biggish data

new Affidavit of support

Hi guys,

do I really need to obtain the form 1099 for the AOS?? And if so, how do I get this form? Isnt it enough to just have the most recent tax transcript and W2???

Thanks Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-07 12:24:00

Which I-864 ?

hi there,

Hm I am using the shortcuts and honestly I read through all this form instructions of the I 864. I sent my husband the I-864EZ, since it applies to us. It all depends on your circumstances though. If your annual income based on your W2 is already enough to comply with the poverty lines.....if the spouse is the only person you are petitioning for and something else. If all three things apply to you, then you can use that short form of the AOS, which is I864EZ. But there are several other forms. Try reading through the instructions and you will know.

:thumbs:

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-09 08:39:00

DS 230 quick question

oehm that is exactly what got me. Because Im filing this immigrant visa (DS230)....so the petitioner is still the USC?

ISabel

Hi Isabel

The Petitioner is the USC, they are petitioning for you to come to the USA. That section is asking you to
fill in the name / address of the person that submitted the petition, if I remember correctly in your case this is your hubby..

true

you have a good memory though

. Thank you very much for clarify that for me. It really confused me.

:dance:

Did I mention I am happy today? Wohoooo. It is great to be a member of this forum. So many people who share the same experiences (well sort of). Makes me feel much better.

:whistle:

Greets Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-10 13:43:00

DS 230 quick question

oehm that is exactly what got me. Because Im filing this immigrant visa (DS230)....so the petitioner is still the USC?

ISabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-10 13:05:00

DS 230 quick question

Q# 29. Who is the petitioner in that case? The alien or the USC?

Thanks Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-10 11:06:00

DCF Frankfurt once approved

Hey guys,

how long does it take when the approved I-130 reaches the embassy. How long do they need to process it? what are the steps? any experiences?

Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-10 11:20:00

Interview for IR1 vs CR1

Well in our case the issue is gonna be: why we married so fast. We met last year in October, when he was stationed in Germany. We actually just married so fast because he was told that he might have to go to Iraq again. And since a fiance cant get any information, we decided to marry while he was still in Germany(he left right after our marriage to his new duty staion). Otherwise we would have gone for the K1. But nevertheless we love each other and I dont think that time matters. But I do not know what the Consular officer will think about that :huh:Love at first sight .....huh never thought that could happen to me

Isabel

Edited by Isabel, 10 July 2006 - 08:51 AM.

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-10 08:49:00

Processing Dates have changed

i posted the link above newhampshire.

Greets Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-11 16:16:00

Processing Dates have changed

oehm excuse me??? Vermont is processing February 05th for I-130. As shown on todays update.
Greets Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-11 15:24:00

Still Waiting for NOA2

Hi Everyone, I'm still waiting for an NOA2 from the Vermont Service Center.

We received our NOA1 on March 1, 2006, four months and 9 days ago. Since then there has been nothing, not even a touch.

At least one couple here on VisaJourney filed their I-130 application after mine at the same service center, and was approved last month. I don't understand this, because our application was in a week before theirs, and, according to the USCIS, they aren't even processing applications from March of 2006 yet. I'm happy for them, though.

The USCIS webiste says they are processing applications from December 24, 2005, but the VSC told my senator they were processing applications from February 2006. What happened to January?

I'm still frustrated, sick with multiple sclerosis, and missing my husband like crazy. He's eight hours away, but they won't let him into the US because he has visa applications in.

Augh!

Hey try to relax, you wont make him come to you earlier when you go crazy and it doesnt help your disease either. :unsure:

. As I stated before I am the beneficiary and I am the one with the autoimmune disease. We cant do anything either. Have you tried to send in a request for expediting the process? It might work in your case.

Stay strong :thumbs:

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-11 16:25:00

Does NVC schedules Interview Date??

Hy guys,

who schedules the Interview after NVC is done with the I-130 processing? The NVC or the embassy?

any experiences are appreciated.

