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I threw the lot in a folder, but I didn't attach or staple anyy of the evidence together.

Do you think they mind some of it being stapled? Because I have begun to staple my bank statements together. I mean - I'm not stapling different months together - just a single month's statement that may have 2 or 3 pages......

KR

I didn't, but I don't know if there is a right or wrong way.

Well.........it's done!!! 8) grin

Mailed off my I-751 Petition yesterday at the Post Office. Cost me about $10 and it fitted in a Priority Box nicely. It was all in a ring binder and weighed about 3 1/2 pounds! shock

I keep going over everything in my head and worrying about whether or not I had everything in that ring binder.......I guess I did, I don't know. I'm just a paranoid person - and this immigration stuff is far too important to not give them something really important!!! ???

Well anyway.......it's done!

KR

Depends on where you live, i did mine in Boston earlier this year and it was just a couple of weeks. Getting the initial appointment was a bigger pain though.

Wow - a couple of weeks?!?!

Also - what appointment?? Isn't it unusual to get requested for an appointment if you're merely filing the I-751 for removal of conditions?? I thought that was something that was usually just done remotely via the mail?

I thought they only called you for an appointment if something was wrong or they wanted more info?

KR

OK, this is where I get a bit vague....
I sent of all the papers and evidence to the VT office (don't think I notorized them, but can't be certain). Then they asked me to set up a brief interview in Boston, where they took the old card and stamped my passport with a temporary PR stamp (getting the interview was the difficult part, they screwed up on the first attempt and then i had to wait for a second one. The new Card actually turned up a couple of weeks after that interview.

Ah OK - I think I understand now. I have done some research and it appears that EVERY I-751 applicant gets asked to come in to the local USCIS office after their Petition has been approved (assuming it is approved - if it isn't - then that's a whole other kettle of fish! :shock: ) - and this is merely for administrative reasons.....i.e. relinquishing of old Conditional Green Card, maybe some more photos being taken, etc. etc.

It really is amazing that you got processed so quickly. I just can't get over that!!! I'm flabbergasted!!! :shock:

Thanks!

KR

or picked at random

Is this a new requirement?

We mailed our I-751 petition early december in good time for it's due date in early January. We got a NOA letter as normal as a receipt, which stated that my PR card was 'extended' for 1 year and that I could travel. All very well but the card still expires on the 7th Jan this year... there was no instruction to actually go and get a new card.

Then a few days ago I got a yellow letter asking me to send my actual PR card to them sellotaped to the letter? Even though my card does expire in a few days I am not too keen on sending it away.... but what can I do. Has anyone else had this happen? Maybe it is a new thing?

I am dealing with Nebraska... the forms asked for a copy of both sides of my PR which I did of course send before with the I-751 petition.

Of course there is the overwhelming embarrasment to actually admitting you are a US citizen, wild horses, hell freezes over, couldn't pay me enough and all that bollox!

I see that "Portishead" now says that they have to go for an I-751 interview, too.

???

So - what's the story?? Has EVERYBODY had to do the interview thing for getting the conditions removed on residency???

I was under the impression that interviews for the I-751 were usually only necessary is a) they were undecided about something dodgy in your case or b) you got unlucky and were picked for a random interview.

KR

https//egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=Texas

Looks like the Texas Service Center is currently processing I-751's with a receipt notice date of November 8th, 2005.

This is good! grin My receipt notice had a date of December 21, 2005 - so if nothing changes too much........I might be being processed by late-February or so!!!

>>Looking for encouragement, here!<<

KR

It is standard I'm afraid. You file the paperwork, in my case I am unlucky with my processing center they were delayed, a year on I have my date. You have to go, my hubby does too as he is the petitioner and our 7 year old, fun fun :) It is just a formality although we do have to take pay stubs, tax info etc etc. As far as I know they then say yay or nay and your residency card is then sent to you.

Hmmm well......that's verrry iinteresting.

Out of interest - what did your letter say that requested you to come for the interview??

I have read extensively on the USCIS' site and also on many other sites about the I-751 Petition and related interviews. Here is a quote from the USCIS:

"(1) Determination of Credibility of Evidence. The director of the regional service center shall review the Form I-751 filed to determine whether to waive the interview required by the Act. If satisfied that the marriage was not for the purpose of evading the immigration laws, the director may waive the interview and approve the petition."

That paragraph right there suggests to ME that the I-751 does NOT automatically come with the requirement of an interview.

I really wish I knew the definitive answer to all of this - being as how I'm one of the ones waiting on my I-751 decision.

Here's a Kamala page that deals with the Removal of Conditions:

http://www.kamya.com/intro/cprfaq.html

I am trending towards believing, also, that the TSC's processing times are FAR quicker than many would have me suspect. I guess time will tell.....but it is encouraging that I received my Receipt Notice/NOAction within a few days of filing.

It's all very frustrating and stressful,

KR