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QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 12 2008, 11:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hello everyone,

I am finally here to let you know that my K3 petition was received at NVC today, 3/12/08, and will soon be on its way to Lagos. Will let everyone know when the interview date is when I find out.

I hope everyone is having a great week!

Deb

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY finally Deb!
Pkewl!!! that's wonderful, welcome to America Mrs. Pkewl

Thanks Kathryn!!!! I am soooooooooo happy now. I will have questions for you later.

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-03-12 23:08:00

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-03-12 22:57:00

CONGRATULATIONS Y AND G-MAT!!! Enjoy the rest of your lives together.

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-03-06 00:50:00

CONGRATULATIONS PKEWL!!!!

You are more than welcome! This is very hard process to make it through and I am glad to have friends like you to lean on when things are not going well. Things are going to look up, I just know it! Keep us in your prayers and have a very happy life together from here on out!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-03-05 18:36:00

QUOTE (pkewl @ Mar 1 2008, 11:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Congratulations John and Wendy and good luck for a great married life.

Kathryn: Just like edp333 mentioned, its my understanding too that the temprorary EAD thru JFK is only for K1 visa applicants. Kath, on the other note, I just read about your updated progress too (in your sig) as in getting the interview date and all... I m so happy for you guys. I really am. Wish you all best and hope things work out for you real soon. Please keep on praying for us too guys :-)

Deb: I m happy for you too. Good Luck and hope the rest of your VJ is speedier.

TC everyone.

Thanks Pkewl! Wish you luck during your wife's interview. I pray for the best outcome. You guys are almost there!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-03-03 21:44:00

CONGRATULATIONS JOHN AND WENDY!!!!!

May you have a happy life together!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-03-01 20:30:00

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QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Feb 29 2008, 06:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good evening everyone!

Here is another update. I received a second NOA-2 on the I-130 this morning in the mail so I promptly got on the phone with CSC to see what was going on. To make a long story short, I got to speak with the adjudicator who stated she made a "boo-boo" and did not realize it until after she did it. I told her I was not as concerned about her "boo-boo" on re-approving the I-130 as I was about where my K3 petition is and has it been forwarded to the NVC? She said, in fact, that it is in the bin to be forwarded to the NVC and to check with the NVC in 30 days. She said I should be looking at the end of March before it actually reaches the NVC. So again, we shall see.

Have a great evening everyone,

Deb

Hey it's not lost! That's something right?

stupid question just for clarification... If our spouses enter the US thru JFK can they get the EAD stamp or is that only good for K1 visas? Anyone know?

Only a small something. Becky was supposed to have personally sent my K3 to NVC last week. She lied and did not. It is, in fact, sitting in a bin waiting to be mailed to the NVC, so it is delayed yet 2-3 more weeks. Note, that it has been approved since Jan. 9. It should have been through NVC and have an interview date right now and I am STILL not at the NVC. It is starting to make me angry

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-03-01 14:14:00

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-29 18:19:00

QUOTE (syadira @ Feb 25 2008, 10:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just want say my interview is 01/abril/2008,,

CONGRATULATIONS SYADIRA!!!

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-26 09:16:00

Good afternoon all,

I just got off phone with USCIS and they have my file. Yes, the K3 was in it and "Becky", the Asian lady whom everyone else thinks is horrible, will be forwarding the K3 to the NVC herself today, and I was told over the phone to check with the NVC again in about 2-3 weeks. This time, it should arrive there, so I will start checking the NVC again starting March 7. I am breathing a sigh of relief for now. At least the K3 was found. Will update you again when it makes it to the NVC.

Thank you everyone for your help and listening ears!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-21 14:01:00

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QUOTE (pkewl @ Feb 8 2008, 04:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi All,
Now that I finally a few mins to catch up on this thread.. Let me chime in

Wow... So much progress with so many of you. So lets start:

Edp333, racquel, rlpolo and if I have misssed anyone: CONGRATULATIONS BIG TIME

Wish you all the best for a great life-journey ahead.. Same for you Cheryl and G&A...

