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gogo   6

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It could be due to our error.. Here are my visits:

1) March 2006

2) March 2007

3) October 2007

4) Planned - March 2008

I had filed in April 2007.. meaning there were only two visits before we got married.. Also, I had made a copy of my passport before my visit in March 2007 (therefore, only showed 1 visit) I had to use my passport to get the "visitor" visa for China so therefore it took a couple of weeks, that's why I created the copy real early for the I-130.. and I have seen that it doesn't look good with only one visit.. They haven't seen the October 2007 visit.. but all 3 will show up in my passport when I bring it to show them.. Basically, If I were them , I would probably be suspicious too with just 1 visit then getting married..

so I have brought all these stuff regarding "ongoing marital relationship" for them to show we STILL are together and we communicate with each other.. I'm guessing this is a big reason for the LOCAL OFFICE INTERVIEW... I just recently thought about that.. but that's fine, my marriage is for real and I have a lot of evidence on my side.. it still can go either way for me.. but I am prepared for the worst... but basically not without a fight!! :angry:

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I-130 STAGE 1 : 533 days - 1 year 6 months (4/16/2007 to 9/22/2008)

Priority Date I-130 : 4/16/2007 ( 533 days , APPROVED 9/22/2008)
Transferred to local office based on "security checks" : 11/27/2007
wrote hundreds of letters - received letter from FBI Records Management Chief stating no security checks
local office interview : 2/21/2008 - brought my parents too (result : you will get approval within 2-3 weeks)
5/2/2008 - (lawsuit) Writ of Mandamus - OFFICIAL DATE (7/29/2008)
9/22/2008 - CALL AND EMAIL COPY OF APPROVAL NOTICE FROM LAWYER

NVC STAGE 2 : 99 days - 3 months (9/30/2008 to 1/7/2009)
NVC Received : 9/30/2008
Received Packet 3 (I-864/DS-230) : 11/10/2008
NVC says "RFE sent out 12/9/08 for missing documents" : 12/10/2008
CASE COMPLETE - 1/7/2009

CONSULATE STAGE 3 : 96 days - 3 months (1/8/2009 to 4/14/2009)
CLEARED CUSTOMS - 3/10/2009
**APPOINTMENT DATE : 4/14/2009, 7:15AM**
** BLUE SLIP **

AP STAGE 4 : 97 days - 3 months (4/14/2009 to 7/20/2009)
DOS call to receive I-601 (Waiver of Grounds for Inadmissibility - basically denial) from Guangzhou : 6/24/2009

REMOVAL OF I-601 due to my letters to the USCIS Director, Michael Aytes: 6/29/2009
CALL-IN LETTER NOTIFIED : 7/8/2009
CALL-IN LETTER (APPROVAL)!! : 7/16/2009
ALL DONE!! (got both GREEN CARD & SSN CARD) : 10/1/2009

"http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/194075-feel-like-a-cr-1-csc-castaway/page-60" (pages 53-63) for more updates and letter I wrote to Director Michael Aytes and his replies and back and forth..

HER PARENTS - 10 months so far

I-130 Sent In : 1/7/2013

I-130 Approval : 3/28/2013

Transfer to NVC : 6/12/2013

Case Complete : 8/25/2013

"Ready for Interview" (Ready to wait for 1-3 Months, this is official NVC letter transfer date) : 9/9/2013

DHL Tracking : arrived 9/24/2013

P4 Letter : 11/21/2013

Interview Date : 12/9/2013, originally 12/3, stupid lawyer filled out her dad's passport number wrong..

Interview Passed : 12/9/2013

Visa "Issued" on CEAC : 12/10/2013

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It could be due to our error.. Here are my visits:

1) March 2006

2) March 2007

3) October 2007

4) Planned - March 2008

I had filed in April 2007.. meaning there were only two visits before we got married.. Also, I had made a copy of my passport before my visit in March 2007 (therefore, only showed 1 visit) I had to use my passport to get the "visitor" visa for China so therefore it took a couple of weeks, that's why I created the copy real early for the I-130.. and I have seen that it doesn't look good with only one visit.. They haven't seen the October 2007 visit.. but all 3 will show up in my passport when I bring it to show them.. Basically, If I were them , I would be suspicious too with just 1 visit then getting married..

so I have brought all these stuff regarding "ongoing marital relationship" for them to show we STILL are together and we communicate with each other.. I'm guessing this is a big reason for the LOCAL OFFICE INTERVIEW... I just recently thought about that.. but that's fine, my marriage is for real and I have a lot of evidence on my side.. it still can go either way for me.. but I am prepared for the worst... but basically not without a fight!! :angry:

For the other threads, I would search "local office interview" or something like that.

Frankly, I don't think the single visit is a problem. My wife and I married in China on my first visit and I know several others who did with no questions. I suspect the reason has to do with something more than "not enough" and more like evidence they think they have that your relationship is actually not bona fide. It could be their concerns are completely invalid or actually apply to somebody else.

