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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC: Waiting for Case Number

Hello All,

I am new here and this is my 1st post, please I need your help.

I am a USC, my husband is a Nigerian, but resides in Malaysia, so we are going through the Kuala Lumpur Consulate.

I am now at the NVC stage. I called NVC several times and finally got a positive response on the 30th April 2012, I was told NVC has received my Case from the California Service Center CSC, But they do not have a Case number for me yet. It hasn't been keyed into their system.

How long does it take to get a Case number?

How long will it take me to get the fee bills ans submit my documents?

Mailed I-130 Package - 10th Nov. 2011
USCIS Received Package and my Priority Date is - 14th Nov. 2011
Notice Date: 16th Nov. 2011
NOA2 - 14th April 2012 (exactly 5months)
NVC received case - April 30th 2012



welcome dinny...

it takes a few weeks sometime before you get your case mumber from NVC but once you do you will recieve the first fee bill, pay it then you send in Affidavite of support. omce they approve that you will get the bill for visa fee. pay that then you send in visa application and all they ask for.
it didnt take us long with NVC as it did with USCIS. USCIS it took us exactly 8 months from priority date.

it took us about 4 mmonths to get his interview at the embassy in cairo.

good lick.
BE PATIENT!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-03 17:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC STAGE QUESTIONS PLEASE HELP!!!

Lawyers are waste of time. Trust me cuz I have one. They will not do anything. They sit and wait for other to contact them. My advise is if u want to be up to date with ur case then be proactive. He does not have to call. U can call and get any informatiom.

Lawyers are waste of time. Trust me cuz I have one. They will not do anything. They sit and wait for other to contact them. My advise is if u want to be up to date with ur case then be proactive. He does not have to call. U can call and get any informatiom.



lol..i agree. i saw a lawyer in the beginning before i sent in my I-130 but onlythen. the whole journey i have done all on my own. lawyers like you said just sit back and waste time.
you have all the services of USCIS and NVC to help u with paperwork.
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-05 03:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC STAGE QUESTIONS PLEASE HELP!!!

Thanks on the Reply!!! I have a lawyer is it different? Does my Lawyer has to call and ask?



if you have a lawyer then let him do it. thats what you pay him/her for. you can still call them if you want too. i got email and letter from NVC telling me my case number. but when i called NVC before then i use my USCIS receipt number.

be patient all when happen in time.

good luck
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-05 03:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHusband return to home country to finish studies?

From what I understand he will have 6 months to enter the United States once his visa is granted..

Does anyone know if this is officially confirmed or if it varies case to case?


it all depends on the medical exam. some doctors give it 6 months and others give it 12 months but then again it depends on the embassy too how long they take to process the visa.

check your embassy website and it will advise more.

good luck!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-05 02:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHusband return to home country to finish studies?
ok here it is...he has 6 months to enter the USA from the time his visa is issued...sometimes 12 months depending on his medical exam too.

also if he is issued a greencard he has up to 365 days he can be outside the USA but he has to be back befor ethe 365th day IF he is issued a greencard.

IF he just has a visa he cannot go outside the USA before 1 year ( this one i know because a friend of my husbands was issued a 5 yr visa to come and he has to wait 1 year before he can travel outside the USA)

hope this helps you!

http://www.uscis.gov...000082ca60aRCRD

check this out.

good luck!

Edited by samy + janet aly, 05 May 2012 - 02:09 AM.

samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-05 02:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresS.O.S Someone who RECENTLY file the I-864 Affidavit of Support
did you print your cover sheet for the affidavite of support? once you pay your fee and they accept your payment they provide you with a cover sheet you have to have to send in the affidavite of support. the address is on that where you send it too and how to send it.

good luck!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-06 00:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPlz Help
yes dont send anything else until USCIS send you a letter requesting. yes the swor affidavites from friends and family are not required but make a big help to your case as someone else saying you have a bonifide marriage.
if you have those hold on to them. when they request for more eveidence they will add that in there.

good luck
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-06 00:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDS 230

ON THE DS 230 FORM IT HAS AN EXPIRATION OF 4/30/2012....CAN WE USE THIS FORM?OR DO I WAIT UNTIL THEY UPDATE THE DS230? SOOo confused!