Deb:
So sorry to hear about your USCIS/NVC delay... but it feels great to hear from you that you may have gotten someone on phone who cares about your case. I sincerely hope that the USCIS solve your hold-up issue and that your case gets forwarded to local embassy. Wish you all the best with that and you will be in my prayers. Hang in there Deb.

Kathyrn,
To keep my response short, I totally understand your reasoning of CR1 vs. K3 and your problems with the mail system and what not. If your research/instinct/gut tells you to go for K3 then go for it. In my opinion, you are giving yourself and your husband a best chance. I do understand some people's argument of entering as a CR1 vs. high AOS fees but due to Lagos' history, I think yoy may be better off with K3. Regardless, we (all your VJ friends) are with you. Good Luck and hope you have a speedy remaining process.

UTR:
Glad to see you back here on VJ. We did miss you here on VJ a lot and I am really sorry to hear about the delay in your interview date. As you can see from my sig below, I am somewhat in a same position and as such I totally understand what you must be going thru becoz I went thru the same emotions but hang in there. The END is almost here... Good Luck

Lastly, wish everyone all the best for a speedy progress in their case at whatever juncture they may be at.

TC and try to make it a good weekend.

Pkewl

You are such a sweet guy!

I think time is going to start zipping by now. We all have so much to prepare for with the upcoming interviews, the Aff of Support.. final assessment of all of our supporting evidence etc. It's starting to stay light longer during the day which indicates that spring is around the corner and all of us will have our spouses home by summer. We are no longer in the abyss of the unknown. We all have something to grasp onto. I don't have an interview date yet but I know it's coming. Deb was hanging in limbo for a while but there's hope to cling onto there too. Let's all pay our taxes, keep urge busy to let the time pass quickly and look forward to watching fireworks with our SOs on the 4th of July!

Thanks Kathryn! Thanks Pkewl! I am trying to hang in there. That's all I can do!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-08 23:37:00

QUOTE (Divine Mercy @ Feb 7 2008, 11:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Feb 7 2008, 11:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Kathryn,

Thanks for your encouraging words. I felt for the first time that someone at USCIS actually liked doing their job and wanted to make the other person feel like their feelings mattered. And you are right in telling Urge he will not be the last one left in the this thread, it will be me, lol!!! I was the only one left in G&A's thread and I will be the last one in this one as well it seems. This is really a rocky road, but I am glad I have all my VJ friends to smooth out the bumps.

Thanks to you Kathryn and everyone on VJ. Good luck getting your interview.

Deb

Oh deb i'm sorry to admit it but i was thinking about you being the last one on the other thread when I wrote that. But being the last isn't always the worst thing, I was blacked out of the last one for two months thinking everyone else was going to be here in 2008 and I was going to flee america if he wasn't here by 2010.. kidnapping my kids in the process (their father would never give permission for me to take them to Africa not that he sees them anyway). You are NOT going to be the last this time girl! You're going to suddenly shoot forward making the rest of us choke on your dust!

LOL, Kathryn, thx so much for these encouraging words. Your right, it's not always the worst thing being last. After all, he who laughs last, laughs longest, or something like that

I just pray that it does not take two weeks for that lady to receive our file from NRC. We are already so behind on getting to the embassy. They are already assigning interviews in the middle of April. At this rate, we will have to have our petition extended as it is only valid until May 8. Pray, pray, pray for us and I will keep you in mine for an early interview date.

Deb

QUOTE (C and J @ Feb 8 2008, 01:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Rachel_1208, I added in the extra info you gave

Please update it in your timeline also, so that is can benefit others

Congrations on your POE going well, G&A

I'll be looking at your review later to give me an idea of what to expect for mine

Amoro, your wife needs to send the affidavit of support to you for the interview, along with it's supporting evidence (tax transcripts, pay stubs etc). As far as I know, the embassy will not need to see it prior to your interview, unless your embassy follows a different procedure to the UK. You can apply for your police certificate at any time (they are generally valid for either 6 or 12 months) and you would apply for them as you would if an employer wanted a copy. Could you also create a timeline for your profile so that it can help others

Deb, it is a good feeling when you speak to someone at USCIS that actually seems to have human emotions. I hope that she is able to find out exactly what is holding up your petition and speed it along on the correct path.

