The thing to look out for in your NOA is for the beneficiary name. If the beneficiary name is correct in your NOA then I think question 17 should not slow the process.

mindmaster
Just happened to read your previous post about a question on I-130. Sorry to hear you had trouble understanding it. As this petition is designed to be filed by a US citizen or Green card holder therefore any mention of an 'Alien Relative' refers to anyone OUTSIDE the US. I am afraid you have messed it up if you have put the beneficiary's name there instead of yours.
Please correct this so no one else stays doubtful about these terms.

Alien Relative = Person being sponsored by the US Citizen/Green card holder

Thanks for the advise. Since I have a receipt number I think I could change this information by writing a letter to Vermont Service Center where my case is pending.

I think I am going to do the same once i get the NOA1. I will just write a letter explaining the error and my intent of providing the correct info. I think it would be better than sending a whole new I-130 form.

thirdsjen - I think you should consider correcting this info as well.

Touched Again -- 06/05/2008 I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Hi S_AL,

I wrote my husband's name under question 17 as well and not mine (the petitioner). Would you know what the outcome can be for entering my husband's name. What will USCIS do, return the petition for correction? My NOA1 is dated May 16th. I wonder how many people make an error on answering this question...

KAHM,

I had called USCIS earlier this morning to see what the implications would be for providing incorrect information on this question. I was told that it would not cause an issue. The only part that is consoling to me is that I have provided all the correct information in the G-325a form for myself and my wife. Also all the supporting documents indicate that she is my wife and we have an ongoing relationship(my marriage certificate, our joint accounts, affidavits). I think this should cover me. To be on a safer side I am going to write a letter to USCIS, after i recieve my NOA, indicating that the error was due to my inability to understand the question correctly and that I hereby intend to correct my mistake after i reviewed the form again. I think that should cover it. What do you think?

....lol..its funny how theres only 3 folks from India on this forum and how all three of us misunderstood this question....lets just take it easy, all is going to be well (atleast hoping it would be) lets see...

cheers!

aww.. you guys! crap.. what should I say in the letter? hey cmnb, i'm not from India and I misunderstood it.. hahaha! most of the time I am filling out the forms, I am almost always tired and sleepy. So i guess i missed the boat on that one.. duh..

and everyone is sending in their I-129F's except me!! you guys!...

thirdsjen,
i called the number today and i was given a very generic answer since i did not have a case number. i suggest u call them and ask them how this situation should be handled. the reason i wud write a letter is because filling out the i-130 form again would cause confusion. but certainly, call and check with them as to what the best course of action is...i wud certainly appreciate if you could let us know what they said...
regards.

hahahaha.. so you are going to make ME call! alright. i'll try to call right now and see if anybody will talk to me.. then i have to get ready for work..

i think it shouldn't matter.. crap.. i think

BTW, who the heck do i talk to?

oh by the way, if i havent shared with the gang yet....i just think this would be useful...i took a note of all the prompts that have to be entered to speak with someone at USCIS....

dial 1-800-375-5283
Prompts 1-2-3-6

...and you get connected with a live person directly...another way to ignore all the crazy prompts..

ok, just spoke with some lady who was eating her words i could barely understand her.. hehe.. nway, she said that they might send me a RFE if they think that it wasn't clear enough and that i need to prove that he is my husband. she also looked at my case and said that everything seems to be okay. then she went on to mumble some more and i was just like ok.. watever.. then i asked her if they were even processing april filers and she said, "no." then she went on to mumble and mumble again.. and then she said that it wouldn't hurt if i send in a letter stating my error to CSC.. then i said thank you cuz i couldn't handle anymore of her word eating..

cmnb, thanks for the prompts!! they helped!

no problem...if i were u, i would send in the letter anyway before they decide on sending a RFE. it just covers you and looks nice that you are not trying to hide anything or not trying to provide any wrong info and that as soon as you realized the error you were proactive enough to take action...

cmnb,

I had entered 'None' for question 17, and while I was double checking for errors, I changed 'None' to my husband's name. Wow, I was proud of myself for catching this error and fixing it or at least I thought I fixed it...so much for that...
My NOA1 has the correct names for the petitioner and the beneficiary. I would think by reviewing rest of the information on I130 and G325a, the USCIS can determine the names of the petitioner/beneficiary...

i told the lady that my G-325a had all the correct info in it and it's not hard to piece all the info together.. i don't think she knew what i was talking about. but you are right, cmnb, better to send in the letter even if it might not make any difference.

