patelmenow

Hi all, I have an upcoming cruise via Royal Caribbean to Bermuda and I have my expired GC and extension letter that is valid until March 2027. Did anyone have any issues during the check in process mainly through a cruise line with an extension letter or should I call Royal and notify them of my status beforehand?

My capital one venture x has an annual fee of $395. What bothered me most is when I called this big company to pre authorize the USCIS charge they said they cant change their security system to do that and told me "rest assured the charge will go through". If you want to take the risk and have it get declined go ahead and use your cc. I have no intention to freak anyone out but I am suggesting and making others aware stuff like this can happen look how much stress I went through all because of the cc payment even though I have $15k credit limit on it.

I did notify my credit card company capital one about the upcoming charge they told me there is no way they can pre authorize the charge or change their security system. I called twice and spoke to 2 different managers same conclusion. I even took their employee ID and the call reference ID for the recordings. The charge came in as "ELGIN LOCKBOX" there is no way you can predict if the security system will flag it or not you can just hope it doesn't. I am just saying why take the risk and be in limbo if your cc will get declined or not just use another payment method to be safe. As for me filing it earlier I agree it is all on me in regard to that but even if you file a month ahead and have no issues with your payment the cases get accepted quickly especially if you make sure your package is scannable right away with no clips or anything else.

correction to my previous post G-1450 not G-1455

This is for all march submissions and also for future filings below is my current timeline for I-751 and a very close call and mistake I hope everyone in VJ avoids moving forward. DACA to AOS (DONE THROUGH ATTORNEY): • 11/05/2019 - AOS (I-485, I765, I-131 Mailed) • 11/07/2019 - AOS (I-485, I765, I-131 Received) • 11/18/2019 - AOS (I-485, I765, I-131 NOA’s received in mail) • 11/29/2019 - AOS (Fingerprint notice received) • 12/13/2019 - AOS (Fingerprint appointment) • 02/24/2020 - AOS (I-131 Approval notice Received) • 02/25/2020 - AOS (I-765 Approval notice Received) • 02/05/2021 - AOS (I-485 Interview notice Received) • 03/10/2021 - AOS (I-485 Interview appointment) • 03/10/2021 - AOS approved on the spot and status changed to card in production. • 03/12/2021 – Green card received in the mail. REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS ON PR CARD (DONE BY ME): • 11/05/2022 – Reminder to file for I-751 received in the mail don’t ask why I filed it so late was chasing my lawyer around for the costs and the process didn’t get back to me until February I don’t know why I waited so long for him. • 02/19/2023 – ROC (I-751 mailed) • 02/22/2023 – ROC (I-751 received) • 02/24/2023 – ROC (Credit card I used capital one got declined) • 02/27/2023 – ROC (I-751 rejected due to payment being declined) • 02/26/2023 – ROC (I-751 2nd package mailed because I knew first one got declined so automatically, I knew it got rejected P.S I USED A PERSONAL CHECK THIS TIME) • 03/01/2023 – ROC (I-751 2nd package received) • 03/03/2023 – ROC (I-751 2nd package rejected yet again because I thought I didn’t include the rejection notice but what had happened is I included a copy of my G-1455 from the first filing so the officer thought I was trying to use 2 payments but I expressed this in the cover letter it’s just for evidence purpose, but I guess they didn’t read it) • 03/03/2023 – ROC (I-751 1st rejected package received in the mail) • 03/08/2023 – ROC (I-751 3rd package mailed at this point I am in super panic mode because my 90 day was up on March 10th but because of the previous mistakes it came to this) • 03/09/2023 – ROC (I-751 3rd package received literally a day before my GC expired this time I only mailed a personal check along with the first rejected package I got and also included a fresh new package in case because I didn’t know you can include the rejected package ONLY and it will be fine) • 03/14/2023 – ROC (I called USCIS to get an update and told me the magic words “your case has been accepted” oh man I was so relieved to hear this I was jumping up and down I also got the receipt number for my case from them) • 03/15/2023 – ROC (personal check was cashed and was posted on my checking account the same day I have never been so happy to see someone take $680 from my account ever in my life) • 03/20/2023 – ROC (NOA’s received in the mail but I have yet to get a text message from USCIS) • 03/21/2023 – ROC (Extension letter received in the mail) ***PLEASE ANYONE FILING ANY USCIS FORMS DO NOT USE DO NOT USE!!!!! CREDIT CARD AS A PAYMENT OR YOU WILL REGRET IT TRUST ME LOOK AT MY CASE***

I would wait for the rejected package to come in the mail. I didnt wait when i learned that capital one rejected the payment as fraud and I prepared a brand new one and shipped it via Fedex 2 day AM. This also got rejected I am not sure why because I included a personal check this time and I dont have that many 0's in them. So only reason I can think it got rejected is because they need the green rejection letter to be in your package.