Urge... it is horrible that the embassy suddenly changed from a 3 week to a 3 month interview wait, especially as they took so long to give you the date for it

But it is good that you are no longer waiting in limbo and the days will pass by. Wintime's suggestion of going to see your wife early and making an extended holiday of the interview is a good one. I have no intentions of leaving this thread until we are all approved

So you're stuck with me

Gogo has a meeting at the local office coming up later in the month and will hopefully get some news at that point.

Wintime, congratulations on the interview date

And so close too

Another update on the chart as we have so much new information...

Thanks Cheryl! I really hope so too

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-08 13:46:00

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QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Feb 7 2008, 03:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hello everyone,

Here to update you on my case. I called NVC last night just to hear once again that my I-129 had not been received at the NVC and it was 4 weeks yesterday since approval. I just got off the phone with USCIS and talked to an amazingly nice, helpful lady. Usually don't come across ones this nice from there. I told her the problem and she got on the phone with NVC to see if my information had made it to NVC and, of course, they told her no. She got back on the phone and took my home phone number, cell phone number, and my name, and said she was ordering my file back from the National Records Center because she thinks maybe they forwarded the whole file, I-130 and I-129, there instead of splitting them up and forwarding the I-129 to the NVC. She said it should take no more than 4 weeks for it to reach the NVC. She said it could take up to 2 weeks for the file to come back to her. She actually gave me her name in case I had not heard from her in the two-week time period she gave me. I actually felt like I was treated like a human with feelings for a change. I hope that is all the problem is and maybe it won't take the two weeks she told me. I can only hope!

Thanks for listening,

Deb

Oh Deb that's great I'm so happy to hear there is some hope this is going to end!

edp I am so happy for you and your wife! Congrats this is wonderful news!

Urge... do u ever watch the Amazing Race? It seems like this is very similar. There is no direct route to the end. Some get held up in one area while others fly by then those who sped along get held up at another spot allowing for the delayed people to catch up. I have thought about letting the CR1 continue. I just got the DS230 packet yesterday in the mail so it's not like I could have done anything anyway since the time of the I129F approval. I do realize i'm about two weeks away from completion at the NVC on the CR1 but i'm too scared to do it. That's the truth of it. There are rules and laws but we all know they don't know/obey them. Nigeria's embassy is an absolute nightmare. It would not surprise me to have them replace the CR1 date with the K3... not that it matters. In my case, the primary reason I didn't want the CR1 was a dual issue.. the time waited for the interview and the history of CR1 cases thru Lagos. Almost every single CR1 case that went thru that embassy has been put in AP for 6 months to a year. After waiting almost a year for an interview I did not want to take that chance. People have been required to get DNA tests for their american born children (which is a very complex process considering it has to be done at an approved lab..). They do whatever they can to stop Nigerians from leaving america with that gold bar.. that permanent residency. I don't want to spend the 1000ish dollars on the tests and I don't want to put us through another ordeal. I'm gonna take that K3 interview and be grateful for it.

After doing the "dhl trick" and tracking our packages to the embassy.. there were two going to Lagos in a two day period of shipments. I believed myself to be one of those.. Ose_n_me believes her own to be the other. Both were delivered on Monday. Her husband has been trying to pick up the packet only to be turned away time and time again. My husband went for the first time yesterday and didn't even get past the guard after standing there from 8am till noon. Fortunately, Ose_n_me's husband FINALLY got into the embassy and got an interview date of April 18th. My husband tried again today and actually got into the embassy this time.. but he was told that they haven't rec'd the packet yet (meaning they haven't opened the mail yet). They told him to come back next week. As most of us know, who are married to people in more impoverished countries.. losing a half of day of work is not something to laugh off. It could be the difference between having a job tomorrow or not. It could mean not having food that night for dinner. Fortunately my husband's situation is not that dire but it is not something easily dismissed. Now he has lost two days and has to lose another. He has to stay in Nigeria until they give him that visa, he can't afford to screw up his life there just yet.

