ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
US Citizenship General DiscussionOld citizenship??
Wow. I would have thought that being stripped of one's citizenship would be accompanied by a lot more due process, especially in Western Europe. I stand corrected.

I'm glad I'm Canadian.

Edited by HeatDeath, 07 November 2010 - 06:51 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-11-07 18:50:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionOld citizenship??
When you take your US citizenship oath, you orally renounce your allegiance to any other country. Whether you retain your old citizenship (once the old country becomes aware of your US citizenship) depends on the country.

China and India, among others [possibly Ukraine and/or Russia] , do not allow their citizens to hold any other citizenship. They will revoke your old citizenship when/if they become aware of the new once.

Germany will revoke your German citizenship unless you went through a paperwork process beforehand to get permision from the German government to get another citizenship.

Canada ignores the oral renunciation you made in your US citizenship oath. They will still consider you a Canadian citizen until and unless you fill out special paperwork at a Canadian embassy, formally renouncing your Canadian citizenship. I believe, but am not absolutely certain, that a good sized chunk of western Europe (but not Germany, see above) have the same position.

As you can see, this varies radically from country to country. You'll have to check with the consulates of the specific countries, unless someone in the region-specific forums here knows.

(I should point out that you cannot automatically lose your old citizenship. Even in cases where they summarily [and retroactively to the date of your US naturalization] revoke it upon learning of your US citizenship, you will be formally notified, and if you have not been notified, you are almost certainly still a citizen of that country.)

Edited by HeatDeath, 07 November 2010 - 01:54 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-11-07 13:52:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionSame Sex Marriage and N-400
If it was me, and I really wasn't sure, I'd write "See attachment" and include a short note explaining that I was part of a California SSMC, but I file federal taxes singly, per IRS guidelines, and let the adjudicator worry about it.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-12-02 11:23:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionInterview Experience Los Angeles
Congratulations!
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-12-08 15:26:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionBecoming a USC
One issue might be whether or not she has been totally honest about it so far. If she has mentioned before everywhere it was asked for, then mentioning it during the citizenship will be no problem. If she has hid it or not mentioned it before, and it comes out now, it could be construed as prior misrepresentation. That would be bad.

Edited by HeatDeath, 15 December 2010 - 11:35 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-12-15 11:35:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionNaturalization coming..
Assuming you meet the other requirements, you can apply for naturalization on the later of:

90 days prior to the 3rd anniversary of the "Resident Since" date on your GC;

or

Your 3rd wedding anniversary.

Historically, this has not been a meaningful distinction for K-1 entrants, as since the GC virtually always took longer than 90 days after the marriage to arrive, the two conditions would be satisfied simultaneously. But for those of us who got our GCs within 90 days of marriage (and there are more and more of us all the time), we will have to wait until after our third wedding anniversaries to apply.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-12-31 11:35:00
US Citizenship General Discussion2 yrs 9 months or 3 years
You can file 90 days before you meet the length-of-permanent-residency requirements (3 years for the spouse of a USC), BUT, and this is a separate requirement, you need to have been married for 3 full years at the time of filing.

For a lot of K-1ers, this distinction is irrelevant. If you got your GC more than 90 days after you got married, then you will have been married for 3 full years at the 90-days-prior-to-3-years-of-permanent-residency mark.

But if you got your GC within 90s of your wedding, as I [and an increasing number of people] did, then you can't file until you've been married 3 full years.

It's a little tricky.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-01-11 11:56:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionChanges after becoming a citizen
Update Social Security.
Notify the DMV.
Register to vote.
Update your I-9 at work, if necessary.
And lastly, renew your passport.
Do this last because it requires sending in your original certificate of naturalization. they send it back with your passport.

Save all of your immigration paperwork for at least 2-5 years, just in case [No matter how much you want to have a big USCIS bonfire! :)]

Aannnd that's it. Once you get your passport and certificate of naturalization back, you're done! :).
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-02-25 21:41:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionArrest record to explain: can i attach a sorry letter?
I certainly don't think it will hurt to include the letters in the initial filing, since you'll have to report the arrest on the form anyways.

