Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	BARCODE data	Yes it is the case number.. another way to get the barcode is to use the Immigrant Visa Invoice Payment Center .. and email the coversheet to yourself, you can then select it and save it as image using adobe reader..	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-07-02 10:11:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	BARCODE data	Ok, I just want to be sure, what kind of information do we have to encode in the bar code? the NVC case number I assume, but i want to be sure.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-07-02 08:23:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC Lies ?!?!! Paying Affidavit Of Support Fee Online	When the NVC automated system said that AOS fee bill was generated, my wife called the operator to get the invoice number to use it online. and the lady said that the online system is not working at the moment and that it's down because of some bugs. She almost hung up without the number, but my wife insisted to get it just in case so that we don't have to call again. Cut the BS. The online system is working perfectly. We used it, status changed to PAID in the next morning. Just wanted to let you know, so in case you're calling NVC ignore any ####### about systems malfunctioning or not working.. the page will not exist on state.gov if it wasn't functioning.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-07-02 10:07:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	I-864EZ question	we used I-864EZ too.. you should read the first two pages and you'll know if your case applies to it	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-07-24 18:29:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC Appointment	i only made this post after my wife got off the phone with nvc and still no appointment..	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-09-11 18:29:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC Appointment	Okay, we've had our case complete on the 30th of July and we still didn't get our appointment, this means we missed appointments in October, we gonna wait for november? thats 3 months!! is there anyone else from jordan with the same delay?	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-09-11 17:23:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC's automated email not responding	maybe spam filtered .. wait until they manually dig them up	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-20 01:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	location of the wedding..	Wow, this community is awesome! Thanks for all the info, I think this answers our question…sorry parents, you’re coming to Jordan!	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2007-10-26 10:37:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	location of the wedding..	I live in Jordan. and my parents are asking if I could do the marriage where they live, and its the United Arab Emerites, and I'm sure it has a US embassy.. I'll try to see what kind of laws they have about two forigners getting married there.. thats important I guess..	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2007-10-25 17:54:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	location of the wedding..	Hello, I have a question, does it matter where our wedding is taking place? We might have our wedding in a 3rd country would that be a problem? my parents live in that country for over 20 years, and I've lived there in the past. Just woundering what are the disadvantages to this action. Thanks for the opinions in advanced.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2007-10-25 14:40:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Birth Certificate - Certified or Copy?	Thank you! Yes, I have that, and I have it printed out and have read it many times. I just wasn't clear as to if "Copy" meant "Photocopy" or "Certified Copy." I just don't want anything to delay me!	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-01-29 19:37:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Birth Certificate - Certified or Copy?	Hi There, Getting ready to get married (Feb 16th) and getting paperwork finalized. I am the US citizen and it is my understanding that I need to send a photocopy of my birth certificate - and not a certified copy. Can anyone confirm for me? Thanks!!	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-01-29 18:58:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Filling up the g-325a	[/quote] Good point. For an I-130, you check "other" and write "CR1 visa". For an I-129F for spouse you check "other" and write "K3 visa" or in both cases, simply write the petition number. [/quote] Thank you for the extremely thorough information! If you hadn't specified this, we would have incorrectly submitted our forms with "I-129F." We are filing for the K-3 visa (which I'm hoping still exists...!!!) I have one final question, on the G-325a there is a bold box that asks for the applicant's name and Permanent Resident number. Should each person but their own name? My wife is a citizen, and therefore does not have a permanent resident number, and I am applying for residence. Should we just but N/A under the resident number? Thanks again!	