Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	POE on Saturday ha! How are you feeling? Excited?? Oh man...nervous, excited, hopeful, sad to leave family/friends (so many people I'm going to miss SO much!), happy to get to wake up Sunday next to Trav...so many things!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-05 21:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Visa Package is coming in the mail via DHL!! Just got an email confirmation with a tracking number!! Woohoo!! CONGRATULATIONS	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-05 20:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Finally my husband got his interview date n July 16th. Yay!!!!!!!!! Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now to book my flight to be with him at the interview...YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-04 22:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Call NVC now!!! I got my interview date!!! July 22!!! Woo Hoo!!! OMG! Make those calls!!! I got Nigel again, he is so sweet! He wished me congrats and good luck! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! Just got an e-mail from NVC about 5 minutes ago and... CASE COMPLETE!!!!! Hoping for a good week of progress for all with case numbers, bills invoiced, packages accepted, case completes and interview dates! CONGRATULATIONS to you too! So happy for you!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-04 21:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	I wear one for the day time at least once every two weeks or so, then my other shirt I use for PJs and I wear that all the time! And yup, I picked up some bubble tea on my way back home. Almost forgot too! LOL awesome - on both counts The bubble tea in Montreal is different from in Winnipeg - here it's slushy and cold and fruity. Still good, but different!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-04 20:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2012	Good news update: Sheeshka and her husband got approved today at Montreal I met up with them as they were heading back to the hotel. Went to Tim Hortons near their hotel and chatted for about 3 hours. It was nice And we wore our matching Canadian VJ wives t-shirt YOU WORE THEM?!?!?! YAY!! Mine doesn't fit quite as nice as I'd like but hey, after the stress of this process - it's not something I can't fix Did you get your bubble tea?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-06-04 19:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Woo Hoo, NOA2	I got my NOA2 on 2/27 while I was in Mexico. No RFE for leaving out the letters of intent. Now I feel like a real jerk for getting on my attorney about it. But SOOOOOOOO happy CONGRATS! What wonderful news!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-29 09:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Call NVC to track or just wait ?	Haha. I have an image in my head of getting all tied up in the wires. I am not sure if I will have the same issues with officials asking for USC applicant. That's why I was curious about others' experience. I am at work so I will try calling tonight and see how it goes. Thanks ! Haha...yeah, be careful with those wires! And PRAY you get a patient operator Really hope your call goes well - keep us posted, and have a great evening!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-03 15:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Call NVC to track or just wait ?	Thanks Inky ! As I am the beneficiary I have found it problematic to call as, up until this stage, it has been about the "applicant". If I can provide all the info (receipt#,names,birthdates) am I able to call NVC to follow-up ? or must the applicant continue to be the enquirer ? The one time I had to call USCIS, it was application specific (meaning, they didn't want to talk to me, they only wanted to talk to the petitioner). However, they were able to work with me - I had Travis on Skype and he gave his authorization that way (don't ask me how, I used a computer headset and a cellphone and had to line up all the parts, LOL). But, we got it done. Would NVC be able to work similarly with you?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-03 15:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	what can be my answer if they ask me this ???????	im 28 she is 45 old years !!!!! i love this woman i swear i nvr ever dream that i can have woman in my life love me like she do See...you know what to say. Don't stress out over this - nothing's happened yet. Please relax and tell them the truth - that you love her very much. As for the age difference - I can't see why it would matter, but I'm not one of the interviewers. Just relax and prepare.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-15 10:07:00
Middle East and North Africa	what can be my answer if they ask me this ???????	i swear i love my wife like cryez i ask her to come live with me but she say no ..... i have other ask i hear they refus to give visa to men who marry wife older them him That's strange...it shouldn't matter how old you are as long as you're both old enough to marry, and both free to marry according to US law. Is she a lot older than you? If you really love her, just be honest and tell them you love her. Always be honest, and use short and simple answers. Praying it will be ok for you!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-15 09:53:00
