Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Mexico, Latin & South America	Fuera de Lugar!!!!	QUOTE (HAL 9000 @ Mar 16 2009, 01:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (*Len* @ Mar 16 2009, 12:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Home Makeover nomas me muerdo de la envidia cuando lo veo, pero si es chido. Esa vaina de la Belleza Latina estuvo del carajo ---- hay chicas mucho mas hermosas. Ademas no mamen con los vestidos de Target que las ponen a desfilar pobrecillas. horror. Es algo que nunca he entendido de ese show... uno tiene que ser dueño de su propia casa para que te vayan a hacer el makeover... pero... que tal aquellos de nosotros que nisiquiera casa podemos tener propiamente? Ahora... lo de la Belleza... pongan fotos plis. Una vez construlleron una casa pra alguien sin casa, pero creo que solo ha pasado una vez	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-03-16 14:08:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Fuera de Lugar!!!!	QUOTE Y hablando de programas de tele; ayer yo vi un programa muy bonito, Home makeover, o algo asi. Era de una pareja de Mexicanos que estan haciendo mucho bien en su comunidad en el Paso, TX. Su bondad me impresiono mucho. Les arregalron su casita muy bonita como agradecimiento por su bondad. Es extreme makeover home edition, ese programa me encanta! siempre les arreglan sus casas bien bonitas y todos siempre se las merecen	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-03-16 12:35:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Fuera de Lugar!!!!	Gracias a todos por sus bienvenidas	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-03-16 11:08:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Fuera de Lugar!!!!	Hola, soy nueva por acá, apenas estamos empezando el tramiterio, saludos a todos! PD: Este tema se ve divertido	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-03-16 07:39:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Problems with I-864 (with no joint sponsor options)	I don't know if this really helps but he can still file them.	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-04-23 02:11:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	unemployed & owed taxes	QUOTE (kape_at_pandesal @ May 29 2009, 11:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (trailmix @ May 30 2009, 12:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If he did not file taxes then he does not have tax returns for the past year - or 3 years, to submit with the I-864. Since he is self-employed - did he have earnings of more than $400.00? If so he probably will need to file them. If he is not going to file, he will need to submit a letter, with the I-864, explaining why he did not file, has to be a legitimate reason of course. If he thinks he was not required to file - have him call the IRS and verify it and write the letter to go with the I-864. If he is sure he has to file, then have him file the returns - there is no way around it. Possibly if he owes money to the IRS, it could affect them granting you a visa (he of course would need to work with the IRS to come up with a payment plan or whatever), however, not filing the returns if he is required to is a guaranteed rejection. he paid taxes i think for 2008 and even got a refund...but 2007 has been a really tough year. i think that's when he owed taxes. thank you for the reply He can still file them before sending the paperwork. My husband couldn't file his 2007 taxes because he was in Iraq, but the guy who did our 2008 told us that even if he hadn't been in Iraq he would have been able to file the 2007 without problems	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-05-30 04:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Help! Police Clearance Record from Mexico	I asked about police records in mexico city, I don't have any so they told me they could give me a letter if no police record which i thought could help for something, if you need help i'll be glad to help you, it depends on which state you live, some states are fast and is free and some are slow and or charge for it, in mexico city was free and it only took 10 days. I just had to take my birth certificate and a prove of my address and that was it, if you need more info google "carta de no antecedentes penales" that's what i did, I hope it helps	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-03-10 04:58:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Mexican consuls	Sadly I think is just Cd. Juarez	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-03-13 20:11:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Is the interview process different in Mexico?	Thank you, we are already married it would be for the IR-1, we just got our NOA1 but we want to be prepared	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-03-14 00:13:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Is the interview process different in Mexico?	I was reading the shortcuts wikis on NVC, and they say that you have to mail documents like the Affavit of Support, but by reading the Mexican Consulate topic I noticed that they take that with them? I'm a lil' confused and would appreciate some orientation Thanks in advance	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-03-13 20:19:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Police Certificate for Juarez	To get it in Mexico City, you have to go to an address in Zona Rosa and it takes them 10 days to make it, you have to bring your Birthday certificate, credencial de elector and comprovante de domicilio original and copies Address: Londres 102, colonia Juarez (Zona Rosa) To pick it up they send you to another address downtown, near metro Juarez and bellas artes after 10 days It's free by the way Edited by estrella, 16 March 2009 - 04:31 PM.	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-03-16 16:31:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Why are medical examinations required?	