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CRI visa or K3 Visa

Hi! I am a Filipina. I am married to an American. He is trying to get me to live in the USA. We are confused of what to file. We want a quick process that will take less than a year to get me there. What will be the most suitable to file a K3 visa or CR1 visa. Do someone know how much time will it takes with both visas? and we are receiving bad inputs about K3 visa, they said its already obsolete. Can someone help us on this one base on their experience. thank you alot in advance

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-01-17 15:08:00

Assembling the I-130 Package - Evidence of Bonafide Marriage

Hi I am a Filipina married to an American. We are now assembling the Form I-13o, and I want to know What evidence/documents we could include for the evidence of bonafide marriage? We do not have any joint bank account, no baby yet, or joint properties. Are the Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by third parties havingpersonal knowledge of the bona fides of the marital relationship will suffice? or a photographs? Do you have any other idea from your experience. Do you have any example of this affidavit?

Also I wanna ask if is it okay to staple wire same documents? And you have any pattern i could use for cover letter?

Thank you so much in advance

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-01-18 08:16:00

Abbreviations for forms

We filled out the I-130 and the G-325A and only problem we see is there isnt enough space for City and Country so we had to abbreviate Philippines with PH. Knowing abbreviations are a no no, how do we go about attaching a paper with the full address on it so they know the full address? Any help would be appreciated Thank you

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-01-18 08:35:00

CR-1 covered on cover sheet of I-130?

When filing I-130 petition, do u have to put filing for CR-1 anywhere or will they know based that its a I-130?
any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-01-23 13:19:00

NOA1

is this our NOA1?

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-02-04 23:25:00

NOA1

Thank you very much

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-02-04 19:51:00

NOA1

I recieved a Form 1-797C, NOA form. Its one sheet of paper and has Reciept as notice type. Thing im not clear with on the form is the block that says "Preference Classification" it says 201 B INA Spouse of USC, can anyone enlighten on what that means? i googled but nothing related to my case. I filed a basic I-130 for my wife which lives in Philippines for her to come to USA. Any help would be appreciated

Thank you

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-02-04 19:29:00

steps after NOA1 and NOA2

Good day!

We have just received our NOA1 via mail. I just want to ask what is the next step after NOA2? We are applying for CR1, by the way. Do we need to prepare a form or something? We would like to know so we can prepare it before we received our NOA2.

Thank you so very very much for the help in advance.

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-02-08 08:22:00

CR1 CR2 k3 k4

The K-3 is obsolete it is CR1 now, i was gonna do K-3 for wife but it no longer exsists

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-02-09 16:59:00

CR1 Visa

Hi

Good day!

I would just like to ask, because we recently filed our Form I130 last January to Chicago lockbox and got our NOA1 in the same month with MSC receipt number. Should we also file Form I129?

Or Form I130 would be suffice for us to get an NOA2?

Im sorry, I am just confused with the process.

Thank you so much for the response.

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-03-26 09:09:00

I am currently unemployed since got out of Army June 2012, i'm starting new job soon. When filling out Affidavat of Support its obvious im gonna need joint sponsor. So with that being said do i fill one for myself and my co sponsor fills one seperate? So i will be sending both in with packet at same time? also does anyone have an example i can go off of for filling it out? Im still awaiting approval and NOA2 im just getting stuff done ahead of time of what i can do while waiting. Any help would be appreciated, Thank you in advance

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-01 19:40:00

name check. please help!!

I got questions about names also.

You see, when we filled in the forms for I-130, its usually last name, first name, middle name. We wrote my husband name like this : Bankard Richard Jr. Lee. When we got our NOA1 letter, his name was written like this. Richard Jr. Lee Bankard.

When the name is being written first name, middle name, last name, Junior should beside the last name, right?

Will this affect our process

thank u for ur inputs.

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-03 23:37:00

Yeah, i think you are right. I am just wondering if they do have special contact or favor to USCIS to quicken the process.

But i guess u are right, i clearly understand now base on u guys have experieced.

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-04 22:09:00

My personal experience is that I believe that having control over my own case gave me a sense of understanding and control over the situation. I also know that I cared about my own case more than any lawyer ever would so i had motivation to get everything done as fast as possible. Luckily, I found this site early in my process so I was aware of the process (sort of) and I did a lot of research. I think mine moved faster than with a lawyer as I could respond immediately to paperwork requests etc... And did not have to wait for a lawyer to get around to it.

Tomorrow hubby takes his oath and becomes a us citizen and I owe so much to VJ for getting us through this!

Wow! Congratulations!

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-03 23:11:00

I used RAPIDVISA it does help with the process. As far as speed it has no bearing on speed.

