Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	We received our "Congratulations" letter today with a decision date of January 19, 2012. Updated list California Service Center (21 applicants, 21 approved 100%) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... BIANCA'N'DOUG........05/02/11........05/??/11.......06/13/11........09/27/11.... SHEFELLFROMHEAVEN....05/03/11........05/05/11.......06/06/11........09/01/11.... (card received 9/08/11) ALEX & RACHEL........05/03/11........05/06/11.......06/15/11........10/06/11.... (card received 10/13/11) NW MUSHROOM..........05/03/11........05/05/11.......07/11/11........12/23/11.... (RFE received 12/10, Response Sent 12/12) CHRISTERA22..........05/06/11........05/09/11.......06/06/11........09/06/11.... (card received 9/12/11) DIAZY................05/09/11........05/10/11.......07/06/11........09/28/11.... (Early bio 6/20) (Card received 10/03/11) TRICIA599............05/10/11........05/11/11.......06/20/11........01/19/12.... (RFE received 10/21/11, Interview Date 1/19) RROBIN...............05/10/11........05/12/11.......06/20/11........11/18/11.... FRENCHY..............05/16/11........05/17/11.......06/14/11........09/21/11.... (card received 9/26/11) DANIELWHITE..........05/16/11........05/17/11.......06/22/11........10/07/11.... (card received 10/13/11) SEPTEMBERGOLD........05/17/11........05/25/11.......06/27/11........10/17/11.... (card received 10/21/11) SUZANNYO.............05/19/11........05/23/11.......06/27/11........07/14/11.... DALE_TRISHA..........05/20/11........05/23/11.......08/03/11........10/20/11.... (card received 10/24/11) CANADIANMADE.........05/20/11........05/23/11.......06/13/11........09/20/11.... (card received 9/24/11) RASBERRY.............05/20/11........05/23/11.......06/23/11........10/11/11.... (card received 10/15/11) S BLONDPRINCESS........05/23/11........05/31/11.......06/27/11........10/17/11.... SFU + TFU............05/24/11........05/25/11.......06/21/11........10/03/11.... (card received 10/7/11) D&I..................05/24/11........05/25/11.......06/20/11........11/05/11.... (RFE received 10/19) (card received 11/07/11) ON-QUEUE.............05/24/11........05/25/11.......07/20/11........12/01/11.... (Early Bio 7/06), Card received 12/08/2011 THREEC...............05/24/11........05/25/11.......06/15/11........06/27/11.... (Card received 6/29/11) ANGELA & PAUL........05/31/11........06/02/11.......07/11/11........01/19/12.... Vermont Service Center (50 applicants, 16 approved 32%) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... WELSHDAN.............04/27/11........05/03/11.......08/10/11........--/--/12.... YOINK................05/02/11........05/05/11.......07/08/11........--/--/12.... (Scheduled Late Bio) HARRY_SIDHU..........05/02/11........05/10/11.......06/24/11........--/--/12.... TINKERBELLUK.........05/02/11........05/09/11.......06/17/11........--/--/12.... JEAN0414.............05/03/11........05/05/11.......06/20/11........--/--/12.... SHERRY09.............05/??/11........05/06/11.......06/20/11........--/--/12.... EDINA................05/04/11........05/09/11.......06/27/11........--/--/12.... (early bio 06/24) RAHEEMB..............05/??/11........05/09/11.......??/??/11........01/06/12.... SWANTIGER............05/04/11........05/24/11.......06/27/11........--/--/12.... KMEHMOOD1............05/06/11........05/10/11.......06/26/11........--/--/12.... (Early bio 6/07) PRINCESS_MARICAR.....05/06/11........05/10/11.......06/17/11........--/--/12.... J&N79................05/07/11........05/09/11.......06/17/11........--/--/12.... CLAUSKI..............05/07/11........05/10/11.......06/15/11........--/--/12.... JOHN HALL............05/09/11........05/11/11.......06/26/11........12/16/11.... (card received 12/24) CHIC.................05/09/11........05/12/11.......06/27/11........--/--/12.... (NOA1 info derived from immigration lawyer.) FLORIDA RES..........05/10/11........--/--/11.......06/17/11........01/11/12.... (never received NOA1) HARRY_SIDHU..........05/10/11........05/??/11.......06/24/11........--/--/12.... VIP1.................05/11/11........05/16/11.......06/23/11........--/--/12.... MARY AND ENRIQUE.....05/12/11........05/16/11.......07/19/11........01/19/12.... SUZUKIWOOKIE.........05/13/11........05/17/11.......06/21/11........01/04/12.... FURIOUSNG............05/14/11........05/19/11.......06/23/11........12/16/11.... (Card received 01/05/2012) ~LAURA AND NICK~.....05/14/11........05/17/11.......06/28/11........--/--/12.... BOBONIJA.............05/14/11........05/17/11.......07/22/11........--/--/12.... AUDREYBELLA..........05/16/11........05/18/11.......06/23/11........01/04/12.... (Card received 01/09/2012) MADWOMAN.............05/16/11........05/31/11.......--/--/11........--/--/12.... DEIDRE...............05/17/11........05/19/11.......07/20/11........12/30/11.... (Early bio 06/28 Raleigh-Durham) HELLOMIFFY...........05/17/11........05/20/11.......06/27/11........