The frist time i went to get my tourist visa they asked for a note from my family doctor saying i didn't have anything. i was like 13 or something like that	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-06-11 18:10:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (Rebecca&Pony @ Oct 28 2009, 03:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (alexb @ Oct 10 2009, 11:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My wife has been assigned an interview date for October 22 at the juarez consulate... we are traveling together next week but I was wondering if anyone knows if our two babies are going to have to be present in the interview, and if they need their own little passports to get their visas. Also, we have already filed with NVC and they have already received the police reports, AOS, birth certificate, etc. so is it necessary to bring more originals? Can anyone help us out??? thanks -alex I'm sorry I don't have answer to your question, but I read that Mexico does not provide the Police Reports, so they aren't necessary for the DS 230. May I ask how you obtained them and whether you know them to be necessary? Is not a police record per se, is more like a letter of no penal antecedents, it says that you haven't been charged ever and stuff like that. It depends on the state where you live, I lived in Mexico City so I had to go to and address in Zona Rosa bring my copy of my birth certificate, my credencial de elctor and a address prove, like the water receipt, and then fill the form that they give you, and then I had t pick it up in an Address downtown, it was fairly easy and didn't cost anything. There states that charge a small sum of money for it but you can ask for it online, it really depends. I'm not sure if it was used or no, it sent in but the CO didn't comment about it so I don't really know. It was easy for me to get it so I did, better safe than sorry	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-10-28 15:48:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (alexb @ Oct 11 2009, 12:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (estrella @ Oct 11 2009, 12:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (alexb @ Oct 11 2009, 01:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My wife has been assigned an interview date for October 22 at the juarez consulate... we are traveling together next week but I was wondering if anyone knows if our two babies are going to have to be present in the interview, and if they need their own little passports to get their visas. Also, we have already filed with NVC and they have already received the police reports, AOS, birth certificate, etc. so is it necessary to bring more originals? Can anyone help us out??? thanks -alex About the documents that your wife needs, they tell you at the appointment letter which ones they already have and which ones you need to bring, I would bring the original anyway, just in case, you never know if they miss placed them and ask you for them right there. About your babies, I'm not sure about it, If they are yours they wouldn't need visa, because you are american, but you need to register them with the consulate or something like that, I'm not really sure, check on the embassy webpage because I don't really know. Best of Lucks at the intweview Okay, thank you. I have heard stories about people getting to the border with their spousal visa, but that the children cannot enter the US. Yes, they are our children, and we have always put their names on the applications saying that they would be "migrating" with us. I'll have a look at the consulate website, but in the meantime, has anyone else out their gone through the IR/CR process with kids? I found this info in the consulate page, I hope it helps you http://ciudadjuarez....v/hacscrba.html	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-10-11 13:36:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (alexb @ Oct 11 2009, 01:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My wife has been assigned an interview date for October 22 at the juarez consulate... we are traveling together next week but I was wondering if anyone knows if our two babies are going to have to be present in the interview, and if they need their own little passports to get their visas. Also, we have already filed with NVC and they have already received the police reports, AOS, birth certificate, etc. so is it necessary to bring more originals? Can anyone help us out??? thanks -alex About the documents that your wife needs, they tell you at the appointment letter which ones they already have and which ones you need to bring, I would bring the original anyway, just in case, you never know if they miss placed them and ask you for them right there. About your babies, I'm not sure about it, If they are yours they wouldn't need visa, because you are american, but you need to register them with the consulate or something like that, I'm not really sure, check on the embassy webpage because I don't really know. Best of Lucks at the intweview	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-10-11 02:02:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	Welcome to VJ, I'll try to answer your questions the best I can. The medical appt. clinic isn’t assigned in the appointment letter, correct? There's not a clinic assigned but there are only 2 clinics approved by the consulate there (maybe 3 now because one was under construction when I went) there's one right next to the consulate, and one on the other side of town you can go to whichever is more comfortable for you. Are the x-ray’s results required at the interview? No you don't need to bring them to the interview just the black sealed thing that they give you Did medical staff recommend for the applicants not eat for at least several hours prior to the examination? They didn't recommended anything, but I went without having breakfast Did anyone go straight to the older clinic rather than the new one? I’m wondering if it’s best to avoid being transported over to the old by the consulate bus. I went to the older clinic because I was staying at the Holiday Inn in Paseo de la Republica which was closer to the older clinic and the shuttle of the hotel took us there. I liked it better because they actually have a waiting area for the family with some shade the newer one didn't have that If you didn’t need a waiver, did you get the visa package at the consulate or did it still have to be picked up at DHL? If you don't need a waiver you pay for DHL and pick it up there (package includes: Passport and closed envelope that you are not supposed to open) So