ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
Middle East and North AfricaHow Muslims are treated in the USA
what happes if u just lose the marriage certificate? or ask for certified copies? I dont think the new ones will be issued with the mistake. I have no idea how things work there, but here I'd do that. lose the bad one, pay the fine and get the new one.
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-01-10 15:44:00
Middle East and North AfricaWhat is the stupidest thing you have heard because your with a MENA SO ?
well, for anyone that recommends u that movie, u can recommend zeitgeist. u might watch it too. is up on google movies. I think it has been banned in american theatres, but i might be wrong on that one. doesnt present only one subject, goes through all kind of world "fevers". arabic/terrorism-phobia is one of them. and is nicely elaborated.

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-22 17:28:00
Middle East and North AfricaWhat is the stupidest thing you have heard because your with a MENA SO ?
so, Lisa, r u going to wear that thing on yr head?

enjoy life,
Andreea

Edited by antiwaiting, 22 December 2008 - 04:35 PM.

andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-22 16:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDS-230 Questions
QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Nov 24 2008, 12:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hello, i need some help in filling up this DS230 FORM. I am a lil confuse thats why i posted it here...

Hope you can help me....

On the 2nd page

19. List Names, Dates and Places of Birth, and Addresses of ALL Children.
my husband has 2 kids from his previous GF... should i put their names in this question?

21a. Person(s) named in 14 and 19 who will accompany you to the United States now.
i put my husband's name.. should i put his name again here?

21b. Person(s) named in 14 and 19 who will follow you to the United States at a later date. what should i put here?

In what occupation do you intend to work in the United States?
i am not really sure what occupation am i going to apply when im in USA.. what should i put here?

and on PAGE 3

33a. Have you ever applied for a Social Security Number (SSN)?
should i put yes or no? We are CR1 VISA


questions 19, 21a and 21b are not about yr husband or his children, as they already are american citizens. question 19 asks if u have any children of your own (they want to know if u have kids that will immigrate with u now or at a later date).if u dont have, write NONE. with 21a they want to know if there is someone else immigrating same time with u, with yr husband being their petitioner too. (as kids or other relatives);they dont ask who will fly with u there, which would be whole plane, not only yr husband. if is just u immigrating, write NONE. question 21b asks if u intend to have someone immigrating later to follow u (as kids, for example).if u dont have any, write NONE. question about occupation, if u dont know what u will work there, write UNKNOWN. but I think would be good to think about it, and make a choice;isnt like u cant change yr mind once there. question 33a is clear. u should know if u applied or not. I assume if is first time u aply for a visa and never been there before, u didnt apply for one before. so answer NO.but u know better. also consult yr husband.good luck
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-11-24 12:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresnot even a touch
dont worry, and dont lose hope. there are people here who waited way longer than u. we only had one touch in may and nothing since then. there are peaople who had several touches before they got the NOA1. I think that doesnt mean anything. the whole USCIS site means nothing. I think they update random, just to make it look like there is life there. many people got aproved and didnt see their files touched. but what I have seen here and didnt look fair to me is that they pick on names sometimes. I think there r threads on that. and the check tends to take longer in those cases. but I thikn there is not a rule. just some officers r more safety obsessed or xenophobic than others. good luck to u
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-11-18 18:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresGlory to God
Congratz! may u have a smooth and fast NVC! no one expected any approvals on thxgiving weekend. this is very encouraging news for the rest of us still waiting.(and can u update the timeline, pls?)
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-11-29 05:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWould the signed copy of DS-3032 work
dont worry, I had to mail the police record and certified copies of marriage and birth certificate, so to add the documents I have to sign in the package was just logical thing to do. but if wouldnt be the case, and wed want to gain time, Id teach my husband the glass trick, isnt like they are going to analise the ink on signature see if is romanian. and if u think about it, i email it anyways, is almost like faxing. he isnt fake-ing it, hes just copying it by hand, not by fax machine. should be able to electronicaly sign anyways, considering is immigration form, which means from al around the world.
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-11-29 17:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWould the signed copy of DS-3032 work
I signed for my parents everytime i didnt want to show them grades from school but had to show their signature in my grades notebook to teachers. so....she scans her signature, emails it. u print it. (has to be the perfect font size to copy it). u place the paper with the signature on a glass with a light under, or on the window in daytime, with good light. u place the document on top, it becomes see-through. u copy her signature. perfection....(just do it by a single hand movement, without shaking)
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-11-29 16:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresThrew out my old airline tickets, am I in trouble?
when my husband started to visit me, like 3 years ago, we didnt think aout marrige, immigration, etc. so he didnt keep his airline tickets either. i think he just has some of them. but we r going to show the orbitz reservations fr tickets, and also the credit card records where it shows he paid for them. I assume no one would think he paid the tickets not to use them, as they are usualy over 1000$ each. so I think that if u have any proof of buying the tickets, ull be ok. we dont have any hotel reservations becase he was always my guest.also we have pics with him here, at different times (can see in pics is winter, summer, spring, so they are not all taken in same trip) good luck.
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-11-30 04:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTime related question - Married to an American abroad
kaffy, that tourist visa depends very much of the country of the tourist visa beneficiary. somecountries dont even need a visa, some get a tourist visa easy, is just papers to fill in, some wont get a visa unless they prove they really have very good reason to go back in their own country (great job, assets, properties, convincing bank accounts. and not only those, but the history of bank accounts and properties for the last 5 years). so every person should know how usa emabssy works in their own country. Id also say that DCF is best way to go, as it seems the us citizen has been living in yr country over 6 months. good luck
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-11-30 16:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresBEST PROFILE TO GET CR1/ IR1 APPROVED
I think is also important to give short concrete answers. do not elaborate if is no need. that might just get the interviewr ask more or get suspicious.

