Onggoy Diyos

I happen to think that Penguin is living up extremely well to the faith placed in her by Those Who Appoint Mods, si man.

What has become of the other Mods who have been "scarce" around here in recent months?

Why on Earth would you WANT a moderator that makes up her own rules out of emotions and punishes people arbitrarily?

Are you mentally ill?

smackdown: a severe defeat; a decisive setback

Thank you!

i've reviewed the posts removed. did you even look at the dates of the posts you were addressing?

17 April 2008

17 April 2008

17 April 2008

17 April 2008

12 May 2008

18 March 2009

06 July 2009

25 July 2009

06 May 2010

17 July 2010

18 July 2010

10 October 2010

all replies on your part were made yesterday. while you may feel you made a valuable contribution in replying to posts over 3 years old, i'm having difficulty seeing it that way. i concur with that global's action to remove your posts as they were overcome by events and time.

Can you please link the rule I violated?

If you disagree with a moderator's decision, you can ask them in PM about it, as you did. You can also report the post, user profile or PM for the whole moderator team to have a look at.

Thank you.

I love peaceful Democracy

I get in more trouble than anyone here. And sometimes deserve it and other times maybe not.

Sometimes a Moderator will go off personal feelings and make a incorrect judgemental call. Were just human.

However, this Moderator is also a Member. And you used the name and made a personal attack. (Thus a TOS Violation).

I have had encounters with Moderators but feel I don't need to mention names. I watch what this Moderator/Member says. It's not like he/she is getting paid for it. It's just a Forum and sometimes we say what we say.

When "this" Moderator/Member" reads this: That link will be provided to you.

Try and Calm Down and say what you feel and don't get carried away like I do. KEEPS YOU OUT OF TROUBLE!

Thanks for the reply.

Mentioning a troublesome moderator's name is a violation?

Sure, maybe they don't get paid, but some people online, especially with "internet authority" spend their time messing with people just for fun.

I should point out that she has been relatively cordial. I just don't think it's right to make your own rules own punish people according to those imaginary rules...

Thanks again for the reply.

Hi guys,

I just recently got my EAD/AP and will be having my interview for AOS early Feb. I have been applying for jobs in the SoCal area (Long Beach and surrounding areas) looking for a job as a nurse. I'm not picky, although I haven't had a call back. The only experience I have is a 3 month training in hemodialysis back home (which I really enjoyed). Do you guys have any advice on what else can I do? I've applied for a residency near home (Lakewood) and I'm really hoping to get into it, although I know there are a lot of people trying to get into that job. So, for people who are starting their healthcare careers here in the US, do you guys have advice? My husband and I have a lot of dreams, and we can't wait to get started on it.

What is an EAD/AP? AOS?

I have my CR-1 visa now, and I'm planning to fly to SF next week. My husband and I will book a flight this weekend. I would like to start looking for a job immediately. Based on what I've read here, I don't have to wait for my green card because the I-551 stamp they'll put on my passport will serve as a temporary green card. I will, however, need an SSN to apply for a job. What I'm planning to do is go to an SSA office as soon as possible so I can order an SSN myself and not have to wait for USCIS to do it for me. Can I order an SSN a couple of days after POE, even though on the DS-230, I checked the box to let DHS/USCIS get the SSN for me?

I think it would not be wise to request a SSN twice.

They sent us the card in 5 days. And our POE was the infamously "slower" Guam.

Curious why you want to go through the stress of job-hunting after all the immigration stuff, plane travel, new country, etc.? Why not enjoy America for a bit?

As for the passport sticker? That will not be accepted anywhere. Also, be careful not to show that to people. We were in America 9 months. Every time my wife used her passport, the person said "Your visa is expired! You're not allowed to be here!" They should really update one's visa after arrival. Kinda dumb to say you can be here 10 years, but you only get a 6month visa...

I recently was informed that several of my posts were deleted for being posted in a thread over 2 months old. I was told it was not a rule, was not in the terms of service, but that she "frowns upon it". I never read in the ToS that if you make a mod frown, you are automatically in violation of something.

