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David W. Desguez

Alien Married to USC, in the USA under VWP

By David W. Desguez in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

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calibob Proficient

calibob   73

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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IS IT WORTH THE RISK???? Unless you're an actuarian who likes to gamble. My 2 cents.......

Bob

  • Married in Manila: 08/20/2010
  • I-130 Sent to lockbox: 10/01/2010
  • I-130 Received: 10/03/2010
  • NOA-1 Received: 10/04/2010
  • NOA-2 Received: 02/01/2011
  • Received NVC: 02/08/2011
  • AOS Bill Generated: 02/10/2011
  • AOS Bill Paid: 02/10/2011
  • DS 3032 Emailed: 02/10/2011
  • IV Bill Generated: 02/14/2011
  • IV Bill Paid: 02/14/2011
  • IV Packet Received @ NVC:02/22/2011
  • NVC Completed 03/08/2011
  • Interview Date Post Sputum results May 17
  • Results negative, Interview scheduled 6/13
  • Placed in A/R 06/13/2011
  • I-601 required 07/18/2011
  • I-601 filed 11/9/2011
  • I-601 approved 11/29/11
  • 2nd Sputum test ordered 12/21/11
  • 2nd Sputum Test passed 02/21/12
  • Visa Approved!! 03/15/2012
  • Visa In Hand 03/17/2012
  • POE SFO 03/24/2012

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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All true, yet people in his exact situation adjust status successfully every day. Adult issues require adult decisions.

Agreed.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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David W. Desguez Newbie

David W. Desguez   0

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Filed: Country: France
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All, thank you for your responses the past few months. I especially want to thank pushbrk for always being optimist and straight forward, very good help.

The option of adjusting status at this point IS a viable one for you but it is a fine line you're walking and you MUST stay until the process is complete. Leaving will effectively abandon the adjustment process and leave you only with the spouse visa route. Be aware that if your adjustment is denied' date=' there is no appeal for those who entered on the VWP.[/quote']

I don't know if the line was fine. I never really felt it. As you said a little bit later in the topic, "adult issues require adult decision". I felt that my case was strong and that I didn't do anything wrong, or against the law. This topic, BTW, doesn't belong here, since as you said, I went for the AOS procedure. And I'm happy to say that it went super smoothly.

Yes, I landed in the USA for the second time in january, again with the VWP, just a month after leaving it. In between I got married. The problem with this system, I guess, is to find the right way. The right forms and to follow the steps. For this, the Visa Journey website and community, has been very helpful. I didn' go for the CR-1 or IR-1, but the permanent residency status. And I got it.

We send the full AOS package at the end of march. The first Notice of Action came in the mail a month after. Not a funny month to wait for some news. April 28th was a nice day. Everything is being process but still, we worry about the processing time. A week later, we received the appointment letter for the biometrics, scheduled for may 25th, 20 days later. Looks like things are going pretty fast now. The appointment goes very fine, pictures, digitales, goodbye. A week later on june 1st, I received my EAD/AP card, also called combo card. It took one month from the beginning of the procedure to the combo card in my hands. Two days later, on june 3rd, I received the convocation for the interview. Spooky. The well known tough interview. It's schedule for july 8th, a month later. July 8th came, a stressful day and a happy ending.

My green card should be in the mail in 1 to 4 weeks. From march 28th, when we mailed the package, to today july 'bastille day' 14th, the whole thing took 3 month and a half. And I was expecting 6 month to a year. Damn, that was fast. If you are confident in your case, this process is far from being as scary as a lot of people want you to believe.

Goodnight and goodluck. Et vive la France!

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Darnell Grand Master

Darnell   8,479

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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no, usually AOS/spousal are tied to K-1 and K-3 visa types, as they are adjusted from THOSE types to be an LPR.

You were in on VWP, pegged under 'tourist' visa type, for that AOS.

Regardless, hey - congrats, welcome to USA, officially !

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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