--/--/12.... (Early bio 6/16 New York) VMM..................05/17/11........05/20/11.......06/23/11........--/--/12.... DAGOBERT.............05/19/11........05/23/11.......07/28/11........01/19/12.... PATTU RANI...........05/19/11........--/--/11.......07/11/11........--/--/12.... TJBRUM...............05/19/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/12.... EDDY67...............05/19/11........05/23/11.......08/15/11........--/--/12.... RUPA.................05/20/11........05/23/11.......07/11/11........01/09/12.... SYMBIOSIS............05/20/11........??/??/11.......08/01/11........--/--/12.... TOSHKA...............05/20/11........05/31/11.......06/21/11........--/--/12.... ANGUS28..............05/23/11........05/25/11.......06/30/11........01/10/12.... SAUKOZSA.............05/23/11........05/26/11.......06/29/11........01/06/12.... (Early bio 6/16) METEORO0915..........05/23/11........05/26/11.......07/11/11........01/10/12.... RAZORBACK............05/23/11........05/27/11.......07/06/11........--/--/12.... DFFKTLZL.............05/24/11........05/25/11.......06/30/11........01/05/12.... NYCFENG..............05/24/11........05/??/11.......06/16/11........12/30/11.... JENNYWU..............05/24/11........05/31/11.......07/20/11........01/05/12.... (Card received 01/09/2012) WINIFREDBEE..........05/??/11........05/27/11.......07/11/11........01/09/12.... SAL AND JAY..........05/26/11........06/01/11.......07/13/11........--/--/12.... CHRIS39..............05/26/11........05/31/11.......07/17/11........--/--/12.... CATT.................05/26/11........05/31/11.......07/13/11........--/--/12.... OPHELIA783...........05/27/11........06/01/11.......07/06/11........--/--/12.... JAMES_N_KAREN........05/27/11........06/01/11.......07/25/11........--/--/12.... DARKLUCK909..........05/27/11........05/30/11.......06/21/11........--/--/12.... (Early bio 6/17 New York) ADRIAN01.............05/31/11........06/02/11.......07/13/11........--/--/12.... IMPORTANT! * Make sure that your VJ Text Editor setting is set to Rich Text Editor. * Go to the MOST RECENTLY POSTED VERSION of this list (go to the last post and scroll UP) and "Reply" to it, deleting the "quote" tags in your reply. * Please DO NOT change the font, font size, add colors, stuff like that. * Please PREVIEW before posting to make sure it is properly formatted. * Please check that you have not deleted anyones NAME & DATA. Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your application NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment Approved = The Date your case was approved * Please Capitalize your VJ Name when adding it to the list. * When you're on this list, please come back to update your information accordingly * If you cannot add your information yourself, please ask another VJ member to help you do so.	Dagobert	Male	Thailand	2012-01-23 20:33:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	My wife called USCIS today and we were told that we count six months different than they do. We were told that our case has not been 6 months yet and that we should call back after December 23. Our receipt date is May 23...now when I consulted the star charts in tandem with my slide rule and abacus six months in days would be November 23. Hell, even if you started counting from June 1, December 1 would make 6 full calander months. My wife even counted the months for her and the lady still said it has not been six months since our receipt date. The lady was very nice and at no time was she rude...but she stood by her guns that December 23 will be six months. Well, now that I look back over the paperwork...she may be going off the receipt date of the biometrics appointment notice which is June 20th. If they use the receipt date of the bio then she is correct. I always thought it was 6 months from the reciept of acceptance of the I-751 package. Oh well...it will come when it comes	Dagobert	Male	Thailand	2011-12-08 14:59:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Any Dutch/American couples??	Howdy folks! I haven't written in a while basically I've just been reading along, just didn't have anything exciting to add! But congrats to everyone who has been approved and has received notices! Personally I have little to no patience and admire how y'all have stuck with it all this time! But hubby had the interview at the consulate Monday and it was a success! APPROVED! We arrived at the consulate around 12:45, waited until 1:30. Went through security and such. We were first in line and handed over all the documents (Passport, 2 photos, marriage cert. and copy, hubby's birth cert. and copy, and the I864's) He handed back the birth and marriage cert.'s and said to have them with us when we check in for the first time at our POE. He stapled things together and prepared them for the consular. Hubby had finger prints taken (all ten fingers!) and we were told to have a seat. We were then called up to the last window to pay the fee. We