Caribbean Pirate

I know this isn't going to be a popular point of view but I'm not sure if you can appeal. The I-864 that you signed says that you are liable if your wife goes on public aid. I think this is the sort of thing that the government is protected against. I'm sure that someone with more experience can offer better info and perhaps some options.
Good luck!

I know this isn't going to be a popular point of view but I'm not sure if you can appeal. The I-864 that you signed says that you are liable if your wife goes on public aid. I think this is the sort of thing that the government is protected against. I'm sure that someone with more experience can offer better info and perhaps some options.
Good luck!

I know this isn't going to be a popular point of view but I'm not sure if you can appeal. The I-864 that you signed says that you are liable if your wife goes on public aid. I think this is the sort of thing that the government is protected against. I'm sure that someone with more experience can offer better info and perhaps some options.
Good luck!

I know this isn't going to be a popular point of view but I'm not sure if you can appeal. The I-864 that you signed says that you are liable if your wife goes on public aid. I think this is the sort of thing that the government is protected against. I'm sure that someone with more experience can offer better info and perhaps some options.
Good luck!

I know this isn't going to be a popular point of view but I'm not sure if you can appeal. The I-864 that you signed says that you are liable if your wife goes on public aid. I think this is the sort of thing that the government is protected against. I'm sure that someone with more experience can offer better info and perhaps some options.
Good luck!

I know this isn't going to be a popular point of view but I'm not sure if you can appeal. The I-864 that you signed says that you are liable if your wife goes on public aid. I think this is the sort of thing that the government is protected against. I'm sure that someone with more experience can offer better info and perhaps some options.
Good luck!

I know this isn't going to be a popular point of view but I'm not sure if you can appeal. The I-864 that you signed says that you are liable if your wife goes on public aid. I think this is the sort of thing that the government is protected against. I'm sure that someone with more experience can offer better info and perhaps some options.
Good luck!

Not until you get to the NVC stage and get a case# will you be able to see anything yet. Here's hoping I get mine this week. But thanks for this.

OP
since recently joining the friendly site of VJ (4 weeks ago)u have publicly searched by asking "legitimate questions" to obtain a visa to immigrate to the U.S. and this is why it seems like you might not have a Bona Fide Relationship with your SO. I post nothing negative and intend nothing with accusation
These are all your words from your posts in snippets.....
Posted 13 May 2012 ~
I want to move to the US but realise that it is not a matter of "get up and go".
I understand that the couple of ways to get a visa is either to get married to someone in the US and move there (obviously a proper devoted marriage) or to work for a US company who will sponser you and move you over.
however for me, both options are not possible.
I have no criminal record of any kind and are self employed in IT. I also have a US B1/B2 Visa (a business and visitor visa).
I am wanting to change my life and move away from where I am and would rather move to the US.
What things are possible for me to do this? Any suggestions or advice are welcome!
Posted 07 June 2012~
Hi.
if one wants to give up their UK citizenship (they were born and bred in the UK), then is it possible to gain for a US citizenship or would the same principals apply where you can only get a visa if a company employs you or you get married etc... ?
Posted 04 July 2012 ~
I currently live in the UK. I am wanting to move to the US for many reasons. The main being my line of work (in IT)I am wondering, is it possible for me to get a visa and migrate over taking my business with me? if so - what is the process? Anyone know where I stand on this? Like I said, I want to move myself and my company over to the US and continue doing what I do with the business but in US.
And when that post did not get the answers....
Posted 13 July 2012 ~
So,
for a K1 - how does it work? I mean from what I understand the person in the US would file for this. So what do they file? What sort of details are on the form they need to fill in?
what if the DOB is entered differently than the actual DOB? just the years having a mistake?
does age difference matter? she is older than me - around 10 years.
lets just say that she thinks im 2 years older than my DOB. but i think we all do that when you are dating.... ( you bad boy )
Four days ago...
well we arent engaged or anything yet. and it is still new, the relationship. but like i said... i have my reasons. she has her reasons for doing the same too!
Today ~
So I have a US girlfriend. we plan to marry at some point. Obviously means I would move over/immigrate to the US.
The bonus is, I dont need to apply for a K1 visa. I can get married on my curent B1/B2 visa then the girlfriend can file for the immigration thing/sponser. I can still continue to travel back and fourth which is ideal for me.
You seemed to have it all figured out now
BTW
IF this was for me....
what? give me a break.
I dont get why I cannot ask legitimate questions here. after all this is an open forum and it is meant to be a helpful community, not this kind of negitive and false accusation community.
You were helped in all your previous posts.
no wonder the world is in a state today because of such people.
Me being a member of VJ and pointing out that your story comes off questionable does not rock the state of the world.
I wonder why i bother anymore. I have nothing to hide so really, it is not my fault if you have issues. go sort them out
Thanks for the advice....No real hard issue on my side of the big pond
I do wish you both good luck with your future

Huh...??? You just asked 17 initial questions. Now you state that you are well aware of everything.....Which one is it?

I don't understand how people can be so impatient at times. We know that it can be quick as it can be late, so why not give it to nearly 6 months and see what happens. It is more likely that after 5 months or nearly 6 months it will be worked on and this happens in a lot of cases. They are under much pressure from all applications and cases being sent everyday. I hope people will consider this fact, instead of driving themself crazy and frustrated over this process.

