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Can anyone post a sample of DS 230 that is filed by spouse

If I had my husband sign the DS 230 form today and mail it to me it would arrive here in about 30 days. So let's say that my I-130 is approved around the end of December and his mailed form arrives here at the same time. Would it look weird if the date he signed it was Nov 22, 2010, but the form is submitted to NVC in January 2011?

Rather, what is latest date that the form can be signed and still be valid?

Thanks

Nevermind!! I was way off with the shipping time estimate!
Lol

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2010-11-22 17:23:00

Can anyone post a sample of DS 230 that is filed by spouse

If I had my husband sign the DS 230 form today and mail it to me it would arrive here in about 30 days. So let's say that my I-130 is approved around the end of December and his mailed form arrives here at the same time. Would it look weird if the date he signed it was Nov 22, 2010, but the form is submitted to NVC in January 2011?

Rather, what is latest date that the form can be signed and still be valid?

Thanks

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2010-11-22 16:50:00

GOT OUR NOA2!!!!!!!!

Congrats!!!
This gives me hope!!

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2010-11-22 16:51:00

I-864 Question

Question: If I submit tax transcripts for the previous 3 tax years, do I have to include W-2s for any of those years?

thanx

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2010-11-23 16:11:00

Evidence of Bono Marriage

I ended up sending 4 photos (wedding, birth of our baby, thanksgiving and one from 2009).
I included some of the many receipts for my ferry rides over to him. I didn't want to send ALL of them but we indicated on the cover letter that we have ALL of them if they require them.

I have every email he's ever sent and a chat history of Skype too. I hope it doesn't come to that though. I would feel a little violated.

We do have a joint bank account that we created after we got married.

We don't "share" anything else though since we (of course) do not live together. It would seem silly for him to add me to his Comcast bill or At&t in my opinion. He is however, working on adding me to his health insurance.

Thanks for all the replies to this matter

I sent in only a few things- photos of the ceremony, the marriage certificate and the form that the witnesses signed. I guess that's the bare minimum needed.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-19 22:05:00

Nervous?!?!

All I sent in were a few photos from my marriage ceremony and a copy of the marriage certificate and the form that the witnesses signed. For the interview you should gather any other evidence you think will help.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-19 22:02:00

I got a NOA 1 although I only sent copy of marriage certificate.

Ok so originals for the NVC. Man, you guys know so much more than me...

You should take the time to gather your other originals, though- marriage certificate, police certificate, birth certificate- NVC wants originals of all of those documents (you get them back after the interview).

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-20 14:46:00

how NVC will annouce us they received our DS-3032?

Would the safest thing be to both email and send by mail the Choice of Agent form? I am about to begin the NVC journey (hopefully) and if the best bet is to mail it in then I have to have my husband go ahead and fill it out and sign it since I am going to visit him in a few weeks (it would save a few $ on postage!).

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-23 09:33:00

1-130 please help

It's taking about 142 days to get the approval for I130. Then you have the NVC stage which takes couple of months. Since you don't have timeline filled in, I'm going to pretend your NOA1 came on August 1st. You should have had your approval already. What you need to do is contact your senator and ask them to call USCIS and push for the case to be complete quickly.

I think your from GA. You can go here http://www.chambliss...FederalAgencies and contact you senator to help you with this matter. If you fill this out today, I'm sure you'll get your approval by this Friday. For futher help, post back. Thanks. Good luck.

The NVC process doesn't have to take a couple months if you get your documents ready now. Search on this forum for NVC shortcuts and you could get out in 4 to 6 weeks (I think the record is 11 days or so).

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-24 17:57:00

What to write when contacting congressmen

I am about to write my 2 state senators and 19 representatives. Anyone have any advice on what kind of things to say or what information to give apart from the obvious? Case number, dates, 5+ months, etc.?

Any help is greatly appreciated, good luck to all.

Search for the consent form that your representative uses first because usually they need that from you before they can look into your case. It's probably on their website.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-22 09:37:00

Jenny, what I thought and read somewhere on the VJ forum as well is that USCIS can consider tax return filed as Single against bonafied marriage..... not sure about it but simply I do not want to take any risk and also who does not want bigger refund ?

I hardly believe that the USCIS would deny someone a visa because of that. If the consular officer asks my husband why I didn't file as married he will tell him/her it was because he doesn't have a SSN (and he will have in his hands other evidence of a bona fide marriage, such as photos, money order receipts, marriage certificate, affidavits, etc. etc.).
Bam. Problem solved.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-30 09:22:00

I agree. I think it is important to file married as proof of bonifide marriage.

How is that proof? Does not make ANY sense. There are married couples that file as single all the time- you file as what you think suits you the best.

This forum is getting dumber and dumber.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-30 09:14:00

I'm trying to think how filing single would look bad to USCIS- I mean, the only reason for filing Married is to get a bigger return! "I didn't file Married so I wouldn't get more of my own money back from the government- sorry!"

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-29 15:43:00

I did my taxes yesterday and I filed as single. There *are* married couples (with both people living in the U.S.) that file single for their own reasons.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-29 14:57:00

Oh, ok. I have that letter also, but mines says "Allow 90 days for NVC to get the case". Thanks!

