I'm ecstatic. Interview next week (36 days after 129 approval)

[NY_IZMIR 1]

I am sooo happy right now.

With the dreadfully slow 130 process, I was beginning to worry about having my wife here by the summer. Then both the 130 and 129 got approved feb 13th, and following some advice from fellow VJ'er Dayna, we emailed all the required paperwork to Ankara before they even sent out their packets. Wife already had the medical exam, so we're set for the interview March 21st. I thought the email I got from the embassy was a hoax to be honest. Definitely didn't expect the interview to be in two weeks, let alone 2 months.

Now I'm tempted to press my luck and pursue the I-824 / CR-1 route.

Thank you all for your help. Will let you know results of the interview.

[raymaga 25]

Good luck for a successful interview!!!

[riblet 0]

Congrats & Good luck!!

[Niels Bohr 72]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[bahiabrazil 0]

GREAT NEWS!! GOOD LUCK WITH THE INTERVIEW! :thumbs:

[Rob and Melinda 0]

Congratulaions and best wishes for the rest of the process. Praying for you both that you can be together soon here in the US and begin the rest of your lives.

Rob and Melinda

[bahiabrazil 0]

Congrats and best of luck with the interview!!!

That was a great thing you did to send your packets to the Embassy even before you received anything. I was contemplating in doing the same thing, as our consulate just received our K3 case last week... . Hmmm, let's see.

[Andy F. 0]

Many congratulations! Good luck!

[cartagena2112 0]

I am sooo happy right now.

Now I'm tempted to press my luck and pursue the I-824 / CR-1 route.

Congrats NY_IZMIR!

That is very good news, and you seem to be exceptionally blessed with your lightning fast Interview date. I am very happy for you as I wait for my interview for my wife, as my I-130 has been approved as well...

Go for the CR-1! They can't take away your interview date!

Cheers!

George

[Rob and Melinda 0]

Congratulations on your progress. Praying that your are united together soon here in the US.

Rob and Melinda

[NY_IZMIR 1]

Wife just got out of the interview and gave me a call. Unfortunately she's neither denied or approved :(

She had gotten a new passport a month ago with her new lastname, and they requested to see the old one which she didn't have with her. (The old passport had her U.S. visa on it which she came here a year ago with)

And they also wanted to see all the W-2's for 2006 even though I sent over a full copy of the 1040's etc. They said they couldn't use that to verify my salary even though IT'S F*KING RIGHT ON THERE, along with a letter from my employer with my salary which is WAY above poverty limits.

She said the person interviewing her had a really bad attitude while everyone else seem to have someone that was polite and cheerful.

Our stupid luck.

They said we can UPS the missing info and her new passport so she doesn't have to make the travel to the embassy which is pretty far from where she lives. But one thing that is bugging me is they didn't have her sign DS-230 Part 2. How do they expect her to sign that when they told her she doesn't have to come by again.

THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MPGGPM 0]

Wife just got out of the interview and gave me a call. Unfortunately she's neither denied or approved :(

She had gotten a new passport a month ago with her new lastname, and they requested to see the old one which she didn't have with her. (The old passport had her U.S. visa on it which she came here a year ago with)

And they also wanted to see all the W-2's for 2006 even though I sent over a full copy of the 1040's etc. They said they couldn't use that to verify my salary even though IT'S F*KING RIGHT ON THERE, along with a letter from my employer with my salary which is WAY above poverty limits.

She said the person interviewing her had a really bad attitude while everyone else seem to have someone that was polite and cheerful.

Our stupid luck.

They said we can UPS the missing info and her new passport so she doesn't have to make the travel to the embassy which is pretty far from where she lives. But one thing that is bugging me is they didn't have her sign DS-230 Part 2. How do they expect her to sign that when they told her she doesn't have to come by again.

THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reading your post this morning was a kind of "wake up call" . I had read about read so many successful interviews that have gone through Ankara, lately, that I was feeling pretty good about things and maybe getting a bit complacent , until I saw what happened with your wife this morning. It even made me reconsider (which I still am thinking about )....whether I should make arrangements to attend my wife's interview, after all.

Although, reading about what happened to your wife, were the husband there.....I am still not sure it would have made a difference. If they need to see an older passport, or w-2's.......a husband being there in attendance, wouldn't have changed that fact.

Your post is a reminder that a delay....or heaven forbid, a denial.(thanfully your was not that)...........can happen to anyone.

I'm sorry about the trouble she had there, and do hope you can get it straightened out.

Edited March 21, 2007 by MPGGPM

[NY_IZMIR 1]

Reading your post this morning was a kind of "wake up call" . I had read about read so many successful interviews that have gone through Ankara, lately, that I was feeling pretty good about things and maybe getting a bit complacent , until I saw what happened with your wife this morning. It even made me reconsider (which I still am thinking about )....whether I should make arrangements to attend my wife's interview, after all.

Although, reading about what happened to your wife, were the husband there.....I am still not sure it would have made a difference. If they need to see an older passport, or w-2's.......a husband being there in attendance, wouldn't have changed that fact.

Your post is a reminder that a delay....or heaven forbid, a denial.(thanfully your was not that)...........can happen to anyone.

I'm sorry about the trouble she had there, and do hope you can get it straightened out.

Thanks MPGGPM.

Looks like you're set for the interview now, glad to hear that. Good luck with everything. Yeah sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't. Hopefully we'll get it taken care of quickly. We have other things to plan and spend time on