March Filers, let's get together !!

I have an inquiry, I don't know if any of you have been to the interview yet, but possibly you can help or offer some advice:

My husband and I had been dating for about 2 years, and I came to visit in February and he asked me to marry him. And since I had just quit my crappy job before the trip we decided to spontaneously go and get married in the courthouse with some friends. Needless to say with no reason to go back to Canada, and a nice amount of savings, my mom shipped my clothes and I moved in with him. Now, with the background said, here is my question, he and I really have no joint accounts since I dont have a SSN, and I cant be put on the lease since he's subletting from a friend who's travelling. So what form of proof could we really provide at the interview? We have a credit card in both of our names, and are hoping to get a joint bank account if my EAD comes quickly enough. But besides pictures (which there are a million of) and we have a few old flight itineraries, any ideas of what we could bring to the interview? I guess since our getting married was spur of the moment we never thought to save old emails etc.

Any help would be great. Thanks!!!
 
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flower989 said:
I have an inquiry, I don't know if any of you have been to the interview yet, but possibly you can help or offer some advice:

My husband and I had been dating for about 2 years, and I came to visit in February and he asked me to marry him. And since I had just quit my crappy job before the trip we decided to spontaneously go and get married in the courthouse with some friends. Needless to say with no reason to go back to Canada, and a nice amount of savings, my mom shipped my clothes and I moved in with him. Now, with the background said, here is my question, he and I really have no joint accounts since I dont have a SSN, and I cant be put on the lease since he's subletting from a friend who's travelling. So what form of proof could we really provide at the interview? We have a credit card in both of our names, and are hoping to get a joint bank account if my EAD comes quickly enough. But besides pictures (which there are a million of) and we have a few old flight itineraries, any ideas of what we could bring to the interview? I guess since our getting married was spur of the moment we never thought to save old emails etc.

Any help would be great. Thanks!!!
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you will be better off posting this outside of this thread cos the intelligent folks that give advice usually don't read "monthly threads" :-). Anyhow, I read about your situation. Did you file taxes for 2006 together? Joint Taxes is the best thing to have...ideally.
I think, you can get a bank account at WAMU or Wells Fargo or even BOA...they don't require SSN etc for opening a bank account. Show some of that "nice amount of savings" in the statement.
You have any phone bills for that chit-chat u had for 2 yrs?
I am sure u will certainly need to get 2-3 sworn affidavits from his/your friends..that they know you guys are married etc.
What about COSTCO, AAA membership cards ?
Also, got any joint car insurance ? Health insurance ? 401k beneficiary info? Life insurance beneficiary papers? wedding ring receipt ? wedding Reception invitation?
 
Yea we've got a family plan phone here in NY, I also have old phone records at my parents in Canada. Affidavits would be simple to get, just a written letter, signed and notarized? He's a consultant so he doesn't have benefits. I suppose we could put me onto his car insurance, although it will cost alot more because I'm not 25 until next year lol. And he owns his car, but only one person can be on the registration I believe. If I had known he was going to ask me to marry him I would have saved more stuff!!! lol
 
Sorry, forgot to answer the rest of the ?'s, We got married March 3 so he had already filed his taxes, and I haven't worked in the U.S. before, so thats a no-go. AAA or Costco would be a good idea, we havent applied for any of that yet. Husband threw away the ring receipt, as he does with all paper he deems clutter, even with me telling him we would need it later for tenant insurance. :confused: And since we got married without our families being there we're planning a big wedding in October so "everyone" can be there. I have all of the receipts for that?
 
I filed a I-130 for my 5 year old in Ecuador. Her mother recieved her CRI 12 days before the K-3 was approved, so the K-3 got canned and because she was 7 months pregnant and we had heard nothing on the K-3 for more than her pregnancy, we decided she would come to US and give birth here, leaving our other child behind with family. Now they are all in Ecuador and traveling every 2 months to US to keep her status ok while we wait. No compasion for broken families. NO change in processing times and money out the door...
 
I had my fingerprinting this Wednesday 4/25 and there were LUDs on my I-765, I-485, I-130 dated 4/26. What does this mean? Is it just ackowledging the fact that my FP is complete? Or does it mean anything in terms of the background check process i..e. in progress, complete (very unlikely), etc.