I never got another letter after the one that says "The above petition has been approved. We have sent the original visa petition to the dept of state nvc..." Ohhh great. More waiting for letters.

Edited by J e n n y, 01 February 2011 - 11:33 AM.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-02-01 11:33:00

Sarah, you two make a super cute couple!!!

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 20:39:00

I'll be up. Got my bowling league tonight and get home around 10 PM PST.

I highest I've ever bowled was about 90. I have yet to break 100 lol- now I feel like going bowling..

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 15:44:00

Ours came at 11.59pm EST, and I think Skynaut got their's at around 12.30am EST. Jenny will correct me if I am wrong, but I think theirs was around 6.30 EST. So it's quite a wide spread of time. I think the bulk have been later rather than earlier....

Yes, I got mine a little after 7 pm (but then again, they decided to wait a whole week to update the site and let me know!). I go to bed super early but I will be on the thread in the early morning to congratulate people!

Edited by J e n n y, 28 January 2011 - 03:20 PM.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 15:20:00

so did i, they were just mean and un called for

It was a collective effort! Hope to see an approval for you today!

I want to see a mass approval!

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 14:57:00

I think we'll email them as soon as we get the number (we still did not get NOA2 though). If it does not work, then we'll mail them a hard copy (their form will come at least in a week after we get the number, so we will not waste the time anyway).

That's a fine idea- I think I will do the same thing!

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 14:56:00

what happened to Ron? banned? LOL

I reported two of his posts

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 14:54:00

Are you planning to mail a hard copy of Choice of Address and Agent form (DS-3032) or shoot NVC an email containing the same info like some people suggest (and it actually worked for them)?

I'm still figuring out what I want to do about the Choice of Agent form, but I'm going to have my husband sign a couple just in case. I guess the most RELIABLE way would be to mail it express. I'm afraid that it would get spammed if I email it! What about you? Are you going to go the email route?...

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 14:40:00

You can get a titre test yes (some say the antibodies will have gone by now anyhow LOL), but I can only get that if I pay big bucks in the UK. I can get my shots for free, I only need MMR, flu and Tdpa.

Ohhh, I see! Hopefully that test is cheaper in Paraguay! I'm going to have to do some research into that when I go!

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 14:37:00

I hear ya - my vaccination records appear to have been destroyed by the UK NHS. Gotta have my shots again...ughh...

Do you really have to get them all over again? I thought you could do a titre test to see which ones you will need to have done again...my husband is in for some sore arms if that's not the case lol

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 14:20:00

Sooo (steering to another topic) has everyone gathered their necessary documents for NVC? I'm going to see my husband for a few days week after next and I have to get his military record. Plus he has to search for his vaccination record- to scare him I told him that if he doesn't find it he's going to have to get ALL the shots ALL over again hehehe...

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-28 14:15:00

Are approvals only coming after midnight Eastern Time? Or do they come at different times of the day also?

It varies- some have gotten them in late afternoon and early evening.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-27 10:11:00

Finally approved!!!!!!!!!

It came after midnight, 12.17am

Priority date : July 08th, 2010
transfer to texas: Nov. 2nd, 2010
Approved Jan. 26th, 2011

6 months and 18 days

Early July approval!!! Good to see this!!

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-27 09:09:00

You can email TSC.Ncscfollowup@dhs.gov

Please scroll through this thread for tips on what to write. You'll find the email address I provided elsewhere on this thread as well. Best wishes!

celldoc, I'd love to see you get approved this week!! BTW, your photo there is really making me angry at the cold front that came in last night!!! :no:

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-27 07:47:00

Thanks again ezzie! I couldn't believe it when I saw the text this afternoon, I was shaking all over. Can't wait to add more people tonight to the spreadsheet!

Congrats, Saylin!!!!!!!!!!!

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-26 19:30:00

has everyone here got the same response ? Is there any differentiation?

" Good Afternoon

Thank you for your inquiry. This file will be requested from records for review.

Thank You

Officer Garza"

That's the exact same response I got.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-26 15:26:00

listen, the only person who is borderline attacking is YOU so please stop
you have ordered Jenny to apologize in a situation she did not error
now you are subtlely insinuating we're attacking each other

please stop
you are not our father
miind your own business
now THAT was an attack see the difference?

people are attempting to help each other and sometimes the written word comes across wrong but that doesnt mean "attacks" are happening... this thread is NOT the "normal" online forum

Did someone actually ask me to apologize for voicing my opinion? I haven't gone through the previous posts so I don't know. Yes, let's all take a breath and get back to topic. But thanks for having my back, nab.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-26 15:18:00

I wouldn't go that far. I think we all have more than enough reason to ######. By now I'm just disgusted with the whole thing. I would like to wash my hands and just move to Germany, although I don't know a word of German.

