ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI129F
Help ASAP
so I wrote the check and everything is ready to send in, on the buttom of my check it says (for) so what do I have to write there, I want everything to be correct so they wont send the check back

than you
amy12FemaleArmenia2013-04-12 16:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresaftern noa2
I am the petitioner and I am from Los Angeles california
amy12FemaleArmenia2013-04-25 07:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresaftern noa2
Hi, I was wondering what documents do I need after recieving my noa2, even though I didn't recieve it yet but I don't want to lose time, I want to be ready, so can you please tell me what should I have ready?
amy12FemaleArmenia2013-04-25 07:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresYour Alien Registration Number was changed relating to your I129F
I am on the same stage as you are, good luck to us!!!!
amy12FemaleArmenia2013-04-25 06:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresnoa2

thanks to everyone, ClockWatch2.gif ClockWatch2.gif ClockWatch2.gif ClockWatch2.gif ClockWatch2.gif ClockWatch2.gif ClockWatch2.gif ClockWatch2.gif ClockWatch2.gif


amy12FemaleArmenia2013-05-04 05:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresnoa2

we sent our petition on april 16, 2013,,, and we got our noa1 on april 24 ,,,,,,,On April 24, 2013, your Alien Registration Number was changed relating to your I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please check our website at www.uscis.gov for further updates on your case.

      ....... so what does this mean, how long do I have to wait to get the noa2????? I am so worried, all I think about is noa2 , hellllllllppppp!!!!helpsmilie.gif helpsmilie.gif helpsmilie.gif helpsmilie.gif helpsmilie.gif


amy12FemaleArmenia2013-05-03 15:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIn Person Meeting requirement

Hello, I am an April 2013 filer also, and I send in photos of me and my boyfriend meeting in person, copie of my passport, and airline ticket copy,  and I am waiting for my noa2,,,, good luck


Edited by amy12, 13 July 2013 - 02:55 PM.


amy12FemaleArmenia2013-07-13 14:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresi129f, after getting noa2?

I didn't get my noa2 yet, but I want to stat ahead and get the documents needed together, and I wos wondering what do I need to have for the interview, after I recieve the noa2?


amy12FemaleArmenia2013-07-16 08:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresk1 visa i129f

hi everyone, I have a question I was wondering , how much money do you nned to have to be a sponser 


amy12FemaleArmenia2013-07-16 12:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportslongest NOA2 wait time ever?
This just got my hopes down, that i wont be seeing my husband soon or his daughteer
.if i tell him the wait time, ge would freak out!
Feb 21 2013 filed i 130
Noa 1 notification feb 25,2013

* a question a wana throw in here what does it mean for priority date of NOA?? It has date of feb 25,2013
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-04-08 19:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresfinancial supporting documents
Hello, one big Question that has me concerned for my husband I 130. Im thr petitioner. I know for a part they are asking for TAX TRANSCRIPTS from the last 3 recent years.... well i only have ONE from last year. Since its been exactly a year since i came back to the US. Since i was in mexico since i was 16. If you can please help me out. Thanks!
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-04-01 19:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresname check. please help!!
Well i seen sometimesn where they put last name-middle-first. guess it all depends on the format on the form. You shouldnt have a promblem with it
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-04-04 09:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresname check. please help!!
Well since i have more of record with 2 last names.. but they find me with just 1 last name. Gaona is what i use more.
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-04-03 21:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresname check. please help!!
Hello everyone, this recently came to my mind and now im concerned. Since my my husbabd i 130 is im initial review, where they do background checks. The thing is, on my birth certificate my name is spelled
First ANNA middle BRITTANY last GAONA CERVANTES
my parents put me with 2 last names, on my SSN my name is spelled ANA BRITTNEY GAONA
will this effect me in any way? With this process or near future?
Also, my passport is spelled just like on my birth certificate with the 2 last names. And when i.filed my taxes i filed the way it is on my SSN CARD
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-04-02 17:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresUsing someone Else for i-134
Well with your income and the co sponsor should reach the poverty level chart. Your going to have to order your irs transcripts. You can get them on the irs website
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-04-26 21:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresUsing someone Else for i-134
Hi! Looks like we have almost the same question. From what i know. Is that u have to make the poverty level. I dont have the link to it. I recently just gor back from mex. A year and 5 months. Im. thinking of getting my brother to help sponser. But he too been back the same time. Filed our taxes for 2012.. wondering if they would accept this???
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-04-26 21:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresMarriage in USA or Mexico
Ohh. Forgot to mention, if you do get marry in mex. They will acknowledge it as well in the US. Just gotta get the marriage certificate translated(offically) they charged me $50 in arizona. Just make sure you check into the state that you are in mex for requirements, i know for sure they will asj for your birth certificate translate if its in english. Luckily my parents made me of 2 nationalities. So ob my mexican birth certificate, it does show im from the US, ARIZONA, PHOENIX as country of both. And you will need to show your passport
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-05-06 20:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresMarriage in USA or Mexico
Well first you need to figure out where you wanna stay. I was under age, when i was mexico. So there wasnt a way i could go back to the usn i got marry in mexico. Had my baby as well over there. I have to do the CRBA process to make her like a born us citizen because im the Us citizen. That was 3 years ago. Im in the Us since 1 year and a half. And filed the I 130 for husband to get him as a green card resident.in the looong wait now
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-05-06 20:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresIR-1 / CR-1
So you are currently waiting for the green card ti come? They must have made a mistake on sending you this, is the receipt number correct. Contact them asap
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-05-14 14:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresElectronic processing question
Schedule the free ingo pass on the uscis.gov get an expert help, to help you pick up where you left off.im sorry that incident happen, one of the reasons why i wont hire a lawyer. But there is a church out there that helps with immigration procedings, and charge less than a lawyer! I have my first appoinment with them on tuesday. They are called CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
Info pass
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-06-09 10:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDS-156
From my past experience, of these kind of questions, with embassy in mex, and uscis. Its always to the best to your knowledge. If later on in your process they ask you again, your answer might be different ,it wont hurt in any way. Hope this helps
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-05-17 17:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInterview appointment letter (merged)
From reading this contact both. Nvc sends out the info the your embassy. Good luck!
anna_shortybgFemaleMexico2013-06-04 13:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 filer update
I received an approval from USCIS on April 7th via email. I still have not received my NOA 2 in the mail. I called the NVC and they said it takes four to five weeks for them to receive anything. Do I update my timeline now or wait until I get the notification in the mail. If I am suppose to update the spreadsheet also how do I do that? I know it's crazy but I can't even find it! Where the heck is it?
snowjoeMaleCuba2014-04-27 00:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI got excited for no reason!

