biggish data

Ankara or Abu Dhabi? (for Immigrant visa applicants from Iran)

Abu Dhabi hasn't been treating us well so far! they are busy or short in number of staffs, I don't know. But our file was completed in Sep. Nothing even for Nov. I'm not even sure we can get into Dec list or not.
I have K3 interview in Dec. So if nothing happens by then, we will go for K3. USCIS and NVC were pretty ok, (on time) but after NVC it's just stupid delay! for unknown reason!
I have no idea abt Ankara.
ghorbanat

Armin

Male

2009-10-28 16:33:00

I-134 and Child support

Hey all,

Im in the process of doing my I-134 and was wondering if I could add child support, and were on the form would I put it?? And would I mark my son as partially dependent because he gets child support??

Any help would be great...Thanks tons

AprilandAaron

Female

Ireland

2009-03-15 10:34:00

Co Sponser

Hi all,

My father is going to be my co sponser...What documents do I need from him besides the i-134, bank staments, and W2's?...He owns his own busness, so would he need anything to prove this? And if theres anything I missed please fill me in...

Thanks

AprilandAaron

Female

Ireland

2009-03-18 22:16:00

Question

I was just wondering how long a police cert is valid for after it is recieved???? For the interview...

AprilandAaron

Female

Ireland

2009-03-23 09:11:00

Interview Question

Hey everyone,

My fiancee has his interview on Tues at the US Embassy in Dublin Ireland..And would like to know if anyone knows how much the fees are?

Thanks

Edited by AprilandAaron, 24 April 2009 - 11:05 AM.

AprilandAaron

Female

Ireland

2009-04-24 11:03:00

Question regarding interview

Hey all,

My fiancee had an interview last Tuesday at the US Embassy in Dublin Ireland and didnt have all the forms needed...Sooo they gave him a new interview date this coming Tuesday...I just wanted to make sure that he has everything needed...

He has....

-The I 134 from both my father and I
- Tax forms
-Letters from job and banks
-Pay stubs

-Letter of intent
-Org birth cert
-I 797
-DS 156
-DS 156K
-Police Cert.
-Air Travel Tickets
-Pictures of the two of us together
-Reciepts for engagment ring, and wedding dress
-Emails
-Phones bills
-Mail postage sent to each other
-Two passport photos
-Medical package
-I 129F
-And an envelope with name, address and postage stamp

If there is anything missing that he needs for the interview, please let us know....

Thanks tons and tons
April and Aaron

Edited by AprilandAaron, 03 May 2009 - 08:54 PM.

AprilandAaron

Female

Ireland

2009-05-03 20:52:00

Should I go with my Fiancee to Interview

My Fiancee will be interviewed at the Warsaw Embassy. Should I go to the Embassy with my fiancee? Is it better to go? Should I be worried, If I don't go ?

kommie

Male

Poland

2008-03-10 18:22:00

Poland Packet 3 Response Question

We filled it out and sent it in just incase.

kommie

Male

Poland

2008-03-29 16:28:00

Sara's Thread

Congrats on NOA2 and goodluck!

JEMoonbear

Not Telling

Canada

2009-09-13 23:47:00

K-3 interview and I-134: are tax returns required?

U still need ur sponsor's latest income tax return or tax transcript. k-3 is a non-immigrant visa even ur already married so u need i-134 affidavit of support. goodluck!!!

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QUOTE (Reaubean @ Mar 31 2009, 04:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Our visa interview is scheduled for April 20. We're applying in Manila for a K-3, non-immigrant visa. My hubby's dad is our co-sponsor. He is using a I-134 affidavit of support.

Tax returns are not mentioned in the instructions for I-134. Will they be required in order to get the K-3 visa, or will we only need tax returns when we file a I-864 when we apply for adjustment of status?

If your married allready and you file the I-134 instead of the I-864 what your supposed to file . Your visa can be denied , the I-134 is for non family based visa only . And the I-864 is only to be used for family based visa , and k3 and k4 visa is a family based visa . When k1 or k2 visa is a non family based visa . And your wrong in your post it says your visa is an non-immigrant visa , your visa if its a k3 is an immigrant visa . K3 visa means allready married , but no childreen .

piscesgirl

Female

Philippines

2009-03-31 06:57:00

JFK POE

Thanks for the info.

