Teutonic_rider

I submitted my Fiancee's I-212 Waiver on March 4th 2013. We finally received noticed on 09/26/2013 saying that they had started reviewing the application in detailed the process as as Follow:

"Initial Review

On September 26, 2013, your name was updated relating to your I212, APPLICATION TO REENTER AFTER DEPORTATION. Please check our website at www.uscis.gov for further updates on your case. Please wait until the end of normal processing time before calling customer service at 1-800-375-5283 for live assistance.

My fiancee who is currently in El Salvador has a clean background, as well as I. Therefore, I expect no delays from the normal time required for review. My question is, does any here know how long this process will take before a decision to the application is adjudicated? So from the time of review, 09/26/2013, how long do i have to wait to get a final decision? Any Help is appreciated. Thank you all. and God Bless!

Hello folks,

I submitted an application for my fiancee's waiver on 03/4/2013 and finally received notification on 03/26/2103 via text and e-mails saying that he application was now in initial review where my, and fiancees, background was being investigated. Does anyone know how long the initial process takes once an agent has started working on it?

Well, with the Fed Gov shutting down, im sure longer, but what is the time of review normally?

A week ago, I received a noticed from my attorney stating that DHS had returned the waiver package because the G-28 form, which corresponds to my fiancée, was not submitted with the package; as well as the money order was included in the package. The most upsetting part was that my attorney had put an address for my fiancée that was not remotely closed to her actual address. Concerned about the money order getting into the wrong hands, I called the issuing bank as asked for the money order status. Lo and behold, the money order was canceled by a bank agent without my consent. You could probably imagine how angry I was, I called out my attorney and demanded that application be resent as soon as possible and went off on the agent that canceled the money order. Fortunate enough, the money order was re-issued and My attorney managed to get the application out within two days of the he notice.

My understanding is, that DHS said they could not adjudicate without the G-28. If the G-28 grants the attorney access to follow-up with immigration, why would that be an issue grave enough to re-send the package. But, I concluded that my attorney lied to me by using the missing form as an excuse when in fact she had botched my fiancée address.

My question is: With 5 months into the process, do I lose my place in the queue? will the clock reset from the date the application was received for the second time? and if they told my att that that's the only thing they're needed for before they adjudicate, does it meant that the package was thoroughly reviewed and upon receipt of the missing documents and address correction they will grant a decision?

Thank you and have a blessed day.

My husband had his interview in San salvador on January 25th. At the the interview my husband was told that his visa was approved and they would call him in a week to pick it up at the location he had chosen. The first week passed by and no status updates no calls. The second week same thing. The third week same thing. Now its about to be four weeks so I emailed the embassy and they told me that my husband is eneligible for a visa due to section 221g. I am distraught. I have no idea why they would tell him his visa is approved and now four weeks later tell me that he is ineligible. Has anyone had this experience before? I do not know what to do. Please help me.

Hope this helps

http://www.visarefusal.com/221g/

No, not a lunatic, more like someone who is letting emotions cloud judgement. Of course there is no way to know his faithfulness without someone watching him, but there should be signs. Does he welcome surprise visits? Does he openly talk on the phone to you anytime, or does he only call or answer at specific times? I am a private investigator in California. To be honest, I wouldn't even know who to suggest you trust in any 3rd world countries. I will share this with you. In most any 3rd world nation, be very very cautions of who you trust. Their culture as well as their laws and their enforcement efforts leave clients vulnerable to many many scams. I was personally sent to Kiev to conduct an investigation for an American company because it was impossible to find someone either my client or I felt comfortable with in the area. I'm sure there are some honest ones there, but they are very few I would be comfortable with. The client and I both felt it was a savvy business move to invest a couple grand in my airfare and hotel room then to risk thousands and thousands of dollars on someone who may just take the money and vanish. Also in this case, comprehension of the English language was paramount as well and being an educated American, it was more efficient for me to create the report from scratch, rather than spend hours interpreting their writting into something we could use.

Conseqently, as experienced as I am with scams, I think I got scammed myself. While in Kiev, I hired and like a story, fell in love with my interpreter. She was a pretty little professional lady who told me she was divorcee and the rest was history. As soon as she got her greencard here, she vanished and refused any communcation with me. A few months later, after her room mates husband tried to rape her, she called me telling me she needs to come back now. I ended up in the hospital for a day and unable to return her call and now she refuses any communication with me again. I guess it will be interesting when she wants her conditions removed from her GC. What will she tell immgrationg when we have seperate addresses, seperate tax returns and I couldn't tell you what side of the bed she sleeps on since we havn't shared one since October of 2012.

My point is this, be careful, Ukraine is probably not as bad as jamaica or the DR or whatever other carribean nation you are refering too. My experience should have kept me from being used, but it didn't. I suspect you are not in the investigative business, otherwise you would not be talking about finding a PI on this site. We all lose some degree of judgement when our heart softens to someone. We live in a protected society and dont openly accept scamming as a way of life. Outside of America and our similar nations (UK, Germany etc), Life is not so protected and the thought of lying to get what you want is not as surprising as we think it is here. Americans are scammed quit often because we still think most people our honest, and in the US that is still true, but in a nation where basic essentials are in short supply, it's not the same.

If I can give you some more insight feel free to reply or email me. I am not sure how that works on here, but lets see.

Well said.

I read lots of experiences and also believed most of them are very positive...

visited this office at least 7 times in the past yr and every time they are nice to you and say nice complements. some even go out of there way to help. the IO went and got me my stamp when others are humiliated at other local offices when their IO sends them to get one...

So happy... Good luck and thank you

Thank you

Wow.. that was easy. You most of put a lot of time on your knees for the process to have come out so fast. God is was good to you guys. Unfortunately, for me, I have spent over 10k dollars just to do a K-1 and a waiver. So you folks had it easy. Best of luck.

