Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	can anybody please help us	I agree with fwaguy that it is typically done by the county and not the city. You should contact the county the marriage took place in for the answer. This really doesn't seem like a big deal, hope you get it sorted out. thank you.you guys are so kind and helpful. do you know what kind of department we'd be looking for at the county, would it be a town hall or something? City Hall is the place where you would of got your marriage license from, did you>??..............did you get your license & then after your wedding did you get your marriage certificate?? EDITED to give e.g.................. I also got married in the US........we went to Detroit city hall to get the license, after the wedding we went back to city hall with the signed license & they converted it into a marriage certificate!!........BUT not all states are the same here its all on the same paper license & certificate.....other states may issue seperate bits of paper Edited by Euro, 10 November 2006 - 01:34 PM.	Euro	Female	0	2006-11-10 13:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Case Complete at NVC	Just learnt this morning that our case has been completed at the NVC!! Now I'm wondering: does anyone know how long it takes London to schedule a green card interview after they receive the stuff from NVC? I have of course looked it up and seen responses varying from two weeks (although I think that was a K3) but there's another Green Card UK couple on here who have been waiting since the beginning of October and not got an interview date yet. The official info is that London takes 4-12 weeks. Is that 4-12 weeks to SCHEDULE an interview, which is then another 4 weeks? Or is that 4-12 weeks between receiving package and having the interview? Because I seem to remember that when you get your interview letter through, the interview is usually scheduled about a month in advance. Any info would be much appreciated! It works out as close to 2 calendar months from case complete	Euro	Female	0	2006-11-23 16:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NVC send confirmation of case complete?	Dear all, According to the automated response, our case was completed by NVC on 21st November 06. Our packet was forwarded to the London Embassy on 28th November. Can anyone tell us if the NVC sends a letter to beneficiaries to confirm that the case was completed? Is this done at the same time that they send paperwork to the embassy? We emailed the NVC to ask about this and they managed to respond without answering our questions. We called the London Embassy a few days ago and they said they hadn't yet received our paperwork. We're just curious because the NVC automated response says "please allow x weeks and we will contact you". We haven't been contacted however and the only way we know about the completion is by phoning NVC on a regular basis. Any experience or advice is appreciated. Many thanks and good luck on your visa journies! Scouseredneck Yes eventualy NCV will send a letter to the petitioner to say the file has been sent to London, dont call the embassy number as its a call center in Scotland , you will be best emailing London direct, normaly it takes around 2 calendar months from case complete to interview!! Good luck	Euro	Female	0	2006-12-14 09:36:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Ours was also ordered today!	Hey congratulations	Euro	Female	0	2008-08-18 17:23:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	What happens after bio?	You now just wait	Euro	Female	0	2008-06-23 11:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	751 Approved	congrats same noa date as mine	Euro	Female	0	2008-08-20 10:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Need Advice Please	He does have an appointment on Monday, to try and see what is going on, and how long it could still take, so hopefully we will know more by then. Issy CONGRATULATIONS Issy i hope you all had a great day, & hope you will find something positive out on monday,	Euro	Female	0	2006-01-28 11:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	IR1 / CR1 General Guides and Info	i have been reading the guides for filing IR/CR visa. i have noticed in the checklist of required documents that only I-864 (affidavit of support form) is listed. the letter from NVC however provides for the I-864A form which should be filled up. when is this form needed? and who should sign this form? thanks a lot Hi, If you have a joint sponsor then they will fill out & sign the I-864A , if you dont need to use a joint sponsor then you only use the I-864, signed by the USC!	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-29 11:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	YEAH! APPROVED!	Congratulation....................the next bit is much more fullfilling	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-01 14:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864A - do we need to include this with our I-864??	I have my I-864 here almost ready to go but I am very confused with the I-864A in the pack. Do we need to fill it out??? My husband is my only sponser and he makes over the poverty line without using his assets. I have been living here with him since the end of November with him (on my K3)...am I classed as a 'household member'. Its all very confusing and I am hoping we don't have to include it at all! Louise If your not useing a joint sponser you wont need the I-684A so just dont send it back!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-06 11:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 NOA2 received but status not updated on uscis web site	First, we received the NOA2!!!!!!!!! Second, Have any of you received your NOA2 via snail mail before it was posted on the USCIS web site? Congratulations!!! lots of people have had the same thing, no update on the USCIS website!!...........it makes for a very nice surprise in the nmail uh??	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-06 19:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	denied visa because of their mistake on 1864, what to do?	Why dont you email them if you think a mistake has been made, this might save you some time, rather than waiting for snail mail to be told!!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-06 19:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	3rd packet questions	Don't reply if you don't have ALL my answers. hehe! I'm so happy you're with Mark now! Yay! How are you enjoying the US and Michigan? We're only like 2 hours away from each other now, isn't that weird?? Have you gone to Detroit and been mugged yet? You haven't truly gotten the Michigan experience until you've been robbed in Detroit. j/k! We're about to send in our DS230 too! I might just skip the mugging & go straight to being murdered!! Life is great, weather is #######!!.........i'm a bit bored BUT spring is around the corner, yay.. and i still dont have your answers	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-08 16:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	3rd packet questions	I dont have an answer but just wanted to say HIYA stranger .Looks like your pretty close to the end of this process now!!!....I'm waiting for case complete	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-08 11:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	OH MY GOD!!!!! We're APPROVED!!!	