Hi Guys,

I just got off the phone with USCIS and spoke to Jackie. She interpreted the question the same way I did. She said that I am correct with entering my husband's (beneficiary's) name as I need to list the person coming to the US. Also, she didn't think that a typo on this question will cause an issue since information about the petitioner/beneficiary is included in parts B and C of I130......

hmm.. so no need to worry then? oh i don't know.. maybe i just will just so that i will stop worrying.. gotta get ready for work, ya'll.. laters!

not sure but the way i would read the question: List husband/wife and all children of your relative.

Husband of my wife (my relative) is "myself" (petitioner)

I made the same mistake on question 17. However i do not think it is a big issue if our noa1 state the correct beneficiary. I think sending letters may cause more problems rather than solving any. I mean after all, we filled out g-325a. So i dont think we should really worry about it. Thats my opinion

Beniecenvet,

Welcome to Club Question 17!!!

hehehe.. hey guys.. there is actually a thread here dealing with this CLUB. and one of the approved seasoned vets here said that he did the same thing some of us did and put NONE and he was still approved.. so i don't think it matters at all.. simple mistake.. but it's all up to you guys on what you want to do.. i'm just going to leave mine alone..

Thanks a lot for this post Jen. I hope this will put an end to the chaos. Don't worry everyone...it'll be fine in the end.

Thanks to everyone for giving their input on question 17! I agree with S_AL, it will be fine in the end.......

now lets pray that we all get approved soon....i cant take the waiting anymore

I haven't been here for a while and this got me worried and I checked what I wrote. I wrote N/A on mine and got me thinking. The reason I wrote N/A is that the I-130 form is also used to file for petitioners' parents; or petitioners' children that are either 1-minor, 2-adult that are single and 3-adult that are married; or brother/sister that are single or married. So, i think question number 17 is applicable for those filing for their children that are married, or for their parents(either Mom or Dad that are still married), or for siblings that are married. Putting our names on question 17 will make things redundant (as if things aren't already with form G-325A ), since it is already clear we are petitioning our spouse when we marked the box on the first question of the I-130.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is how I interpret question 17.

OMGoodness... number 17 sucks!! we don't need this doubt and stress.

Thirds_jen... yes I filed my I129f not much into gambeling or waiting lol I felt like I was doing both just with the CR1... but my case hasn't been touched since they put it in the system ???? weird.

sorry folks....club 17 was actually started by me so i want to apologize for the confusion caused. i wish all and everyone the very best and hope things move nice and smooth for us..

hahaha.. cmnb, don't worry about it. it was a legitimate question and one that needed to be discussed. that is what this forum is about, to relay our concerns, get some answers, and bond with people who are in the same boat as we are..

Rajaa, mine wasn't touched at all since they cashed my check either. there was that touch on the 6th cuz it was an address change but i did that. i'm not that worried that nothing is moving but i'm kinda worried.. hahaha.. makes sense?

Ooohhh CMNB sorry didn't mean it to you .... I ment the stress in general over our apps. NO worries please ask anything It's all good. sorry if it sound otherwise.

Thirds_jen it makes as much sense as having to wait around a year to get your spouse in the same country!!! sorry was that outloud? I've just started this journey and I am fuming over this wait. However my husband has recieved an offer to go to Spain for a year to work...he'll have a place to live and work so he can be a resident of spain... not sure if that will help or hurt our case???? I do know the moroccan consulate is a B%$@h so I am thinking i might be able to move the consulate to Spain. Hope that doesn't require filling all over again? But it's also good that he'll be busy and I'll get to go to spain someday...insha'allah. He has his interview on friday coming... yes they are that fast. Took one phone call to the Spainsh consulate in morocco and they told him what paperwork he'll need and his interview is Friday...WTF!! Now you might understand my frustrations lol.

hmm.. don't know anything about that, Raj.. but he's not a citizen of Spain so I think it will still stay in Morocco OR i think that it has to be in the country you were married in..

have some more patience, my dear.. there are people from 2007 that are still waiting for their NOA2. we just filed a month ago and it is already driving us nuts!

If I remember correctly, the K3 interview can only take place in the country in which the marriage took place. For the IR1/CR1 you may request a transfer once the paperwork arrives at the consulate you specified on the I130, but the beneficiary needs to be a legal resident of that country.

Thanks ladies... they said he can be a legal resident of Spain in 6 months?? I have no ideas I guess I'll cross that bridge when it comes up... I think I can change consulates but after he's a legal resident...if not he'll have to go back to Casa which you know he will if he has to. He's just hoping it'll make things go faster if he becomes a residant of Spain. I don't have the heart to tell him it won't.

sorry Rajaa.. can't offer you much help in this area.. but i read somewhere too that for K3, the beneficiary must be in the country where the marriage took place..hope somebody can shed more light..

