biggish data

I-130

Do u think if i write to lockboxsupport@dhs.gov will help us???

YES!

Darnell

Male

China

2010-09-14 15:06:00

I-130

There was some problems in August with 'the wrong guidelines' being implemented for the Chicago lockbox -
many I-130's were returned with address problems (addresses IN the forms), and for the most part, these 'refusals' were done in error.

Suggest you use the email address, for an inquiry, at http://www.visajourn...ost__p__4114010

but do read that entire thread, as well.

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Darnell

Male

China

2010-09-13 23:38:00

Preparation for an Interview at US Embassy --Thailand

I'd like to join up yer logic with casefile status -
marry it together -

There's
'avr / letter says case complete' which is really 'documents complete'
then there's 'final review'
then there's 'place in appointment queue'
then there's 'appointment scheduling' (if NVC does this for Thai Embassy or not)
then there's 'ship casefile to Embassy'

I'm sorry, just because NVC says 'we have all yer stuff' does not mean NVC processing is finished, at all.

The letter that he's received, has no mention of 'final review', and that is taking 3 weeks or more, currently. Scheduling or shipping (depending) won't occur until the final review is finished. 'casefile complete' is not 'final review', at all.

I'm sure we can agree on one or more things, yes?

Edited by Darnell, 09 October 2010 - 04:07 PM.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-09 15:59:00

Preparation for an Interview at US Embassy --Thailand

Not sure why you need to call NVC , they just gave you a case status update.

NVC knows much for casefile status, why would one NOT call NVC for getting casefile status?

I'm terribly sorry, I find yer logic on 'not calling NVC' to be flawed.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-09 12:05:00

Preparation for an Interview at US Embassy --Thailand

It would be a good thing, if you knew (exactly)
if NVC sets the appointment
or
if the Embassy sets the appointment.

Suggest you call into NVC, get a Human, and inquire.

There's some other steps now, for the casefile, at NVC -
--final review
--scheduling (if NVC does this)
--appointment letter sent out via email (if NVC does this)

so, call in to NVC, get a Human, inquire about casefile status,
and ask
--when is final review going to start? or
--when will final review be finished ? and
--do YOU set the appointment or will the appointment be set by Thailand after the casefile arrives in Thailand?

I tried studying the VJ Embassy page for Thailand, over at http://www.visajourn...and&cty=Bangkok - but there's no direct info there about CR-1s coming from NVC, at all (if you feel inclined, it'd be great if you could add to that page, when you have time, when you learn stuff)

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-07 17:25:00

Preparation for an Interview at US Embassy --Thailand

CR-1?
*** not a K-3 visa question, moving to IR-1/CR-1 forum ***

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-07 16:47:00

Has anyone had AP after consulate asked to send passport in?

Hey welllllll... I am confused!
My husbands passport hasn't been sent back to us from the Jerusalem consulate yet. Counting today that would make it a total of 8 days since we sent it in.
Now I called DOS about 20 minutes ago and this is thier reply.
I gave the man my husbands case number, DOB, and name. I told him that he was called by an official and told to send in his passport last Tuesday to the consulate to have his visa stamped on it since he was approved.
The man told me.. "ma'am, it doesn't say here that your husband has been approved. Maybe the Jerusalem counsulate hasn't updated thier system to show he has actually been approved. If they told you to send in the passport for visa issue, that means they most likely approved it and you have to wait for them to send the passport with visa back."
OK.. I ask him does it say he is in AP? He says.. " it says here he is in administrative processing, and that they requested his passport."
Im thinking maybe he is/was in adminsitrative processing bc of the additional documents we were asked to submit?? But then again we sent them in, and we got the call LAST WEEK telling us that he was approved and that he had to send in the passport to have visa stamped on it! Also that he had 5 months to leave to AMerica b4 the visa expires!!!
SOmeone help.. this is so unfair. What does this mean? Is he in AP???? Is he actually approved but the system here in Jerusalem didn't update his status??

Keep calling back, every 3 days -
things progress, you'll know some new status each time.

