Immigrating stepson from Canada

[ValPrime 1]

Oh my.....that is really great news to hear. I hope the same goes for me. I am stressing over it everyday!! lol. Thank you SO very much for posting that

[ValPrime 1]

Update......this morning I received my receipt number. I immediately sent the lady I have been talking with at my congressmans office an email letting her know what it is. She replied back to me saying....."Immigration is willing to marry the files of your husband and stepson, however using the number I sent they were not able to locate your stepsons file. Please resend your stepson and husbands MSC numbers"

Im not sure how they can not locate my stepsons....maybe it takes a day to get in the system? As far as my husbands go....his was a WAC but I resent all the numbers I had......so hopefully hear from her tomorrow.

PS....does anyone have any thoughts on what is exactly meant by "marrying" them?? Im excited but kinda scared to get excited, lol

[NikLR 13,232]

Update......this morning I received my receipt number. I immediately sent the lady I have been talking with at my congressmans office an email letting her know what it is. She replied back to me saying....."Immigration is willing to marry the files of your husband and stepson, however using the number I sent they were not able to locate your stepsons file. Please resend your stepson and husbands MSC numbers"

Im not sure how they can not locate my stepsons....maybe it takes a day to get in the system? As far as my husbands go....his was a WAC but I resent all the numbers I had......so hopefully hear from her tomorrow.

PS....does anyone have any thoughts on what is exactly meant by "marrying" them?? Im excited but kinda scared to get excited, lol

Marrying them means getting them together so they will have the same interview date. They're trying to expedite this for you.

[ValPrime 1]

Oh gosh.....I sure do hope so!!

[ValPrime 1]

Update.....kind of, lol

I called the secretary for my congressman that is trying to help me out. Last I had heard from her was last week when she emailed me letting me know she faxed all the info I sent her to their liaison at USCIS. She informed me this morning that she had refaxed my info on Monday because the liaison said that is when they would have my paperwork and she was told that we would have an update by the end of next week. At that time......I mentioned that I will still need to go through the NVC process (wild guess on my part) and she told me that is where my paperwork is at now. This kind of shocks me.....maybe she misunderstood me as the receipt number for USCIS starts with MSC. I repeated NVC a couple of times making sure I pronounced it clearly. lol. She also told me that the liaison stated she did not see a problem with getting my stepsons packet caught up with his dads. I am praying this is true and I hope the update I get at the end of next week verifies that. We are now 29 days from interview date!!! *so nervous*

[hikergirl 277]

Have you tried inputting your step-son’s MSC # into the USCIS case status? I was just curious what it said.

[ValPrime 1]

yes.....for some reason I do that every day religiously, lol.....says initial review

[hikergirl 277]

If there was a USCIS app to do it, I would have done it dozens of times per day myself.

But instead it was in the morning, as soon as I made it home from work and a couple of times in the evening. Especially right before bed.

It was a sickness.

I am keeping my fingers crossed for you guys!

[ValPrime 1]

lol.....its addictive for sure

Thank you so much for your positive thoughts....will keep you informed as I find out new info

BTW.....VJ has been a lifeline, lol. You all are great!!

[NikLR 13,232]

I sure hope they can get everything caught up. *crosses fingers for you*

[ValPrime 1]

God really works in mysterious ways.....and knows ones breaking point.....

Today at work (I am a newly graduated RN and today was my 2nd day on my own) I had the worst day I could imagine. Won't go into details but I was holding back tears the entire 12 hour shift. As soon as I sat in my car to head home....the flood gates opened.

Gods blessing.......I checked my phone through tears to see what wonderful and loving words my husband had left for me......and there was a text message and email from USCIS saying my stepsons I-130 was approved today. Needless to say I cried even harder....delaying my long drive home.

I have a question if anyone knows the answer possibly......case is now being sent to NVC I am guessing.....does the congressmans office that helped me with USCIS have the ability to help with expediting through NVC or do I have to wait till they receive and I request an expedite? I have the fees ready to send and both packets ready too....so that should help also.

Thank you in advance.....such a rollercoaster of emotions today, lol

[NikLR 13,232]

I would keep up with the congressman's office to get this expedited to the NVC and through the NVC so they can interview together! You don't have much time, if you have to you may want to delay your husband's interview until his son can join him. But you do have cause to expedite at the NVC. Having the congressman keeping up with the case means no long delays to being mailed to the NVC.

Oh and congrats!! So happy!

[ValPrime 1]

I talked to the congressmans secretary just now. She said that she will keep following up with the NVC to try and help it go smoothly. If I remember correctly it only took a couple days for NVC to receive my husbands packet. Even though it is soooo very tempting to start calling now, lol.......I will try to hold off and call on Friday, lol. Boy will I be glad when this whole process is over!!

Thank you NikiR......

[ValPrime 1]

Question......when I do call the NVC.....is it like the USCIS and I should ask for a supervisor? or do I just talk to whomever answers the phone?

[hikergirl 277]

They seem better than the operators at USCIS, however you have a special case so it wouldn’t hurt to talk to a Supervisor.