is the assigned bridge process new? I thought we could enter with the visa packet at any POE. You can enter wherever you want, but the envelope says that if you are gonna cross thru Juarez to use the advised bridge Estrella, you mentioned in your post that your letter stated the bridge was only opened during a certain time. After your experience, was that date the only time the USCIS office accepts visa packages? I went during the stated time so I couldn't really tell you. But the bridge is open 24 hours so maybe they would accept them in a different schedule. Regarding providing proof of personal documents such as letters/emails/cards, if they are in Spanish did the CO ask for an English translation? I think they speak spanish, mine did and some of the other interviews seem to be in spanish too, and i don't think they would read what is in the letters, that would be kind of invasive, but who knows. Did someone take a taxi or shuttle from the airport? If yes, how was your experience with that company? I took a taxi from the airport to the hotel, It was good the driver was nice, told us about the weather and the visa process. Anywhere we go we used taxis, asked the hotel front desk to call them, and they were all nice and safe, more expensive than we are used to, but we were expecting it. Did any of you experience the NVC only sending you an email of the appointment letter and not a hardcopy of it through regular mail? I think that's all they send, just print it and bring what you print, i printed it twice because you need it for the medical too and it can get lost or all wrinkled up. I didn’t see briefcases on the prohibited items list, did any of you all take your proof documents in a briefcase, blinder, etc? You are not supposed to go in with metal, most briefcases and binders have metal, I used one of those plastic folders with many separations. Does the consulate have public phones inside? I have no idea, I didn't see one but i really didn't explored the consulate much, i didn't wanna move from my seat in case my number appeard in the screen, so maybe there's one and i didn't see it. Best of lucks!!!	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-08-27 00:10:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	First of all guys relax, really is not as bad as we all think, the waiting is annoying and all that but is alright you will all do alright. I'll try to answer to your questions in the best of my possibilities ok? Payments. At the consulate I only payed 8 dollars for the DHL delivery, nothing else. The visa was payed for already, we payed it in the NVC process, I think is the IV payment, I'm not sure. I only had 8 dollars in my wallet and like 110 pesos which i borrowed to a girl who didn't know about the DHL fee. Documents. Bring everything you have and can bring, copies of everything you already sent I would also recommend you to bring 2 new passport pictures, they asked me for 2 and I had them because I wasn't sure if i had to have them or not. In the mall in front of the consulate is a business who fills forms and takes pictures, I heard the filling forms part was super expensive, but the pictures were ok, 65 pesos. In that window they are gonna ask you for everything that you didn't submit originals to in the NVC part and your Medical exam results. They ask you about the date they have to see if is correct address, phone number, etc. Pily made a checklist of the documents she brought with her and sent it to me, is in spanish, if you want I can IM to you. DHL If your case is easy, like you don't need waivers nor anything like that yes the package you'll get will be a brown kinda yellowish folder which you are not supposed to open your passport and two letters, one from social security and the other one about your visa. But if your case is more complicated they may ask you to go pay to DHL and you'll get your waiver instructions i guess, when i went to pick up my DHL package there was a guy outside almost crying because he thought he was gonna pick up his visa but it wasn't his visa, I don't know what it was but he was really upset about it. Interview being on friday. I guess it would depend at what time your interview was, I got my passport stamped on a friday and there was a lady who had her interview that same friday in the morning and got the passport to get it stamped the same day. Its kinda confusing because the envelope that they give you tells you to go to the bridge from Monday thru Friday, but the latter says the bridge is open to stamp 24 hours 7 days a week so I don't really know. My guess on your case is that it'll depend in if you get your package with your passport the same day or not DHL works saturday so maybe if your interview is at noon you may get it the next day or something like that. I hope my answers helped you a lil' if you need anything else don't doubt to ask. And really is not as bad as you may think, if your relationship is real you have nothing to worry about, although is good to be prepared. Best of lucks	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-29 21:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (chinman @ Jul 28 2009, 09:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats to all...but i have a few questions. How much in USD do I need to bring for my fiance to get everything done that needs to be done? And you have to go to a bridge to get your passport stamped, but it's not considered the "entry" into the US right? In my case the majority of the money was spent in the medical, because they put me the Papiloma vaccine (because i'm 24) so that's where we spent the most. We had foreseen 800 usd for the medical it was like 560, 8 dollars for the DHL visa delivery. So if you count just the visa spends that was it, you are saying fiance so my guess is she won't need vaccines because K1 don't need the vaccines rght away they can get them when they adjust status. You've been reading that we went to border to get our passport stamped and yes it counts as an entry, but because we are a different kind of visa, we are getting Permanent Recidense and Conditional Residence through marriage with an American hence we are already married, the visa for your fiance is different because her visa is to get married. You can check this thread