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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Sam Walz
    Not normal/usual but probably okay and the letter remains valid/usable.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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).
  12. 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.
  13. 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?
  14. Sam Walz
    Did you mail it to the Elgin lockbox? And have you checked *his* USCIS online account yet?
  15. Sam Walz
    The payment part seems normal given this is a long weekend. Even if they processed your payment on the 16th or 17th, it won’t show up on the bank’s end until tomorrow (21st) at the earliest. My case was received on the 15th, and added to my online account (no text notification) on the night of 17th (Friday). So am guessing the payment goes thru sometime Tuesday/Wednesday and hopefully there is some movement (extension letter/biometrics) by end of the week.
  16. Sam Walz
    It’s good to have lots of evidence but yours is a bit excessive and more importantly, redundant. You could definitely reduce the statement (bank, credit, bills etc) frequency to once statement per calendar quarter going back 2 years. That’s enough. Also I have read online that utility (gas, electric, trash etc) statements only matter if BOTH spouses names appear on the statement. If the statements are only in one spouse’s name, they generally will discount those. The other poster is right about I-485 notices, they’re not required, in fact your I-751 wouldn’t even be accepted unless you’re already LPR.
  17. Sam Walz
    Good to know! Mine was received on 1/15. Did not get a text (despite attaching a G-1145) but I did receive an email re “An Action Has Been Taken” so I logged in and checked that the case had been added to my account the night of 1/17. Have not had the payment debited yet, expecting it to happen sometime early next week (personal check). Keep us posted when the receipt/biometric documents appear on your end. Mine has no documents so far, only says “Case was received and a receipt was sent”.
  18. Sam Walz
    This wholly depends on *why* the original I-751 was denied. If it was denied on merits, then no future I-130 with you as a beneficiary can be approved and you’ll be deemed inadmissible. But yes, you can resubmit I-751 however if your original I-751 was denied on merits, you’re probably better off arguing for wrongful denial in immigration court.
  19. Sam Walz
    Have you heard back from the lockbox?
  20. Sam Walz
    I-751 Elgin Lockbox 1/13/25 - Shipped via UPS 1/15/25 - Delivered (at Dock); signed by DANIELLA ..waiting for receipt.
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