Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 2012 Tax return question	Hello, I am USC and recently get the NOA2 notice(Notice date: 4/4/2013). Currently, I am trying to get the NVC case number and invoice number in order to submit the I-864 before April 15. As time approaching, I think I would need to submit I-864 after 4/15. But I am not sure what is the best way to take care the 2012 tax return. I already extended my 2012 tax return since I want to wait until my wife comes to US and get the SSN so that I can file MFJ to get back some money(several thousand dollars). My question is following: Which way is better to submit last three year tax return? 1. Submit 2012(with extension), 2011, 2010, (probably include 2009) 2. Submit 2012(single), 2011, 2010 Amend the 2012 tax return when my wife comes to US. My CPA told me it may be not good to amend the 2012 tax return especially I change the martial status from Single to Married. I think her opinion is based on the tax point of view. For the solution #1, some other VJ member said it is ok to submit the extension. But I am not sure if my reason of extension is strong enough: want to file MFJ and get some money back. Which way is better for me, or is there better way for me? Thanks in advance. I appreciate your comment.	buendia0716	Male	0	2013-04-11 10:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	ds 3032	so bring a new ds-230 into the IV Unit on interview day, with the updated address, trade the Vice Consul fella the old one for the new one. They'll use what's in the new one, but you have to remind them. thank you.. is the packet for interview for medical be mailed or just an email also?/ thanks	John Joseph	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-02-18 20:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	ds 3032	you (petitioner) could call NVC and ask how to go about this. i am assuming they will direct you to speak or email a supervisor. thanks dude, so, have you received already your schedule of medical and interview/?./ my case was completed last feb 17 as per NVC email..	John Joseph	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-02-18 06:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	ds 3032	Hi guys! Just have a concern about changing details on my previous ds 3032 sent to NVC. Because I want to change the address and the email.. Hope you can help me about this.. Thank you!	John Joseph	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-02-15 22:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR1 visa got approved 2 months before our wedding anniversary	Thank you so much! so it's not also true from i heard that issuing of green card  whether  a temporary or permanent one is not base on the date of approval of the visa. Because they are telling even if I delay my entrance in the US, i would still be receiving the 2 year green card instead of the 10 year because our marriage is still less than 2 years at the time of my approval.	apple_28pie	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-05-19 02:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR1 visa got approved 2 months before our wedding anniversary	My visa has been approved 2 months before our wedding anniversary. So what happen now to the conditional status of my visa as it will be less than 90 days already which is required by the INS to file for the petition in lifting my conditional status?  or can i postpone my entry to the US and wait until the wedding anniversary be finish? will that automatically give me a permanent resident status? please help..thank you	apple_28pie	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-05-17 03:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Finally we got approved! Just got the alert a few minues ago. Bad news is,we're dealing with a bad "sorta" break up for two weeks now (because of all this waiting). Mixed emotions at the moment. I wanna celebrate but I'm still hanging at the moment.  I haven't told him yet, I don't know if he knows we're approved. I don't know if he'll call. This just sucks.  Edited by JobienJeck, 26 June 2013 - 11:08 AM.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-06-26 11:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	We're the same ---- waiting and waiting.  Oh how I want an approval.   You are not alone guys. Same boat as you. There's light at the end of the tunnel.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-06-04 16:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Just got it lol Thank you!!   On May 21, 2013, we received your response to our request for evidence. This case is being processed at our VERMONT SERVICE CENTER location.    Great. Let's hope we both get our NOA2 soon enough.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-05-21 19:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	hey ladies and gents,   quick question. we sent our RFE back and it was delivered yesterday, do any of you know if we'll get a notification from USCIS that they've received it at all? I just like having a paper trail, i'm a little ####### with that stuff     Yes you'll get a notification once they receive it. We got a notification that they received our reply on the 17th. Edited by JobienJeck, 21 May 2013 - 05:09 PM.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-05-21 17:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Think it is the certified copy from the courthouse that you need.  Take it it is the US petitioner that is being asked for their divorce papers?  I am not 100% sure but maybe the courthouse that dealt with your papers would know exactly what you need   Yeah I'm thinking maybe they need the original documents because we only sent in scanned copies of the decree and the annotated marriage certificate. All these terminologies they use is so confusing.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-05-14 01:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Hi guys, We got the hardcopy of the RFE today and I'm a bit confused. Any ideas on what they need? We did send in the final decree of my annulment when we filed so we don't understand what they mean by this. What's a CDLI endorsement? Where do I get these documents? I got the final decree from the court and also submitted annotated marriage certificate from NSO.     