Hi - I am fairly new here and from what I have learned since I signed up is I will have plenty of time to make some good friends here!

 

So, I got all excited because I received an email from USCIS that I thought was my NOA 1. Now I realize it is just a notice that:

 

"Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS National Benefits Center for processing"

 

I suppose that I received this only because I filed two G-325A forms. One for my spouse and one for her son (my stepson now). And just now I realized that is why I got two emails from them with different receipt numbers! Duh! Anyway I thought I was going to be able to update my timeline but I guess that isn't an event the gets entered into the timeline. Right?

 

So, what to do next? - Correct me if I am wrong. I wait for the first actual snail mail letter and that will most likely be my NOA 1 (I do put that into the timeline). After that I prepare myself for a very long, agonizing, miserable wait. If I have no RFE's after months and months and months of waiting ........other stuff will start happening but there is nothing to do in the meantime except try to become familiar with this site and the governmental requirements? As I understand it, what I can do that will help me the most is learn to be patient (not my strong suit). Another helpful thing would be to not make mistakes. Would you say that is correct?

 

A couple of questions:

 

?Is there a section or thread talking about minor children of a beneficiary of an I-130?

 

Receive IV Bill - What is this? I haven't been able to figure this out. What is an IV Bill?

 

This website has already helped me more than anything else I have done to try and be prepared for this process! Thanks.

 


snowjoeMaleCuba2013-06-29 15:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI have my I-797. I have some "Now What" Questions

Wow this is tricky stuff! How do you guys know all this stuff? How can I know all this stuff?


snowjoeMaleCuba2013-07-07 20:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI have my I-797. I have some "Now What" Questions

Wow thanks. Great answers!

 

Something I don't understand. I keep hearing five months or six months until I even hear from NVC. But then I look at timeslines and quite of they tell a different story. For example Ryan who answered my question has at the bottom of his post his timeline. Three months between his NOA 1 and NOA 2. What is a NOA 2. Is it something that I do not have to respond to in anyway? Anyway from his NOA 2 (what is that?) to the NVC case number being assigned is less than a month. Is that something that doesn't need to be responded to in anyway? I guess I am easily confused. My question is not when but what is the next step where I will have to do something? 


snowjoeMaleCuba2013-07-07 14:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI have my I-797. I have some "Now What" Questions

Is this where I should be posting this?

 

Hello. I have received my I-797C Notice of Action in the mail. Now I am preparing for the next steps. I have read James?s Shortcuts and LingChe NVC Shortcut on the VjWiki. I have some questions. I am in California and my spouse and her three year old son are in Havana, Cuba. I have filed two I-130 petitions, one for each of them. Throughout this whole process I will have to do everything twice right? Once for her and once for him.