were told to sit down again and wait for our name to be called. After about twenty minutes we were called up! The questions were a joke, I'm so happy I was here with him and went up to the little window when they called his name. They mostly asked ME the questions and asked hubby two! I was asked if I was indeed married to my hubby, how we felt about the economic situation in the states, who my joint-sponsor was and what he did for a living, and where we planned on moving. He only asked hubby how his medical went and what he did for a living lol too funny. Finally after some small talk about his chickenpox and shopping experiences he said 'I'm going to go ahead and approve your visa' YAY! Should be getting it in the mail in a few days! America here we come!	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-04-28 09:43:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Any Dutch/American couples??	QUOTE (John and Jeanine @ Mar 9 2009, 09:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeahhh our case arrived friday in Amsterdam and saturday I already got the consulate checklist in the mail!! Filled in the DS156 2x, 156k and DS230 part 1 (digital and written cuz not sure what they want) and almost have the things from checklist ready (except I134 Affidavit of Support) so i can send them the checklist back requesting an medical and interview!! Goes all of a sudden so fast!!! Just wanted to share the progress again;) Have a good week all of you! Congrats! Things should (hopefully) fly by for you guys! Peet, did you take ALL of those wonderful pictures? I cant stop looking at them, great stuff!	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-03-09 05:13:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Any Dutch/American couples??	JohnnyK__ Hello and welcome to our dutchie/american spot! I DO know the amsterdam consulate will take care of the police certificate so you wont have to contact anyone here for that. The one from the USA you would probably have to contact the local police station where you lived?? methinks the FBI wouldnt return your call for some time Paul__ Congrats! And goodluck to you with your interview tho i'm sure everything will go smoothly! Everyone's blogs look great! I'm jealous hehe I do have a question though...I did post it in CR-1/IR-1 forum but it got buried so hopefully you guys can help.... My mother and stepfather are our joint sponsors, we were going over their forms tonight. My stepfather claims his two children as dependents still therefore gets earned income credit for them. Will we be able to include this money as 'income'?? Without it they may not meet our income requirements! help!	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-03-06 13:22:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Any Dutch/American couples??	Thanks ya'll! I'll see if I get help in the DCF forum! I do wish I could add my stories of fabulous travels as well lol but I don't have any! Hopefully someday soon	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-28 17:54:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Any Dutch/American couples??	Just keeping everyone up-to-date! We got our I-130 approval letter today! it was dated the 27th We only got one little letter saying it was approved and for the forms they gave us an address through the US consulate website to download everything from. Is this normal?lol either way if it weren't for this site and others like it I would be COMPLETELY lost! Only thing we're waiting on now is my mothers and step-fathers tax info woohoo	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-28 12:56:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Any Dutch/American couples??	Oh geez i feel like a geek! I didnt realize this was a k-1 k-3 filers preferred topic sorry Just wanted to keep everyone up to date, we filed our I-130, G325A's and all the other doc's at the consulate in Amsterdam! Quick, painless and easy going. We were told it could take up to 12 weeks but the CO said probably less than that since we were so 'well prepared' WHEW! Onto the next steps!	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-23 16:08:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Any Dutch/American couples??	QUOTE (John and Jeanine @ Feb 12 2009, 07:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I see;) Yeah me and my fiance have known each other now like 3.5 years...hopefully married this summer and then we are together 4 years....im impatient. He was in NL for 3 months but didnt get a visa here, how did u get to stay so long? had a job here? Or because u were married? When I first came here in 2003 we went to City hall and applied for a residency permit for me, just needed my birth certificate and passport and proof from my then-fiance that he could support me and i could stay! I had to take some dutch classes for a year or so, but that was worth it. It was soooo much easier to come here than it is to go to the USA together! lizandpat- TY for the warm welcome! I'll keep ya updated on our journey	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-12 13:56:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Any Dutch/American couples??	