Middle East and North Africa	what can be my answer if they ask me this ???????	what can be my answer if they ask me why u marry lady old then you? I would try the simple "Because I love her very much."	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-15 09:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA guys - how have you adjusted to life in the US?	lol thnx for the offer, yes she would love to hear all about it .... misogynistic hmm, is that an STD? (sings) Sanatorium, leave me be Sanatorium, just leave me alone \m/ over & out LOL...you're welcome, and I'll inbox you the recipe Enjoy!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-13 19:41:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA guys - how have you adjusted to life in the US?	& sure how i ever gonna live without Fool & Felafel??! OK maybe the re-fried beans is the closest thing to fool but how about felafel??? over & out Just a thought - I have a relatively simple and yummy recipe for falafel...and can share with your wife if you want...(or you if you cook)...problem solved	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-12 20:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Easy way of speaking with a rep at UCIS	Hi everyone just wanted to share an easy headache free way of getting to a rep without wasting too much time and bypassing the automated system that mysteriously disconnects. When you call the 1-800-375-5283 do not press any numbers for english or anything. The automated system will ask you to stay on the line if you dont have a touch tone phone and within 1 minute you will be connected to a representative through the spanish line she will go through her speech in spanish and then you can just tell them you keypad doesnt work or you pressed the wrong button eithier way all of the reps speak english so you wont have any problems and they wont transfer you back into the automated system. Also if you find that the rep is not helpful and 99 percent of the time they arent just ask for a supervisor even if the rep tells you the supervisor will say the exact same thing, its B.S I got my service request by asking for a supervisor after the rep insisted the supervisor cant help me. I am really frustrated with the UCIS and hopefully if enough people can get through just maybe they can actually put in work. Oh and another tip if they ask you if you have called in before say yes and the other rep told me to call back today(the day your calling). they dont keep notes of conversations. And last but not least the whole "going through the Spanish line to get in contact with a rep" works with every organization and company. Good Luck ...... Good tip - thanks! My husband is really shy (last time we spoke to USCIS, I did the talking which was...shall we say...fun ). This will help him a LOT!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-01-24 08:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	iwhat this reply of the USCIS means ?!!	Hi guys, here is my problem: my wife sent the form I-130 in December 15, 2011. She received an email after 3 days in December 18 from the USCIS said that the case was sent to the California office for processing. but till January 11, 2012 she didn't receive the Mail ( I-797 ). then she scheduled with her local office in her town in Texas an appointment for she can figure out why she didn't receive the mail, then she called and they gave her the date of the appointment : January 20, 2012. but just in January 18, 2012 she checked her status in : USCIS.GOV for she see her status she found this message from the USCIS : " On January 18, 2012, your document I130, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN was processed and mailed to the address on record. If you have not received it within 30 days of January 18, 2012, contact customer service at 1-800-375-5283. If you move while your case is pending, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283. " so what this means ? it means that they finished all the process and they made a decision or what ? then in January 20, 2012 she went to the appointment in person and the guys changed the address infront of her eyes, so she saw how he changed the wrong address by the right one. thank u guys. I think Darnell is right. We had that same message on Sept 6/11. Our priority date was Aug 24/11. The problem with getting this message is - they also put you into "post decision activity" on the USCIS website, which means you will not get any more notifications if your file is touched. (We didn't, anyway...). When we phoned USCIS (CSC) in October, we thought we'd been approved and were ecstatic. They told us "no, sorry, the website was updated incorrectly. We just needed your address, because your mail didn't get delivered properly." Problem with THAT was, we'd already received the NOA1 hardcopy - so they didn't REALLY need our address... Edited by Richelle, 24 January 2012 - 01:17 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-01-24 13:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 Question	Do just what everyone has previously told you. I just want to add I'm from Tennessee also! Canadian's can't resist us southerners I met my husband playing Final Fantasy XI, like you most of our conversations starting out were on the game. I did send in some screen shots that I used FRAPS to capture the text between us. I also included one from our wedding in game My husband has sent me a total of 1 email since we've been together six years. I went ahead and included it. You can also use cell phone records if you send texts. I know my bill shows all incoming and out going texts to what number. I high lighted the ones from the two of us. I sent in about three pages worth. (BTW Telus and Verizon are free to text between the US and Canada. We both have unlimited text plans. Sprint and AT&T charge for texts to Canada) We use Skype and keep it on in the background when we play. Skype keeps a call log, even though there's no text I printed out the logs showing dates, times and how long we were on Skype. Get an RBC USA access and RBC Royal Bank joint accounts. He does not need to be a Canadian citizen, all they use is his passport or birth certificate to put him on the Canadian account. And since he's the US citizen, they just use your ID to put you on the US account. Go to your local RBC branch and tell them you want to open a joint USA Access and RBC chequing account. They'll be happy to help you out, and your hubby can fax all the info to them. Voila you have a joint bank account and RBC makes it stupid easy to send money to each other if you need to. LOL...just saw this message and had to respond...my husband is from Virginia - you're not kidding, something about those Southerners We also met in a game too - 9 Dragons online...and I wondered how to get the skype logs. Good information!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-01-31 15:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Visiting During A Visa Petition??	