Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	Has anyone used UPS in Peru to send documents to the USA? Can you recommend them or should I use someone else?	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-13 13:44:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	How was everyone's Christmas and New Years?	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-05 01:44:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	QUOTE I have never flown on either of them, but how was American Airlines to Peru? I have flown on American to florida and to Puerto Rico - seemed OK to me. Just wanted to double check When I took American Airlines this summer I had a bad experience. I had to take an earlier flight so I called them to have them change my LAN flight as well. I was taking LAN to Miami and American to Raleigh. So when I got to the airport on the day I was supposed to go home the LAN ticket agents told me my flight was canceled. Naturally I was very upset and a little afraid. I called American Airlines in Peru and they told me it wasn't there fault it was LAN and of course LAN told me it was American Airlines fault. I had to have my mother call from the US and yell at them, eventually I was able to get another flight out of the country that night. Unfortunately, they removed me from the comfy LAN flight from Lima to Miami so I had to take American the whole way. When I got home I filled a complaint and they gave me $300 back.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-10-12 05:38:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	I have flown both on Lan and American airlines from Miami to Lima. Lan by far was the best for comfort, I have to say it was the best airline I have ever been on, and I have done a bit of world traveling. I am taking delta to Lima this week and Avianca to Lima at Christmas. Has anyone flown on them?	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-09-21 09:48:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	Hello all! I have a question regarding the documents for the CR1/IR-1 path. I am stuck in Vermont but want to get some of my documents ready. If I understand correctly these are the documents that I need: Cover Letter DS-230 Birth Certificate Court and Prision Records (Antecedentes Judiciales a Nivel Nacional) Deportation Records (N/A) Marriage Certificate Military Records (Certificado de Antecedents Judiciales y/o Penales" issued by the "Consejo Supremo de Justicia Militar) Photo copy of his passport Police Certificates (Certificado de Antecedentes Policiales, Certificado Policial, Certificado de Antecedentes Penales) Two Photographs Copy of the I-130 Packet Does this look right to you? Also how long are the three police certificates valid for? Thanks!!	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-09-14 11:58:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	QUOTE (Vi Mazzella @ Sep 1 2008, 04:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We always fly with Lan but the prices are astronomical, they around $2500 for Christmas time, good luck searching. We are back home, the weather in NYC is pretty nice, the flight was excellent, the bad part was to say good bye, always extremely sad, it' s SO hard to say good bye to my family but I might go back by myself in January dependig in what the doctor says. Saludos Vi Avianca is like $600 from Miami to Lima. I like Lan but as you said they are very high. Edited by Peter'n'Jaime, 01 September 2008 - 09:34 PM.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-09-01 21:33:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	Does anyone have any experience flying Avianca to Lima? It seems they are the cheapest way to get to Peru for the Christmas holiday but I don't know alot about them and was wondering if anyone has used them and what there experiences have been.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-09-01 09:26:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	QUOTE (elyandmichael @ Aug 4 2008, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Susita and Jaime......I am married with a sweet american man too...you girls should visit Macchu Picchu, it is amazing!!!!...we went there in our honeymoon, and we spent the best 6 days in our lifes so far.... Hugs to all of you...who are in part PERUVIANS too... Hey Ely and Michael, We filled the I-130 in the same month so looks like our time lines will be very similar!! Good luck to both of us Have they cashed your check yet? I had a problem with my address so I can't track my I-130 until they cash it My husband and I are thinking of going there or to Bolivia to visit some family this Christmas. Are you from Lima?	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-08-04 11:09:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	QUOTE Very cool! I met Luis when I started my bachelors, I am just finishing up now. I am getting my BA in Hispanic Languages & Literature, Minor in Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Secondary Education Certification (a lot of stuff! LOL). Well, when I first started out, I was fluent but my spelling wasn't that great and also I was making a lot of errors when I was writing essays the first semester. So I started practicing in a chatroom that is called spanglish chat. Luis was trying to learn English and we were talking. He took my MSN name and then pretty much every day we talked on there. Nothing really happened till one day I was like, hey I have international minutes let's talk on the phone (I had bought a phone card to call my cousin overseas and still had credit on it). Well, the rest is history. I've been to Peru 2 times, we talk on the phone at least an hour every day, and am almost done with school! Time flies! Luis proposed to me when I went to Peru last time. He threw an engagement party too without me even knowing that it was for that reason, it was really great. I was like, 'what were you going to do if I said no?' and he just laughed. I stayed in San Bartolo, it was summer when I went so we went beach-hopping (Luis is really into surfing). We went to Santa Maria del Mar, Punta Negra, Punta Hermosa, etc. We stayed on the beach in an apartment in San Bartolo which was really nice. We went to Lurin, Lima (Miraflores, Ate - where his brother's business is, and el centro de Lima), Chosica (which