Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / September 2007

I posted the other day that I had not heard about my interview for
citizenship, and today in the mail. there is a lovely invitation to go to
Orlando on November 30, 2007 at 8am. This will be 11 days after my birthday
so this will be a nice present to me from the great USA!

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum.  If not, please direct
me to the right one.  Anyway, my husband's cousin passed away suddenly
last week.  He is/was a US citizen by naturalization.  He was divorced
with 2 minor children but in the meantime began a relationship with a

anyone else  like this?

Are there any people here who waited 3+ years for their Greencard
(through marriage) and got it the normal way without having to sue or do
any extraordinary measures?? (not that it would work).
I am looking for some hope. It has been more than three years for me.

I have some questions concerning applying for a marriage-based visa.
I am a U.S. citizen and my wife is a Japanese citizen.  We are not sure
if we will move back to the U.S. or not, but the embassy website said
that even if you are not sure, you should still submit and I-130.

Good people
Just been a thinking  about the citizenship and the wait  but do I
need to even do the exam paper work as I married a native borned
american man. Do I need to apply as I have the card and I am a kinda

After our marriage,I will return to the UK. How will it affect my
application if my husband spends time outside the US on vacation in
Europe while I am applying for US residency? Would the frequency or
length of his vacations have any effect? He's a born-and-bred in the

Hi.  I really am extremely new to the process of obtaining the green
card through marriage, so any help would be great!  Currently, I am
under the F1 Visa and the extended OPT Work Authorization, which is
pretty much an add-on to the F1 allowing me to work for a period of

Told to wait for an appointment last Feb

My fiance and I are planning to get married in January. He is a UK
citizen and I am an American citizen. We are getting married in Florida
and he is going to return to the UK after and I will remain in the US.
In a few years he will move to the US but for now do we need any special

The purpose of this thread is to hear from people who got approved or
have submitted there cases(I-751)  in 2007. I am sure it will help some
folks including me.:cool:
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Does anyone know what the recent wait times have been to get the
temporary work permit (EAD)? It says 11 weeks on the USCIS website,
but I've read they're not always accurate. Is it true that the recent
fee increase has sped up wait times?

1) If the petition for a fiancee visa is dealt with in December 07,
how long will that take before it is sent to the immigration office in
New Hampshire and how long will they hang on to it before it is sent
to the American Embassy in London?

I submitted my application on July 28 to beat the fee increase.  As
of today, I have not heard anything back - no NOAs, no RFEs, no
cashed checks.
Folks who submitted along the same time, are you all experiencing the

Feel free to laugh at us at will, however I have a quick question. We
got all of the documentation together as requested for the I-130 and
sent it off with express next day delivery, left the Post Office feeling
smug and then realised to our horror that we'd left the Cheque of the