http://www.visajourn...showtopic=37896 in which almost everyone there is going though the same process as you and maybe more people can give you an opinion. I wish you the best of lucks and if you need something else we are here to help	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-28 12:49:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (Pily @ Jul 20 2009, 12:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry i did not post before, I'm glad to hear everythign went well for everybody!!! looks like i was very lucky, I spent like 2 hours at the consulate total went from one window to another and waited between 20 minutes in between. They asked me very simple questions like when and how we met, about my husband's previous marriage etc... he did not ask to se any photos or anything i had at all. i got there at aound 12:30 they let us in at 12:45 my interview was at 1:15 and was out at 2:15. I was very surprised i guess i was just lucky!!!! I got my pack at 11:00 the next day athey send me to the Zaragosa bridge which is supposed to be the fastest one the taxi driver took me to DHL, then the bridge he waited for to have my passport stamped he very nice everything for 80 USD I got to the airport Good luck everyone and lets try to keep in touch. PS Sorry we did not get to meet Marce!!!! Yes it sucks that we didn't get to meet each other. My bridge was Cordova and i had to wait there for 5 hours, the taxi driver took us from the hotel to DHL and from there to the bridge he also waited for us and took us back it was 70 bucks in total. We were glad it was over. We went back to the hotel to sleep because a 17 hours drive awaited us, and we had to wake up at 3 am to avoid the line at the bridge, we arrived home on saturday night. So it was really a smooth ride for us and we are thankful for it, we met a very nice couple who made the waiting easier.	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-20 14:18:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	I had my appointment on thursday 16th and It all went fine, slowly but fine. I think it was because my appointment was at lunch time and the COs were leaving their windows to go eat. I arrived at the consulate like at 10:00 my appointment was at 11:15 there was a long line of people with appointments at 11:00 but it wasn0t for recidency so go to the front and ask because when we did, they let us in another line. Then they divide you depending on the type of visa you are getting and you go in, you have to take off your belt and put your stuff in a thing like the ones at the airport, again, no cellphones, cameras nor anything electronic, also no keys not anything like that, also no makeup, don't risk it they'll make you throw it in the trash. After you do that they take your appointment letter and give you a number you go in to wait in a outside tent and you have to stare at the screens with numbers and the number of the window you have tog o, they'll call your number to a window and you have to give your medical there, they ask you about your information to check if they have it right and then send you to put your fingerprints then you go to wait again. Don't worry if you see higher numbers than yours they'll call you eventually. When you see your number you go to your window and they ask you who's petitioning and to swear the truth. They didn't ask much just if i had been married before, if my husband had, how we met, and she asked if i had pictures of us and i did, i showed them to her and after she saw them she said congratulations you've been approved and i went to pay DHL and that was it. A lady who went in before me had her stuff done like an hour before i did, and i suspect it was because of the lunch hour.	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-20 12:13:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	Now, is my turn yay! ha ha. IT's been a long hot day here in Juarez but is finally done My medical, well my hotel provided us the ride to the clinic, and it took us to the old one, the one that inwayovermyhead is talking about. wearrived there at 7 and we were out before 9 unlike the other clinic there's a covered space for your husband, wife or whoever is going with you to sit down. I arrived pretty nervous, getting naked in front of strangers is not something i'm used too ha ha not even doctors, so i was dreading that, we arrived there was a small line in the reception desk where they take your passport vaccines records and appointment letter and ask you to sit down and wait to be called, (this was the longer wait for me, after that it all was pretty fast)they call your name to the place where they check your stuff and take a picture, then you sit back down and wait to be called for the next step, witch in my case was to have blood drawn they call you in groups of like 5 or 6 and do it as they were giving me a band aid to put where they drawn the blood from i heard my name being called from the xray part, so i had to go right away there, there were 2 other women waiting and then a 3rd one came one of them got called and then the rest of us went in, it was a male doctor who handed us paper robes to put on, and told us to only take our shirt and bra on, there were changing rooms, like where you try on clothes at the stores, to take our shirts and bras off, the doctor doesn't see anything because you are not facing him when he takes the xray, so it was quick and easy, then he asks you to put everything back on and to go out again to a mini waiting room where they take your pressure, temperature and breathing rate, then you go into a mini exam room where they weigh you and measure you, they make the eye exam, and the doctor (female) asks you to get undressed and put the robe on, she leaves so you can do this, she comes back and asks you if you've done drugs, smoke, last time you were pregnant and last time you had your period, give a date, don't say like last week or something like that ha ha they want a date ha ha then she tells you to lift your robe she looks at you for 2 seconds then asks you to turn around to see your back and that's it. After that she left and lets you get dressed and the nurse with the vaccines came in and she tells you witch vaccines she's gonna put on you, in my case i got the same ones plus papiloma one so i got shots in