Isabel :blush:

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-11 16:22:00

Isabel, you posted multiple threads, none with the whole story and then you yell at "us" for not getting it right? You are using inprecise terms and you are doing something completely out of the ordinary, then you are rude when you don't get immediately the answer you want?
The answer, by the way, has been posted many, many, many times already.

My suggestion is that you either use the search function, read through old Ffurt threads or wait to see what Ffurt sends you, since we clearly do't' know what we're talking about.

Advice? Get your visa application package ready.

hi meauxna,
:blush:

sorry for yelling or being rude. I am a bit emotional about it. I apologize. I will post the whole story in the Ir1 and Cr1 forum right now.
Isabel :wacko:

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-12 15:02:00

Ok, why did you move that topic??? Hell...is it so hard to get? I am going through DCF now! How much else do i have to explain? I know it is not usual, but well that is how it is going to be.!\

Isabel

ok....scew that. I give up here.
thanks anyway
Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-12 13:12:00

Hey guys,
I just got off the phone with NVC. Yesterday I talked to a really nice lady from the Frankfurt consulate and she told me that she will try to get our CR1 case transfered to frankfurt to process it. God I am so happy!!

So now I am really curious how are the steps for Consular process in Frankfurt for a CR1?

Any advice? What are the next steps? And how long will it take until they give out an interview date now/??

Good thing is, it is already approved and has a case number. Is it right that I get some sort of package? And I just have to send back a DS 230 I and the checklist and get an interviewappointment?

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Isabel
Isabel,
Great news, I guess! WooHoo! Where WAS your case headed to, that you had it transferred to Ffurt?

Why are you posting to the DCF forum if your case is coming from the NVC? I think it would be less confusing for you to read the consular process for other cases like your own. I'm not saying you can't read here .. just that the paperwork flow is different for DCF people--don't mix up the requirements.

well this CASE is different. We werent done at NVC! They didnt even begin processing of the CR1 at NVC. I called Frankfurt and they told me they would try getting my case transfered to Ffurt. Now Ffurt IS PROCESSING our CR1 like in DCF. Thats why I am posting here.
So any advice???

Thanks Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-12 12:50:00

Hey guys,
I just got off the phone with NVC. Yesterday I talked to a really nice lady from the Frankfurt consulate and she told me that she will try to get our CR1 case transfered to frankfurt to process it. God I am so happy!!

So now I am really curious how are the steps for Consular process in Frankfurt for a CR1?

Any advice? What are the next steps? And how long will it take until they give out an interview date now/??

Good thing is, it is already approved and has a case number. Is it right that I get some sort of package? And I just have to send back a DS 230 I and the checklist and get an interviewappointment?

THANKS IN ADVANCE :dance:

Isabel

Edited by Isabel, 11 July 2006 - 04:55 PM.

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-11 16:52:00

our whole story CR1

Hi guys, first off I apologize again for being so emotionally about it. :blush:

Sorry for that. I will begin from the first step.