It is ok how you write for one thing but check online to see if they have an updated form for the ds230.

http://travel.state..../info_3194.html

click on that link ok.

good luck!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-06 00:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresEmailing The Embassy
i dont know about all this expediting i see on here but nothing will come from the embassy until an interview slot comes available at the embassy. then the embassy will contact NVC to make appointment. these cannot be expedited or waived. you have to wait until a slot comes available at the embassy.
maybe the embassy will answer you and then again maybe they wont.

hope this helps!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-06 03:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresi-864 notarized
i agree the affidavite of support does NOT need to be notarized. just paid for and sent in.
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-06 00:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPending, awaiting interview scheduling?
sounds to me like they still working on your papers. if USCIS is pendig interview then that means you will have to go to a local immigration office. it took me and my husband 8 months of waiting before USCIS approved our I-130. only because our papers sat in the CSC for 3 months before anyone touched them.

good luck!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-06 00:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresds-230 part 1-#11
put an address and keep it that way. dont play the change the address game because things can get lost quickly. use your parents address even until she gets her greencard and ss card.
i have a friend who played the addy change game and his brothers things got lost.
be careful!

but you will always have to notify USCIS of any address change whenever you move. that is always!
good luck

Edited by samy + janet aly, 06 May 2012 - 12:32 AM.

samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-06 00:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresi-864a
you still have to fill out the affidavite of support then add your sisiter as a co-sponsor. there is a section on there for that.
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-06 00:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI-864 federal tax return question
FOR THE AFFIDAVITE OF SUPPORT you have to show your income for the last 3 tax years. if you did not have income the last 2 years you will have to have a co-sponsor. you have to show that your spouse will not live off the government and you have the means to support your spouse if they let them come.

http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD

good luck
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-05 03:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresShould I-864 pages be stapled together?
hello there...

the answer is never use staples on any papers dealing with USCIS< NVS or the embassy.

use paperclips. clip each section seperatly and then a big one to hold them all together.

you want to make the papers easy to access plus they dont like staples...lol

good luck
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-06 21:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC WEBSITE
yes just call them. they dont mind anyone calling to check on anything. it is your right to do so!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-07 18:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresi dont know whats going on
i dont see how an expidited procedure can happen all the way to the embassy? stand in line and wait. nvc will contact you once a interview time becomes available. i had to call for 4 months almost until my husband got his interview date. we still waiting. after his interview...please embassy expidite mine too...lol

no harm but we all have to wait our turn...

good luck
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-05-07 19:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureshow to add foreign spouse to US citizen bank account?
i had my husband added to my account here. i had to fax some papers to my bank and then provide theem with his info and they sent him paperwork for him to fill out and he sent it back. yes a certain type of number can be provided by the bank just for that purpose.
it took time but i have my husband on mine.

a signature is required too from him for the signature card for their file system.

a credit union was worse for us. credit unions are getting scarce with this due to the patriot act.

my bank turn head over heels to help me.
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-11-30 20:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFrom Egypt to US in 78 days
yes good luck with that.....

we have been in this process for over 2 years now.
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2012-12-19 23:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRevocable divorces in egypt
the court document can say that this is a final divorce paper or does he need to do a new divorce paper skipping all the revocable parts to make it irrevocable and final?
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-02-17 13:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRevocable divorces in egypt
hello to everyone,

anyone have any issues with immigration concerning your spouses divorce from egypt? seems the revocable part of it is not accepted by immigration and i like feedback on what ever abyone had to do to make it acceptable for immigration?

thank you
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-02-17 12:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresrevocable divorce in egypt