I meant that we should all just look at the big picture sometimes.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-26 09:18:00

11/26/2006 married in Philippines
11/02/2007 Daughter born in Philippines
02/09/2009 2nd daughter born in Philippines
04/29/2009 Daughter 1 yr. old came to United States with me
08/03/2010 I-130 sent
08/11/2010 USPS Confirmation Application received Chicago Lockbox
08/19/2010 USCIS Text Message & Email Confirmation received, case routed to California Service Center CSC
08/19/2010 Sent I 129F petition
08/24/2010 I 129F petition received CSC
11/04/2010 I 130 transferred to TSC
11/04/2010 I 129F transferred to TSC
11/10/2010 Updated I 130 & I 129F
11/18/2010 Updated I 130 & I 129F
11/19/2010 Updated I 130 & I 129F
11/22/2010 Updated I 130 only
11/24/2010 Update I 130
11/24/2010 update I 129F
11/26/2010 update I 130
11/30/2010 Received hard copy of NOA2 We were approved 11/23/2010
Wow what a great idea we have now been waiting 63 days since our approval and still no NVC case number. Its so painful to finally get approval and still be in limbo as to when we will receive a case number Dantes and I were approved the same day and have both called TSC and NVC many times and as with the I 130 get many different answers. I check this thread several times a day just to see if anyone has received their number yet. I have noticed that other service centers usually send their cases to NVC within a week or two, I just can't undferstand why it is taking the TSC so so long. Does anyone have any Ide as to why TSC hasn't forwarded our cases to NVC?

And also, you got your approval in less than 100 days while others have been waiting twice that long, so you really shouldn't be bitching about it. Just my two cents.

Edited by J e n n y, 26 January 2011 - 09:03 AM.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-26 09:03:00

11/26/2006 married in Philippines
11/02/2007 Daughter born in Philippines
02/09/2009 2nd daughter born in Philippines
04/29/2009 Daughter 1 yr. old came to United States with me
08/03/2010 I-130 sent
08/11/2010 USPS Confirmation Application received Chicago Lockbox
08/19/2010 USCIS Text Message & Email Confirmation received, case routed to California Service Center CSC
08/19/2010 Sent I 129F petition
08/24/2010 I 129F petition received CSC
11/04/2010 I 130 transferred to TSC
11/04/2010 I 129F transferred to TSC
11/10/2010 Updated I 130 & I 129F
11/18/2010 Updated I 130 & I 129F
11/19/2010 Updated I 130 & I 129F
11/22/2010 Updated I 130 only
11/24/2010 Update I 130
11/24/2010 update I 129F
11/26/2010 update I 130
11/30/2010 Received hard copy of NOA2 We were approved 11/23/2010
Wow what a great idea we have now been waiting 63 days since our approval and still no NVC case number. Its so painful to finally get approval and still be in limbo as to when we will receive a case number Dantes and I were approved the same day and have both called TSC and NVC many times and as with the I 130 get many different answers. I check this thread several times a day just to see if anyone has received their number yet. I have noticed that other service centers usually send their cases to NVC within a week or two, I just can't undferstand why it is taking the TSC so so long. Does anyone have any Ide as to why TSC hasn't forwarded our cases to NVC?

I called NVC yesterday and spoke to an operator. She told me to wait 15 business days for a case # but something in my gut tells me it's not gonna happen that way. Tom, you should definitely try emailing Barbara.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-26 08:56:00

Congrats to those who were approved!! When we all get to NVC we should start a new thread --> CSC to TSC to NVC: The Saga Continues.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-26 08:27:00

FOR REAL!!

Yes approved,

And it's all down to Ron & Wade.

WADE - I REALLY hope your approval comes today...I REALLY do...

Yaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!!!! :-)

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-25 12:36:00

how long did it take after that? did they say they were 'pulling the petition' to send it there or that it was already there? i recall at least a couple being told (in addition to me) that ours were being pulled and would be 30-45 days...
as for our congressman , i was truly disappointed because the gal dealing with this truly doesnt know the process or the centers, and obviously didnt even read the underlined portions of my letter (i didnt expect anyone to read the whole thing - 2pg - so underlined the main points which was approx 6 lines per page. THAT was truly upsetting because our congressman has a reputation for helping people and i tried to make it as easy as possible)

I got that last letter from my congressman on 1/7, I believe. I don't have the letter with me but I think it said something like it was going to be sent to that exams unit for review. I didn't make contact with his office or with USCIS after that.
Oh, and my husband and I are both 25, married for a little over 7 months, no children.

Edited by J e n n y, 24 January 2011 - 01:32 PM.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-24 13:30:00

posted this on wrong thread

rather than try to find a link on why we were sent to TSC, let's find a link between the approvals...

not all got an email from that same officer garza and not all who rec'd an email from her/him got an aproval

is there any other pattern??

are all i-130s or were there i-129Fs as well? are all beneficiarys/petitioners young/old, been married long/short time, have/dont have children, got senator/congressman involved.

the latter one sticks out at me more than anything, because of what they say when you follow up with their office: "they said they will pull the petition and give a decsion in 30-45 days"... how many people have been told that? were the ones who were approved told that as well? is TSC not even working on them till they are prodded like this?

The only pattern I saw (if you can call it a pattern) is that both Rickey and I got the same response from our congressman that our petitions were sent to the exams unit of TSC for processing and to wait 45 - 90 days for notice of action.

J e n n y

Female

Paraguay

2011-01-24 10:58:00