The moderator in question is "Penguin_ie". Anyone else have problems with her?

I try to keep my replies to the prior 3 weeks or so. I guess I posted in some older ones by accident. Does it matter? If there is important, helpful information to add, why forbid it? People can still read those threads. So if they are getting wrong info, why is that better?

I wasted my time contributing here and was punished for not violating anything. Why would anyone want to return here if some rogue moderator can make up rules as she goes along, just becaus I made her frown?

What is the process for reporting said moderator?

Moderator Penguin_ie

What happens after receiving the approval letter for an i-130?

1. do i have to wait for a packet in the mail? or can i file the ds-230 that i downloaded from the uscis website?

2. can i fax the ds-230? if so what is the fax number? and do i only fax part 1? are there any other forms i must send?

3. Once i submit the ds-230, may i set an interview date via the website?

thanks!

We filed all that together.

No fax that I know of.

Just ring the local call center to schedule an interview. You can do that right away.

I submitted I-130s for Natasha and our daughter (ie my step-daughter) the day before yesterday at the embassy in Moscow. Yesterday, we visited the embassy together for our USCIS interview, which the officer said was required for all CR-1 visas (ie married less than 2 years). We had no issues with the interview, which lasted about a half hour. The officer met with us together, then separately to ask standard questions about how we'd met, trips we'd taken, knowledge of each other's family members, how/where/when we started living together, got engaged, married... At the end, I asked about next steps and the officer replied that USCIS would take a couple more weeks to process the I-130s before passing them to the Consulate, who would then take an unknown amount of time to review (I'm guessing around a month, given this is DCF). After their approval, we would then receive a "packet" from the Consulate with case number, interview date and list of docs to complete/prepare in advance (presumably DS-230, I-864, 1040, W-2s, police report, medical cert as well as originals of everything we submitted with the I-130s). Nowhere did the officer mention the NOAs that I see everywhere here. Are there any NOAs sent when using DCF?

I don't think so. I'm from Manila, and never received any NOA...

I also never received any packets...

I often wonder if this site uses made up gobbledegook, just to confuse and scare people.

Yes it can make them less apt to approve. You and your UCS children are allowed to collect, but they sometime say that if you are already on food stamps , how can the new immigrant not fall into need also ( just because you have the co sponsor doens't mean they will allow someone in if they feel there is a high risk that they will be collecting ) If your husband has good job prospect highlight those ( hopefully he isn't working on a visitors visa )

Why are people always jumping to incriminate themselves?

Hello fellow VJs

My wife is the USC and am the beneficiary. We are happily married and over two years now.We reside in Johannesburg and have communicated with Consulate here regarding filing 1-130 petition.They send us an email with a checklist of the required documents to make available upon submission and it reads with note:In order to prepare your 1-130 correctly,use the following checklist,Attach the checklist to the top of your petition before mailing it to this office".

1. 1-130 (petition for alien relative)

2. G-325 A (Biographic information)

3. Supporting documents to submit with your petition

a. South African residency requirements a photocopy of beneficiary passport biographical page.

b. Marriage certificate(Unabridged marriage cetificate)

c. Proof of USA citizenship

d. Passport Photographs

e. Fee (USD420).

We have all the above but my questions are as follows:

Is it either wise to observe their instruction as the checklist stipulates or neccessary to include the below evidences to avert RFE which may demand more time in the process?

1. A lease agreement of residence?

2. Documents showing co-mingling of financial resources?

3. Pictures taken while on holiday together and boarding passess of travels together?

Thanks for your opinions in advance.

Edward

What is your reason for wanting to add things that they don't need/want? It will only cause trouble for you. Do you think more than is required is better?

What is RFE?

On a similar note, I have a question. I am marrying an immigrant and we have two sponsors because my income is very tiny. I am also receiving food stamps currently, though I hope that I will be able to get off them this year. Does anybody know if my receiving food stamps to help feed my children will make to spousal visa process more difficult? My babys father is already living in the US on a B1/B2

How would anyone even know? Let alone care...