Marriage Termination: Submit a legible copy of the final annulment decree that shows proof of filing issued by the National Statistics Office that terminated the prior marriage between XXX and XXX. The requested copy must be issued with a "CDLI endorsement" (Court Documents and Legal Instruments). This endorsement shows any amendments to the original document from marriages, annulments, name changes etc. Unless a CDLI copy is requested, the requester will receive the unamended or original copy of the document.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-05-14 00:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	We were approved tonight!  (CSC, NOA1 11/02/12) I checked, just as I do every day, expecting to see the same thing and it said Post Decision Activity!  Approved!  Hang in there everyone, they are getting to us!   Congrats! Omg we were approved too. My fiance just called and we got approved on May 8. I can't believe it. Our NOA1 is November 8. You're next guys ?   Congrats guys!	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-05-09 01:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Good to see filers close to my NOA1 date getting approved or even RFE. Hope I am soon!    Hope you can mail them ASAP and get approved quickly!!   Yes just hang in there. I'm confident there will be a lot of happy November filers these coming weeks.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-05-08 17:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Woke up today with an update from the Fiance. We got an RFE! Our case has been finally touched, so that's good news. Now waiting for the hard copy to see what this RFE is about. I have a strong feeling it is about the intent to marry letter because we didn't send one.   We don't know if ours was touched because we sent an email both to congress (Mike Honda) and senate (Barbara Boxer) and called in yesterday and spoke to a level 2 officer which filed a service request. Or maybe it was just our time to be processed.   But I'm in high spirits now even with the RFE.     Edited by JobienJeck, 08 May 2013 - 04:40 PM.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-05-08 16:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Congratulations, I think you were the one in my watched group!  Does your case number end in 265?   You're the only one of 25 or so approved today that I'm watching (that's not VJ people, but rather "real" people direct from USCIS dashboard), so huge congratulations on being the lucky first!   265 is also in my watchlist in my USCIS portfolio and saw it got approved today. 10 more I-129F WAC numbers and that's ours.   I hope we early November filers get our approvals these coming days to come.   Oh the wait!    Edited by JobienJeck, 08 May 2013 - 06:37 AM.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-05-08 06:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Hi Everyone!! I'm Amber. I've been snooping on here for awhile now but never posted, sorry! I got my NOA1 txt on Nov 6th! I gave them a call today because I'm getting impatient. They told me VSC is still working on Oct 1st filers so it looks like we have a while to go still We planned on getting married August 10th so I doubt that is going to happen   Hi Amber! I feel you. We too are getting impatient. My fiancé called USCIS earlier today too and insisted to be passed on to a Level 2 officer. We got a service request and will hear from them within 2-3 weeks. Try to call again and be assertive on asking to be passed on to a level 2 officer.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-05-08 01:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	The 7 approvals probably has something to do with the fact that for most people the first thing that comes to mind at 2am when you recieve an email is not to go online and update a timeline for other people to see. Also 7 approvals a day is not slow and last weeks average of around 30 approvals per day is not normal and probably never has been. Two approvals a week is slow on the otherhand, but is fairly standard for CSC over the last 5 months.     Yeah I hope more members update their timeline later.. I guess I just got really excited for the past two weeks hoping CSC would keep approving the same amount of applications everyday, 7 approvals now seem slow for me. But it's just the start of the week, there's still more time left this week. I really wish they get to touch early November filers this week.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-04-30 06:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	just 7 k1 approvals from CSC today. I hope this doesn't mean they're slowing down again. Hope they process early November filers too soon enough. This wait is excruciating.  Edited by JobienJeck, 30 April 2013 - 04:41 AM.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-04-30 04:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	I second that. Come ON, come ON! Hurry up CSC!	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-04-24 23:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Thanks Katie. Been just a lurker here in the forum since I joined VJ. I figured, it helps to interact with people with the same hopes and dreams and frustrations. I'm hoping we get our approvals soon! Best of luck to all of us patiently waiting.	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-04-13 05:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	November filer here too... received NOA 1 last Nov.8. Waiting 5 months... So glad to see November filers being approved. hope we're next	JobienJeck	Female	Philippines	2013-04-11 03:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K1 just surprised us	Congrats	ckurt	Male	Armenia	2014-04-16 15:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Crazy fast approval	Congrats	ckurt	Male	Armenia	2014-04-17 20:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Explanation Letter To Accompany I-130	Hi all, Thank you very much for your kind replies . You have been very informative so thank you very much. Yeah, that was the only red flag I can think of and the main reason why I wrote this letter. From what you have been advising, it looks like this letter is not necessary then. All the information about what my wife and I have been doing/staying are more like supplemental information for the case. We all have other documentations to prove it and we will include them with our filling. @Ryan, thanks for the correction. My bad . Edited by Apalis, 09 January 2013 - 07:58 PM.	