Congrats, to you both!!

This saga apparently never ends..........Filed for a work permit Friday. $180 and more paperwork. After we get this, he can apply for his social security number. Then, he can get a job and we can also get married. My boss at my part time job offered him a job on Saturday, just as soon as the paperwork comes through. Good news there!

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I am not on this site as much as some, but when I do get a chance to log on, I truely enjoy reading the posts, I read threw this entire thread and it felt like I went through your journey with you JOMO's girl.. I am soooooooooo happy for you, it's great to see love happen for anyone, regardless of where they are from.. GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING, I wish you two the best!!!

I needed you guys on this site to go through it with me. Needed someone who at knew JA and maybe had at least thought about filing. I almost lost it several times and needed the support. Thanks always, guys!

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Just wanted to boot this up a bit. Someone asked me about it again.

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Married him in a beautiful ceremony that Tia will tell you all about when she gets back to Indiana.

More paperwork saga to come in the coming weeks.

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I should fix something I said just a few posts up. Even though I read over and over again that he needed a Social Security Number to get a marriage license, when I called city hall, they said we could just use his passport number. That is the reason we were able to get married so quickly.

I tried that same luck with the SSA and they still told me he had to have a work permit before they will issue a SS#. So, we wait.............

Since we are married now, I hope to start posting about the permant filings as soon as we come up with the $435 or whatever it is to do so. Have until Sept. 15th (90 days from when he set foot in the US) to do so. More to come............

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The saga continues (or should I say never ends?)......

Filing the I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (this MUST be filed within 90 days of arrival in the US)

I-485
Copy of Jomo's Birth Certificate
Copy of the Visa Page of Jomo's Passport
Copy of I-797 K-1 Approval Notice
Copy of Jomo's Police Record
Copy of Jomo's I-94 Arrival Record
G-325A in Quadruplicate (is that a word?)
I-864 Affidavit of Suport, notarized
Copies of my last few months paycheck stubs
Letter from my employers stating when I started, how much I make, and that it is a continuous postion
Last 3 years of Tax returns with W-2's, notarized
Another copy of the I-797 K-1 approval notice
Another copy of the I-94
Copy of our certified marriage certificate

You can also send a copy of the shot records (no medical needed again on the K-1) if you can find it. We can't right now. I called UCIS (30 mins on hold yesterday) about this issue. We can still send this in and continue to look for the shot records up until the interview. If we can't find it, we have to go to one of their approved docs for them all over again.

All of this will go in to the UCIS next Tuesday with the $335 for the I-485 and the $70 for the biometrics. Then, we wait for the scheduled stuff like the biometrics and the actual interview. I have heard this can take as few as four months and as many as 11 months or more.

In the meantime, we add him to my bank accounts (once we get his SSN), our rental agreement, my credit cards, etc. And, take lots of pictures, etc. as proof we are a married couple.

The work permit is one month in process. No word yet. The web site says they are at least 3 months behind in processing these. That means ours would not come through till September or so. The waiting is the hardest part!

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Can I just say.......

I told ya so!!!!!

The only fun part of it is that....he's here. Otherwise this is too much!!!

You didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. As I have said all along, I researched and reasearched till my head was about to explode. This is not new news. Just part of the process. And, I was prepared for the process. I am The Queen of Paperwork! Ask anyone who knows me.

And, it really isn't too much, Jilly, cause as you said he's here. Every day I go to sleep next to him or come home to dinner with him..........., I am reminded how much all this is worth the effort, headaches, money, etc.

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Hey, I-13: Did you send a Gregory's police check along with your K-1? If not, have him go get that immediately. See previous posts on this thread for information on where he has to go, what he needs (pictures), how long it takes, and how much it costs. (See the USCIS web site for new K-1 requirements on why I said this.)

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Correct me if I'm wrong....but you do start a few of these comments with...."the saga never ends". I translate that as...."here we go again"...or "even mooooorre info" on this issue.

And I do recall you asking me what else goes along with this AFTER he is up here. (See previous posts.)

I don't understand why you get defensive if anyone else posts something that isnt chipper and merry about this "saga". Bottom line....it's alot of work and money$$$$$. And I know plenty of US folks that went through this "saga" that secretly wished they didn't. I'm always curious to know, why you don't see more men filing for Jamaican women? Or better yet, how come you don't see or hear of Jamaican men already up here filing? Things that make you go hmmmmm??!?

No, we didn't send a police report, but I will definitely check out the info and get him on that...thanks for the heads up! I try and read as much as I can, but some things say don't get this too early so I never really know WHEN to get things, but I suspect we can go ahead and work on that...

Jilly: Not defensive. Just saying, I have been prepared for this all along. Never thought it was going to be easy. And when I said you didn't tell me anything I didn't know, I mean as far as how hard it is. The paperwork issues seem to create new problems every day and I learn something new from each and every one of them.

The information I found most useful was from a continuous post of a guy who did file for his woman. And, Jomo's sister, his pseudo step-mom, and her two girls were all brought to the US by men. Maybe men just don't talk about it as much as we do.

I-13: This needing of the police report is a new thing. According to the USCIS web site, they are holding all filings after March and sending out letters asking for police checks before they process them. I figured you fit into that category so you'd want to know.

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This must have something to do with the IMBRA laws....at any rate, I will definitely get him on it!! Thanks!