There really is no other option however. If we rely on the mail system to get it to him he might have it by next year if he's lucky. He applied for a visitor's visa a few years ago and he got the interview letter in the mail the day AFTER the interview was scheduled for. The embassy didn't give two craps. They told him, too bad take it up with fedex. I got him another interview by begging and crying on the phone to the State Dept. Office of West African Affairs. I didn't know about VJ back then (2004). We can't risk that happening again. People could be mean and jealous. They will go to great lengths to stop someone from having good fortune, I know it sounds crazy but it's true. Maybe the fedex guy doesn't want people getting interviews at the US Embassy. Maybe he'll hold the package for a while or "lose" it. Even if it's not intentional, their mail system SUCKS and that includes fedex. If you complain to FedEx (which I have) about a package not arriving there, they'll say (as they said to me) oh that's a common issue in Nigeria, there's nothing we can do. My husband HAS to pick it up or we risk blowing everything.

I hate to be ungrateful, I realize where I could be right now if they did pursue the termination of the I129f but our son and I are going to the embassy for the interview. He will be 2 on May 7th. If we fly there in April I only have to pay about 300 bucks for his ticket... if we have to wait till May it will be a lot more.. depending on when we leave etc.
I'm hoping like crazy to get an April date although I can see why you wouldn't be. My approval didn't come until January, yours came so much sooner.

I'm so sorry you are disappointed and you know all the encouraging things to say... it's almost over, hang in there, at least an end is in sight.. etc. etc. etc. It's all true. It's going to be ok. You were very missed around here and don't worry, you will NOT be the last person left in this thread and even if you were no one would leave you!

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WaaaaaW.... Urge ... you were missed here, and really sorry for your far interview... but you know what, why not take a vacation like from first or second week of April and go to your wife have the interview togather and then came back... this will make your meeting with your wife a bit closer.

..............Update on my case, finaly when I had my wife go to give the forms in person to the Embassy they right a way gave her appt. date for the interview.. it will be on Tuesday 12th of Feb. that's just one week... how that happen I don't know... we are nervous about it but I can't wait for that day.

holy smokes wintime! That's great! Did you even send the Aff. of Support yet?? geez that doesn't give you much time to plan things out! I'm happy for you though that's wonderful!

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-07 23:58:00

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-07 15:51:00

CONGRATULATIONS CHERYL AND EDP333!!!!!! I haven't been on here in a couple of days. I am so happy for you Cheryl and Merryl. Have a great trip to your new home here in the USA!!!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-06 17:27:00

QUOTE (C and J @ Feb 4 2008, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks for the congratulations, Susie

I will be so happy when the passport is delivered back to me

Josh and I are on schedule to celebrate our first wedding anniversary together <3

QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Feb 4 2008, 04:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Cheryl,

I was just looking at your chart and I am missing off of the chart. I was approved on Jan. 9, 2008, and I am still waiting for my petition to be forwarded to the NVC. This week marks one month since approval, so if it doesn't show up sometime this week, I will be calling USCIS (God I really didn't want to talk to them anymore) to see if they have released my K3 petition. I see where it has taken some around a month to make it to NVC, so trying to be patient. So please add me to your chart.

Thanks,

Deb

You're on there Deb, unfortunately, 4th from the bottom though because of USCIS being useless

Keep your hopes up, your petition will move forward and make it's way onto the NVC. USCIS just have a hard time letting go

Thanks Cheryl, I saw it this time. Hopefully, my petition will be at NVC sometime this week. Congratulations on the approval of your visa. Have a safe trip home!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-04 21:09:00

QUOTE (C and J @ Feb 4 2008, 09:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

With Urge MIA at the moment (here's hoping he's ok and will let us know soon), I have gone through the posts since his last chart and created an update to let us all know where we are.

If I'm missing anyone is it probably because they have either posted their updates in other threads or filed in July or onwards.

NOTE: You may need to enlarge the chart twice because it wasn't playing nice when I tried to upload it (clicking "full size" only makes the chart about 85% of total size and, therefore, appears blurry until it is enlarged again - anyone know how to fix that??

)

Those in Yellow are approved (sorted by interview date), those in green have an interview date (sorted by interview date) and those in white are still waiting for their interview to be scheduled (sorted by NOA2 date).

