Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	congratulations and happy new year Loto. Thank you, catracha85 and wish you and family happy new year as well! Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2011-01-04 07:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Congratulations Loto - A dream come true! Yes indeed, CanuckChick Happy new year! I wish all our July filers' dreams come true as well to celebrate completely! Wish you all good luck in this new year Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2011-01-03 11:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Thank you Burebista, Shermeen&Adam! Wish you all a happy new year!!! Good luck! Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2011-01-02 10:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Thanks much to trubrit, brettdresseur and beancare Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2011-01-01 06:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Congratulations Loto... Good Luck and Best Wishes Me - I was in India, came back on 20th Dec with other half after AP for 3 months. Deep, Glad to see your AP is done and back in the U.S Happy new year! Loto Congratulation loto ..... I hope you get wonderful time with you wife n child. Just don't forget to bring her here.. Thanks Aidenaileen! How's your NVC process (specially AOS) going on? Good luck and happy new year! Yes, we all are back in the U.S Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-31 08:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	CONGRATS TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE LOTO! GOD BLESS! the final part of your journey is also here! Thanks jhilly143 Final part is kissing my wife and daughter next week and coming back on Dec 26th and waiting for wife's plastic GC Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-05 11:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	congrats LOTO on your approval ....hava a nice trip to India. Thank you, Iraqi-Hoob One more week to meet the family Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-04 23:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Thank you - mysteryladypr, esd2004, Samoray, starpower00, seko, cutiezoe, yhang, sesa, MattyDil, BK21, beancare, Wendy<3Ahmed, TravellingNomad, Wayne and Claudia And all the very best to your journey too Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-03 12:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm so happy for you guys. And a side note...I know you have responded to most of my posts so thank you very much. Happy Holidays! Thanks BellaRose and good luck to your immigration journey too Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 23:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Now I bet you wont undertsand... Big up mi fren heheh Congratz Thanks Ricardo Loto Thanks vadna&Diverlo Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 23:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Congratulation Loto..... Thank you, Me & Wife @Binny, detailed review in the previous page, I think page# 6. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 21:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Congrats! Thanks Java917 Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 21:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	CONGRATSSSSSSSS that is amazing ....what a feeling you must be on cloud 9 yay Thanks Minted Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 20:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	CONGRATS Loto, all the best to your family!!! Thanks celldoc Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 19:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Thank you joenlemy, babaa Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 18:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	Thank you soooooooooooo much guys who wished and congratulated here Appreciated it very much It took me a long time to read and write a personalized thanks to each below Matt and Evieve, George & Gina, Gervl, calibob, Angeli, 1lovingyou2, ashrao, skynaut, Luckywife2007, mahalia, Bkkthailand, jumer12, Tina.Benoy, Bia&Cip, Moroccan wife, carolynhotstuff, giamimigio, Tero, godsgift, MissingMyJan, brianlara, SimpleMacy, jennie ann, Mrs O, Aztec&Taino, RichiJenny, magdasal, Amber&Ahmed, DanTes, Dan-Dan, mommasol2k, kennym, anxious101, discotrash, Ladydare, agynyame, R&S, charity1214, I&JJ<3, the_Mercados, moroccogirlny, lucas_34, Gnasher, sandipdesai, Futura Sra Gomez, Devraj, phel, johnstephen, newbie_00, Val and Gary, art646, Harsh_77, thekfc, MarcoGomes, Meskal, Tumbleweed, Hadiza, Tabitha, Samoray, fashiondoll, smunie, DaveyOntario, Markieboy, jujuswife, Dream'nJordan, Mark&Ruth, jkelly07, Angelheart1962, Fitzy, redglasses, ErNeal, cherriesss, Paloma&Adam, diphen, Toni_Sh, OBX, lovesherhubby, crismaryrose, adecrown, Davis1, Rhonda azalekor, shdwgrl, Ryan H, JOHNNY5, Slaghead, Bani, m&m, Amy and Nick, mrs.T, San&Luis, hind (candle), Golden Gate svenkat, Tabitha, JonandSol, li-lu84, Miami_Boy, HoustonApollo, Bob g, visagrant, Love is patient, Ladydare, FatimaEl, tany1157, Debby, Indigo, 786india, Teya, malvika, Markieboy, Aidenaileen, koaxaca1, Sulaiman Please review the interview review posted a page back of this thread and it might help to those who are going for interview soon. Basically, the petitioner and the beneficiary should discuss each and every incidents in their life to prepare for the questions. Also, review each and every question and answer in the forms whatever submitted to USCIS, NVC and Consulate. Get as much as secondary evidences of the bona-fide marriage relationship to the interview, though it may not be asked. It will be helpful! As I said, you guys were the true inspiration and awesome and I enjoyed it really being with you I wish you all good sucess in the immigration sailing Your time like this is not too far, it will happen soon Congratulations to all those who completed the immigration process, Best wishes to all who are going to complete the process Thanks again! Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 17:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	First of all SORRY to all you guys!!! I slept morning around 3:00AM and woke up really late around 9:30AM today. Also tied up at office in the morning. I have prepared the entire review of the interview steps for you, after talking to my wife over an hour or more. I hope this will be helpful to you guys. Let me THANK YOU first to all you lovely VJ mates here and it was achieved by your constant support and wishes. We are personally thankful to all of you! Loto Interview Process My wife reached the consulate at 7:30AM though her interview was at 9:00AM. The security screening process started at 8:15AM and she was able to enter the Consulate at 8:30AM. After showing her appointment letter, the token was handed over and asked her to watch the screen for her turn. First Interview (8:45AM to 9:20AM) She was called at Counter# 18 at 8:45AM by an Indian Consulate Officer (ICO). ICO had entire file in front of him forwarded by NVC. He asked her if she needs a language translator. She said "No Sir, I am comfortable with the interview in English". He took the below from her: * Passport * Medical report * Phone logs * Chat/Email logs * Religious Marriage Certificate * All the pictures including wedding album and honeymoon pictures * Previous tax documents including my W-2 (She said it is with my husband and I don't have it!) He didn't bother to ask any of the other evidences like child's documents, joint property documents, affidavits from third parties etc. though we had all of them. After the review of all those docs, he started questioning her. Literally, she was grilled with almost all the questions in the forms DS-230, I-864, I-130 and G-325A. Luckily, she had prepared well for all those questions and answers. In addition, the below questions were also asked by ICO. Q) Who is the petitioner? Q) In which visa you went to the U.S for the first time? Q) Why did you surrender your first Green card? Q) How long you were there in the U.S with him? Q) Have you traveled to any other countries before the first U.S trip? Q) What's your husband's job? Q) When did he reach the U.S for the first time? Q) When did he divorce, where and for what reason? Q) Where is his son in the previous marriage living now? Q) How many kids you have together? Q) How many kids your husband has? Q) Your other name used and his ex-wife's name do not match to your religious names, why is that so? Q) What was the reason to quit the U.S Army? Q) Do you wish to collect your passport from VFS counter or courier it? He also collected her landline, cell#, my cell#, her email id and entered them into the system. Finally, he asked her to sign DS-230 part 2. This interview lasted until around 9:20AM. Then ICO asked her to take seat and wait. At 10:30AM, she was called again to take all her 10 fingers' prints. Again wait started. Second Interview (12:30PM to 12:40PM) At 12:30PM, she was called again by an American Consulate Officer (ACO). ACO greeted her and apologized by being late. ACO took her oath before starting further. ACO asked the below questions: Q) Who is the petitioner? Q) When was your marriage? Q) How did you meet each other? Q) What quality of your husband attracted you to marry him? Q) What is his educational background? Q) Why did you surrender your first Green card? Q) Were you married before? Q) What was the reason to quit the U.S Army? Then ACO asked her to show our wedding album. Finally, ACO returned all the originals that we submitted to NVC back to her. Wish you a good day and your visa is APPROVED! Congratulations! She offered many thanks back to him! This interview lasted until around 12:40PM. Finally she left the consulate building after 12:45PM. That's it!	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 14:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YES, OUR IR1 APPROVED!!!	My wife's interview today was successful - Her IR1 visa is approved! I'll do a detailed updated early morning after talking to her in detail. Thanks to all for the wishes and the support I wish you all great success in this immigration journey Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-02 02:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Do touches mean anything?	i will try to reach tier2, Have you begun your next process yet? i hope you were able to have a good night's sleep last night... Actually, I couldn't sleep, slept at 4:30AM Feeling sleepy now! Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-05 15:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Do touches mean anything?	I was little hopeful, but once i spoke to the USCIS Agent today i am bit nervous . He said call back if i don't hear anything in next 21 days. He couldn't tell me if my application is being reviewed or not. He said all he can tell is it's in initial review. God help me... USCIS reps Tier1 are waste of time. A petitioner can reach to Tier2 is the elapsed time is more than 180 days from the filing date to current date. Some Tier1 will be rude and will not transfer to Tier2. Don't be upset. Keep on trying and one Tier1 will be helpful. Also, as I told you congressional enquiry will have update in a week for you. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-05 13:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Do touches mean anything?	Touches are not a big deal. My case status still shows "Initial Review" and had no email about the approval Loto Edited by LotOfPatience, 05 October 2010 - 12:47 PM.	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-05 12:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Do touches mean anything?	Thanks loto, and very happy for you finally the wait is over for you and reunion is right around the corner,, i wish you all the best and speedy process from here on... Thanks newbie! Good luck to you too and your NOA2 is due! Should arrive at any time soon! Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-04 19:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Do touches mean anything?	loto i send my I-130 to chicago lockbox but i received NOA1 from California, does this mean my service center is California? Yes, your service center is California. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-04 18:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Do touches mean anything?	https://writerep.hou...p/welcome.shtml Enter your state and zip there. Your congress person will show up. Send an email to them with all your details. Include the Service Center, Receipt#, A#, Petitioner's and Beneficiary's full name, DOB etc. Explain the situation with the initial filing date. You will receive a response in few days to a week's time from them. They cannot speed up the things, but will provide you the "exact status". Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-04 18:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Do touches mean anything?	I did called twice, but i was told to wait and check back if i don't hear anything in 6 mos. I think i am hitting that mark soon... How do i do the congressional inquiry? can you explain? Just provide me your zip code, I will give you the details. Ok wait. Don't give it to me. One sec! Loto Edited by LotOfPatience, 04 October 2010 - 06:01 PM.	