Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR-1 but living outside of the USA	Thank you that is good to know as I am looking to start everything as soon as possible....Is one week ample time to file with USCIS in the states or would I be looking at having to stay longer. I have bank accounts back in the states, drivers license, start a job again in May, but have never had a rent lease....Is it a good idea to have a Co-Sponsor and if so does that slow down the process.. If you file I-130 with USCIS, you can go the post office/courier office on the same day you land here, provided you have all the required documents. Co-sponsor is not an issue at all. It won't delay anything. But it is part of the Affidavit of Support in the second stage of this journey, called NVC stage. This stage will happen when your I-130 is approved. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-11 21:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR-1 but living outside of the USA	Yes, I have stamp for entry in Brazil,but no stamp for entry in Uruguay. You can travel from Brazil to Uruguay without having your passport stamped. One side of the road is Brazil and the other Uruguay. Ok, I think you better handle your case as suggested in my above post. If you qualify for DCF, file I-130 in foreign Consulate. Else file I-130 IR1/CR1 at USCIS here. As someone, suggested provide the ties to the U.S to prove the domicile, if you do DCF. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-11 18:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR-1 but living outside of the USA	He has already posted this before and got advice. http://www.visajourn...a-denied-twice/ Oh yes, I didn't know his exact situation. OP, if you qualify for DCF file it in your Consulate aborad. If you don't qualify for DCF, file I-130 petition in the U.S. As simple as that. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-11 18:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR-1 but living outside of the USA	After being denied a tourist visa twice (My wife).....and posting about wanting to try a 3rd time.We have decided to go the CR-1 route. I am a USC by birth and she is a citizen of Uruguay. Also have a 2 month old baby. Is it possible to file directly at the consulate in Uruguay or do I have to return to the states to start the process.I have been out of the states for a year the 1st. of Dec. I don´t have such documents that would prove residency. Only a house in her name that was bought after we were married. Also you don´t need a visa to visit Uruguay. Has anyone been in this same situation. Any info is greatly appreciated. Even if the visa is not needed to visit Uruguay, don't you have a passport stamp such as entry/exit? Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-11 17:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 Need your opinion	seko, If you don't have any other dependents, I assume your household size is 2. If so, your wife's 2009 income is good. Also, get an employment letter that shows entire 2010 annual salary and input this number in the annual income of the current job. Then you'll be all set. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 17:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Paris Packet #3	CAn someone send me a copy of Paris' Packet #3? Thanks Basically, you are half completed NVC and the rest in the Consulate. Consulate will provide up to date details to proceed further. Be careful and follow the instructions to file proper forms and pay the fee too. It is DS-230 for your IV application, not non-immigrant visa forms in the packet3 link here. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 17:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Paris - Instruction Package for IV Applications???	Hello, Our CR1 case was expedited to Paris and we are wondering what is the next step? The embassy said that they are mailing an "instruction package". Does anyone know what is in this package? We have not turned in the AOS or DS230, so I assume that this package includes these forms and requests that we complile the necessary docs (marraige certificate, police records, etc). Also, has anyone gone through this process in Paris? How long does it take to get an interview? Thanks for the help, Jesse J&I, I replied to your other thread. Yes, you need to complete I-864 AOS, DS-230 forms etc. Also, whatever fee you haven't paid, will have to pay to the Consulate. You're semi-NVC guy, I know. Follow the instructions properly in the packet from the Consulate in order not to jeopardize your case. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 17:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Notarizing the Affidavits!!	Your bank should do it or you can find a notary to do it. The person who writes the document must be there in person to sign it in front of the notary, that is the whole point of having it notarized. Check with your specific consulate to see if notarization is really necessary though. In some cases it is not.	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-11 19:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	IM APPROVED!	Hey guys! Thank thank you so much for the congratulations! Yes loto, I still think to go to Cuba. My wife will kill me if I don't. So I am thinking of leaving the NVC (guides intact) for my Mother to finish up. My mother cand handle it but I am not sure if NVC will accept her inquiring for the case over the phone. Is it possible? Peace! Rumba, If your mother is choice of agent, probably it is ok. Have a nice time with your wife, BTW! Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-31 00:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	IM APPROVED!	Rumba, That's the magic you did in CSC Congratulations and it is definitely the great news Now still you think to go to Cuba? Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-10-30 23:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864, #20 - just leave unchecked?	Question 20, Part 4 of the I-864.... Military Service (To be completed by petitioner sponsors only.) On the Joint Sponsor's I-864, do both boxes need to be left unchecked? It says "To be completed by petitioner sponsor only" Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 19:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Question~!	