July 2009 Family Based Filers - Post Here

Paramvir1 said:
An important question about I-131, please.
My wife is Canadian citizen. She is here in USA as student F1.
In the form I-131 what we put in column
" class of admission"....?

Also in the form I-130 (C) item 14 of I-94. Is this about petitioner or beneficiary? If it is about beneficiary's, should i put printed number on I-94 or SEVIS number which start with "N" hand written by immigration officer?

In the form I-130 (c) item 15, are they asking about petitioner's (mine) employment or beneficiary's (my wife)?

In the form I-130 (C) item 16, my wife once got denied entry at the border by US immigration. Should I mention here?

In the form I-864 Part 5 (household size) - it is bit confusing. I am applying for my wife. According to their calculation on the form it comes to 4 (we have one daughter) but it should come to 3. Where am I wrong?

And when she can stop going to school in regard to requirement of I-20?

Your help is much appreciated. Have a great life!
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Did she enter to US in F1 student status or did she enter as a visitor and changed her status to F1 within the US? If she entered US as F1 student, then in I-131 Question 3. Class of Admission put "F1 student" or just "F1". You can read the class of admission from her I-94 card, if she still has it.

I-130, Section C, Question 14 is about beneficiary.
If your wife entered US as student, then type "Student". Down further,
Arrival/Departure Record (I-94) is asking I-94 number of the beneficiary.
Enter the number of your wife's current I-94 card. It should have 11 digits.
It is NOT asking about SEVIS number. Also, put the date of her last arrival in the US.

I-130, Question 15 is asking about beneficiary's employment information.
If she is not employed then put "None".

Note, I-130 Section B is about petitioner and I-130 Section C is about beneficiary.

You may also want to look at the example forms completed by other applicants and uploaded at the following website:
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=examples

I-130, Section C, Question 16. I think denial of entry is considered an exclusion. So you should tick "Yes" option, put the port of entry where her entry to US was denied (for example New York or Chicago) and the date of her denial of entry incident.

I-864, Part 5, Question 21. Household Size. You might have counted someone twice. Did you read the note "DO NOT COUNT ANYONE TWICE"?
Have you read instructions to the form I-864? They are pretty much detailed.

How many immigrants are you sponsoring? Just your wife and daughter? What was the number you entered in the line 10? Was it 02?

Go down further.
Persons NOT sponsored in this affidavit:
b. Yourself: 1
c. If you are currently married enter 1 for your spouse. Put "0" because your spouse is already counted in the line a.
d. If you have dependent children enter the number here. Put "0" because your child is already counted in the line a.
e. If you have any other dependents enter the number here. Put "0", unless you have any other dependents other than your wife and child that you entered in the line a.
f. Self-explanatory. If you haven't sponsored anyone else in the past, then put "0".
g. Are you combining an income of anyone who lives with you in the same residence address? If you're using just your own income, then put "0".

h. Household Size: Your household size should be "3", unless you have someone else to add in the lines e., f., g.

Do NOT enter again your wife and your daughter in the line c., d., e.
If they are the only immigrants that you're sponsoring, then they should have already been entered in the line a. of the question 21.
Therefore in the lines c., d., e. you should put "0" (zero), unless you have any other dependents besides your wife and daughter.
 
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Jacob_24 said:
Hey guys, what a relief i had over this weekend. I checked my bank account and saw uscis cashed both of the checks on july 31st. I was never so happy about someone cashing my written checks lol. Although I haven't received anything in mail, it gave me a bit peace of mind.

Jacob,
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:))
Good for you. I will feel the same if they cash my checks, but I have not seen that happened yet. Hopefully I will see my checks to be cashed soon.

It seems like it tooks more than 2 weeks for you to see your checks has been cashed.

Best,
 
xkywalkor said:
:))
Good for you. I will feel the same if they cash my checks, but I have not seen that happened yet. Hopefully I will see my checks to be cashed soon.

It seems like it tooks more than 2 weeks for you to see your checks has been cashed.

Best,
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Your check will most likely be cashed sometimes this week unless you have forgot to send something needed to process your application.
 
afrank said:
Your check will most likely be cashed sometimes this week unless you have forgot to send something needed to process your application.
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afrank,

You're absolutely right :). This morning when I checked my bank account, both checks had been cashed by them. So that gave me some reliefs. Hopefully I will see some NOAs very soon in my mails.

I looked at the back of the checks to see if there are any MSCxx xxxx xxxx numbers that represent my cases' numbers. There are on both of the checks but I went online and the cases were not appeared online yet. So all I have to do now is wait. :p

Good luck to you guys with everything.

Best,
 
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I got a NOA from uscis in mail yesterday with a rejection for a form I-765 Employment Authorization Document to send a new dated version of the form. I have sent them a form with expiration date 08/31/08 and didnt notice they revised it to 2011. Oh well all corected, just got back from the post office after resending it back to uscis along with the copy of the notice and a cover sheet.

Jacob,
 
I always thought you can check the edition expiration date of forms strictly from the page where all the forms are but I didnt know you actually have to download the actual form to see the expiration date on it's form.

I guess I learned the hard way. I did double check the rest of the forms and all seemed to be up to date that have been sent along in the envelope as a package.

Jacob,
 
Jacob_24 said:
I always thought you can check the edition expiration date of forms strictly from the page where all the forms are but I didnt know you actually have to download the actual form to see the expiration date on it's form.

I guess I learned the hard way. I did double check the rest of the forms and all seemed to be up to date that have been sent along in the envelope as a package.

