Green Card Blues
Marriage to a Citizen - January 11, 2016.
IRS Form 3949-A ITIN or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.
U.S. State Department - Homeland Security –
& the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services.
I-130 Petition for Alien Relative (Spouse of USC)
January 2016 – ($1070)
Form I-485 for Permanent Status – 7/15/16
Affidavit of Support ($120) – 7/27/16
Application Fee ($325) 9/20/16
DS-260 Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application – 10/9/16
Bio-Metric Exam in Hackensack NJ – 11/21/16
Form I-693 Medical Examination & Vaccination Report ($220) 1/1/2017
G-325 Biographic Information Request of husband James G. by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services – 3/28/17
No bank account, not able to pay federal income taxes or NJ state taxes, Not able to get a drivers license or even a fishing license without a Social Security number.
Three Phone Calls to my Congressman to help get the process moving at times when we got no response to questions of the process. If you did not have an immigration lawyer, the process was slower for sure.
Green Card Interview on August 17th, 2017
for Helen -she gets her card in the U.S.mail a week later.
...and President Trump wants
"super-vetting?"
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Comments
Hello James...
That's quite the run around...
I am very familiar with the games the DMV play...
Different situation...
But, the scenario doesn't change...
They gave me the run around for three days and on the second day they thought I was out the door and I turned around stepped back in after I heard the woman who sent me on this wild chase and a four hour wait each time was talking to a woman next to her and they were laughing...
Someone else who was waiting said don't get mad they do it all the time...
It's a joke to them, but if you get an attitude they will put something into the computer and then you'd be really F###'d...
I said thanks and walked out the door...
Great awareness write!
Thank you for sharing...
Hugs...
sparrowsong
Thanks Sparrowsong,
For Helen and I, the worst part was the 6 months of no communication - of no knowing if it was going through, or at the end of 12 months we would have to do the same process all over again.
It is a bit better with the Homeland Security web-site - know you can see where you are at in the process. I had to call my Congressman at least three times to help get it moving.....
Having a good attitude you had helped your process...good for you.
James C. G.