In plain English now Address National Visa Center Attn: CMR 31 Rochester Avenue Suite 100 Portsmouth, NH 03801-2914 Write the below sentence just on top of the envelope and highlight it. NVC Case# <> This package contains both AOS and IV documents. Even if you write the same in different way using your idea, it is not going to harm Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 19:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Question~!	so do you think this would be accepted? Attn: CMR AOS and IV Don't confuse there. Write Attn: CMR Write details outside the envelope. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 18:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Question~!	Just wanted to know since I'm mailing AOS and IV tomarrow in the same envelope is this the right ATTN: line for mailing them together? National Visa Center Attn: CMR 31 Rochester Avenue Suite 100 Portsmouth, NH 03801-2914 Thanks in advance for any confirmation on this =) Jen and Geert I know there is a small glitch in the ATTN part for AOS and IV, if you put both packages in an envelope and mail it. I did mine in separate packages. I think you can use the address above as you mentioned, but highlight outside the envelope, both AOS and IV packages are in the envelope. It is basically 2 departments within NVC. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 18:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Are the pay stubs really necessary?	Do the IRS transcripts have to be the original ones they mail you or copies? Or both? What about the paystubs, originals or copies, or both? I sent original IRS tax transcripts, original employmet letter, copies of the pay stubs. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 20:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Are the pay stubs really necessary?	It all depends on the officer who reviews it. Your goal is to get the visa. May be without sending paystubs, but with your employment letter, it will be approved. May be without employment letter, but paystubs, it will be approved. If you can get a document that secures your visa, why do you want to take a chance? I know I make much bigger salary than the poverty line, but I included my employment letter and all 2010 paystubs with last 3 years tax transcripts. If they don't want my junk, let them trash it. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 17:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	expedite approved at NVC level	Just received this from the Embassy - Thank you for your email correspondence. According to Embassy recrods, the Immigrant Visa Unit has not yet received your file from the National Visa Center. On receipt of your file, you will be sent instructions on how to proceed with your application. Sincerely However, do i still have a file at the NVC even if there was nothing to send them from the NVC? Weird... Richi, It is a matter of few day for them to enter into their system, review it and schedule the interview. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-10 12:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	expedite approved at NVC level	CONGRATS! CHEERS!!! SEPT 30 129 SUBMITTED NOV 1 APPROVED Congratulations Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-10 12:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	expedite approved at NVC level	Consulate should contact you. I don't know if they mail or email you. Better be in touch with them. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-09 12:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	expedite approved at NVC level	Congrats Richi Samoray's signature shows USCIS -> NVC -> Consulate. Yours must be USCIS -> Consulate Also, now onwards you should ask others what is NVC? Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-09 11:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 & DS-230	Is NVC supposed to officially notify you when it's ready to be paid? Or if you got the link and it shows invoiced just pay it and supercede the waiting game of them telling you it's ready? NVC's immediate notification will reflect in the payment portal - hey buddy, invoices are ready to pay. Why do you wait to give me the money? Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 20:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 & DS-230		LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 15:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Wrong spelling of my adress?	I just found out that they typed my address wrong in my NBI clearance. Instead of Rufina Homes they typed Rufina Home. Will that be a problem? Thanks! That will not be a problem. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-13 00:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Please help on the 864	I am allowed :dance:i got plenty of time to wait Yeah yeah yeah, we both are free birds now Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 21:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Please help on the 864	CRN and Richi, Why you guys are here with your busy schedules? One is fighting with NVC and the other with Medical & Consulate Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 21:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Please help on the 864	No, only one way is fine. If he was required to file, no explanation will be accepted. He'll need to file the tax returns. I like you, pushbrk Now if I like you, please don't take it in wrong way. My intention is not that. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 19:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Please help on the 864	"Why he DIDN'T" file taxes is not good enough. The explanation must be for why he was "not required to" file taxes and it must cite the IRS rulings to support the reasons. If he WAS required, then he must file even if no tax is due. Either way is good. OP must have an answer why he didn't file taxes for prior years, if it was asked. