biggish data

visiting my husband

Please can anyone tell me if I can go and visit my Husband now my papers have been sent?

I didn't have any clue if you are petitioner and beneficiary and which papers sent. I am fortunate to have a glance at your timeline in VJ and concluded that you are the beneficiary in London and filed your I-130. Yes, of course, you can visit him, but don't overstay here. You need to leave the U.S before the visit visa or any other visa expires.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-17 13:30:00

Military Certificates - France

Hi Everyone,

My husband is French, but because of his age did not have to do the mandatory military service. I think a few years before he turned 18, France stopped requiring military service. We've asked for proof that he did not need to serve, but the government office keeps telling him that there is no document available. Has anyone else gone through the IR-1 / CR-1 process in France? If so, did you need the military cert? I'm stressing a little since he doesn't think it's big deal.

Thanks for help

Read more here: http://travel.state....1.html?cid=3562

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-14 20:30:00

Is there any problem giving her magic jack? I ask because Magic Jack is likely not registered in the name of the foreign beneficiary, it is in the name of the US Petitioner. So when you submit phone records they will see you are calling a phone that is not registered under the beneficiary's name.

I'm not sure if this is an issue or not, but just something I have been thinking about.

I gave my wife magic jack too - but for some technical reasons it froze her computer, so she gives me missed calls and I call her back.

Bobby, USCIS is not going to look at this minute details :-) If they start investigating all these, I will be approved after 2 years :-)

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-16 15:37:00

What plan are you with ? Is it alltel ?

I gave her Magicjack. She calls me from India to my cell#. I call her using my Reliance line. She initiates most of the calls.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-16 15:19:00

Very similar story to mine.....except I use magic jack......and calls on her cell in usa. (we have 5 our choice of no. free when we call that no. or we receive call from that no. in our cell phone plan)

Same here, kruz!

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-16 15:07:00

To use magic jack you need the following:
1. A computer with internet conneciton (DSL/Cable/T1 ect...). This mean that you're most likely use magic jack at home or a place where you can hook your laptop/desktop to the internet.
2. Magic jack connect to the computer. You'll have a local number. You can take magic jack where ever you go (national/international) and you'll still have this local number and you can make/receive calls to this number and it's like a local call.

Hope that help.

Magic Jack device costs $20 and yearly you pay $20 unlimited calls from anywhere in the world to U.S/Canada number.

The source side must have a faster internet connection (DSL/Cable etc.) and the destination can be any phone#.

We use it and it is very clear. Only problem with this is - it is not phone to phone. The source side person must be in the internet to make or receive calls.

Loto

Edited by LotOfPatience, 03 August 2010 - 10:49 AM.

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-03 10:48:00

Married on WWP in 2009

Hi LOP - Darnell is right. We have not yet filed for anything in the US for me. We have only filed for him in my country and they denied him because he's not a Schengen zone resident. We didn't think of filing DCF until it was too late (ie. he was already on his way back to the US), besides.... we didn't expect it to come to this. It was never the plan to live in the USA to begin with.

If I understand correctly - doing the AOS being on a tourist visa can be bad IF they deny it, then there's no way to appeal right?

Since you didn't do DCF, your best bet is go for IR1/CR1. But you can visit your husband under VWP as many others did here. Do not overstay and return back to your country while immigrant visa is pending.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-18 11:29:00

Married on WWP in 2009

loto - I read it the other way - ie -
he came to her country, applied for immigration status in her country, to be immigrant in HER country, and was denied.

Darnell, From OP, it is not clear if her USC husband filed DCF to bring her to the U.S or they filed for him to immigrate to her country :star:

OP, can you please clarify it and the reason of denial as well?

Thanks
Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-18 10:42:00

Married on WWP in 2009

Hi everyone

I have tried to find posts that outline a similar situation but haven't been successful so far.

I married my US husband in May 2009 in Michigan but I entered the US on a WWP (as a tourist). We did it like this because we never intended to stay in the US. He then entered my country and we started the immigration process here (which is a little different from the US one). He stayed here and worked while his application was being processed. Then after 7 months he was denied and has since gone back to the States. So I guess we have to go to plan B, which is to live in the US.

So I'm wondering what you guys think? Which is better, the K-3 route or the IR/CR 1 route? I also have a daughter from a previous relationship (which was the main reason we planned on staying in my country, in order not to uproot her). So my question is, which route is the better one in your opinion? I just want this to go as smooth as possible and without future problems. We are used to being in a long distance relationship (we've been doing it since 2004) so 1-2 months longer or shorter isn't really the biggest issue. The biggest thing is to do everything the proper way.

