ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCertified Copies for NVC
it is best to get originals and sent them sometime you will need to get another set just to have for that just in case
but certified and notorized are basiclly the same thing notary will also stamp with a seal
vbtbmrtMalePhilippines2008-05-18 08:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHow Long does it take for Emailed DS-3032 to be in the system ??
it usally takes a week to get response from them as long as you recieved a auto response e-mail soon after you sent your e-mail and it should of looked like this good luck


PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION

Thank you for your recent inquiry to the National Visa Center. This
automated email is to notify you that we have received your inquiry. We
prioritize our emails in the order in which it was received, and will
respond to your inquiry as soon as possible
vbtbmrtMalePhilippines2008-06-08 06:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresThis really pissed me off!!!
i also met my wife online and was on my way to her in couple month and was married and now i am so very happy i did.but if i would of known about immigration parties it would of saved me airfare from having to fly. but thats sounds like a wonderful idea with having a party my self.
like pushbrk said it dont matter how you meet it is how you pursue after, if you agree to marry to defraud then you need go to jail and be deported. as for the women getting preggy to just to beable to stay it happens if you dont protect your self and then there is no one to blame.
vbtbmrtMalePhilippines2008-06-08 07:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPOE QUESTION
yes guam is going to process you for port of entry. had a friend come through guam before hawai and that was here port of entry. good luck
vbtbmrtMalePhilippines2008-07-09 03:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDocuments with DS-230 I forgot to put photocopies
if you wanted to get originals back is why you wanted to send copies. it dont matter they wont send back originals that way. i did this and never got originals back but my wife also forgot to ask during interview good luck
vbtbmrtMalePhilippines2009-07-01 07:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresGOT AN INTERVIEW WITH RADIO STATION
thanks for all the work you are doing for all the legal immigration. yes there should be a bonus for doing the right thing. but we know our gov. would rather take then to give.

well dont rely on the uscis web site too much i use to do it all the time my self morning and night checked waiting for approval notice. till one day my noa-2 was here in my mail box.i can go to the web site now and it still say recieved and pending. but i might just be the only one havent seen any other post like mine

but THANK YOU SO FOR ALL THE WORK YOUR DOING AND KEEP UP THE FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited by vbtbmrt, 17 February 2008 - 10:29 AM.

vbtbmrtMalePhilippines2008-02-17 10:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresdenied entry and i 130
well look at it this way the goverment already knows everything about you and spouse. they do check everything. so you think there is something to hide. there isnt anything they dont know already!!!!
vbtbmrtMalePhilippines2009-08-05 17:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureschoice of agent form
not sure there was a short cut to e-mail it but make sure you recieve the auto responce fron nvc e-mail or it didnt go through
she has to mail it to nvc or to you but loook for the short cut first
vbtbmrtMalePhilippines2009-10-14 20:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresaccepting child care payments while CR1

Hi,

I applied for the child care payments here in Hawaii for our youngest son but still not signed the packet they sent me. I am still in doubt to push thru with it because I am under CR1 and Im thinking if that is like a violation against the affidavit of support that my husband filed for me. Considering that is a funded by federal government. Am I being a public liability and just dont apply for child care payments? Hope you guys can help. My deadline of submiting the packet back is before june 1st thanks

I am assuming your husband is USC and father of your child? Assistance for "his" child will not make YOU a public charge. He signed affidavit of support for you only so any gov't support for you may bring questions. If it bothers you, have your husband sign the packet for the child. No biggie.
w8inglongtimeMaleGhana2010-05-22 08:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCR-1 visa
You will be throwing money away if he doesn't join you in the states by the expiration date on the visa. On a side note, why did you put your husbands personal info on line without bluring his vital info? There are some crazy people out there you know.
w8inglongtimeMaleGhana2010-12-12 09:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNaturalized U.S. Citizen (via Marriage to U.S. Citizen) applying I-130 for my spouse
Is it out of the ordinary to think another reason to have the OP's case scrutinized a bit more will be the timing of the divorce and re-marriage? Divorced a US citizen in 2010 and married someone in Pakistan the same year and trying to bring them to the States. Won't it raise questions as to whether the new spouse was already in the picture the whole time you were married? I hope it doesn't become a problem but you can see why an IO will ask when and where you first met the new husband? Won't saying you knew each other while you were married to your ex also raise questions about the legitimacy of the first marriage? Maybe someone who has been through it could shed some light.
w8inglongtimeMaleGhana2010-12-25 11:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCASE COMPLETED
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HEY CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK
Ak+TkFemaleIndia2009-09-17 16:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresgot my interview date!!!
QUOTE (sachinky @ Oct 31 2009, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Congratulations. And of course, all the best for your interview! smile.gif






Firstly CONGRATS!!!!