both my arms and my but cheeks and they still hurt ha ha. Then after that you go pay, I payed 560 Dollars or something like that. The rate peso dollar is 1 Dollar= 13.50 After that we went out and my mom found out about the bus going to the other clinic, and since we wanted to check out the consulate and the mall over there we used that bus to get there, and they told us to be at the new clinic at 3 so the bus could take us back to the old clinic, there were lots of people waiting for the bus so they didn't let companions go with us, the bust left like at 2:50 we arrived at the clinic like at 3:10 the let us in, and we all sat in the same waiting area like in the morning, they start calling out names we all got our results and went back to the bus. If you get your results it means you are healthy enough for the consulate ha ha, if for some reason you need more examining or something they will let you know and give you something to take with you to your appointment so they know that you did have your medical but there's something going on, after they make you the more testing if everything is ok the clinic will forward your results to the consulate so when you go again they will have it, if there's something wrong the clinic people would call you Seriously check and double check your results because a guy's result had his name misswritten and now he has to go again tomorrow to pick them up because of it I think that was it if i forgot something i'll come back and let you know ha ha PS. The lady who draw our blood was really nice too us	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-14 20:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (Pily @ Jul 11 2009, 10:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi!! I paid $325 total the exam is $175 and they gave me three shots Varicella. MMR and Tetanus. The card counted they gave me a second shot of tetanus because they said I needed it, so if you can get the second one there get it, that itself is $55. Another one, I don't know how old you are, but if you're 26 or younger they are going to give you the Human Papilomavirus and thats the most expensive one $197. Will try to enjoy the weekend and relax, Good luck!! PS Did you book a flight back?? Because we've meet some people who have been waiting for their packages form more than 3 days!!! so we don't really know when we'll be able to get out of here. I'm 24 so they'll probably put me that one, and it sucks lol but oooh well, did you pay with debit card? credit card? pesos? dollars? And no I haven't booked a flight, Mu hubby is driving there so depending on the time we'll come back to mexico city so he can visit with my family or go straight home to the states. Enjoy your weekend and say hi to Stewart's wife, I wish you both the best of lucks, I'll see you around!!!	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-11 18:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (Pily @ Jul 10 2009, 09:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hi everyone!!! I got here yesterday had my medical done today, I got thera at 6.00 am there was a line of about 200 people already, ten minutes after a guy came and split us up, some of us were loaded into bus and taken to one of the clinics by the old consulate. Firts we left AL and passport at front desd then they called us to take personal info and picture. Then the wait began first they called you to do blood test, then x ray, and finally phyisical and shots, then to cashier. When I was done the bus was ready to go back I was back at the hotel at aroud 9.15. It wasn't that bad, they are not very polite but not to rude either just impersonal, they want to get you out of there as soon as they can so they don't have time gto smile or be nice. We were told to come back at three and the same bus took ud to pick up result that was very qick in about 15 min we were on our way back. They gave us a big black envelope with the x ray ( you don't have to take that to the interview) and a sealed small one, you have to take it like that to the interview and the CO is the onlyone who can open it. Make sure your names are on the envelopes because I've heard of people who have got the wrong one. That's all so far, the closest hotel to the clicnic and consulate is Microtel, next to it Holiday Inn, and there are some others like quality inn and la playa all of them walking distance from consulate, this seems like a much safer area compared to old consulate. I'll keep in touch now I have to stick around till tuesday!!!! As soon as I'm done i'll let you know the rest. Good luck evryone PS. Marce see you Monday!!! I'm glad you are done with that step Pily!!! How much was in total for the medical with the shots and all? and what shots did they give you??? aaaaand did the vaccines that you already had counted or not??? Enjoy your weekend guys!!!! Have fun	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-10 23:09:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (inwayovermyhead @ Jul 10 2009, 03:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> has anyone had a recent experience, like in the past week, they would like to share? At least not that I know of but We'll hear from some experiences soon, I'll post mine as soon as i'm done with it, I promise I'm a CR1 too maybe IR1 if i'm luck, my 2 years anniversary is the 21st of july 5 days after my interview so maybe i'll get the 10 years green card if i'm lucky, if not, oh well i'll see you here in 2 years ha ha	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-10 18:32:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (inwayovermyhead @ Jul 10 2009, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Pily @ Jul 7 2009, 05:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi everyone!!! I'll be in Juarez on the 9th i'll keep in touch, I think i'll be a good idea to give eachothera list of docs we are bringing to the interview in case some is missing something. Good luck!!!! hey, how is it going in Juarez? I'm going tomorrow, & i'm terrified, please let me know how things are going. whens your appointment? mine is on the 15th? Good luck, I'll arrive to Juarez on monday, my appointment is on the 16th	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-10 14:16:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	