That's because in the US many people believe that "support from the government" is a euphemism for "support from the taxpayers". The government in the US doesn't have any money they didn't take from a taxpayer or borrow from a bond holder. The same is true in most countries that aren't socialist (i.e., where the government isn't getting revenue from nationalized industries), but many people don't make the mental connection between the government's money and where the government got that money.
I'm not belittling the social support structure they have in Australia, especially if most Australians are happy with it. I'm saying that, to a large degree, people in America don't feel the same way. Most people in America believe that unearned public benefits should be reserved for those who are either permanently incapable of supporting themselves (the disabled), or are temporarily down on their luck. What might be surprising is that this belief is the strongest in America's working class. The people who believe that America should have a social support structure resembling the one in Australia or much of Europe are at opposite ends of the income spectrum - those at the bottom who would directly benefit from a strong social support system, and wealthy liberals who would happily contribute a chunk of their own wealth if the government forced everyone else to do the same. The people in between don't like it because they're the ones who would mostly be paying for it.
Immigration law is crafted to appease the majority of American who feel this way. Americans, for the most part, expect the costs of family immigration to be paid for by the families and immigrants, and that there should be protections in place to ensure that Americans aren't left holding the bill for immigrants who can't support themselves.

lawsuit?? you have not contracted a service. there is no guarantee. what do you plan to sue them for???

Think of it like a line in a grocery store. A bunch of people are ready to check out at the same time. They each get in different lines to even out the work load for the cashiers, and hopefully to all finish at the same time. However, some lines take longer than others, because the person in front of them wanted to pay with pennies. Make sense? Remember, this is not electronic; it is all paper files, allocated to different adjudicators.

I don't go to any web site to look for updates. I just go with the flow and do what the USCIS tell me to do as far as appointments go. I'm not going in for early walk-in biometrics. I'm not in a hurry. It will all happen when it happens. Worrying, fretting and checking won't speed up the process.

You raise some very good points and most businesses would certainly follow the above procedure for dealing with large amounts of information. Unfortunately, for USCIS the procedures are anything but straight forward.
A lot of the problems developed after USCIS was placed under the auspice of Homeland Security. The focus shifted from assisting immigrants to trying to protect the American borders with immigration seen as one more avenue of risk. There was an inherent conflict in the motivation between the two separate entities that was not taken into consideration when they were 'thrown' into the same pot, so to speak. Add into that the fact that many different departments have different technological abilities - not all of them use the same systems (hardware or software) and often things developed because departments didn't have the ability to share information or speak with each other, creating unnecessary levels of duplication.
The general environment after September 11 was also much less interested in 'sharing' information for fear it fell into the wrong hands. Secrecy about anything that could impact public security became the by-word. WIth their focus now on finding criminal immigrants, FBI security checks became more detailed, and took longer times, and many organizations who had never requested security checks in the past now insisted on them, creating an additional level of backlog. In 2005 or 2006 (don't remember exactly when), USCIS recognized that they didn't have the staff to handle the immensely increased work load now put on them as part of Homeland Security. They imposed huge fee increases - in some cases several hundred percents - on immigration related fees, expecting to use the additional money to hire and train new staff. The unanticipated result (which should have been anticipated) was that everyone who was ever thinking of filing for any sort of immigration benefit filed applications in order to beat the new fee deadline. USCIS was swamped - literally. There are horror stores of transport trailer loads of applications sitting in parking lots while USCIS tried to deal with them.
USCIS officers don't just appear overnight. There is a lot of training involved, not just in processing paperwork, but also in the new immigration 'mind-set' and the focus on 'security' and 'preventing terrorism'. Those of us caught up in this nightmare remember applications taking years to be processed, instead of months. Add into that Congress' requirement that no taxpayer money be used to pay for immigration related costs, USCIS did not have the resources to deal with the massive work load and backlogs. It has taken a number of years for them to get caught up - which only happened, I believe, last year. Part of the increased fees were supposed to be used to develop a technology system that would integrate all of the aspects of the immigration process, but from my understanding this has still not happened because of the emergency crisis management that was needed.
The problem with e-filing - and USCIS does do a lot of e-filing - goes back to the concern about security and preventing terrorism. That has been the main official focus on immigration officers for some time now, rather than on processing legal immigrants efficiently. They are so worried that someone will slip through the cracks that things get subjected to microscopic levels on 'inspection'. And, unfortunately, people do still slip through the cracks, although apparently not terrorists so it appears that aspect of their focus has been successful. In the meantime, a lot of innocent and valid immigrants and their sponsors have also got caught up in this 'dam'.
So, the real problem is really a combination of factors - some logistical, some political, some financial and some ideological, with a little bit of paranoia thrown in for good measure. Until all of those issues are addressed it is unlikely that the immigration process is going to improve significantly for some time to come.

Public service announcement:
I really hope your petition gets approved soon! Because otherwise, with the state of extreme indignation and high blood pressure that you seem to be in with every last post that you make, your health (and, to be honest, my patience with you) may not stand much more waiting. I would recommend acquiring a new hobby or starting some sort of new project as a way of learning to cope with this unpleasant in-between state (which most people tend to encounter time and time again throughout life, making it worth learning to handle gracefully). Everyone else here is waiting, too, just like you, and most of us manage not to be tied up in knots about it 100% of the time. Breathe.

As a former federal government employee I don't think you should lump all into one category as "lazy". Remember, they get THOUSANDS of petitions a day. How fast would you personally get through them all? It takes time. Even if each case is handled in 10 minutes, each one has to wait to get to the top of the stack.
We are all waiting. We all have situations. I hope that venting makes you feel better but do look at the realities of the amount of work being processed. We cannot all be processed at once.

This response does not address the question being asked. Police reports should be exactly as requested and issued no longer than a year in advance of the visa interview. It's best to have them as recent as practical. If one has not lived in the specific country, an older police report will probably be accepted as long as it is the correct report.