Best of luck for your wife's interview, Edp333, not much longer to wait now

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-02-04 11:32:00

QUOTE (docjazzie @ Jan 10 2008, 08:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Congrats, Deb!

jaz (of davejaz421)

Thanks Jaz!!!! We are both very happy!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-01-11 00:04:00

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QUOTE (edp333 @ Jan 10 2008, 03:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Our update. Meryll took her early medical at SLEC on the 7th and 8th and passed. She also met 4 other VJ members on the second day.

Congratulations on the pass on the medical. I would have loved to see some VJers on my medical day but no luck. Hopefully there might be some on my interview day (but no one seems to share my date at the moment).

QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Jan 10 2008, 04:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good evening everyone!

I am now able to join this group finally. As of this evening, we had both 130 and K3 approved!!!!! Boy, I sure am happy and so is my husband. Even though he is very sick tonight, you could hear him grin ear to ear over the phone, lol! Now we are preparing for the interview. I will have to read the guides to see what happens next. I am glad to be back with my group again even if most of them are light years ahead of me, lol!

Good luck everyone with your interviews!

Deb

Congratulations Deb, that is long overdue

Just prepare yourself for a few more weeks in the CSC waiting (um... mailing

) room and then you will be in the hands of the efficient part of the journey

On a side note: Urge, has their been any word on the interview date? I am still keeping you in my thoughts for some good news this week.

Thanks C and J! I wish you luck during your interview. I am hunkering down for my wait to the NVC.

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-01-10 09:22:00

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-01-09 23:31:00

Good evening everyone,

I want to say that I am happy for C and J that they are finally coming to the close of the journey of being apart. Good luck in your interview. I also want to update everyone on our petition. Seems I will be joining this group soon as I received an email this morning from CRIS that they received the evidence they asked for and have resumed working on our petition. Does anyone know approximately how long they usually take before approval? On the email, it states that I should expect a decision to be made in the next 60 days. Do they really take that long or are they giving themselves plenty of leeway???? I am hoping since they only asked for one thing that there will be no more reason for delay on the approval. I am really hoping and praying for a decision by the middle or end of this week. I don't believe that the petition is with the adjudicator yet as only the date for the I-130 changed to today and not the I-129F. When they were actively working on our petition at the beginning of last month, both dates changed every day as they were working. I think the information was only only entered into the computer by the person in the mailroom and maybe by tomorrow, it will physically be in the adjudicator's hand.

Hopefully I will be back later this week with good news for everyone! I really appreciate everyone who was so helpful to me on this website. It really helped to have a sounding board and someone to go to for information. I would have made so many mistakes had it not been for this website and the other people who were seasoned petitioners. Thank you to everyone for your help!!!!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-01-07 19:59:00

Deb you are special...USCIS loved you so so so much they decided to hang on to you...maybe you should break up with them

Something is telling me that you will be approved by the end of next week...if this is the case...you owe me a latte
[/quote]

LOL, I would like to feel a lot less special...I just don't feel we're compatible anymore, lol

I feel a divorce coming on

If whomever or whatever is telling you that I will be approved by the end of next week is true, I would make a pot of latte for you and hand you the pot with a straw if that were to happen, LOL!!! I do hope they make it snappy and get this over with.

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-01-05 20:59:00

Congrats! its so nice to see everyone's progress...I am so happy the days of crying over our approvals are over hahahah.
[/quote]

Well, not for everyone

hahahah

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-01-04 20:32:00

QUOTE (G&A @ Jan 2 2008, 10:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

thanks Deb...i hope yours comes soon.

I think it will soon because they have my RFE in the mailroom, just havent' entered it into their system and given it back to the adjudicator. Waiting on that. Will call again next week unless I get an email from CRIS stating they have resumed the case before then.

Good luck G&A,

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-01-03 16:05:00

QUOTE (G&A @ Jan 2 2008, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I am scheduled for my interview on January 23rd YAYYYYYYYYY SOOOO HAPPY

I am so happy for you G&A.