Once he got his divorce papers did he file it with the courts and get the official stamps on them? Then have them translated with the official stamps for the translations? I have a friend who actually married an egyptian man who was divorced islamically and had the papers but never got them recorded in the courts so when it was time for the embassy to ok the application they not only refuse to do that they also said their marriage at the ministry was unrecognized by the US because he wasn't properly "divorced" from his first wife. Even though the egyptian court recognized him as being single to marry his USC wife.

thanks i have those papers and his divorce was stamped and filed with the civil status department.
the problem with immigration is that when they see the "revocable" part and i have in writing per the NOIR they think that he can take back his ex at anytime they dont even look at the 90 day waiting period and understand that the divorce is only revocable before the 90 day wait period has ended. if it is not revoked and the 90 days wait period has passed them they are divorced.this is what they dont understand.his ex sent me a letter she wrote to immigration explaining why they divorced and she plans to marry by the end of the year to an old schoolmate she has been engaged to for sometime. my husband got from the civil status, ministry of interior a document for his history. shows when he married his ex and when they divorced and when him and i married. all is registered thru the courts and with the government.

all divorces in egypt are revocable except for the third one. i have a statement from his lawyer too explaining all and with which law on the books there refer to it.
http://islam.about.c...todivorce_6.htm
http://islam.about.c...todivorce_4.htm
http://www.ali-gomaa...twa_details=398

i hope these will help others who are in the same boat.

a divorce is a divorce i see....






:thumbs:
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-03-07 01:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresrevocable divorce in egypt
hello there VJ'ers...

i want to know if anyone who married anyone from egypt and there husband had a previous marriage and listed as revocable divorce, what stuff did you bring to prove for an NOIR that this divorce is legal and binding.

reason beings, they trying to say my husband divorce papers is something wrong and not for immigration purposes.

in egyptian/islamic law, a divorce is only revocable for the first 90 days when the divorce is filed. in which time to see if the woman is pregnanat or is called a cooling off period. if the man wants to take his wife back then he has to do it before the 90 days finish, that is what makes it revocable, before the 90 days waiting period.
if after the 90 days he does not take his wife back then they are divorce as of the day they filed for the divorce.
also keep in mind in egypt/islam the man can only marry the same woman 3 times. the listing as revocable is a count for how many they have between them.

now my husband divorced his ex-wife back in may 2008 and he let her go back to her parents...she was the one who asked for the divorce. 2 years later, him and i marry 2010.
they want proof that he did not divorce her for immigration benefits.

they want his divorce paper to say final or irrevocable.....cant do that because that means he has to remarry his ex-wife 2 more times and he has no intentions to do so....lol.
his divorce papers say "bill of divorce",,,so what is the difference from that and decree of divorce???

the proof he will bring...
a letter from 2 lawyers saying his divorce is a proper and legal divorce.
a timeline showing when he started with his ex and when they finished, it will also have our marriage in it and his daughter from ministry of justice and civil status department.
a letter signed by 9 of his close friends and neighbors vouching for him and me.
i have other papers here to send as well.

any help and ideas will be greatly appreciated.

i have until march 12 2013 to send it in by march 14 2013.
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-02-28 20:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCalling USCIS - advice much needed

So I just called the 1 800 number to reach the USCIS and request an expedite for our applications on medical ground.
I am the beneficiary, my husband is the petitionner.
Whilst on the phone, I was advised that each time I ll call I will need to have the petitioner on the line with me, else they can not confirm anything to me (though I am in the file).
My husband is 5000 miles away and can not call during the day as he works.
How has anyone got round this? Any tips and advice?
Im calling the USCIS from a landline and can not make conference calls, how do you guys do?
Thanks as usual for all your precious help!

i do believe that the petitioner has to file the application to expedite the paperwork.
he will have to make the time to make the calls, it is important that he does.
to call the service center they are open moday thru friday from 8am to 8pm eastern standard time.

