Edward and Jaycel

Hmmmm.... Maybe that first email was just generic language sent to everyone then. It can't hurt to use the contact form again and state that their previous reply did not address your concern and reiterate that you received an email stating what you posted above and that according to their timeframes website, you are outside the current processing times, and you need to know if your case is lacking anything in order to be reviewed.

Have you tried contacting them via the online inquiry form? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

This is what I could find on the DoS website for Tblisi: If you are older than 16 years of age: An original police certificate, including maiden names and former married names, from your country of current residence and countries of previous residence. Police certificates from Georgia need to be obtained at the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Tbilisi at P. Kavtaradze street 21. In the regions, they can be obtained at the structural units of the Service Agency. Please note that two separate Police certificates from Georgia (issued by the Service Agency) need to be submitted for IV purposes including current and expunged convictions. Here's the link: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/TBL-Tbilisi.html

Guaranteed RFE - Do not redact anything. Everything in your file that is sensitive, PID, etc. is classified. Send the entire Tax Return Transcript

You can file the I-751 after May 19, 2026. Make sure you file it so that it is received by USCIS after that date but before the GC expires

As a matter of fact... Jaycel got her new SS Card in her married name in the mail exactly a week after they approved her I-765 which was about 3 days before she got the EAD card. LOL

Yes those were the first forms we used her new, married name. As long as the new name is some combination of the names that appear on the marriage certificate, USCIS will do it. It will not work for her daughter becuase USCIS uses your certified copy of the marriage certificate as the official name change document. There is no such document for her daughter. That will have to be done by a court/legal process. While I'm thinking about it, when you go to record your marriage, it says you get one certified copy and more are available for $2 each. Do yourself a favor and pay for like 10 extra certified copies. They will come in handy. We did that here because extra copies were $1.25 each.

Here's the link to the full instruction sheet: https://www.madisoncountyal.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/8318/637927910053930000

Ok so under that link for the marriage license, it has a PDF of instructions. Number 7 is as follows: 7. Fill out the fillable form paying close attention to what it is asking for (ex: full names, mother’s maiden name, bride’s current last name (not what it will be when married), resident county and state and state or foreign country you were born)

And other than it giving your wife the ability to work, the big upshot with the I-765 is that it usually gets approved much more quickly than the GC and once she has the EAD Card she can use that to start doing the name changes as it is "Real ID Act Compliant". If you can get the SSN before you file the AOS paperwork, so much the better because then you can include that number on both forms, check the boxes to have SSA issue a new card and once approved, USCIS will notify SSA of the name change and they will send a new card in the new married name. Save you a trip to the SSA office.

We never wrote Jaycel's new name on the certificate, it only has her maiden name and my name. What we did was, when we filled out the I-485 and I-765, we put Jaycel's new married name in the "Legal Name" section. (which was her first name, her maiden surname name as her new middle name and my surname as her new surname). USCIS allows this as long as the new name is some combination of any of the names that appear on the marriage certificate. We then put her maiden name in the "All other names used since birth" section on the AOS forms.

Ok... Make sure you get married before the 90 days. You should not need the SSN for that For the name change, you can do it with the AOS forms. It was super easy for us to do it that way.

First off, you need to make an appointment with your local SSA office to inquire about her card. She should also ask them to verbally tell her the SSN there at the appointment Secondly, have you sent in her application for AOS yet?

If a vaccination needs multiple doses over several months to complete, you will be given the first in the series and then for the subsequent doses you will be given a blanket waiver that states "Insufficient time interval to complete series". Your requirement for that particular vaccine is considered complete with just the initial dose as long as the doctor completing the exam codes that section with that blanket waiver. I've attached a copy of Jaycel's Vaccination Documentation Worksheet (DS-3025) that the medical examiner is required to give you at the end of your exam. I've highlighted the appropriate sections for you to see how they do it. Then on the back of the form they should check the box that says "K visa applicant voluntarily completed vaccination requirements".

Today's stats: March 16, 2024 11:20 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 316 • Denied: 111 • FingerprintScheduled: 262 • InterviewCancelled: 74 • InterviewScheduled: 286 • Processing: 38,752 • Received: 782 • Rejected: 107 • RFE: 1,374 • Terminated: 108 • Withdrawal: 2 • Others: 90

I couldn't agree with @TBoneTX more on "Front Loading" the application.... This is exactly what Jaycel and I did because we knew that the Consular Officer conducting the interview will have access to the I-129F packet to review at the time of the interview (My I-129F submission was 110 pages) and Jaycel could tell from some of things he said during the interview that he was looking at the I-129F packet (commenting on things about me, about some of the places we'd been together, etc. that would not have been in her DS-160 application). We have also just recently met a Fil-Am couple here in Denver who were a couple of years ahead of us in the K-1/AOS process and told us that the USCIS officer conducting their interview for AOS said, "I see from the evidence that was submitted in your I-129F petition that you both were together for quite a while before you decided to start the fiancée visa process." They said after that, there were just a few basic questions and she was approved for her green card the day after the interview. Provide certified court copies of the disposition of the case for your DUI to USCIS in the I-129F application (I had to learn the hard way through an RFE that they require this) and the Consular Officer will disclose your history to your fiancée during the interview and ask her if she still wants to continue with the process. (At least they are supposed to).

And remember that “God helps those that help themselves”… You and your spouse need to start taking an active role in this process and help yourselves. Lots of good advice has been given by the knowledgeable members here. You’d do well to listen

Today's stats: March 15, 2024 15:50 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 300 • Denied: 111 • FingerprintScheduled: 261 • InterviewCancelled: 71 • InterviewScheduled: 228 • Processing: 38,787 • Received: 789 • Rejected: 107 • RFE: 1,412 • Terminated: 106 • Withdrawal: 2 • Others: 90

Yes... See that every once in a while. Give it time, it'll clear up

Today's stats: March 15, 2024 10:55 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 297 • Denied: 111 • FingerprintScheduled: 260 • InterviewCancelled: 71 • InterviewScheduled: 214 • Processing: 38,791 • Received: 790 • Rejected: 107 • RFE: 1,425 • Terminated: 106 • Withdrawal: 2 • Others: 90 Lots of interviews scheduled late yesterday

Jaycel's "Estimate" went from 13 months to 15 months to 14 months and now 12 months all in the last 4 days 🤪

100% with @Yareth above… as soon as the required time has passed, make the inquiry and get the investigation started

Today's stats: March 14, 2024 13:25 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 281 • Denied: 110 • FingerprintScheduled: 263 • InterviewCancelled: 66 • InterviewScheduled: 117 • Processing: 38,863 • Received: 794 • Rejected: 107 • RFE: 1,464 • Terminated: 106 • Withdrawal: 2 • Others: 90

Right now she needs you and the marriage to you in order to get her green card. If she can claim VAWA (that she was a victim of abuse by you) she no longer needs you to get the GC. She can claim that she entered into the marriage with a US Citizen (You) in good faith, she was then the victim of abuse by you and because of that she can file for a GC under VAWA.

Yes... remain firm. For your daughter and, equally as important, for yourself. I know it's all been a terrible thing but look at it like this; you have to play the hand that SHE dealt you to the best outcome possible for you. And you don't want to try to get dealt a new hand because she's dealing from the bottom of the deck.