Benita...are you sure Eggbear did AOS? I thought Victor got his immigrant visa.

Marta...you are a smart girl...you can totally fill out the stuff for the I-130 on your own. Here is a flow chart of how the NVC works. (Got it from VJ under sticky section of NVC thread)
http://www.visajourney.com/examples/NVC_Pr...wchart_v1-2.pdf

Here is the choice of agent form (DS -3032): http://foia.state.gov/FORMS/visa/ds3032.pdf

Here is the application for immigrant visa (DS-230): http://foia.state.gov/FORMS/visa/ds0230.pdf

And the I-864 has to do with taxes..they just want copies of last 3 years.

We'll help you out if you want....In my opinion $500 is highway robbery. But if you are going to do it, I'd get to it...each day that passes is another day wasted. The phone number for NVC is: 603-334-0700. You can ask they send your info immediately to your house or go to your lawyers office and get it from them.

Thanks.
I thought I had it all figured out ,that I would just go with the 129 but after reading how they got angry at chagafamilia I have had second thoughts.
I just thought that if I showed them my I-130 approval letter from nvc that they woul give us that instead.

So we wasted a day. Not to mention the gas and money we spent going down there. They wouldn't do anything for us until we have his card. The lady was not very bright. She didn't even know what a green card was. She said she had to have his A number and we don't have that. I can't believe they don't put it on the visa somewhere. He wasn't in the system yet. I hope they just haven't gotten around to getting him in there and that there isn't something wrong. I guess we will just wait till we get his greencard and then try again. I should have known better than to try and get a jump on things. It never turns out well for me.

Did you come in on the I-129, K-3 visa? When you filed, did you file for the EAD and the AOS seperately or did you just file for the AOS and that automatically generated the EAD?

I know he needs to take some ESL classes, but he fusses so much because he hated school when he was younger and does not think he needs to be in school now. I told him that he could get someone else to take some classes with him.

I want to tell you that Javier's "A" number is on every coorspondance you have received from USCIS. I am sure you have a paper with his name (which matches his passport) and the "A" number. So you can take the passport and one of those papers (the waiver approval paper has it I just looked) to the SSA. Maybe you can still get a jump on things, if you can get another day off to go there. Did you find out when they bring the mobile SSA unit to your town??




Marta: The agent at the consulate did not get angry at Alex and I, he was angry that our lawyer had not had us process the I-130 so that when Alex came for the second interview he would have come in on the IR-1, (because we have been married more than 2 years) that would give him permission to work, already be permenant resident and get his 10 year green card.

Sorry Charity the SSA people were not bright about the process. That really sucks because what I told you we brought was good enough for them. Sorry our experience didn’t help you. As for the A #, we didn’t get that until we got our Welcome to the USA letter from USCIS. The A # is on that notice type thing. I didn’t see that # written anywhere else on our stuff, just his CDJ #. But maybe I didn’t look very hard.

Take care folks.

Well I called the office at the El Paso border crossing. That man said the lady at the SS office didn't know what she was talking about. He said she didn't need anything else to give him his ss #. This just burns me up. What an idiot! He told me to call the nearest immigration office and have them contact the SS office to let them know they messed up. I tried to call the SS office back but of course it is busy. They close at 4 so I guess I will have to call them tomorrow. I am fuming right now. She better be glad I can't get through to her. I would let her have it. I don't have time to be taking random days off from work to go down there and get turned away. She said it was immigrations fault. Yeah right. Nice to know the people working in our government offices are so well trained.

Ohhh Charity I would have let her have it to! And you will, tomorrow! If she tries to be a b*itch get her supervisor and then pass along the phone number to El Paso border patrol so they can see for themselves how wrong they are! Imagine how many people they have turned away who had the correct info with them.
#$%#^ inept gov’t workers.

Where is everyone?????

I feel like I have been abandoned.

Come back, come back!!!!

Presente! Not happy about it, but...presente! I could seriously have just taken the rest of the week off. I will probably need all that time to finish packing. Seeings how I got tons done yesterday but there's tons left to do. I was thinking about e-mailing today to check on the Advisory Opinion. It's been officially two weeks since the last inquiry.