Michele

Jamaica to CT

Female

2006-06-01 17:32:00

JFK POE

Good morning all,

For those whose POE was JFK did you get the temporary EAD stamp or is that only for K-1er's?

Michele

Jamaica to CT

Female

2006-06-01 06:00:00

help help!

I hope that you're wife get's better soon Savanphil.

Jamaica to CT

Female

2006-08-05 12:59:00

NVC QUESTION

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I would call if I were you.

thanks zee. I finally got through after trying all morning. A very nice lady checked, and told me there was no record of my receipt number yet. I'm not going to freak out or anything, because I was approved on a Friday, and Monday was a holiday. So it's only technically been two days.

Thanks though, Ill follow up sometime next week.

lucy4

Female

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2008-01-23 14:34:00

NVC QUESTION

QUOTE (ZeeNusah @ Jan 23 2008, 09:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

By the time I got my letter from NVC my case was already at the embassy. K1s are not at NVC long, most are there a week or less.

wow, so is it a good enough time for me to call, being adjudicated on the 1/18?

lucy4

Female

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2008-01-23 10:03:00

NVC QUESTION

QUOTE (DakotaK1 @ Jan 22 2008, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE

Pardon my ignorance but does the NVC send you a letter about anything or do you have to call to find out the status?

thanks

The Petitioner will recieve a letter with a new casenumber

hmm... how long does this typically take?

lucy4

Female

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2008-01-23 08:58:00

Glad to hear the update and I am wishing a speedy AP for you guys!!!! No worries

Thank you so much! I can always depend on you to keep my spirits up!

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-10 20:01:00

I heard from the embassy a couple days ago. They basically said don't worry this is a mandatory procedure now and since it involves getting information from other international agencies the time in AP depends on how fast the other agencies get the info back to them. One other thing is that the embassy is conducting the additional review so I believe it's a good thing (meaning our case didn't have to go back to Washington).

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-10 07:36:00

Sorry to hear that you guys are in AP. We were there for awhile. If it has been a month, I would call or email weekly until you get information.

We waited patiently for so long, and I finally emailed them yesterday, and they told us we were done with AP! If I hadn't asked, I wonder when they were planning to tell us that!
Have hope, it will all work out in the end.

Thank you! When is your honey coming home?

I'm trying to get a little more pep in my step because delayed doesn't mean denied. I just pray it goes quickly.

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-04 22:10:00

Thank you Rica!

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-01 18:36:00

FH had his interview today in Dakar. As you can tell from the title, he's in AP. *SIGH*

I had him run down the questions he was asked and he was asked WAAAAYYYY too many questions (IMHO) about his brother (who is married to my cousin). I mean I kind of expected that they would ask a couple questions just because of the family angle. But I feel that they asked way too many. This is about our relationship, not theirs. I understand that it could look like my FBIL/CIL would want his brother here but to be fair he has been married to my cousin since 2002 and came here in 2003. My view of things says he would have been trying to get his baby brother here years before now.

One other thing that gave me pause as to why he could have been put in AP was the question of "what does your fiance do", to which FH answered "massaging". I AM a Licensed Massage Therapist, but I believe they wanted to know what I do for regular work. I feel that should have been worded differently, ie "where does your fiancee work?" For FH's thought process asking what someone does, is what they do in their spare time. In his mind that's totally different than what does your fiance do for work/where does your fiance work. KWIM

All in all I know God is in control, but they didn't even give FH a date to come back. Just that they would call him if they needed more information.

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-01 18:20:00

Police Clearance in Nigeria

Thank you all!!! He will be getting it taken care of in Lagos next week. :dance:

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-02-03 07:39:00

Police Clearance in Nigeria

FH just called me in a panic saying that he is trying to get his police certificate and an acquaintance who is a police officer says:

1) he has to go get fingerprinted.
2) he has to undress and be checked for scars.
3) he has to submit the request through Benin City who will submit it to Lagos and bring the results back to Benin City. All of which will take 1-2 weeks.
4) he can not go directly to Lagos to get it.
5) the clearance will cost him 25,000 naira. (that seems like an awful lot to me).