Good Luck !

Edited by Darnell, 20 October 2010 - 10:00 PM.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-20 21:53:00

Has anyone had AP after consulate asked to send passport in?

Suggest you call DoS Hotline every 3 days - ask for 'case status', also ask specifically 'Is this case placed in AP?'
Generally DOS Hotline staff not tell you this in any general chitchat -
YOU MUST ASK SPECIFICALLY.
They will answer you, yes or no.

Casefile status things to check for, with the DoS Hotline:
1. Passport received (Date)
2. Visa Printed/attached to Passport (Date)
3. Placed in AP (Date)
4. Sent out via Courier (Date)

Good Luck !
(Dos Hotline is NOT the Embassy in East Jerusalem, it's a national service in USA, must call when open)

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-16 19:51:00

I30 immigration visa - Affidavit of Support submission?

K-3 Visa filers have no 'affadavit of support' interaction with NVC .

sooooooooo
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Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-23 00:54:00

process time

hello everybody
i m new in this forum, i just wanted to share my case with u and have some answers in back
i got married to an us citizen on november 2009, we sent I-130 and I-129f on march both of them was approved the k-3 was closed and now my I-130 is at nvc for process they send me ds-3032 and i sent it back i chosed my husband like agent, the AOS was paid and we received on october 12 - 2010 an email from nvc that they had our ds3032 and until now no news. on the online payment aos status paid but there are IV fee bill not paid what have i do? wait for instructions from nvc? or send th aos packet and print ds230 and send it too? and how much time left to get the interview sheduled?
someone to help me
i realy miss my husband and i don t know when we can be togather
thanks for answring me

The USCitizen Spouse should really follow through with this mini-how-to --> http://www.visajourn...ost__p__3560467

K-3 visa filers don't 'play' at NVC -
so

*** not a K-3 visa topic, moving to IR-1/CR-1 forum ***

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-23 01:03:00

Didnt receive package from NVC..

ok. thanks...i am already making the payments online.
But i am still seeking an answer on whether i should send AOS and DS-230 together. Also When my wife received DS-3032, she used her Pakistan's address to receive future mails but it seems like she is not getting any. is it possible to choose an agent at this point for future mails? Whats the fastest way of doing it? i was reading on another forum about emailing NVC regarding this matter.

Oh Man. sounds like red tape / paperwork nightmare.

First, did you file 2 petitions, 2 I-130's - one for spouse, one for child?
IF NOT - then you prolly need to file a new I-130 for the child, soonish.

I've an expedite process outlined here on VJ - let me know if you can't find it (use the advanced search too, with 'expedite' as search term, then user name 'Darnell', then 'show as posts' .

If you are paying BOTH petition fees at NVC - then yer golden. No need to file new I-130 petition for child.

as for 'foreign spouse receiving postal mail and forms via postal mail' - sorry buddy, that isn't done so much, this decade.
Get yer spouse and child some forms via web download (then email to her)
see
DS-230 - http://travel.state..../info_3190.html
I-864 - http://travel.state..../info_3730.html
General NVC stuff - http://travel.state..../info_1335.html

re: AOS and DS-230 together -
SURE !
Many people do that, usually they wait until the IV fee bill has been marked as 'paid' on the online payment portal,
then
send in the AOS and IV packets together, into NVC. It's done often, it's 'allowed' and IMO, is actually faster than any 'two mailers'.

Good Luck !!!

oh - sorry, is no K-3 visa for you..

*** not a K-3 visa topic, K-3 visa filers NEVER, EVER play at NVC for FEES --> moving to IR-1/CR-1 forum ***

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-23 01:11:00

AOS of Bill Received :)

hey - you want to use this thread for 'further process' questions?

I'm rushed off my feet with work, but can track most of yer stuff, when/where/if you have questions...

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-23 00:25:00

AOS of Bill Received :)

for NVC EP -

paying fees online is OK - is seperate/parallel process, un-related to the actual OPT IN process.

no need to wait, for paying fees.