Rajaa,

Here is an excerpt from USCIS website:

"The embassy or consulate where you, the spouse of an American citizen, will apply for a K-3 visa must be in the country where your marriage took place. "

Please see link below for more details:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty...types_2993.html

I hope everything works out for you.

thanks guys... i appreciate your help...

Yes, that is correct. Where you live or where you are a citizen does not matter. The paperwork goes to the consulate in the country WHERE THE MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE. so everything will go through the embassy in the country wher you were married. So if he goes to Spain, he will need to travel back for the interview.

My wife is a citizen of Peru, but now lives in Buenos Aires, and we got married there, so we are going through the embassy in Buenos Aires.

There are stories of people in the forums who went somewhere on vacation to get married thinking they would be using the consulate in their country where they lived. Then found out that it was the consulate where the marriage took place. So they had to travel back to the other country for the interview. And as far as I know you cannot get the consulate changed.

I think i understand but I am still happy for him... because he is making a "back up plan" lol. If we're denied he says I'll enjoy Spain more than Morocco...to live lol.

Steve Y Jessica
I noticed your time line was so fast!!! I am happy for you. But wonder why we havent' been touched???? but than again we filed near the end of the month.... i'll hold my breath.

Yes, it was much much faster that we had ever imagined. Now we are trying to get all of her documents together, we started trying to get her documents from Peru a couple weeks ago thinking we would be ahead of the game, we weren't expecting a NOA2 until atleast the biginning of July.

Looking at your timeline, I would expect a touch on your I-129F early this week, then in a couple of weeks a touch on both petitions for them putting them together. Then a little while after that touch again, with an NOA2 on both.

There were alot of people who sent in their paperwork to CSC in April to the beginning of May who were getting approved in 3 to 4 weeks. I don't know what was going on at thet time, but it looks like it has slowed just a little. But not much.

I hope soooo.. I agree the CSC was on a roll now they seemed to have slowed again... I wonder if the one person making the difference has called out sick??? lol.

Thank you for your positive thoughts... I also read just seeing a touch doesn't mean it's good. I am going with that train of though. Do you think it'll matter that I used two different pics for my husband??? I just thought of that.. one for our CR1 and one for our I 129f????

hi Rajaa! glad to see you got some good solid answers.. don't worry about touches. i'm not. it's just there to make us feel a little better (all mind games! haha!) seems like CSC has taken a vacation or something. just saw that one approved CR1 January filer.. hope that is the start of the roll of approvals! different pics should be fine just as long as it still looks like him..

Actually, that is how it looks. There is one person doing most of the work, and now that person is on vacation. Because the approvals were being cranked out very fast for a while. But that person should be back from vacation soon and things will pick up.

Or maybe there were some new people working their buts off. But then when the other workers saw what they were doing, they told them to slow down because they were making the rest of the people look bad.

But the times that we see on this website are only people on VJ. And only the people that fill out their timelines.

You know I was thinking the same thing... half the office is looking at the new kid saying "someone tell him to slow down with these approvals he's making us look bad" I really feel bad for the poor newby just trying to do good job. Aahhhh to have a federal or state job.... oops bet that puts my wait back a couple more months..

Hi May people! I'm gonna be a June filer But that won't stop me from hangin out here too.

Hi Rajaa Hi Lulu!

Great JJ....we're lucky and honored to have you here with us. Best of luck to you!!

guys, they still havent cashed my check...and i still havent recieved my NOA1. i sent my application on may 27th. i am getting curious as to what is going on...should i be worried?

cmnb,

Hang in there.....do you know the day your petition was received at Chicago lock box? Hopefully, this week will bring good news for you...

it was recieved on the 29th...but around the same time Chicago lockbox address had changed (according to the website)....i just got the USPS delivery confirmation on saturday last week...ive been checking my bank account every few hours to see if they cashed the check....ive never wanted someone to cash my check this bad...lol

If you look at the times from VJ it is taking 9 days at CSC and 13 days at VSC. I believe the little dude from Endor is working all of this in conjunction with making the estimations of when petitions may be apporved in the timelines a range not a hard and fast specific day. Not knowing where you will be headed it is hard to know which one you should be looking at.

Also if you look at the tracker sheet thirdsjen is keeping, the average of the people with listed NOA-1's is running 9 days. But then again some have as few as 2 days while there is at least one 20 day.

I took 8 days for NOA-1 but needed four additional days to receive a hard copy. I think you are in the mainstream for right now. I too would love to be one of the 3 week NOA-2 recipients but I am damn glad that I am not one of the two plus month NOA-1 people either.

Keep your head up and this too shall pass, as I believe others have stated.

Hi J-J glad you're still hangin with us.... you're always welcome girly

check cashed today!!! yaaayyy!!!:)