(our piece of resistance-we like to joke around this- is my husband's baptism. I assume no one would thik someone would get baptized in order to marry for a fake marriage).

u can also look at this link, maybe will help if u forgot somth.
http://www.visajourn...rview_Questions
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-02 17:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAPPROVED!!!!
CONGRATZ! and u december approved guys, start the december approvals thread for next step-NVC. hope to join u soon
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-02 15:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresForm DS-230
we didnt get the NOA2 yet, but already prepared papers for future steps. i didnt change my name after marriage, so we didnt fill my name once again there (it asks other name, aliases, or if married woman, maiden name). for me being the same, we just filled N/A. u think I should write my name once again there even if is the same? I was thinking that if yr wife name didnt change, u shouldnt put anything in there either. if she took yr name, should put there her name before marriage, as it appears on her papers (BC, previous passport, any records she might have with her name before marriage)

and I have to admit i had to google to see why u laugh at those examples. sonia gandhi ive got it, but had no idea who this sonia singh is. eh, romanian lost in indian name jokes trying to get it.tell more, maybe it brings more smiles. lets say happy NVC ppl cheering up a still waiting USCIS person.
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-02 18:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNervous About NVC Process
I think the best think to do is look at the full half of the glass. U r out of USCIS, where the real waiting was. waiting is stressfull, makes u go through different emotions, from having faith one day to being completely hopless the next one and so on. once u get at NVC, r family is very close to the day of being reunited. if u know u and yr husband are doing this in good will, u have been together through all this process, u must have faith everything will go just fine. keep going forward with faith, and dont think of the bumps in the road, those r only lil shakers on the way (as a RFE or some days without news from NVC could be, but hopefuly not). u r close to the finish line, heads up, it will very soon be over. my advice to u would be do not panic, dont get nervous, because only in that case u can do mistakes that would cost u few more weeks of waiting. best thing to do is get yrself together, pay attention to every line in the forms, the most unpleasant part of the process is already in the past. if u had the determination and courage to start this process from the beginning, could pick the best choice for getting together in terms of what visa to apply for, had the patience to wait for the NOA2, then NVC shouldnt scare u. all of us knew is going to be a long nerves and time consuming process when we filed our I130. with patience and faith, it will be over and ull be reunited as a family soon. and when u r not sure about somth, just ask yr friends here. is why we r all here. to get support and encouragement from others in same boat with us. and sail together towards the shore. best of luck to u, and dont worry, u will all be together before first spring sunny days.
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-02 01:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWE GOT APPROVED!!! :)
CONGRATZ!. try use the NVC shortcuts, and have a smooth journey!
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-06 06:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOctober I-130 approvals!!! Onward to NVC!!!
hello everyone. my post might be out of opic and too early to ask for me anyways, as we didnt even get the NOA2, but we hope is soon and we are trying to have everything ready for everything required at NVC. and seems u already went through it, so better ask u. in the form DS-230, where it requires for the educational institutions attended, did u translate name of institutions in english, and also gave the american corespondent of the diplomas, or just wrote the names as they apear on diplomas, and also named the diploma as in original? this might sound dumb question, but we dont want to risk anything, so we try to double check and get opinions on every lil question mark that crosses our minds. (I specify that the official names r not that different, as universitate-university, medicina-medicine, just the diplomas sound kind of different and the high-school). thx in advance for any help
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-11-19 17:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresANY DECEMBER APPROVAL?
CJ-V was approved on 1st of december. dont lose hope, our time is coming. even if cases with later fileing date than his were being approved before his, CJ always sounded optimistinc and encouraged others to be the same. his approval is a very good sign. so dont lose yr optimism, think positive, and will see approval is just around the corner.chins up!
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-02 09:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNeed some help with "Administrative processing"
might be that no one can help. Ive seen many ppl helb back forever on AP. and seems they didnt find a way to make it go faster. Is horrible in my opinion, but I am not sure is much u can do. the situation is bad because they can blame those running the backround check, as FBI or I dont know who else, so problem is u cant guilt anyone because they r washing their hands and throw it in someone elses yard. Sorry I cant help, and wish yr waiting is soon over. maybe u r in luck and someone in same situation as u could pull some ropes and help u do the same, but I didnt see such cases here yet. also I am new here somewhat and I didnt see everything. problem is I think that even if u get numbers where to call, and someone answers, they r trained in giving standard answers that dont really help u. best of luck
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-15 05:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresGood news
Congratz! u in the system now
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-16 16:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFinally Finally Finally!!!
Congratz, and keep in touch for NVC!
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-16 17:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI really need to know.
welcome in NVC boat!
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-17 10:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDecember 15 onward...
my friends, dont lose hope if u see no touches. my case had only one touch in beginning of may, on both petitions (probably put them together). next touch was the approval. and even that one was late. the touch is on 15th of decebmer, and the approval notice states 13rd december. believe in yr luck!
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-16 16:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresThe "Lonely blue spouseless Xmas..." thread
I already spent Christmas without my husband for 2 years. this year will be different. hes coming to visit. is his first year as eastern orthodox, so he said hell spend it here. last year he spent it home at his parents, and came here for New Years. for us, those who r the ones to immigrate, Christmas and holidays in general will always be a difficult time. last year i missed my husband, next year ill probably be with him and miss my family...so, even if he'll leave alone after it, and Ill still be here waiting, this year Christmas is somehow a bless for me. Ill have him and my family. having yr 2 families on 2 different continents isnt easy, and we all knew what we r getting through from the beginning. at least this year is easy. there is no other way to be together but him coming. as i see it, for the rest of our lives will be difficult. christmas is only one, and well always have to decide we visit his family or mine.