Thanks for the quick response Trav&Shell. And has he just said he's visiting his wife? No problem! Pretty much that's all he says, yeah - when they ask him (they're pretty lax sometimes coming into Canada). Tell her to take a bunch of proof that she's going to return to the US (letter from employer, rental lease or mortgage docs, return ticket, utility bills that don't say "cancelled service" or anything...you know...things like that). Should be easy if she's direct, respectful and not nervous. Sure hope you get a visit soon... Edited by Trav&Shell, 01 February 2012 - 05:27 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-01 17:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Visiting During A Visa Petition??	Hi all. I live in the UK and my wife lives in the US. We're about half way through our petition to bring me to the US. We haven't seen each other since last July and my wife is going through a hard time at the moment and wants to come visit me in the UK. I understand that i might have problems entering the US while our petition is being processed but would she have any problems visiting me in the UK during a our petition? After all, the petition is to get me to the US not to get her here. Thoughts please. Thanks She shouldn't have any problems beyond what she'd normally go through to visit you - my husband has visited me a couple times since we put in our application. Hope this helps!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-01 17:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR1 visa	It means 2 eyes and they are watching you always. LOL...that's funny but...creepy	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-01 21:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2	Congrats!!! Maybe CSC is on a roll now...	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-08 16:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Instructions for filing taxes with spouse outside of the country	seek an acceptance agent, locally. They can handle the 'id prove-up' for the W-7. Thanks...I'll take a look into that today! Appreciated	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-14 11:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Instructions for filing taxes with spouse outside of the country	Hi there, don't really know if I have the right idea but any help would be great! My husband and I know we need to obtain an ITIN number for me in order to do our taxes. However, there are no US Embassies in or near Winnipeg that offer notarial services. We have a consulate here, but it's "emergency situations only". I can't afford to fly 3-4 hours away just for a half hour notary appointment...there are enough plane tickets and other fees in the future ( ). Anyway - my thought was this. It's a scary idea, but could I courier my passport to my husband, so he can take it to the tax preparer and get it done? He'd then courier it back, but that thought scares me a bit...it's my passport. Advice?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-14 11:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	can you help me guys?	I do not know who those brazil people are but here are the stats from VJ. The longest I seen is 6 months and many others are less than 2 months. Maybe you should fill out your timeline to give us more accurate data? Thank you http://www.visajourn...08,210,211&cfl= Actually, know what? I'm from Canada, my timeline is updated, we've been in touch with CSC and congressmen, we found out the same information you did - CSC is backed up - and our petition is at almost 6 months. Looking like at least two more weeks, too. Waiting is not the end of the world if you're really in love. Seriously - if you know it's real love, you'll do whatever it takes to get there, right? Well, sometimes that means waiting. It kind of sucks but what can you do - besides more paperwork? Edited by Trav&Shell, 22 February 2012 - 08:02 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-22 20:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I dont understand the NVC wait for invoice/case	Ok, good to know its not just me. Stupid delays at every corner, ugh. I think it's all part of the process of weeding out those couples that aren't truly wanting to start a family life together. Could be wrong, but you never know. We're choosing to use this as a test, ourselves If we can make it through this, we can make it through most things!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-14 10:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I dont understand the NVC wait for invoice/case	LOL.......its hilarious!!! I love how they say we've only just received your case on March 5th.....I'm like...that was like an entire week ago robot! Yea I call at least 3 times a day...horrible.. 3 times a day sounds about right! That's awesome...you call them robots too They're just going to have to pony up with some case numbers soon from the sounds of it lol...	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-13 20:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I dont understand the NVC wait for invoice/case	Yea they start to ask me for my info then they stop and say they just received the case!!!!! lol today the emotionless NVC drone actually said they haven't got it yet - but I've been told 4 times they do. Thank you, emotionless drone - I'll be calling again before bed as a result	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-13 19:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I dont understand the NVC wait for invoice/case	ya, so , you talked with a hu-man, but did you give email addresses on the USCitizen Petitioner and the Foreign Beneficiary, via that telephone call? If not, then NVC really doesn't know what's what. Call back, give the email addresses, then ask for the AOS Fee Bill to be EMAILED TO THE USCitizen Petitioner. Not sure if this is important, but for the last couple days they NEARLY ask for this information, then they correct themselves and say "you know, we've actually only received it, call back in a couple days blah blah." It's best not to give the information until they ask for it - right?