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Originally posted by dhabud
Congratulations. Good to hear that now your husband will have the licence. I am little bit confused about showing Marraige Licence. Do they take it as stand alone document or Does it require any supporting docs. Do throw some light on that?

Also here in Ohio, I had similar problem AND I was told that BMV does not communicate with USCIS. But they communicated with their BMV headquarters and I got my licence.

Regards
Dhabud

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Originally posted by girlyflyer
I am happy to report that we heard from the Virginia DMV. I had written a lengthy letter explaining our three trips in and how we were refused each time. The liaison from the Richmond Headquarters called me and apologized. He said that we were actually CORRECT! Not a big shock for me, but still happy to hear it none-the-less.

First time refusal - We brought in form I-797 (c) (Notice of Action - approval) as one of our documents. They told us that they were no longer taking the 797c. They were wrong. DMV is still taking 797s and 797 (c) s.

Second time refusal - We brought in marriage license as one of our documents. They interpreted it to mean marriage certificate, which is what the license becomes after you are married. They were wrong. DMV will accept a marriage license issued by the court.

Third time refusal - By this time his I-94 was past the 90 days and was "expired". The form asks for an unexpired passport, an unexpired visa and a valid I-94. They choose to interpret that valid meant unexpired. They were wrong. (They are in the process of changing this to mean unexpired I-94, but this will not come in to effect for several months.)

So finding out we were right on three out of three occasions was almost enough to make my blood boil, but when I was told that all DMV offices have a DIRECT line to a USCIS liaison I almost fell out of my chair. He had said that on any of our three trips, they should have picked up the phone, called this number and given them his A#. The verbal authorization from the USCIS, stating that we were merely waiting for our paperwork to come through would have been enough.

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Originally posted by pentiumdad
I have the same experience but luckily I have been here in US for the last 5.5 yrs as a H1B visa holder and hence have a valid other state license. After I moved to VA and got married, I went to DMV for 3 times and everytime, they told me my OLD passport with VISA has expired though my I94 is current and valid along with my shiny new passport.

I eventually gave up trying to explain the DMV agent about my valid I94 even though it states I should have a "unexpired passport with a Unexpired VISA and a valid I94".

I am keeping my other states license for now. Can anyone tell me if I am eligible to get a DMV license based on NOA or my AP?

I dint see the NOA or the AP as legal documents to prove valid residency.

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Originally posted by girlyflyer
I am happy to report that we heard from the Virginia DMV. I had written a lengthy letter explaining our three trips in and how we were refused each time. The liaison from the Richmond Headquarters called me and apologized. He said that we were actually CORRECT! Not a big shock for me, but still happy to hear it none-the-less.

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Originally posted by masri
I'm in the northern VA area as well, were all these refusals through one specific DMV office? Or did you try various ones?

If it was only one, which one was it?

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Originally posted by girlyflyer
I am happy to report that we heard from the Virginia DMV. I had written a lengthy letter explaining our three trips in and how we were refused each time. The liaison from the Richmond Headquarters called me and apologized. He said that we were actually CORRECT! Not a big shock for me, but still happy to hear it none-the-less.

First time refusal - We brought in form I-797 (c) (Notice of Action - approval) as one of our documents. They told us that they were no longer taking the 797c. They were wrong. DMV is still taking 797s and 797 (c) s.

Second time refusal - We brought in marriage license as one of our documents. They interpreted it to mean marriage certificate, which is what the license becomes after you are married. They were wrong. DMV will accept a marriage license issued by the court.

Third time refusal - By this time his I-94 was past the 90 days and was "expired". The form asks for an unexpired passport, an unexpired visa and a valid I-94. They choose to interpret that valid meant unexpired. They were wrong. (They are in the process of changing this to mean unexpired I-94, but this will not come in to effect for several months.)

So finding out we were right on three out of three occasions was almost enough to make my blood boil, but when I was told that all DMV offices have a DIRECT line to a USCIS liaison I almost fell out of my chair. He had said that on any of our three trips, they should have picked up the phone, called this number and given them his A#. The verbal authorization from the USCIS, stating that we were merely waiting for our paperwork to come through would have been enough.

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Originally posted by girlyflyer
Manassas
Springfield
Stafford

Nice to see they are consistent... consistently ???

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