My hubby and I met last year while he was stationed in Germany. (He is active duty in the US Military). We figured out very fast that we are made for each other and since he had to leave Germany in just a couple of months, we made plans.
We decided to marry in January and the day after he left to the US to his new duty station. During the next couple of weeks we were trying to figure out how to get me over there. We decided that i need to visit him there, because he wont get military housing until I show up there...but he wont get a room from the army as well, because he is married. So he was actually forced to live in a hotel. I entered the US in February on the VWP for almost three months. The same day we sent the CR1 off to VSC. We furnished the house and all that while I was there and tried to figure out a way to calculate the time I still need to spent in my homecountry. SInce the K3 processing dates were moving fairly fast we thought in May ...well just a couple more weeks and we will be approved. Yea well..we didnt make the bill with IMBRA. We cancelled my flat and work for the 30th of July, thinking that would be safe. In midJune our I-130 was approved by VSC and sent to NVC. Around the same time I called at BWI airport to talk to a POE officer. I asked if there is a way to enter the US while the immigrant visa is still at NVC and our K3 hasnt been approved yet. And he actually told me the first time that the embassy in my homecountry might be able to do something. Well I didnt quite believe him so I didnt call them till Monday. And there I talked to a really nice lady where I explained our whole case to. She then said dont even worry about the K3 anymore and persue the CR1 case. Did I receive a package from NVC already and I said no...just a case number. And she said well I can try to get your whole case transfered to Frankfurt. And I said, huh? really? And she was like yeah....call back next Monday and maybe your case is already here and I can tell you the next steps. So yesterday I called NVC (still not really believing that) and asked if our AOS fee bill was already cashed and the ladyt on the phone told me to wait. When she came back on the phone she said sorry Mrs but your case will be handled by the foreign consulate now. We wil forward your case to the embassy and I was like wohooo if that is no progress. So now I am waiting on Frankfurt to receive our case.

Anyone made a similiar experience? It is still so weird and hard to believe for me.

GReets ISabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-12 15:17:00

Isabel,

I'm not sure why the Consulate would make such a promise to you for your particular case if there are no pressing, extenuating circumstances. It's just odd.

I can't answer your questions on how or where to proceed now because it seems as if your case will be a mix of immigration visa processes.

If what you are saying is true, then you will have filed your petition in America and completely bypassed the NVC even though, as I understand it from the information you've given, your husband is not currently in Germany nor is he a resident in Germany. Usually that is what is required, among other things, to file your petition and subsequent immigration visa application in Germany.

If you proceed now as if you're a DCF case, then I imagine you'd receive Packet 3 soon, which would include medical exam information, Affidavit of Support instructions, and the Immigrant Visa Application (DS-230). There are some other leaflets worth reading as well in the Packet. There will also be a checklist (OF-169) that you should fill out completely and fax back to the Consulate along with the biographic information page in your passport. You should mail the OF-169 as well as the Checklist. (That's what I did and it seems to have been okay. I wasn't sure if I should mail both documents, but I did just to be safe.) In a week or so, you should receive Packet 4, which will list your interview date. A medical exam appointment may also appear on this letter, but you can disregard that if you've already done your medical exam in another city by a Consulate approved doctor. Generally, the process at the Consulate, in my experience, has taken about a month if you send back Packet 3 quickly and completely. Take a look at my timeline, particularly when I received Packet 3, when I sent it back, and when I received Packet 4.

Do keep us updated on what happens.

Hi zauberblume,
I will keep u guys updated of course! Uea as it seems right now it is a real mix up.
Greets Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-12 17:37:00

Isabel,

The I-130 is approved. There is no further processing to be done on it. Now it's time to process a visa application.

It will be interesting to see if you get to make your visa application - submit DS-230 and I-864 - directly to US consulate in Frankfurt or in the usual manner to the NVC. I'm not going to bet against you on that, but I'm not going to bet for you, either. Just gonna sit back and see what there is to be learned from your case.

Yodrak

Yah no kidding. I am interested in that as well, since it didnt seem to be happended here before?! It is so unusual that I am totally confused about it either. Since even the NVC told me...well not possible and after i called back a few hours later they told me....your I-130 will be send to the embassy. I am also confused. I will keep u guys updated. Thanks anyway.
Isabel

Hi Yodrak,
...

ok i got one thing messed up: not the CR1 will be transfered...it is the I-130 that will be transfered for processing.
ISabel

Yah no kidding. I am interested in that as well, since it didnt seem to be happended here before?! It is so unusual that I am totally confused about it either. Since even the NVC told me...well not possible and after i called back a few hours later they told me....your I-130 will be send to the embassy. I am also confused. I will keep u guys updated. Thanks anyway.
Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-12 14:57:00

Hi Yodrak,
I know all that. And I know as well that that is usually not the way it goes. So since noone can simply answer my question, I give up on that. Why is it that people cant except that sometimes things go not the way they use to go?
I just wanted to know what happens in Frankfurt after the I-130 is approved? Is it so hard just to answer that simple question?
:wacko:

Isabel

Isabel,

Indeed it has been a bit confusing for us, perhaps because I think you've got things a bit backwards here.