Congratulations...thats pretty good going for CSC	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-11 10:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	So We Begin The Wait :o)	Well we have just sent in the I-130's for myself and two children, so we'll just sit here and get ready for the long wait ahead lol, unless my hubby get's his appointment to oath anytime soon Hopefully then we can join the K-3 forum too Thought i would come in and say hi, and please keep up with all the great surport and advice Issy Good Luck Issy...............................fingers crossed for that Oath date.....................	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-11 11:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	How long do we wait now?	I also thought London arranged there own interviews, & based on timelines i have seen since becoming a member of this board the average time seems to be from NVC to interview around 2 months!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-15 12:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	curiosity about expediting	(She doesn't say she's on the K-3 path...) No she dont BUT she also dos'nt say she's CR1/IR1..so as she has no timeline we have to assume based on her mini profile thingy says K3, maybe its time for the OP to arh edited as my spelling sucks more than usual today its that bad even spell check cant sort it!!! Edited by euro, 15 February 2006 - 01:05 PM.	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-15 13:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	curiosity about expediting	I've read a few things which suggest that, if you have definite travel plans in the near future, it could be possible to expedite your visa case. I'm just curious to what sort of situation this applies to and how one would go about it? Of course we all have to be patient and I'm in no way hopeful that there is any way of speeding things up, but my student visa for the UK runs out in June and we have a wedding reception planned for ourselves with all my American relatives in July and it's looking like my husband's visa won't be approved in time. If we'd thought it would take longer than the end of July we'd have gone for a K-3 but unfortunately some forms got lost in the mail on their way to us so things have gotten delayed more than we had planned for so we're trying to look into possible ways of getting around things. Doubtful, but I am curious about any experiences others have had. Patiently waiting... Biographic information recieved by NVC on January 31st I-864 sent to NVC on Feb 7, not recieved yet by NVC - any day now! K3 through London is pretty fast anyway, i see no reason in what you wrote in your post for your case to be expedited..............it will fly by you'll see!	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-15 12:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	DS-3032	Yes you can use the shortcuts if you want to, but those 2 forms arrived at my husbands house pretty fast!!, however i had left a filled out DS-3032 that i downloaded from the web and signed it so he could just send this with out loseing any time, as you know this form gets sent to the spouse in the spouses country!!.....we didnt use the barcoded DS-3032 they sent us, my husband wrote our case number clearly in the top right hand corner, & NVC accepted that!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-09 10:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Visa processing times	I am a USC citizen and my husband is a UK citizen, we got married in the UK and now want to move back the the US.. We have just filed the I-130 petition.. We both live in the UK but are having to file all our paper work through the vermont office becuase I have limited leave to remain in the UK I spoke to a lady at the USCIS today and she said that the process could take around 5 years !!!!.... IS this likely ? NO calm down Vermont is actualy pretty fast these days, it takes about a month give or take a day or 2 to get an approval , then time through NVC which is anything from 2-5 months, then interview, it will take a matter of months not years.........Good look, look at timelines this will give you a much better idea	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-16 10:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Nebraska	I don't see I-130 on their timeline for US Citizen Petition for Alien Spouse. Are they forwarding it to another processing center? IF so which one? There are only 2 service centers processing I-130, that is Vermont & California, I-130's sent to Nebraska & Texas are tranfered to California, so your USCIS case number will begin with WAC, that is for california!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-22 12:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	re: Social Security number after CR-1	I'm here on a K3 and have applied for EAD so i will beable to apply for a SSN!!..........I will be going back to the UK for my CR1 interview, just waiting for case complete, my question is, if by that time i have a SSN, then i would NOT check the box??........or do i still check it & get a different card, is there any difference??.......................hm is this a silly question Just check "YES" that you have an SSN and list the number and check "YES" that you want a card for question 33a and check "YES" for 33b. That way if all goes well you will be issued an unrestricted SSN card within 3 weeks of entry with the CR-1 visa. Thank you.........	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-20 10:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	re: Social Security number after CR-1	I'm here on a K3 and have applied for EAD so i will beable to apply for a SSN!!..........I will be going back to the UK for my CR1 interview, just waiting for case complete, my question is, if by that time i have a SSN, then i would NOT check the box??........or do i still check it & get a different card, is there any difference??.......................hm is this a silly question	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-19 12:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	marriage in USA	I am a uk citizen visiting my girlfriend here in the USA. WE have decided that we want to get married immediately, while im here on a visa waiver programme. Does anybody here know what pitfalls we may encounter if we do this? . We intend to get married and apply for AOS immediately. Ihave no reason or desire to to return to the UK, is this an option that is open and readily available to us. we are in California, but would be moving to Arizona, would it be better to marry in Cali-or AZ? Yes its an option..............as long as you had no intent to marry upon arrival, & its a "spur of the moment" thing!! I think there is info about this route in the guides at the top of this page, good luck!!....as for where to get married, that realy makes no difference!