is beautiful we had a really nice time there). It was really great. There's still a lot of places I want to see, Ayacucho, Arequipa, Huancayo etc. I didn't get to go last time. There will be chances in the future though! How did you like living in Peru for 2 months? I was there for almost one month. What do you do for a living here in the USA? How old are you? (I know this isn't 21 questions, haha) I'm just curious & bored at work. So you will be teaching? Spanish or history I presume? What do you do now? My husband is trying to teach me Spanish but I am just very bad at it and have so little time to study!! I am also trying that rosetta stone program. None of his family speaks English so I really want to learn Spanish! How was Peru during the summer? If everything runs smoothly we should have our interview in Lima during their summer. I am so afraid of going during the summer!! I went at the end of April and it was so hot and I got badly sunburned. Right now I am a full time Master's student getting a degree in Library Science. I had to quit my job when I went to Lima to get married because they would not give me a leave of absence. So currently unemployed but have a bunch of job interviews this week. I am 26. My time in Lima could have been better. For some reason I was very sick there and normally I never even catch colds! But at least I got a first hand view of the Peruvian health care system Oh take a look at this tee shirt. I think you will enjoy it: Check it out	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-08-04 10:53:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	QUOTE (susita83 @ Aug 3 2008, 10:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Jaime ~ Wow Riverhead? I live in Port Jefferson. Very cool. My family all comes from Queens & Brooklyn though, so I am like half city girl half Long Islander. I would love to get to know more about you, like how you met your hubby, how you liked Peru, etc. Would be cool, 2 Long Island girls marrying Peruvian guys. Awesome. My mother was born in Brooklyn and I definitely know where Port Jefferson is, my grandmother lived there for a long long time. My Parents moved to the Adirondack park when I was 10. I don't know if you know it but its about 1 hour north of Albany. I met my husband online at tribelwars.net its a little flash game. I was trying to kill him and he begged for mercy and its been love since then How did you and your husband meet? When I was in Peru I only really saw Lima and I was there for two months! I really like how free people are there and I really want to see Machu Picchu and the jungle. What about you what areas did you see in Peru?	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-08-04 06:59:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	QUOTE (susita83 @ Aug 3 2008, 07:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Peter @ Aug 3 2008, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> susita, What part of New York are you from? I used to live in New York state but have since moved to North Carolina. I live on Long Island. How do you like NC? I heard it's pretty nice there. I was born in Riverhead and lived in East Moriches till I was 10. I love it there but its soo expensive to live!!! NC is great because its one of the fastest growing areas in the country so there is alot of opportunities for working and going to school. The weather is also very nice. NO SNOW	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-08-03 20:15:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	QUOTE (Vi Mazzella @ Aug 2 2008, 11:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Peter'n Jamie I think you are generalizing, not all teenagers and girls in the mid 20's are the same, there are cheap women everywhere, I can say the same thing about American women specially when I have to take the train to go to work (I live in NYC). Sorry it might sound that I'm taking it a little personal, maybe I am. I had similar experiences with my hubby, girls trying to hit on him when we go clubbing but I'll never hit them just give them a dirty look and say "LARGUENSE!" Vi, No offense was intentional, just wondering if anyone else had the same experience and how they dealt with it. And the comment about hitting them was a joke by my Peruvian family and I was never in any fights. susita, What part of New York are you from? I used to live in New York state but have since moved to North Carolina.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-08-03 18:19:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	QUOTE (Vi Mazzella @ Aug 1 2008, 10:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Girl If I'm you I won't mess with peruvian women, don't forget that not all peruvian women are the same, same thing with american women, I have alot of repect for them. I have to say that you are brave, you lived in San Juan de Lurigancho??? Mis respetos chica. Good night Vi My first or second day in Peru I saw a fight between two Peruvian women in a restaurant, so I know they are not afraid of fighting I only had problems with girls in the late teens and early 20's the rest of the Peruvian women where very nice and friendly even though I don't speak Spanish! But there was no chance to even confront these women because they would do it when I was not looking so I didn't even know anything happened until the woman was gone! But it happened so much!! I asked my Peruvian relatives if it happens to them and they said that they kick the girls and then their husbands!! Haha And as far as living in San Juan de Lurigancho it really wasn't that bad. There were a lot of piranas but we had no problems with them. The only problem I had in San Juan de Lurigancho was that it was sooo noisy!!! I had a hard time sleeping!! QUOTE maybe your husband was just extraordinarily hot Oh he is!!	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-08-02 19:02:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	susita83 Thanks for the great advice I will check out Vonage and Spirit. As far as Spanish goes, I don't speak any at all. So if anything was said about American women, I didn't hear it. I too have alot of respect for Peruvian women, just not the ones who are hitting on my husband	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-07-31 22:19:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	I lived for two months in San Juan de Lurigancho with my husband and spent alot of time in El Agustino and never had any problems with theft or being charged to much. I guess I was lucky or that no one wanted to mess with my husband No offense to anyone here, but I had a hard time with the Peruvian women. They were constantly starring, winking, and grabbing my husband. Even with me standing right there!! We had a couple situations a little worse. Just wondering did anyone else have these problems?	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-07-31 22:01:00
