dustingthestars

Ok thanks for the advice. It is a shame that the people that cheat the system ruin it for those of us that follow the rules.

Preaching to the choir here! We live in a world where the minority often dictate policy for the majority. Just regroup, see if you can get any other evidence for your MIL, and try again.

Have a look in the Europe and Eurasia forum, which Poland comes under, and see if there are any situations similar to your MIL's. It might give you some new information or some tips on how to make your MIL a better prospect for a non-immigrant visa. (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/95-europe-eurasia-except-the-uk-and-russia/)

Good luck anyway!

Those travelling from VWP still have to qualify in the same way as those with visas if stopped and questioned. There are many documented instances of VWP travellers being refused entry to the US because of lack of ties to their home country. The US just happens to believe that travellers from VWP countries are less likely to break the rules - the figures you state prove that belief.

Leave it a short time and apply again. I believe each application is without prejudice.

Do the pictures require date stamps at all?

Double post

I don't think it matters about a person's credit score in regards to the process, I could be wrong though.

I think as long as the evidence is there to suggest that the beneficiary won't become a public charge, that's as far as they dig into finances. I have seen many posts with people having had a bankruptcy - they didn't have a problem.

http://www.usaimmigr...tiveReview.html

Quite an interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

My understanding is that at USCIS level, the focus is more on the petitioner and that when it moves on to NVC and Embassy, the focus switches more to the beneficiary. Someone please feel free to correct me?

I guess that anything unusual or suspicious, in either the petitioner's or beneficiary's background, would cause them to look a little deeper, but that's true of any process I think?

Some people wait only a couple of months for approval at USCIS stage and others take a few more months. I tend to think that relates more to the workload of the individual service centres, rather than anything too untoward - that's just my tuppence worth!

If the case in AP, it will stay in AP until they are finished with it. The process isn't accountable to anybody, so I understand. You just have to play the old waiting game. People say that you can get politicians involved although I'm not too sure that yields any great result?

I think for the benefit of clarity it would be useful for you to explain the timeline of your process so that people can advise you better. At the moment, everyone is trying to fill in the huge gaps you've left with supposition and theory.

• Did you ever interview in the US Consulate in the country you live?
• Did you ever complete any paperwork like the G-325a? Did you sign anything?
• Did you send your husband your birth certificate? Did you obtain your police clearance and any other aspects relevant to your nationality? (CENOMAR & NBI spring to mind?)

The reason for denial of your second petition just doesn't add up, something isn't right - they wouldn't deny for the length of your marriage unless they are specifically stating some kind of fraudulent aspect. Have you seen the denial notification? Can you share it with us here? (having redacted any personal data)

Thanks...

Thanks, guys!

I'm worrying about nothing it seems, as usual!

Did you, as the beneficiary, ever have an interview? If so, what reason(s) did they give at interview and later by letter; they nearly always send a NOIR (Notice of Intent to Revoke) and it is the petitioner's responsibility to attempt to address the issues raised on the NOIR - that's my understanding of the process at least?

Not sure on the first time, but the second time, you either missunderstood something or your hubby is not telling the truth. There is a spousal visa for less than two years, the CR-1, and for more than 2 years, the IR-1; the process is exactly the same, the only difference is the one letter in your visa in your passport.

When was your visa supposedly denied? Ie at interview, or by letter? There is no such thing as denial by phone call.

Penguin said it much better than I did...

I think there is a lot more to this case than you are sharing. Being denied for being married less than 2 years for a visa that is for people married less than 2 years doesn't make any sense at all?

Did you receive any official paperwork confirming the reasons for denial?

My question is more about the validity of the certificate. If I leave Russia on the 29th June, will NVC and Consulate accept a certificate that was produced on 1 June, leaving 29 days in Russia unaccounted for?

Evening all,

Just a quick question about police certificates. I need to get 2; one from Russia, where I am right now, and one from the UK where I was born and have lived most of my life.

My question applies to how early you apply for these certificates? I understand that regardless of what is said on the certificate, they are valid for 12 months? Is that valid up until NVC? or do they have to be valid right up until the interview?

The reason I ask is that the UK certificate is very easy to obtain with a very clear time frame and application process (£35 and 10 working days). The problem I have is with the Russian certificate. The process is that you go to the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs), give them the details and they tell you to come back in a month. I'm planning on leaving Russia at the end of June and not coming back again. the problem with that is that the process to obtain the certificate from outside of Russia become complex an involves applying at the Russian consulate with a lead time of 2-6 months. the only alternative is to use one of the many companies offering to get the certificate for you for @ $500!

Would it be acceptable for me to apply for the certificate in early May and to pick it up at the beginning of June, even though I would still have a few more weeks left in Russia? I think it would be ok as the UK one doesn't have to be too current, does it?

The guides here are excellent and will point you in the right direction...

I think I've mentioned in other posts that I'm always analysing situations from the worst possible angle. My logic is that when I receive approval, it will be a nice bonus.

Harpa: When people list your worries and then explain why they aren't worries, it really helps to settle me down. Very much appreciated

Nich-Nick: I'm very grateful for your contributions to my threads and I always feel better when you have something to say

JoanneV: Thanks for the reality check, not a nuclear engineer, but a teacher! It was pre-revolution too, not sure if that makes a difference?