Hey guys, I'm getting ready for my interview next week, i know 3 of us have interviews next week one the usmatt the 13th, pily the 14th and i have mine the 16th, I wish you guys the best of lucks, hopefully everything will be smooth. Please post your experiences here so other people can benefit from it. I'll keep you guys posted, i'll arrive in Juarez on the 13th, I'm flying from Mexico city, and i'm really excited	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-07 17:52:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	Thanks Franklie for sharing your experience, it's helping me and my husband get ready. We called NVC and got our appoiment date, is gonna be july 16th, and we'll come and share our experience with you	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-06-11 09:51:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	Thanks for sharing your experience Steve!! Do you know what happens if I'm not crossing by the bridge? like if I'm gonna fly or something like that? We really don't know how wearegonna do it yet but if I have to use the bridge I guess that's what we'll do	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-06-02 23:03:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (Djortiz @ Jun 1 2009, 08:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We too are filing for CR1, sent in final papers to NVC 2 weeks ago, ojala que teinemos suerte y we get aproved soon. I wish you the best Dj!! good luck	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-06-01 20:26:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	QUOTE (franklie @ Jun 1 2009, 03:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (estrella @ Jun 1 2009, 04:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I know I'm not the only one that has to go to Ciudad Juarez for the interview, is anyone else out there? we can share info and all that. I tried to get info from the Ciudad Juarez thread but it seems like everyone there is in the K1 process. So does anyone has experience with Juarez on IR-1 / CR-1?? My wife and I will be in Cd Juarez next week. She has her interview on Tuesday. It would be awesome if you could share your experience with us about the interview and the whole thing over there the medical and all that. I'm still waiting for my apoiment as soon as I get it and once I go I'll share with everyone.	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-06-01 19:21:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez	I know I'm not the only one that has to go to Ciudad Juarez for the interview, is anyone else out there? we can share info and all that. I tried to get info from the Ciudad Juarez thread but it seems like everyone there is in the K1 process. So does anyone has experience with Juarez on IR-1 / CR-1?? Edited by estrella, 01 June 2009 - 03:19 AM.	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-06-01 03:19:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	QUOTE I am still torn about whether I (USC) should go to Juarez or not. Does anyone here have an opinion about that? I went to Juarez for CR1 which is a lil' bit different, mu husband was there with me, (when we went there wasn't a waiting area at outside the consulate yet, the construction of it was almost done tho, so it may be ready and in use by now) so he waited for me at the denny's close to the consulate. His presence wasn't needed by the CO but it did helped me to know that if i needed him he was right out there and I could just go get him if something went wrong, it made me feel good and secure at the time of the interview, if not needed in the consular time it was a good moral support for me, so is really up to you, if you have the means to be there and support Roberto, be there it wouldn't hurt and it could be useful to give him support and just in case something goes wrong and you are needed. I wish you the best of lucks.	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-08-23 20:37:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	QUOTE (Tom_A @ Aug 18 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (oscarlore511 @ Aug 14 2009, 08:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey Everyone! Just an update on our case.... After contacting my Congressman on July 23, his assistant sent out some forms that I needed to fill out. I received them on July 31. I immediately filled them out and sent them back on August 3. I called in on August 7 to confirm they had received them. His assistant confirmed they received my forms and told me they had already contacted the embassy through e-mails and snail mail on August 4 and 5 and were waiting for a response. I asked how long the embassy usually took to respond and she said, "We give them about six weeks to respond before we take further action." So at this point I'm sitting there thinking how worthless was this? What a waste of my time!! I decided to leave it alone for a week. Then I would call the embassy once more in an effort to pursuade them to get off their asses and send me my stuff!!! I was dreading that phone call; I don't like to be mean. To my surprise, I didn't have to wait for a week to pass and I didn't have to lose my temper. I opened my mailbox yesterday expecting nothing more than the usual stack of bills and grocery ads; but there was more. We received our open appointment letter in the mail yesterday. The embassy had sent it on August 6. My Congressman's office had contacted them the week before, and not even a week later, I had the open appointment letter in my hand!! It really worked!! Word of advice: DO THIS!! IT WORKS!! Thanks to everyone that helped answer my question and for all the advice. Special thanks to Tom_A! FINALLY!! FYI: Ciudad Juarez had our petition for a total of 50 days before they sent out the packet. We're planning to be in Juarez the week of August 31. I am truly happy to see that some information that I have helps others go through the process that I am in the middle of. We are in Juarez. FYI don't forget that the consulate has some closures on the last week of each month. You might be ok with 31st of August. All the very best to you. Right now Marcela and two sons are in the interview. We are trying something new with a minor son. He had his TB test yesterday and they are allowing us to interview today and wait on the results of TB test. I will fill everyone in on how things go. I see this site as a family. If I can impart any wisdom onto anyone, it will be my sincere pleasure. One other word of advice. On the day you go for your medical. DON'T do what we did. GO DIRECTLY TO THE CLINIC. DO NOT GO TO CONSULATE. They will direct you all over the place and will waste a lot of time. Not much advice I can give about getting results. Take an umbrella and water to keep hydrated. IT'S HOTTTTT here! I hope everything goes ok with you and your family, and yes is super hot there, good luck !!!!	