DCF is filing one's I-130 petition with a consulate (or with an overseas USCIS office) rather than with a domestic USCIS Service Center. You filed your I-130 with the VSC. It's been approved, and not by DCF.

The immigrant visa application, in your case a CR1 visa application, has not yet been approved. The application will be made (has already been made?) to the NVC and will be forwarded along with the approved petition to the consulate in Frankfurt for interview.

Yodrak

Well I think it is very confusing for you guys.

First off we filed the I-130 through USCIS in America. .... Now I really wanna know what the DCF is like in Frankfurt after the CR1 is approved.

Thanks Isabel

The lady asked me if I already have the information packet from the NVC and I said no. And she knows that the I-130 hasnt been processed at NVC yet. THATS why she is tranfering the case to FRANKFURT, to speed things up. That is exactly what the POE officer told me a while ago. Sometimes the Embassy does you a favour and processes your I-130 instead of waiting for the NVC to do it.
I.

Hi Yodrak,
I know all that. And I know as well that that is usually not the way it goes. So since noone can simply answer my question, I give up on that. Why is it that people cant except that sometimes things go not the way they use to go?
I just wanted to know what happens in Frankfurt after the I-130 is approved? Is it so hard just to answer that simple question?
Isabel

Isabel,

Indeed it has been a bit confusing for us, perhaps because I think you've got things a bit backwards here.

DCF is filing one's I-130 petition with a consulate (or with an overseas USCIS office) rather than with a domestic USCIS Service Center. You filed your I-130 with the VSC. It's been approved, and not by DCF.

The immigrant visa application, in your case a CR1 visa application, has not yet been approved. The application will be made (has already been made?) to the NVC and will be forwarded along with the approved petition to the consulate in Frankfurt for interview.

Yodrak

Well I think it is very confusing for you guys.

First off we filed the I-130 through USCIS in America. .... Now I really wanna know what the DCF is like in Frankfurt after the CR1 is approved.

Thanks Isabel

ok i got one thing messed up: not the CR1 will be transfered...it is the I-130 that will be transfered for processing.
ISabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-12 14:09:00

Well I think it is very confusing for you guys.

First off we filed the I-130 through USCIS in America. So when our I-130 was approved it was sent to NVC for processing. But since my flat was cancelled and my work also; I called Frankfurt what I could do. And this nice lady told me to cancel that K3 and persue the CR1 and that she can also try to get the CR1 transfered to them, so they can process it. Since that would be faster. MAybe you guys get my point here. Now I really wanna know what the DCF is like in Frankfurt after the CR1 is approved.

Thanks Isabel :thumbs:

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-12 13:06:00

Hey guys,
I just got off the phone with NVC. Yesterday I talked to a really nice lady from the Frankfurt consulate and she told me that she will try to get our CR1 case transfered to frankfurt to process it. God I am so happy!!

So now I am really curious how are the steps for Consular process in Frankfurt for a CR1?

Any advice? Isabel

Great News! Maybe contact the Embassy at Frankfurt for the next steps.

be sure I will do that tomorrow. Even if it is just to hug and kiss that nice lady through the phone who made that possible :unsure:

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-11 18:22:00

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-11 16:50:00

Starting All Over Again in California?

Please relax a little, you'll give yourself a condition.
This is all normal and is not hurting your processing time at all.

Petitions are typically adjudicated within 6 months of receipt.