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-04 18:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Do touches mean anything?	Thank you lotto, I am worried sick, it's been a long wait. Oct 6 is your 6 months mark. If you haven't tried your congressional enquiry, it is the right time to do it. Waiting after 180 days is pointless. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-04 17:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Do touches mean anything?	I noticed lots of touches on some of the VJ'ers time-line here. Does this indicate that approval is right around the corner? I haven't had any touches since my NOA1 and i am beginning to worry if my case collecting dust somewhere. Without touches many have received approvals. Touch gives us some peace of mind Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-04 17:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i'm waiting	hi my friend iare you reday? good trip to day i called nvc and the operator toled me my pakege 3 into the system so when case can be complete? thanks Within the next 2 weeks, your NVC process will be completed. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-08 23:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i'm waiting	congra Thanks houcine9 Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-03 18:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i'm waiting	hi my friend i need to move to my appartement in 02/11 but the probleme i don't khow when can i get interview do you think at 02/11 i will have the appointment? i sent ds 230 26/11/10 and gooooooood luk for tomorow Thank you for the wishes If you packets to NVC (both Affidavit of Support and Immigrant Visa) are clear and RFE free, before the end of Dec, you will be done with NVC. As I said, getting interview date depends on the Consulate. But you have chance of your wish interview date, if your consulate is not really busy. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-12-01 22:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i'm waiting	so i sent all document yesterday #4 so when i can get the interview?can i get in 01/11? thanks So, you need another 3 to 4 weeks to complete the case with the NVC, if there are NO RFEs. Then NVC will contact your Consulate to schedule the appointment and your file will be transferred to the Consulate. Getting interview date, depends on how busy is the Consulate. Check with other peoples' timeline from your consulate who completed the interview recently. Most consulates will assign interview in 1 to 2 months time, but some has taken 4 to 9 months as well. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-28 13:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i'm waiting	hi how long the case take for to be Completed ? thanks After IV and AOS package delivered to NVC, NVC will take 3 to 4 weeks normally to complete the case, currently. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-28 00:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i'm waiting	hi my friend how i khow the consula resereve case? thank you Talk to NVC operator (603-334-0700) when the case file forwarded to the Consulate. Call DOS - 202-663-1225 Press 1 then 0 for a live operator, to check when the case file forwarded to the Consulate. Also, you can contact your consulate to verify. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-26 23:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i'm waiting	so i have to call nvc? Yes. NVC tel# is really busy. You need to redial many times to get the line. Then proceed the Automated Voice Response (AVR) system. Be handy with your CIS Receipt#. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-08 21:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i'm waiting	hi my friend i still waiting lettre from nvc what should i do? i recerved apperoval notice at 13 sept now almost 4 weeks thanks so much To get letter from NVC by snail mail will take ages. If you proceed with the EZguide, check AVR and see your NVC case# is generated. If yes, proceed the steps in that doc. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-08 12:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	GC & Welcome letter after POE	Hotzone, any update? Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2011-01-11 16:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	GC & Welcome letter after POE	Thanks all & Loto.. One headache is done and now second one starts regarding name change. I called USCIS and they said wait for the welcome letter to arrive. If the name is incorrect on the welcome letter (which it will be because it is incorrect on visa), then call USCIS back and ask them to correct it. I don't have to worry about correcting the name change on Visa right, since it is only valid for 6 months? Thanks, You don't have to worry about it on the visa, hotzone. Check it out in the plastic card. If it is correct, headache is over. Hope it will be correct in GC. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2011-01-05 17:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	GC & Welcome letter after POE	Congratulations hotzone for the POE and re-union Yours was 2 days before ours It should arrive before the end of this month. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2011-01-05 16:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Passport arrived	Congratulations and safe travels! The snow is expected to arrive tonight so we'll try to have it cleared for you by the weekend. Richi, We are so committed for you, as OBX outlined We normally don't allow the guests to do that Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2011-01-11 09:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Passport arrived	Thanks again Loto! Its an important day for me loto - it means I get to mess about with my signature again. thats kept me sane during this process!! lol. Most likely will be this weekend. Ive been told Jersey is in for a pounding with snow. I was told I have a snow shovel wrapped up in christmas paper ready for me to open.....but hopefully the family will have shovelled it all by the time I return lol! Its highly likely to be this weekend when I fly into newark. Still have to book my flight, and yet so much to do. I've got a couple of leaving get-togethers with friends in the local pubs. Ive already had two of them - and awoken with a hangover! Good one, Richi I heard a pair of thick gloves too wrapped inside Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2011-01-11 08:30:00