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-03-01 14:32:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Filling up the g-325a	So, we're filing our I-130 very soon, we got everything ready, but there's something that is confusing us at this point, its regarding the g-325a form. At the end of the form it is required that the "Applicant" should sign and date it.. and it has to be the original.. So one form for me, and one form for my wife (The applicant of the I-130) does that mean, she should sign both? or should I sign my copy ? One other question, the wedding certificate that we're sending a photo of, should it be signed and noterized by the US embassy of my country? We've been reading a lot everywhere and we're still new to this, so I apologize if this info was stated clearly somewhere.. thanks in advanced	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-03-01 09:31:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	129F and I130 approved!!!	contrats... hope you get things done asap..	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-03-12 13:15:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Tracking Febuary Filers	Ok, nice thread, but how about this? =) CODE +-----------+ | CR-1/IR-1 | +-----------+ +------------------------+------------------------------+----------------+----------------------------+ | Member Name            | Beneficiary's country        | I-130 Sent     | NOA1                       | +------------------------+------------------------------+----------------+----------------------------+ | Sam and Metodi         | Bulgaria                     | 02/04/08       |                            | | azer_2000              | Azerbaijan                   | 02/06/08       | check cashed 2/21/08       | | Danyel y Miguel        | Venezuela                    | 02/07/08       | check cashed 2/22/08       | | rkapur                 | Kuwait                       | 02/07/08       | check cashed 2/22/08       | | febfiller              | Morocco                      | 02/07/08       |                            | | crismar                | Peru                         | 02/09/08       |                            | | Ralu&Doru              | Romania                      | 02/11/08       |                            | | rue2you                | Costa Rica                   | 02/20/08       |                            | | brnidokiegurl          | Morocco                      | 02/23/08       |                            | +------------------------+------------------------------+----------------+----------------------------+ +-----+ | K-3 | +-----+ +------------------------+------------------------------+----------------+----------------------------+ | Member Name            | Beneficiary's country        | I-130 Sent     | NOA1                       | +------------------------+------------------------------+----------------+----------------------------+ | Vernon Family          | South Africa                 | 02/01/08       |                            | | Ikekandi               | United Kingdom               | 02/07/08       |                            | | rentua                 | Canada                       | 02/09/08       | check cashed 2/21/08       | | danielle46901          | Scotland                     | 02/11/08       |                            | | Venkat                 | India                        | 02/12/08       | 02/19/08                   | | zawjatsaid             | Morocco                      | 02/12/08       |                            | | Jigs                   | India                        | 02/19/08       |                            | +------------------------+------------------------------+----------------+----------------------------+ Now for our case. It is about to start, we got married on the last week and we're preparing the papers for I-130.. Jordan -> Chicago is where we going, I hope to be able to file before the end of this month. Any tips would be appreciated =) Daher	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-02-23 17:43:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	King Abdullah's Speech (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)	what about it?	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-06 20:56:00
Middle East and North Africa	weddings in MENA	Hello everyone, Our wedding is going to be in two weeks, diane is still in the US and we planned the wedding together, I am the camera man and then we go back home and look at them together. She sent her dress already and its laying right behind me. I got my tux too.. And now we're picking up the flowers and everything this week.. wish us the luck.. I hope it doesn't snowstorm again, it has been a rough week.. Daher Edited by Daher.Diane, 01 February 2008 - 06:03 PM.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-02-01 17:59:00
Middle East and North Africa	translating marriage certificate	looks like you don't have to translate any certificates because you can issue a certificate in english from the ministry of interior / department of civil affairs ( el27wal elmadaniah )	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-02-23 17:16:00