How many days is your NOA1 to NOA2?

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-03 07:18:00

don't lose hope! it will be 14 months from the day we filed the I-130 until our interview. It took much longer than we ever thought it would, but we are nearly there!

Yeah, i hope we could do it that fast too.

I hope i could be with my husband tonight!

Buu u know when u check USCIS every day, it seems like it has been years since we filed the NOA1.

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-03 02:13:00

long time lurker, first time poster. We used a lawyer, mainly because each of of our travel schedules for work, we wanted to make sure there was one place the paperwork was being sent to where it wouldn't be missed and someone was sure to act on it. If I had to do it over again, I probably wouldn't have used a lawyer. We hired a really reputable lawyer and he did an ok job, but the NVC lost one of our forms he'd submitted, and I was the one who caught it, because of the knowledge I'd gained here on VJ. From looking at the guides and reading the forums, I knew exactly how long it should have taken from the date the DS230 was sent until our case completed, and when 2 months had passed with no word, I got all over our lawyer to follow up. Lo and behold, the NVC didn't have a record of it being received. (and I know he'd sent it, he copied us on all tracking numbers, etc) He re-submitted it and within 14 days our case completed. So having a lawyer doesn't mean it's going to be any faster. They can't fast track things, they can only make sure it's done correctly and that someone is keeping on top of your stuff. And the NVC misplacing paperwork somewhere in the shuffle doesn't happen every day, but isn't completely unheard of. Doesn't matter who files it if that happens.

If you have a straight forward case, have clean police records, have a good co-sponsor (or make enough to do the I-864 yourself) and are a detail oriented person, it should be really easy to do it yourself following the guides here and asking questions of the people on the forums to make sure you're doing it correctly. I think you certainly will feel like you have more control over the process if you do it yourself.

It does seem to take forever and there is a lot of luck involved on how fast things get processed. I would look at some of the timelines on here with similar filing dates or NOA2 dates to ours and want to beat my head against the wall. But you just have to take it one day at a time and roll with it. it's a pain in the ####, but you can totally do it yourself. That's my .02 cents anyway.

its not really on how to do it. I know i could do it right with God's. This forum has been very informative.

its the NOA2 am frustrated about. I cant help to get confused.

But i know better not to lose hope.

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-03 01:49:00

If hiring a lawyer will REALLY speed up the process, we should have done that long ago. What is an extra couple bucks compared to the agony and anxiety we had been through, but sweetheart, a Lawyer will never speed up the process. It just depends on so many variables like the adjudicator who will do the review, the service centers, the workloads and the LUCK!

It just sometimes frustrating, when u see couples being approved. And you are checking day and night to see a good news. Nt that am not happy for them, coz i am. The process is so unpredictable. Makes my mood unpredictable too

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-03 01:06:00

Are you both at the same service center? Just because they finished faster has nothing to do with having a lawyer if that was the case we all would have one Lawyers have no government pull. Your senator or congressman can't get your file through faster.

Did you ask them if they expedite it? maybe they filed from abroad? or was military? Usually its just good old luck.

we are in the same service center. I dnt knw if he was in the military, i dnt knw nothng more.

Does it help? I mean, my husband WAS in military. He just resigned last year.

I hope we get approved soon.

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-03 00:35:00

Who files for you has no baring on speed. It's about the workload at the service centers and a bit of luck.

I just want to assure myself if my decision is right. My husband wanted to use a lawyer but I insisted not to. I said its a waste of money since we could do it ourselves. But now i saw a similar timeline like us and we are a few days ahead when we filed but they got approved first and i discovered that they used a lawyer in filing.

So nw am thinkng it may have a bearing.

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-03 00:19:00

Hi guys!!

I just wanted to ask if having an Agency or a lawyer will help you to be approved faster than having none or if you just self applied. Im on CR1 Spouse Visa process.

Thank you for your inputs

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-04-02 23:56:00

When to notify change of address after approval?

Thanks alot Markieboy, ill get on that tomorrow. Will they update the address even if they dont have the packet yet?

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-05-16 21:48:00

When to notify change of address after approval?