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-01-02 23:35:00

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This family member was my mother-in-law who is 72 years old and the location is Lagos, Nigeria, where you don't give out personal information about someone else unless you know who you are speaking to and why they want to know. The lady investigator for the embassy greeted her and asked her if she was the mother of my husband and she replied yes, hope there is no problem? The investigator never bothered to identify herself as being from the embassy. That is when the investigator said, "Madam just answer my questions." My mother-in-law told her no because she would not identify herself. So the investigator left. She later found out from her youngest son, who had already been interviewed by the lady, that this was a lady from the embassy, so my mother-in-law ran after her and said that I don't know who you are, but I can testify to the fact that my son is happily married, but the lady investigator would not acknowledge her after that. Just got in her car and left. I feel that to be an unfair investigation. In my opinion, if you are going to do an interview, you should identify who you are and why you are there asking questions. If feel this to be an unfair investigation. That is why I wondered who I should go to to complain about their fraud department in the embassy in Nigeria. My mother-in-law is very upset and feels that she ruined our chances for my husband to come to the USA all because the lady wouldn't identify herself.

She had told my husband that she was afraid because the lady was so rude to her and refused to identify herself. She told my husband that she did not want to give out his personal information without knowing who she was talking to and why she wanted to know. Had she identified herself, she would have had no problem. What you don't know is that police in Lagos, Nigeria, are not anywhere in the league of American police. They are very corrupt. They will do anything and say anything for a bribe. They are never to be trusted. They don't serve and protect like American police. In Lagos, you have to be careful who you are talking to and why they want to know something.

If someone came to my home and started asking a lot of questions without identifying themselves, I would have the same reaction as her.

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My big concern would be why would they refused to answer questions because she thought it was a Police woman. That would send up red flags to any investigator. That speaking from 26 working as a police officer.

Yoy stated that her youngest son (She later found out from her youngest son, who had already been interviewed) already being interviewed so may be he alreay gave the correct information. Normaly these invest people asked simple question like, does your son married? What you think went worng or in other mean what questions did the invest asked that your mother in law would not answer.

She did not ask my mother-in-law anything except was she the mother of my husband and she replied yes she was and hope there is no problem? My mother-in-law then asked the investigator who she was and the investigator would not tell her. She only told my mother-in-law, "Madam, just answer my questions.". My mother-in-law did not like the way she approached her and just started asking questions about her son and the fact that she refused to identify herself. I would have reacted the same way if someone I didn't know came to my home asking questions about my son and refused to identify themselves. Most people would not give out information to someone they don't know until they knew who they were and for what purpose they wanted the information.

If that was the case, it seems to me the invest will not make a decision with this encounter and will try to reach to somebody else to get the infromation she needs. What question did she ask the son? does the son talked to her about your husband

Yes, she ask questions of my husband's brother and he answered them. He was asked was he aware of our wedding and he answered yes he was, but that the wife is not in Nigeria, but in USA. The investigator replied okay. Then she asked what my husband was to him and he answered that he was his older brother, and she replied okay. She then asked why it was that no neighbors knew about this marriage and he answered that this was family business and not for everyone to know, and she said okay. Then she wanted to talk to my husband's mother, and you know that story.

Does'nt sound like a problem to me. The can and do use these methods. Nigeria is not the USA.

Yes, pushbrk, I do realize that Nigeria is not the USA, but they still should identify themselves as an employee of the embassy before starting their interrogation. She didn't realize who she was and had asked her twice to identify herself and she refused. I would have wanted to know who I was sharing personal information with myself.

I wouldn't have liked it any more than she did but that's not the point. They are not restricted to using methods acceptable in the US. Your mother in-law isn't a US Citizen and Nigeria is not the USA so "rights" don't apply.

You have every right to complain but it won't help your visa process. I'd write the letter whenever you're ready but wait to send it until the visa is in hand.

Thanks Pushbrk! I slept on it and had already decided myself to just wait and see what happens. Nothing negative has happened yet. I don't know what recommendations she has in mind to give. I don't want to fix something if it ain't broke, so to speak. I could do more harm than good jumping the gun. Thank you pushbrk for your input as always and thanks everyone else for your input and recommendations. It was appreciated.