merry christmas to everyone, and long live the skype. is how we spent last christmas. with laptops and webcams on the whole time, i saw his family, he saw mine, i had a place at their table, he had a place at mine, they had a gift for me there, we had a gift for him here, sometimes we listened their music, sometimes they listened ours, and so on...we just couldnt taste eachother's food and drinks (and me and my husband couldnt taste eachother, but pretended to kiss under mistletoe)


andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-16 16:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureslost documents with I-130
I'd say first call USPS once more. u should have more chance with them than with USCIS, and is probably still in their yard anyways. I'd say is not lost, is just the big load of holidays mail problem. i know postmen work extrahours whole december because of it.
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-19 12:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresvisa issued
hyd617, may u 2 have a happy moment like this every single day of yr life. and so a new chapter of yr life, hopefuly a great one, begins. congratz!
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-19 13:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI-130 Approved
great news. congratz and smooth dance through NVC!

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-01-14 19:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI130 approved but will not apply for visa yet
The NOA2 has an expirationdate and the visa has an expiration date. I think if u sum those 2, and also make the process relly slow, u can make it go for an year. like take yr time when sending documents, leave long breaks between packages, long enough for u but not too long for them to expire. then get the visa and not go right away. I think it has few months time limit. in that case u can still stay home for a year, and also not drop the whole process and start all over again.

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-01-21 10:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPLZ PLZ did anyone went through this
ours showed in process, paid, not paid, paid again. give it time until tomorrow. I think if bank transfers it, is just a NVC system error.
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-02-04 14:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
seems our journey is close to the finish line. congratz to us all. for patience, first of all. I learned many things during this process, and most of all I learned about myself. new ways to hope, new ways to keep chin up, my limits, patience, how important sharing is, how much ppl u dont know can help, how much love and hope are universal, etc. (if only the whole world would belike visa journey, no?)
anyways, what I wanted to say is we finaly got the interview date: 30th of march. a little bit disapointing, more than a year since we filed, long after te case was completed, and monday is our anniversary which will be celebrated over skype. but all in all, it doesn't matter anymore. we made it so far, this is the last bump. in few months I'll be there missing home. and so the show goes on.

good luck to everyone at the interview. maybe we should start a new thread with how our interviews went. the lucky one with the first date should start it and share his/her experence with us.

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-02-19 17:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
my husband called NVC. our case is complete since last week. but we didn't make the interviews sheduling this month. so guess is nothing left to do for us but wait and ask again in february. good luck to those who r still in the process with NVC.

enjoy life,
Andreea

andreeaFemaleRomania2009-01-21 14:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
i kind of made peace with the idea that we won't get a case complete before they finish sheduling interviews this month. but for all those who already have their case complete, wish u good luck!

SraCastillo, I am sorry to hear u got that answer from NVC. seems we r connected after all. if I couldn't keep up with u, u will wait for me. and I was just telling my husband: u know I told u about that case which had same dates as mine? well, now they will get an interview sheduled this month, and we won't because those lost bags. then i saw yr post. weird how these things happen, no?

