US Immigration from New Zealand

Hi guys. Getting paperwork for I751 lifting conditions. Our tax returns are up to 80 pages each. Does anyone know if the irs transcripts are shorter to send? Do they need the full 80? Going to big envelope if so. Just checking what others did.

My husband lived in Germany for 2 years prior to us meeting - we currently have a copy of his police certificate from there and translation as we needed to obtain it for my partnership visa here in New Zealand. The police certificate we have for him from Germany is over two years old but he has not been back there since. So my question is, is this okay to use? From the wording on the travel.state.gov website it seems like it's fine as long as he hasn't been back there since the police certificate was issued.. but just wanting confirmation / second thoughts. Especially since it'll be one we submit ourselves opposed to the police sending it directly to the Consulate.

Cheers

Hi all,

Wanting my husband to apply for his NZ police checks soon because I've heard it takes a few weeks to process and I'm just wanting to be proactive & to tick something off the list but wondering if I'm jumping the gun here and if it's better to wait. We are on month 9 of waiting for our I-130 approval - so our case still hasn't been sent to NVC and we haven't received welcome letter, case #, etc. Seeing the police checks get sent straight to the Consulate - are there any opinions on when is the best time to request it? I guess I'm worried if they don't immediately have a NVC case to link it to when they receive it then they'll just dismiss it but at the same time I don't want to wait longer than I have to and cause delays for myself down the line.

Any thoughts here?

Hi,

I'm just wondering if the processing time for the I-130 would be drastically effected if the petitioner / USC has a criminal charge?

I have an underage alcohol related charge (DWAI) from 6+ years ago - my spouse is very aware - was never worried about it affecting our chance of approval as it's a nonviolent charge & all court requirements were completed so I don't imagine it will cause us any issues..

BUT, it just occurred to me that our petition might have some extra steps/review to go through because of this - basically I'm worried the processing time might be slower than the norm because of this.

If anyone has a similar situation could you link me your timeline or a relevant thread?

Cheers

Hi everyone!

I have a question about how I-129F's are processed. In my head it works like this: USCIS receives your petition and takes it apart/scans it/puts it in their own folder and then it gets added to a MASSIVE pile with hundreds of other petitions. Then it just sits there for like 7 months til they eventually get to it. They look at it, then either approve or decline it.

OR, do they look over it and put it into a simple pile or a complicated pile? I figure if there's less in it (no previous marriages or kids or anything), it should take less time, but I'm not really sure how any of it works.

My question is: what, if anything, determines the variation in time within the processing time frame? Or is it just random?

I hope this makes sense! I'm super intrigued about how it all works, if anyone knows. It seems like some super secret place where secret things happen haha.