(USCitizen usually pays the fees, btw)

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-15 10:36:00

K-3 or K-1?

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Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-23 01:28:00

PAid IV Processing Today: What happens now?

if im not mistaking, i think for pakistani spouse visa applications are not allowed to go fast route through emails. it was written in forms that was sent to me along wit ds3032 that only certain countries are allowed to do the email, the rest gota go the slow route by mailing everything unfortunetly. i could be wrong?

My apologies - 'we' have a difference of opinion for what 'postal notification from NVC' truly means.

I know it to mean -

NVC sends out a postal mailer to beneficiary or petitioner (depending) to 'make notice' to 'someone' for 'what next to send' into NVC.

IMO, and IME, 'going postal' with NVC, to wait on NVC postal notifications, takes about 9 months from start to finish. This is the 'go slow' mode.

Instead, anyone, any country, can 'go fast' by monitoring the online payment portal status, and sending things INTO NVC based on online payment portal status.

Just for grins, just for some knowledge acquisition, I suggest to you, to READ the content over at http://www.visajourn...ost__p__3560467
and then examine yer current plan for dealing with NVC
and then
refactor that 'current plan'
and then refactor it again, to match up the steps outlined over at http://www.visajourn...ost__p__3560467

It has nothing to do with NVC EP, and nothing to do with 'emails' that are sent IN to NVC.
No No, don't ask me about the mini-how-to over at http://www.visajourn...ost__p__3560467
- instead - read it. Truly READ IT. Then - take pencil to paper, map out yer (new) plan .

Then do it again.

And... one more time, yes, a third time.

I'm betting by 'the third time' that you've outline yer new plan - you'll understand it thoroughly, and then,
can
GO FAST.

Good Luck ! (or something)

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-23 02:40:00

PAid IV Processing Today: What happens now?

ok - please review this -> http://www.visajourn...ost__p__3560467
and get forms from:
DS-230 - http://travel.state..../info_3190.html
I-864 - http://travel.state..../info_3730.html
General NVC stuff - http://travel.state..../info_1335.html

IMO, yer not 'hooked in' yet, with the right info.

If you are waiting on 'postal mail notification' on anything at NVC,
you have chosen (knowingly or unknowingly)
the
'go slow ' mode.

'Go Slow' sucks, mostly.

Want Speed? Study the first link, map out yer plan of attack, handle all the forms.

(all the above was written to the USCitizen Spouse, not the Foreign Spouse. If you are the Foreign Spouse, please train yer USCitizen Spouse on 'how to do', as 'postal notification' is a really 'go slow' mode of approach, for NVC).

Good Luck !

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-17 11:58:00

PAid IV Processing Today: What happens now?

sorry, this seems a bit slow to me -
are you paying via the online payment portal, or not?

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-16 20:03:00

DS-230 & Medical report

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Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-23 01:17:00

url to pay for ds-3032

So do we have to wait to pay the AOS fee until they updated the choice of agent ? We sent it by email and wanted to go ahead to pay the fee. In our case they even got my wife's DOB wrong although its right on all papers(already submitted pasport copy for that)
thx to all

DS-3032 'acceptance' into the casefile
and
'pay AOS fee bill'
are
two parallel tasks at NVC.
Neither are connected, they 'run as seperate task', in parallel.

Are you studying the NVC flowchart in the Guides Section here?
(train yer eyeballs up, click on the the word 'Guides' then review that flowchart for NVC processing)

Good Luck.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-24 12:02:00

url to pay for ds-3032

FWIW -
if
you just got that email or postal letter
then you really should review the approval notice, the I-797-C (we call in the NOA-2 here at VJ)
and then about 2 weeks after the approval date -
do the steps in this mini-how-to - http://www.visajourn...ost__p__3560467

Here's some forms, as well --

DS-230 - http://travel.state..../info_3190.html
I-864 - http://travel.state..../info_3730.html
General NVC stuff - http://travel.state..../info_1335.html

Good Luck !

