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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPETITON DENIED DUE TO ADAM WALSH ACT

i think NVC is more concerned for your beneficiary than your background.

 

The NVC is not involved here, the petition was denied by USCIS.


Ryan HMaleChina2013-05-01 18:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDS-260 confirmation page (split topic)

Post split into separate thread as poster is asking about their own situation and not replying to the OP of the other thread.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-06 00:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRemoving the CR1

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-06 01:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRFE for proof of USC Citizenship

I am not prepared with the worst case scenario though. If we ever get denied for this reason, is it better to reapply or appeal the decision?

 

If the petition is denied for this reason, then it can simply be refiled.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-06 01:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRFE for proof of USC Citizenship

If the initial response to the RFE is deemed insufficient, then the petition will likely be denied.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-04 17:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresvisa issue date or POE date

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-04 12:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPreparing I-130 Packet + Questions

Question:

I-130 Form Section C, Question 22

Do I need to fill in 2nd part of this question? I know the first one is not valid for my wife since she lives in India and has never gone to the US.

 

Thanks. 

 

-Guru Sikh

 

Yes


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-06 18:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPreparing I-130 Packet + Questions

- My Wife's Documents: (Passport, Passport Clearance, Police Clearance certificate, & Ration card)

 

None of this is included in an I-130 filing.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-04-28 19:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCR-1 process

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-04-26 08:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresForm i 864 for NVC

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-07 00:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDo I need a police certificate for...?
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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-09 12:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDo I need a police certificate for...?

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Edited by Ryan H, 09 May 2014 - 09:04 AM.

Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-09 09:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPolice check for Greece? (split topic)
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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-09 12:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions with Affidavit of Support/Medical Exam

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-03 12:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresConfused about a question on the DS 260 application

***This thread was originally started 3 years ago and has been hijacked by 3 different members in recent months.  This thread is now closed, if you have a question about your own case, please start your own thread.***


Edited by Ryan H, 10 May 2014 - 03:24 AM.

Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 03:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresbar coded cover sheets (split topic)

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 03:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDS260 is it hard?

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 04:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWho is eligible to be my spouses joint sponsor?

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 05:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDS-260 question for Spouse who is a Doctor

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 07:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHow much longer????

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 07:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNeeding suggestions on how to prove our marriage is Valid to the USCIS

The NSO Certificate alone shows (or 'proves') all relevant authorities that your marriage is legal and valid.

 

What you are going for here is evidence of a legitimate (aka bona fide) marriage; that's where all the other items come in.  Focus on evidence of time spent together in-person, that is your strongest evidence.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 12:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTravel Documentation field on DS-260

Keep things simple and don't submit the DS-260 until the passport with the number is in hand.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 12:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDo I need to provide Letter of Consent for Child to travel?

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 05:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAffidavit of support France, what incom and actif

Bonjour!

Le salaire annuel qu'il faut avoir pour que le "affidavit of support" soit accepte depend sur le nombre le personne sous votre toit.

Par example, si il y a 3 personnes il faut gagner $24,737 par an.

Je vous joins le lien du document qui montre exactement le salaire annuel requis.

http://www.uscis.gov...form/i-864p.pdf

 

Bonne chance!

 

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-11 13:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI received a checklist ,OMG HELP ME PLEASE

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 04:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresform I-130

It looks like your relative is in Agana Guam. So that's what you will put where it says city and country
Or at least that the consulate.

 

Guam is a US Territory, there would be no US Embassy or Consulate there.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 12:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI-864A question about sponsor

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-11 13:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresquestions on DS-260 work history fields (split topic)

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Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-12 18:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAffadavit as to Bona Fides signature

I had my brother-in-law write and sign an affadavit as to the bona fides of the marriage as required by form I-130.

 

For the record and for the benefit of others who may read this thread at a later date; such affidavits are not required and carry little to zero weight in the overall view.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-12 18:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresObtaining police report using NoA1 (aka Form I-797)?

Before you get too concerned about translations, have you found out what document translation requirements for Japan are?

 

If translations are required, can you ask the issuing authority to include a translation?

 

You won't want to open a sealed document as that will likely invalidate it and you would need to obtain another one.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-12 18:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPolice certificate question (split topic)

Post split into separate topic as poster is asking about their own case and not replying to the OP of the other thread.  Reply to post in other thread quoted below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Im having the same problem with my wife who studied in singapore for 6months and plus SG wont give her a police clearance since she was only a student there so i dont know what to do can somebody give me some help

 

 

 

You do not need a police report from a country other than your home country unless you lived there more than 12 months.

 

 


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-12 19:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPregnancy and Pending I-130

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**Moderator hat off**

 

Does anyone know if the petitioner must inform USCIS that she is pregnant if the pregnancy took place after the I-130 was received by them (it's pending at the moment)?

