Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	You're going to love this	QUOTE (Spanglish @ Dec 12 2007, 08:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (pushbrk @ Dec 12 2007, 02:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Spanglish @ Dec 12 2007, 09:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Credzba @ Dec 11 2007, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I sent in my step-daughters birth certificate because I could not think of any other document to prove she was under 18 (or her age at all). So, I think this is the thing, some how you have to prove 2 things: 1) She is under 18 at the time you married. 2) She is the child of the spouse you married. The only way to prove those two items is by sending in her birth certificate I think. Logical ? Yes I agree it's logical as there is no other link that binds my wife to her daughter. But the fact is the USCIS does not list this as an item to send. If they have instructions then they should be followed. It would be like you receiving a RFE because you did not include a 325-A for your stepdaughter, when an 325A is not listed as needed for a stepchild. Or receiving a RFE because you did not send a copy of your social security card when the instructions for a stepchild say nothing about sending your social security card. I followed the instructions exactly. I just hate governments that make everything complicated. Instructions are no substitute for brains. The concept is to demonstrate the family relationship. A birth certificate is the only thing I could possibly provide to tie my step-daughter to my wife, since they don't share the same family name, so I sent it in. This shouldn't cause much of a delay but you will be dealing with the holiday slow down due to time off etc. and mail delays. In many cases the child will carry the family name of a former spouse named in a divorce decree but as evidence, it's pretty tenuous. No need to insult me. I have brains and can follow instructions but can not read minds. Yes it is logical to send my stepdaughters birth certificate and in retrospect I should have. The problem is not me, the problem is the I-130 instructions. VJ is for the support of others and to pass on information not to insult people. Thanks an have a great day. One more thing while I'm on a roll. Your advise about the US Embassy in Bogota Colombia not being allowed to require a baptismal certificate, was dead wrong. They can and they do if you do not have one you must supply a notarized statement form an older relative. I read your posts and most of them are not in the spirit that a VJ member should post in. Did you submit your birth certificate when you filed your I-130? No it's not listed as needed. Did you submit you drivers license? No it's not listed as needed. Did you submit your Social security card? No it's not listed as needed. Did you submit a release from your stepchild's biological father? No it's not listed as needed. Now do you get my point or do you not have brains. What would you have done if you had received a RFE stating you needed to send A release form from your stepchild's biological father. You would have said it's not listed on the I-130 as evidence to submit for a stepdaughter, just like I did and you said I have no brains.	Spanglish	Male	Colombia	2007-12-12 22:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	You're going to love this	QUOTE (pushbrk @ Dec 12 2007, 02:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Spanglish @ Dec 12 2007, 09:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Credzba @ Dec 11 2007, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I sent in my step-daughters birth certificate because I could not think of any other document to prove she was under 18 (or her age at all). So, I think this is the thing, some how you have to prove 2 things: 1) She is under 18 at the time you married. 2) She is the child of the spouse you married. The only way to prove those two items is by sending in her birth certificate I think. Logical ? Yes I agree it's logical as there is no other link that binds my wife to her daughter. But the fact is the USCIS does not list this as an item to send. If they have instructions then they should be followed. It would be like you receiving a RFE because you did not include a 325-A for your stepdaughter, when an 325A is not listed as needed for a stepchild. Or receiving a RFE because you did not send a copy of your social security card when the instructions for a stepchild say nothing about sending your social security card. I followed the instructions exactly. I just hate governments that make everything complicated. Instructions are no substitute for brains. The concept is to demonstrate the family relationship. A birth certificate is the only thing I could possibly provide to tie my step-daughter to my wife, since they don't share the same family name, so I sent it in. This shouldn't cause much of a delay but you will be dealing with the holiday slow down due to time off etc. and mail delays. In many cases the child will carry the family name of a former spouse named in a divorce decree but as evidence, it's pretty tenuous. No need to insult me. I have brains and can follow instructions but can not read minds. Yes it is logical to send my stepdaughters birth certificate and in retrospect I should have. The problem is not me, the problem is the I-130 instructions. VJ is for the support of others and to pass on information not to insult people. Thanks an have a great day.	Spanglish	Male	Colombia	2007-12-12 20:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	You're going to love this	QUOTE (Credzba @ Dec 11 2007, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I sent in my step-daughters birth certificate because I could not think of any other document to prove she was under 18 (or her age at all). So, I think this is the thing, some how you have to prove 2 things: 1) She is under 18 at the time you married. 2) She is the child of the spouse you married. The only way to prove those two items is by sending in her birth certificate I think. Logical ? Yes I agree it's logical as there is no other link that binds my wife to her daughter. But the fact is the USCIS does not list this as an item to send. If they have instructions then they should be followed. It would be like you receiving a RFE because you did not include a 325-A for your stepdaughter, when an 325A is not listed as needed for a stepchild. Or receiving a RFE because you did not send a copy of your social security card when the instructions for a stepchild say nothing about sending your social security card. I followed the instructions exactly. I just hate governments that make everything complicated.	