NVC IS OPEN FROM 8AM TO 12AM EASTERN TIME, USCIS IS ONLY FROM 8AM TO 8PM EASTERN TIME

you have just started and i dont think they will expedite your application since the petition is new, has the petition evenbeen approved yet by USCIS?
if you look at my story i think i can request for everything to be expedited since our journey has been over 2 1/2 years and we gone thru alot of mess.

http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD

check that out and see if it helps.

make sure your husband knows since he is the petitioner, stay on top of things ok. make the time. i do always to do what i need to get my hsuband here,

good luck!

Edited by samy + janet aly, 20 March 2013 - 11:49 AM.

samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-03-20 11:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuicker I-130 Approval?

No, that's incorrect. The fact that your I-130 was approved after sending an I-129F is a coincidence. There are hundreds of other cases who have filed both and have been waiting for months and months. Please don't spread false information.


I agree. after i sent in my I-130 and got my NOA1 i sent in the 129-F and then got its NOA. My I130 was approved after 8 months and then the 129F got approved a few weeks after but wasnt available to use since the I130 was approved first.
But weirdest thing happen, when we got the NOIR, another letter was sent saying the k3 visa i applied for was sent back to USCIS from the consulate because it was never issued. now that was almost 2 yrs after they sent me a letter in 2011 saying it was not available since the i130 got approved...lol...go figure...lol

the truth be told, i dont see how any petition gets approved before 5 months since they have to do background checks and all.

we are all trying to be patient but there is no fast way at all.
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-04-02 02:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresi-864
it looks like you will need a sponsor if she does not have a social security number or even tax returns.

give more information please so people can help.
can she prove she was born in america?
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-04-04 06:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQualified Joint Sponsor

Your understanding is incorrect. A joint sponsor must qualify based on their own household size plus the intending immigrant. Do not include the petitioner in the joint sponsor's household size. Only household members can combine income. For example if the joint sponsor's spouse has an income, they can combine their income to qualify.


ok so i am in texas and my cosponsor is in north carolina, how would that work???
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-04-04 07:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQualified Joint Sponsor
my understanding of the AOS and joint sponsors is that it is a combined of petitioner and joint sponsor tax returns to show above the 125% poverty level.
co sponsor is someone who will make help to you if need be.
just like me, just in case i need a new AOS i have a co sponsor ready just in case because my tax return last yr only showed about $15,000.00 for the yr 2012 and i have some savings but my co sponsor if needed has over $30,000.00 for his tax return.
they want to make sure that if the person comes, there will be enough resources available for them to live off of instead of living off the government.

i hope this helps and others will correct if i am wrong.

i looked in USCSI website and i stil find only this.
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-04-04 06:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDefinition of "Certified copy of..." Original? or Copy?

Hi Speedwell,

Thanks for your feedback! Original is always better and nothing can go wrong with it. Right?


originals are always better when it is in that stage when they ask for them.
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-04-16 16:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDefinition of "Certified copy of..." Original? or Copy?
are you filing for I130?

when i filed my I130 i sent in copies which showed the stamps from the officials and the courts.

you dont send originals until the NVC stage.

not sure if you are just starting or in the middle.

you are the benificiary?

Edited by samy + janet aly, 16 April 2013 - 04:40 PM.

samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-04-16 16:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCR1 Visa

YEAH,  the longest in AP i have seen was last year for us with USCIS for almost 9 months for review, january 2012 to may 2012 in AP at embassy in cairo.

 

it is true no one knows how long it will take especially at the embassy in AP

 

you just keep hoping and praying that soon it will end.

 

The shutdown should not be affecting anything since all USCIS offices are open and working all around the world.


samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-10-09 21:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion regarding i-864 with a sponsor/Interview for spouse

hello there,

 

my understanding about the I864 goes with all the paperwork together to NVC.

 

make sure he has all original documents withhim when he goes and any suporting eveidence he can show the CO such as picyures any chat logs anything you think will help. trust your heart in this.