Thank you to everyone for your comments. I think I am worrying about too much and I really shouldn't worry. I think my biggest problem is that I keep reading stories from other Consulates that aren't London. I need to only consider information relevant to the LDN Consulate.

When I come to file, I'll no doubt have more questions about individual aspects - I hope you guys are still around then and active!

I don't have anything to worry about to be perfectly honest, I've travelled a lot and have a lot of different visas, but I've never emigrated before - just want to make sure everything is clear I guess?

Things that concern me:

• I have a divorce that is about to complete (in Nisi, just waiting for Decree) by the time I file, I will have been divorced for around 4 months, hence why I wanted to include the timeline to annotate the process.
• The fact I worked in Libya for 10 weeks back in 2010, the fact that I'm working in Russia and have been for the last year - do they view those countries in a different way to France, Germany etc?
• My GF hasn't worked in 3 years (studying and motherhood). I worry that it will be viewed in a negative light, even though we have a sponsor that earns far more than required.
• I'm a little older than her. Again, I worry that it might be viewed in a certain light.
• My work history involves lots of short engagements and I've moved around a lot in the past 7-8 years. Yep, you've guessed it. I perceive this as something negative.
• I served in the military when I was younger, but it wasn't for me so I left just short of 2 years into an 8 year contract. My CO arranged for me to be 'discharged as unsuitable for training'. This has never been an issue for me before, but under this level of scrutiny, I think it could be a problem.

These are my concerns and not things I know or even suspect that USCIS/NVC/DoS would be concerned about - I just like everything in a row so I know where I stand but it's hard to be objective in what appears to be a subjective situation, right? Maybe I have nothing to worry about? Maybe I have lots to worry about?

I guess it's difficult for me to worry when someone else is judging me and my life up to that point. I just thought that if I acknowledge certain points of my application, it would show I'm not looking to hide anything, wouldn't it? Perhaps I am over thinking the process a little?

As an example I can send a copy of our cards from our joint credit card account with her maiden name and that would be ok?

The following is strictly my opinion. I have no experience with an I-130.

I see no reason why she can't mail the petition while you are visiting. There is a question where they ask if you are currently in the US, your I-94 number, and date of arrival/departure. You won't have an I-94 so that will be your next question.."What should I put there?" ESTA or VWP maybe? The form complains, but will take alpha characters as well as print them in the numeric field.

Your address (#19) is best something in the UK where you plan to return after your holiday.

#21- NONE because you haven't lived together as married. You are on holiday, not a resident or on student or work visa which is a longer term stay thing.

#22-N/A Lets them know you read the question and don't intend to adjust status from VWP, but rather head back to the UK to get an immigrant visa.

Thanks, Nich-Nick. You read my mind as I was going to ask about those very two points later this evening - lovely stuff! I intend on writing a pretty decent covering letter explaining what I think are things that might appear unusual to them. I think it's better to deal with these things head on (recent divorce - a time line and the pages from the Nisi application where my ex-wife signed to state that she agrees that we have not been living together for the two years preceding the divorce, as per the terms of our petitioning) and our recent marriage in proximity to the divorce (because we want to, given that we're both free to marry and very much in love - Amazon invoice scans, some Skype records and some emails - as well as bank statements from last time I was here, as well as boarding passes and passport stamps also). I will also be putting in some signed affidavits for good measure. Thoughts? too much? not enough?

One other question I have, does it really matter how long after I arrive that I marry? seeing as I have no immigration intent and all. I just want to get started on collecting evidence and getting things changed on her side to the married name so we have some evidence to mail in about co-mingling and what not?

Thanks ever so much, Darnell.

I will be popping back with other questions that pop into my head, no doubt!

I think so. Just one question springs to mind. If I'm completing the forms in the US, do I consider myself, on the forms with regards to address, as 'living' at the US address I would be at? If not, can I use my UK address as current address, even though I haven't moved back there yet?

I considered that, but I'm probably not going to return after my sabbatical, I'm just entitled to it so I'm taking it. The plan, as is, isn't to return to Moscow after my visit, but to go back to the UK and finish my studies whilst waiting for the visa process to play out. I'd also feel more comfortable interviewing in 'my own back yard' so to speak.

Hi Darnell. Thank you for taking the time to share with me your observations.

I just want to send my paperwork off whilst I'm in the US visiting on the VWP and then leave before the date they put in my passport so we can get ahead of ourselves, rather than waiting until I'm back in the UK - let them work on stuff whilst I'm enjoying my holiday! I'm guessing that I would still have a couple few months to wait in the UK before we receive an NOA2 and get forwarded to NVC which isn't a problem.

Not heading to the US until June, but want to get my ducks in a row. If we aim to have everything sent by August, I'm guessing that NOA2 would come around January/February with movement after that determined by how well I navigate NVC and how promptly we send information, right?

I will need to get my police clearance from Russia as well as the UK. The Russian one will be relatively easy to obtain and I will order it before I leave and have it sent to me by someone that I will give limited power of attorney to pick it up.

Maybe I didn't make myself clear. I want to begin the process for CR-1 whilst I'm visiting the US for 3 months and then return to the UK for NVC stage, medical and interview. This is possible, right?