In the worst case scenario, the adjudicator completely ignores the letters, and they get handed, with the rest of the file, to the interviewer, who would have received them when you brought them in anyways. The letters certainly won't prejudice the adjudicator against you, or any some such, any more than the declaration of the arrest and charges on the form already did.

Bring copies of the letters to the interview regardless, in case they get lost between the filing and the interview, but I can't see how including them would hurt you, so unless you hear otherwise from people here or your lawyer, go right ahead.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-03-17 12:38:00
US Citizenship General Discussionhi alllllllllll
You can file 90 days (3 months) before you meet the "I have been a permanent resident for X years" requirement, as long as all of the other requirements are met.

USCIS provide a worksheet in this document: http://www.uscis.gov...attachments.pdf
that you can work through to determine if you meet all of the other requirements as well.

You will notice the * on the page of the worksheet that discusses how long you need to have been a permanent resident.

Whether of not your are eligible to apply for naturalization depends on a lot more factors than any other USCIS process - hence the requirements worksheet. We don't have enough information about you to easily answer your question, but you should be able to figure it out fairly easily with this.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-07-17 22:16:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionUncertain about US Citizenship Application
Don't just take my word for it, or the word of anyone on here - get a consultation with a good immigration attorney - it'll be a couple of hundred bucks very well spent! - but I think it should be ok for her to apply for citizenship.

The reason being that USCIS already know all this stuff. It will be right there in her file, which the interviewer will have read before the interview. She will likely get asked about it - the interviewer will give her every opportunity to lie about it and hang herself, but if she tells the truth all the way through, that part should't be a problem.

The immigration attorney will also be able to say whether her history could disqualify her based on the "good moral character" requirement - that's the only possible serious obstacle I can see.

The case is complex enough that you guys should not be making any irrevocable actions or choices based on free advice from an internet forum. Check with an immigration attorney, but I personally think there shouldn't be any serious problems.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-08-31 23:36:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionNaturalization Oath Ceremony-What to bring?
You have to report to the Passport office in person to do that. In the LA basin that's easy. Ours is 9 hours away, in Denver.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-27 23:34:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionNaturalization Oath Ceremony-What to bring?
US citizens need a passport, passport card, enhanced drivers license, Nexus card, or similar document to reenter the US. Showing up with a Canadian passport and a verbal claim to US citizenship would probably get you precisely nowhere.

I suppose if you showed up with a Canadian passport and a full US Certificate of Naturalization they would be legally bound to let you in eventually [being a US citizen and all], but I would expect literally hours and hours of hassle in that situation.

Edited by HeatDeath, 27 November 2011 - 08:35 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-27 20:35:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionWhat if we leave to work abroad for a year?
Permanent Residents can be out of the US for up to a year with no problems as long as they maintain a US residence, and can prove it to the CBP officer upon re-entry to the US.

But in your situation, because you probably won't want or be able to maintain a US residence for the duration of your trip, you would want to apply for and receive reentry permits before you leave.

A reentry permit allows you to return to the US after an absence of up to (but NOT over) two years, and preserves your US permanent resident status even if (I believe, double check this!) you do not maintain a US residence during your absence.

You apply for a reentry permit using an I-131 form, and they are valid for 2 years. Your reentry permit MUST be approved before you leave, and you MUST return to the US before the reentry permit expires, or you will lose your permanent residence status and have to start all over with a spousal visa.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-01 02:04:00
US Citizenship General Discussionapplying for a job with U.S Citizens only...
Unfortunately, certain government jobs, especially those pertaining to security or basic infrastructure, can and do reserve the right to make US citizenship a condition of employment, notwithstanding your right to work. You could be the Messiah Himself, and turn water into grape juice at your interview, but they would still be forced to not hire you if you can't produce a US passport, birth certificate, or certificate of naturalization.

Just one of the several reasons why a very significant majority of Canadian immigrants to the US get US citizenship at the first legal opportunity.