Spanglish	Male	Colombia	2007-12-12 12:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	You're going to love this	What is an oxymoron? A logical government system. I don’t know where to start. I filed form I-130 for both my wife and stepdaughter at the same time and mailed in the same envelope. They both have the same 1NOA June 19, 2007 and they both received their first touch on November 11, 2007. My wife was approved on November 13, 2007. But my stepdaughter has sat at November 11 with no further touches. I have called the USCIS numinous times to just get the standard answer of “it can take 6 months”. I went to my mail box Saturday December 8 to find the first package from the NVC for my wife. And under this envelope was a letter from the USCIS CSC, when I saw the blue paper I knew it was a RFE. The action date was November 30 and they requested a certified birth certificate with English translation showing both parents for my 9 year old stepdaughter. Now my first point is and I do not believe I am wrong, the instructions for an I-130 do not tell a stepparent to send a birth certificate. I will now copy and paste the instructions from the I-130. What Documents Do You Need to Prove Family Relationship? You have to prove that there is a family relationship between you and your relative. If you are filing for: 2. A child and you are the mother: Submit a copy of the child's birth certificate showing your name and the name of your child. 3. A child and you are the father: Submit a copy of the child's birth certificate showing both parents' names and your marriage certificate. 8. Stepparent/stepchild: If your petition is based on a stepparent-stepchild relationship, you must file your petition with a copy of the marriage certificate of the stepparent to the child's natural parent showing that the marriage occurred before the child's 18th birthday, and copies of documents showing that any prior marriages were legally terminated. So I now ask the group was I wrong, as I am the stepfather then I am number 8 not number 2. Luckily I had two certified copies of her birth certificate with translations, as I will need at the NVC and was able to get to the post office before closing time and sent priority mail at a cost $16.50. It arrived yesterday Monday December 10, 2007. I looked at the USCIS web site last night and it stilled showed last touch of November 11, 2007. Today December 11, 2007 I received an email from the USCIS saying that they sent me a RFE today December 11, 2007 and I checked the web site and the last touch date showed December 11, 2007. So I called the USCIS CSC and the man said that they sent me a RFE for my stepdaughter birth certificate today December 11, 2007. I told him that I had already received on December 8, 2007 and they received it back yesterday December 10, 2007. He seemed dump founded and had no explanation as to why the system generated two RFE for the same thing and did not show the first one. You got to love governments.	Spanglish	Male	Colombia	2007-12-11 20:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Timeline on I 130 Approvals	QUOTE (Eresh @ Sep 21 2007, 07:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can do it {or at least try} if no one else wants to since I'm here a lot of the time anyways. How did you use RFE trick?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-09-21 18:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	newbie HELP!!!!!	QUOTE (kadmiel @ Aug 12 2007, 06:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hello folks.. i am new here so forgive my newbishness lol... anyway here is my situation... wondering on advice... from what i read can be bad/good.. any way i married in el sal on june 30 my wife entered the us on a b1/b2 tourist visa for about a week. She ha valid job and residence there in el sal to allow this.. now she entered again a month later on a valid i-94 she brought all the nessacary paperwork with her for us to file a ir-130.. I started reading up on forums and such on what it would do to apply for residence pardon the spelling any way she is here wit me and i am filing but she did not intend to come with the obligation to stay it just sorta happened here i-94 is good till febuary so my first question is will this cause her problems? in obtaining a visa for a spouse? if she leaves the us now she will have a job ect.. but not be allowed in again until she has been removed from the list from what i have read could be 5-10 years is this the case? if that is the case i would rather she just stay what can i do now since i was not aware of this until i start to do research into this ? thank you in advance for your response kadmiel kadmiel, Look at your timeline. Your timeline is BS and do not make sense. Please, correct it ...	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-09-26 19:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	S.O.S. on bringing my child	your husband need to file separate I-130 for your child. File I-130 and as soon as your husband get NOA1 call NVC to explain the situation and put on hold your NVC case untill I-130 will be aproved.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-09-30 17:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	IR-1/CR-1	I did not recive NOA1. I send on 09/09/07 to TCS.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-15 13:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 Revision	What is 30-day notice of information collection under review: Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative??????	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-18 16:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Texcas Service Center	Is Anybody who sent I-130 to TCS in September has received NOA1? I am little bit worry about it because on USCIS website it says: Texas Service Center Form Number Date Received N-400 7/22/2007 All Other Forms 10/22/2007	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-26 17:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Chicago Lockbox	I am sure that my file was in CSC because i spoke with officer by phone and he said that if you originaly filed to TSC than your file went to CSC. I assume that files sent after 12/03 will be adjudicated by service center indicated in announcment. Those who sent before 12/03 to TCS will still be processed by CSC.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-12-08 13:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Chicago Lockbox	Does it means that if i sent i-130 to TSC on September than my application went to CSC and than to Chicago Lockbox and recieve NOA from vermont service center? I live in NC.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-12-08 13:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1 Delay	Rhiannon, I I filed I-130 on 09/09/2007 to the TCS and the check has not been cashed.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-14 12:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 for my wife and my Child	how can I determine if my child is USC? he was born overseas at the time when i was lpr	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-12-18 00:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 for my wife and my Child	I am planning to file I-130 for my wife and my child. Should I file one application or two separate applications. I am US Citizen. My child was born overseas at the time when i was permanent resident. Please, advice.