Mexico, Latin & South America	Hi, I'm from Peru	Wow, I have been wondering if there was a place for Peruvians and bam here it is!! Well I am the new kid on the block!! I just married a Peruvian in May in Lima and am starting the long long visa process!! Can anyone recommend a good airline to Peru or a good phone company for calling Peru? thanks!!	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2008-07-31 18:24:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC contact number	QUOTE (miss_jane @ Jan 11 2009, 11:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello VJ family??? does any one of you here know's about what number should i use so that i could easily contact NVC? I tried this number 16033340700 Only answering machine then it says that the system could not understand your input.Why is it like this?PLease give me another number so that i can easily contact NVC.. my papers is stil there huh! I need help guys... That is the only number I know. Try calling back tomorrow morning during business hours and you can get an actual person.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-12 01:07:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC Phone Number	QUOTE (katiushka @ Jan 14 2009, 07:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> to be honest.... when i was filling we called a couple of times.... apart of a long wait.... they didint answer ANY of our doubts..... they kept saying "if you have doubts call a lawyer"..... PLOP I am just calling to use the automated system to check on the status of my case no questions yet. Usually can get them answered by VJers.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-15 20:00:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC Phone Number	QUOTE (Moosker @ Jan 12 2009, 11:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No worries! I tried calling both numbers too incase I was calling it wrong....turns out they're just super busy! I've found noon 'til 6 is pretty busy. Keep on calling usually within a few minutes you can get through. It was overly busy when I called and I was never put through to an operator until about 9 pm. Calling later at night definitely helps! Good luck Thanks that was the case!	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-13 06:20:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC Phone Number	Has anyone else been having problems calling the NVC number today? I tried calling from two different phones and just keep getting a busy signal. I called 603-334-0700 and even tried 1-603-334-0700.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-12 20:59:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	AOS and ds-3032	QUOTE (misscharlotte @ Jan 21 2009, 06:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was just reading in another forum that once I get my NVC case number they will then generate these forms for the petitioner. Do I have to wait for them to get mailed to my husband or do we just download them and send them in. Also- how will we know that they have been generated? Do we just have to keep on calling up You don't have to wait for the DS-3032 to be mailed to your spouse. Once you have your NVC case number you can email it to the nvc. Check : http://www.visajourn...il_DS-3032_form That link will give you a template of what to write to the NVC and where to send it. Read the following links very carefully: http://www.visajourn...Jame's_Shortcut http://www.visajourn...he_NVC_ShortCut These shortcuts will tell you how to reduce waiting time at the NVC. It doesn't speed the process up but lets you decrease the time waiting for them to mail things. Unfortunately you have to call NVC everytime you want an update or need to get information. Hope that helps.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-21 06:46:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Issue with IV Bill	QUOTE (Shimool @ Jan 21 2009, 12:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On a different note, I was looking through what documents I need to send for DS230. I just paid IV bill and waiting on it to show PAID. I will then send DS230 right away (James's Shortcuts) as it will probably take a long time for their mail to come through the snail mail. I just wanted to confirm something: I need to send in DS230 I & II and all the documents listed on Instructions NVC site. However, I am afraid that when my wife sends the original documents from Bangladesh, it might get misplaced, and so is it ok for me to give them certified copies of everything (birth certificate, police certificate, marriage documents)? thanks We have the same problem with mail in Peru. You send something in the mail there and it never gets to its destination. Letters sent to Peru sometimes arrive. I sent all of my papers through American mail services such as UPS and DHL and had no problems.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-21 15:11:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Case REached NVC	QUOTE (L179 @ Jan 27 2009, 12:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello All!!! Finallllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! After a whole YEAR and FOUR months of waiting the case has finally reached NVC. Now just waiting for the NVC process to complete. Hopefully it will not be a years a witing like it was at USCIS. Can't wait for us to go back home soon. Congrats. Get all your documents ready and read all the shortcuts and you will fly through the NVC.