If that's true, they have 1 month and 18 days to adjudicate mine. Everyone, including the senators/congressmen, said mine would be ajudicated by the end of June, and the local immigration assistance people seem shocked that it is taking this long to have an I-130 processed. I'm stressed and irritable and I can't help it. Applications filed well after mine have been approved, and now, after over four months of nothing, my case is transferred! I'm not the only one stressed over this transfer stuff. This sounds bad, but all the people telling me to relax have already gotten their NOA2s.

i understand that it makes you kinda upset to hear this "good" advices all the time. It makes me upset as well every once in a while but mostly those peeps are right.

Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-12 16:54:00

how long does it take for getting package I 864 HELP!!

hy there

,
Usually after the AOS fee bill is processed they generate the AOS on the following monday. You then can expect to wait for 2 more weeks for the package to arrive. So you are still in timely manner.

Greets Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-14 16:44:00

I-864 Package Questions

hi,
the new guide says to submit the last 6 paystubs, so I would really check back with them.
:unsure:

Greets Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-17 14:28:00

Can I work upon arrival in the states??

So basically I need the SSC. :blush:

Thanks guys!

Greets Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-18 21:49:00

Can I work upon arrival in the states??

ok I am confused? I dont know my POE yet, since I am not able to purchaise a plan ticket until I know if I pass the interview or not. And right I am coming on an immigrant visa CR1.

I.

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-17 15:49:00

Can I work upon arrival in the states??

Hi guys,
When I pass the POE with the CR1 visa I will get a passport stamp...what is like the Greencard, which I receive a couple weeks after arrival, right?

Does this stamp already allows me to work or do I need to wait for my SSN an SSC?

Do I have to wait to get this card before applying for a job as well?

Thanks in Advance
Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-17 15:44:00

SUGGESTIONS FOR INTERVIEW

Bring all the supporting evidence that you have....even things that might seem "silly" to have....bring it. We had brought phone records, emails, post mail, pics etc.....and what did the lady want to see????? A picture my daughter sent to him....that was it! Then there were others around him showing phone records and pics. Guess it just depends who you get. As for what to wear, there were only a few people there that were really dressed up. Jeans, short sleeve shirt and the skechers should be fine.

Hi there,

why are you on AR for so long already???

But to answer the question of the OP. I woudlnt wear something offensive...like a bikini and hotpants at the interview (as a woman) but I wouldnt go in a suit (as a guy) either. I actually intend to dress comfortable but nice....like for a interview for a job. My suggestion. And I would also bring everything you can, as evidence. And originals with copy's of certificates (as stated before).

GOOD LUCK :thumbs:

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-18 21:30:00

Confused and distraught

I am sorry to hear about that. Are you the beneficiary? I think so. Well, i actually dont understand why your hubby didnt get his ### moving already?!? Did I misunderstand something or is he just waiting????

Greets Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-14 16:41:00

A number for I-864

hi there,
we found my A# on our issued RFE. Usually you will find it anywhere on your paperwork. Otherwise (as stated before) put N/A in. You will be fine.

GL Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-22 00:30:00

Read about how processing works.

But she doesn't know me. She's jumping to conclusions and making judgements, but she doesn't know what I am going through. She doesn't know that I had to relocate due to domestic violence and cannot even talk to my family and friends - thus am totally isolated - or that I was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and am having to give up my career and am often so sick I can't do anything - that I have a wonderful husband only 8 hours away who wants nothing more to help me but can't because he can't get into the U.S. She doesn't know that my medications are $20,000 per year and the insurance is denying coverage and here we have to support two households because he can't get here - that my doctor, my senator, and my congressman all wrote letters to USCIS. That I have been waiting almost 5 months just for an NOA2 for an I-130 - when the entire process from sending the I-130 to being on the edge of getting an actual visa has only taken eight months for her.

But she says all these rather cruel things to me and nobody says a word - but when I say that it's easy to be "patient" when you didn't have the same wait (and it's clear from the timeline she didn't) and easy to be optimistic when you already have your visa in hand... I get attacked? I give up. Let me know if there's a politically active visa forum, please.

