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    FBI Namechk n FOIA - Comparison n Filing Instructions

    Wth the increasing interest in FOIA of late n wth more n more people getting bitten by tht dreaded namechk bug, I thot it mite be useful to share my knowledge on the topic by putting it in a thread. I've recently recvd. many an email n PMs with ques. related to FOIA - most I've ans, sum I...
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    Approved - I think!

    Appprrrooovvveedddd in San Jose Hello All, First things first - thank you all for the best wishes and the help over the several past months. Had it not been for this forum and the helpful members here, we'd never have been prepared even half as much. A little background We got married...
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    Yayyyy! I've received the interview letter!

    Yayyyy! We've received the interview letter :D. Having read about so many people getting an RFE recently, we were almost expecting one too. So when he saw a letter from USCIS my husband goes - :( this I think will be an RFE and its gonna delay our process... but when we opened it... yippieee...
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    Anyone from San Jose DO?

    ~~~humming 'Calling all you Angels' ~~~ If you or anyone you know is from San Jose DO and has received the interview letter or has had the interview recently, please share the timeline (esp ND, date of receipt of Interview letter and Interview Date). Or you may post it to Ari's thread of...
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    Please share your FP experience

    I would appreciate, if those of you who have had their FP could share their experience in the context of the experience below. My husband had his FP Code 3 a week back and during the process he says that he saw when his index fingers were scanned the system reported 'warning: match found'...
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    Sponsor Birth Certificate - how important?

    I am a USC sponsoring my husband... we are currently waiting for an interview call. Based on what I have read on this forum, one of the documents required during interview is the Birth Certificate of the sponsor. I have a two fold question regarding the BC - 1. Is the BC of the sponsor really...
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    I-130 Approval - does it mean anything?

    Today we received an email from USCIS notifiying that the I-130 (that I filed for my husband) has been approved. I don't really think it adds much value as I am a USC and my husband has already filed the I-485 and has his FP scheduled for next weekend... but I wanna have a second opinion. Does...
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    Received the FP Letter, but SC is Missouri???

    Received the FP Notice today... within a week of the Notice for I-485 :eek: wow. What got me a bit confused is that the Service Center col on the Notice reads MSC. Since we are in CA, shouldn't the Service Center be CSC? :confused: Jen, I was reading your thread about the FP notice for...
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    Will the name change effect AOS process?

    My husband and I got married in Jun 2005 in India... after a couple of months of vacation we came back to US in Aug 2005. I was thinking of changing my name (to start using my husband's last name), but we started planning about starting the AOS process for my husband and the name change was put...
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    A Question on 485 and another on 864. Thanks!

    It's that time for me - I am almost ready to file the forms for my husband. As many of you would have already been here, you would know, its time for anxiety and some nervousness too - nervous of making a mistake in the forms. The same has popped up a few questions in my mind and I would...
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    Alternative to original birth certificate?

    My husband does not have an original birth certificate... he says that he has always used his class 10th certifiate, which carries his date of birth, as birth certificate... will it be accepted while filing I-485? What have you guys used as a birth certificate? What document can be used in case...
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    I-864, a question regarding the household income

    As per my understanding of the instructions in I-864, the income of the sponsored immigrant may also be used in the household income used by the sponsorer in the Affidavit of Support. Also, the immigrant does not have to sign a I-864A, unless he/she is bringing the spouse or children with...
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    So I've filed I-130, what's next?

    Hi EvOne, I have recently filed I-130 at California SC for my husband who is here on an L1B visa. What I wanna know is whether filing I-485 is mandatory (excuse me for my extremely limited knowledge on the topic :()? The reason I ask is that my husband has been here on this L1 assignment for...
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    Help!!! Lost in the jargon and the process...

    Hi ev one, I (a usc) filed I-130 for my husband in Oct 2005 and know a very little about the process or the jargon. I browsed this forum and read quite a few threads, but I don't know the complete jargon still. For example: What is a Notice Date? The form 797C (Notice of Action) received...
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    Full of questions regarding the process

    Hello Ev One, My husband (an INDC) and I (a USC) got married in Jun 2005 and I filed I-130 for my husband in Oct 2005. We wasted four and half month trying to figure out the process, wondering how the application might impact the legal status of my husband, who is currently in the US on an L1...
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