Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / July 2006

I finally got everything together and sent of my Fiance Visa
application, and it arrived
in California yesterday. I am being told they are now working cases
submitted in

I have just been approved for removal of conditional basis of my
Permanent Resident status.
It states that I must obtain a new alien registration receipt card (I -
551). I can get this at my local Service office. Then a new alien

My passport expires in a few days. What do I need to do to get it
renewed/replaced with a new one? Will they transfer any relevant stamps
from the old one to the new one or will I not need to worry since I
have my Permanent Residence Card?

Hi, Everyone.  What's difference between Tax return and tax transcripts?
We have interview for I 485 in next month. According to notice letter,
we have to bring tax return and W-2 unless already submitted which we
did. However, we want to take all requirement just in case.

Hi, the USCIS recieved our papers for AOS on June 20.  My 15 yr. old
daughter received her request for initial interview July 14.  I didn't
receive one and neither did my 7 yr. old.  When I check the USCIS.GOV
site, my daughter's case still just says that they received the papers

I'm from the UK and married to a US citizen and am currently filing for
adjustment of status.
I originally came over with my wife on VWP last December but ended up
staying due to custody problems with my wife's daughter, and have now

A friend of ours got married in march and submitted their paper work
about 3 weeks ago and last week she received two notice's for
fingerprints. To me all this seems fast since I am an Alumni of 2003
I485 mess and it took 30 months for application to card for us. It took

Hi. I am one month before my interview. Came June 2005 J-1, married
September 2005, FL, called for interview middle of July. I was reading
some other ppl experiences and lots of them provides immigration
officer with "updated affidavits" - why do I need to have this one

I was wondering what I ought to enter in the following section:
"Your relative is in the united states and will apply for adjustment of
status to that of a lawful permanent resident at the USCIS office in:" ?
I live in NYC, NY, but the forms need to be filed in Chicago. Do I just

I applied for renewer of GC after 2 years GC expired. @ months ago, I
got a pink paper in the mail saying that I should send original copy of
GC and all the documents I had already sent provided I haven't already
done so. I have tried calling the USCIS office but call holding time ...

Once you've sent in the forms to notify a change of address, do you
receive a conformation or anything in the post?

Has anyone ever tried not waiting for two years but filing I-751 and
applying for removal of the conditions straight away?

I was just wondering if anyone has some idea of how long it is currently
taking to process GC's after being approved. I guess some people wait
longer than others, but it has been over a month now since I was
approved, and still no 'welcome letter' apparently mailed on the

As I've promised, here I am sharing with you my AOS interview result.
This morning I had my AOS interview in the Cherry Hill sub-office in
NJ. We waited for less than 10 minutes and the interview itself took
about 30 minutes. The officer asked quite a few questions and in the

I am about to apply for my citizenship
1) Do you know of any good books or sources if information for the questions
that get asked
2) I did not sign up for select services, what do I have to do ?  I was 24