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-01-13 12:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
cmnb, I think u didn't lose the money and it will soon show as PAID. I think u can't pay online for somth that wasn't generated yet, so must be an error that will be fixed soon. u could have been worried if u'd have paid in another way, but if u paid online I think u r fine.

my update: everything sent, just waiting for NVC to do their part now.

for the K3 things didn't work as we hoped. we hoped for a K3 interview to be changed for CR1, considering that we lost some time at NVC because my husband wasn't there. well, papers for K3 have been sent from NVC dec 20th, and didn't get here yet. I think mail was lost or somth. not that would matter now, as we wanted to go on with CR1 anyways, but what if we would have chosen the K3 route? we'd still be hanging waiting for some news. not cool, no?

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-01-13 07:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
hi guys! first of all, congratz ro SraCastillo.

second-I have a question: in 4th package, Ling-Ling guide doesn't mention any passport size picture of beneficiary. yet, at the beginning, when it lists what's needed from beneficiary, says 2 pics of beneficiary to be sent in with the DS-230 form. did u send pics in package 4?

and another thing is about also sending photocopies of all documents u send in the package. u did that?

we send package 4 today and i wanted to be sure we do it right.

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-01-12 14:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
Sam, best is to email and mail the DS 3032. from most cases here, I observed mailing works way faster than emailing. u just have to use a fast mail option. good luck
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-01-10 14:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
u guys moved fast. wanted to do the same, but had some bad luck. first of all, my husband was here during holidays, so we couldnt do anything before 5th, when he went back. while he was here a friend of his sent our ds-3032 and checked his mail to give us the IIN number. with that we paid the package 3 and package 4 fees. so when he got there, he only had to send the packages. but guess what? airline lost his bags where our original papers were. (he went back with my cat, so he couldnt take any other hand bag in the plane, but the cat's carrier). so he got there and couldnt do anything until he recieved the bags. which was last night at 3am. weird hour to deliver bags, but well...so today he sends the 3 and 4 packages, and we wait. what is depressing some is that all this made us not make the first 2 weeks of january dead line when they shedule interviews for next month.
but this isnt the only bothering thing. embassy here didnt send any package for K3 yet. and I see for others K3 moved faster. I wanted to call embassy and ask about it, but my mother said I received a package home, and I thought that's it, so I didnt call. she sent it to me, and turns out is just the Choise of Agent envelope. geeez. so guess Ill call monday to ask at embassy, because they r already closed now.
that's al my update. not much, moving slower than I hoped so. we had all papers ready before the NOA2, wanted to fly through NVC, but seems we had some bumps on the road.

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2009-01-09 10:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
in our case, is today or it can very well be on 5th of jan. because my husband will start his journey to come visit me in few hours, and will be back on 5th. so we wont be able to do much in that time. I wont thikn of it that way now, I am just happy he's coming. will recharge our batteries if we r due some more wait.

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-22 19:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
My husband went to work. will call NVC soon to ask about DS-3032. but we dont have high hopes. he's coming here for holidays, and he only has time to send DS-3032 until this evening at 8PM. so for us if isnt generated today, it can be on 5th of january for all we care, because thats when he's going back. today he'll to put everything together and see what he needs to bring me, for the embasy package. anyways I made peace with the idea I'll be here till easter, because if I get a march interview, makes no sense to go there for a month then come back for Easter.

anyone has better news?

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-22 11:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
Nothing new on our side. lady at NVC said friday evening that monday might get lucky. besides the standard DS-3032 in 4-6 weeks, blah blah. is funny how they first say the standard line, then they give u other answers. like expect somth next week, monday-tuesday something should happen. but I am not very confident. if u remember, at beginning of december, we didnt see many NOA2, but the NVC process was fast. now with all these new approvals USCIS sent to NVC, NVC might get a little slower. is the other side of the medal, i guess. many approvals at once make us happy, but slow NVC a bit.

enjoy life,
Andreea
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-21 13:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
SraCastillo, we called too and no DS-3032 yet. but well call again later. important is to know by late afternoon of the day when is generated to be able to overnight yr DS-3032 same day. so we dont lose hope at the morning call, we count on the later call every day.

and everyone pls don't mind my hysterical posts sometimes. seems the excitement of NOA2 after the long wait and the rush to get over with it as soon as possible, makes me panic at times. as soon as somth doesnt sound like it was set in my head, i malfunction. right after i give it a thought i laugh at myself, everything sounds logical. and before this all started, i used to be the most calm person i know. go figure

anyways, good luck to us and lets keep rushing. we all want to get at the finish line asap
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-19 11:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRecent I-130 Approvals (Nov. /Dec.) - NVC Process
welcome on board, aman! a may filer approved at VSCm thats very good news. the beast is moving
andreeaFemaleRomania2008-12-19 04:48:00