Jacob,
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Jacob,

I am so sorry to hear that. I did not know about the fact that we have to check the expiration date on the actually form. When I saw your post I went back to check my I-765 and notice that there is an expiration date of 09/30/2011 on the right top coner of the form. This is very tricky.

Where did you get the form? From USCIS's website or from some other sources? Since I've got my forms from USCIS websites, and that should be the most up to date sorces for forms right?
 
xkywalkor said:
Jacob,

I am so sorry to hear that. I did not know about the fact that we have to check the expiration date on the actually form. When I saw your post I went back to check my I-765 and notice that there is an expiration date of 09/30/2011 on the right top coner of the form. This is very tricky.

Where did you get the form? From USCIS's website or from some other sources? Since I've got my forms from USCIS websites, and that should be the most up to date sorces for forms right?
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Nothing to be sorry about, they just send me that form only, the rest of the docs for the form they kept.
I did get all my forms from the actual uscis website.

I dont know why they would have 2 different expiration dates, but I suppose we need to go by the one on the actual form that is. I doubled checked all my forms as well, and it seemed the only one that was expired was the one i got sent back I-765. If you look at your old form and a new one, there isn't anything different except the date. Makes you wonder why they just can't accept the one with the expired date LOL.
 
Hi I'm from Colombia and I live in Salt Lake City, I got married in Jan 17/09, my wife is a US Citizen. I was on a J-1 visa and got a waiver of the 2 year home requirement in May 22nd/09.

I sent all my Adjustment of status papers in June and it shows that it was received in July 2nd, and I had my biometrics app done today Aug. 4th.

I-130, I-485 and I-765 have been all in the NATIONAL BENEFITS CENTER, I thought it was going to be forwarded to my local office in Salt Lake, is this normal?, does anyone else have all the cases there?

Thanks,
 
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diegowarrior said:
Hi I'm from Colombia and I live in Salt Lake City, I got married in Jan 17/09, my wife is a US Citizen. I was on a J-1 visa and got a waiver of the 2 year home requirement in May 22nd/09.

I sent all my Adjustment of status papers in June and it shows that it was received in July 2nd, and I had my biometrics app done today Aug. 4th.

I-130, I-485 and I-765 have been all in the NATIONAL BENEFITS CENTER, I thought it was going to be forwarded to my local office in Salt Lake, is this normal?, does anyone else have all the cases there?

Thanks,

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DO: Salt Lake City, UT
06/25/09 Day 00 Applications sent (I-130,485,765)
06/27/09 Day 02 Applications Delivered to Chicago Lockbox
07/02/09 Day 07 Apps received (as it shows in uscis website)
07/06/09 Day 10 Received NOA's
07/14/09 Day 18 Biometrics appointment notice received (for 08/04/09)
08/04/09 Day 39 Biometrics appointment Done (in Salt Lake City)
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Hola!! I just got back from Bogota not too long ago. Very nice city. My husband is Colombian!
I live in Florida and my application was sent to the same place as yours. I wouldn't worry about it
Not getting sent to ur local office!

Keep us posted!
Hasta luego
 
Hi guys,

Finally today I saw all the NOAs in my mailbox. NOAs for I-485, I-130, I-765, and I-131 were here. It seems like my process is speeding up a little. Can't describe how happy I am to see these NOAs.

The MSC-xx-xxx-xxxxx on the NOAs are not the same as the ones on the back of my checks. So the myth about the MSC numbers on the back of your checks are your case numbers may not be true for everyones. Please keep that in mind.

However, my case numbers have not showed up online yet. So I am still waiting on that.

Hopefully I will see the Biometrics appointment letter in my mailbox soon. I really want to have the EAD asap.
 
xkywalkor said:
Hi guys,

Finally today I saw all the NOAs in my mailbox. NOAs for I-485, I-130, I-765, and I-131 were here. It seems like my process is speeding up a little. Can't describe how happy I am to see these NOAs.

The MSC-xx-xxx-xxxxx on the NOAs are not the same as the ones on the back of my checks. So the myth about the MSC numbers on the back of your checks are your case numbers may not be true for everyones. Please keep that in mind.

However, my case numbers have not showed up online yet. So I am still waiting on that.

Hopefully I will see the Biometrics appointment letter in my mailbox soon. I really want to have the EAD asap.
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Give it a couple of days to update, you should be able to check your case online by Friday . Your FP notice should be coming soon it usually comes within 1 or 2 weeks after the NOAs for I-485, I-130.
 
hello714 said:
Biometric went smooth. The security guy didnt even look at the date.
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Hi Hello714,

I am glad that your Biometric went smooth. Do you mind if I ask where do your from? And what did you say to the security when you do the walk-in? Did the immigration officer ask you any questions?

Thanks.
 
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xkywalkor said:
Hi Hello714,

I am glad that your Biometric went smooth. Do you mind if I ask where do your from? And what did you say to the security when you do the walk-in? Did the immigration officer ask you any questions?

Thanks.
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Be smooth like me, and act like nothings wrong. Don't question the date you have on there. Walk in confident and hand him the paper. If he\she questions you, then say "I drove very far to get here, and when I called the USCIS they said a walk-in was fine!" That's what I said. I personally didn't want to wait 3 weeks for my FP appnt.
 
xkywalkor said:
Hi Hello714,

I am glad that your Biometric went smooth. Do you mind if I ask where do your from? And what did you say to the security when you do the walk-in? Did the immigration officer ask you any questions?

Thanks.
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Just do like SpanishGirl told you in previous reply. I just pretent nothing doing wrong. I just showed him the notice paper and said that i come here for FP. He looked at the top. I think he couldnt see apt date because the paper was fold. No, IO didnt ask me anything except my fingers and taking picture. Good luck
 
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