 

1. Can I file the DS-2032 via email now using only the receipt number from the USCIS or do I have to wait until the NVC asks for it?

 

2. Do I get a separate case number at some point from the NVC and if so when?

 

3. In Cuba sometimes the translations from the approved government office can take months. Is it too early to get the police records now? I shouldn?t need police records for the three year old boy right?

 

4. I was under the impression that no originals of any documents would be required until the interview so all of the originals are in Cuba with my spouse. Now I think I might be wrong about that? Do I need to get the originals and the translations here in California so they will be available if I am asked to send them in? Will I be asked to send them in?

 

5. I need to go to Cuba to visit. Am I correct in assuming that with a June 26, 2013 priority date it will be several months before I receive anything from the NVC? I don?t want to risk delaying the Visa process because I wasn?t here to take care of something in a timely fashion.

 

6. When I checked on the USCIS website for an estimate of processing time they said 6.3 months at the Vermont Service Center. There was no option of selecting any other office but I thought I would be processed in California. What happened? Why is it the Vermont Service Center?

 

I have six million more questions but this is enough for now. This website has so much information I am sure there are answers for all of my questions somewhere close by. I have been doing a lot of reading and if there is some reading you think I should do please give me a link or directions how to get there! Thanks thanks thanks! Thanks.

 

snowjoeMaleCuba2013-07-07 11:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresJuly 2013 IR-1 / CR-1 Filer Questions

01/29/2013 1:39 p.m.

 

Hello All,

 

Even though I find Visa Journey incredibly helpful and I have spent quite a bit of time trying to familiarizing myself with the site I find I have a very difficult time navigating the site. Because of this I am going to ask several questions. 

 

1. I would like to be added to the July filers spreadsheet but have no idea how to do that. My NOA 1 is July 3, 2013. I was informed via e-mail on December 27, 2013 that my petition was transferred to the Texas Service Center (TSC). I also received a Form I-797C in the mail on December 30, 2013 also saying my petitions (one for my spouse and one for my stepson) had been transferred to the TSC. I can't even figure out how to post a question in that forum or any other forum for that matter. What is the procedure for doing that?

 

2. Looking around the website I know I found a guide that was titled something like "Easy Spouse Guide". I found it more than once but now after multiple searches cannot find it. It is so frustrating. How can I find that again or am I dreaming?

 

3. I have a timeline but I notice that many people have a detailed timeline at the end of their posts that has more information than the timeline. How do they do that?

 

4. I hope I am getting close to receiving my NOA 2. Because I am newly retired I have no employer to put on my Affidavit of Support. Is there a guide on the most effective way to proceed on an Affidavit of Support as a retired person?

 

5. By the time my petition gets to the NVC my wife's police record document from Cuba (no issues!) may be easily be eight months old. Will she have to get another one because it is that old?

 

6. There is a mention on that I-797 of a Premium Processing Application. What is that?

 

I will have many more questions when the time comes to deal with the National Visa Center (NVC). I wish I wasn't so confused about navigating this website but I just am. I have to apologize.

 

I really appreciate any help.

 

Joe


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-01-29 16:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRFE advice needed - Cuba

Thank you all for the suggestions. I did have to get a special marriage certificate and also take it to the US Interest Section to have it legalized. Many many people have told me that they don't do that for birth certificates but the language in the RFE seems to contradict that. It is very specific language. My relatives in Havana are going to ask again. When we got the birth certificates we did ask and were told that other types of birth certificates were not available.

 

As a side note all of my Spanish translations were rejected because they were not certified in the United States. We used the official translation office in Havana that I was referred to by the employees in the US Interest Section. I guess they were wrong. ESTI is the office I used.This is the link: http://www.ecn.org/a...ba/esti_ing.htm

 

So, please don't use them.


Edited by snowjoe, 15 February 2014 - 11:57 PM.

snowjoeMaleCuba2014-02-15 23:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRFE advice needed - Cuba

I received RFE's for my spouse and my stepson. I have spoken with USCIS and know eveything to do ..... almost. I made mistakes on the I-130's. I was told to write a letter stating the were my mistakes. Okay.

 

All of my Spanish translations were rejected because they were not certified. I was told that to be certified someone fluent in English and Spanish had to "certify" that the translations were accurate and that document would require their signature. Okay.

 

Here is what I didn't get a satisfactory answer to. One of the paragraphs of the RFE states:

 

Additionally, the birth certificates submitted for the beneficiary and his mother does not indicate whether the documents are valid (to be used) In Cuba, Abroad or both. Please submit a birth certificate for the beneficiary and his mother that is valid for use in the United States. 

 

I have no idea what to do about this and I received no other advice for a level 2 USCIS support person other than get a certified translation. Has anyone had any experience with something like this?