Hi,

I (the U.S. citizen and petitioner) live in Canada with my Canadian spouse. I would like to file the i-130, however I was just reading the instructions for submitting the filing fee, and it said that the check or money order must be drawn from a bank or financial institution in the United States. How am I to obtain that if I am currently living outside of the U.S.? I can't just take a jaunt across the border to go buy a money order... any advice is greatly appreciated!

Thank you

Why don't you just give them cash???

Honestly, why do people here insist on making tiny things so complicated?

Hello everyone

I'm still waiting for our NOA2. But in the meantime, I am working on the I-864 form.

Just a quick run down of my life's situation the past several years:

- I was unemployed in the U.S. from 2004 to late 2010.

- I went back to college from 2008 - 2010, graduating Spring 2010. licensed in my profession in Fall 2010.

- Began employment Fall 2010.

I only have my 2010 tax return.

I do earn above the 125% Poverty Line.

I did go to the IRS site and was only able to request for my 2010 tax transcript return. I requested 2009 and 2008, but I was give this message instead:

"A transcript is not available for the year you have requested. Please complete Form 4506-T or contact us at 800-829-1040."

Is it because I was unemployed from 2008 to 2009?

So how do I go about getting the last 3 years of my tax return or transcripts?

Thank you in advance.

What's a NOA2?

And what do 3 years of tax returns have to do with the visa application?

Hi everyone! I have been reading up here on the VJ site, and initially thought that my girlfriend and I would go the K-1 route, but it appears that the CR1/DCF might be more appropriate. A quick rundown: i am a Canadian, she is American. Starting in September 2012, I will be working in Seoul, South Korea, and she intends to join me there after 3-6 months. I will spend a minimum of 2 years there.

Once we get married, we'd like to start the visa process as we would eventually like to settle in the US. I have read that in order to qualify for DCF, the US citizen needs to have been a resident of the country that the consulate is in for a minimum of 6 months. So my big question is, what do we need to do in order to prove that she's been a resident of Korea for 6 months? Does she need to be working, etc.?

Thanks in advance!

They didn't really ask me or anything in Manila. Just the fact that I was there seemed to be good enough. I was a tourist there only a few weeks. I guess they figure it'd be difficult to keep flying there from the US, just to try to speed the visa process.

I don't know if it's just Manila, but they were rather lax about a lot....

The process you are starting is not easy and you need to do a lot of work to do it right. Asking what you asked says to me that you really haven't started to do the work necessary. There's just too much for anyone to be able to guide you without you working hard to learn what you need to learn before asking others to help. You are in the right place, now your work begins. May I suggest you read everything that pertains to your situation on this site, you'll find everything here just keep reading.

Hello. I am in the process of gathering required docs for DCF filing. Right now, my husband got approved for his ACR card and we will get the card this week. I have already cable bills under his name but it is only 2 mos bills. But we have the cable since june 2011, I just did able to change from my name to his name by december 2011. But I think I can ask the cable officer to give me another bills from june to nov under my husband's name. My husband got here this april 2011. Do you think we qualified already for DCF? Are we going to submit the application to manila embassy or in the states?

Can someone help me what are the docs to be included in the application? all docs should be in original copy or photocopy?

Thanks! I will appreciate your help.

You file in Manila. Just call or walk in. It's easy, don't worry. They'll tell you all you need. Will be done in 3 months only.

Hi All,

I'm a USC about to marry my Chinese fiancee of 1.5 years in Shanghai. I have a work visa in China good until end of June 2012 and have been in China working for over 1 year.

I want to file for DCF in beijing and have read http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/314704-dcf-beijing/ because I seem to fit this category and everythign I've ready said this is the fastest approach if done right.

1) a) However, since my salary is not very high in US terms (10,000 RMB a month), my parents have still been claiming me as dependent the past couple years. I recognize that this may be a problem. So when the time comes that I need to provide my 3 year tax return, how will this effect me? Do I need to file as Independent and pay some taxes, and will this negatively effect my wife's chances of getting approved? As this won't be needed until a couple months after I-130 is approved when the packets are sent. If I clear this up asap, would it be okay? Does anyone know the how long this would take with the IRS?

b) regarding my work visa, I actually started working for the company before I got the work visa, although it was in China. I was in Europe then, attending training and consulting on the firm's behalf. I got a work visa the first month I arrived back in China.