Middle East and North Africa	translating marriage certificate	I'm in jordan, does anybody know what will i have to do to get my marriage certificate ready for filing at USCIS ? many thanks in advanced.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-02-17 16:59:00
Middle East and North Africa	Marriage license in jordan	Alright, looks like some extra rules are now in effect. Its so retarded to do things in jordanian courts, there are no places to check the rules, and the judge doesn't even know the rules and the trainee had to explain to him the new rules.. it was funny and retarded at the same time.. and depressing.. Here's what we did so far... 2 days have passed 1. Blood tests. ( $10 each ) 2. Certify it at a public medical center. 3. US Embassy. ( they wasted the whole day, she wrote her afidavit that she's single and I translated it, and we waited for the counsel and she signed it infront of her and then it got stamped and we payed $30 ) Note at the embassy, go last, so that you'll be surved first, we went first and we got surved last, they stack the papers the other way around I'm sure.. stupid idiots =) 4. Translate her passport. 5. Religion Court: Fill in the marriage form / get signed by a stupid judge (read above) 6. The court will give you a request for the minister of interior for marriage approval. 7. Ministry of Interior - Department of imigrants and foriegners. We went to so many windows and got so few papers and we got it signed from the department president, he asked me personal questions about her and asked me what i do and asked me to prove that we're legit. We got a paper back to the court. 8. Now we realize that the paper we got from the embassy needs to be certified from the ministry of exterior and the "judge of Judges" or supreme court. 9... pending... hopefully we'll finish it tomorrow..	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-02-11 19:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	Marriage license in jordan	Hello everyone, Its getting close and we're going to the court on sunday to get officially married ( Katb ktab ). I'm wondering what kind of papers are required for this, i could go to the court and ask, but I thought if someone did this recently they could help me speed things up. Comments and tips are appreciated. Daher	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-02-08 11:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	Octobers Interviews Issued this Week? Esp Amman??	for k3, you need to contact the embassy later on.. they're fast in responding to emails.. Tahanina =)	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-09-12 16:42:00
Middle East and North Africa	Octobers Interviews Issued this Week? Esp Amman??	Approved on july 30th.. nothing new =/ So you had your interview scheduled for k3 but not for cr1 ? i thought if you file for k3 you automatically don't get cr1 appointments. anyway, I just spent the past our looking at the cieling preparing myself to wait... this sucks :D	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-09-12 16:13:00
Middle East and North Africa	verbs in arabic	QUOTE (palilover @ Sep 15 2008, 10:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But now what the problem is that they dont have that word amel to work in Palestinian arabic as my husband says different words and doe snot know the word amel! He does not even use anything that starts with ta, ya, etc. Everytime I ask him about verbs in arabic he puts different things at the end but not the beginning if he puts it in the end, then he's speaking in the past tens.. words for 'amal in palistine are: bishta3'il ( man ) btishta3'il ( woman ) past would be: ishta3'al = he worked ishta3'lat = she worked =) 3' letter is GHAIN. no matter how far it goes, it's still with the basic principles	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-09-15 11:33:00
Middle East and North Africa	verbs in arabic	I would just like to comment on the differences of letters for example, bahibbik and bahibbich basically the letter isn't different, and both people will write it down as ba7ibbik ( notice that 7 is Haa' not a normal 'H' ) same for 'th' in jordan it would be 'thal' in egypt / seria 'zal' ... dhad / zhad ... etc As for tenses, that website seem to confuse alot of things together.. I'll try to brief without confusion ( hopefully ) First I need to explain something.. each letter in arabic is available in 4 forms: [quiet]: L [open]: La [broken]: Li [lifted]: Lu notice that the amount of time you spent pronouncing this letter is the same.. so La Lu Li are 3 forms of the letter L.. have your spous pronounce them for you to understand it more. more on other letters like: Ba Bu Bi / Da Du Di / Ha Hu Hi ... etc.. Now I'll explain something about verbs and I'll bold out the accent of the letter not to confuse it with a real letter.. for example La <-- this is a short La Laa <-- this is two letters... La and Aa Hope this is clear =) .. anyway, keep reading, the ones without an accent are a quiet version: [Root] Aamal <-- work [Present] * one person: * ya'mal <-- he's working [ Ya + ' + Ma + L ] * ta'mal <-- she's working [ Ta + ' + Ma + L ] * two people: * ya'malan <-- both of them are working [two