Hello, My name is Trish, I married Mick an Aussie. And would like any help on how to get my husband back in the U.S. We want to go the D.C.F route. We got married on March 30th 2006.We are now starting the Journey. I hope all goes fast for us. I need my Hubby back home to me ASAP. Any help will do us well. If anyone has any help on how to get started. Please feel free to do so.
Thanks Mick928 & NCBAB

hi & congrats on your marriage!

You say 'back home to me'---are you in Australia, or the US?

Have you read the DCF Guide?
Have you read the pinned post on Australia DCF in this forum?

Those are the best starts on the info--please do some reading and let us know your questions!

no he went back to Austraila on fri.

OK, read the 2 pages I suggested up aboe, and hopefully you do know that you will have to go to Australia if you want to do Direct Consular Filing.
If this is not practical for you, please review the Guides for married couples from the blue tabs at the top of the page (K-3 and CR-1 are the two spouse visa choices).

Hi again, And thankyou for your reply's and help. We have read the Pinned and DCF guide. I will be going to Australia to attend an interview. I would like to know what is my first step, do I email the U.S. Consulate in Sydney asking to lodge an I-130 form or how do I start the ball rolling.
Thankyou NCBABE

cant help since my hubby's from the UK but wanted to send you congrats on your marriage

Congrats on your marriage

Hi,
From looking at the contact info on the Sydney Embassy website for IV enquiries, looks like you need to either email them, snailmail them or fax your request for the initial packet as they don't give a telephone number for Immigrant Visa info. A couple of members who have recently done DCF in Australia are Karo112 & Wolvendove, you might track down their timelines and read some of their posts for information. .

And here I am in the flesh

1. yes email the consulate, if you want, to make sure they still do DCF but so far as I know they do (since we JUST did it)
2. Request by email OR phone Packet 3...this includes the forms you need to send in to start your processing. Read the instruction on this site to tell you what to send in...
3. Send in the forms mentioned above...I included a cover letter that requested a specific interview date (give a few...we got our #2 choice)...

Then have your hubby start the police and medical stuff...and you get to work on the 864 (financial) stuff and evidenciary support stuff.

it's a fairly easy process but you HAVE TO DO YOUR RESEARCH AND READ THE PINNED THREADS HERE. The only thing that would get in your way is NOT BEING PREPARED or understanding the process.

Read the "Australia DCF" thread...It should be pinned. if you read it and still have questions like the ones you have asked...read it again.

good luck

Congratz on the Marrage!!!

Congratulations on your marriage

Hi all, just want to update ya's on where we are. We sent our email off to the U.S Consulate in Sydney. 4/24/06 Asking for the I-130 and packet three's to be sent out. Hopefully the wait wont be long.
NCBABE

You can also download the forms from uscis.gov (make sure to read there for most current instructions and fees!) and get started on them. It will help you see what documents you'll need to take to Australia with you.

Shopping for airfare yet?

Congratulations

It's all starting, I got an email reply today they are sending the I-130 and other forms to hubby tomorrow. 4/29/06 He should have them early next week. Thankyou guy's for all the congrat's. Checked out airfares yesterday lol
NCBABE

Hi all, another update here we have got most of the forms done now. we have lodged the DS-230 parts 1 and 2 and was wondering does anyone know how long we'll have to wait for a case number. As soon as we have a case number we can lodge the application of readyness or do the walk in thursday deal. Any help on the waiting time would be appreciated thankyou

Not sure exactly what you've done so far as you jumped from getting a email reply from the Consulate in April saying they were mailing the forms to your hubby to having filed the DS230 and being ready to file the DS2001. Are you in Australia now? Have you already filed the I-130 and had it approved?
If you have already filed your I-130 and had it approved as well as the DS230 and you have all your other forms and documents ready, why don't you email the Consulate and ask about your case number? I do know they answer email about Immigrant visas. Email is: sydneyiv@state.gov

Hello people
Well here's what we done We have got most of the doc's together just waiting on Mick's federal police check to come back really. We are going to do the walkin Thursday deal. I am going to fly to Aussie from the U.S. and and lodge my I-130 and supporting doc's in person. We sent in Mick's 230 parts 1 and 2 to get ourselves a case number. The way we are understanding the process is, we can just go in on any Thursday and get the whole thing done in 1 day. 1 time trip to the Consulate and after approval they'll post out a Visa. There is no second interview or Mick doesnt need a separate interview does he ?
Are we doing anything wrong ? Please help if we are.
Any help would be very much appreciated
THANKYOU

Trish and Mick

The way things are done in Australia has changed and they no longer do one day walk-ins where you can get everything done right then. Please read the new instructions that are posted on Sydney's webside here:
http://sydney.usconsulate.gov/consular/Pet...nstructions.pdf

Also a lot of conversation about the changes here:
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;#entry243646