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-24 08:33:00

url to pay for ds-3032

sorry, K-3 visa filers NEVER, ever file a DS-3032

so

*** moving to IR-1/CR-1 forum ***

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-23 01:00:00

Joint Sponsor I-864 for Immigrant Visa Application

Do we also have to submit the co-sponsor's AOS to the NVC too?
Yes.

Most USCitizen spouse people submit both at the same time.

If it makes sense to 'wait' then wait until the USCitizen spouse has a COMPLETE AOS package to file.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-24 08:36:00

Joint Sponsor I-864 for Immigrant Visa Application

petitioner's affidavit of support will be submitted to the NVC
Sorry, this 'action' not done for K-3 visas.

*** not a K-3 visa topic, moving to IR-1/CR-1 forum ***

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-24 07:18:00

Reschedule interview date..new here

There might be small chance for the USCitizen to 'get in', if Montreal handles appointments for 'American Citizen Hour' or 'American Citizen Services'.

http://montreal.usco...&document=index
and
http://www.consular....ov/montreal.asp

Good Luck !

Darnell

Male

China

2010-08-11 15:53:00

Reschedule interview date..new here

Well, that's some news. Yay !

Darnell

Male

China

2010-08-09 15:08:00

Reschedule interview date..new here

If I'm reading you 'correctly' -

it smells like the IV unit is waiting for you to contact them again, and ask for new interview date.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-08-03 16:13:00

cr1

are you calling the DoS Hotline?

Darnell

Male

China

2010-09-16 13:35:00

So any ideas on how long we should possibly wait to give USCIS a call to see if they're going to expedite our petition? Another week if we don't hear anything is my thought.

Expedite requests are usually granted within 3 weeks. IMO, the only way to stay on top of it, is for the USCitizen/Petitioner to call in, ask to speak with ISO, Tier 2 Human, at USCIS - see http://www.dhs.gov/x...37986181.shtm#5

Edited by Darnell, 05 October 2010 - 01:40 PM.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-05 13:39:00

oh goodness me - I'm mondo cornfoozled...

Darnell

Male

China

2010-09-29 20:59:00

ya, husband can call now, for another 5 hours. Evening-time NVC calling is FUN !

Darnell

Male

China

2010-09-29 19:03:00

Emily, USCIS is snail. NVC will be horse

Loto

or a Lotus Elise Mk IV... depending on the fuel you use

zoom zoom

Darnell

Male

China

2010-09-28 20:42:00

I-130 and I-129F instructions are clear about 'photocopy is acceptable'.

so if you aren't reading the instructions when filing, be prepared to pay more, later
as NVC requires 'original documents' or 'certified copies'.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-09-26 21:40:00

this would be a great time to study 'the official source' -

DS-230 - http://travel.state..../info_3190.html
I-864 - http://travel.state..../info_3730.html
General NVC stuff - http://travel.state..../info_1335.html

Darnell

Male

China

2010-09-26 21:35:00

Help with NVC

Your I-130 was approved on 2010-10-07 -
Strongly suggest you wait a full 2 weeks from that date,
then call into NVC again.

Good Luck !

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-13 08:37:00

If I put myself in yer shoes for a minute,

I'd worry/wonder just
#######
the communication breakdown really was,

as

The Universe That You've described..................
Isn't the Universe That I've described............

Jump up, please? to my level of understanding.
I'm betting that you can - as
I'm an engineer -
and
so ARE you...

Think of it as a 'basic requirements document'
and
you've missed a bit,
of
the basic requirements.

No No No - I'm not being cryptic -
I'll suggest to you, instead -
that the 'update queue' on VJ,
is a bit lagged.. Deal with 'the lag'
and re-read 'all' that I've written.

Refresh yer cache, even.

Edited by Darnell, 01 October 2010 - 11:35 PM.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-01 23:30:00

ReRead, read a 2nd time. (Take note of usage of If/Or/And/Then - as these are specific logic blocks.....)

what I've written to you

when yer reading it................
make copious notes..