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-08-18 20:48:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	QUOTE An update from Laurel Scott, an attorney who deals with CDJ and waivers, regarding their new policy on waivers (very very irritating): Update on Juarez: Processing times have increased from 6-9 months to 10+ months. OIC (officer-in-charge) has requested that all I-601ers not file ANY inquiries until it has been 11+ months since you filed your waiver. The consulate is no longer accepting the I-601 waiver application on the day of the K visa or immigrant visa interview. They are now requiring everyone to come back for a second interview to file. While I have not yet gotten any denials through USCIS-Juarez, other attorneys have reported to me that their approval rates have plummeted and that they've had a marked increase of clients approaching them following a denial of their pro se filings (note: a "pro se" filing is something a person files without using an attorney). When the OIC saw that I was telling everyone that Juarez was the easiest office to get an I-601 approval abroad, he asked me to be careful not to give anyone the impression that the I-601 process in Juarez is a 'formality'; i.e. you have to PROVE your case. That's totally true, what they are doing is telling people they can get a waiver and then after 24/48 hours they applicant has to call the embassy number and make an appointment. I met a lady in the hotel and I was helping her and she asked me to help her call, she called as soon as she came back from the embassy and they told her she had to wait at least 24 hours, she needed to know more or less when was her appointment gonna be so she could make plans and go see her family, and the guy told us that the appointment they were giving were for the end of September. that was like 2 weeks ago. I'm sharing in case someone needs the info	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-28 12:55:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	Copy pasted from IR-1 / CR-1 in Ciudad Juarez Now, is my turn yay! ha ha. IT's been a long hot day here in Juarez but is finally done My medical, well my hotel provided us the ride to the clinic, and it took us to the old one, the one that inwayovermyhead is talking about. wearrived there at 7 and we were out before 9 unlike the other clinic there's a covered space for your husband, wife or whoever is going with you to sit down. I arrived pretty nervous, getting naked in front of strangers is not something i'm used too ha ha not even doctors, so i was dreading that, we arrived there was a small line in the reception desk where they take your passport vaccines records and appointment letter and ask you to sit down and wait to be called, (this was the longer wait for me, after that it all was pretty fast)they call your name to the place where they check your stuff and take a picture, then you sit back down and wait to be called for the next step, witch in my case was to have blood drawn they call you in groups of like 5 or 6 and do it as they were giving me a band aid to put where they drawn the blood from i heard my name being called from the xray part, so i had to go right away there, there were 2 other women waiting and then a 3rd one came one of them got called and then the rest of us went in, it was a male doctor who handed us paper robes to put on, and told us to only take our shirt and bra on, there were changing rooms, like where you try on clothes at the stores, to take our shirts and bras off, the doctor doesn't see anything because you are not facing him when he takes the xray, so it was quick and easy, then he asks you to put everything back on and to go out again to a mini waiting room where they take your pressure, temperature and breathing rate, then you go into a mini exam room where they weigh you and measure you, they make the eye exam, and the doctor (female) asks you to get undressed and put the robe on, she leaves so you can do this, she comes back and asks you if you've done drugs, smoke, last time you were pregnant and last time you had your period, give a date, don't say like last week or something like that ha ha they want a date ha ha then she tells you to lift your robe she looks at you for 2 seconds then asks you to turn around to see your back and that's it. After that she left and lets you get dressed and the nurse with the vaccines came in and she tells you witch vaccines she's gonna put on you, in my case i got the same ones plus papiloma one so i got shots in both my arms and my but cheeks and they still hurt ha ha. Then after that you go pay, I payed 560 Dollars or something like that. The rate peso dollar is 1 Dollar= 13.50 After that we went out and my mom found out about the bus going to the other clinic, and since we wanted to check out the consulate and the mall over there we used that bus to get there, and they told us to be at the new clinic at 3 so the bus could take us back to the old clinic, there were lots of people waiting for the bus so they didn't let companions go with us, the bust left like at 2:50 we arrived at the clinic like at 3:10 the let us in, and we all sat in the same waiting area like in the morning, they start calling out names we all got our results and went back to the bus. If you get your results it means you are healthy enough for the consulate ha ha, if for some reason you need more examining or something they will let you know and give you something to take with you to your appointment so they know that you did have your medical but there's something going on, after they make you the more testing if everything is ok the clinic will forward your results to the consulate so when you go again