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FYI - I got this reply from my embassy. It is much more specific regarding I-130s filed as DCF:

The Adam Walsh Act was a surprise to us all. Petitions affected are those filed after July 27, 2006.

Okay, this COULD be good news for me and my husband. We filed and were approved for our I-130 on July 5, 2006. Can you please send the exact link where u saw this info? I didn't see it on the link u sent.

Thank you!

This was not from a link. This is an email reply I received from my embassy when I asked them about our petition that we filed DCF before the 'magic (bean)' date.

If you filed on July 5, it looks like you may be ok too. I would recommend sending an email inquiry to your embassy where you filed the I-130 to make sure.

FYI - I got this reply from my embassy. It is much more specific regarding I-130s filed as DCF:

The Adam Walsh Act was a surprise to us all. Petitions affected are those filed after July 27, 2006.

Hello Neverending,

Yes, I know what you are going through, and losingmymind too. We will be at five years on the immigration nightmare in March - stuck a single mom and our daughter growing up without her dad. I know exactly how you feel. Unfortunatly, there are too many families that know. The worst of this whole thing is that you don't know how long it will last, at one and half years if you had told me that we still had another 3-1/2 years and even then still we won't know when it will end, I would have said you are crazy! But here we sit, exactly there. It is truly like being tortured, mentally. It is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment.

I joined as a director of www.americanfamiliesunited.org to hopefully effect change in the system so that other families like ours won't suffer the same tragedy. It is my biggest hope that we can succeed with the new Congress to make them aware of how unfair, anti-family and tragic the current system is for families. Please consider joining as a member or a volunteer to add your voice.

Take care and know you are not alone!

The I-192 is the form needed for the non-immigrant waiver. It can waive almost anything but is discretionary. No family ties required. If the friend was deported, he may need a I-212 if it was less than 5 years ago, not sure about that though.

Here is the link to the I-192 on uscis.gov:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

If you go to www.britishexpats.com/forums and search on I-192 you will find numerous threads on the topic that might be of interest. I searched on VJ and didn't find much.

Good luck.

An interesting note: many of the Muslims calling in on the radio show support Prager's position because Muslims belieev in the prophets in the Bible.

More evidence the radio jockey is just looking for some controversy to raise his visibility. When we were in Cyprus to get married, we had to go to a government office to sign a document. After we signed it, we had to swear it was true. They asked each of us, my husband and I, which we wanted to swear on, a Bible or a Koran. If the point is to swear on a book, it looks better if you swear on one that you believe in.

Just curious.....has there ever been anyone on here who has found out after months of background checks that their husband/fiance is actually a bad egg? Just curious if this has ever happened.

Not that I have ever seen in the five years I've visited various boards and thousands of cases posted. From all I have ever seen, the security check, as it exists today, is purely a bureacratic job security aid and an excuse to treat immigrants and their families poorly, not a national security aid.

Currently running about 6-9 months. You can join immigrate2us.net for a very active community doing 601 waivers.

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That is great that they replied and even gave you contact info. Some embassies act like that is highly classified information.

Anyway, what the other poster said about aff of support is correct. There is a new form 864EZ that can take the place of the 864. I forget the difference, but if that is the one the consulate is asking for, that is the one to use.

As to the cert of single, we did not have to provide that for the US embassy but when we got married overseas, the marriage office of the foreign country DID require us to present that before they would marry us. We had just written a letter saying we were single and available to marry and then had it notarized. But when we gave them those letters they said that wasn't good enough. They had a form which basically said the same thing, but printed on their forms and we had to go to some court there to sign in front of them, swear it was true and then they stamped and signed it.

Best bet is to ask them what they want exactly.

I tend to agree with Boiler. It doesn't _sound_ like it should be a problem or cause the need to file a waiver. But I am not a lawyer either and the embassy does not always act according to the law or process.

Boiler is also correct that the other numbers they mention there is your Alien (A) number they have assigned to you.

You might want to attend this chat session next Wednesday at 11am central time and ask the attorney on there for her opinion: www.visacentral.net.

hello!good day to all!im just new in this site and i hope you can help me with my problem..i was refuse or denied to enter u.s last feb of 2004.that time i was in a tourist visa and that is my fourth time to visit states..the 3 times i visited i never overstayed those visits..they put notation on my passport.here it is.212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I)...they also cancelled my visa which suppose to be will expire on year 2011...i really dont know what to do..i got married last june 2006 to my u.s citizen boyfriend.and he filed a k3 petition for me...i just wanted to know if that will affect my k3 petition..do i have to file a waiver?if yes,when and how?and also on the time i was denied to enter the u.s the immigration officer there is trying to ask me many times if i worked in the states without a permit.they though i worked there.i said i didnt work at all.so pls help me what to do..do you think that they will approve my petition??the ban they gave me was a 5 year ban.so its like 3 years more to wait right?but does to eneter as a spouse is still not allowed??coz i thought the ban they gave for 5 years was just for a tourist visa..if im wrong pls correct me...pls help!!!!!thanks in advance...god bless

I looked up the code they put in your passport. This is an explanation of that: http://www.americanlaw.com/exclude8.html

It seems to indicate that given you were traveling on a tourist (B2?) visa that either the visa was not valid or your passport was good for less than 6 months. Not sure why they would cancel the visa.

