Married

Well, we got married on January 27th, 2010 in Las Vegas.

It was a cute little ceremony and a nice dinner.

We have a dvd of it and some pictures. Getting a ton more from my uncle sometime next month.

Now we just have to get our certificate and ask for help with the support thing. Here's hoping it wont be hard and that we dont have to have me sitting around at home for alot longer.

We got a Wii Fit as one of our gifts. It made me realize how hard it really is to burn calories and that I'm a tad bit more overweight than I thought. I wonder if it'll help me getting into losing weight.

Yeah so, I'll post again when we send our package in.

AOS Timeline

Current Step = Red and bolded, Past Steps = Blue and Strikeout

1. Adjustment of Status, EAD and AP Filed at Chicago Lockbox

2. Check Cashed

3. NOAs for AOS, EAD and AP Recieved in Mail

4. Biometrics Appointment Paper Recieved in Mail
5. Biometrics Completed at Local Office

6. EAD Approval and Paper Recieved in Mail

7. AP Approval and Papers Recieved in Mail

8. Case Forwarded to CSC (This doesn't always happen and may happen before steps 6/7)

9. Green Card Interview (This doesn't always happen.)

10. AOS Approval

11. Green Card Recieved In Mail

Support Form Troubles

Well, my poor fiance got terminated from his job of 6 years on the 22nd of this month.

Now that he no longer has a job, we have to file for AOS with a co-sponsor... we're hoping his dad agrees, as he makes enough money to sponsor me.

I have no clue how a joint sponsor works, and I guess we're going to find out. I just hope this doesnt cause me to get a green card interview, I would like to fly by without one.

Getting married in 3 days. Woo.

Can you tell I'm excited? Sarcastic, I know.

Just a formality, mostly doing it for my family.

AOS Timeline

Current Step = Red and bolded, Past Steps = Blue and Strikeout

1. Adjustment of Status, EAD and AP Filed at Chicago Lockbox

2. Check Cashed

3. NOAs for AOS, EAD and AP Recieved in Mail

4. Biometrics Appointment Paper Recieved in Mail
5. Biometrics Completed at Local Office

6. EAD Approval and Paper Recieved in Mail

7. AP Approval and Papers Recieved in Mail

8. Case Forwarded to CSC (This doesn't always happen and may happen before steps 6/7)

9. Green Card Interview (This doesn't always happen.)

10. AOS Approval

11. Green Card Recieved In Mail

What is Adjustment of Status?

Adjustment of Status is changing your legal status from one to another. It's generally done from one visa to permanent residence. It can not be done from all visas, and some require adjustment of status to maintain legal presence in the USA.

I came into the US on a K-1 Fiancee visa. It requires me to marry within 90 days and then file as soon as possible. You can also apply for Employment Authorization and Advance Parole at the same time. Employment Authorization allows you to work before you get your green card, Advance Parole allows you to come back into the USA if you have to leave for emergency reasons... since if you leave before adjusting status you are not allowed back in. K-1 is a single entry visa.

Anyway. AOS as it's called, is generally a bit more simple than K-1. No gathering of evidence, no huge packages to send. Just 4 sets of forms (If you want Employment Authorization and Advance Parole) and a few photocopied things.

Like in K-1, you have to fill out a financial support form. It's a different one, it's much longer than the last one. It's not very hard to fill out, none of the forms are.

Yup. Hopefully the processing shouldn't take very long. There's no real specific order for things in this either... so I can't do much of a timeline. Oh well, I'll do one anyway.

Oh. And it costs $1010 dollars, nice eh?

AOS Timeline

Current Step = Red and bolded, Past Steps = Blue and Strikeout

1. Adjustment of Status, EAD and AP Filed at Chicago Lockbox

2. Check Cashed

3. NOAs for AOS, EAD and AP Recieved in Mail

4. Biometrics Appointment Paper Recieved in Mail
5. Biometrics Completed at Local Office

6. EAD Approval and Paper Recieved in Mail

7. AP Approval and Papers Recieved in Mail

8. Case Forwarded to CSC (This doesn't always happen and may happen before steps 6/7)

9. Green Card Interview (This doesn't always happen.)

10. AOS Approval

11. Green Card Recieved In Mail