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I used my cell phone to make calls just for that reason, because I wanted to make sure I had a record of ours calls and text messages. Is there any way to get a record of the calls made from the calling cards? I don't know because I've never used them.

After we got the RFE, I hired a lawyer and she said we needed to send about 100 pictures (seriously), so we did. That was on top of the 27 pictures we had already sent with the petition. I wrote on the back of all of them and put them in clear picture insert pages (you can get them at Office Depot, they were three to a page). I didn't put any pictures behind them, so they wouldn't have to deal with taking pictures out to read the backs of them. All they had to do was turn the sheet over to read them.

If I remember right, our relatives that weren't at our wedding did get their letters notarized.

We included very heartfelt letters from both of us, about our relationship from beginning to end (how we started, our feelings, our plans, why we fell in love with each other, etc). The lawyer put those first in our RFE response, before any of the required documents.

I'm not sure about the DVD, but others might know.

Did you include letters of affidavits from family members in the original petition? If not, you should include them now. If so, see how detailed they are. You might want to have them write new ones, which is what we did.

Good luck to you;)

Hi

thank u for your feed back

I am just wondering if you provided all what was requested on your RFE ? in my case, they requested bank statements b4 and after each trip, airline tickets, name of relatives in the USA and overseas and why they didnt attend the wedding. hotel reciepts, CC charges for hotel, airline ticket and the ring i purchased for my wife, name of the person who accompanied me during my trips, call logs, pics and others....in may case, i have almost around 85% of the requirments but for the rest I am gonna writed an explanatory letter describing why thosse documents are unavailabe.

The other question i have is do I have to go thru the same procedures at the US consulate in Casa ?

I look 4ward to hear from u

Hi there

The RFE is not for the embassy but it is for NOA2. my I-130 was on a pending staus for 14 months and finally got touched and a result, I got the RFE with a lot and lot of requirements. I think if I sent at least 90% of the documents and got approved ( NOA2), I have to go thru the same process at the consulate.

Hi There

I got RFE because of my proxy marriage and i am collecting the required documents to mail it to the USCIS.

One of the requirement is before after marriage pictures of us ( me and my wife together) I have a total number of 500 pics from year 2004 to 2012. My lawyer told me to send them just 2 or three, but since my case is subject to denial if I did not meet their demand, my friends advised me to send them at least 50 pictures showing us together in different places, do you think who is right? my lawyer or my friends?

I have 3 DVDs showing us together before and after marriage. My lawyer told me not to send any video or DVDs cause it is not mentioned on the USCIS letter of RFE. Do you think if I send it to them it is gonna help me as a proof of bonafide marriage?

Copy of Western union reciepts, pics, documents, Fedex airway bills, explanatory letters, post cards and other all togher weighs more than 3 to 4 pounds. Should I put it in a USPS express mail box ?

Regarding pictures, I glued 2 pics at the front and back of a plain paper and added a remark or a note about the place and year when pics were taken. Is that the correcet way?

My relation with my wife started back in 2004 and usually use calling cards purchased online and I have all those reciepts and PIN numbers in print. USCIC are requesting phone bills with call records. I bet u that 90% of u guys never place a call directly from your cell to your spouse overseas. as a result, I keep buying my phone card online and from one specific site and kept those reciepts showing only pin numbers and one access number . I also have a lot of text message charges on my cell phone bills and I am just wondering if those will help?

They requested a sworn affidavit from my family members why they did not attend the wedding. does it has to be notarized overseas?

Finally, I am just wondering if the assigned officer has time to read over 200 papers, pics and others ?

I look 4ward 2 hear from u guys

Not much to add to that responce you got. In a nut shell its good advice. And to answer your question about if anyone else went through this the answer will be yes I am going through it right now. It took CSC 6 months for them to give me a RFE. My husband and I are preparing all the necessary stuff. They seem to have just printed off the requirement for when filing the I-130 but they included a paragraph which relates to his divorce. There was an error on the divorce decree which states that he got married 2 times before his last marriage to his EX wife. When indeed he was married only once previously. He never noticed that but they did , so he is getting his lawyer to deal with that matter now. We are filing on our own without the use of a lawyer though. So far things are going smooth.