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-12-17 23:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September Filers	Is there anyone who filed I-130 after September 10 and received NOA-1?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-12-29 23:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	where to send the Form I-130	use: USCIS P.O. Box 804625 Chicago, IL 60680	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-03 11:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	my case at the NVC while son's I-130 still at USCIS	Call NVC and report about it. You have up to one year not to respond to NVC. As soon as I-130 is approved call NVC to catch up both application into one.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-06 23:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	my case at the NVC while son's I-130 still at USCIS	i have the same situation. when did you file i-130 for your son? when your husband i-130 has been approved and forwarded to nvc?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-04 10:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	As of October 12, 2007, USCIS has completed initial data entry and issued receipt notices for applications and petitions received on or before the dates indicated: California Service Center Form Number Date Received I-130 8/30/2007 N-400 8/01/2007 All Other Forms 7/30/2007 Nebraska Service Center Form Number Date Received I-131 8/14/2007 I-140 8/14/2007 I-485 Employment Based 8/14/2007 I-485 Asylee 8/07/2007 I-485 Refugee 7/16/2007 I-765 8/14/2007 N-400 7/29/2007 All Other Forms 8/05/2007 Texas Service Center Form Number Date Received I-131 8/13/2007 I-140 concurrently filed with I-485 8/13/2007 I-485 Employment Based * 8/13/2007 I-765 8/13/2007 N-400 7/18/2007 All Other Forms 9/16/2007 *California Service Center and Vermont Service Center are currently assisting in data entry of employment-based I-485 and related forms (I-140, I-765, and I-131) received at Texas Service Center between the dates of 7/28 and 8/8. As a result, some applicants may receive receipt notices from a service center different than the one they originally applied to. Vermont Service Center Form Number Date Received I-130 7/29/2007 N-400 7/25/2007 All Other Forms 8/01/2007 USCIS Lockbox Form Number Date Received TPS 9/13/2007	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-12 21:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	Guys, Please post you info if you get NOA1 from USCIS ...	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-09 15:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	It looks like that CSC has acceleration in I-130 process. I am little bit confused. In case if I sent to TSC should I expect NOA1 from CSC. Pease help me understand this process... Thanks.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-06 13:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	Is anybody who filed in September get NOA1?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-04 16:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	I guess those who sent to TSC will be transfered to CSC.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-02 09:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	sunshine18, Did you get NOA1? Just wondering....	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-02 01:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	QUOTE (thegreatgate @ Sep 21 2007, 07:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (AMV @ Sep 21 2007, 06:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Any Filers who sent I-130 in September? I sent my I-129 F September 11th, 2007 but my check has yet to be cashed. According to VCS Processing Time you should get NOA1 soon. I've sent my to TSC on September 7, 2007.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-09-23 17:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	Any Filers who sent I-130 in September? Let's get in touch ...	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-09-21 17:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-797 Case Number	let me be a judge :-))))) The thery of mateo is more close to true than odeoaldorf one !!!	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-11 20:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	IR-1 Interview at Embassy	Could anybody explain me, whats happen after NVC compite the package? Do the Embassy notify beneficiary or petitioner about upcoming appointment at embassy?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-21 00:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	who did it?	yes, but i do not want to have a problem returning back ...	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-25 11:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	who did it?	Is it ok to travel outside of US within one year after naturalization?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-25 01:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	October Filers Where Are You?!	QUOTE (Marlita @ Oct 31 2007, 06:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Delicia @ Oct 30 2007, 07:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Anyone IR-1 besides me? I'm not IR-1. I dont know if thats any faster or not, but its a much better visa. Good luck! Still no cashed check from CSC. Augh! I was hoping I would get lucky. I guess I better start praying in full force again. Why is it a much better visa?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-10-31 20:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	TOCHED	I saw a lot of posters saying that application has been toched. How do you know that has been toched? Where I can check it?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2007-09-15 12:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Online Case Status	They told me that case is not yet in a system. They issued case number but did not put in a system yes.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-23 13:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Online Case Status	Did you call USCIS?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-23 13:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Online Case Status	sunshine16, Do you still have a problem with your case status online? Mine still not showing ..	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-23 13:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Online Case Status	sunshine16, did you file directly to VSC or through TSC or NSC?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-20 19:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Online Case Status	who else have this problem? please post your info.	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-20 17:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Online Case Status	SusieK, Do you see your case online?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-16 12:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Online Case Status	September filers, are you able to see status of your case online?	AMV	Not Telling	Romania	2008-01-15 19:55:00