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 18:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Please help on the 864	Unless your husband did not work while living in Canada then he definitely is required to file U.S. Income Tax returns. U. S. citizens are taxed on their worldwide income. If he worked while in Canada he might not owe any tax on his U.S. tax return but he still has to file to claim the foreign income exclusion. I recommend you and your husband read IRS Publication 54, Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad. Here is a link to the publication: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p54.pdf I agree. Based on your data, I think he makes more money in Canada that is above the tax filing exemption in the U.S. OP, your sponsor is good to sponsor the beneficiary alone, without the co-sponsor. But make sure the written explanation why he didn't file the taxes or start arranging to file the prior year taxes after consulting a CPA. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 17:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	June Filer for 2010 Approved	Congratulations Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 17:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	moving assets before process is finished	Absolutely fine. In fact it could help, as it shows you are committed to a life in the USA. We transfered all of our savings ahead of the interview, and bought a house with much of it once transfered. As we were doing DCF, this helped with both the I-864 (sponsoring on assets) and the domicile issue for the USC husband. Good one! I instead pushed all the money from the U.S to India - not for visa purpose, but as investment perspective Loto If you ship prior to arriving with your visa you will most likely have to pay taxes on the value of the goods. If you wait until you arrive with your visa then you declare the goods that are being shipped with the immigration office and are allowed a one-time exemption of taxes on household goods. You can use this exemption for up to one year of your POE date. The CBP link explains it: https://help.cbp.gov...detail/a_id/354	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 18:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	E-mail correspondence for bona fide		LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 17:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I 864 originals needed at the interview?	I think I got her and hubby on the right track via personal conversation. Just a not for everyone...there is a service called counter-to-counter courier service where you actually take the document or package to the airport and deliver it, and it catches the next, direct flight out and can be picked up at the airport on the receiving end. I use this in my business at times when next day just won't cut it. Expensive? Oh, yeah. But when it absolutely, positively....well, we know. Cool As Samoray said this is new info. to me too. You are the best Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 23:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I 864 originals needed at the interview?	so I am in the same Loto, lol, I know It has to be notarized but If they require the original signature, does it imply the docs have to be in hard copy, I mean with the signature in pen? cus we were thinking of scan it or fax it and print it? and what does IMO mean? Thanks I would say instead of scanning and faxing - Petitioner download the original form from the USCIS site, fill it and sign it, fedex to the beneficiary, if you think you have enough time. This is just my opinion. I think better you follow what your attorney suggests. Loto Edited by PatiencePaidOff, 12 November 2010 - 09:57 PM.	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 21:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I 864 originals needed at the interview?	But does it need to be notarized ? You typed when I edited The answer is above. Loto Read this link - http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 21:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I 864 originals needed at the interview?	IMO, AOS needs to be with original signature. There is no external party notarization. The petitioner's (sponsor) original signature, that's all. Loto Edited by PatiencePaidOff, 12 November 2010 - 09:31 PM.	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-12 21:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	After paying I864 payment online/...	I have now completed all that I am aware of at the NVC- ds3032, I864, & ds230. I'm just wondering how long will it take to leave NVC & get a interview? If you have already completed NVC process, next timeline is for the interview. It depends on the Consulate. As per Debby (VJ member whose hubby's interview at Nigeria), it is taking around 3 months time. Other Nigerian friends will have better answer for this. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-13 13:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	After paying I864 payment online/...	WHEN SENDING THE TAX RETURN FORMS DO THEY MEAN THE FORM 1040a FORM . IRS tax transcripts are the best - call IRS line to get them in less than 2 weeks. OR Other options are all tax returns (1040) and its schedules with W2/1099 etc. Along with it, include employer letter and last 6 months paystubs. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-08-09 21:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	DS-230 Packet Checklist (Peru)	Looks good. Hope the beneficiary signed DS-230 Part1, but NOT signed Part2. Write NVC Case#, Beneficiary name and DOB at the backside of the photos. Also, I hope you and your spouse had no prior divorce(s). If I am wrong, include the divorce decree of each marriage termination too. Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-11 23:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	DS-230 Column no. 30	List all places you're lived in since you turned 16	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-13 12:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	we got NOA2 ON TO NVC NOW	WE GOT NOA2 YESTERDAY NO RFE MY EMAIL NO NOTHING BUT WE GOT IT MY QUESTION IS ALL DOCUMENTS ARE ON MY MARIED NAME BUT MY PASSPORT IS ON MAIDEN NAME . FORUM ADMINISTRATOR PLEASE UPDATE IROR S LIST FOR OTHERS I COULD NOT DO IT MYSELF GOD BLESS ALL GOOD PEOPLE Congratulations on your NOA2 Loto	LotofPatience	Male	India	2010-11-10 12:22:00