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Problem after trying to update Us Citizen status in Social Security Office
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Hello Guys one more time!!
I have some question regarding my parent's petition.
Both of my parents came here couple of years ago with a visitor visa (B2, already expired) but they never returned to my home country. As far as I know, I still can petition even if they overstayed, correct?
I also have a second question and perhaps the most important one regarding my birth certificate:
For any or other reason I never got a birth certificate until I was 12 years old (i know this was very irresponsible from my parents), could this be a mayor issue to prove my relationship with my parents? I don't know if it helps but both of my parents got marriage before I was even born and we have some family pictures when I was a little kid, could this also helps? I know that there is a DNA test but I guess it cost a lot of money.
I have some question regarding my parent's petition.
Both of my parents came here couple of years ago with a visitor visa (B2, already expired) but they never returned to my home country. As far as I know, I still can petition even if they overstayed, correct?
I also have a second question and perhaps the most important one regarding my birth certificate:
For any or other reason I never got a birth certificate until I was 12 years old (i know this was very irresponsible from my parents), could this be a mayor issue to prove my relationship with my parents? I don't know if it helps but both of my parents got marriage before I was even born and we have some family pictures when I was a little kid, could this also helps? I know that there is a DNA test but I guess it cost a lot of money.
Jackolantern
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With the birth certificate combined with your parents' marriage certificate you won't have a problem proving the parental relationships.
JohnnyCash
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Read on why it's important to update your immigration status with Social Security Administration.
Reporting this change is actually to the benefit of you, the new citizen. Why?
The social security database will be updated showing you as a US citizen. This database is shared with all federal agencies and many state agencies further validating your US citizenship status with the federal and state governments.
With your social security records updated showing you as a US citizen, it will be much easier in the future to apply for and receive all social security benefits entitled to you.
If you ever have to replace your social security card, obtaining a new card will be easier now that you are a US citizen.
Lastly, in some states, certain disability benefits are only available to US citizens. By changing your citizenship status with the Social Security Administration, you will ensure you receive all disability, retirement, and social security benefits for which you qualify as a US citizen.
http://www.newcitizen.us/after.html
Reporting this change is actually to the benefit of you, the new citizen. Why?
The social security database will be updated showing you as a US citizen. This database is shared with all federal agencies and many state agencies further validating your US citizenship status with the federal and state governments.
With your social security records updated showing you as a US citizen, it will be much easier in the future to apply for and receive all social security benefits entitled to you.
If you ever have to replace your social security card, obtaining a new card will be easier now that you are a US citizen.
Lastly, in some states, certain disability benefits are only available to US citizens. By changing your citizenship status with the Social Security Administration, you will ensure you receive all disability, retirement, and social security benefits for which you qualify as a US citizen.
http://www.newcitizen.us/after.html
Hello Guys!
Just a quick reply to keep you guys update regarding my parent's case:
Today I received 4 letters (Notice of Action), 2 letters for each one of them:
I-485, I-765
And I was just wondering if this is fine? I though I was supposed to received a total of 6 letters, where is the I-130?
Just a quick reply to keep you guys update regarding my parent's case:
Today I received 4 letters (Notice of Action), 2 letters for each one of them:
I-485, I-765
And I was just wondering if this is fine? I though I was supposed to received a total of 6 letters, where is the I-130?
TheRealCanadian
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And I was just wondering if this is fine? I though I was supposed to received a total of 6 letters, where is the I-130?
Probably in the mail on its way to you. Don't worry.
Hello there and thank you for your quick reply!
Yes you were right, the I-130 notice was on the way! it just took another day to arrived!
Now I have another problem regarding my brother, hopefully somebody can give me a hand with this which I believe is a complicate case:
First of all, this case is not about me, it is about my brother who got married to a US Citizen in my home country and then he came here with his 7 years old son on a conditional green card (2 years).