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-02-10 21:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI-130 Procedural Question

Thank you for the information. Will NVC only ask for one fee or do I just pay one fee but send two I-864's?


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-03-18 08:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI-130 Procedural Question

I filed and paid the fee for two I-130's. One for my wife and one for my step-son. Recently I was told by a professional immigration facilitator that I just need to file one I-103 and put the child on that application. A phone call to the USCIS yielded a different answer. They said that I did need to file two I-130's. Who is correct?

 

I ask because I am preparing to file my Affidavit of Support. The is language on the form that says "I am sponsoring the following family members immigrating at the same time or within six months of the principal immigrant named in Part 2 Do not include any relative listed on a separate visa petition.

 

My question:

 

Do I file and pay for two separate I-864 Affidavit of Support forms?

 

Joe


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-03-17 21:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresbirth certificate translation question

Well this is interesting pushbrk! I submitted birth certificates for my wife and my stepson for several reasons. First reason is that I had them and the translations. Second reason was that I felt that proving parental relationship and custody would be helpful. I guess the third reason would be that I felt more would always be better than less.  If I read your post correctly I did not need to provide birth certificates, possibly should not have provided them, and therefore I created my own problems. Now I feel worse than I did before. Yikes! Wow.


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-03-17 20:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresbirth certificate translation question

I recently had a RFE because my translations were not certified properly. It delayed my visa application at least 60 days and counting. From the USCIS website:

 

http://www.uscis.gov...cations-mailing

 

  • Please submit certified translations for all foreign language documents. The translator must certify that s/he is competent to translate and that the translation is accurate.

    The certification format should include the certifier's name, signature, address, and date of certification. A suggested format is:

    Certification by Translator

    I [typed name], certify that I am fluent (conversant) in the English and ________ languages, and that the above/attached document is an accurate translation of the document attached entitled ______________________________.

    Signature_________________________________
    Date                                             Typed Name
                                                         Address









Halfway down the page. I wish I had know this before. :(


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-03-17 18:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC Phone number Busy

My Visa applications were approved 4/10/2014. For the last week I have been trying to call the NVC to see if they have my applications yet. I mean calling literally hundreds of times. I cannot get though. Am I the only one experiencing this?

 

I just email them. Do you think that will get results?

 

Do I have any other alternatives?


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-05-09 09:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI-864 EZ OR i-864

I am back. To answer the question B & G asked, yes I have IRS Tax Transcripts from 2010,2011,2012, and 2013. This is starting to make a little sense I think. I used to have lot's of W2 income but now that I am retired I have none so based on that alone I cannot use 1040 EZ. Correct? Even though the year end tax forms from Social Security and my Pension plan "feel" like W2's they aren't. I therefore have to use I-864 which has 13 pages of instructions on how to fill it out. Unbelievable.


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-05-26 10:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI-864 EZ OR i-864

I am so gun shy about this. On both the I-864 EZ and the I-864 they have a box to check that says a IRS Form 1040 EZ will be provided by me. I don't file using form 1040 EZ. My accountant uses form 1040, not 1040 EZ. Also I only need them to consider my retirement benefit but of course there are lots of other itemized items and other income that I have. I have my last three years transcripts and all of the years have sufficient income to meet the requirements Also going forward I have letters from Social Security and my pension plan which show plenty of income to meet the 125% of poverty line requirement. So which for do I use? 

 

Oh one last thing. I have filed two I-130's. One for my spouse and one for my step son but I can see how this would make any difference. I just dorn want to file one form and be told iI need to file the other form.

Tell me what to do please!

 

Joe


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-05-24 16:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAffidavit Of Support I-864EZ ?

Pushbrk - Not entirely true. I have read some of the instructions but you are correct that I have not studied them in their entirety because i fell asleep. But I get your point. I guess I won't ask for more help. Thanks for the subtle hint. :)


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-05-26 13:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAffidavit Of Support I-864EZ ?

Thanks for all of this advice. Can I really skip the assets section? I mean without getting it rejected?


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-05-26 12:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAffidavit Of Support I-864EZ ?

Affidavit Of Support I-864EZ ? - I have a question about this. I am retired and easily meet the 125% poverty level requirement for support. I intend to use only my social security and my pension to support this. The I-864 EZ requirements say that I need W2's but the year end statements I get are 1099-R for the pension and SSA-1099-SM for social security. It seems like those should suffice but I don't want to make any mistakes at this point.

 

I also have printed the Social Security Letter that is available online and shows my income from them as backup. I also have an income verification letter from my pension plan. I think sending those is a good idea. I also ordered my tax transcripts but it doesn't seem like I should send those but I have no idea how picky they are. What should I do?


snowjoeMaleCuba2014-05-24 10:23:00