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Dear vj friends i need some guild line here,i want to schedule an appointment with the ASC centre for my biometries but i'm a bit confused,my interview is going to ciudad jaurez,is it possibles for me to have the ASC appointment in mexico city while the interview in jaurez?if yes what do i need to do?

Hi-

Yes, you can schedule your ASC appointment in Mexico City if you wish. Here is the address:

Ciudad de México ASC (CAS):

Hamburgo #213,

Colonia Juarez,

Cuauhtémoc, 06600,

Distrito Federal

I couldn't find a phone number but it may be that you can schedule your appointment through the Visa Service Center website. If not, I would go to the ASC in Mexico City with all the required papers (passport, invitation letter and DS-260 confirmation page)and see if you can make your appointment there.

Just as a thought, we just returned from Ciudad Juarez (I did a review on VisaJourney). Doing the ASC in Ciudad Juarez was quite simply and quick if you don't do your ASC in Mexico City. If you do wait for Cd Juarez, consider leaving enough time for the Consulate to receive your results (may not be best to schedule late afternoon ASC and then your interview first thing the next morning). Hope this helped. Feel free to msg me if you have any other questions, etc.

Dear All, I have spent hours trying to find where it is stayed the USC has to provide the foreign fiancee with his certified divorce decree. My fiance (the USC) is divorced but I only find the instruction of the I 129F form where it says we have to file "evidence" of the termination of previous marriages. The question arises because in Maryland there are two ways to obtain such a document. He can get a simple copy or a certificated copy. Does someone has experience with it? Also, Venezuelan Embassy only mentiones the Venezuelan citizen has to provide them with a certified copy of his/her divorce. Hey! by the way: petitioner is the foreign and applicant is the USC, am I right? Thank you so much. May God helps us all!!.

Sandris.

Hi from Mexico -

First of all, I have to ask why you are concerned with what the Venezuelan Embassy says about the divorce decree? I'm going to assume you meant the American Embassy as you are working on your K1 visa. Anyway, to answer your questions based on my assumption, the Petitioner is the US Citizen. The Applicant (Beneficiary) is the foreign fiance/spouse requesting residency in the United States. (I as the US Citizen made a petition to the Mexican Embassy for permission to have my Mexican husband make an application for his visa.) That being said, one of the requirements is that if either party (petitioner or applicant) has been previously married/divorced, then an original divorce decree must be submitted along with all your other paperwork. A copy of the divorce decree will not be sufficient. It has to have been certified by the Clerk of Court's office wherever the divorce occurred which in your case would be Maryland.

Hope this helps.

The best way to handle this is to educate yourselves before you fly to the US. Here is a link to US customs regulations which will give you the definitive answer to your question. My link

Good luck with your interview! All the best.

Hi GlobeHopper Mama... we'll be heading to Ciudad Juarez in a couple days. And yes, the medical clinics are still give vaccinations to individuals who already have their vaccinations. The prices have gone up as well. $190 for the medical and figure on a minimum of $200 for the vaccinations, 13 pesos to the dollar. We just decided to let the examiners in Ciudad Juarez do their thing rather than my husband being "shot" twice.

Sounds like all the above posts have pretty much given you your answer.

Although love is most often why people choose to marry, as another poster mentioned, LOVE is not enough sustain a marriage. Not withstanding the cultural differences you both will face (and you will), marriage is WORK, plain and simple. It's worth every minute of it, but I hope that you will take the time to get to know your fiance well enough to recognize whether or not he is willing or capable of doing his part in this marriage. If not, you may be setting yourself up for a world of hurt. Please be careful. I may be generalizing here, but it's just my opinion that we all, to some degree or another, put on our best faces while we are dating and "in the throes of new love". It's the long term, it's the "dirty socks and unwashed dishes" of life that show our true merit and the depth of our love.

I wish you the very best. God Bless.

My husband and I will be heading to the Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Consulate in one week for his interview (CR1 green card). Although I know that payment can be made in US funds, specifically, Visa Debit card, I have a question about making the payment.

The Ciudad Juarez Consulate does not allow the USC petitioner into the Consulate building with the beneficiary (I have to wait outside). The US Debit card is in my name only and so I don't think I can just give him the card to use. We want to pay using that card. Will the Consulate allow me into the building to make payment or are we going to have a problem?

Thanks so much for your help!

Congratulations on your approval! I am happy for your joy. My husband will be doing his interview for green card in less than two weeks now. We are nervous about it but are hoping for God's blessing that he will be approved. Good luck on your continued journey!

I just read your post and had exactly the same thought as Anh map. Four weeks is about average for a first time passport. I received my renewal passport in a couple weeks.