Pen To Paper ............... Paper is really important, at this stage of yer knowledge aquisition. I can't stress this, enough - as any knowledge that YOU acquire, IS YOURS.... You Paid the Price, calcu-able or not, to acquire this knowledge....................

and then

Let me Know - if!?!?!!??!
You Still have questions?

Seriously - I've outlined, to you, a process that works.
It's Up To You™, to decide to 'make that path'
or not.

------------------
reasonable amount of time = 5 weeks, from start to finish.
-----------
my apologies IF I seem argumentative - Truly - no one cares about yer casefile MORE THAN YOU - I only suggest 'what to do', to streamline an already 'paperwork laden' process - in the hopes that you'll understand that there is really an 'approved process' for the thing that you wish to accomplish - ie - the proper documentiary procedure for 'passing' the fingerprints into NVC.

IMO, you still need to decide 'how to do', and 'what to do'. It pains me, much, that you still need to think, still need to decide, for 'what to do' ............. but - in time, I sense - you'll twig to the concept of 'Good Lord, I need PCC for NVC Processing !!!!!!!!!!!!! '

Suggest to you, for the moment, that I'm full of #######, that everything that I've suggested to you is a waste of your time, waste of your effort. How to vette my opinion? Get an immigration attorney, pay $$$$$$$ for their opinion on your status on YOUR casefile, and GO FORTH !!!! I'll remind you, here and now, that VisaJourney.Com is a 'DIY' web portal, with a major emphasis on 'D' and 'Y'. If you choose to ignore 'D' - DO - and 'Y' - Yourself' - then you've only yourself to blame for any knowledge acquisition. Knowledge is Power - How Powerful do you wish to be?

Seriously, there's only one way to vette my position, vette my opinion- and it's that -

you must engage with an Immigration Attorney, to go over yer entire casefile, all that you've already submitted... (I'll remind you, in passing, that VJ is a DIY immigration web portal, with the base concept that most Immigration Attornies are useless, and a secondary presumption that YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! know and understand exactly what the filing process is all 'about'..... ) and..... Any Knowledge that you gain, along the way, in the path, IS YOURS !!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Good Luck, for whatever path you decide to take. Vette yer data, Vette yer path, ALWAYS !

Edited by Darnell, 01 October 2010 - 11:22 PM.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-01 22:46:00

Pardon me whilst I spit into an authorized spittooon...

Where Did I Get 'that' Idea from?

I got it from reading the documentation and guidelines and the @#$@#$@$@#$ CFR.

We differ, in opinion, much, for what the
'Police in Belgium'
would do.

Look - if you ( or her) or anyone -
showed up with an FBI fingerprinting card

with my bullet list of stuff.....

You'd be 'done'.

Wrap yer head around the concept of 'being done'
and

Go Forth...

Seriously...

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-01 22:01:00

so - going to a police department with the FBI finger print card, in Brussels, didn't work out for her?

I would have thought that IF she presented
--FBI finger print card(blank) and
--prepaid global mailer to RCMP address and
--cover letter from her to RCMP inside the prepaid global mailer and
--authentication letters from the local police department and
--prepaid return envelope for RCMP to use, to send to her address in Brussels

via postal mail to RCMP, sent from the police office in Brussels,

then all could be handled, within a reasonable amount of time. IMO, doing it that way covers all the bases, the request with the fingerprints is sent FROM a police office in Brussels, direct to RCMP in Canada.

How very strange, this turn of events, for you.

Good Luck, however it turns out.

Edited by Darnell, 01 October 2010 - 04:52 PM.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-10-01 16:51:00

i864 Help Please everyone help me

is no such thing as a 'k3 fiance visa'

if you study any immigration visas at all, you should see that regardless of type
--unless the petitioner is in the MILITARY
then
poverty level guidelines are pegged at 125 percent.

Perhaps you want to review this? http://www.visajourn...content/compare

Edited by Darnell, 24 September 2010 - 04:00 PM.

Darnell

Male

China

2010-09-24 16:00:00