Apalis	Male	Singapore	2013-01-09 19:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Explanation Letter To Accompany I-130	I'm not sure how to understand your situation. You were saying you registered (registered where?) a year before you had a wedding? By registering, did you have wedding rites or was it a court or city hall wedding? Thank you for your reply. We registered our marriage at a civil court (owned by the government) in my wife's hometown. The marriage certificate is officially signed by the government body in my wife's country so I am sure there's no problem with it. I am writing this letter because I am not sure whether USCIS will have any problem with us having our wedding ceremonies 1 year after we were registered. Would really appreciate if you guys could provide some advice for my situation. Thanks.	Apalis	Male	Singapore	2013-01-09 09:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Explanation Letter To Accompany I-130	Hi everyone, I really need your advice on my I-130 prepared for my wife (alien spouse). The thing is that my wife and I actually got married 1 year after we were registered due to some weird customs in my wife's hometown. I am writing an explanation letter to the USCIS to explain this and I would really appreciate if you could help me by reading it and providing some feedbacks. Please kindly note that TXTXTX is the current country that my wife and I are living in and YZYZYZ is my wife's original country. I omitted them due to some privacy concerns and I hope you understand. Here is the letter I have written so far: January XX, 2012 (Petitioner’s Name) Current Address: ….. Permanent U.S. Address: …….. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Attn: I-130 131 South Dearborn - 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60603-5517, USA Subject: Explanation Letter/Addendum to Cover Letter for I-130 Dear Sir/ Madam, I, (Petitioner’s Name), would like to use this letter as a chance to clarify a couple of things on our I-130 Petition for Alien Relative and to inform you of our future plans together. First of all, I would like to explain why the date on our marriage certificate (XX/XX/2011) and our actual wedding dates (XX/XX/2012 in (my wife’s hometown)) are 1 year apart. Originally, we wanted to have our wedding shortly after we were registered in 2011. However, according to the traditions in my wife’s hometown where the wedding date is normally chosen based on the broom’s and the bride’s birthdays and birth years, the year 2011 was not a good year for our marriage ceremonies. Unfortunately, we found out about this custom only after we were registered and we regretfully had to postpone our wedding ceremonies to 1 year later. In addition, in 2011, since my wife was still working toward her Bachelor degree in YZYZYZ, we decided against applying I-130 at that time for my wife to move to the United States with me. In September 2011, I moved to TXTXTX and started working for XXXXX Company in order to stay closer to my wife. After my wife completed all her coursework at her university, she moved to TXTXTX in October 2011 and started living with me while working on her thesis for her graduation in 2012. During the period from October 2011 to June 2012, my wife flew back and forth between YZYZYZ and TXTXTX to work on her thesis. In July 2012, after completing her thesis and all the graduation requirements, she started working full time in TXTXTX. In November 2012, we flew back to YZYZYZ for our wedding ceremonies and came back to TXTXTX in December 2012. At the present, we are living together and both working in TXTXTX. Looking forward, we would like to settle down in the U.S. and plan to have our first child in 2014-2015. We also would like to live closer to my parents so that we can take care of them better. We sincerely hope that our wishes will be granted so that we can reunite with our family in the States. Thank you very much for your kind understanding and attention to this matter. Sincerely, (Signed) (Petitioner’s name) Thank you in advance for all your helps.	Apalis	Male	Singapore	2013-01-09 02:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Should I be worried? Whats app conversations	. What is certificate of marriageability? Nowhere in our petition, we refer to each other husband wife. He also states in how we met section that we did not get married. We are together over 8 years. He states that we did not get married cause he lost his job and that is the truth. He also states that he filed for fiancee visa after I left US and after he got a job. I think we are ok. Overanalyzing   A certificate of marriageability (or marriageability affidavit) is required for some countries. It basically states that in an official form that you are single and not married. Or if you were married, that you are now divorced. I remember submitting one for my K-1 application. I would check with an attorney about whether or not this is required for you. Below is what a quick Google search brought up for me:     ISTANBUL, TURKEY  Turkish Marriage Procedures  (As of February 2014)    All marriages in Turkey must be performed according to the civil marriage code of Turkey. Religious ceremonies  have no legal effect. US military personnel are reminded to obtain permission to marry from their commanding  officers.    Below are the steps to be followed:    1. Execute an affidavit of marriageability (bekarlik belgesi) at the Consulate General, Istanbul. You will need to  present your passport and divorce decree (if you have a previous marriage). Then have this affidavit certified  at the legal office of the governor (Valilik Hukuk Isleri, Cagaloglu).    