EDIT: +1 to v333k's comment. Do NOT, under ANY circumstances, claim to be a US citizen at any point in this process! It's illegal, and you will permanently hose yourself out of ever getting US citizenship, and may even get yourself deported. I'm sure you already know this, but the warning is worth repeating. Also, I agree: it can't hurt to ask, and you should, but because it's a security position, you will probably find the US citizenship requirement non-negotiable.

Edited by HeatDeath, 01 December 2011 - 10:30 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-01 10:27:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionTraveling after they take your GC
Be aware, the airline may not let her board the outbound leg of a round trip flight unless they see the documentation that will allow her to return. [e.g. they may not let her board the flight to Brazil without seeing the US passport or valid GC that would allow her to reenter the US.]

This can be circumvented, if necessary, by changing her outbound flight to Brazil to a one-way flight, and her return trip to the US to a one-way flight. Note that this may leave her trapped in Brazil for some time if unforeseen circumstances occur involving her US passport. Also, splitting the flights into two separate tickets will significantly raise the total airfare.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-06-15 11:36:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionTraveling after they take your GC
Her green card will be valid until her oath ceremony, and is only taken from her at her oath ceremony. Not that she'd be able to use her GC after the oath ceremony anyways - it becomes void when she becomes a US citizen, rather than an LPR.

So the worst case scenario is that her oath ceremony ends up being really close to her travel date. at that point she is in the same boat as any other US citizen who doesn't have a US passport: no passport, no international travel.

At that point USCIS won't be able to do anything for her, though it may be possible to get her passport application expedited. If you hunt around in this website [ http://travel.state....1/ds11_842.html ] you should be able to find out what the options are for getting a first-time passport application processed in a hurry. There do seem to be some, involving visiting a passport center personally. There may be others.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-06-15 11:19:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionDo you still lose your birth countries citizenship?
The Arnold-Austria thing is interesting; Even in cases where dual citizenship is legally possible, and even recognized by at least one of the countries involved, things can get very grey and very dicey if you run for and win a "policy-level" office. Canada has issues with it's citizens being awarded titles of nobility or "policy-level" positions in other countries as well.

Canada, among many other countries, recognizes dual nationality, but ignores the renunciation clause of the US citizenship oath - you're a Canadian citizen for life unless you do some very specific paperwork at a Canadian consulate. Being a fellow Commonwealth country, NZ may be the same.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-07-26 16:48:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionBiometrics and Interview Office
It might be the same building, or it might be different buildings.

USCIS has two kinds of facilities that are relevant to us: Field Offices, and Application Support Centers. By way of example, until last year, in Salt Lake City, the FO and the ASC were in separate buildings, clear across town from each other. Apparently the ASCs were actually run by a private corporation under contract. Last year though, USCIS moved the office into a newly renovated building and moved the ASC into the same building. Now you do interviews in a slightly different area on the same floor in the same building.

I don't know what the situation in Chicago is, though you way be able to find out by checking the USCIS website to find their addresses in Chicago. the keywords "Field Office" amd "Application Support Center" will help you there.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-07-27 17:43:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionHow does a Canadian Get Dual Citizenship
A TN visa does not provide a path to US citizenship. The TN status is a temporary nonimmigrant status. You TN status lasts at most 3 years before it must be renewed, which renewal will certainly eventually be denied - they don't want you living in the US forever on TN visa renewals.

Most people on this board who are applying for US naturalization are eligible because they have been US Permanent Residents for 5 years (or 3 if they obtained their permanent residency through marriage to a US citizen and are still married to that US citizen). The only obvious ways a TN status holder can get US permanent residence and thereby begin to work towards eligibility for naturalization is to talk their employer into getting them an immigrant work visa, or by marrying a US citizen and filing for AOS.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-07-29 00:56:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionNaturalization deny & petition
Don't feel constrained to only use an immigration lawyer if they're located close to you. Immigration law is federal - it's the same in all 50 states. You're better off using a really good lawyer from another state than an only-ok lawyer who just happens to be local to you.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-07-31 09:32:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionConfusion about travels abroad
I'm doing up my N-400 now. I filled out jobs and residences for 5 years, since it was easy enough to figure out. [Actually, I don't think it made any difference - I lived at the same residence and had the same job for more than 1.5 years before I moved down here.]

