Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / February 2007

Send in my package of Form I-751 with supporting letter on 15th Jan, it
was rcd on 16th Jan, 2007, I received RECIPT saying that they have
received $275, but i did not received any NOA, This is something new for
me because the recipt has a  EAC  .....# but the computer is not

I moved to the U.S. 2 weeks ago on a K3 visa and I would like to apply
for AOS and an EAD.  According to the USCIS info line I cannot apply for
either without an approved I-130.
Sadly my I-130 has been sitting in VSC since July 2006 with not a single

i am a canadian citizen. I have an undergraduate degree in political
science and philisophy. currently preparing for legal assistant
certificate. i live in toronto, canada.
i intend to work in USA as legal assistant but I don't see any

Just as an update, we have received Form I-171 today!!!   :D   We are
happy about this and on to the next stage now.  What happens next?
Steph x

Here is our time line:
AOS file 12/08/06. San Bernardino Sub Office - CA
Fingerprint: 01/18/07
AOS Interview: 02/14/07 - 07.30AM

My 10-year Greencard arrived in the mail today (YAYYY!). biometrics in
Atlanta back in Sept 06. It actually surprised me since I have been
reading how slow it could be..
Anyway, just want to give a head up to anyone with similar

Hello. On my AOS for married based I was asked for birth certificate.
I got one from my country and came to Orlando office to see my
officer. She took b-cert and said "that's all we will contact you".
Well... we've wait 3 months and just in case I went thorugh info-pass.

For those who recall my problems with the Immigration Attorney I
hired....I am happy to report that he has acknowledged that he did a
terrible job and, in his own words, it was "virtual negligence".  As a
result he has volunteered to refund all monies paid to him.  I found it

This crossed in today's wires.   Get your pocketbooks out.
BC-Immigration-Fees, 2nd Ld-Writethru,0468
Big increases in citizenship, other immigration fees planned
EDS: TOPS with six grafs to UPDATE with announcement.

My wife is a USC and I Canadian, we have been married many years and plan on
retiring in the US. We have begun the process with the I-130 which has been
approved and I have sent off the fee's for the I-864 etc. It is my
understanding that interviews are held in Montreal, but we ...

My mother has been ill and has been in hospital for the past five weeks,
I spoke with my sister tonight and she has told me that my mother is
dying .. the prognosis is not good ... doctors have said that they
wouldnt give her life support ... Im sorry .. Im very emotional ..  my

I have all the relevant documents EXCEPT for the I-129F petition
approval notice from my K-1 visa case - my wife and I have took our
apartment apart and can't find it anywhere.  We called USCIS and was
told we could get a replacement for a $200 fee - now this seems a bit

I was reading this titbit on the IRS website via another forum:
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=1643-
71,00.html
Isn't this sort of legal contortionism?  IRS is imposing liability for

If anyone would like to write their congress people and USCIS to fight
the fee increases, stating things like the incredible disincentive it is
to doing what the governemt says it wants, to encourage a legal path to
citizenship, here you go.

Thanks in advance for any help.
My wife(USC) and i (UKC) are currently in the process of getting a CR1
spousal visa. Thankfully, the National visa centre(NVC) has now
completed all checks on our application and is now sending it to the US