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-10-01 07:38:00

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Did they deny your visa because of this encounter? If so then you can address this with your congresswoman and explain your case...what if your MIL doesn't understand English? They normally visit more than once and they are probably concerned more about the neighbors not familiar with the wedding than your MIL refusing to share information.

Keep your head up...

No, he was not denied a visa. We were placed on AP because of an age difference. The investigating officer is a local Nigerian and knows the language and customs already. My MIL does not speak much English, but that doesn't matter since the investigating officer speaks her native language. The so-called neighbor she spoke too was not that close to the family. In fact, he was not even a neighbor. She just stopped this guy in the street and started asking him questions. She asked him if he knew my husband by using his native name which no one knows him by. He is called by his middle name. When she asked the guy using my husband's middle name, then he said, yes he knew of him. She asked him if he knew if he was married or not. The guy answered that no, he did not know one way or another as he was not that close to him.

You are, however, right about her being more concerned about neighbors not knowing as his brother was asked why the neighbors no nothing of our wedding. He answered because that is family business. We dont' shout our business in the street. She answered okay. Our wedding was in Abuja, not in Lagos, so I wouldn't expect a lot of people besides family and close friends to know about it.

I won't get too worried yet as nothing negative has happened yet and I don't know that she won't shed a positive light on our case just with my brother-in-law's answers. I am sure he will be called back shortly, so we will sit tight and see what happens. Thanks everyone for your input and advise. It was much appreciated as always.

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-09-30 22:49:00

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Does'nt sound like a problem to me. The can and do use these methods. Nigeria is not the USA.

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Female

Nigeria

2008-09-30 22:39:00

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Female

Nigeria

2008-09-30 17:53:00

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kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-09-30 17:06:00

Hi Omoba,

Thanks for your reply and I agree that this treatment is ridiculous. When you say go through my representative, do you mean my state representative?

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Go through your representative or the chief consul at the embassy. This is ridiculous.

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-09-30 16:08:00

Thanks YuAndDan,

I also wanted to ask you if you knew if there was a particular department I could get connected with at DOS like a complaint department. If so, how do I get in direct contact with them?

Thanks,

Deb

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Yes Department of State does oversee the Embassies and Consulates.

They can and do investigate in that fashion, I have read of a couple cases like that in China.

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-09-30 15:10:00

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kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-09-30 15:01:00

Hello All,

I am in need of help. I would like to ask who to complain to when an embassy official did a field interview of a family member and did not identify themselves, so the family member refused to answer questions because the investigator acted as though she was a policewoman. The embassy investigator walked away and the family member then later found out from her youngest son that this was a lady from the embassy. She then ran after the investigator and said that I don't know who you are, but I can state the fact that my son is happily married, but the investigator refused to listen to her then and just drove away.

My question is should I complain to the Department of State? Isn't DOS over the embassies?

Thanks,

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-09-30 13:52:00

Where to file both I-130 and I-129F?

Hi Tony,

Effective December 3, 2007, all petitioners filing stand-alone Form I-130 are encouraged to submit their petitions to the Chicago Lockbox instead of a USCIS Service Center. I-130 petitions filed with the Chicago Lockbox will be routed to, and adjudicated at, the appropriate USCIS Service Center. This routing will be based on the petitioner’s place of residence in the United States. You will receive a notice in the mail indicating what Service Center your petition was routed to.

Petitioners who reside in AK, AZ, CA, CO, Guam, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MS, MT, Nebraska, NV, ND, OH, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, or WY are encouraged to file their stand-alone Form I-130s with the Lockbox using the following address: USCIS P.O. Box 804625 Chicago, IL 60680-1029

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Hi everyone, I just joined this site and looks great, I just got married in august in mexico and after reading lots of posts about people filling both the I-130 and I-129F together I decided I would do that. After searching I saw that Nebraska is the service center that corresponds to me, I reside in Wisconsin, but noticed that nebraska is not taking I-130 so I just wanted to know, what service center should I file both forms to?

Thanks in Advance,
Tony

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-10-24 15:20:00

YAY, WE GOT APPROVED .. FINALLY

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You don't have to say it twice

haha, but I don't mind.. =) a lot of the people who applied with me came back

how is everyone doing? I see most of you are already done with your case.. yeah, the only one I haven't heard back from was Divine Mercy.. anything on their case? I would think they would be almost done by now..

