Miltary Husband needs help

[kwhitley 0]

OK - so she not hold a German passport. Got it.

They need to finish up on the CRBA, consulate record of birth abroad, soonish, get the baby a USA passport.

He needs to determine the status of the I-130 (not the visa application) . If it's still viable, he will file the I-824 to get the I-130 sent on to NVC. If the I-130 is no longer viable, he needs to file the I-130 again to the lockbox address in the USA.

Here's detailed directions with a flowchart:

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_bring_your_foreign_spouse_to_live_in_the_US

Ignore all references to K-3 or I-129F.

Ok I just went to the web site and spoke with my daughter-in-law. She went all the way past the medical interview. They sent the paperwork to my son who is in the states(who is in the field at the time of receipt) 30 to fill out and return. When he got them filled out and sent back to her she sent back and they denied the paperwork saying it was not received in time. He sent $600 to reopen the file. They refused to reopen the file said he would have to start the entire process over in Germany(which is impossible since the Army will not send him back).

[NikLR 13,235]

He needs to find out if he can get the approved I-130 shifted back to the USA to the National Visa Center. If need be get a senator or congressperson involved!

[Darnell 8,480]

ya, find out status of the I-130 (not the ds-230) with either NVC (rare they'd know if a DCF'd casefile to frankfurt)

or DoS Hotline

sorry, these numbers are listed here at VJ.

[Dumb/Dumber 61]

I am the mother of a US Army Solder. My son was shipped to Germany from what was supposed to be 3 yrs. Not long after getting to Germany my sonn met his wife. He went to Afghanistan for his tour, half way through on leave went back to Germany to be with his girlfriend Kitty. They called each other and Skyped the entire time he was in Afghanistan. When coming off the tour of duty he moved into her home instead to the barricks lived with her for 6 months then got married in Denmark with the approval of the Army. Not long after the marriage he got new orders to be sent back to the states. In this time they were still getting her paperwork set up with the Army for benifits and such(we also found out they were preg.). Son comes back to states without wife. They did get the paperwork started at the Consulate in Frankfurt. Kitty has supplied all paperwork asked for untill the baby came. Since the baby has come we have found out that they need her first marriage and divorce certificate sent to Thialand(her place of birth) to be registered and then sent back to Germany to be translated to German. Then she has to send her marriage certificate for my son to do the same thing. We are having to do this just to get a international birth certificate for the baby. In the past 12 months they closed the case due to no activity(because the baby was not here yet) my son paid to have it reopened $660.00 for them to deny it to be reopened. He has contacted them with no success. Germany has told him that he has to be in Germany to start over. We do not now what to do at this point the Army will not send him back to Germany for another tour of duty. We need help to figure out what we need to do. I am watching my 5month old Grandbaby grow up on Skype and my son has never held his son. If anyone has any information we would greatly appreciate help or knowledge.

Talked to my dad. He is a retired Sgt Major. He says that first he should reach out to the military legal assistance and the Army Chaplain for assistance. He said that he should be able to apply for emergency leave to see his wife and child. He should also be able to apply for compassionate reassignment back to Germany if he wants to go that route. If you son wants to ask my dad any questions e-mail me and I will give you his phone number. (personal email removed - please us Visa Journey's PM system)

Edited April 18, 2013 by Kathryn41
to remove personal email address for security reasons

[kwhitley 0]

OK - so she not hold a German passport. Got it.

They need to finish up on the CRBA, consulate record of birth abroad, soonish, get the baby a USA passport.

He needs to determine the status of the I-130 (not the visa application) . If it's still viable, he will file the I-824 to get the I-130 sent on to NVC. If the I-130 is no longer viable, he needs to file the I-130 again to the lockbox address in the USA.

Here's detailed directions with a flowchart:

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_bring_your_foreign_spouse_to_live_in_the_US

Ignore all references to K-3 or I-129F.

Finally got to speak with my son before he goes to the field. He has told me that the I-130 is not viable everything was cancelled in Germany. He went to JAG and they told him that they could not help him. I understand that We still have to get the birth records so that it shows my son as the father. The German records do not have him listed since he was not in Germany at the time of birth. My son states that if her brings her to the states she will have a 90 day Visa but they cant get the paperwork stated till her 91 day which means the Visa is out. So what does he do?

[NikLR 13,235]

He has to start over. File an I-130 petition as per the guides on this site and the I-130 instructions. They will also need to file a crba for the baby so that they are a us citizen.

[Ryan H 3,932]

My son states that if her brings her to the states she will have a 90 day Visa but they cant get the paperwork stated till her 91 day which means the Visa is out.

There is no such thing as a "90 Day Visa." What this sounds like is 90 days of authorized stay on the "Visa Waiver Program" which is not available to a Thai national.

As NikiR already posted, he will have to file a new I-130 and start from square one.