QUOTE (John and Jeanine @ Feb 12 2009, 04:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey Lainie! Welcome to our Dutch/American topic!! Congrats on ur marriage!! If you are American don't you have to file the I130 in the USA then? I thought then you have to start the process there? Maybe im wrong lol;) We're going for the K1 fiance visa so thats a different route....but they all take way too long:( Good luck to you guys!! Nice to see another couple here Thank you! Its been a long time coming, FIVE years to be exact hehe but we finally did it. As for DCF here, as long as the american is a resident of the Netherlands you can file here at the consulate. Long time ago the american didnt even need to reside here, just as long as they were married in the Netherlands they could file and fly away the next day and leave it to the Dutchie to do all the work	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-12 06:30:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Any Dutch/American couples??	Hey folks, I'm new to VJ and just found this thread! My hubby is Dutch and I'm American, we were just married in Dec.08 and plan on filing our I-130 here at the consulate in Amsterdam by the end of this month! We live here in Rotterdam and are just dotting our I's and crossing the T's and trying hard not to freak out about everything lol. Its nice to see others' stories and know other people are/have gone through what we are!	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-11 20:26:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Need help!	QUOTE (Omnivore @ Feb 16 2009, 08:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So it basically looks like no chance of that happening. (also I'm the groom ) I do believe after you've been married your fiance can file for you at a consulate in australia or one back in the states, I've included a link to the US consulate which tells of the options for visa's http://melbourne.usc...s/iv/index.html But i believe she'll need to be a resident of australia for six months prior in order to file there. If not she can fly back to the states and file for you there	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-16 20:14:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Grrr. Preparing I-130 but not sure about my address	QUOTE (gingerincanada @ May 2 2009, 12:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've been living in Canada for 3 years, and since my husband and I got married in Niagara Falls(NY side), we obviously have to file in the USA. I have everything filled out, but I can't seem to find anything on this! Once my husband gets his visa, we want to move to MA as I have a house there. My question is, when it comes times to filling out the I-864, how do I prove my residence in MA? I file all my taxes there since I'm self employed and that is the last place I lived before coming to Canada. Yes, my house in MA is also a residence, but I haven't physically lived there, I'm renting it out for the time being, and I don't want any mail from USCIS to go there(nosy tenants, and yes, they will open it if it goes there). So do I write my address in Canada? The VisaJourney guide states: Petitioners who reside in AL, AR, CT, DL, FL, GA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OK, PA, Puerto Rico, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, U.S. Virgin Islands, WV, or District of Columbia are encouraged to file their stand-alone Form I-130 with the Lockbox using the following address: USCIS P.O. Box 804616 Chicago, IL 60680-1029 I don't exactly "reside" there for the time being. So what lockbox would I use to mail it in? If I have to "reside" in one of the above states, I'm worried I will get my application rejected or told to go through the embassy(which I can't since I was married in the US). Would they be willing to send it to Canada? Seeing as how you are already married and I take it your husband is a canadian citizen have you considered filing DCF (Direct consular Filing)? Generally if you reside in the same country as your spouse you can file at a local US embassy/Consulate no matter where you got married. It may be faster and less of a headache! Just scroll to the DCF forum - http://www.visajourn...p?showtopic=304 this link should explain it further! Edited by lainie, 02 May 2009 - 06:44 AM.	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-05-02 06:44:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Will I EVER get to USA?	