Are you Chinese? Is there something about your previous dealing with USCIS that may have prompted this? Have there been several immigrants in your family? Are you or your wife from Fujian province? Did you petition for an previous spouse or fiance? Does your wife have relatives in the US? It's got to be something.

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Are you Chinese? Is there something about your previous dealing with USCIS that may have prompted this? Have there been several immigrants in your family? Are you or your wife from Fujian province? Did you petition for an previous spouse or fiance? Does your wife have relatives in the US? It's got to be something.

Hi pushbrk.. thanks for quizzing me!! :thumbs: Yes, I am Chinese (Mandarin).. This is the first time I applied USCIS (I am currently US Citizen).. I am the only child, so only 3 people that are immigrants, I suppose.. My wife is actually from the Taishan (Guangdong) province.. I hear that is a bad place (including Fujian) that the US are wary of granting an approval to... maybe it is just a bad first impression on that place.. She even said a couple of her neighbors are doing that.. so I guess I just need to provide MORE PROOF than others.. that is fine.. I can do that.. I hope my list above is good enough..

Edited by gogo

I-130 STAGE 1 : 533 days - 1 year 6 months (4/16/2007 to 9/22/2008)

Priority Date I-130 : 4/16/2007 ( 533 days , APPROVED 9/22/2008)
Transferred to local office based on "security checks" : 11/27/2007
wrote hundreds of letters - received letter from FBI Records Management Chief stating no security checks
local office interview : 2/21/2008 - brought my parents too (result : you will get approval within 2-3 weeks)
5/2/2008 - (lawsuit) Writ of Mandamus - OFFICIAL DATE (7/29/2008)
9/22/2008 - CALL AND EMAIL COPY OF APPROVAL NOTICE FROM LAWYER

NVC STAGE 2 : 99 days - 3 months (9/30/2008 to 1/7/2009)
NVC Received : 9/30/2008
Received Packet 3 (I-864/DS-230) : 11/10/2008
NVC says "RFE sent out 12/9/08 for missing documents" : 12/10/2008
CASE COMPLETE - 1/7/2009

CONSULATE STAGE 3 : 96 days - 3 months (1/8/2009 to 4/14/2009)
CLEARED CUSTOMS - 3/10/2009
**APPOINTMENT DATE : 4/14/2009, 7:15AM**
** BLUE SLIP **

AP STAGE 4 : 97 days - 3 months (4/14/2009 to 7/20/2009)
DOS call to receive I-601 (Waiver of Grounds for Inadmissibility - basically denial) from Guangzhou : 6/24/2009

REMOVAL OF I-601 due to my letters to the USCIS Director, Michael Aytes: 6/29/2009
CALL-IN LETTER NOTIFIED : 7/8/2009
CALL-IN LETTER (APPROVAL)!! : 7/16/2009
ALL DONE!! (got both GREEN CARD & SSN CARD) : 10/1/2009

"http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/194075-feel-like-a-cr-1-csc-castaway/page-60" (pages 53-63) for more updates and letter I wrote to Director Michael Aytes and his replies and back and forth..

HER PARENTS - 10 months so far

I-130 Sent In : 1/7/2013

I-130 Approval : 3/28/2013

Transfer to NVC : 6/12/2013

Case Complete : 8/25/2013

"Ready for Interview" (Ready to wait for 1-3 Months, this is official NVC letter transfer date) : 9/9/2013

DHL Tracking : arrived 9/24/2013

P4 Letter : 11/21/2013

Interview Date : 12/9/2013, originally 12/3, stupid lawyer filled out her dad's passport number wrong..

Interview Passed : 12/9/2013

Visa "Issued" on CEAC : 12/10/2013

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Are you Chinese? Is there something about your previous dealing with USCIS that may have prompted this? Have there been several immigrants in your family? Are you or your wife from Fujian province? Did you petition for an previous spouse or fiance? Does your wife have relatives in the US? It's got to be something.

Hi pushbrk.. thanks for quizzing me!! :thumbs: Yes, I am Chinese (Mandarin).. This is the first time I applied USCIS (I am currently US Citizen).. I am the only child, so only 3 people that are immigrants, I suppose.. My wife is actually from the Taishan (Guangdong) province.. I hear that is a bad place (including Fujian) that the US are wary of granting an approval to... maybe it is just a bad first impression on that place.. She even said a couple of her neighbors are doing that.. so I guess I just need to provide MORE PROOF than others.. that is fine.. I can do that.. I hope my list above is good enough..

So you immigrated with your parents and are a Naturalized Citizen? From what province? Are you and your wife's families related? Might they think you and your wife are related? You just need to be prepared for any possibility because I assure you they have some potential issue specifically in mind or they wouldn't be asking you to come to a local office.