men] ( notice Long A at the end ) [ Ya + ' + Ma + La + A + N ] * ta'malan <-- both of them are working [two women] ( notice Long A at the end ) [ Ta + ' + Ma + La + A + N ] * many people: ya'maluon <-- all of them are working [many men] ( long O at the end ) [ Ya + ' + Ma + Lu + O + N ] ya'malna <-- all of them are working [many women] ( short A ) [ Ya + ' + Ma + L + Na ] [Past] 'amila <-- he worked ( short a at the end ) [ 'a + Mi + La ] 'amilat <-- she worked ( short a at the end ) [ 'a + Mi + La + T ] 'amilaa <-- they both worked [two men] ( notice La + Aa at the end, pronounced as a very long Aaa ) [ 'a + Mi + La + A ] 'amilataa <-- they both worked [two women] ( notice La + Ta + Aa at the end, pronounced LaTaaa ) ['a + Mi + La + Ta + A ] 'amiloo <-- they all worked [men] [ 'a + Mi + Lu + O ] 'amilna <-- they all worked [women] [ 'a + Mi + L + Na ] Hope that makes sense, remember I'm trying to hack the roman alphabets.. remember that the best way to learn any language is by learning the alphabets first. I'm open for any questions =)	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-09-15 08:44:00
Middle East and North Africa	Jordan CR1 Interview	Hey everyone thanks for the response.. @ TamaraLovesAdam yea, thats what we got, only a letter and four other papers describing some special cases, and the last was a check list and seems we sent everything .. @ S and S My interview is on the 21st and was nvc completed on the 31st of july. that was a long wait.. @ esmatsgirl Do I really need to take photocopies of everything? I mean, looks like if they didn't get it in the package then its not their business in the first place? I'll only take a selection of new pictures and ticket stubs for a trip we did to istanbul.. as well as some photos from different visits and trips.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-08 00:27:00
Middle East and North Africa	Jordan CR1 Interview	We got our interview letter in the mail even though the NVC staff said we didn't get one.. so, whatever.. I wanna ask if there's anyone else who's done a CR1 or going to soon to help prepare for the interview, I heard about a forth package.. is it the mail that we recieved? or what, we all know how "awesome" the mail system is in jordan so how do I go about finding what do I need to do? I filed all the originals to the NVC including the general intelligence paper, do I need something else from the police ? or is that it? I'm doing my medical check in the next few days. and then the required vaccination ( Human XP Service Pack 2 ).	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-05 13:37:00
Middle East and North Africa	VISA APPROVED!!	Am I late or what??!!! *Blows the whistle* *The band comes in* *The party starts* =) Congrats deb.. my turn is in 4 days... I feel nervous =)	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-17 00:05:00
Middle East and North Africa	Magluba	QUOTE (just_Jackie @ Oct 20 2008, 07:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> for using snoober in a post On the rice note...hubby is telling me from 6,244 miles away that I need to put oil in the rice when I cook it ? Well, whats up with that? oil prevents the rice from sticking to the bottom while cooking. You don't need it since you already have some oil on the stuff that you fried. Btw snoober is http://images.google...e...sa=N&tab=wi Also, eggplant and the cauliflower get smoshy and thats the idea for most people, for me, I don't like either one of them.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-23 10:39:00
Middle East and North Africa	Magluba	ZaidsMommy seem to get it right =) My recipe will be the same except that you cover the rice in hot water for 10 min, then wash before you can start. this will remove the extra carbohydrates and will get the rice good. I also, fry the chicken in a saucepan with 1 tspn of butter for 2 min to give it a golden look.. Do this after you boil it, its not gonna get hard this way.. Also, 1tspn of sault goes with every two cups of rice.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-20 00:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	Amman CR1 Interview	Interview: 21 OCT 2008 I arrived at the embassy at 7:50 AM. My number was 13 ( IV section ) .. I sat in there, then people started to go one after the other to a window to give the photos, the passport and the medical report.. Then we were sent to wait in the American Citizen Services room and people starting to take the interview one after the other, about 20 min per person.. some longer, some shorter... I waited 4 Hours till I got my interview. My number was 13 like I said, so you either go in very early, or just go in last.. they don't let you in after 12 noon so you gotta be there early if you wanna get out early. My interview was the fastest, some people took like 40 min of questioning. Here's how it went: Got in, sat on the chair, the guy said "saba7 elkhair" ( means good morning ) in arabic i said saba7 elnoor.. then he asked me to raise my right hand and swear that the documents are correct ( he asked me that in arabic ), i said it, then I said, I can do this in english, and he was happy about it.. then he gave me the part 2 of the visa application to sign, and