Would it be best to have our paperwork from here translated so we can show that the marriage on the WWP wasn't so that I could get a green card or something? I realize that looks kinda bad but we didn't expect him to be denied here

Thanks in advance
Aurora

AuroraBorealis, Can you please share why his petition was denied when he filed for you in your country, which is basicaly DCF (Direct Consular Filing).

Your best bet is IR1/CR1 filing in the U.S. This is my personal preference.

You can of course visit your husband under VWP as many did, but don't overstay. Get lot of proof handy including return ticket as a backup for any questions at POE. Even if you are denied at POE, you can go back to your country in the next available flight.

Though AOS after coming here in non-immigrant visa category is little troublesome, there are people who did. But, still I don't recommend it.

You can read some interesting discussion here at: http://www.visajourn...ing-my-husband/

Loto

Edited by LotOfPatience, 18 August 2010 - 10:20 AM.

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-18 10:19:00

Thanks guys!

I do not want this thread to escalate further. We are back in to the business.

Can moderator please close this thread?

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 10:50:00

Dear all friends,

I changed my decision to leave VJ due to many of my friends' request. I can't leave you my dear friends and thanks a lot for your love, really appreciated!

I am here to listen to you, your success in this immigration journey, congratulate you. Also it would give me an idea where we are in the immigration process. If needed, I am ready to give advice, but only to the needy.

Still lot of patience :star:

(BTW, the name patience is derived from the patience in our immigration process)

So, good luck to all my friends here for your immigration journey and I am back in to the business :dance:

Regards
Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 10:25:00

Thanks all my dear friends for your responses and love towards me!

I don't want to be in VJ, just because I feel it is not worth to be here.

Good luck to all for your successful immigration journey and I hope everybody will achieve it!

Also I advise everybody here to consult with other experts if you have complex cases, because most here are individual posters who know only about their situation and nothing beyond that.

Kathreen, This is my second request to you to remove my account from VJ and I hope you would honor it!

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-18 13:08:00

Thanks Kathryn41!

Can you please remove my account from visajourney, as I feel it is not worth being here?

Appreciate your help to remove me from here.

Good luck to all VJ members here for your immigration process!

Thanks
Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-18 11:36:00

waiting for visa fees of $400?

hi friends, i am waiting for my visa fee letter of $400.I have posted my DS3032 15 days ago.i want to know how much time will NVC take for my visa fee letter.also,after that how much time NVC will take to refer my case to Indian embassy.how much time is left for my interview.plzzzzzz reply me as soon as possible

As per DOS, new IV fee is $404 and domestic AOS review fee is $88.

Once you completed entire NVC process, you will be notified about the Consulate interview. Typically for India, it would be 1 to 2 months. Once you have appointment letter, you can proceed for the medical as well.

Good luck!
Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 13:31:00

affidavit of support

I-864 on you.
I-864 on the brother in law

on both, 3 years of tax returns / tax transcripts.

If showing assets, study the I-864 instructions for asset computations.

are you paying online, via the payment portal?
here's a mini-how-to, should help a bit? --> http://www.visajourn...ost__p__3560467

Darnell is correct. Also, if possible include your BIL's employment letter and the last 6 months paystubs.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 13:35:00

DS-230 and the 'barcode thing' ...

Got it - thank you again. Have a lovely weekend.

Good luck Mikeboy! You are almost done in your visa journey, may be another 2 to 3 more months to see your beloved!

I have 1 more day for weekend and to sip the drinks :star:

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 16:01:00

DS-230 and the 'barcode thing' ...

Ok thanks I will take a look. We paid the bill ages ago so I hope the barcode is still there to be printed...

Thank you all.

-Mike

It should be there since your DS-230 package delivery and review are still due, IMO.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 15:34:00

DS-230 and the 'barcode thing' ...

Hello All,

I have my DS-230 ready to go. But I noticed there is nothin on the form that allows them to match my form to my case number.

My wife printed out a bar code thing which she has to put on the front of her Affadavit of Support. Should I be printing this out too?

Thanks in advance if anyone knows...

-Mike

When you pay IV fee, did you get a chance to print out the barcode sheet for this? This is another barcode sheet than AOS barcode, though the NVC case# is same.

You need to attach IV barcode sheet.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 15:26:00

fee for I-864

? hope so bec we are so confuse if we have to pay or not

IMO, technically all forms starts with 'I' or 'N' are USCIS forms. Forms start with 'DS' are DOS forms. But the fee for I-864 is collected by NVC as per I-864 instructions.