 

congrats on the baby and good luck!


samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-10-20 09:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDenied in Cairo

hello there,

 

i just read this and i see what you are facing because i have faced it as well, being sent back from the embassy in cairo 2 times for NOIR. the first one we got reaffirmed and seems the embassy didnt like it because the 2nd time they sent it back to uscis for review because i had not been there in awhile.

 

you can contact all the senators and congressman you want but it will not help a thing. uscis and dos all work on their own merits and take seriously what the embassy writes back.

 

our was revoked on jan 7 2014 while i was in cairo visiting my husband for 6 weeks, we are now int he appeals process and it doesn't look good.because a few months ago i got a letter from uscis saying they are telling the board of immigration appeals to keep our petition revoked. so i wait the long hard trail of not knowing now. ot has caused alot of hardship for me and my husband now.

 

the first send back was may 2012 and we waited almost 9 months in review with uscis before i heard anything from them. 2nd one was in 2013 and waited over 7 months in review.

 

just be ready when you get anything from uscis and follow what they say, if they give you a chance to prove yourselves, you will have 30 days to show what ever they want you to send, be prompt and straight forwarded with them.

 

 

let me know if i can be any help!!!


samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2014-09-14 18:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 document checklist
this is what i sent in....with my i134

tax returns for the last 3 yrs
affidavites from my jobs clarifying my pay rate and all.
any original documents they have asked for.

if she is bringing her son too i believe ther is a place on there that says any children who will be coming or will follow to list them.

i just looked back at the i134 and yes you will need to list on the same i134 her son under section 3.

good luck!

Edited by samy + janet aly, 23 March 2013 - 08:23 AM.

samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-03-23 08:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresScheduling Interview

Good day to all of you...

I was wondering if you can enlighten me on the process of scheduling our K1 Visa Interview? After paying the visa fee and then going online; will the Embassy give you the date and time or is there a choice to choose from?

Thanks for any input on the matter. Note that we are going for our interview at the US Embassy in Manila.

Rgds
Sahs

but just rememebr, if they set your date and time, dont change it, go to it.

things can happen and change thru the years.

good luck!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-03-23 10:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSent in I-129F two weeks before 2 year mark, will it get denied?

Sorry for jumping in, but this is actually wrong. It is not true that you must have known each other for at least two years. A lot of people on here file and get approved having known each other less than two years. The only requirement for the USCIS stage is that (no matter for how long you have known each other), you must have MET at least once within the last two years.

As for the OP, I think you will be fine since you have met within the two-year period. Good luck!





the above quote is correct, you had to have been face to face with each other within 2 yrs, and you 2 have a baby together so that will prove as well.

be patient. everything will be ok. Good luck!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-03-28 07:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE
Just wait to get the hard copy letter about the RFE, it will have everything listed that USCIS will want as extra evidence ok.
no need to freak out. just means they need extra information.

i got one back in may 2011 and when i sent it in, our petition was approved 2 weeks later.

just send them what they want. they will give you some time to gather all extra info they want to see.

good luck!
samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-04-12 07:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTax returns and W2's

it states on the affidavit of support the last 3 years tax returns. that is enough to prove you can support the beneficiary.

as long as you have that, you will not need to send in any W2's because the tax returns show the amounts.


Edited by samy + janet aly, 04 May 2013 - 08:22 AM.

samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-05-04 08:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 fiance visa.....petitioner died

So sorry for your loss my friend, God will see you and his family thru this.

I hope you can get a tourist visa to come and meet his family.


samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-05-01 23:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere to find updated form DS-230??

thats ok. we are all here for the same thing and to help each other. i had saved this becsuse a few weeks agao the embassy requested a new one from my hsuband. when the last one expires it can not be used unless they make an exception.

 

good luck. ask if you need any help ok!!


samy + janet alyFemaleEgypt2013-07-10 08:30:00