Secondly BEST OF Luck and what day did you submit your packet 3?
we sent ours in on October 20th and still have not received anything word
Ak+TkFemaleIndia2009-11-02 11:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPregenant wife of USC get IR1 visa in India?
Good Luck to you both!
Ak+TkFemaleIndia2010-03-20 09:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNOA1 and Money Order to USCIS
QUOTE (yuenashleysl @ Jun 6 2009, 12:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I actually have a similar question. I mailed a check though for the CR1 fee to the Chicago lockbox with my I-130 Petition on June 2. I know it's still kind of early, but do they cashed the check first then sent out NOA1, or do they sent out NOA1 first then cashed the check? I was reading other's timeline and wondering how other know their NOA1 status before the check is cashed?




I really dunno but i think they have to cash the check first before they can treat your case. Mine is also a package for CR1.
KDORMaleNigeria2009-06-05 18:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNOA1 and Money Order to USCIS
Hello everyone,
Does anybody knows how long it takes to get a NOA1? Its been 3 weeks now that i have mailed out my I-130 to the chicago lockbox with my money order for the uscis fees and from my home to chicago its just for the mail to get there. Since the 15th of may i have not hear or get my NOA1 anybody knows why or what is really happening or any advice about what i should do or who to call? Please get in touch with me by replying me.
KDORMaleNigeria2009-06-05 18:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresMoney Order instead of a cheque
I paid for my I-130 by buying a money order of the tune of the USCIS fee $355 and mailed my package 10days ago and i have not got a NOA1 yet and dunno if the money has been cashed.. Please is anyone out there that has a knowledge of what is going on or has experience the same issues? Please reach out to me i need some help, advice and comfort.
KDORMaleNigeria2009-06-14 16:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat are the time difference between USCIS and NVC
Imaisha......... thanks for your reply. as for the age thing im 33 and gonna be 34 in november and my spouse is 25 last may and he is from nigeria, and i am moving to nigeria to stay with him in august do you think we may have a problem because of the age? we met online while he was studying in malaysia and we only court for 1 month and 3 weeks before we get married and we lived together in lagos nigeria for 1 month and i went back to the states and i pleaded with my spouse no to go back to malaysia where he study simply because he will be attending his interview in his country of citizenship and since its also likely that he wont be completing his diploma in malaysia before his case will be approve, he already had a diploma in banking and finance in a nigerian polytechnic and he is undergoing his second diploma in business administration at a malaysian college which is going to be completed in 2011 and we just cant afford to stay away from each other for that long so we both mutually consented to it that we forgone the study at malaysia and another enrol can be made while we got back to the states, because i have decide i am going to stay with my spouse until the visa is granted and we all go back home with our son who will be with us. does any of this poses a problem or serves as a threat of denial or to view our marriage as a sham?
KDORMaleNigeria2009-06-28 18:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat are the time difference between USCIS and NVC
Hello Vjer's
I have a whole lots of questions to ask and i hope you guys will be kind enough to analyse and depict what points i am trying to make before you anwser my questions... Me and my spouses loves each other so much and because of been away from each other we feels bad sad and unhappy everyday on phone and during our im's and even gets crabby with each other but we both believe that was because we are away from each other and we miss been together very much, but we are always good and we have planned never to live without each other again as we plan one of us will move to settle with the other who is awaiting the visa. And to my QUESTIONS P A L S !!!!!!!!

