Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
US Citizenship General Discussion	need help	hi NickD so you mean i need to send now those missing document that I missed? or I have to wait for my RFE letter?	honey19_sweety28	Female	Philippines	2009-03-03 08:41:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	need help	i made a mistake i printed out the instruction in uscis website but it only asked for picture and and copy of permanent gc...thats all i submited...i got my noa1 yesterday and they didnt ask for anything do i need to worry? please help...any number that i can call or just sent other documents?	honey19_sweety28	Female	Philippines	2009-03-03 08:16:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Getting Ahead of Myself!	Guess I'll just have to stick with my TMobile bills, maybe a Western Union slip, and my boarding pass from my last trip before filing. They'll be treated the the "Best of Edgar and Melissa over the Years" album at the interview. If I were to mail him a letter or vice verse, with the mail system in Mexico, it's entirely possible that he's living and working in the States before it arrives in Mexico.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-01-28 15:10:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Getting Ahead of Myself!	Thanks, Detty. You're definitely right about the money issue. And hopefully my passport stamps are clear (haven't checked for fear that they aren't) but I''ve made three trips down in the past year. I'm definitely above the poverty guidelines, it's just that the nature of my job is such that I can't prove a steady, fulltime income 12 months of the year. At any rate, just to be on the safe side, I'd like to get my parents as cosponsors. Just don't know if that'll necessitate an affadavit of support or a letter.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-01-27 22:06:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Getting Ahead of Myself!	Yikes! I didn't realize that this would be an issue, especially after 6 years together! I'm looking at flights, and they look dismal, price wise. Guess I'll have to use my cell phone bill, and see if homeboy can't get an email account and hope for the best. I don't think I'll be able to afford to go down there.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-01-27 21:10:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Getting Ahead of Myself!	It looks like our case will be fairly straightforward (fingers crossed)! But I was reading about what to do in between receipt of the NOA2 and the interview and have a couple of questions: 1)I've got two jobs, one is as an Adult Ed teacher so I'm not salaried, rather I have no income during the summer from that job. But I've planned for this. My other job is grant-funded and contingent upon receiving continued federal funding. It's sort of up in the air right now, but I feel fairly confident that I'll continue working there. It's not that hard for me to find a job around here that pays enough to eat and pay rent, but there may be a point where I can't reasonably sign an affadavit of support. Would it be wise to get my parents involved in this whole support question? If so, would they have to fill out their own affadavit? I've read elsewhere about cosponsors, but can't find the details. 2) ongoing relationship after the receipt of NOA2: I wasn't planning on going down to visit until we could meet up in Juarez, unless it seems that there is a hold up in the paperwork and the process isn't going as smoothly. So if things go well, would my phone bills (showing a zillion text messages a month and a phone call or two a week) suffice as proof? We don't communicate via email because he's hopeless at it. Would it be the safest route (although not the cheapest) if I planned a quick trip down there to visit? Of course, it'd probably be wise to save the money for later, but if another visit would strengthen our case and avoid not being able to prove an ongoing relationship, well, I suppose that I could get down there to hang for a few days. Thanks!	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-01-27 19:06:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Support Documents at Interview	That's what I'm worried about, autumnchik...I think I'm already addicted. Good idea about the Mexico forum...I always seem to manage to post in the wrong place!	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-02-10 23:25:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Support Documents at Interview	Thanks for the answer, but I do know that this won't be needed until the interview! As you can see, I'm already getting worked up about something months down the line! The letter from my employer, recent pay stubs, bank statements and two years of tax forms won't be a problem, but I read elsewhere that they also require you to go back three years, which will be the problem.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-02-10 23:06:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Support Documents at Interview	I promised myself I;d stop reading this forum while waiting for my NOA1, but I can't help myself. I keep reading and finding requirememts that may prove problematic down the road. Now I've read that for the affadavit of support, he must provide three years of my tax returns and W2s...but I've only been in the States for a year and a half and didn't file returns for the previous years ecause what I earned in Mexico was not enough to file. Will they automatically deny his visa because he won't have all the asked for documents? My income is high enough, but I won't have some of what they ask for...at least not as far back as they want it. I'm going to stop reading these posts so I don't give myself an ulcer....just, you know, after I read the responses to this one.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-02-10 20:31:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	meeting from fiance's family member	I say don't lie! no matter what conclusions they may jump to. If you start inventing stuff, it'll start to look even sketchier and then more eyebrows were raised.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-02-17 13:51:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Packet being sent to Barbados!	Mine was sent today too! I don't know if this was BS, but I told the woman I talked to at NVC that I had just received my NOA2 notice on Friday, and she said, "Wow, that does sound fast." I think she thought I was a little off. I've been coming across as crazy these days.