Loto

yeah it was 70 but i did not know about the new price of it

thanks but i m still confuse we better to give a call

Call them and confirm it. The number will be there in your RFE form.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 16:32:00

fee for I-864

yes thats also inside the request of uscis we prepared pics receiptd phone records chat logs ticket receipt hotel receipts honeymoon pics wedding pics how we met etc etc then also that too i have no idea whats going on

If USCIS asks for AOS fee, then send it as per their instructions. But are you sure it is $70? New fee is $88.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 16:17:00

fee for I-864

What the heck USCIS asking for AOS fee? I am lost here :devil:

OP, Are you really sure it is USCIS or NVC?

Loto

Edited by LotOfPatience, 19 August 2010 - 04:09 PM.

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 16:08:00

case complete at nvc june 24th 2010,but no interview for mumbai embassy

hey guys i got interview letter today for september 7th 2010 at mumbai embassy 7.30am,but my interview case no donot appear on mumbai embassy website.ya i got 2PCC ONE FROM c.i.d Office from chruchgate and for passport office clerance u will get it from passport office worli,passport office celerance fees is RS 300 and they five you in 2days but for police clerance they take lot of time.hey guys if u have any questions i can help you.

Congrats garry! Consulate will update their website, most probably 3^rd week (sometimes last week) of August. Please check it out. Since you received the letter, now the website info. is not relevant to you :star:

Loto

Edited by LotOfPatience, 19 August 2010 - 09:26 PM.

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 21:25:00

case complete at nvc june 24th 2010,but no interview for mumbai embassy

This page dosnt have sept interview dates... Am I looking something wrong here?
After how many days of case completion do we get the interview date in Mumbai embassy?

Normally they will publish it in the 3rd week of previous month.

1 to 2 months after NVC case completion.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-15 11:00:00

case complete at nvc june 24th 2010,but no interview for mumbai embassy

Hello garry,
Our closed case was June 29, we continue waiting and for August are IR1 but sure that next week we will get date interview

GnE Walker, Good luck! Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-14 17:48:00

case complete at nvc june 24th 2010,but no interview for mumbai embassy

Garry How do u know that you did not get sept interview in mumbai?Is there a link or page where u can check for urself?
Also I wanted to know if your spouse in mumbai india got 2 PCC( 1 FROM PASSPORT OFFICE AND 1 LOCAL AREA) or only the regional passport office pcc?
Please inform..

Here is the link http://mumbai.uscons...t_schedule.html

They publish your NVC Case# here every month.

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-13 21:04:00

I-864 had sent without Tax transcrip

I already mentioned that I didn't send my irs tax transcript because of I filed a tax amended 4 weeks ago. IRS cannot issue a new transcript until they have completed processing, which will take atleast 12-16 weeks. Yes I have sent my W2 along with 1040( included bank check image which showed that IRS cashed it). I have sent it 2 days ago. I called NVC today and check the status of my wife case whether they have receive my I-864 or not. They informed that it will take atleast 5 business days to get into their system and told me that my DS3032 havent accepted yet. She said by next week I will hear from them.

If you have sent 2009 W2 and 1040, you are good to go!

Loto

LotofPatience

Male

India

2010-08-19 21:29:00

Evidence of a Bonifide Marriage???

OBX & Lotto - how many photographs did you submit with your I130 petition?

The question I have after hearing your responses is why did you choose to include only a small portion of evidence in the I130 petition? In other words, why did you choose to back-load the petition with evidence, and not front-load it.

If you look at the Evidence of Bonafide Marriage Guide, you will see it says to include as many as apply to you.

Would there be some potential problem or issue with putting a heavy amount of evidence into the initial I130 petition?

I put a decent amount of evidence into my I130 petition - including Affidavits, Marriage Receipts & Invitation, & Boarding Passes & Photographs.

In other words 40% of the evidence I have was submitted to the I130 petition and remaining at the interview.

When I applied I had not found VJ yet. I read the I-130 instructions and since none of the other suggested pieces of evidence applied to us (no joint accounts, no children together etc.) I chose only to send the affidavits. In addition with Canada not being a high-fraud country I did not anticipate any difficulties and there were none. In fact none of my 10 years of evidence was even looked at at the interview! You need to send what you are comfortable with and each country will present specific challenges.

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-14 09:54:00

Evidence of a Bonifide Marriage???

Same here

sent in marriage certificate and three affidavits. Saved all other evidence for the interview.

Edited by OBX, 13 August 2010 - 03:15 PM.

