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US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionPicture Question on DS160 Upcoming Interview

there was no place to upload the picture. It simply just said 'picture will be taken at ASC' Is this something new because it seems we were researching and a lot of people had the same problem.


GusandCrysFemaleBrazil2014-01-01 18:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionPicture Question on DS160 Upcoming Interview

My fiancé is ready to send his ds160 electronically. He says there is not a spot to upload a picture, just a blank square where the picture would be, saying 'picture will be taken at ASC' Not sure what this means? I thought he needed to upload a picture for this application. We are doing K1.


GusandCrysFemaleBrazil2014-01-01 14:15:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionBrazilian Medical Exam Question!!

Hello VJers!

 

We believe we will be getting our interview date scheduled any time now! Our case was last updated on CEAC as of the 22nd as ready. We know its at the consulate and we've emailed them again asking if our date was set yet.

 

We are actually wondering about the Rio consulate and wondering about the medical exam prior to the interview date.

 

We want to spend the least amount of days in Rio to save on costs, and are wondering if we can do the medical exam the day before interview.

 

It says on the embassy website:

 

"Note: The sealed Medical Report must be sent directly by the penal physician to the Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro. For this service you must bring a "Correios" prepaid envelope (envelope pré-franqueado) to your medical appointment. The prepaid envelope may be found at any Correios office."

 

but it also says in another page on the embassy website, it says with the list of papers to bring to the interview....

 

 

"Sealed envelope of Medical Examination Report;"

 

Does my Fiancee need to bring the medical exam to the interview with him, or will they send it to the embassy. And if they send it to the embassy, can we have our interview the day after the medical exam??

 

Thank You everyone for your replies! Everything helps! Good luck to everyone :)

 

Crys and Gus


GusandCrysFemaleBrazil2013-11-24 19:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCEAC website down?

Yup I got that too, but also it said there was maintenance on the website all day yesterday.


GusandCrysFemaleBrazil2014-01-09 23:08:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)Medical exam, possible in Istanbul?

My husband just went before his December 18, 2013 and he had to fly to Ankara. Its not far from the embassy and I scheduled his appt online. It only took 1 day for everything to get done and then just before his interview he stopped by and picked up his paperwork the day before the interview. Its in Ankara only even though he lives in Istanbul. Its a husband and wife doctor I believe that does the medical portion.

 

Ok thanks a lot! Did your husband bring any old medical records to the medical exam in Ankara? Im not sure how it works, how do they know what shots and vaccinations were previously had?


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-01-29 06:58:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)Medical exam, possible in Istanbul?

Hey everyone,

 

My husband has to do a medical exam soon, but I'm curious is there any one who has done it in Istanbul instead of Ankara? there were some posts from a few years ago where people were able to, at the American Hospital in Istanbul... but online it says only a doctor in Ankara?? it can be such a help if anyone knows about this, since we live together in Istanbul and Ankara is like 6 hours away!!!


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-01-19 04:41:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)Türk Kahvesi *Turkish Coffee* Cafe*

Hello everyone! I am an american living in Istanbul currently with my husband and his family :)

I'm trying to learn Turkish and I have found a great book for anyone else looking for a helpful quick way to learn!

Its called "MODERN TURKISH" by B. Orhan Dogan, and ITS SOOOO HELPFUL! 

It gives in depth explanations on everything, and is great for someone trying to get the basics down in a short time! 

(also comes with audio CD) :)

 

Good Luck to you all :)

 

Lily

 


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-01-17 04:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSo Frustrated!!!!

 

Thanks for your response. I just wanted to know if the email would have blue sheet in it or not. Since we just got email about RFE few days ago, I will give it a week to wait for snail mail before I send emails out. Do you mind sharing email for ombudsman?
 

 

the email is cisombudsman@dhs.gov and good luck with the rest of your case :)


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-04-13 15:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSo Frustrated!!!!