Thank u 4 your feedback.

By the way, I also have the same situation like yours. I married and divorced twice but none of my ex-spouses got a green card or came to the US. The only request (mentioned on the RFE letter ) is to get the final divorce documents be notarized at the country where i got married and divorced.

Hi there

After waiting for almost 14 months for my I-130 to be approved and after tens of service request, senator's and congress women follow-ups, I finally got my RFE because of the Proxy marriage and RFE is consisting of 3 pages.

Some of their request is:

1. old pics together, hotel reciepts, post cards, letters, name of relatives in the US, airline tickets, Credit card charges, entry and departure stamped on our passports, hotel reciepts, money transfer, letter from my father and mothter why they didnt attend the wedding and when they came to know about our relation, engagment and wedding and if passed away, death certifcate and other many many requests...

Currently, I am gathering all those documents but I have some critical questions which my lawyer is confusing me.

1 .The first time I got to know my wife was back in year 2003 and since then uptodate, I have some printed pictures and others are saved on a CD... the problem I have is if I printed those old pictures from the CD now, at the back of the pictures, it will show today's date and not year 2004, 2005, 2006 or 2010 ..when you view the CD on a labtop, it will show the year when photos are stored on a CD...should I send the CD together with explanation or just print pictures and send it regardless of the date ( FYI, since we took those pictures back in year 2004 and 2006, we did change a little bit, do they ( the assigned USCIS officer) take into consideration all these factors?

2. My lawyer wants me to send some 3 or four original pictures to the USCIS, my question is if I sent the original ones and got approved, the US consulate at my wife's country will ask for those documents again and if i reprint new ones, they will think I just faked the pictures......so dont know what to do?

3. They asked me to send them post cards and letters we exchanged during our relation. I have 5 to six envelepes with dates and postages...do I have to send the original envelopes or copies? regarding post cards, my wife sent me tens of it before marriage with some notes at the back of each post card,my question again is should I send original post cards or copies?

4. My wife sent me some letters by mail in the past and it is in Arabic, should I mail them the original lettters or copies (cause i want to save it for counsulate interview)? if so, do I have to translate all the letters into English?

5. My both parents passed away long time ago, instead, can I have my living relatives write an affidavit of their knowledge of our engagment and wedding ?

6. Regarding photos is it better to send three or four picturs from each year or send 15 or 20 for each year ?

7. They asked me to send them the receipt of the wedding ring and credit card charge statment, name, address and phone number whrere the ring was purchased. I purchased the ring from a local jewelary in her country and the jewelery gave her a reciept under her name and they only accept cash and I paid cash. I cant ask the jewelery at the time to give me a reciept under my name, cause I purchased the ring for my wife and the reciept has to be under her name...... I dont know what to do..

should I just send them the reciept I paid for under her name?

8.They want me to provide all the phone bills and call history during our relation, as u are aware, i dont use my phone to place a calls, but I simply use calling cards. I used to text her during these years and on my cell phone bills, text messages are listed with her telephone numbers, if I send them some of those phone bills showing all text messages is it acceptable by the USCIS?

9. I have travelled to Turkey and Malaysia and Thailand with my wife before and after marriage. I usually book my hotel through orbitz and expedia and my credit card statments show orbitz and expedia. one of the requirment is to provide reciept from the hotels we stayed. hotels, where I stayed, never gave me reciepts cause I didnt pay them.I paid expedia and orbitz instead. Should I just give them orbitz booking and my credit card statments showing orbitz and expedia name?

10. Regarding money transfered during our relation, do I have to send all the western union reciept from year 2004 to 2012 or just 1 or 2 for each year? (FYI, I have over 40 reciept from western union)

Did any body went thru this in before getting approved ?

Please help cause my lawyer is telling me that I can send selected pictures and phone bills ( between me and you, I dont want to follow my lawyer's instructions, who is down playing every thing and get denied).

Help......................