Ok.....STOP feeling sorry for yourself....again. :huh:

I have realized that MANY people go through domestic violence, being diagnozed with a "hard" disease, have to give up their jobs for that....etc etc

But you know what? They dont go in a forum and tell everybody about it? You know they also spent thousands of dollars on medication. So dont think you are the only one. And it is quite normal to get very frustrated and offensive over that. But remember...ALL people go through hard times. And you know what? They dont even have a inssurance which covers anything as well. And ALL of us have to cope with the waitings and each member with his own special circumstances. Dont even believe you have the hardest time. Believe me other people face even worse scenarios. And I am sorry. Sure you feel down...I also feel discouraged every once in a while....but you know when there is nothing you can do...go back to a little patience. Everything will be fine eventually. Diseases suck but you gotta deal with them. It is just a fact.

Keep going:thumbs:
Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-20 14:03:00

Read about how processing works.

What everyone here is looking for is support and validation. Some people cope with delays with hope, others with cynicism. Some people start out hopeful and end up cynical (I'm one of them!).

What I see is people having legitimate concerns and complaints, and either being told to be patient and keep waiting, or being given justifications/excuses for the poor and slow service provided by the USCIS. Both of those are legitimate responses, but not terribly supportive.

At the end of this month, I'll be at the five month mark already waiting just for my NOA1 - that does not include the 6-8 months on the other end of the NOA2, leaving me at over a year for an actual visa.

My case wasn't delayed because of any error on my part or any name match or anything - it simply was not worked on while at the Vermont Service Center. They admitted that to my congressman.

Then, after sitting for 4 1/2 months with nothing done to it, it was transferred to the California Service Center and it looks like I'm in for a long wait still, just for my NOA2.

Now I know I'm not the first person or the last person who has waited 4 3/4 months for their NOA2 (I haven't gotten it yet, that's just how long I've waited so far since my NOA1) - or who may not get an NOA2 until the six month mark (that's 180 days) or even later - but that doesn't make it okay for the USCIS to provide such poor customer service. The waits are too long, there is no way to get valid/legitimate information, calling the toll-free number is a nightmare that eats up cell minutes, customers are treated poorly, given incorrect information (if given information at all) ....

None of the reasons given by anyone here make it okay for a branch of our government to give such poor and slow customer service, particularly when we're paying for that service above and beyond the taxes we already pay, when corporations (as usual) get a "free ride" via premium processing, or when congress and other groups have been pushing for improvements for well over a decade now.

So I guess what I want to hear when I'm upset over this wait (separated from my husband, often bedridden with multiple sclerosis, in pain, tired beyond belief) and frustrated is - "Yeah, it's crummy, isn't it? The USCIS is indeed slow and inefficient." NOT - "Oh, you gotta give the USCIS credit ..." or "Oh, your application is delayed because you or your name..."

That's my kind of validation.

Hi newhampshire,
even if you throw rocks at me for my respond, Im gonna tell you what I think anyway. In almost every posting you make, you mention that you have MS. You know, you dont make it better by feeling sorry for yourself. That is a fact. As I also told you before I also have to cope with some kinda that disease. As you know the time is precious and as I told you before...try to relax. That you feel so tired and so crappy wont change at all if you stress yourself over that process so badly! I mean there are so many peeps out there who have to cope with some sort of problem. In my opinion you are a little self centered. I understand that it is hard to deal with the new discovered disease and I understand what it is like to be seperated from the loved one. But still....you gotta deal with that. Stop driving yourself insane over something you wont change anyway. You did so many things already. If you feel you have to, go on calling USCIS, send them emails and ask what they can do for you to expedite your process. Oftentimes they can do something.

I dont wanna insult you or anything but I cant stand the fact that "sick" peeps (me included before I woke up) always feel so sorry for themselves.

Keep your chin up and take care of yourself a little bit.

