Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Starting I-130	thank you! It says on the govt website that you can file the 2 together but I haven't read anything more about it.	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-07 20:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Starting I-130	My husband & I are trying to start filing are visa, we just recently received are marriage certificate & now want to get the process started. He's American & I'm Canadian I've spent months researching the visas & still a little confused on certain areas. I have a few questions though before we began: Such as do I file the I-130 in Canada at the embassy or does he file it in the U.S & if so does he file it at his local service center or his local Chicago Lockbox? Also I was reading on the government website that you can also file your I-485 at the same time as the I-130, does anyone know if this makes it easier or if it actually complicates it, or if it even makes a difference? Thanks in advance.	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-07 20:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A question	that would work! thank you	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-08 20:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A question	The one I'm using has that already typed in for the past 5 years but underneath it it says "Applicant's last address outside the United States for more than 1 year." That spot doesn't already have present time wrote in.	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-08 20:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A question	That doesn't seem to work either. I can type in the month area up to 3 characters but as soon as I type in the year area it goes to "0000"	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-08 20:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A question	can I put "now" or "N/A" since "present" doesn't fit?	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-08 20:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A question	I have a quick question, I really don't want to make a mistake! well filling out the G-325A form, it asks the last place you lived outside the US for more then a year, it gives a "from" date till a "to" date, if you're still living there as of now what do you put as the "to" date? It does the same later on for your occupation.	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-08 20:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	quick question	Thank you!	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-10 12:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	quick question	My husband is about to send out our I-130 package, but it says to send out a "copy" of are marriage certificate, is that a PHOTOcopy of it or do we send out a LEGAL copy of it?	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-10 12:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	fee changes	so it's still $355 ok so what exactly is the IV price for? that's not paid with the I-130 is it?	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-20 17:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	fee changes	I'm still confused, is it $330, $355 or $420 now....everywhere I look I'm getting something different!	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-20 09:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	fee changes	hi jo3ys848y New Consular Fees Print New Consular Fees in Effect on July 13, 2010 On June 28, 2010, the Department of State published its Schedule of Fees for Consular Services in the Federal Register. The schedule includes fees for passports, immigrant visas and other consular services. The changes will take effect on July 13, 15 days after publication in the Federal Register. The revised fees will cover actual operating expenses for the 301 overseas consular posts, 23 domestic passport agencies and other centers that provide these consular services to U.S. and foreign citizens. The 27 adjusted fees are based on a Cost of Service Study completed by the Bureau of Consular Affairs in June 2009. The study, which was the most detailed and exhaustive ever conducted by the Department of State, established the true cost of providing these consular services, which by law must be recovered through collection of fees. Under the new fee schedule, passport and other Consular fees are set as follows: NEW CONSULAR FEES EFFECTIVE JULY 13, 2010 CURRENT FEENEW FEENon-Immigrant Visa Fees*Nonimmigrant visa application$ 131.00$ 140.00 1. H, L, O, P, Q, and R categories$ 131.00$ 150.00 2. E Visas$ 131.00$ 390.00 3. K Visa$ 131.00$ 350.00 4. BCC Adult$ 131.00$ 140.00Immigrant Visa FeesIV Application Processing Fee 1. Family-based immigrant visa$ 355.00$ 330.00 2. Employment-based immigrant visa$ 355.00$ 720.00 3. Other immigrant visas (SIVs, DVs, etc.)$ 355.00$ 305.00IV Security Surcharge$ 45.00$ 74.00Diversity Visa Lottery surcharge$ 375.00$ 440.00Domestic review of Affidavit of Support{}nbsp; 70.00$ 88.00Determining Returning Resident Status$ 400.00$ 380.00 1. Family-based immigrant visa$ 355.00$ 330.00 yeah I read that but it's still very confusing seeing as it doesn't specifically state the CR-1/IR-1 or even the I-130. I'm pretty sure it's classified under a family visa though & that's why I think it's now $330, but the USCIS site still says $355! :S	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-19 21:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	fee changes	So here's a quick question, as of the 13th of July they changed the fee amounts for visas, so how much does it now cost for the I-130?, before it was $355 now I'm not so sure. I checked on the chart & I THINK it's $330 but I just want to be sure. The USCIS website still says $355 though.	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2010-07-19 21:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	hiring a lawyer?	When did you send the second petition, and when was the money order cashed? A lawyer can be useful if you are not good at filling in detailed forms, or have a complicated case. However, many lawyers are just taking your money, giving wrong info, and having a lawyer can delay your case as you give them info, then they fill in the forms, you need to go sign them etc etc.l.. He sent the second petition in October, right after they notified him that they never received the first one, he went & cancelled the first money order then resent all the paperwork. The money order was cashed about a week or 2 after the second paperwork was sent. Our case is a little complicated, I don't know if it has anything to do with it but my passport has been red flagged by border customs. I tried to go see my husband a few years ago (well we were dating) but they refused me entry since I was dating an American, saying that they didn't think I would come back to Canada. They said with the right paperwork they would let me cross, so I got all the paperwork together that they asked for & a few months later tried to go visit again & they refused me entry AGAIN. But if that's the case wouldn't they at least say we were denied or something?	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2011-01-23 14:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	hiring a lawyer?	Basically my husband sent in are I-130 back in JULY! Well we never heard anything back from them so in October my husband sent off an email asking about the status of are application, he got a reply back stating that they never received it. He checked the status of the money order & it was never cashed. So he went & sent off the application AGAIN & this time they cashed the money order & yet....NO REPLY! He's sent them multiple emails asking about the status & they never send anything back! We've followed every step according to this website but yet are getting nowhere! It's been 6 months since we originally started filing, we have yet to receive either an approval OR a denial. My husband & I were just wondering if it might be just easier to hire a lawyer to help us, we are just tired of the BS we keep running into. Does anyone on here know of a good lawyer we might be able to use? Edited by j03ys848y, 23 January 2011 - 12:16 AM.	j03ys848y	Female	Canada	2011-01-23 00:16:00