On the USCIS website the processing times for various visa categories was tabulated and for instance the I-129 and I-130 where either stipulated or confirmed to be 5months. My question does the 5months applies to USCIS alone to recieving a case and approving or the 5months also includes the NVC services (meaning taking uscis and nvc process the case for 5months or what?). What is the date of the USCIS Fiscal Year for 2009(FY2009). Are visas number automatically available to spouse of US citizen? When your case is recieved and pending what should or can you do if it has not been touched for weeks on the USCIS website? What could be classify as a potential age difference between a US citizen and his/her spouse (the beneficiary), is there a age limitation? What is the implication of a first-in-visit marriage and a short courtship which preceeded into marriage and the possible decision of a visa interviewer in such a case? How long can a marriage couple lived together in the foreign spouse country before the interview date at a US consulate or Embassy in other to establish a evidence of bonafide relationship? Does the spouse been pregnant makes am Entry clearance official to grant a visa? Can the petitioner be present at the interview in the foreign spouse country when he/she goes for interview.
Hope to hear from you all soon and hey remember the best response/reply attracts a great reward of more love in your love life and a goodwill wishes on your case too... MWAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KDORMaleNigeria2009-06-28 17:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhen U.S FY2009?
When U.S FY2009?
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-09 08:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDoes the time spent together by spouse greatly matters during interview?
Well i have been there just once between 22nd of february to 20th of march and i am going back there next month for another 3 months or till our case is approve from USCIS and gone over with NVC and also be at the consulate with him when he goes for his interview so i am looking at a total of 5months in Lagos with and that will make us be together for 4 to 6 months after been married in late february 2009. Well i have learnt from different Vjer's that the time spent together in person is more important than number of times and thank you for complimenting that PUSHBRK, and also thanking you too MrsJibowu for complimeting it also by terming it not to be a primary role but a secondary role which is much more important to us. And to you gogo thanks and also to all vjers members who has contributed to my qustion THANK YOU ALL. Got our NOA1 in June 19th, got 2 touches, the last was on the 23rd and still praying for the approval to come probably august or early september.... Wish everyone who are in love luck, success and speedy reunion with our Spouse.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-13 12:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDoes the time spent together by spouse greatly matters during interview?
Does the time spent together by spouse greatly matters during interview? In the amount of time and months?
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-09 08:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is a potential age different between spouse?
What is a potential age different between spouse? How older could a husband be to his wife and how older could a wife be to his husband? Can a decade of age different be a factor for refusal by an Immigration officer and claiming its either for immigration purposes or to avoid immigration proceedings?
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-09 08:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNew USCIS timeline for CR1
Does it mean that the Vermont Service Centre and California Service Centre are not meeting with their priority date for the I-130 Petition for Alien Relative U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 and could this warrant or give way for May 09 filers getting approved before the April filers? Can this thrend pave way for June filers getting approved before May filers? hun headbonk.gif !!! ohmy.gif

KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-16 15:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresREAD CR-1/IR-1 INTERVIEW QUESTION!!!!!!
HAHA JK YOU FUNNY... WELL SOME COUPLE MAY TAKE THE PICTURE OR VIDEO OF THAT BUT IT WONT HAVE TO BE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION NOT EVEN THE INTERVIEWER..... ABBYnSHERYL YOU RIGHT THATS A 3 LETTER WORD THATS IS MORE EROTICAL, MIND AND EYE CATCHING, SOMETIMES AMBIGUOUS BASE ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERSON INVOLVE. BUT THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN ITS GENTLE LOOK OF THE WORD................. S E X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-23 14:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresREAD CR-1/IR-1 INTERVIEW QUESTION!!!!!!

I'd LOVE to hear some of the answers to #25
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A VJ MEMBER WAS ASK "HOW IS THE SEX BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE"
THE REPLY ON ITS POST " AS MUCH AS I THINK THAT IS A PERSONALLY QUESTION BUT AS YOU HAVE ASK I WILL TELL YOU ME AND MY WIFE DO HAVE A GOOD SEX WHICH WE BOTH ENJOY"

WHAT A LOGICAL QUESTION AND ANSWER.....HAHAHAH!!!!!!!!
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-23 10:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresREAD CR-1/IR-1 INTERVIEW QUESTION!!!!!!
Hello Everyone

I am just thinking of putting up this and if anyone has an addition from experience or other vj's member post u can add to them. To my reaseacrh i found out almost all embassy's/consulate ask this questions at interview