FH does not live in Nigeria any longer. He is just home visiting and had to get a new passport, birth certificate and this police clearance. He has already been there since Dec 27th and needs to get back to The Gambia where he lives now. We really can't afford to have him spend another 2-3 weeks in Nigeria. He waited to get the police clearance last because he needed to get the passport and birth certificate first in order to present them when requesting the certificate.

Are the above steps correct? Is there anyway around this? Also he is under the impression that if he tells them he needs the clearance for immigration/travel purposes they will charge him more so he doesn't want to tell them exactly why he needs it. What should I advise him on that part?

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-02-01 06:54:00

Dealing with financial issues

So, does this mean she should not make any decision and let God decide for her?

It means she should do just what she's doing...trust God. She seems to be doing a good job of that.

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-02 13:33:00

Dealing with financial issues

I'm sorry queen.

but if I haven't learned anything else I've learned God sees our future in our present. So rest assured that He will care for you. Big Hugs!

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-02 08:45:00

Dealing with financial issues

I have had similar discussions with my fiance regarding finances. He doesn't ask me for money at all. I usually send over money for the necessities of what needs to be done because waiting for him to get up enough money to do things would take too long.

One thing is he never threatened me about leaving me over money or how long this process is taking. I would advise to pray on this and try your best to look at things objectively. When my FH was home in Nigeria (after being gone for 4years) last month, he was so disheartened with how expensive things had become. But he had his brother there telling him this is just the way things are now, we make it ok. He brother went on to tell him, he does odd jobs to make money to eat, bills and phone credits. He said he doesn't need to live richly although that would be nice. Right now since he doesn't have a job, he does the best he can. My FH took all this in and even did a couple of odd jobs himself so I wouldn't be worried. His main point was to be able to take care of himself and leave some of the stress off me because I definitely don't have it like that.

It could be the stress of everything but I would definitely ask God to reveal the root of why your fiance is acting this way now. I will pray for you as well.

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-02-28 12:03:00

Speaking Pidgin

This is going to be harder than I thought. I keep wanting to say "me a miss dis ting" which is patois not pidgin.

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-25 02:46:00

Speaking Pidgin

LOL I have no idea where to start. Yesterday I was trying to get FH to speak Pidgin to me and he said "not yet my love". So I started speaking a little of the Patois I know. He said "what is this wrong pidgin language o". :lol:

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-21 17:22:00

Speaking Pidgin

I'd made it my business to learn to speak Pidgin (which I was surprised is a lot like the Patois I grew up hearing) so I thought it would be fun and educational to get a thread going here. Anyone want to go for it?

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-03-20 04:06:00

Sub-Saharan Cyber Cafe #3

Ivie is a type of coral. Firemountian has a large assortment of coral beads. Firemountain coral beads

Thanks hon!!! Just what I needed! I knew we should have SOMETHING. Now I can be a proper Bini Bride. :dance:

off to find instructions. Maybe I'll call my future Sis in Law for help.

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2010-10-07 04:33:00

Sub-Saharan Cyber Cafe #3

Hmmm all this time I've been on here I've never stopped by. Sorry....

so what are we talking about in here?

I know one thing, I'm having the devil of a time trying to find Ivie beads here in America. Can I really only get them in Nigeria? That doesn't seem right. I need quite a few of them because I need to make my headpiece/crown, shirt/cape (I guess that's what it's called...the thing that's worn around the shoulders) bracelets and necklaces. Anyone have any ideas?

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2010-10-06 19:29:00

Happy Endings In Sub Sarahan

Whoohoo!! Congrats honey! I pray God continues to be at the head of your long and prosperous marriage!