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-13 15:15:00

I-130 Information Missing??

Beth (Amr's Queen), you are correct.

Petitioner's children need not be listed there. It is beneficiary's children.

Loto

^^ Agrree.

I (beneficiary) listed my children only, not my husband's (petitioner), had no issues at all.

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-15 16:44:00

Question with change of address...

Agree with Loto; there isn't anything that will come from USCIS to the beneficiary. As soon as your petition is approved and the case is transferred to NVC you can contact them. You may be able to get through to USCIS but I wouldn't have much confidence that they will follow through. Good luck!

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-15 20:24:00

Question with change of address...

I see..........but there is no way to change it before then? only at the DS-230 stage... correct?
ThankYou !

Is there a reason why he wants to change it before then?

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-15 16:48:00

Question with change of address...

Hey there! My husband and i filed our papers, I'm the petioner and my husband in Canada is the benificary. When we filed for the I-130 he used his sisters address because he knew he was moving shortly after. He is now at his new place and we want to change the address. I went to the USICS website logged in and went to the "change of address" link but all the info on that page seems to be for changing address for petioners. I did see something about the AR-11 but it asks about alien # but he dosen't have one...so im confused. ThankYou!

Agree with above posters.

When your husband reaches the NVC stage he can put his new address on the DS-230.

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-09 19:08:00

What does it mean by "Touched"

Thanks for your reply guys. When I check on uscis site my status always says "Intial Review" for past 4+ months. Where do I see the status "Touched"?

The wiki says:

"By logging into the account, take a look at the date that shows next to your case number. If it's changed, you've been touched. "

I did create an account at USCIS.Gov to alert me of any status updates but I did not see anywhere it says "Touched".

Thanks,

You need to create an account, sign up for case updates and add your receipt number. Then any change in the date "last updated" would indicate a touch. This is different from simply putting your receipt # in and checking the status.

See if this link helps. Case Updates

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-17 11:57:00

What does it mean by "Touched"

Hi All,

I'm new here. I see that lots of people who posted their I-130 processing times have something called "Touched". Just wondering what does that mean? And how can I find out if my case has been Touched? Mine shows "Intial Review" status from last 4 months.

Also, does anyone know which month is currenlty being processed in California Service Center for US Citizens who filed I-130?

Thanks,

VJ Wiki is a good resource, check it out

Wiki

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-17 11:11:00

Congratulations! :dance:

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-17 20:26:00

Congratulations!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but an October interview is not likely at Montreal. Waiting times are currently 3+ months post NVC completion to even get a date! You can check out this thread to find others that you can commiserate with while you wait.

IR1/CR1 Timeline to Montreal Interview

As far as the medical goes, in Canada, you will need your interview letter before you can book your medical and there are only 4 panel physicians in all of Canada that you can choose from. One in Vancouver, one in Toronto and two in Montreal.

Visit the Canada forum if you haven't already, lots of support there

Good luck!

Edited by OBX, 17 August 2010 - 11:22 AM.

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-17 11:22:00

can I write something that I missed on i-130 form?

Hello,

I left something out on my i-130 form, can I just use black pen to write
the part I left? It's only one word that is missing. And another question:
I tried to write on the photographs with pencil, but it didn't work, I had to do it with pen, is that ok?

Please advise.

Thanks a lot!!

Yes you can hand write information on the I-130, as long as it is legible.

Yes, you can write on the photographs with a pen; I used a felt pen and pressed very lightly to prevent anything from marking through to the other side of the photo.

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-18 15:39:00

I-130 Help

I am a Canadian citizen who is on an H1-B visa on till the end of this month, but I recently got married to a USC and filed my AOS last month, I received my EAD Card today but I might have to travel to Canada next month. I heard that I need to file an I-130 to get back in the US, my questions are:

Is it worth it filing a I-130 or should I just wait for my interview to be approved for the Green Card?

If i file the I-130, how much will it cost?

How long does the I-130 take to get approved?

Thanks

I believe you would need to file the I-131 (Advanced Parole) I-131 Instructions

I do not know how long the process takes but I believe you could ask for an expedite (see instructions) if you need to travel shortly.

You definitely do not want to leave the US while you are in the process of adjusting status.

I am sure someone with more experience with AOS will come along with more detailed info; alternatively you can post this question in the AOS forums.

Good luck!

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-18 15:54:00

i130 question

Sorry for your loss. (F)

If you have not yet submitted the DS-230 you can put the correct information on that form, otherwise you can inform the consular staff at the interview.

OBX

Female

Canada

2010-08-19 10:22:00