Need insurance but are being sponsored

[Linds&JC 0]

I need information about if me and my children will qualify for government insurance in the U.S. once we get home without my father being responsible for paying it back as he is sponsoring us (my husband). I applied for my husband to come to the U.S. He had his final interview for his visa, with me and the children in Ecuador Dec. 6th 2010. We have been here for nearly 1 year waiting with him (July 3rd will be 1 year). Me and our kids are going home Aug. 16th 2011 regardless of hearing back from the National Visa Center or not on the status of my husbands visa because I am pregnant. Our concern is insurance because I will most likely be unable to find full time employment prior to giving birth and therefor securing insurance for myself and my children. I just want to verify if receiving T-19 or some other government insurance is an option for me (because I'm pregnant) and our chilren untill either myself or my husband is able to find full time employment (without making my father liable for paying it back).

[Darnell 8,478]

you are uscitizen ? or not ?

if you are us citizen, you not have any issues for getting government insurance.

YOUR Father is not responsible for YOU, YOUR Father is responsible for the alien spouse, as a co-sponser.

Edited June 27, 2011 by Darnell

[Linds&JC 0]

Yes, we are citizens just my husband is not. Thank you for your response. I've asked our attorney about this but have not gotten a straight answer. It is going to be interesting once we get home (back to the states that is) to see how everything goes with me being alone with the kids until my husbands visa is approved. I assumed that we would all be going back together (and was not counting on a baby on the way)! That has pushed a few things forward. Thanks again.

[VivaBaños 2]

I need information about if me and my children will qualify for government insurance in the U.S. once we get home without my father being responsible for paying it back as he is sponsoring us (my husband). I applied for my husband to come to the U.S. He had his final interview for his visa, with me and the children in Ecuador Dec. 6th 2010. We have been here for nearly 1 year waiting with him (July 3rd will be 1 year). Me and our kids are going home Aug. 16th 2011 regardless of hearing back from the National Visa Center or not on the status of my husbands visa because I am pregnant. Our concern is insurance because I will most likely be unable to find full time employment prior to giving birth and therefor securing insurance for myself and my children. I just want to verify if receiving T-19 or some other government insurance is an option for me (because I'm pregnant) and our chilren untill either myself or my husband is able to find full time employment (without making my father liable for paying it back).

Just out of curiosity, do you have any idea why you've been waiting for a decision on an interview from December 2010?

Were you asked to provide extra information/material at that interview? Have you been in touch with Consulate?

At no point in the immigration process is waiting easy, but it seems you're so close to the end that it's baffling to me why it's taken so long to hear something regarding the interview.

[TBoneTX 43,420]

Just out of curiosity, do you have any idea why you've been waiting for a decision on an interview from December 2010?

Were you asked to provide extra information/material at that interview? Have you been in touch with Consulate?

At no point in the immigration process is waiting easy, but it seems you're so close to the end that it's baffling to me why it's taken so long to hear something regarding the interview.

This is my question too, si man. I wonder if the Consulate is up to its old tricks. Please give details of what has caused the delays and the wait.

[Linds&JC 0]

No there was no additional information requested. The lady doing the interview advised that there would be a wait of 3 months to a year until we would hear back from them(from the date of the interview Dec. 6, 2010). One of our friends from Iowa who is from the same city in Ecuador as my husband used the same attorney that we have and she said that it took the consulate 1 month to contact the attorney after she had been approved. The certified notification from the national visa center in Panama (Ecuador does not process their own applications) didn't even receive the packet to process until March 3rd this year. When we received the notification that the packet had been received it said that we would be notified 3 months to 10 months from the date Panama received the paper work to process. That means I guess that we could be waiting longer than a year from the original interview. Our attorney has not been very helpful since we have both been here in Ecuador. That is why I decided to try and get answers else where because his attitude since I left the states and have not been in their office to meet face to face has been "well good luck with the wait guys...hope everything goes well for you while your in Ecuador".

[VivaBaños 2]

No there was no additional information requested. The lady doing the interview advised that there would be a wait of 3 months to a year until we would hear back from them(from the date of the interview Dec. 6, 2010). One of our friends from Iowa who is from the same city in Ecuador as my husband used the same attorney that we have and she said that it took the consulate 1 month to contact the attorney after she had been approved. The certified notification from the national visa center in Panama (Ecuador does not process their own applications) didn't even receive the packet to process until March 3rd this year. When we received the notification that the packet had been received it said that we would be notified 3 months to 10 months from the date Panama received the paper work to process. That means I guess that we could be waiting longer than a year from the original interview. Our attorney has not been very helpful since we have both been here in Ecuador. That is why I decided to try and get answers else where because his attitude since I left the states and have not been in their office to meet face to face has been "well good luck with the wait guys...hope everything goes well for you while your in Ecuador".

Wow! It's been a while since I've read up on immigration stuff (since we're in the clear for a while) but I have to say that I've never read this on the forum before, that it would take up to a year for a post interview decision to be made unless the person was put in AP (administrative processing). You see a lot of that in the MENA forum on here. And if you were put in AP you'd certainly know about it!

Have you tried contacting your Congressional reps in your home state? I know you've been in Ecuador for a while, but since your permanent address is still in the US I would try that route to get someone else to look in on your case. One of their office workers is assigned to the immigration cases and will ask you to fill out a document (you can fax or scan/email it) giving them permission to investigate the case with NVC on your behalf. It may take a few weeks before there's any movement but that Congressional rep's office can inquire about your case and maybe try to remind folks that you are waiting. I wouldn't expect any miracles from getting the Congressional rep involved, but somehow in this very complex and confusing game of paperwork having someone else check in on things for you can feel comforting.

Sorry this is taking so long for you. Best of luck while you wait it out.

[Linds&JC 0]

It was taking so long for us to hear back about his interview so I contacted one of the senators office in Iowa back in Nov. 2010 and his rep looked into our case but by the time she was able to get back to us we had already been notified that the interview had been scheduled. By the time she notified us of what she had found out (and what we already new) the appointment was for the next day. I guess we can try again. There are several people from La Troncal living in the Des Moines area in Iowa and for everyone that we have spoken to it has been a different story. Some have had to wait 1 year exactly to the day almost and others 5 months from the time they left for their valentary departures to the day they were approved for their visas. We never thought that any of this would be easy or fast really, it is just now that we are expecting (another baby) again we would really be greatful for things to move along. When I get back home in August I have an appointment scheduled already with the attorney to see about submitting further evidance for my husbands case because I'm pregnant and will be unable to work for a while and because I will need help supporting our other 2 kids. We are hanging in there just the waiting without any updates is getting old.

Edited June 29, 2011 by Linds&JC