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Understanding the big picture is priceless. Anonymous

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can anyone help me find the document (official USCIS article) stating where you can file the I-129F/I-130 now at the same time? Last time I went to the local office, I had said I applied I-130 first, then the I-129F.. they said I wasn't supposed to do that.. I said I filed in April 2007, and that was before they changed the rule (somewhere in June)..they had said maybe I had submitted duplicate copies of my visa application, and that I was supposed to apply EITHER ONE, but not BOTH.. she asked me where I got the info (I said off of the USCIS article, but I didn't have it in hand).. then she laughed and said "I took a training course already, so please stop teaching me about where the stuff is and supposed to be".. :angry: :angry: this time I'm going to have everything.. including all those stupid USCIS articles.. then they can't say anything.. :angry:

I-130 STAGE 1 : 533 days - 1 year 6 months (4/16/2007 to 9/22/2008)

Priority Date I-130 : 4/16/2007 ( 533 days , APPROVED 9/22/2008)
Transferred to local office based on "security checks" : 11/27/2007
wrote hundreds of letters - received letter from FBI Records Management Chief stating no security checks
local office interview : 2/21/2008 - brought my parents too (result : you will get approval within 2-3 weeks)
5/2/2008 - (lawsuit) Writ of Mandamus - OFFICIAL DATE (7/29/2008)
9/22/2008 - CALL AND EMAIL COPY OF APPROVAL NOTICE FROM LAWYER

NVC STAGE 2 : 99 days - 3 months (9/30/2008 to 1/7/2009)
NVC Received : 9/30/2008
Received Packet 3 (I-864/DS-230) : 11/10/2008
NVC says "RFE sent out 12/9/08 for missing documents" : 12/10/2008
CASE COMPLETE - 1/7/2009

CONSULATE STAGE 3 : 96 days - 3 months (1/8/2009 to 4/14/2009)
CLEARED CUSTOMS - 3/10/2009
**APPOINTMENT DATE : 4/14/2009, 7:15AM**
** BLUE SLIP **

AP STAGE 4 : 97 days - 3 months (4/14/2009 to 7/20/2009)
DOS call to receive I-601 (Waiver of Grounds for Inadmissibility - basically denial) from Guangzhou : 6/24/2009

REMOVAL OF I-601 due to my letters to the USCIS Director, Michael Aytes: 6/29/2009
CALL-IN LETTER NOTIFIED : 7/8/2009
CALL-IN LETTER (APPROVAL)!! : 7/16/2009
ALL DONE!! (got both GREEN CARD & SSN CARD) : 10/1/2009

"http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/194075-feel-like-a-cr-1-csc-castaway/page-60" (pages 53-63) for more updates and letter I wrote to Director Michael Aytes and his replies and back and forth..

HER PARENTS - 10 months so far

I-130 Sent In : 1/7/2013

I-130 Approval : 3/28/2013

Transfer to NVC : 6/12/2013

Case Complete : 8/25/2013

"Ready for Interview" (Ready to wait for 1-3 Months, this is official NVC letter transfer date) : 9/9/2013

DHL Tracking : arrived 9/24/2013

P4 Letter : 11/21/2013

Interview Date : 12/9/2013, originally 12/3, stupid lawyer filled out her dad's passport number wrong..

Interview Passed : 12/9/2013

Visa "Issued" on CEAC : 12/10/2013

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Hi Everyone,

I just received a letter yesterday, stating I have a local office interview at the LOS ANGELES OFFICE.. FINALLY, something will get done that day.. it is scheduled for February 21 at 1PM.. :thumbs: I hear that they can make the decision that day and all they are looking for is more evidence " for an ongoing marital relationship"... hope something good comes out of all this.. :innocent::innocent:

I hope so also.You are too cool,gogo. B)

May 7,2007-USCIS received I-129f
July 24,2007-NOA1 was received
April 21,2008-K-1 visa denied.
June 3,2008-waiver filed at US Consalate in Panama
The interview went well,they told him it will take another 6 months for them to adjudicate the waiver
March 3,2009-US Consulate claims they have no record of our December visit,nor Manuel's interview
March 27,2009-Manuel returned to the consulate for another interrogation(because they forgot about December's interview),and they were really rude !
April 3,2009-US Counsalate asks for more court documents that no longer exist !
June 1,2009-Manuel and I go back to the US consalate AGAIN to give them a letter from the court in Colon along with documents I already gave them last year.I was surprised to see they had two thick files for his case !


June 15,2010-They called Manuel in to take his fingerprints again,still no decision on his case!
June 22,2010-WAIVER APPROVED at 5:00pm
July 19,2010-VISA IN MANUELITO'S HAND at 3:15pm!
July 25,2010-Manuelito arrives at 9:35pm at Logan Intn'l Airport,Boston,MA
August 5,2010-FINALLY MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 23,2010-Filed for AOS at the International Institute of RI $1400!
December 23,2010-Work authorization received.
January 12,2011-RFE

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