Hi there

After waiting for 14 months, I finllay got a RFE consinting of 5 pages

And the reqested doucments are about names and addresses of relatives in my wife's country and in the US, my friends names and relatives names, why my family did not attend wedding? notraized letter from my and her family why they did not attend the wedding. Reciept of the wedding ring and statement of my credit card showing when the ring was purchsed and name of the store, my account statemnet before and after each trip, a letter from my employer stating that I traveled to overseas to get married and whom I am gonna marry, all the credit card statments and hotel bills under our both names showing that we stayed at those hotels and address and phone number as well as pictures, name of the person who took me to the airport or accompanied me, bank statment under our both names, chat loggs, emials, post cards, call history ( no calling card is accepted), all the picutres we took where ever we traveled, where we spent honeymoon ( provide name of places, hotel reciept, flight confirmatnion, form of payment) and other many many request..

I am just wondering if I manage to provide around 80% of the required docuemnts, am I gonna be approved?

did any of you guys went through the same process and provided all the required documents with no single missing documents?

I look forward to hear from you

Hi There

I filled for I-130 back in November 2010, and I just got an e-mail and text saying that a letter for RFE is mailed on Feb 23, 2012.

I am currently visiting my wife in her country and have no one in the USA to check my mail and find out the content of the mail and I am flying back home after a week from today.

Does any body knows what is the average deadline give for RFE.. Can I call the USCIS and ask about the deadline given to me? does the USCIS agent or customer services knows the content of the letter sent by the assigned officer and the deadline showing what documents and deadline?

Please help cause I am worried tooooo much after I have been waiting for over a year.

Help Help Help

I filed for K3 visa back in November 2010 and of course, I started by mailing the I-130 form first and when I got my NOA1 for the I-130 form, i copied it and mailed the I129F and so far, I didnt get the NOA1 for the I-129F....

I have two questions, the first one since I did not get my NOA1 for the I-129F petition, is it too late to mail the I129F to Chicago lockbox now?

Regarding my I-130 it is still under pending status. I called for services, talked to my congress woman and e-mailed left and right, but case is still pending.

My question is can I just dump my old petition and start over from scrach and fill up the I-130 form and mail it to California service center with a payemnt as a brand new petition?

If yes, on the I-130 form, there is a question saying that if I have filed for I-130 before, if I said yes, it is going to ask me the result of the petition, can I answer by saying that my previous case was under pending status.....

Look forward to hear for your advise.

I filed my I-130 back in November and so far, I got the first NOA1 and case still under background check for the last 5 months. Every time I call USCIS the keep telling me that case is still pending.

I am moving to the east coast next month and I am just wondering if I can resubmit my petition (from scrath) to Vermont or Texas office ? FYI, I sent my I-130 to California's office

Dear M. Saleh:

On 07/21/2011 you, or the designated representative shown below, contacted us about your case. Some of the key information given to us at that time was the following:

Caller indicated they are:

Applicant or Petitioner

Case type:

I130

Filing date:

02/07/2011

Receipt #:

eac-11-901-xxxxx

Referral ID:

T1B2021101xxxxxxxxxx

Beneficiary (if you filed for someone else):

Ahlam

Type of service requested:

Outside Normal Processing Times

The status of this service request is:

Due to instability in Yemen, U.S. Department of State consular officials have temporarily suspended the processing of visa applications within Yemen. The instability within Yemen has also made it difficult for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) officers to authenticate documents submitted to support claimed family relationships, or to process DNA test results for those petitioners who have opted to provide them as supporting evidence of their non-spousal family relationships. Consequently, relevant components within USCIS are working together to formulate alternative means to resolve family relationship questions that involve petitioners or beneficiaries who reside in Yemen or have submitted documents purportedly issued in Yemen. Once alternative methods are finalized, USCIS will issue written guidance to its service centers and field offices concerning alternate methods of authenticating family relationships for this population under the current circumstances.