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2011-01-14 20:30:00

Happy Endings In Sub Sarahan

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It's very encouraging to see all these works in progress. Thanks to all of you for posting!! I am finding this thread VERY helpful especially when considering what to look out for so I can prepare beforehand as much as possible. :dance:

Edited by PurpleSky, 03 June 2010 - 01:27 PM.

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2010-06-03 13:25:00

Happy Endings In Sub Sarahan

Well they're not on VJ but my cousin has been married to my future hubby's oldest brother for the past 8 years. They have two beautiful little boys who are learning a wonderful mix of Edo (future hubby & cousin in law are from Benin City, Nigeria), Spanish and English. They'll be some of the smartest young men on the block. LOL

There are definitely ups and downs, but they're holding strong. I see what happens in their marriage and take what I can to learn from it in order to apply it to mine when it comes about.

PurpleSky

Female

Gambia

2010-05-21 14:13:00

Move Up?

The CR Embassy tries to be as accomodating as possible. I believe that date is assigned by NVC, so you should be able to contact the Embassy directly and get it moved up. Usually you can get an interview within 2-3 weeks in CR. Good luck and let us know how it goes!

BTW- My petitions got touches two days in a row, so I'm hoping our turn is coming soon!

Married2aTico

Female

Costa Rica

2009-04-24 12:35:00

129F NOA1 11/4, but still not available on online

I received my I-129F (for K3) NOA1 on 11/4, but STILL cannot get case updates over the net nor VSC phone line. I have called twice to inquire about it, but keep getting told not to worry about and that my case is being processed. I can't help it, I am worried nonetheless. My husband and I don't want anything to make this wait any longer than it has to be!

Has anyone had a similar experience? Am I worrying for no reason?

Married2aTico

Female

Costa Rica

2009-01-12 13:24:00

K3 Visa Questions and Clarification

Hi,

Yes, all this is overwhelming! Have you looked at all at the K1 (fiance) visa? Currently these are being processed more quickly than the K3's. (So if getting to your husband is the #1 priority this should be the quickest way.) The terms of the K1 state that you enter the country and marry within 90 days. During that time period, you cannot come and go from the U.S (from what I understand). You could still plan your spiritual/ religious marriage ceremony wherever, so long as it is not legally binding. I'm not sure what the approval rate is like for Canadians, but in general, I have heard positive on the K1.

I only mention this option b/c my husband and I are now in semi-regret that we did not pursue that route. If we had, we would surely be in each other's arms today (provided we were approved!). Instead, we married legally in his country in May and had over a 4 month wait for our marriage certificate to be released (gotta love Latin America). So therefore, we are now over 8 months into our marriage and only 3 months along in the I-130/K3 process. Just thought I'd put in my two cents... Good luck with whatever you decide! No matter what, you will have plenty of VJ support along the way!

Married2aTico

Female

Costa Rica

2009-01-15 00:43:00

wrong birthdate of stepdaughter in I-130

I just realized that I accidently listed my stepdaughter's birthday one day off on the I-130. It is correct on the I-129F. We are not seeking any type of visa for her at this time.

How/ when should I notify USCIS of this error? I don't want to make my petition go any slower. Plus, I am a little worried this mistake will affect our app. Am I worried for no reason? Thoughts?

Married2aTico

Female

Costa Rica

2009-01-18 00:16:00

VSC cases transferred to CSC

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QUOTE (Married2aTico @ Jan 17 2009, 11:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Since it seems a bunch of VSC cases from Sept. and Oct. were transferred to CSC, does that mean

I should get my hopes up for a quicker approval? Just trying to stay positive.

BTW... I-129F NOA1 11/4/08 and still no status available online or through phone system...

I'm sure your visa will be approved faster because of the fact that it was transferred! Good luck!!!

Orlando...

Actually mine wasn't one of the ones transferred. I was just hoping that since some were, VSC might reach the Oct/Nov filers a little faster. If my husband and I get approved by Springtime, we'll probably forego the K3 and go the CR1 route. No matter what, our goal is to be together by our one year anniversary (May 8). Might be a little too optimistic, but one can hope...

Married2aTico

Female

Costa Rica

2009-01-18 20:31:00