2. The affidavit should be taken to the marriage bureau (Evlendirme Dairesi) having jurisdiction over the place of  residence of the Turkish party (see list) and marriage application forms should be picked up from the marriage  bureau. The American party must submit a passport and six photos. If one of the parties is Turkish, an  ikametgah ilmuhaberi from the village elder (muhtar) may be required.    3. Complete the following forms from the marriage bureau:  Statement of Marriage (Evlenme Beyannamesi), Census Card Sample (Nufus Cuzdani Ornegi), Marriageability  Document (Evlenme Ehliyet Belgesi) and Marriage Statistical Form (Evlenme Istatistik Formu). The Turkish  party may be required to provide a certified birth registration document from the census office where the father  is registered.    A medical examination is optional: each party has the right to demand that the other undergo a medical  examination.    4. After completion, all the appropriate forms are to be turned in to the marriage bureau and a   marriage date is to be scheduled at the marriage bureau.    If you wish the marriage ceremony to take place outside the marriage bureau and outside office hours, you  should tell the marriage officer. Transportation expenses of the marriage officer and his assistant to the place  of the ceremony and their return home should be paid at the time of their departure from the ceremony.    5. Spouses of United States citizens are entitled to immigrate to the United States if not   otherwise ineligible. If your future husband or wife is not an American citizen or   permanent resident and if you plan to reside in the U.S., the foreign spouse will need an   immigrant visa to enter the U.S. The American must file a petition (Form I-130) on behalf   of the foreign spouse. This cannot be done until after the marriage. Please contact the   immigrant visa unit during information hours for instructions regarding the filing of an   immigrant visa petition for your spouse.      Source: http://photos.state....ey88_040914.pdf   An RFE can mean months to years, in some rare cases, of additional waiting time. I know you're not looking for this kind of response, only something to ease your mind, but you asked an objective question, and I'm trying to help you with an objective answer. Good luck to you. Edited by Simeon, 09 June 2014 - 01:02 AM.	Simeon	Male	China	2014-06-09 00:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Should I be worried? Whats app conversations	Hi everybody, so i was going over the i 129 f petition that my fiancee sent. We are waiting for our NOA2. As i was going over our whatsapp conversations that my fiancee sent, i saw a sentence that my fiancee said as " I will work on the marriage." But by marriage, he is referring to fiancee petition. And nowhere in other conversations, we refer to each other as husband or wife. Still do you guys think this " I will work on the marriage" sentence will cause us to get scrutinized or even be rejected by CO thinking we are already married? . We certainly are not. I am going to the interview in Turkey. Am I thinking too much? Please help   I think you should not have sent them all of your chat logs. It will probably delay your case. They would not take the risk of skipping over any incriminating lines in your chat logs. When dealing with government, always provide only what is asked for in the most concise way possible, nothing more, and nothing less. Did you submit any evidences like a certificate of marriageability?	Simeon	Male	China	2014-06-08 21:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2013 filers?	We received NOA2 exactly 1 month from the day we sent our package God bless November filers	imeekatrine	Female	0	2013-12-23 18:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2013 filers?	our package sent last november 19. my fiancé just got text message from uscis today notifying that they received our petition. hoping for noa1 hard copy soon	imeekatrine	Female	0	2013-12-03 03:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2013 filers	Got my NOA2 today! I'm positive everyone will get theirs this month. TSC seems to be moving fast now. Does anyone know how long it takes to get your case number from NVC?     PM sent	imeekatrine	Female	0	2014-02-06 00:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2013 filers	He called NVC, no case number yet. The lady said give it 8 weeks. I'm gonna ask him to call again in a few weeks.     yes ate try to call them again next week or you can email them na lang I'll PM you po.	imeekatrine	Female	0	2014-01-14 19:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2013 filers	Did your fiance call NVC for the Case Number?   Sis, how and where do you get the manila case number?   Thanks! Yes he called NVC	imeekatrine	Female	0	2014-01-14 18:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2013 filers	What's MCN?   Oo nga ang bilis. It's overwhelming Manila case number sis	imeekatrine	Female	0	2014-01-14 10:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2013 filers	Got our NOA2 today.   Hi sis! congrats! mabilis na yan may MCN na ako today later papasked na ko ng interview	imeekatrine	Female	0	2014-01-13 22:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2013 filers	hi there u tryin to say tht u got ur noa2 jus after 17 days from noa2 unbelievable plz        Yes 19 days from NOA1	imeekatrine	Female	0	2014-01-13 22:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2013 filers	Do you live in the Yolanda affected area if you don't mind me asking? Those who live in those areas got auto expedited, that's why. No.	imeekatrine	Female	0	2014-01-10 17:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2013 filers	We got our NOA2 exactly 1 month after we sent our I129F.. keep praying guys GOD is awesome!	imeekatrine	Female	0	2014-01-10 02:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2013 filers	We received NOA2 exactly 1 month from the day we sent our package.. Hope all dec filers receive NOA2 soon	imeekatrine	Female	0	2013-12-23 10:00:00