Their conditional green card expires in Nov 2014 and although it is still kind of early to apply for the 10 years green card he is already struggling with a problem:
The main problem is that his wife (the US Citizen or the petitioner) is currently suffering from a severe depression and eventually she tried to hurt herself and therefor is now in the hospital. My brother has nothing to do with this; I believe she had this type of problems before she even married him. We also believe that there is something that she is hidden, because we cannot explain her severe depression.
The second mayor problem is that she doesn’t want to be with my brother anymore and probably she will want to divorce, this is another reason that is making us believe that she is in love with someone else and this could also explain her depression but who knows, there is no evidence for this.
The third mayor problem and perhaps the most important one is that in a case that my brother files a divorce, he doesn’t have enough evidence that his marriage was real, I mean there is no bills, bank statements, lease neither an auto insurance.
The question is: what is my brother’s option of staying here with his 7 years old son? By the way, I just became a US Citizen 2 months ago if somehow this could help the case of my brother.
Yes you were right, the I-130 notice was on the way! it just took another day to arrived!
Now I have another problem regarding my brother, hopefully somebody can give me a hand with this which I believe is a complicate case:
First of all, this case is not about me, it is about my brother who got married to a US Citizen in my home country and then he came here with his 7 years old son on a conditional green card (2 years).
Their conditional green card expires in Nov 2014 and although it is still kind of early to apply for the 10 years green card he is already struggling with a problem:
The main problem is that his wife (the US Citizen or the petitioner) is currently suffering from a severe depression and eventually she tried to hurt herself and therefor is now in the hospital. My brother has nothing to do with this; I believe she had this type of problems before she even married him. We also believe that there is something that she is hidden, because we cannot explain her severe depression.
The second mayor problem is that she doesn’t want to be with my brother anymore and probably she will want to divorce, this is another reason that is making us believe that she is in love with someone else and this could also explain her depression but who knows, there is no evidence for this.
The third mayor problem and perhaps the most important one is that in a case that my brother files a divorce, he doesn’t have enough evidence that his marriage was real, I mean there is no bills, bank statements, lease neither an auto insurance.
The question is: what is my brother’s option of staying here with his 7 years old son? By the way, I just became a US Citizen 2 months ago if somehow this could help the case of my brother.
Jackolantern
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In English the word you need there is "major". Mayor is a politician who governs a town or city.The second mayor problem....
The third mayor problem...
The 2 year card expiring in Nov. 2014 means they just got the card in Nov. 2012 ... this month!!! He just arrived in the US this month and his wife already wants a divorce?Their conditional green card expires in Nov 2014
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Hello Jackolantern!
Thank you for the misspelled correction! Yes, I mean to say "major".
Regarding my brother's green card I made a mistake with the date, his conditional green card actually expires in March 2014 since he came here with this 7 year old son on March of this year.
Any advice?
Thank you for the misspelled correction! Yes, I mean to say "major".
Regarding my brother's green card I made a mistake with the date, his conditional green card actually expires in March 2014 since he came here with this 7 year old son on March of this year.
Any advice?
Jackolantern
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Looks like his best course of action both for his marriage and green card would be to view her recent contentious behavior as being caused by her mental illness, and do his best to help her get back to health. If she files for divorce, he can attempt to stop the divorce based on her mental illness; the court may block the divorce until they're convinced that she's mentally stable again.
Looks like his best course of action both for his marriage and green card would be to view her recent contentious behavior as being caused by her mental illness, and do his best to help her get back to health. If she files for divorce, he can attempt to stop the divorce based on her mental illness; the court may block the divorce until they're convinced that she's mentally stable again.
Thank you for your reply and sorry for taking a little while to reply but I was kind of busy with school work.
Regarding my brother's case, he tried to speak to his wife but it looks like his marriage is gone. His wife just want to divorce.