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-13 20:00:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Affadavit of Support	But they both earn verifiable income! And it's all shared except for their pensions, which probably aren't too impressive.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-13 19:57:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Affadavit of Support	Oh, man...Rob, I haven't gotten that far in researching it! I do know that they're different, but don't know why. Once I figure that out, I'll come back!!	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-12 19:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Affadavit of Support	My mother said that she and my stepfather would be pleased with filling out the affadavit of support for me...but from what I understand, they wouldn't fill it out as a couple. They're both retired, but while working, my stepfather had the larger income. They share all assets and investments and everything they have is in both of their names. Does it matter which of them puts their name on the form?	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-11 13:22:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Husband going to CR1 interview alone?	I understand ow freaked you are, and I'm glad that it's not necessary for the SO to be there. But if it'll make you feel better, why don't you write a letter explaining why you can't be there just in case the question comes up?	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-24 12:59:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Fiancé's Interview in 10 days	Because I can't attend the interview with him!	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-24 22:53:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Fiancé's Interview in 10 days	I'm just hoping there's a bar across the street from the consulate! And that a couple of my fellow VJers will be there with me to share a bottle of wine while we wait!	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-24 22:37:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	how many coloured CO in London ?	I think I'm going to try to stop posting sarcastically...it doesn't seem to work in posts. oops! Not til we know each other better, I guess. Looked like you were working up a rightious indignation there for a minute. Sorry, was just feeling a bit cheeky for a while! Now just sleepy. But aside from my smart a$$ response, I do think the original question was interesting.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-28 21:06:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	how many coloured CO in London ?	I think I'm going to try to stop posting sarcastically...it doesn't seem to work in posts.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-28 20:47:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	how many coloured CO in London ?	huh? no words either. i'm colored. usually pinkish, but then in the sun i'm colored in a different way. it's more like a fire coral. and my fiance is colored as well. but he's more like brownish colored. then in the sun, i'd say he becomes burnt-umber colored. is that what the op is refering to?	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-28 19:56:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	hemorrhoid	It is pretty gross, but even after only seven years, I love my fiance enough to do that for him. Or something equally icky. Imagine what we will do for them after being together for 60 years! Perhaps I'll write a verse about it. A haiku?	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-28 20:12:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	hemorrhoid	i bet if you told the officer at the interview that your spouse applied the creme for you, you'd really impress them with the strength of your relationship. i bring this up only because i remember a friend telling me that her mother's husband did this for her. very touching in a "i wanna puke" kind of way.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-28 19:59:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Affidavit of Support	Check out the filing directions for the I864...it's got a section that talks about what to do if the beneficiary has assets which could be used in determining this.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-04-01 19:56:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Packet 4 from CDJ not received	I found the applications and forms elsewhere online, but MUST it be filled out online and then printed or can I hand write it?	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-04-10 14:16:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	I-864	I remember that this question was covered, but I can't find the post. I see that the I864 has a box to check saying, "I filed taxes for the last three years, but am only including my tax return from the most current year." I only filed this year and last because the year before that I was living in Mexico and my income didn't require me to file. I don't have any record of this though. Do I leave that box unchecked? My mother will be the co-sponsor. It would be much easier if she were to just submit a copy of her return rather than getting it from the IRS. They ask for the W2s and 1099s if this is submitted, but she's retired.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-03-31 17:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Co-Sponsorship for K1 in Juarez	I'm looking over the I-134 to give to my mother since she'll be providing documentation as a co-sponsor. I know that Juarez doesn't require this form but just the documentation and that people use this form just to stay orgranized. But the language in the form is specific to someone petitioning for another, which she isn't doing. Is that okay to still use? And it also asks about specific contributions to the beneficiary. Could she write something along the lines of: in the event that my daughter is unable to provide for the beneficiary, I will make contributions toward the extra cost incurred by his presence in the US? is that too vague? And what is her relationship to him: future MIL pending visa approval? mother of petitioner for the K1? the poor sap who was cajoled into being co-sponsor?	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-05-06 11:24:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Support forms	From what I read, there's no guarantee that she will be given the EAD stamp at JFK.