For the days abroad question, I'm following something I read a number of people doing here, and filling in the numbers for three years, and on the form striking out the "five" in those two lines of text and writing in "three years - applying based on marriage". I think it should be fine - this allows the IO to easily determine what s/he really wants to know, which is have you exceeded either of the thresholds that affect your eligibility to apply.

It's important to remember that, fundamentally, the N-400 form is an act of communication between you and another human being - the IO. It's not like they validate them via computer or anything.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-10-04 23:35:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionCivic questions - what if I answered wrong?
If you get more than 4 questions wrong you obviously don't pass and can't be approved. According to page 37 of the Guide to Naturalization document on the USCIS website (which you should read, carefully, in its entirety, as soon as possible - http://www.uscis.gov...ticle/M-476.pdf ) if you fail the English or civics test, but pass everything else, the IO can mark your case as "Continued", rather than "Denied". That means they schedule you for another interview in 60-90 days. If you fail whatever test again, then they deny you. At that point you can apply again, but you have to pay another $680.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-10-12 11:05:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionPart 8 Questions

one more questions regarding photographs... it says submit 2 identical photographs. wondering what size of photograph, is it passport style or 2x2 or ???
thanks again

M

American-format passport photos are 2" x 2". And yeah, they just want a set of passport photos. You can get those just about anywhere.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-10-23 09:48:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionWhat are the total fees for N-400?
Current fees are always found in the form instructions on the USCIS website, and (and this is true for any USCIS form but ESPECIALLY for the N-400) you have no business trying to file that form without having read the instructions in full at least a dozen times.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-11-05 02:13:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionN-400 OCTOBER 2012 FILLERS

Oath ceremony today. All done. Yay!

 

Next steps: register to vote, update the SSA records, then passport application.

 

Once the passport and certificate arrive, then I'm DONE done!

 

:dance:


HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-06-12 15:57:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionN-400 OCTOBER 2012 FILLERS
Got a nice email today: official approval of my N-400!

Application Type: N400 , APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION


Your Case Status: Oath Ceremony


On April 5, 2013, we placed your application in the oath scheduling que. We will send a notice when the ceremony is scheduled. If you move prior to the scheduled ceremony, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.


Naturalization Applicants: you will receive your certificate at your oath ceremony. You can expect to be scheduled for an oath ceremony within 45 days of receiving your recommended approval. Many offices schedule approved applicants for the oath ceremony on the same day as the day of the interview. Please check the local office profile page on our website to determine if the office where you will be interviewed schedules same day oath ceremonies.


Yay! [Even though que should actually be spelled "queue" :) .]
HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-04-05 19:34:00
US Citizenship General DiscussionN-400 OCTOBER 2012 FILLERS
Appointment was at 11:30. Arrived at 11:10. Got called in at 11:15.
Receptionist took interview notice, never returned it. I had warning from coworker so I photocopied mine for my own records.

Interview was in a little office in the back. Nice, easy going older guy.
Used to run a border crossing just south of Regina.

Asked whether either me or my wife had been married before.

Asked where in Canada I was from. Asked where I went to college. Asked where McGill [University] was [Montreal], as in Montana they saw a bunch of guys from McGill.
Talked about similarity of weather between Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Asked where my grandparents were born. Answered "In Canada". He said he sometimes gets people coming through who don't knwo they're US citizens, because one or more of the grandparents were US citizens who just moved to Canada back when it took virtually no paperwork to do so.

Literacy Test:
Read: How many states does the United States have?
Write: We have fifty states.