2) I am China-born and became a USC through my parents when they naturalized. To my and their knowledge, I never received a certificate of citizenship. On the I-130 form under citizen through parents checkbox, there is a checkbox for "No" when asked to provide certificate of citizenship number. If I select this, will it be very likely she is rejected?

3) I am about to start a new job in the US in the next couple months. From what I read this does not hinder me from applying for DCF while I"m still in China and there is no requirement for me to be in China after the submission. This is also a reason why I want to get the petition filed as soon as possible. Does this matter for DCF?

4) Do all documents need to be translated into English/Chinese? For example, if I have e-mails/cards from friends on congratulating the marriage.

I'll do my rough draft of everything and make another post of everything for you experienced guys to help advise.

Thanks in advance for helping with my random questions. I'll try to come back with some more structure once I see some of your feedback. I'd like to start a timeline here of my visa progression. Really wish I can be as successful and fast as the guy in the link above. I'm really worried the tax things gonna get me.

Yes, you would obviously file with the consulate.

The USA poverty level does not change, regardless of what nation you reside. If you and your spouse don't make enough or have enough savings, just have your parents, relatives, friends, anyone co-sponsor.

What does translating e-mails and cards have to do with a visa application???

Hi All,

I'm a USC about to marry my Chinese fiancee of 1.5 years in Shanghai. I have a work visa in China good until end of June 2012 and have been in China working for over 1 year.

I want to file for DCF in beijing and have read http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/314704-dcf-beijing/ because I seem to fit this category and everythign I've ready said this is the fastest approach if done right.

1) a) However, since my salary is not very high in US terms (10,000 RMB a month), my parents have still been claiming me as dependent the past couple years. I recognize that this may be a problem. So when the time comes that I need to provide my 3 year tax return, how will this effect me? Do I need to file as Independent and pay some taxes, and will this negatively effect my wife's chances of getting approved? As this won't be needed until a couple months after I-130 is approved when the packets are sent. If I clear this up asap, would it be okay? Does anyone know the how long this would take with the IRS?

b) regarding my work visa, I actually started working for the company before I got the work visa, although it was in China. I was in Europe then, attending training and consulting on the firm's behalf. I got a work visa the first month I arrived back in China.

2) I am China-born and became a USC through my parents when they naturalized. To my and their knowledge, I never received a certificate of citizenship. On the I-130 form under citizen through parents checkbox, there is a checkbox for "No" when asked to provide certificate of citizenship number. If I select this, will it be very likely she is rejected?

3) I am about to start a new job in the US in the next couple months. From what I read this does not hinder me from applying for DCF while I"m still in China and there is no requirement for me to be in China after the submission. This is also a reason why I want to get the petition filed as soon as possible. Does this matter for DCF?

4) Do all documents need to be translated into English/Chinese? For example, if I have e-mails/cards from friends on congratulating the marriage.

I'll do my rough draft of everything and make another post of everything for you experienced guys to help advise.

Thanks in advance for helping with my random questions. I'll try to come back with some more structure once I see some of your feedback. I'd like to start a timeline here of my visa progression. Really wish I can be as successful and fast as the guy in the link above. I'm really worried the tax things gonna get me.

Yes, you would obviously file at the embassy.

The USA poverty level does not change, regardless of what nation you reside. If you and your spouse don't make enough or have enough savings, just have your parents, relatives, friends, anyone co-sponsor.

What does translating e-mails and cards have to do with a visa application???

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but an approved I-130 petition does not expire. If you file via DCF and then need to hold off on the final visa application and interview due to contract renewal, you should be able to. Once you submit the I-130, if there are no problems, it can be approved quickly and you'd have your interview letter and instructions in the mail within 3 weeks of filing. You'll have to wait about a month to 6 weeks for the interview (where you actually apply for the visa). Don't do the interview until you know you're leaving because it's only good for 3 months or 6 months (can't remember which for Lima CR-1s), meaning you'd need to do POE by then.