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-22 16:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Case complete	I Just called the NVC & CASE COMPLETE feb 14th , yay!!, now all i have to do is wait for London to get thier ####### in gear and arrange a interview	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-20 11:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	wheee, case complete!	CONGRATUALTIONS, YAY.........................	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-25 09:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR-1/fees and what not	Yes USC can go into the Embassy in London, Mark will be returning with me for the interview but why they would want to by choice is blah..............	Euro	Female	0	2006-02-21 12:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	visit my spouse and apply for the visa in the US the return?	It is unlikley that you will be allowed to enter the US on the Visa Waiver Program as you are the wife of a USC and therefore are deemed to have immagrant intent... you may have to wait until your visa is approved.... Kezzie I visited my husband on the VWP i was asked a few questions at the desk, answered them honestly,he asked how that worked, me in UK husband in USA,I told him i was going through the immigration process, he asked did i have any paper work to show that i was, and i had taken my NOA1 with me, i showed him that and he said............"your good to go, have a great visit".............. Edited by euro, 03 March 2006 - 04:47 PM.	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-03 16:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	those highlighted yellow boxes on the pdf for ds230	I printed out my ds230 to get ahead of the game but i have a problem. I could not for the life of me find where i could select to not print out the yellow boxes. So i sent my DS230 to my wife (the usc) and it has yellow boxes on the form. Do ou see this being a problem? I don`t see why it should be but has anybody else ever done this? Another problem was the additional sheet for my trips to USA. Should it include certain information or is additional sheet for question 25 ds230 sufficient? thanks *stressed out* Dont stress its all good, I sent the same form with the same yellow boxes too!!......and just an additional page with dates i had been to the US!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-04 10:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	INTERVIEW DATE	My Husband received his interview date today. Our case was completed February 23, 2006 and our interview date is march 28, 2006. YEAH!!@!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations thats great news, Good Luck!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-05 12:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	tax transxripts vs. tax returns	we sent Tax returns (copies).....and they were good, we got case complete	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-05 13:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 pending and visiting the US	If you file your I-130 and it is either pending or aprroved, are there any restrictions on visiting the US during this process ? i.e. me and my wife live in the US, we have just filed our I-130 in Vermont. We would like to visit the US to see family and friends / holiday.. Is this allowed ? http://www.visajourn...showtopic=58200 yes you can, but read this its very interesting....................	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-05 13:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Tax return or Tax transcripts	thanks i just called the automated voice response right now on the phone and ordered the scripts it said it will take 10 to 15 days You can use either, we just copied my husbands tax returns & used those with no problems!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-07 10:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	How long	Hi! Hopefully someone can help me out I mailed my $70 fee for the I-864 on Feb 15. The NVC number (last week) said that the DS3032 choice of agent was recv'd. (We did the email) and that my forms would be sent within the next couple weeks. How long does it normally take? I am going to have my hubby fill out the DS-230 and mail it to me now. That way once I get he papers from NVC, I can go ahead and just send them off with the barcode. Does this sound right? Yes do that, but dont forget to have him photo copy the bio page of his passport!! I found the papers sent from NVC were pretty fast!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-07 13:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Silly Barcode Question	I sent my husband the DS-3032 before it was due, and when it was generated at NVC he sent it with out the barcode, BUT he did write our case number in the top right!!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-08 09:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	how long to wait of 1 1-30 petition approval	My hubby sent I-130 jan. 28, 2005 and march 30, 2005 approved... you can check my timeline.... goodluck........ Dang!!!.....that was great going from CSC.......... Yeah, CSC was rocking at that time ( February 2005)... Now, it takes almost 6 months for CSC to approve I130's. yeah i remember...................my noa date was April, when they started to take longer.........	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-09 13:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	how long to wait of 1 1-30 petition approval	My hubby sent I-130 jan. 28, 2005 and march 30, 2005 approved... you can check my timeline.... goodluck........ Dang!!!.....that was great going from CSC..........	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-09 13:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Please, just give me the answer!	CR1/IR1.......can work straight away, cards will arrive in the mail........ K3 if you intent to AOS in the US then you should file AOS & EAD(work authourization).......	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-10 17:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	oh my, am I confused	Thank you, we haven't gotten the letter from the NVC yet (about how long did you have to wait before you recieved this? we only know the case is completed by using the NVC's automated message thing) but we will try calling that number soon! Call the NVC automated line again, this will tell you the date your file was sent to London, then you will get the letter to confirm this!!	Euro	Female	0	2006-03-04 11:47:00