Ok now I'm all alone!!!

Go ahead and email them. It has been long enough. I hope you get a quick and happy response.

Ok I e-mailed them. Now will come the Automated Response and hopefully an answer by the end of the day. Of course I'll let you guys know!!

I am sending good vibes out for you Melissa.

I never got the automated response...

What could that possibly mean? Maybe the e-mail never sent. Maybe it sent but is still floating around in cyberspace. Maybe they've shut down the Legal Net system. Maybe they're so on top of things they no longer need an automated response. Oh well...if it sent, it sent. If it didn't, it didn't. I'll just wait and if I don't hear anything by the end of the day, I'll assume it didn't send and I'm not meant to hear the response now (another sign for next Thursday??)

Yes, he came in on the I129F/K3 visa. We filed for the AOS and EAD together (as in they were sent in in the same envelope/package), but they do require you file separate applications (I-765 for EAD and I-485 for AOS) and pay the fees for both of them too.

As for the ESL classes, my husband wasn't exactly thrilled at the idea of going back to college once he was already established in his career, and school isn't his favorite place to be, nor was it ever. All I can say is that he stepped up and sucked it up because he knows that is the best thing for us as a family as it will help him get a better job in the long run. Plus my husband has seen other benefits as in he's around other people, gets to know new people, and has more confidence in himself and his abilities now that he's able to communicate better with others. I don't mean any of this to sound mean or judgemental, and I hope it's not taken that way; it's just a comment or another perspective for your husband to consider. Sorry?

Our county has free ESL classes. I told Javier he needed to sign up for them too. I am getting the same response from him. He doesn't have time, doesn't want to go back to school, etc. I told him he still needs to do it. Javier speaks really great english. Melissa has talked to him on the phone and actually mentioned he doesn't even sound Mexican. He does have an accent but it is not very bad at all. It's actually worse now than it was before he went back. I am sure it will get better again after he has been here a while. He works with only english speaking people and we only speak english so he has to use it. I still think it would be beneficial for him to take the classes. It would help him with his reading and writing skills as well.

Ok I got the automated response. Took it long enough to get here. I'm feeling a bit anxious now. Good old butterfly, heart racing, mind racing feeling.

As for the ESL classes, Javier says he'll take them but I have a feeling when he actually gets here, he'll give me a hard time about it. Well, tough. He's going and he'll learn to like it. I want him to at least have that basic fundamental understanding of the English language so, if he ever did decide to go back to school, or if one day we open our own business, he'll be all set. Plus it will help him remember how to learn (a skill I think is valuable to most people)!

I did not take it personally, I would love for him to get his butt into some type of class. He is so stuck in his ways, you would think he was 100 years old. I know that he has to have basic english skills (reading and writing) to become a citizen anyway, so why not get started now. Because he does understand more than he speaks it sometimes causes problems, he will swear that I said something I did not, so we get into an argument. I also think he would feel so much better in public, he always wants to know what people are saying or if they are talking about him.

No news about the Advisory Opinion yet.

And no word from Javier today.

Where in the heck is everyone today? I feel like we stink or something and we have run everyone off. I promise I showered. I smell good. Come out and play.

Are you sure? I think I caught a wiff all the way here in Texas! I have just been doing some research on the school that my son will have to attend once we are in El Paso. It is a year round school. How awesome is that!

Elvia, I doubt he'll think that's quite so awesome!

I'm starting to get pissed off. Javier still hasn't called and he didn't answer just a few minutes ago when I called. I'm not worried-I know he's real busy but he should have called me by now.

Elvia: I am pretty sure I showered. Yes, I did, I remember shaving my legs. It's not me smelling. It must be someone else.

I don't think your son will like the year round school idea either. We used to have one here like that but they missed too much for snow so they changed it back to a regular school year.

True... I just think I got carried away thinking of how much money I will save in daycare expenses. (well not really save) It is so hard to pay $95 a week for 3 months.... this way I will have to do it one month at a time...