1. HOW DID YOU MEET?
2. WHEN DID YOU MEET?
3. WHERE DID YOU MEET?
4. HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN HIM/HER?
5. WHEN WAS HE/SHE HERE?
6. WHEN DID YOU SEE HIM/HER LAST?
7. HOW OFTEN DO YOU TALK?
8. HOW OLD IS HE/SHE?
9. HOW MANY KIDS HE/SHE HAS?
10. HOW OLD ARE THEY?
11. WHEN IS THEIR DATES OF BIRTH?
12. WHEN IS YOUR SPOUSE BIRTHDAY?
13. WHO PROPOSE TO THE OTHER?
14. HOW DID HE/SHE PROPOSE?
15. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH HIS/HER KIDS?
16. WAS HE/SHE EVER MARRIED?
17. IS HE/SHE DIVORCE OR SEPERATED?
18. WHEN DID HE/SHE DIVORCE AND DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF HIS/HER DIVORCE FINAL DECISION?
19. WHAT IS HIS/HER ADDRESS?
19. WHERE DO YOU INTEND TO STAY IN THE US?
20. WHEN DO YOU INTEND TO LEAVE FOR THE US?
21. WHAT DO YOU DO?
22. WHY DO YOU MARRY HIM/HER?
23. WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO IN THE US?
24. DO YOU HAVE SEX TOGETHER?
25. HOW IS THE SEX BETWEEN YOU TOO?
26. WHAT PROVES/EVEIDENCE DO YOU HAVE? (e.g EMAILS, PHOTOS, CHATS RPINTOUTS, BOARDING PASS, COPY OF PREVIOUS FLIGHTS TICKETS TO EACH OTHER, COPY OF IMMIGRATION STAMP ON THE PASSPORT AT THE P.O.E TO VISITS EACH OTHER, CARDS OR LETTERS SENT TO EACH OTHER).


ALL OF THIS ARE POST OF QUESTIONS DURING INTERVIEW AT VARIOUS EMBASSY'S AND CONSULATE THATS I HAVE READ ON MEMBERS PROFILE, INCLUDING THOSE WHOM THEIR VISA WAS APPROVED OR DENIAL, IF YOU HAD MORE TO ADD TO THIS ITS WELCOME SO THAT OTHER VJ'S CAN LEARN FROM IT.




KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-23 08:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHELP PLEASE!!!!!!
I dont get it paradiselost can you explain more on what you mean about ""so try to offer what can make them help you in the family unity""????
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-20 18:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHELP PLEASE!!!!!!
Hello Vj's

I have a troubled and turbulent heart about the chances of my spouse surviving his interview at the Lagos Consulate whenever that is. The issue is we meet December 28th 2008 through my elder sister who happens to be his friend boyfriend while he was in Malaysia studying and we really started out talking on phone between December 28th 2008 till January 12th that we started talking online and we got married in February 27th 2009. We only have 2 months courtship before our wedding in Lagos Nigeria and here is my question and your honest answer is kindly required judging by others experience, facts and its likes.

Me and hubby has no prove to show we meet for our involvement as of december 28th 2008 to January 11th 2009 but we have prove to show from January 12th 2009 till date, from the 12th we have always have one mails from one to another irrespective of its contents and we have always talked everyday on yahoo messenger from the 12th feb till date and we have prove of thats and we have sent some couple of cards to each other. We have been only been together for 28days from my first visit and i am bound to be there in 23days for another possible 3 months or even till the interview we have our NOA1 date 19th of June and despite our case not been approved yet i will be living to be on his arms again cause i really miss him alot and i will be going with 2 of my kids.

Please i need you all to analyse this issues vividly and intelligently before you reply to this please, i need all advice, help and courage that u all can offer.

Can he ever be denied a visa at the interview just because we only knew each other for 2 months before we got married at the first-in-person visit?
Can he be refused a visa because his cacusian wife is 9years older than him?
Can he be denied a visa because i already have 4 kids and he his never married?
Can he be denied because he abandoned his study in Malaysia because i asked him to stay in Lagos Nigeria because i will be coming back there again?
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-20 16:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWEST AFRICA CR-1 FILER
HELLO FRIENDS....
I JUST CREATED THIS TREND FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND POSSIBLE SHARE STORIES, EXPERIENCE AND POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH OUR SELFS STARTING FROM HOW TO START, WHAT TO FILE, USCIS, NVC, INTERVIEWS AT EMBASSY'S AND CONSULATE IN AND AROUND WEST AFRICAN AND SUB SAHARA, AND ALSO POINT OF ENTRY ISSUES.


YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO CONTRIBUTE EVEN IF YOU ARE FROM OTHER PARTS OF AFRICAN OR A USC CITIZEN THAT HAS GOT A SPOUSE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.


Y O U A R E W E L C O M E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-27 15:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNeed your Advice!!!!
Thanks alot again dear for the soothing advice
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-28 17:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNeed your Advice!!!!
Thank yo so much for your reply and moving it to the african forum yes we got married at the first in person visit after four months of our relationship but i am happy to hear his study has nothing to do with this visa process.
Thank u Aniomanam
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-28 17:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNeed your Advice!!!!
Hello Friends

I met my hubby online last year November, we got married this year february, he was studying in Malaysia when we meet and he went back to his home country in february 09 for our wedding and we started 1 month together and he didnt go back to his studys in Malaysia he stayed in his home-country, he asked his college in Malaysia for deferment but the college in Malaysia refused to issue him one and he didnt go back to Malaysia we decided our priority to choose which or what we want, his diploma study in Malaysia will be completed in 2010 and we can't afford to stay away or apart from each other that long and we choose our priority on a scale of preference that he should stay in his home country since 1. I will be going back there to live with him until our NOA2, NVC completes our case and at the INTERVIEW no matter how long that takes. My question now is can he be denied visa at interview because he quit his study in malaysia? He has a copy of email that was sent to the college for deferment which they did not reply to but told him on phone that they cannot issue a deferment letter.
Can him staying in his country to wait on the process be view as for immigration purpose?

Need your advice please!!!!!!!!!!!
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-28 16:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWHAT WILL YOU ANSWER??
Thanks all... Rami Becky i think am gonna make him reply the same way you just wrote it i like that response...lol
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-31 16:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWHAT WILL YOU ANSWER??
What should be the right answer if asked who support the other financially? And what and what could the beneficiary submit as a prove of an ongoing relationship?
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-30 16:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWHAT WILL YOU ANSWER??
Thanks guys i was with him for 4 weeks too and going to be over prepare with evidence of ongoing relationship infact alot of it...

Wish us all Luck
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-30 16:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWHAT WILL YOU ANSWER??
Thanks Guys.. Yes he talks with my kids online and on phone and me with 2 out of my 4 kids will be going to stay and live with him in Nigeria for 3 months and i we have stayed on month together btw feb and march and i hope all of this will help too that our relationship is genuine coupled with chats logs, photos together before wedding during wedding with his family and after wedding, cards, emails, and soon pictures of me, him and 2 of my kids and we would have stayed 4 months plus before his interview will that erase the redflags?
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-29 17:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWHAT WILL YOU ANSWER??
HELLO FRDS,

JUST BEEN CURIOUS WHAT WILL HE SAY WHEN HE GOES FOR HIS INTERVIEW. IF ASKED

1. WHY DO YOU MARRY AN OLDER WOMAN?
2. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH HER KIDS?
3. WE DATE FOR 4 MONTHS AND GOT MARRIED ON THE FIRST IN PERSON VISIT, TELL ME HOW DANGEROUS IS THAT FOR OUR FUTURE OR HIS VISA/INTERVIEW BEEN APPROVED?
KDORMaleNigeria2009-07-29 16:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHow did you meet?
My sister introduce me to my hubby who was her boyfrd roommate. Always tell the truth it will save, from misrepresentation, fraud or banned with false and misleading statement or answer.

Goodluck
KDORMaleNigeria2009-08-01 17:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWHAT ARE PRIMARY EVIDENCE AND SECONDARY EVIDENCE????
Hello guys...
Pushbrk when u said this " However, the strongest evidence is hard evidence of time spent together" do you mean time spent together in person or time in years that the relationship had exsited till date?
KDORMaleNigeria2009-09-01 12:41:00