If the embassy decides to view this as some sort of misrepresentation, then they could require a waiver.

You should find out more as to why they refused your entry and canceled your visa. That will tell you if this is a problem or not.

As to getting a waiver approved out of Philipines, I have heard it is very, very, very difficult. My attorney who specializes in waivers is not even accepting clients from there (unless it's an appeal) because she feels it is a waste of time and money to pursue a waiver from Philipines. (Just her input of course, but based on her personal experience and other attorneys' she knows experiences.)

I know how you feel. I hope we can all get through this in one piece, mentally, physically and with still a marriage to come back to. It is criminal what this process does to familes.

Also consider joining us at www.americanfamiliesunited.org.

We are a grassroots organization actively lobbying for Family Unity in Immigration for American Citizen Spouse and children. We have a core group of members and actively fundraising to organize lobbying efforts and media awareness of the plights and hardships that American families face in the immigration process. We have hired a lobbyist who is currently working with us on preparing an amendment to bring parity and fairness to American families regarding waivers, name checks and other process delays.

Our mission: With a firm conviction that the right to keep a family together is a fundamental freedom, American Families United works to ensure that American immigration law protects families. We represent American citizens who are sponsoring nuclear family members for immigration. In order to respect the right to family, this process must not only encourage family unity but also minimize family separation. American Families United pursues both legislative and media strategies to guarantee that the immigration process faced by families is fair, timely and transparent.

We organized rallies around Mother's Day and are working on Labor Day events. The more members, supporting and joining us, the more successful we all can be an a united voice to MAKE A CHANGE for your families.

Please check out the website, volunteer, post in our new forum or make a pledge of support!

Thank you!!

Just to add a bit. I would rather edit, but doesn't seem to be available.

Good luck to all. I suppose this process gets to all of us at various points in time.

May we all reach a happy ending soon in this.

its BS.. everyone knows if you get DENIED. you get a LETTER from the Consulate. with 212 NOID/NOIR. you guys belive this mess because, you are so used to seeing you take it for gospel. its not.

You get field investigations During AR/AP. DUH!

secondly, if you are DENIED. it dont take 2 days to clear it up.

the CO is not as wishy washy to say its denied - no we are kidding

come on wake up and read this along with her other BS postings.

What is your problem?

Everyone knows if you get denied you get a letter 221g???? REALLY?? You have no idea what you are talking about. Our case was denied and returned without a word. A week later they sent us an email in reply to an inquiry (we had sent many) with some vague comments. No 221g, no reason, no nothing. It took over a month to find out what was going on with the help of my congressman.

Bottomline, the embassy can do whatever the hell they want to do. Follow the law, NOT follow the law. Whatever they feel like that day and you can do NOTHING about it, if they don't want you to.

I am glad your case seems to have followed procedure as you have come to understand it so that you have no idea how bad and ugly it can get. Ignorance is bliss in this case.

But don't sling arrows at innocent people who have already been through hell for no reason.

If they had a K3 processed that means they also filed an I-130. After all this time it should be somewhere.

They can not file an I-601 until the consulate finds them inadmissible.

There may be opportunity to request an expedite based on her husband's illness. I would get evidence from his doctor to take with them to the embassy. Contact the Congressman's office for help on that.

If there is potential misrepresentation involved, it would be HIGHLY recommended to discuss with an attorney before contacting the consulate. Check www.visacentral.net for a low cost email consulation with an attorney specializing in 601 issues.

i called USCIS...got transferred 3 times...talked to an immigration officer and he couldnt give me any more info than the other two. they said they dont have anything in their system but according to the embassy...USCIS is the one that made the call to cancel the appointment. all the guy could tell me is "things like this can occur wait a few weeks and then check" he said he doenst know how long it would take maybe 1 month maybe 6 he doesnt know. he said they would contact me should the status of it would change..and that was that. How can I find out more? anything i can do to speed this up or to find the source of the problem? any #'s or any people i can contact? I cant seem to get a direct answer as to why this happened. demanding doesnt help either cuz they dont have any info at all.

Have your congressman contact both the embassy and BCIS to find out what is going on. Call them now.

Yesterday when I tried to visit the desert roses group, I got an error - no such group, even though it was showing on my list of subscribed groups. Today, it is completely gone from the list.

Does anybody know what happened?