We currently got I-130 approved, my wifes address in the philippines changed, who do we notify of that change? Im assuming we notify someone right away before they send packets to her, but who would we call? USCIS? my understanding once approved everything is out of their hands. Any help would be appreciated.Thank you in advanced

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-05-16 21:02:00

Ok thank you very much for the info, she does have her husband name on her income taxes but he is in prison so im assuming they dont share income lol. But thank you, me and my sister both fill out I-864, i will check 1A and my sister will check 1D on her I-864? just one final time to make sure

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-05-18 18:04:00

Ok, now im confused im sorry. I check box 1e? and not 1a? and if i check box 1e am i checking the box that says "first" along with it? and since my sister is helping me sponsor my wife she fills out I-864 and checks box 1d? , and does not fill out I-864A? I'm currently unemployed and start work in July but do not rely on my sisters income.Sorry for sounding dumb, and thank you for help again for any help

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-05-18 08:33:00

She does not claim me on her tax info, and we have same address, so she fills out the 864A right? and thanks for the help i really appreciate it, and good luck to you

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-05-17 22:41:00

Im gonna use my sister as a co sponsor, first question is, is the I-864A still the same old form for the Co Sponsor? and second question, on the I-864 am i filling out block 1a.? or am i filling out 1e. and checking the box that says "first"? You can only have one selection, i assumed i would check block 1a but im just playing it safe til i know for sure. Keeping in mind that i do have a co sponsor. Any help would be appreciated Thank you in advance

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-05-17 20:31:00

question about form I864 and I864A

Thank you all for responses, one last question, have u guys looked at or filed the new I-864 form? It seems theres a conflicting question on there thats why im trying to figure out what we need to fill out. Part 6 questions 11. and 12, is where its confusing me a bit cause you HAVE to check one of them and they both involve a I-864A. Any enlightenment on those questions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again in advance

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-05-20 06:18:00

question about form I864 and I864A

Hi!

We are on CR1 Visa and we recently got approved. Now, we are accomplishing AOS forms and IV packet.

Im currently unemployed but will be getting a job this year. For that reason I am going to get my sister as a joint sponsor for my wife.

My sister and I are living in the same house but different income tax return.

My question is: What form does my sister needs to fill up, Form I864 or Form I864 A, or both

Thank you in advance!

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-05-19 19:22:00

After I-130 Question

NVC will not notify you at all. It says about 15 days before NVC receives your case, in between that time u NEED to call about every other day to see if they have received your case early. HOWEVER on your NOA2 it says wait for about 30 days but majority of people its about 2 weeks. Even when they receive your case at the NVC they will NOT notify you, it is up to u to keep checking with them about receiving your case. Hope this helps, you can contact the NVC at (603-334-0700). They will be closed today May 27 cause of National holiday. Good Luck to you and congrats on approval

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-05-27 07:55:00

Question on AOS fee

WONDERFUL thank you very much Lovemad,

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-06-01 07:41:00

Question on AOS fee

This may sound like a dumb question but when paying the fee for the AOS packet, is it $230 per case? or since i have a joint sponsor do they have to pay $230 as well? It says per person im assuming it per person being sponsored? I Didn't really stop to think about that earlier when i was reading guidlines. Thank you in advance

Im sorry i meant the IV Packet, it says per person, what EXACTLY does that mean? Im petitioning my wife and i have a joint sponsor. ANy help would be appreciated, Thank you again in advanced

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-06-01 07:03:00

Question on AOS fee

This may sound like a dumb question but when paying the fee for the AOS packet, is it $230 per case? or since i have a joint sponsor do they have to pay $230 as well? It says per person im assuming it per person being sponsored? I Didn't really stop to think about that earlier when i was reading guidlines. Thank you in advance

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-06-01 06:58:00

Question on DS-230

My wife filled out her DS-230, and mailed it to me from the Philippines. We noticed that one of her company names for her employment was to long to fit in the block, so she abbreviated the company name. We know that abbreviations are no good for addresses and countries, would it be ok to keep the company name abbreviated? or shall i write in the box beside it "See Attachment" and attach the name of the company? I just didnt want it to look sloppy with writing beside a block that was typed. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you in advance

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-06-11 09:35:00

I am using my sister as a co- sponsor, so i filled her info out on Part 6, line 6a. I am filling out the new I-864 of course and im bit confused on part 6 lines 11. and 12. She has a I-864 filled out, i was told since i am using her income that we do not fill out a I-864A. So part 6 lines 11. and 12. do i just leave alone? or does one of them HAVE to be checked? Thank you in advance

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-06-13 07:48:00

Procedures for POE

thank you Jenni17

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-06-17 20:24:00

Procedures for POE

We are bit away from completion but im preparing plans for the flight info and procedures. Basically my wife will fly from Manila to Japan with a 2 hour layover, from Japan to Atlanta with a 5 hour layover, then from Atlanta to final destination in Baltimore. Can someone tell me what the process and or procedure is for each layover when she gets to each airport please. Thank you in advance

RickandChez

Male

Philippines

2013-06-17 20:14:00