I did, he took my finger prints.. then I sat.. he was shuffling papers around and typing to the computer. He asked me how do I know my wife and I started telling him.. I don't think he even listened because he was busy giving me the originals and printing on the screen, then he took a paper, stamped it and gave it to me and said congratulations, your visa has been approved. I was out of the interview room in like 5 min. People outside were surprised that i came out that fast. He gave me a number that i took to the aramex office on my way out to pay for passport delivery. Paid 5 JOD. Visa 23rd OCT 2008: Two days later ( Today ), Aramex called me and asked me to go pick up the passport even though I asked them to deliver at my house, he started bullshitting me that my street address doesn't show on their system, and I'm like seriously in the same block as they are.. So i got up, dressed myself really quick and just left out and I got my passport with the CR1 visa. I also booked my ticket on the 29th. Also for iraqi people applying in amman, there were 4 iraqi people who got approved as well. Good luck to the others and I hope this is helpful. btw, the coffe is 1 JD and it sucked .. just in case you were sleepy like I was =)	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-23 10:32:00
Middle East and North Africa	Police Clearance for Jordan	now lets hope the interview date is before he finishes the year... otherwise he should probably get it to the interview	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-11-04 08:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Vaccine history incomplete	I'm guessing they're giving him exactly what they gave me. They gave me the three combined into a single "three-in-one" MMR shot. He also might need to take Varicella shots.. as for me, I have a varicella history, so they didn't give me the shots for it. One thing i just noticed on the report is that there's one vaccine which is "Not routinely available" called ( DT or DTP or DTaP ).	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-09 14:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Vaccine history incomplete	Hello everyone, I just came back from the hospital and the test went fine.. However, they gave me the MMR shots.. and nothing else was required. They gave me a sealed envelope and there was a photocopy of the vaccination report for me to read, and in the results section I have the following checked: Vaccine history incomplete. Applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver(s) because vaccination(s) not medically appropriate. Notice that I'm going for a CR1 visa and there would be no AOS.. Should I worry about this?	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-10-09 03:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Social Security Number	Thanks everybody <3	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-11-12 09:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Social Security Number	Hello everyone, I have been in the US for almost two weeks now. I know I am expecting my Green Card to arrive by mail. But I have seen some people go to the social security office to get a SSN. I also know that my visa is now a temporary I-551 ( Green card ). Question is, will I get a social security number/card in the mail too? or is that a different process? Note that I answered the following in my DS-230 QUOTE 33a. Have you ever applied for a Social Security Number (SSN)? No QUOTE Do you want the Social Security Administration to assign you an SSN (and issue a card) or issue you a new card (if you have an SSN)? You must answer "Yes" to this question and to the "Consent To Disclosure" in order to receive an SSN and/or card. Yes	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-11-11 19:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	US. Spouse changes name after POE	Hello, So I've been living in the US for the past 3 months, I got my green card and we have everything right. Just few days ago, my wife (The US Citizen Spouse ) legally changed her last name to my last name. The question is, do we need to notify the USCIS or the DHLS about this change ? Also, do I need to contact my counsulate office regarding this issue? Thanks in advanced.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2009-01-18 14:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Afiidavits from friends and family....?	YOU SHOULD NOTARIZE THEM. It's free at any bank.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-03-23 07:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 NOA-1s recently received	QUOTE (kitty loves moudi @ Mar 22 2008, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Diane.. welcome.. I was looking at your timeline that you've listed... you might want to adjust the year indicated as ur wedding and filing date Hi Kitty, All of those dates are correct. We were extremely happy and shocked when we received our NOA-1 on Friday...but the dates are 100% accurate. We can put the minutes if you'd like. (It's listed as DayDay.MonthMonth.YearYear) NOA-1 says our case was sent to the CA service center. Thanks! Edited by Daher.Diane, 23 March 2008 - 07:42 AM.	Daher.Diane	Not Telling	Jordan	2008-03-23 07:41:00