Civics Questions:
Who wrote the Declaration of Independance - Thomas Jefferson
Who is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces - the President
Name a state that borders Mexico - California
Name 3 of the original 13 colonies - New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Name the political party of the President - the Democratic Party
Name the two political parties - the Democratic Party and the Republican party
\--> Actually phrased as "What is the other political party?" as a follow-on to the previous question.

Interesting tidbit: The two groups of people who have the most difficulty with the test are people educated in the US, and Canadians, who assume they don't have to study.

Asked "How old is your daughter?" 8 months. "Too bad. She can't help you study. It's always fun when people bring in school age kids who know the answers and they don't."

Said ceremony may be as far away as June. It's too late to fit me into the April 1st ceremony, which my co-worker got.
Said answers to questions on back of oath ceremony notice are all "No".

He said "We're glad to have you" twice. "We're pleased to have you."

Was out of there before 11:30. Very positive experience.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-03-28 22:27:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionDS-230 - Trips to the USA
I used to assume that immigration officials (especially in the UK, where it's pretty vigilant) would have all this information in their computer system about exactly when you were in their country, but according to the last UK immigration person who let me in they have no real record of when people actually leave that country. She said that a US re-entry stamp in your passport is the only real proof that you went home!

Charlesandanna: Yeah I guess a lot of people from Canada might have a similar issue with having so many trips to list. I was going to attach a separate sheet of paper with a table of all the trips. I guess if he goes through the work now of listing all the trips they can't come back and ask him to do it later. (Not that I actually see them being that picky).
goonergirlFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-07-12 16:49:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionDS-230 - Trips to the USA
This might be a unique problem, but I'll post it anyway in case any of you have some insight.... So I'm looking over the forms that my fiance will have to fill out for the UK embassy. On the DS-230 they want to know every trip that he's ever taken to the USA, and well, he has an A2 visa (foreign govt official - not a diplomat, just a civil servant) and for the past 20 years he's made at least 3 trips to the USA each year... that's 60 trips he'll have to go back and find dates for! So daunting! I'm hoping that they'll be overwhelmed with all that information and not look at it too closely, but on the other hand, would all that information need to be verified and therefore slow down our processing?? Also, if he forgets to write down a trip do you think that is that something he can get denied for? Thanks for any help! :)
goonergirlFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-07-12 14:30:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionQuestion 11 on the I-134
I read somewhere on these forums that for the UK (and maybe other places) they like you to tick the box "Intend" and write something like "Whatever sums necessary to ensure that the beneficiary does not become a public burden." I personally think this is a more accurate response, but obviously the VJ example has worked for most people or else they wouldn't still have it as the example.
goonergirlFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-07-16 12:40:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionDS-157: 13. List All Countries You have Entered in the Last Ten Years

quick question - are you the female? If so, you do not need to fill out the DS-157 (only for men, age 15-45).



Where exactly did you read that bit of information? It must be country specific, because the UK website says this...

"Step One
Complete the Form DS-230-Part 1, Form DS-156 and DS-157 for each family member applying for a visa."

It says nothing about age or gender...


To the OP, my fiance travels for work around the world A LOT (his list of all previous trips to the USA is 2 pages long!!) so you'll just have to sit down and think back... :whistle: At least they only want the year and not the actual dates.
goonergirlFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-08-02 15:28:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionIV-15K
From the London Embassy website....

When you have obtained all of the required documents and are prepared for the visa interview, you are required to complete the Notification of Applicant(s) Readiness, Form 2001 and mail it to the Immigrant Visa Unit together with a covering letter containing your email address, if applicable, date of your wedding and date of the medical examination.

It sounds like you send back the DS-2001 with a cover letter that contains all the information that the old IV-15 used to ask for. That's my interpretation at least.
goonergirlFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-08-02 17:10:00
Asia: SouthNeed Urgent help / advise
I would either repost in, or ask the admins to move this thread to the India sub-forum. What you are asking is very specific to the New Delhi embassy.

In most consulates, as far as I know, petition validity is not normally used as an administrative weapon to contrive a denial. I believe it's more commonly used as an excuse to close cases in situations where they send out a Packet 3 and never hear from the beneficiary again. The normal practice in most embassies seems to be that the petition validity is automatically and transparently extended if they are in communication with the beneficiary and the case is actually processing.