Well girls, it's been a blast today! Maybe tomorrow will be better. I hope you all have a great night! See you all tomorrow.

Oh and who ever forgot to shower and ran everyone off today. Please remedy that situation so we can have some fun tomorrow.

Oopsss I was hoping you guys couldn't smell me....


Sorry I have not been able to post but we had to pack up 50 boxes worth of files so they could go to offsite storage and it has taken the last two days to do this.But its done and I really do smell right now from running around here all day..But I promise I will shower again this afternoon when I get home..

Dont worry Melissa...Javier will call you....


Well everyone see you tomorrow maybe I can post more then..

AHHHHHHHHH. Crazy day at work with crazy clients! Thank god going home in 10 minutes. Hope you all have a good night.

Sorry I could not play yesterday... took Emily for her follow-up with the surgeon on her ears. They are fine, the tubes are still in and she said if there is drainage that Emily probably has an ear infection and to call her office and she will prescribe antibiotics over the phone. How cool is that?

I did go through all the stuff that we need to file for the AOS and EAD, each says it requires 2 passport photos. We have the ones that were done in CDJ I wonder if they would work for the US, does anyone know? They just seem to be a little lighter in color than the ones we have done here.

There is a butt load of information to file, but I believe we have everything. The thing that sucks is that since we did not get the 5 year passport in CDJ that everything expires on July 12th and I am not sure what to do. Even his state ID that we got yesterday (we still had to pay the full $12) expires in July. I have written to the Indianapolis Mexican Consulate to find out what we need to get his passport renewed here. He is still threatening to make his parents get married to provide another document, (they only did the church wedding).

Good morning! I can't believe it, but I didn't get an e-mail back from Legal Net yesterday. Technically, they have up to 7 working days to reply. Hopefully they won't wait that long. Last couple of times they have e-mailed back within a few hours. Well, maybe today.

My page a day calendar says today "If it's 5:00 pm somewhere, what are we doing here?"

Weatherman says we're supposed to get up to 6 inches of snow tomorrow. And maybe up to 14-15 inches by Sunday. I hope it happens! I certainly wouldn't mind being snowed in (essentially FORCED to keep packing). Maybe if it's bad enough we won't have work on Monday. But I'm not holding my breath for that. It's never as bad as they say it's going to be.

We are supposed to get around 8 to 10 inches of snow. We never get as much as they say we will either. Javier made plans for us to go out with some friends tomorrow without asking me. Why do men do that? So now we have to drag ourselves out in the snow and risk our lives to go eat dinner with friends. We haven't seen them in a really long time though so I guess I shouldn't complain.

Benita: Glad Emily is doing well with her ears. I wish things had worked out for you with your I-130 so you wouldn't still be dealing with all this stuff.

Stephanie: Sorry your work has you all tied up. We miss you around here.

Candy: I knew it was someone else besides me stinking up the place. Sorry you had to work so much but glad you are done. We missed you too.

Melissa: You didn't call me back last night. Did you watch Dancing with the Stars? I forgot it was on. Mom said Drew got perfect tens. I wish I had seen it. I am sure LegalNet will email you back soon. Probably not until Monday so you have to wait all weekend for their response. That's usually how it goes with me.

Sorry I didn't call you back. I was talking to Javier until late. Yes, I watched Dancing with the Stars. Drew and Stacey both got perfect scores. They all were really good though. They each did a different dance. Then they all did the group Vienneese Waltz. It was cool because they weren't being judged so they could do lifts and stuff.

Hola muchachas

Buenos Dias!! como estan este fabuloso Viernes? Well I am back at work today so I will be in and out.... I am the only one here today so I will have to man the phones, the door and the clients.... Sheeesh! I am tired already. See you guys later. Happy Friday

Man, and I missed it. I was watching Survivor. I completely forgot it was on. I could have at least flipped back and forth during commercials. You're falling down on your job. You didn't remind me it was on. I knew Stacy probably got a prefect score too. I can't stand her. The men judges only like her because she shakes her booty. That's okay you didn't call me back. I was busy fixing Javier's lunch and cleaning up after we ate supper. I figured you were talking to Javier since you didn't get to talk to him earlier. I am just glad he finally called you.