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-05-12 16:40:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Retired co-sponsor	Yodrak...I'm a bit confused. When you say past income, you mean for the prior year, yes? So if I made enough $ to be a sponsor for the past three years and this appears on my tax returns, that's not sufficient? Oh...wait...do you mean because the tax returns should be accompanied by a current letter from the emplyer, thus documenting that the past income has been sufficient and that the present income will also be (as evidenced in the letter from the employer). So in her case, the quarterly statements on their holding accounts in conjunction with a letter from the VP of USB...or UBS...or whatever, could take the place of a letter from an employer, which obviously she no longer has?	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-05-31 18:55:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Retired co-sponsor	There definitely would be, but in the interest of not having to provide stuff from all their accounts, just using the quarterly reports. This is just extra stuff anyway, as she fulfills the 125% of poverty guideline with just her income tax forms. 1099s are used for pensions as well as contractors/freelancers?	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-05-31 15:34:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Retired co-sponsor	My mother is also a retired teacher, and I am going to use her tax returns which show income from her pension. She also gets something similar to a W2, which I will include. Her investement broker provided a letter with the requested accounts information and she included the last few statements from their accounts.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-05-31 15:10:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Interview finished, embassy requested CV	Head over to the Latin American forum...there are several people there with Cuban fiances. Maybe they can give you more insight.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-06-08 20:17:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Landlord trying to EXTORT money from fiance	Sorry, Epiphany...I looked at your profile and it's clear that your fiancee is in the Philipines.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-07-06 11:41:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Landlord trying to EXTORT money from fiance	I'm guessing she's in Mexico. If so, she doesn't even need the fiance invitation letter as you will receive one yourself in the States. That's the only thing they'd send to her in Mexico. Most people don't receive it any way. If she has a contract, tell her to report the landlord to PROFECO. That should clear things up ASAP.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-07-06 10:58:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Travel Packages	Only the vaguest rumor, but yes, I did hear about that. A man I was talking to outside the consulate told me about it sometime during our 3 hour chat.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-07-16 10:55:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Travel Packages	There's a great taxi driver that advertises on a few boards and who I used when in Juarez. He would be a great addition to your plan! I do think that many prefer to stay near the consulate, if not because of safety, but because of access. I know that personally, no matter how nice and economical a hotel is, and no matter that I had transportation from the hotel to the clinic and consulate, nothing beats being two blocks away and being able to jump back and forth easily. I think it would definitely be an interesting package for people wanting to discover Juarez for Juarez's sake, but most people dealing with the consulate both a)want to get in and get out of there ASAP b)don't have the money to take advantage of Juarez's charms. Just my two cents.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-07-11 12:43:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Marijuana...why did you say that?!?!?!?!?	Well, I almost always agree with telling the truth to immigration, is it a good idea to do so if it'll surely result in a visa denial? Do you drink alcohol? and Do you or have you used drugs? are typical medical exam questions (at least in Mexico), and an affirmative answer to the latter will result in a denial, based on the conditions I mentioned above. And they DO profile, at least in Mexico. Men with tattoos and piercings are sometimes much more closely scrutinized and drilled with these questions.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-07-27 14:22:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Marijuana...why did you say that?!?!?!?!?	Unfortunately, I know several people who have been denied a family-based visa for admitting to having smoked pot. If they have admitted to smoking WITHIN the last three years, they will be denied and banned for three years from applying for a visa. If the person says that they smoked a couple of times, even years ago, they are considered a "drug addict." Three year ban. There is a clause for ONE TIME experimentation that will supposedly not result in a denial. One friend's husband was denied because he admitted to smoking over ten years ago, and then their explanation when she spoke with an IO was the his bloodwork showed up positive for use of marijuana in the past three years. despite this being a medical impossibility his visa was denied. One would think that what Kez said would hold true, but unfortunately not when it comes to medicals for visas to the US. I hate to say this, but yes, you should be worried. I truly hope that everything works out.	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-07-27 11:02:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	If someone's K-1 visa gets denied	You can still file a waiver even as a fiance. But you must prove that, for you, moving to Panama would be an unendurable hardship for you. Stasshi: I LOVED your story! What style and guts!	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2008-04-27 10:58:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	If someone's K-1 visa gets denied	Think positive, mami! If your fiance has everything in order, there should be no reason for a denial!	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2008-04-20 10:38:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Juarez Consulate	Great news, guevon!!! Heina: Best of luck to you. I've seen your name around here on VJ often and know that you've had a rough time. Hope everything works out for you!	GabachaYucateca	Female	Mexico	2007-09-05 13:32:00