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for 2009 and 2010 she made over 28 thousand, but 2011 she made 26 thousand...Saylin what u think

She won't make it with $26,000 and a household of 4.

EDIT: If your interview is after April 15th, you will have to submit taxes for 2011. If she's already filed for 2011, they might want that transcript even if your interview is before April 15th...not sure on that one.

Wow, that is super fast , i hope i hear something soon too

Me too! The airline I use to get to Montreal is having a 50% off sale if I book by Feb. 3, so it'd be awesome to know our interview date next week so I can buy a cheap ticket!!

I haveseen expedites for the most stupid reasons and i am going to fight to get my daughter back where she belongs withher mom and dad totake care of her.

Everyone here is sympathetic and trying to help you out...no need to bust on other people's lives/worries as "stupid."

If the NVC finds out that we don't need a joint sponsor at all, but on our AOS packet we had a joint sponsor as back up... Do u think that would cause us an RFE?

I don't think so. I don't necessarily need a cosponsor, but I submitted one just in case, and we didn't get an RFE. (But from what other people have said, I could have waited until the interview and given them the joint sponsor documents then if they decided I needed one. Oh well.)

When can I submit an expedite in the NVC stage? When they get the papers?

Nope, not until you get a case number, unfortunately. And getting the case number is the longest part.

See, I thought like you where the flu season ended earlier than reality. I went in April and didn't think I needed the flu shot, but they told me flu season ended at the END of April! So he's definitely going to need it.

Since he knows this ahead of time, he can find a travel clinic or something where they give flu shots for FREE, instead of paying $20 at the medical. Just tell him to look around, he's bound to find a place that provides for free. Could be at his work, or at a nearby school or church or store or clinic.

Thanks for the info!

Don't know where your husband is, but here they have the wonderful coloured signs saying where you get the shots.

Thanks, I'll let him know!

Thanks. And can we make payment at weekend or we just can pay during business days?

The system doesn't seem to update over the weekend, so if the check box is greyed out on Friday, it'll still be greyed out all weekend. If you're able to pay today, then you can put in your bank info during the weekend, but it won't begin processing until Monday. Regardless of whether you do it today, over the weekend, or next week, it'll still take a couple days to process anyway.

Haha, yeah, that's what I told him, that it would only cost $20 but "it's the principle! I don't want to pay for a stupid shot I don't need!" He's already having an adverse reaction to paying for medical care in preparation for being in the US.

Well they sent the I-130 today Well i guess Thursday for them

Friday for me.

Since im living overseas lets hope they continue the trend of doing it fast, because my moms really sick and we need to take care of her.

InsaAllah everything will go fast.

Unfortunately, the trend for faster processing is when the petitioning US citizen is also living overseas, not just when the applicant is abroad.

Good luck!

While you're waiting for the interview, all you can really do is prepare for the medical and interview. Make sure your husband has all his vaccines and the flu shot. This will save money if he needs to get them done at the panel physician!

He's resisting getting the flu shot because he thinks the gov won't cover the cost and our interview will be in March at the earliest (somewhere it says the flu show is only needed Oct-Feb). Thoughts?

However on the receipt itself (proof that you have paid), the payment status changes, reflecting the actual current status of your payment. I printed the receipts for our record after they changed to "paid".

Oh, good to know. I emailed the receipts to myself right after paying, so I'll go back and resend them now that they're paid. Thanks!

Poutine, like the president of Russia? What does he have to do with Montreal?

The photo on the poutine wikipedia page is disgusting (not the most beautiful dish to begin with...), so I'm going to link you to this far more reputable poutine source instead: http://www.restolabanquise.com/

(And sorry to everyone for getting off topic!)

There is the Special Poutine Tour in Montreal. Perhaps you can study the paths before making the plans for the trip - see which places are open for your interview day. For most - it's the last opportunity they have to imbibe.

Haha, my husband is actually from Montreal, and I've spent a lot of time there with him, so we've already got our favorite poutine places. But I'm guessing that the first place we'll stop after the interview is the first place we see that sells beer...at 10am.

Come to think of it...I think I actually know where that will be!

After all that action through the NVC, I feel weirdly powerless again...like waiting for the NOA2, but not even able to prepare anything for the next step. Should I be doing anything other than calling? Is there a guide for the next steps that I'm missing somewhere? (This is Canada specific, but I'm confused by the express mailer/registering for DHL business...)

I need to know if anyone knows....tomorrow the NVC will be receiving what they requested on an RFE. Will they process my case right when they get it or will it go back to the end of pile?

Don't know, but Sonshyne got from RFE to case complete pretty quickly (within a few days), so that seems to indicate that you don't go to the back of the line.