Hi guys! How are ya all doing? Sorry LegalNet hasn’t gotten back to you but today is far from over. And if they did go with their 7 day response it would fall on the 16th……

It is snowing a little bit here, nothing worthwhile. Is anyone else besides me obsessed with kicking the snow off from where it collects in the tirewell area? Because I had to do that this morning to my car, my white tennis are all wet and dirty now. But it is so fun if it all comes off in one chunk? Am I alone here in thinking this? Do you all think I am nutty now? (I am).

mnmex....you need medication...

I have my fingers crossed Melissa that you will get a response today...

Well, she can have mine because I certainly don't want it. Trust me, it's not fun being "nutty."


Sorry guys...having a weird day. Trust me, you don't want to know.

Stephanie: You aren't nutty at all. I love doing that too. It is so much fun to see if you can get it off in one huge chunk. I also love when there are icicles hanging from underneath the car. I like to kick them off too.

Send us some snow.We haven't gotten any snow in 22 years and it has been a warm winter here in Texas.
On second thought ...wait til my husband comes home.
He is always cold ..and I want to keep him nice and warm.
We can do alot of cuddling!!!

Nice to know I am not alone in my thinking of the snow kicking thing! I like the icicles too. But when it is really icy you have to be careful in the kicking or you can break your toe…I have not done that yet but I wouldn’t put it past me. Sometimes I kick other people’s snow off in the parking lots of the supermarket…and then Miguel acts like he doesn’t know me.

YEAH!!!!!!! IT IS FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!


Wow Charity….Javier is a youngin’! Where are you guys planning to go on his 21st?

Stephanie: That is hilarious. Glad to know you are not the only one that gets ignored sometimes. Javier does the same thing to me. He acts like I am a stranger. He can't believe some of the things I do. It is so funny! I, too, am glad it is Friday. Bring on the snow. I am ready for a good long weekend snowed in the house. YIPPEEEE for the laundry!!!!

He is a youngin'. He was only 17 when we started dating. I robbed the cradle. I told him I would take him to the bar. He would rather go without me but that ain't happening. It's so funny. He used to call me on my way home from work and ask me to stop and buy beer. I thought it was hilarious for him to call me and ask me that. I know it absolutely killed him to have to do it.

That is way too funny.... I think Raul would've had a cow if he ever had to do that. He'd rather go without the beer and keep the manhood! I love to hate him sometimes.

woo he is young I am 22. how old are you guys????????????

Sorry i dont get on much. I dont have much of an oppurtunity here in the office. I go back to the Dr Wednesday and hopefully will be released. Tacho has had some crappy paychecks it has been raining here an awful lot so hes missed alot of work.

I robbed the cradle too….better than robbing the nursing home, in my opinion of course. Miguel was only 19 when we started dating, he had a fake ID though, which is how he got into the club we met at. So we used to still be able to go out until the clubs stopped accepting the “Green Cards” as proof of identity and only wanted state issued ID’s. But yes, I was buying the booze for a while too. I have him by 3.5 years.

Well Raul is 6 years younger than I am .... Damn! We should rename this thread to I-601 CDJ Cradle robbers

Sorry to ruin the fun but Javier is 2 years and 7 months older than me.

Your the exception to the rule

im 22 tacho is 26

we married 3 years ago in may and started dating in 2001

Javier had a thing with his id also. So he used to be able to buy his own beer. That probably made it even harder for him to have to ask me. I would give him such a hard time about it too. I couldn't resist. Yeah, I have him by 7 years. I wonder sometimes if he will find a younger woman one of these days. You wouldn't know I was almost 28 if you saw me though. We went to the mall on Wednesday when we went for his SS card. We were in Abercrombie and Fitch and the girl asked us if we wanted a job. I felt so good. I am cool enough and cute enough to work in Abercrombie! YES!!!