they will have it, if there's something wrong the clinic people would call you Seriously check and double check your results because a guy's result had his name misswritten and now he has to go again tomorrow to pick them up because of it I think that was it if i forgot something i'll come back and let you know ha ha PS. The lady who draw our blood was really nice too us	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-14 20:46:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	QUOTE (Jorge y Chary @ Jul 10 2009, 12:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (estrella @ Jul 10 2009, 09:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Jorge y Chary @ Jul 9 2009, 06:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My fiance got approved today and did not encountered any difficulties as long as your truthful and well informed there shoud not be any problems obtaining your visa. The part I hate is waiting for DHL. How long was the wait? She is still waiting for DHL and it's 12:21 CST. I hate this wait because I don't see the purpose of sending Visa package to DHL unless somebody knows something I don't. I don't know why either, but is the same with the tourist visa the only difference is the tourist one arrived at my house. Maybe they don't want a bunch of people picking up visas in the consulate so they make us pay DHL so the bunch of people is in DHL and not the consulate?	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-10 12:58:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	QUOTE (Jorge y Chary @ Jul 9 2009, 06:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My fiance got approved today and did not encountered any difficulties as long as your truthful and well informed there shoud not be any problems obtaining your visa. The part I hate is waiting for DHL. How long was the wait?	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-07-10 09:04:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	QUOTE (I Am Mello @ Jun 2 2009, 08:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (limejello @ Jun 2 2009, 07:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (I Am Mello @ Jun 1 2009, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is where you get a paper hospital gown that you change into. What? This must be new. Unlike the thoroughly humiliating experience my fiance had to go through (along with everyone else) being completely naked and in front of a female nurse. Yes, I think it is new. My fiance's sister said she did her interview at the old consulate which was much smaller. According to her, about ten people were in a room and all naked. But yesterday at the NEW consulate it was in a private place and she was given a paper hospital gown. When she had her chest xray, the nurse told her she could cover herself from the waist down and then have the xray. I dont know if she got a caring nurse or what, but she said it seemed to be very professional. I hope I have the same luck I don't wanna be naked and even less in a room full of naked people	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-06-02 10:51:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	QUOTE (JustD @ May 21 2009, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (limejello @ May 21 2009, 02:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For everyone who is going through this right now, I just want to give my 2 cents, take it or leave it: 1. No 2 cases, either the medical or the interview, are exactly the same, so don't worry excessively if your case varies either a little or a lot from other cases. It's only after the interview that you can take action if something didn't work out, but there really is no point losing sleep or giving yourself an ulcer BEFORE you even find out anything. 2. Because of the consulate being closed due to swine flu (and the fact that it seems something changes all the time with them), on the consulate side and DHL side things might be a little weird for a while. It also is very likely affecting the medical exams. Starting out after the period where they closed there was no backlog, but now that everyone that planned to go in the first couple weeks of May are probably all going now, there will more than likely be a wait (which will only increase before it starts to lag off a bit more). 3. Be positive (as hard is it may be). Juarez has a high approval rate for K-1's that are straightforward (meaning legit relationship, no drug problems/mental health problems/past illegal entries). Your positive attitude will have a HUGE effect on how confident your fiance(e) is in the interview. This is probably the most important thing. BY far the best advice I have received in a while!!!!!! We needed it too as I am sure we are questioning EVERYTHING as we all do when you are a day from the interview!! Gonna take her to a nice dinner and try to have a great evening before the big day... More to come tomorrow... Good luck to you and to anyone who has the interview soon	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-05-22 00:38:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	QUOTE (franklie @ May 18 2009, 12:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For CR-1 visas you will be sent a letter with a date and a time for the interview. According to the counsular officer with whom I spoke it would be good to arrive 1 - 2 days ahead of time so that the medical exam can be completed and the interviewee can have the medical results in hand for the interview at the consulate. We initially received an email from the NVC with a pdf attachment of the request for interview letter from the consulate in Ciudad Juarez. Due to the pig flu scare our initial interview date was cancelled and I received a phone call from the consulate in Ciudad Juarez advising me of such and giving me a verbal confirmation of the new interview date in June. The actual letter confirming the consulate's phone call was sent to my address here in the US. Thanks for you answer, I didn't ask the question but I'm in the same process, I'm waiting for the NVC to review my papers and hopefully no RFE's and give us a date for the interview. Could you please tell us about your interview when you are done with it? It would really help me to feel informed thanks	estrella	Female	Mexico	2009-05-18 13:38:00