'd get both just in case. Already answered in your own thread:

It's worth having for me. I always hear the stories of my colleagues spending a while to go through immigration at the airport near me. For me it takes less than 5 minutes usually because of Global Entry. Worth it for me, also getting it for free with CC. In addition, GE comes with TSA Pre, meaning I have much smoother experience going through security. E.g. no shoes or belt to remove, laptop in the bag, shorter line etc.

Received I-797C in the mail today, 48 month extension. Will ask my lawyer for original.

Once you add the case using code, you'll be able to download notices.

Did you add the case in your myUSCIS account? Did it ask you for some sort of access code after entering case number?

Yes, I remember seeing people mentioning IOE on this forum for I-751. Congratulations, you'll be able to see and download all notices in your myUSCIS account before they're physically sent to you.

Yes that was my other suggestion which I forgot to add to previous post. The case IDs are sequential when filing concurrently, that's how all my cases were during AOS. You can put that number, especially if the case status for it mentions I-131 when you check online.

Have you tried putting all the other info omitting receipt number?

Yes, usually they're sent together. Did you receive other notices by mail already? If so, you can request the missing I-131 NOA here: https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayNDNForm.do?sroPageType=ndn&entryPoint=init If you haven't received notices, give it few days before submitting request for I-131.

This is a delicate situation. How long has your wife been present in the US on this trip? To adjust on basis of marriage to LPR, one should be in valid immigration status, all the way up to AOS approval. Only US citizen's spouse overstay and unauthorized work is forgiven. If your wife overstayed by more than 6 months but less than a year, she will have a 3 year bar on entering to the US, if she leaves now. If she overstayed by more than a year, she will have a 10 year bar on entry! Are you thinking of naturalizing? How soon can you naturalize? This may be a solution. E.g. naturalize first and then petition for her. Do not submit anything before that. If she's lawfully here now and didn't overstay, she needs to leave the US before her status ends. And you will file I-130 for consular processing in this case. Regarding the question about pending I-130 and her visiting. Yes, it's possible, but not guaranteed. She cannot lie to CBP if they ask whether she has family in the US or say she's travelling as a tourist with a toddler etc. There's a thread discussing just that: Good luck!

Note the different extension period in the letter. The first NOA letter probably didn't extend your status by 48 months, it was shorter.