Hi Gogo,

I am so happy to finally see you got your approval. Hopefully no more snags on the road of your journey will happen. I can answer your question about Divine Mercy. She has her husband home and have their AOS interview on Oct. 31. She is also pregnant again with their second child. They are doing well. As for me, my husband and I are on AP, but the good news is that they have been to my husband's mother's home and did their interviews, so he should be called back shortly for his 2nd interview. Wish us luck and good luck for when you and your wife get to the interview stage.

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-10-04 09:21:00

Do they usually hand back the affidavit of support papers after the interview?

My husband and I were put on AP and they didn't take our AOS papers either, but he has been called back to the embassy and has his second interview this Monday, so I am sure everything will work out okay.

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At the conclusion of my husbands interview the CO gave my husband back both my and my mothers affidavit of support papers? Do they normally do that?
And does anyone know what they check for on Administrative processing? Do they check credit history or just background check?

Unless things are different in Pakistan it's NOT normal to give back AOSs. Definitely NOT a good sign. He should have got a 221g or some kind of explanation if denied or on AP.

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2008-12-20 00:19:00

Confused about NOIR Decision

Thanks Mrs. Jib! Everything the embassy said was totally wrong and I have evidence to back up everything. They were working daily since receiving my evidence on July 30 on both I-130 and K-3 until Aug. 4 and I thought I would receive the final decision since all work ceased from that day, but I only received the notice of decision about the K3. They have not worked on anything since and that kind of worries me, but I will keep the faith and see it through. I will start calling again once it gets closer to Sept. 30.

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Deb that is great news. Doesn't seem as bad as before. You will have favor.

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2009-08-10 21:53:00

Confused about NOIR Decision

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My husband was interviewed for K3 visa back in Aug of 2008. We were put in AP for background investigation. He was re-interviewed in Dec. 2008 and was told that our petition would be sent back for possible revocation. Our petition made it back in March 2009 and I was presented with a NOIR at the beginning of July. I sent back the evidence required to dispute consular findings on July 27. Received email notice that the case processing had resumed on July 30, 2009. I received a notice of decision in the mail today that really confuses me.

It says, " This notice is in reference to the Form I-239F, petition for an Alien Fiance, filed for ************ pursuant to section 101(a) (15) (K) of the Immigrationand Nationality Act, as amended. The petition was approved on January 9, 2008, and was forwarded abroad to a United States Embassy/Consulate with a validity period of four months. Subsequently, the petition has been returned to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services with a finding that the beneficiary was not issued the requested K3 visa. Since the period of validity has now expired, the petition will not be revalidated. Therefore, in accordance with 8 CFR 214.2 (k) (5), all USCIS action on this petition is concluded as of the date of this notice. However, the petitioner may choose to file a new Form I-129F, Petition for an Alien Fiance (e) for the beneficiary."

First of all, I have an approved I-130 petition that was approved on the same day as the K3. Secondary, we have been married for over two years, so I could not reapply for a new I-129F for both reasons. Thirdly, I never received a letter stating that it was revoked or was reaffirmed, so I am not sure what to do. My question is can I now push the approved I-130 to the NVC?

Thanks so much,

Deb

It means K3 and your I-129F are dead in the water. You can contact NVC about your I-130 and press forward for the IR1 visa. USCIS has only notified you of their decision about the I-129F. Just ignore everything in the boilerplate language that appears after "will not be revalidated".

Thanks Pushbrk! I had figured that out already about the K3. I called USCIS this morning. What I was told was the Notice of Decision on the I-129F is them signing off of that because no more work will be done on the K3 because it is beyond its validity. The NVC returned the I-130 which has not been processed at the NVC because of the return of the K3 for possible revocation. It is now sitting on a reviewer's desk waiting to be reviewed and I am to wait until they make a decision on it. They have 60 days from the day they received my evidence which is July 30 when case processing resumed which would be September 30. Of course, I was also told that I am calling too soon. Now I have my answer. Thanks a lot for your help!

Deb

kelly1290

Female

Nigeria

2009-08-07 19:36:00