Hi there, I got married in Morocco and filed for I-130 back in November 2010. My case is currently a under background check. I contacted my congresswoman and she told me that since I previuosly married to a Yemeni woman and divorced her and my divorce documents are issued in Yemen, USCIS, do not recognize any document issued in Yemen. As a result, all visa applications from a person who is originally from Yemen or whose original docuemnts are issued in Yemen will be suspended till further notice.

I have the name of an excellent lawyer in CA if you want it. PM me if you're interested. I hope things go better for you this time around. This process and the waiting is so hard.......

Hi there ! I filed my I-130 back in November 2010 and the only touch was back in Mar16, 2011, I called USCIS an was told that my case under background check. I am just wondering how long did took to the get the NOA2 ? Can I have the name and phone number of the lawyer. I contacted my congresswoman and senater, but, none of them was able to assist me. I look 4ward 2 hear from u....

I filed for my wife back in November 2010 and the only touch I have was back in mid-March 2011. I called for a service and I was told that my case is going through a background check. I contacted the case worker of my congresswoman and I did not hear from her too. 5 years ago, I applied for my ex and withdrew and canceled her visa before she even comes to the USA (she did not even get an approval from the consulate back in her country . I have two divorce cases. I am just wondering if having two divorce cases, which took place back in 2006 and in 2003 may delay my petition for my spouse?

Is there any of VJ member who filed in November and got approved recently?

Tier 1 is CSR / Customer Service Representative - the first person that answers the phone - cannot give you much info, computer access is very restricted.

Tier 2 is ISO /Immigration Service Officer - has higher computer access, can make inquiries on your behalf, can handle most items via telephone and fax that you could get done at local USCIS office via infopass appointment.

So, to get a Tier 2 Human, must ask for them, when talking with a Tier 1 sub-Human.

Hi there......thank u 4 your feedback.....

When I call USCIS and ask for Tier 2, just talk to the first agent, who asks u so many questions and tell u to have some one call u back? if so, just tell him or her to connect u the Tier ....or there is any other special term for that ?.

Thank u again

I was in the same boat. I actually spoke to tier two agent who told me it was approved. I got the hard copy a few days ago and the website still shows initial review.

Hi there .....what does tier agent stands for? how to call and what to ask? I did called the USCIS back in April for a service and was told it is under background check...can I call back again as u did and how to request a tier agetnt cause I filed back in November 2010 and still under initial review..

Thanx

Thank God

USCIS sent me the NOA2 without any approval notification. NOA2 was approved a week ago while I was anxiously looking for it, but it was in mail for the last 3 days while I was waiting for email or txt notification from USCIS. That don't even update my online case status whereas the petition was approved a week ago.

Good Luck for the rest of you and best wish for the coming process.

Hi Wondim or ehit.......yemisirach

I am just wondering when was u first applied and how long did the whole process took? did u sign up for e-mail/ text notification ? when was the last touch on your file?

In my case I filed back in November and still under initial review

Congrats.........Dehna eder or ederi

been ready since the 5th month he even resent his police certificates with rfe papers.. so i will be waiting on nvc..lol

Hi Marju's girl..........................wow....congrats.....i feel as if I got approved toooooo...

I am currently going through the same path u passed.... cause I am one of the victims of November Filers.. I filed back in Mid Novermber and the last touch was March 16, 2011. I called and was told that my case is going througha background check and it may take upto 6 months. ...

I have some questions 4 you..... before your RFE, how many touches did u had on your case and when was the last touch before the background check?

Did Contacting your congressman help and if yes, how long did it took your congressman to get back to you?

In my case, i contacted my congresswomen and she was told that my file is under background check and they do not know how long will it take?

Should I call for a service again though I did it in the past?

once again ..............cheers ....................and congrats..................u deserve all the best cause u suffered a lot.........

I am sure, in the future, you have to write a book about your story with the I-130..........and it is time to take a deep breath and relax, enjoy and forget what u went thru........

Your getting approved is like a light at the end of the tunnel for me......

good luck..

Kal

I filed in April 2010. finally appproved 2/2011. the precess is slow. I am still waiting now for NVC to finish.

good luck.