Good Luck
Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-20 13:51:00

I-130 at NVC, Expedited Processing -- What happens when sent to Consulate in Rio?

Wait...hold up! You got your senator to help expedite your petition! Someone told me about that, and I posted a message here asking about it, and everyone said don't do it...that there wasn't really anything he/she could do for me....

What is your "special circumstance," your "humanitarian concern issue?" What about my emotional sanity/stability? Or that fact that I need my husband here, so he can get a job and help support me, while I'm desperately struggling through work and life...do those count? I'm freaking out of my mind here. I've spent just barely over a month, IN REAL LIFE ONLY, and not consecutive days, with my husband! I just want to be married now damn it! And living with him! I would do anything to convice my state senator to help me.... any recommendations? My 1st NOA started on June 3.... help.

Well, worth a try, no matter what people say. I also got that advice. But sometimes there are ways beyond the straight line though. My only two special circumstances are that my hubby is active duty and I wont have a flat anymore in one week. That is it. Oh ok..and no work since MidJuly. Since everyone suffers from seperation etc I dont know if they accept that as a reason. And as far as I know you can get your case expedited easier after it is approved. I dont know how that works if it isnt approved yet.

Greets Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-23 05:27:00

I-130 at NVC, Expedited Processing -- What happens when sent to Consulate in Rio?

Hi,
our case was also expedited and sent to the embassy without processing at NVC. We got packet 3 and now we are waiting for our interview date. I think it all depends on the consulate.

Good luck
Isabel

Edited by Isabel, 23 July 2006 - 01:12 AM.

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-23 01:10:00

APPROVAL OF I130!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I just had a premination and decided to call the 800 number tocheck on the case, I was shock to hear that the RFE for the I129 was received..finally , bu twhat really got me was when I tried the I130 number. It said THIS PETITION WAS APPROVED ON JULY 24, 2006 , oh my god I cannot believe it, I got approved. What a load.
Thank you all so much,
I cant wait to tell my husband.

Bless you all and good luck
ps. just to inform you all if you check my signiture you will see that about 2 weeks agao I was transfered to California, so for all you guys who got transfered the approval is coming.

Hey that is great! I was as happy as you were when I found out!

Isabel

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-25 09:11:00

Wow NVC assigns case number in 8 days

For everyone who just got approved from CSC, it only took 8 working days for our application to work its way across the country and get assigned an NVC case number, happy happy days for everyone!!!!

Hi there,
sometimes they are so fast...we got our NVC case # 6 days after we got the email stating we are approved. Was just amazing.

Greets Isabel :thumbs:

How do you know that the NVC has assigned a case number? Do they send you an e-mail? A letter? Does it show up when you check your status online? We got NOA2s for both our I130 and I129F, but nothing else.

Thanks!

Huhu,
you can call NVC and talk to the automated system and they will ask you for your receiptnumber (so whatever it is for the NOA2's you already got---written in the upper left corner of each NOA1). You enter them and then they tell you whether they received your case and assigned a case# already or not.

Greets Isabel :thumbs:

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-27 13:23:00

CR1/IR1

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-07-28 13:00:00

Medical report already at embassy but has no case number

I am confused by both posts here. We were told by the US Embassy in Taiwan my wife could NOT get her medical done before the package is delivered to her after the DS-230 and I-864 are completed. We asked because I was in Taiwan in February to get a medical for my extended Taiwan residency permit and we thought as long as we were at the hospital why not get both done.

Are you saying you got the medical forms off the web and scheduled your medical exam and had them delivered to the embassy before they even got your package? If so under what case number would they be filed?

In Germany you go to the Doctor who does the medical without an appointment. It is a walk through office. I didnt need any papers besides my passport and the fee and my medical history. But that was for the K3 originally, but as it looks like it doesnt make a difference if I take the CR1 route now.And they told me I dont need the case number. I think it is different from country to country.

I.

Isabel

Female

Germany

2006-06-30 08:54:00