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-13 19:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i dont know whats going on	What are you looking for? An NVC expedite means that your file got expedited processing there (at NVC), not all the way through the chain. Your file got a push at NVC, now it's on to the embassy where it will be reviewed. Your file didn't get put on some fast track to bypass all others. That's not how the expedite works. Actually, what he did was request an expedite right on through the NVC process. This is what I just successfully did for various reasons. What happened was, NVC first sent the request to the embassy. The embassy had the final say whether or not they would grant the expedite request. The incomplete file was then sent two days later to the embassy once the request was approved. The embassy was responsible for gathering any remaining documents and payment. However, I had to deal with only NVC until they said that my file was sent to the embassy. From there, I could only deal with DoS until the embassy contacted me. Edited by Trav&Shell, 07 May 2012 - 08:39 AM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-07 08:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i dont know whats going on	yes but what i understand that the embassy took the desicion if the expedite approve or denial not the NVC thats what the NVC told us Yes, the embassy makes the decision but the embassy will not communicate with you until they have your file (unfortunately). You won't be in their system yet. They only have your request. Until they have your actual file, you need to deal with NVC.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-07 08:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	i dont know whats going on	The embassy won't know anything yet - they will only get your entire file if your expedite is approved (or once your case is complete). You need to keep calling NVC until they tell you what is happening with your expedite. Call every day.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-07 08:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	IV Fee ? $230 only ? Really ?	Hi, Wife called me, told me she logged into state dept site to see if the IV fee is being shown there. It was , but we are both shocked to know that its only $230 , we were under the impression it was reduced to $300 from earlier $404. Is this right ? or did NVC screw up ? Nope, no screw up. $230 is right - I asked the consulate just after my interview was scheduled and they confirmed it.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-17 09:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CSC @ July 21, 2011	I just called USCIS and they told me that California Service Center is working on July, 21, 2011. *blink blink*...REALLY?!?! Hooray! This is amazing news...they're sure moving quicker now...	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-07 15:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	So our petition got denied, what's next?...SAD	The way your relationship works isn't necessarily the way everyone else's does. I did every single piece of paperwork for the entire process by myself. I just showed my husband (then fiance, obviously) where to sign. That's the way it worked for us. I'm very detail oriented and I had the time to do it. I don't necessarily believe that if the couple works on it together, it proves somehow that they both want it to work out. Some people just do things differently. You sound like me My husband is always asking me "did I do this right?" "What did I miss?" so we decided I would fill out the papers and he would review/sign where needed. Someone once told me that comes with the territory of working in finance and I suspect they're right	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-02-24 12:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Grats! Thank you Optin emails sent and logged in to see that we're not invoiced. Funny story - somehow we got through USCIS with an error on our I-130...no RFE...when I tried to give Trav's birthdate, they told me it wasn't right so I said "well, the year may say 1982 which is wrong." she said "why would it say that?" to which I said "because either I or USCIS made an input error and it was entered incorrectly." She said "that's an easy fix, just send the petitioner's birth certificate to us right away." PHEW!!!!!!!!!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-21 19:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	I'm magic! It was great sitting down at the desk and seeing your message pop up on chat... "WE GOT IT WE GOT IT WE GOT IT CALL NOW CALL NOW CALL NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Wouldn't be awesome if we ended up in Montreal at the same time? We could hold hands and cry together lol! Thanks guys! It's nice to have people knowing just how you feel during this whole nightmareprocess... LOL magic...that's awesome Yeah that was a good message, wasn't it? That's exactly what my insides were saying at that very moment LOL...and yeah! that would be fun Travis says "oh LORD..." lol	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-21 18:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	MTL number, BIN and IIN!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG I got Jim again, who was the guy on Monday who said my case was going in to the computer right then, he told me we would have a case number soon. He remembered me, he said 'See, toldya you'd get it soon' I could kiss NVC Jim! wooohooooo! On our way to a montreal trip together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay! congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! btw...how did you do that with the smileys?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-21 18:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	yay congrats! Yay thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-21 17:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	wow Congrats see i told you you gonna get it today.... yay.... LOL ok ok, you got me. You were right and I worried and got upset for nothing. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!! Thank you!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-21 17:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - March 2012	Saylin...a little help if you please...could you update me on the spreadsheet while I update my signature and timeline? Case number, IIN and BIN all received	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-03-21 17:48:00