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  1. Sam Walz
    You could get away with submitting a lot less, and bringing the rest to your interview. For example, you could probably just submit the tax returns and CBRA of your child with the application, those are the strongest pieces of evidence anyway (compared to something like airplane tickets or utility bills). Depending on the state you were granted a divorce in, you could also probably get a copy of the divorce "certificate" (e.g. Virginia provides one) from the state's vital records office and submit that instead of the full divorce decree. Certificates are one-page documents that prove a divorce occurred. Decrees are typically several pages that have a lot of unnecessary details. Shorter the application, the better it is for whoever reviews it.
  2.    OldUser reacted to a post in a topic: i751 with online divorce
  3. Sam Walz
    Unsure if someone has mentioned this or not, but generally you cannot divorce somewhere where neither you nor your spouse is current resident. If you reside in Miami-Dade, and your spouse resides in Broward, then those are the only two counties where Florida court would assume jurisdiction to grant you a divorce. You should probably clear this up with a lawyer before proceeding forward. Given this is a domestic matter, USCIS will assume the divorce was properly granted if it was granted by a state court of record.
  4.    OldUser reacted to a post in a topic: Name changed through adoption, can I apply for I-751 with my daugther's new name?
  5. Sam Walz
    Yes you can. That said, legal name changes need to be documented (and she'll be ineligible for I-90 anyway). If you have a court order/certificate/decree of adoption, it typically would not have her *previous* name on it (only the new one), but it should have all the other relevant information like date and place of birth and that should be enough.
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  7. Sam Walz
    Yes burden of proof is on the petitioner in nearly all immigration matters, EXCEPT when USCIS denies a properly filed I-751 (other than through abandonment), then the burden of proof automatically shifts to DHS where they must prove that they properly denied it based on the evidence in the record. The standard there is preponderance of evidence, no judge will go along with the reasoning that USCIS denied an I-751 because their adjudicator wanted every little detail of a married couple’s life.
  8. Sam Walz
    Dude, don’t do that. Beyond the USCIS processing logistics and it not mattering much, that’s just plain weird. USCIS is there to determine whether or not your marriage was bonafide. You’re under no obligation to provide them with (and they have no right to ask you for) every little intimate detail of your life.
  9. Sam Walz
    Not normal/usual but probably okay and the letter remains valid/usable.
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  11. Sam Walz
    New Hampshire is like that too. It’s a bit strange though because MA issues full term REAL IDs to permanent residents. NC recently had an administrative order issued to reverse their policy of limited term licenses to LPRs, and they now explicitly have codified issuances of full-term licenses to LPRs. I think it depends on whether your state goes off of SAVE end-of-status date or the document expiration you present. Ik for a fact MA goes off of SAVE, and NH goes off of whatever document you present. SAVE always returns “indefinite” period of authorized stay for all LPRs, regardless of category of admission or expiration on the green card.
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  13. Sam Walz
    They just don’t care enough. They’re required to run everything via SAVE, and they’re explicitly told to run Green Cards through SAVE even if expired so I presume they take the printed version at face value and run the receipt number through SAVE.
  14. Sam Walz
    This happened to me. The original 797 extension later showed up in the mail 3 days later after the biometric-reuse notice. You can use online version of your extension letter for everything EXCEPT travel. Airlines & CBP do not accept anything other than the original I-797 as a valid extension. But you can use the online version to, say, renew your driver license etc.
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  17. Sam Walz
    Guess this will be my final update for a while -- 1/15 - Delivered to Elgin 1/17 - Case added to account at around 10p (notified by email). <long weekend/presidential inauguration> 1/22 - Received text (G-1145) notification. 1/23 - Check cashed and NOA1 (TSC) + Biometrics reuse notices added to account (case status updated to "Active Review"). 1/27 - Biometric reuse (I-797A) notice received in the mail. 1/30 - NOA1 Extension letter received in the mail. All in all, took about 2 weeks including a long weekend.
  18. Sam Walz
    Which service center processing your case (it's listed at the bottom of NOA1 extension notice)? My I-751 was delivered to Elgin on 1/15 (so +1 day from yours for pretty much everything; receipt texts, payment etc) and the online extension notice says its being processed at TSC. But I have not received the original extension notice in the mail yet (as of 1/29). I did receive the biometrics reuse notice on Monday though, unsure if they're mailed from the same location or not.
  19. Sam Walz
    That’s because it’s not USCIS there in the first place. It’s a mailroom owned & operated by a lockbox contractor whose “primary” job is to accept & verify your payment and send a preliminary receipt. They’re instructed by USCIS to accept incoming mail and process them. Additionally, USCIS is not their only client, they probably accept tons of lockbox mail. Once the fee goes through and your signed petition is uploaded to USCIS systems, they take over. Unsure what you intended to do here.
  20.    Qui reacted to a post in a topic: I-751 January 2025 Filers
  21. Sam Walz
    More updates! 1/17 - Case added to account. 1/22 - Check Cashed 1/23 - Extension letter (NOA1) and Biometric re-use notices appeared in the online account. Case status changed to “active review” and it looks like case is being processed by Texas Service Center (TSC), I am located in NH fwiw. A bit odd that on the biometric reuse notice the service center listed is YSC (Potomac).
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  24. Sam Walz
    Looks like I spoke too soon on the G-1145. I did end up receiving a text message today at around noon that my case was received hah, so it looks like they are processing G-1145 at Elgin for I-751! Still no further updates online ("Case was received a receipt was sent") and payment not debited yet as of 1/21/25.
  25. Sam Walz
    Is that your first communication with USCIS? Or do you know how long did it take from the case being added to your account to receiving biometric-reuse and extension letter?
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