In most of the more "unfriendly" embassies and consulates, if they want to contrive a denial, they usually seem to do so by denying the validity of the relationship, and subsequently making themselves unavailable to receive evidence to the contrary. That seems to be a much more common "blanket excuse" for denial.

Post-interview AP is very common and is not, in itself, anything to worry about.

In the absence of any specific knowledge of any of the particular shady tactics of the Delhi embassy, what you're describing sounds pretty normal, and not particularly worrisome. The extra delay, with no stated timeframe, is obviously frustrating and it takes it's toll, but nothing here sounds particularly ominous or unusual yet.

If you're really worried about the petition expiry issue, email the embassy expressing your concerns, and make an official request to extend the petition validity. I would not expect it to be a problem. Regarding the AP: as I said, that's pretty normal. All you can do right now is wait. When the delay becomes excessive, several months from now, it may be time to go through your congressman's or senator's immigration liaison, but until then, there isn't much to do but wait them out.

Edited by HeatDeath, 10 April 2010 - 09:17 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada4/10/2010 21:15
Asia: East and PacificTaiwan : Can I bring a Vietnamese wife with me as a US Citizen?
I know nothing at all about Taiwanese visa procedures. However, speaking from general principles:

It sounds like your work is arranging your Taiwanese work visa. In the vast majority of countries, the non-immigrant work visa categories are paired with a derivative non-immigrant visa categories for dependents of work visa holders.

If you marry your Vietnamese lady before your work begins the application process to get you a Taiwanese work visa, and your work is aware of this, they should be able to get her a derivative-status dependent visa of some kind, so she can accompany you.

She would need, at a minimum, a passport, and a marriage certificate showing her marriage to you. Taiwan may also want police reports or background checks of various kinds, I have no idea.

Really, the best place to ask about this would be your work's HR department - specifically the immigration lawyers who are handling the Taiwanese work visa - or the nearest Taiwanese embassy.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-04-04 10:42:00
Asia: East and PacificQuestion about filing for unmarried son
Since he is in the UK on a legal status, she should provide his UK address wherever his address is asked for. He will be allowed to interview at the London embassy instead of returning to Pakistan. Other than that, his presence and status in the UK should not affect his case either way.

Yes, if he marries, he will no longer be an unmarried child, and will drop to the married children priority category, adding several years to his wait time. I don't think the case cancels out, but his priority category will change, in a bad way.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-07-31 09:48:00
Africa: Sub-SaharanHow Do I Answer This Question At The POE?
I answered you up in the Moving to America forum. Short answer: give them the second marriage date.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-03-19 20:33:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Do K-1 filers need to submit anything to NVC?
Some consulates put all of their Packet 3 info and forms online. Some consulates do that and don't even send out a paper Packet 3.

Edited by HeatDeath, 11 January 2011 - 03:06 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-01-11 15:06:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Do K-1 filers need to submit anything to NVC?
Confirmed. The only direct interaction K-1 couples have with the NVC is that the NVC will send the petitioner a letter once they receive the approved petition, stating that they're about to send the approved petition to the US consulate. They tell you which consulate they're sending it to [which might be news to you if you accidentally put the wrong consulate on your I-129F. Don't worry if you did that - NVC sort it out quite easily], give you contact info for the consulate, and give you your consulate case number. The consulate, depending on their procedures, will send the beneficiary a packet 3 a few weeks later, after they receive the approved petition.

Except for this letter, K-1 couples never even know that the NVC exists, for all that they interact with it. It's almost completely transparent from their point of view.

Edited by HeatDeath, 11 January 2011 - 11:42 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-01-11 11:41:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Need Urgent Help! Please!
Looking at the form, I would say no. Legally speaking, a person is no longer married if they are a widow, and therefore do not currently have a spouse. Since the form does not ask for information about former spouses, I would fill in those questions "NONE" or "N/A".
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-07-20 16:01:00