They never told me, if it is approved or not. What makes me feel they were interested in approving it, it is because officer MINA called my wife and tell her that she wants to approve the expedite and that he just need my wife doctor to fax her medical information. The hospital faxed the documents and 2 days after, we got the RFE.

It doesn't hurt to call and ask what's up, but don't count on the operator having any idea what's going on with your case. I submitted evidence for our expedite on a Monday, called on Friday to find out if it was approved or not and the operator was just totally confused and had no information for me (and got annoyed with me for asking). Then Saturday we got our NOA2! Seems like even if they are reviewing your case right now, the operator might still not know. Luckily the NVC operators are more clued in.

I'm not worried about the sign in fail.

So the next step is to keep calling the reps at NVC and to add DOS to my list of people to call? I have this as the DOS number: (202) 663-1225 from this website. Do I just start calling both or is there a point at which I switch from calling NVC to calling DOS?

Congratulations to everyone with a case complete today!

The only thing I can think of is that they don't want people to keep calling every day As for when you'll get your interview, I'm betting for late March

Make sure you're checking the payment portal and not the site to fill in the DS-261/260. Even after a year, I can still log in.

I really, really hope it's in late March, because I'm already planning on heading up there for spring break, and I could be there for the interview without buying another plane ticket or taking time off from teaching.

I could still sign into both portals earlier, but now I can't get the website to load at all to retest. AVR is still giving me the false RFE...he's so behind the times.

CONGRATS :dance: :dancing:

Thanks!

It's raining CCs!

So has anyone of you that has received CC got the SIF on the portal page yet?

I haven't been checking the page since my husband completed the 260, but it's still letting me sign in now.

Yup, that's the case complete email! Grats!!

Thank you! No interview dates in February (duh), but they said to check back after the second week of Feb. to see if we got one in March. Odds? And what's with the 2nd week scheduling only thing? I know you've said before it's not true...but what a weird thing for them to claim...

wow, that is a good news, May God Bless you and your family

Thanks/merci!

"All documentation necessary to complete the National Visa Center's processing of your case has been received. As soon as an interview date has been scheduled, the applicant, petitioner and attorney (if applicable) will be notified."

...does this mean case complete??

EDIT: called a rep and our case is complete!!! Electronic processing rocks!!!

lol this step is really funny, i wanna get into it by the end of January

I saw how Laure, Sonshyne, Clerk are getting crazy here about this process, i want to build up my team to start acting crazy too lol

I've definitely been enjoying the camaraderie here. I think it's a happier forum because we're all moving through the steps and seeing progress. It's so much harder to be waiting for the NOA2.

So, if it is just the spouse, the level of maintenance would be for household size 1, not for half of household size 2. If they have 2 children, and the spouse ends up with the children, the level of maintenance would be for household size 3, not for half of household size 4.

The sponsor, according to cite, would have to file a separate affirmative action, if he/she feels the beneficiary could mitigate some of the maintenance costs based on earning capacity.

Right, but in the first hypothetical case you suggested, you were talking about a short marriage with no co-accumulated assets...and I'd assume no children. And once there are children involved, you're going to be paying child support anyway, as I originally argued. It just seems to me like the I-864 obligation is a pittance compared to one's obligations when a marriage is dissolved.

We sign the form because the government doesn't want to be responsible for a single, measly cent, not because it would to cost a fortune to support this other person. Those poverty levels are laughable in a lot of the country, anyway.

Ah, that old "20 business days" refrain...

AOS is reviewed and accepted, DS260 and docs need 20 business days for review.

Talk to you tomorrow, NVC representative!

It can be onerous for the sponsor to meet his obligations, especially for a failed short marriage, where little, if any joint marital assets have accumulated. Usually, both parties would go their separate ways, with what each brought into the marriage. However, Congress decided since the immigrant would not have the means to support his/herself until they were established, that the sponsor, and not the US taxpayer would provide that support. Congress set that level of support at 125% of the poverty level, and made it possible for the contract to be enforceable in any civil court.

The 3rd paragraph of the article you site did say that there was some responsibility for the beneficiary to mitigate the amount that he/she is owed by the USC, and that the USC can file a claim in court to be released from financial obligation if the beneficiary did not attempt to mitigate their financial burden (i.e. didn't try to get a job though they are capable of working).

I wonder how the poverty level is calculated when a split happens: excluding the possibility of children, is the beneficiary entitled to 125% of the poverty level for a household of 1 or 1/2 of 125% of the poverty level for a household of 2? If you look at the increments by which the poverty level climbs, that makes a difference. Presumably, 125% of the poverty level for a household of 1 is about $14,000, but being entitled to 1/2 of a 2 person household only gives you about $9,150 a year. If the beneficiary has a part time job, they'd likely mitigate the vast majority of that obligation. It's hardly like the beneficiary is able to get away with a mint without any effort.