Thanks
 
LUD After FP

vaca100 said:
I had my fingerprinting this Wednesday 4/25 and there were LUDs on my I-765, I-485, I-130 dated 4/26. What does this mean? Is it just ackowledging the fact that my FP is complete? Or does it mean anything in terms of the background check process i..e. in progress, complete (very unlikely), etc.

Thanks
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I'm no expert on this but I think it's just an acknowledgment that they now have FP to go with your applications. I got LUDs after FP for I765 and I485 but not I130. Go figures.
 
Hello everyone;

Here is my information.

Married to a USC on February 2007.
I-130 , I-131 and I-485.
RD 03-05-07. (MSC)
ND 03-12-05. (MSC)
Fingerprints done 04-02-07.
RFE 03-26-07
RFE received 04-19-07

I have a couple of questions.
Does the RFE stop the process? If so, for how long?
Is there any way of knowing if my name has been FBI checked?

Any comment/experience may be very helpful.
 
Galileo,
Get your additional evidence and send it to them ASAP if you re in rush. Your file will be put aside until you send them evidence then you'll get an update on your case saying processing on it has resumed.
 
Sam877
Thanks for the answer. That is exactly what I did. And I got the following message;

Current Status: Response to request for evidence received, and case processing has resumed.

Now, based on your own experience, what should I expect next? and what about the AP, was it also put aside?

Thanks again for the information.
 
EspoMan said:
I still haven't gotten any LUDs! :(
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Still no NOAs for FP. I am beginning to worry and suspect that mail may have been lost. Do you guys think its worthwhile calling customer service if I dont receive it on Tuesday which is 2 weeks since the last LUD?
 
Galileo,
I think they put the whole file aside. I have a (bad) employment based case pending since 2003 and the AP that I applied for back in May 2005 is still pending as we speak.
 
Unix,
Yes It's time to shake that tree. Average FP period is 1 month from RD as you may have noticed. But just to let you know I got my FP letter on 4/16 for FPs to be done on 4/19. I read that people get them 3 days later than FP date and the ASC takes them.

If you'd like to on a worse case scenario, try to go to the ASC, find a helpful person and see if they have you scheduled. They can tell just by typing the applicant A#.
 
Hey Guys
I have had my LUD stuck on the March 26th and i am getting worried here that i will not get my EAD in time to start my new job which starts july 1st. The reciept date for my application was March 8th and i had my FP done on March 22nd. Can anyone suggest if it gets past June 8th which will be 90 days from the RD, can i file another EAD and still be able to get that in time to start my new job.
Should i call the USCIS and ask about the status as i have not received any RFE and I was under the impression that my application is going fine but now I am getting pretty worried.
Any input is highly appreciated.
Thanks
 
karmaguru said:
Hey Guys
I have had my LUD stuck on the March 26th and i am getting worried here that i will not get my EAD in time to start my new job which starts july 1st. The reciept date for my application was March 8th and i had my FP done on March 22nd. Can anyone suggest if it gets past June 8th which will be 90 days from the RD, can i file another EAD and still be able to get that in time to start my new job.
Should i call the USCIS and ask about the status as i have not received any RFE and I was under the impression that my application is going fine but now I am getting pretty worried.
Any input is highly appreciated.
Thanks
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On your 91st day, make an Infopass appointment and go to your nearest USCIS office (infopass will make the appt. at the nearest office) and ask about your case. Do not bother calling the 800 number, they wont tell you anything different from what you see online. Also, if you can find on the USCIS website where it says you can get an interim EAD if you don't receive it within 90 days, then make a printout of that page as well.
I did all these things when I had applied for my first EAD, it worked, I was issued an interim EAD same day and received my case approved email the next day and the regular card 3-4 days later. Good luck.
 
UmpLoop said:
I'm no expert on this but I think it's just an acknowledgment that they now have FP to go with your applications. I got LUDs after FP for I765 and I485 but not I130. Go figures.
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Sorry I checked again and the LUDs were just for 765 and 485 not I-130. Makes sense b/c my FP notice had 2 receipts numbers, one for 765 and or 485.
 
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