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-27 00:45:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	DS-230	QUOTE (L179 @ Jan 31 2009, 02:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello, which original documents should be sent with the Ds-230?? the birth certificate original or copy of the divorce certificate for beneficiary? original marriage certificate?? and original police clearance? anything else? and which of these are copies or originals? Don't forget: Passport photos of beneficiary any police, prison, military, or court records. Check this link out to see what you need: http://travel.state....ocity_3644.html Coverletter explaing what is in your packet proof of payment we also sent a photo copy of the entire packet	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-31 16:42:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC forms	QUOTE (L179 @ Jan 31 2009, 03:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok another question, so how does it work?? If I use the shortcuts listed on the site, and print the I-1864 and DS-3032 what will i get when i pay the fee bill online and would my printouts from the site then be useless as i would have to use the forms sent by NVC or will i be able to use the forms printed from the net and just attach something from the NVC and submit the papers to save time?? When you pay the fee online you have to wait until the status changes to paid. Once it says paid you can print out the coversheet. On that coversheet is a bar code, your case number, and your spouses name. I used this to send in my packets.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-31 16:46:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	e-mailing choice of agent..	QUOTE Does the DS-3032 have to be accepted before they will generate the IV fee and we can mail in the DS-230? AOS is the first fee that becomes available to be paid online. Once the DS3032 is accepted, your IV fee bill (currently $400 USD) will be generated...	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-31 18:34:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	e-mailing choice of agent..	I sent my choice of agent via email on the day we got our case number. It took about 7 days for them to acknowledge it which worked out well. On the day they generated the form they acknowledged receiving my emailed choice of agent and sent the AOS fee bill.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-01-31 16:37:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Now What?	QUOTE (AinsleyandHanzel @ Jan 31 2009, 11:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just received the NOA2 approval notice! Now my case is being sent to the NVC. My case is going to be sent to the consulate in Costa Rica for the interview, but is there anything that I need to do while my case is in the NVC? Are there fees to be paid before my case goes on to Costa Rica? How long does a case that is supposed to be sent out of the country typically spend in the NVC? What happens now?! I am totally lost! Thanks for your help in advanced!! - Ainsley Yes, you have to pay an Affidavit of Support or (AOS) and Immigrant Visa (IV) bill. The AOS is $70 and the IV is $400. If you get all your documents from your foreign spouse and you are prepared you can fly through the NVC. Someone just made it through the NVC this month in 11 days. Look at these guides and read them very carefully: http://www.visajourn...Jame's_Shortcut http://www.visajourn...he_NVC_ShortCut Also make sure your spouse sends you orginals of the documents sent here: http://travel.state....ocity_3541.html Good luck Edited by Peter'n'Jaime, 01 February 2009 - 06:36 AM.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-02-01 06:34:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	copies along with originals to send with theAOS package???	QUOTE (YuAndDan @ Feb 2 2009, 12:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> AOS tends to mean Adjustment of Status. You are doing the I-864 Packet to NVC, Photo copies of financial evidence is fine. Moving this to NVC forum I sent a complete copy of the entire packet along with my AOS.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-02-02 14:46:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	worried (give me some suggestion pls.)	QUOTE (EnglishFamily @ Feb 14 2009, 07:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> our NOA2 approval Jan.20,and NVC received Jan.22 and was out Feb.6, but until now my Fiance haven't receive any letter yet from NVC.. you think guys it would be a problem?? by the way I called US Embassy to inquire,and they said our case is at their electronic file now,we had our NVC case number when my Fiance called NVC.. you think guys it would be a problem?any people here who haven't received any NVC letter and approved after? Thanks in advance, Ana If I understand correctly, you have a case complete at the NVC and are waiting for an interview at the embassy. Call the NVC monday-friday 8am-12am at 603-334-0700 with your NVC case number and ask if you got an interview. They just scheduled March interviews last week so you may have one.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-02-14 07:56:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	question about I-864	QUOTE (pedro @ Feb 12 2009, 09:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> CR1 AND OUR PAPER WORK AT NVC AND THE I864 IS THE SUPPORT PAPER AND I HAVN'T WORK THE LAST 6 MONTHS LAST YEAR CUZ I STAY WITH MY HUSBAND BUT I FILL FROM USA AND MY SISTER CO-SPONSOR , I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF I STILL NEED TO FILL OUT THE I864 EVEN IF IM NOT WORKING NOW? From my understanding you will still have to fill out an I864, but hopefully someone else will chime in.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-02-13 06:36:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	question about I-864	QUOTE (pedro @ Feb 12 2009, 08:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ok i've been with my husband since the end of june of 2008 i went home end of august see my family and mailed our paperwork to the uscis and come back to him been with him ever since. what i need to know do i need to fill out the I-864 even if i'm not working now my sister is our co-sponsor and she already filled it out and got everything she needs for it so if u could please let me know i would appreciate everyone help thank u. Please fill in your time line. I don't know what your applying for or what stage of the process you are in. A little more info would help.	Peter&Jaime	Male	Peru	2009-02-12 20:47:00