On the other hand, you have time to do the process via the Chicago lockbox (so not DCF) if you're moving to the US in 2013. Something to keep in mind for either option is how you will cover the I-864 requirements at the time of the interview.

This question is about DCF, so it will not take a year for the visa.

Yes, relatives are your relatives perpetually, unless they die...

The visa should take three months to receive from time of application.

The visa is good for 6 months.

i thought a k-1 is started with filing a i-129f?

Can she visit while getting the k-1? should i just get married at the court while she is here and get the c-1? But with a c-1 she cannot immigrate at all right?

Never heard of the c-1.

K-1 takes longer and costs too much. Double fees and all.

Yes, get married now. Then file a CR-1. $300 and 3 months and your spouse will be with you.

Getting married on a tourist visa is not a crime! Ha, ha, ha! People do it all the time. I did!

Does he have an ACR (alien certificate of registration)? i used my acr id as proof of residence. also i used bills that were under my name.

Curious as to why a Filipino would have an Alien card for the Philippines...

hi Vjers! I'm so glad when I read all your comments and post about DCF. It's really a big help to everyone especially those someone that will be applying like me :)But my situation goes like this....

My husband (DUAL Filipino-American Citizen) from California went here in PI to study a 4 year course last May 2008. We met Sept 2009 and got married Jan. 2011. Since he will be graduating soon this Oct 2012, we plan to apply DCF this April so that he can bring me back together with our baby to US.. As of now, we already start gathering documents since the documents needed as the us embassy manila emailed me are US CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATE, PHILIPPINE CERTIFICATE (dual), G-325A ONE EACH, PASSPORT PIC,AND PROOF OF RESIDENCY (us passport, marriage cert if married, wedding pics, birth cert of the baby, taxes, bills, land ownership, rent bills,car ownership, business, ect..) I'm just a little confused about husband's proof of residence coz he doesn't have business here, he didn't work here, he just have his parent's house here and parent's land titles.And now that we're married, we stayed in my parents house and shared for bill payments... we only have marriage cert, wedding pics, my baby's birth cert and his passport showing he stayed here for almost 4 years... Do u have any idea what else could we send as a documents for proof of residency? or a school records would work? Pls help!.. Hope i have same situation here... thank u so much!

I wasn't really asked much for proof of residency. Are they making this an issue for him? I didn't provide any of the things you mentioned...

Hi everyone. A friend of mine was having a problem finding his husband here in the US. Its been, I think 6 mos. since their last communication. Her husband petitioned her and it was approved I think in 2009. It took a while before they were able to submit all their documents for DS230 and supporting docs. By mid of 2011, NVC sent a mail to her husband here in the US regarding some documents needed to proceed with the visa processing. She doesnt know what documents are needed so she decided to call the NVC here and the operator told her she only needs DS230 Part 1. She just mailed it to NVC few days ago and still waiting to confirm if NVC received it.

My question are:

1. Can she still come over here knowing her petition was approved but she couldnt get a hold of her husband?

2. I saw some information that some documents have lapsing period especially the affidavit of support. Does her husband still need to submit his affidavit?

3. What does she need to do?

*SIGH*

Why do these ridiculous stories only come from the Philippines?

Hmmm...joint sponsor is an immediate relative with a well-qualified income...demonstated history of financial support by joint sponsor...wife would be employable as an RN in the U.S. if she passed the NLE and the NCLEX-RN...still no domicile in the U.S....still no tax return...no qualifying assets.

100:1 odds.

(Stranger things have happened at the U.S. Embassy Manila.)

How does he not have US Domicile? His family is still there. He has a home. He has bank accounts. Could one have any more proof of domicile? Besides, that's no even something that will be asked. They MAY ask, but likely wont.

A tax return is not required.

Assets are not required.

You should read up a few basic things. I think this site has some easy-to-read, condensed information. Try the Guides section.

Probably 99% chance. Don't worry.