QUOTE (mrsB @ Jun 6 2009, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So, my husband had his biometrics taken, though we still don't know why exactly they wanted those. All they could tell him was that it was so ordered by the California Service Center... *shrug* No news then. I continue working (it's a hard job) and he continues to work in USA and we wonder if we will be together for our next anniversary in December... or not. I'm shocked that our case hasn't been expedited by the USCIS, considering all their #### ups. Life goes on, even though in two separate countries... Good thing we don't have kids. I'm not sure if someone else has asked this or not but could you possibly withdraw your initial I-130 and re-file in a few months? Or have you already done this?	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-06-07 08:16:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	I-184 and I-864A question - DCF in Tokyo	QUOTE (skellyfish @ Feb 24 2009, 08:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay, I thought I had a handle on all the paperwork and requirements for sponsoring my husband (DCF in Tokyo), but I am starting to get really confused. Sorry if this is a redundant question, but I have been on VJ for hours and still can't figure this out. So here's my situation: I have been living/working in Japan since late 2007, with no source of U.S. income. My main residence has been here, but I have maintained and used U.S. bank accounts and credit cards continuously, sent money home every couple months, voted, filed tax returns, etc. I hold a current CO driver's license. Additionally, before I came here, I applied to law school, was admitted, and accepted and deferred my offer of admission. I can provide proof that I have already declared my intent to enroll in fall 2009, and my mom can provide a letter stating that I have already made arrangements to live with her for the summer before law school, so I should be fine with the issue of domicile, right? My intent was always to come over here temporarily. Okay, so now for the confusing stuff. I obviously don't have any federal W2s or U.S. income, and because I will only be working for the summer, I won't be getting a full-time job. I have started searching online, and I can print out a few emails that I have sent to verify that I have started looking for a job, but honestly I am probably going to do temp work or waitress or something, since it's not worth going through the hassle of getting a real, permanent full-time job if I am only going to stick around for a few months. So that means I can't act as a sponsor, right? Or can I fill out all the sponsor paperwork and just put $0 as my income, with a letter explaining my intent to work this summer and the fact that I will have $2000 a month in financial aid come September? I know they don't care about financial aid or count it as income, but in reality that's what we will be relying on, so I'm not sure how to go about explaining that. Next, my mom has agreed to make her income available as a household member, because we will be living with her this summer, so she can fill out the I-864A (neither of us will be using our assets, basically because we don't have any). But because I can't show any U.S. income at this point and she has my two sisters as dependents, I would also like to ask my aunt and uncle to be joint sponsors. So can this work? Do I have this straight? 1. I do the I-864, agreeing to be a sponsor without showing any income or assets. (Can I really do this? Do I just write $0?) 2. My mom does the I-864A, showing only her income 3. My aunt and uncle do the I-864, agreeing to serve as joint sponsors. (Do they both have to sign, since they are married, or can just one of them do it?) Also complicating things is that my parents got divorced in 12/2008, so their 2008 and all previous taxes were filed jointly. Now they live in separate households and my mom's income is the same, but will I have to provide documentation of the divorce and my mom's lease to prove that he is not in the household? Confused... HELP PLEASE!! Thanks so much You sound ok as far as domicile it seems. As far as I know you can only have two joint sponsors. So either your mom and uncle, or mom and aunt, or just aunt and uncle. Your mother would only fill out the I-864A if she were residing with you, I assume since you've been living in japan since 2007 that isn't the case so as cmdpdiva said she would need to fill out another I-864, to THAT form she can add an additional joint sponsor (either your uncle or aunt) I don't think you can list any income that you are GOING to be receiving, only income you are currently receiving, since that's $0 put $0, they will only look at your mothers/uncles or aunts income. I think as long as your mother can show her individual income is enough to meet the requirements (w2's or tax return) and maybe a copy of the divorce papers that should do. Someone correct me if I'm wrong...	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-25 10:45:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	After Interview Questions	sure sounds like a pass to me if they took the passport! congrats	lainie	Female	Netherlands	2009-03-16 14:02:00