Now... after counting the dates correctly I realized that my brother got married on July 12 of 2010, so on July 12 of this year he already completed the 2 years of marriage and the only reason that I can think of why he and his 7 years old son got a conditional green card is because both of them came here on February 2 of this year (just a couple of months before of the 2 years of marriage).
The question is: Could the fact of the 2 years marriage be beneficial to him when filing the second (10 years) green card?
Jackolantern
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She's mentally ill. Her messed-up brain is saying she wants a divorce, but that doesn't mean she'd want one when she's mentally healthy again. He shouldn't take her divorce requests too seriously when she's in her current state. He's giving up way too easy, which isn't good for his green card or marriage.Regarding my brother's case, he tried to speak to his wife but it looks like his marriage is gone. His wife just want to divorce.
It might, if they were living together outside the US most of the time before he arrived in the US. But without having that life together before moving to the US, divorcing in less than a year after arrival in the US looks really bad. REALLY bad.The question is: Could the fact of the 2 years marriage be beneficial to him when filing the second (10 years) green card?
She's mentally ill. Her messed-up brain is saying she wants a divorce, but that doesn't mean she'd want one when she's mentally healthy again. He shouldn't take her divorce requests too seriously when she's in her current state. He's giving up way too easy, which isn't good for his green card or marriage.
The problem is that she is not that mentally ill, she is already out of the hospital and I believe she only had a severe depression. My brother tried to speak to her but she seems consistent.
But without having that life together before moving to the US, divorcing in less than a year after arrival in the US looks really bad. REALLY bad.
If that is true, how come my cousin who also got married in my native country, received her 10 years green card without having that life together before moving to the US? Perhaps her case is different?
Let me briefly explain my cousin's case:
She got married to a US Citizen at the end of 2008 in my native country but for some reason her husband didn't filed the right paper work and her case was delayed almost 2 or 3 years so she was still in my country.
Last year (2011) her husband filed the right paperwork and after an interview that required her husband to be present in my native country her passport was finally stamped with a visa. She came here on March 2012 and after a month she received her 10 years green card.
Jackolantern
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Being hospitalized for it means she has a serious mental illness. She's not going to snap out of it in a day or a week or a month.The problem is that she is not that mentally ill, she is already out of the hospital and I believe she only had a severe depression. My brother tried to speak to her but she seems consistent.
Anyway, it seems like your brother also wants a divorce, so let him go ahead and do that and face the consequences.
It is standard procedure to give a 10-year card if the marriage has already lasted at least 2 years at the time of approving the green card.If that is true, how come my cousin who also got married in my native country, received her 10 years green card without having that life together before moving to the US? Perhaps her case is different?
But for those who didn't have 2 years at the time of green card approval, crossing the 2-year mark after that doesn't give them an automatic stamp of approval for the 10 year card. They scrutinize the entire 2-year period after the conditional green card approval, they don't just look at the fact that they crossed their 2-year anniversary. That may be unfair to those who already had over a year of marriage before getting the conditional green card, but that's just how it works. Immigration policies are not consistent or fair.
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Being hospitalized for it means she has a serious mental illness. She's not going to snap out of it in a day or a week or a month.
Anyway, it seems like your brother also wants a divorce, so let him go ahead and do that and face the consequences.
It is standard procedure to give a 10-year card if the marriage has already lasted at least 2 years at the time of approving the green card.
But for those who didn't have 2 years at the time of green card approval, crossing the 2-year mark after that doesn't give them an automatic stamp of approval for the 10 year card. They scrutinize the entire 2-year period after the conditional green card approval, they don't just look at the fact that they crossed their 2-year anniversary. That may be unfair to those who already had over a year of marriage before getting the conditional green card, but that's just how it works. Immigration policies are not consistent or fair.
So in other words, your best advice based on your own opinion and perhaps a lot of experience would be that my brother should find a way to talk to his wife and resolve their issues and not opting for divorce? If so, I also agree with this but I was just trying to find a way to help my brother in a worse case.