 

Hey just found this thread by searching for RFE stuff. I just wanted to ask if your RFE notice that you got via email had Blue sheet included in it? Did you send your RFE response with the blue sheet included?

 

We have RFE on our case and we haven't been receiving any hard-copy letters from USCIS since we started the process. I might have to follow your path to request RFE letter by email.

 

 

 

Yes, we got a blue sheet. there was two pages which were basically the same RFE paper, but we sent the blue one in the mail because it seemed more official. I would contact an ombudsman asap about your problem. we made a USCIS service request about not getting it by mail, and it took them over 1 month to even look at our request... and at that point, our case was already at NVC. The ombudsman helped us in like 1 week sort it all out.


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-04-13 15:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSo Frustrated!!!!

Finally :) Mr. Neuman sent an email with my RFE attached, through the ombudsmans office... and notified me that a new RFE letter should arrive within 10 days. AND.. our RFE was just that we need to resend our passport style photos (which we already did). 


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-02-26 13:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSo Frustrated!!!!

 

I know many shy away from emailing Mr. Neufeld as I mentioned above as one worries about impact on your case.  I did too.  I don't know what worked for me but it sure did not backfire.  I emailed the service center and few days later followed by emailing him, next day was approved.  I do think it's worth a try.  In your case, there's a RFE on the line and possible denial.

 

Yes I emailed Mr. Neufeld, and I think the worst that can happen, is if he ignores my email. Anyways, if my petition gets denied, I just have more proof how USCIS is at fault and how I was trying to solve the situation, with no help from them.. I will post if I get a response from anyone that I emailed about this, so if anyone else has this RFE problem they can follow my steps! 

 and congrats on your approval :)


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-02-20 12:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSo Frustrated!!!!

I contacted my senators, ombudsman, and CSC. Now just waiting for an answer. Will also contact congressman. Thank you all so much for your input and help you gave me!


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-02-20 11:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSo Frustrated!!!!

Yes exactly, and even the USCIS guy who assisted me said I don't get any extra time for my RFE, so keep track of whats happening just in case they deny our case for not responding to it! I will try to contact my senator.


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-02-19 17:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSo Frustrated!!!!

So, USCIS emailed me a RFE notification on January 22...NEVER came... Waited 15 days and made a service request Feb 6 asking to please re send RFE by mail. Well, that mail never came either. Feb 13th I receive an email saying my RFE was "undeliverable" and sent back to USCIS. I call USCIS and they say "oh, sorry, we cant make any more service requests for you yet, call back three weeks later."

 

Yea right. I called next day to talk to a Tier 2 officer. I explained my situation, and told the officer, "whyyy do i need to wait a MONTH to request a new RFE letter be submitted! that is ridiculous its not even my fault!"

And she just said sorry they didn't even respond to your first request for re-sending RFE yet. give them time there has been holidays blah blah. 

SOOO does any one know how long i need to keep waiting before i call back again and complain? and is anyone else having this problem?? its almost been a month already waiting for an RFE by mail :( 


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-02-19 08:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 I-130 Filers

well, after getting transferred to CSC 1 week ago, just received my email notification of an RFE. yay!... 


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-01-23 12:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 I-130 Filers

Received hard copy in the mail today. Transferred to CSC... priority date jan. 14 :)


tigerlily77FemaleTurkey2014-01-18 12:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2014 Interviews

My husband has his interview scheduled for 09/11. Last week he went to his medical appointment and the xray found that he had scarring on his lung so now he has to do a speutum test for tb which will take 6 weeks to get the results. Does anyone know what he can expect to happen at the interview? Will they delay making a decision until they get the results? We've been told that it is very very unlikely that it will be tb.


KeletsoFemaleBotswana2014-08-30 13:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune 2013 I-130 Filers (merged)

My case was transfered to my local office on Dec 27 which would be Detroit.  My priority date is June 20.


KeletsoFemaleBotswana2013-12-28 19:53:00