According to the new instructions, there are new specific instructions depending on where in Oz your hubby lives. You can only do a Thursday walk-in at the Sydney Consulate if your hubby lives in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland areas and that is only to file the I-130. If he lives elsewhere, you would have to follow the instructions for the area that would have jurisdiction over him. Have you received anything from them since you sent in the DS230? You might want to email them and see what they will let you do now since you have already sent in his DS230.
Good luck

There are a few people doing the NEW DCF and I am sure they can help you...HAmster, David A....not sure who else but I think once one or two ppl makes it through these new "Rules" it will be crystal clear again

Hello all again. I just emailed the DCF. I wanted to find out for us.If our papers we have already got sent to us and filled out.We sent the ones back we were asked to.If they are going to let us got through the process the old way. Seeings we are caught in the middle of this change over.We started our process back in April.I will let you all know what they say.When I get the email back. They say it can take up to five days to get back with me. Wish me all the luck that they let us do it the old way.(We get everything done in one day)

Hello people
Well we got a reply to our email, They gave us a case number and told us to lodge the DS-2001 immediately with a note saying when I'll be in Aussie, what Thursday date i'm lodging the form and they'll try schedule his interview on the next day Friday.
So its all going good, we do have a question about Federal police checks though. Mick had the national police check done with fingerprints and we got it back. We still hav'nt got the Feds one back and we was wondering do we really need it ? If we dont need it we can lodge the DS-2001 Any help here would be most welcome.
Thankyou Trish and Mick

Congrats on your marriage

Trish, take a look here:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/C...A/Australia.htm

It explains Police Certificates in Australia. If I'm reading it correctly, looks like you only have to get a Federal one if you live in Western Australia, otherwise a National with fingerprints is fine as long as he was born after 1941.

Hey all
Thankyou sadie, we read it the same way. we're not waiting for the Feds one Mick lodged the DS-2001 yesterday July 26 with a note saying when I'm coming to Australia and when I plan to lodge the I -130, so hopefully we get a quick reply from them.
Thanks again
Trish and Mick

Allright! Keep us posted!

Hey people
Well hubby got his appointment on the 14th Aug and I lodge the I-130 on the 10 Aug so all is good so far. Flying to Aussie on the 5th August. wish us luck
Trish and Mick

Hey Trish! That's awesome news!
We are flying through Sydney on the way to LAX August 5th, maybe I'll see you at the airport

What time ya flin in i'm gonna be there about 8:36 pm

Hello all, I'm here downunder. Our interview is tomarrow for the I-130. Wish us all the best. Will get back to you all on how it went. Thanks again for all your help. Mick and Trish

Good luck! By the way, since they're still allowing you to go on the old system, I believe they would have let you file the I-130 at the same time as your husband's interview. Under the new system, although you have to file the I-130 first, the old system allowed the Aussie to do everything, and if the I-130 wasn't lodged yet, they'd make you both turn up to the interview to do both.

Anyway, all done now, good luck again!

AussieDude

I'm going to contradict myself. I sent in my DS-230 recently, and I just received an email from the US consulate informing me that my spouse has to file the I-130 before my interview. I'm not going to complain as this process is still very much quicker than any other method.

AussieDude

Hi people
Well all went good at the lodging of the I-130 on the 10th Aug. We were in the consulate for about 1 hour the interview was like 5 minutes with no drama's. I-130 APPROVED !!! All we got now is lodging the I-864 and Mick's interview on the 14th Aug.
Trish and Mick.

That's excellent news, congratulations! I hope our interviews go just as painless. Any things to watch out for? What kind of evidence of relationship were they looking for?

AussieDude

All they really asked was how we met, when we met, How long we knew each other. When and where did we get married. Did Mick like the states. Oh and... did we have any photo's of us, I sez... well no it was'nt on the list of thing's to bring, he sez no problem. and that was basically it. Then he sez approved, stamped the form and said seeya Monday for the final interview.
Trish & Mick

That is awesome! Best of luck for Monday! Let us know how it goes.

AussieDude

Hey VJ'ers
Well I guess you's want to know what happened at the consulate today. Well it goes like this, WE GOT APPROVED !!!! We pick up Mick's Visa tomorrow and fly back home early next week. We do have to give a big thankyou to all the people on this site who helped us, you's have no idea how much easier it made it for us. If we can help anyone please feel free to ask.
Thank's again
Trish and Mick

Wonderful news!

Congratulations! Have a safe trip home

Congratulations guys, that is awesome! I hope your passage through the Port Of Entry is painless as well. How was his interview by the way, the same type of questions as your petition day, any special kind of relationship evidence they requested?

AussieDude

Trish
Thankyou all for the congrats, Yes the questions were pretty much just a rerun of the I-130 interview
they just went over what we did the day before It took about 5 minutes for the interview. It seemed like as long as you can prove you can support your spouse and meet the income requirement's then your good to go.
Trish

Congrats 2 you both

Wow! Congrats! It's wonderful following through the steps! You made it seem so effortless. Sometimes I review the paperwork and it seems overwhelming. In any case I will be following the same route! One question, did you two marry in Sydney or US? Just curious. Congrats again!