Leaving Mexico.....

[joventud3 0]

Hey all Mexican Members.....

I have been living in Mexico here with my fiancee but am heading back to the US for good in about a week. We are at about 3 months of waiting for the NOA2 and the wait will continue! I am trying to prepare things here for my fiancee as I will not return for the interview in Juarez. I go this list of needed items for the interview in Juarez from the portal..

-Two (2) Nonimmigrant Visa Applications, Form DS-156 (prepared in duplicate).

-One (1) Nonimmigrant Fiancé(e) Visa Application, Form DS-156K

-A passport valid for travel to the United States and with a validity date at least six months beyond your intended period of stay in the U.S. (unless country-specific agreements provide exemptions)

-Birth certificate

-Divorce or death certificate(s) of any previous spouse(s) for both you and the U.S. citizen sponsor

-Medical examination (vaccinations are optional)

-Evidence of financial support (Form I-134, Affidavit of Support, may be requested)

-Two (2) 2x2 inch photographs. See the required photo format explained in Nonimmigrant Visa Photograph Requirements

-Evidence of relationship with your U.S. citizen fiancé(e)

-Fee receipt from any BANAMEX or SCOTIA bank branch ($350.00 Dollars) for each applicant or phone/online payment proof (MRV fee).

It is my understanding that form DS-156 and DS-156K can be completed online after we get Packet 3 (just a letter really.)

She has a passport good for 10 years

she has the cool looking (BIG) mexican birth certificate

N/A for Divorice and death stuff

2 passport photos (just 2)

we are preparing the evidence of relationship

Receipt from Banamex or Scotia (is it easier to pay there then try to pay online?)

The Fiancial stuff is what I will prepare in the US and send back to Mexico

Form I-134 (W2, pay stub, letter from employer) from my co-sponsor.

Anything else I should do while here!!!

Te agredezco mucho!!!

[TBoneTX 45,498]

Good thinking, si man. I'm not a Mexican member, but with the benefit of my hindsight, the following pertains to "anything else that you should do while here." For your later use (and you WILL have later use!!!), I'd get multiple copies (an extra, or preferably two) of every OFFICIAL document that applies to her. Fortunately, you have plenty of time. Get another birth certificate (or two!), school/university records, complete medical & (if any) dental records (get at least two copies of vaccination records, stamped by the issuing doctor or clinic -- this can pay off in gold during your AOS stage), plus anything else that you can think of.

Closer to eventual interview time (so that it's within a year of her U.S. entry), I recommend that she get every possible vaccination, officially needed or not, while she's in Mexico, and also dental treatment & cleaning. Have new vaccinations added to whatever such records she has now. Also, just for personal benefit, it would save money to have full blood testing (laboratory work) done before she arrives. It may be some time before you can add her to your medical plan at work, and having thorough, recent baseline readings in hand can save hundreds of dollars.

If she drives, remember to have her renew her driver's license for the maximum period allowable shortly before she enters with the visa. If she doesn't drive yet, she should take every measure to learn how and to earn a license. Then, get the International Driving Permit.

Upon your own return in about a week, buy as much as you can of anything that she likes (or you like) that can't be gotten in the U.S., and bring it in yourself: candies, canned tuna, bar soap, whatever. Also, depending upon how strict your POE is, consider bringing necessary or desirable medications for yourself and (with longer expiration dates) for her, si man. There's nothing like having a couple of bottles of antibiotics handy when an illness comes on, no man. My then-fiancee entered and promptly came down with a terrible chest-cold -- from three "despedidas" (going-away parties) in three different Ecuadorian cities before her departure -- and I kicked myself for letting my supplies of Mexican antibiotics run down, sigh man. The rack-rate prescription for her (not yet on my medical plan) was $80, uff man. The same thing in Mexico was $12.95 at max.

The above may seem preachy or premature, but take from it what makes sense for you. I hope that this helps, si man.

Edited December 10, 2011 by TBoneTX