 

No


Ryan HMaleChina2014-04-30 00:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion about relocating / visiting USA

Can we visit the US while waiting for the Visa? No problems, right?

 

Yes
 

 

If we do go, can we just arrange to finish the visa process from there

 

No


Edited by Ryan H, 13 May 2014 - 12:36 AM.

Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-13 00:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion on Co-Mingling of Finances - Africa - mostly cash based life

Moneygram receipts are not evidence of financial co-mingling, they just show that you sent money.

 

Financial co-mingling is not required to file an I-130 nor is it required for a visa, USCIS as well as the Embassy will not expect a couple living apart in separate countries to have done this.

 

Evidence you are able to gather during the trip to Kenya should be focused more on time spent together in-person and not financial co-mingling.  At this stage of the game, evidence of time spent together in-person is your best and strongest evidence.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-10 04:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDS260?

We're currently trying to get his CR-1 Visa for conditional residency so he can come over and we'll adjust his status from there.

 

CR-1 visa holders do not adjust status.  Upon arrival, a standard CBP entry stamp will be placed on the page next to the visa; this combination acts as a temporary green card until the actual one arrives in the mail.  You may be thinking about Removing Conditions on Residency which is a process that will not occur until the issued green card is close to expiring.

 

 

This wiki explains the NVC process in detail (forms, fees, documents):  http://www.visajourn...php/NVC_Process


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-13 00:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresSeeking advise for I-130 for marriage after 3-months of dating

Hi Ryan, thank you for your detailed response. Another question I have is, should I provide as many details about our relationship as I can in the cover letter? Or should I be concise about it?

 

The cover letter itself should be an outline of what the file contains.  Part of your package can include a separate letter that is often referred to on VJ as an evolution of relationship letter.  It is this separate letter where you explain the details of your relationship.  How detailed you want it to be is up to you; some opt for being concise, others opt to be more detailed.  Regardless of which way you write it, you don't want to write a novel, it won't get read, try to keep such a letter to 1-1.5 pages.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-11 17:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresSeeking advise for I-130 for marriage after 3-months of dating

My answers in bold and red:

1. On the I-130 instructions, it asks for proof of family relationship.  Due to our circumstances, we don't have joint ownership of property or tenancy of common residency.  We also don't have co-mingling of financial resources at the moment, so I'm wondering if I add her as additional cardholders for my credit cards, have her use the cards in China, and I pay off the balance on my end here in the US, would that count? It's probably too late to use it as proof now, but I plan to do that anyway and just curious if that would have worked.

USCIS and the Consulate do not require and will not expect a couple living apart in separate countries to have joint ownership of property, tenancy at a common residence, or co-mingled finances.  You have plenty of evidence of time spent together in-person.  Focus on that since that is your strongest evidence.

 

2. "Affidavit sworn or confirmed by third parties having personal knowledge of the bona fides of the marital status". I've researched this a bit, but I'm still confused. We plan to ask our friends to write letters to confirm our relationship, and include information about being notified of the wedding party in October, and show pictures of all of us together in my previous trips. Would this be sufficient?  Our friends live in China, do the letters need to be notarized there?

Such affidavits are not required and carry little to zero weight to begin with.  If you choose to include them, notarization is not required.

 

3. Additional evidence of our family relationship.  We plan to provide evidences such as photos, boarding passes, tickets, etc., is there anything else that would help prove our case on the I-130?  We're certain that by the time of our interview, we will have additional evidence such as my continued visits to China to see her, our wedding party, etc., to prove our case.

This is the evidence of time spent together in person.

 

4. Translation of documents.  We plan to have as many official documents certified by professional translators as possible, such as birth certificate, marriage certificate, and notarized also.  For the letters, most of her friends are fluent in English (all studied abroad in the US), so they can write them in English.  In case a document or letter needs to be translated, is it sufficient to have one of her friends translate it, and put in the statement to certify that she's competent in both languages (as shown in the guides)?

USCIS and the Consulate will only accept translations of official documents (e.g. your marriage certificate) that were issued by the notary office of jurisdiction (in VJ vernacular, this is referred to as a white book).  Any other translation will not be accepted (professional or otherwise), so if you hired a professional translator to translate documents, you would only be wasting your money.  Her birth certificate is not required when the I-130 is filed.

 


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-11 16:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresJust to be 100%

There is a consulate in Toronto which is a short drive from us, but, I haven't been able to get through to them (tried calling for 3 days). 

 

In case you are not already aware, your wife's visa interview will take place in Montreal as that is the only location that conducts Spousal Visa interviews.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-12 18:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAdditional documentation

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-13 23:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureswill my spouse having lived illegally in uk affect my petition?

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.


Ryan HMaleChina2014-05-13 23:46:00