You just did! It's OK; everyone starts new. Someone knowledgeable should be along to help.

Hopefully this helps those ppl looking for the processing periods for a I-212 waivers. I looked everywhere in here but couldn't find anything. But, if you're in my situation here's USCIS response to my email:

"Good morning,

The current processing time for this type of application is approximately 60 -90 days from the date the case was received by the Nebraska Service Center.

The National Customer Service Center's toll free number is 1-800-375-5283 or you may access the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov should you have any further questions or need additional information

Regards,

USCIS Nebraska Service Center

EX0357"

@TR- it's only taking 2 months. I've been tracking waivers since lockbox started. Once it opens up to Mexican filers -- or once they can ONLY go through lockbox -- they're bringing on an additional few adjudicators.

You're right. I E-mailed USCS with regards to process time for a I-212 waiver, this is the response:

"Good morning,

The current processing time for this type of application is approximately 60 -90 days from the date the case was received by the Nebraska Service Center.

The National Customer Service Center's toll free number is 1-800-375-5283 or you may access the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov should you have any further questions or need additional information

Regards,

USCIS Nebraska Service Center

EX0357"

My goal is to have her in the State by December. God willing!

My lawyer said that my wife and I should ENTIRELY delete Facebook. Not just deactivate our accounts or make them super-private, but entirely delete it. It seems our lawyer thinks the government will dig into our Facebook (even though they are deactivated and/or set to private), and use the information in our Facebook against us. We don't have anything incriminating in our Facebooks, however. Neither my wife, nor I, want to delete it entirely and lose all our connection to old friends. Do any of you really see this as necessary? We want to just make our profiles private, or deactivate our Facebook for a temporary period.

Thanks!

Actually, your lawyer is right. Don't got as far as deleting your profile, but becareful what is said in it. Anything that contradicts what was said in the application, may verywell lead to your application being declined. you just can't give immigration and idea that deviates from the truth or you're busted. heck, I've even becareful in what is said here, specially when you have your case information on here.

@tr: all I know is she inquired with the immigrant visa unit at San Salvador.

That is indeed, unfortunate for you. I also just found out through, http://cliniclegal.org/about-us,'>http://cliniclegal.org/about-us, that the waiver process was changed this past summer. Apparently waivers were process at the foreign consular offices, but starting June 6, 2012, they'll be process by the Nebraska Service Center. The only draw back is that it'll take six months to review a waiver. Nonetheless, a friend of my fiancee said they take roughly 3 months to get it done.

If you like to read more on immigration issues or legal procedures and immigration law, this website has a wealth of information. enjoy and good luck.

http://cliniclegal.org/about-us

So when you say NVC cases were affected by this so called "glitch", did your source specify the type of cases that fall within the affected category of cases? About three weeks ago my attorney finally decided to submit my Fiancee's I-212 Waiver. So, I'm wondering if waivers will be affected by the glitch.

thanks,its always helpful to get a reply

Don't waste your time in waiting for application to arrive via mail. I've dealt with the Embassy in El Salvador and your best approach at getting their attention is via E-mail. Just remember to include your name as a petitionare, your fiancee as beniciary, case number and what you are looking for to this email "congensansal@state.gov". They'll give you the packet information, which you can then downloan and/or print the application. This is how i managed to personally expedite the process with them and through my end. I bothered the hell out of them via email, you'll be surprise how fast they move when you do. To tell you how slow they are, i received the actual package from them a month later, after having received it via email and after having gathered the majority of documents for packet 3, for the exception of some tiem sensitive documents.

*** Thread moved from CR-1 Process forum to Waivers forum -- OP is not on CR-1 path and topic pertains to I-212. ***

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OP, I'll post a message for you in the Latin American regional subforum. Someone from there, in addition to folks in the Waivers forum, should be along to help you.

Sorry, I am new here, how do I access the thread for replies?

My Fiancee was sent back to El Salvador upon reentry with a valid B-1/B-2 visa. Why this happened remains a mystery to us, nonetheless, it has been 2 years since it happened. My divorce prolong the application process which was eventually filed on 09/02/2011. Went throught the entired K-1 Fiancee visa process, including a maternal DNA test that was required for my stepdaughter. To make my story short, we completed the K-1 process on 07/15/2012, to be told at the last inteview that a I-212 Waiver was also required for violation of 212(a)(9)(A)(i). The waiver was required because my fiancee, unknownly and out of good faith, signed the paper work the custom agent gaver her. Not to mentioned, no interpreter was provided for signing. Finally, the I212 was sent 09/25/2012. Now, my questions are as follow:

Does any one know how long the process takes?

Is the application sent to the US embassy in El Salvador or in the US?

Is a I-601 required if there were on other misrepresentation/fraud/or criminal records ?

Any input is much appreciated. Thank ya'll!

My Fiancee was sent back to El Salvador upon reentry with a valid B-1/B-2 visa. Why this happened remains a mystery to us, nonetheless, it has been 2 years since it happened. My divorce prolong the application process which was eventually filed on 09/02/2011. Went throught the entired K-1 Fiancee visa process, including a maternal DNA test that was required for my stepdaughter. To make my story short, we completed the K-1 process on 07/15/2012, to be told at the last inteview that a I-212 Waiver was also required for violation of 212(a)(9)(A)(i). The waiver was required because my fiancee, unknownly and out of good faith, signed the paper work the custom agent gaver her. Not to mentioned, no interpreter was provided for signing. Finally, the I212 was sent 09/25/2012. Now, my questions are as follow:

Does any one know how long the process takes?

Is the application sent to the US embassy in El Salvador or in the US?

Is a I-601 required if there were on other misrepresentation/fraud/or criminal records ?

Any input is much appreciated. Thank ya'll!