Hi there... thank u 4 your feedback....u guys filed in April 2010??? no way ??? did u find out why it took sooooooo long? did they ask u for additional doucuments?

I filed sometime in November (I don't remember the exact date) and I got my NOA2 in the mail on May 20th. Have you called and spoken to anyone?

Yes, I called USCIS and they took all the information and promised to assign someone to look into my file and e-mail me or update me. A week later, I got an e-mail from USCIS saying that my case is going through a background check and this process takes up to 6 months......

5 years ago, I petitioned my ex-wife, whom i divorced, and withdraw her petition and cancelled it before she arrive the US, even before she got approved by the embassy back in her home....may be this was reason behind the delay of my petition ????????

Hi there!

I filed for I-130 back in mid November and so far the only update I have was back in March 16, 2011. I called he USICS and requested for a service and got an e-mail saying that my case is through a background check......

I am just wondering if any of November filers got approved during this week ?

Hi there!

I filed for I-130 back in mid November and so far the only update I have was back in March 16, 2011. I called he USICS and requested for a service and got an e-mail saying that my case is through a background check......

I am just wondering if any of November filers got approved during this week ?

i just got a rfe and one of the things they wanted was affidavits..just trying to save u a rfe and hassle later on:) i like you sent a bunch of pics and wasn't enough..we had traditional, and civil weddings..and pics with family..good luck with your journey!!

Hi Marju's girl....... As for me, it sounds like i going the same path of yours. In my case, i filed for K-3 Visa and I-130 back in November 10, 2011 and so far, the only update i have was back in march 16, 2011. I contacted them couple weeks ago and got an e-mail saying that my case is under extensive back ground check and have to wait for 6 months...I wonder do they touch those files once and throw them in the file cabinet or review them every month?.....I wonder how often do they go through the same file???? I think, as long as you filed back in November and did the background check first and finally asked u for RFE, do you think I will be going throug the same routine??

As for me, I, together with my wife travelled to Germany and France recently, should I keep copy of airline tickets, pics and hotel reciepts toooo?

the last question is when was the last update on your file and how did you hear about a background check on your case...

Look 4ward 2 hear from u......

i have a friend who was just recently approved at the very end of april or in may and filed in november.....but i think the average times is from 4-7 months...usually@ 5 months... you can do a timeline search and get an average from that...not sure why you havent been approved but i wish you luck and that you hear something soon...

Hi ... thank u 4 your feedback....but i wonder how did u requested for expediate? call them or send them a mail? if yes, what is the content of the letter u submitted to expediate your file?????

Look 4ward 2 hear from u............

I filed my K3 visa along with I-130 on November 10, 2010 and uptodate it is still under intitial review. I loggdd into the USCIS web page and typed reciept numbers between WAC.........150 to 250 and found that only one out ten petition filed was approved and all the rest are under initial review. In my case I contacted the USCIS over the phone to find out why it took over 5 months and a week later, got an e-mail saying that my application is under background check. I am just wondering how many files do they process every day?... I scheduled an appointmnet with the USCIS in my city and talked to the one of the staff face to face and she told me that I-130 applications usually takes from 5 to 10 months and advised me to wait.....??????

Is there any body in the forum who filed in November and got approved in May???????

No it is not a sign of denial. It just means they have not looked at your case yet. I KNOW the wait is hard and starts to play on your securities, but I am sure you are fine. They just take forever.

Hi there! I did called the uSCIS last week and asked them about the status of my K3 (I130) application and they took my e-mail and phone number and said will have someone update me on my status.

I just got an e-mail in response to my request and it says quote " A check of USCIS records indicates that this case is currently under extensive

background check. You should receive a notice of action* within six months" unquote...

Do you have any idea how long does the so called " extensive background check" takes????

Look 4ward to hear from you

I submitted my K-3 application visa along with I-130 back in November 2010 and got the first notice on November 12. I checked my status online and it shows last update March 16, 2011. It has been almost over 46 days and never heard from them and no new update. Is there any body who got approved after 40 or 50 days from the date of the last update ?? Is it a sign of denial of my application?