Felicidades from Mexico!!! Wishing you both the very best.

Definitely go nerdy. I've set up an accordion type folder with cover page, listing all documents in order. I'm the organized paper type person but my husband couldn't find his way out of a paper bag when it comes to paperwork. (I'm going to have to teach him though! ) That way if/when they ask him for something, it'll be right at his fingertips!

And GOOD LUCK with everything!! Let us all know how it goes.

Good luck with everything. And, yup, there are a lot of scary people out there. It's SO hard to weed out the good and bad information. Of course, if you lied on your app it could mean troubles for you. But, as this isn't the case I should sincerely hope the Embassy officials arn't ogres. We're just human, we make mistakes, and you made an attempt to correct yours. Let us know how it goes!

My advice would be to do exactly as the Embassy requested. Given that your original response to the question was an error and that you have made good by contacting the Embassy in advance to attempt to rectify the situation, gathering all necessary papers, my thinking is that things will be ok. Do you have the date/name of individual at the Embassy that you spoke with. It might be helpful to have that on hand to corroborate your attempts to rectify the error. How often do we hear the question, "Well, who did you speak with?" If you don't have that information you might just wish to call the Embassy again to confirm what you were told and get the official's name etc. It couldn't hurt.

Thanks, but got my answer... long trip to Cd Juarez.

I'm a bit confused. I am clear that our USCIS I-130 application needs to be filed at the USCIS office in Mexico City because we live in the State of Queretaro. But where will the interview appointment be held? I've been thinking all along it would be Mexico City but based on a few conversations I'm wondering if we have to go all the way to Ciudad Juarez.

Mejm, if you haven't already read through the I-130 process in visajourney, for sure do so. There is lots of information and it will help to clear up pretty much all your confusion. I did the same thing when I first started and within a few days, my head was pretty clear on the who, what, when, where and why. Are you living in the city of Queretaro or elsewhere. We're in Tequisquiapan.

Where did you and your wife do the adoption, although I'm not sure it matters? It would be my educated guess that you need to state that your son is adopted, as that is in fact the truth. Do you have an old copy of the original birth certificate? You may wish to include that with notation in your packet. For the purpose of application I believe that you need to provide the most recent birth certificate for your son. My husband and I don't have any children so I'm a bit out of the loop on this one.

Are you planning on submitting your I-130 in person? We decided to do so rather than mailing it so in case there are any questions or they need clarification we can do that on the spot rather than having our application rejected for missing information. You may try making an inquiry to the USCIS office if you are still unsure as to what to do.

Let me know how it goes. I'd like to stay in touch.

Absolutely. The more the merrier. If we combine our collective research and knowledge, the journey will be much easier.

I'm doing a bit of planning ahead research and am wondering if anyone knows, relative to the police clearance, how far in advance of the interview can you have it done? I'm also wondering if my husband is going to have to have a whole lot of immunization shots at the medical. As far as he knows he's never been immunized for anything and he has no medical records. I'd hate to think that he has to have a whole bunch of injections at once... rather overwhelming on the body. I'd love to hear from anyone who has any experience with this.

Hi Andnico-

Sounds like things are going well for you this time around. Hope you got your other questions answered. I sent you a private msg. Are you filing in Mexico City or CD Juarez? I live in the State of Queretaro as well, so will be processing our I-130 through Mexico City. I'm assuming that our interview would be in Mexico City as well? I have a question regarding police clearance... maybe you can tell me how that process works? My husband's never been in any trouble so no problem there.

Thanks.

You must be getting excited, your interview is very soon! Good luck!!

If all that needs to be done is replace her social security card, last time I was there they told me 10-14 days by mail. As for the other items, to the best of my knowledge her social security number would be needed. If she has ever filed taxes, the IRS office would have her social security number on record as well.

Holy cow I think I've got it. Thank you so much for your patience. I even read the darned things again, but it just wasn't clicking. I'd better not try to get a job as a tax attorney!!

Thank you for the information. Sorry, I didn't clarify well enough in my previous post, my fault. I did read both instruction forms for the I846 and I846A but will surely read them again.

My parents are retired, and although I do not live with them presently as I am living in Mexico, my husband and I will be living there upon our arrival to the US and that will be our address for purpose of domicile. I did live with them for a time prior to moving to Mexico and my bank account, driver's license, etc remain at my parents' address.

That being said, I guess my confusion surrounds the fact that we will initially be living with my parents when we arrive in the US and so there would be four of us in the household at that time. Given that, I assume we would need to use the poverty guideline for a household of four, and I wasn't sure if my mother would be better served to fill out the I846A or I846.

Congratulations! I'm super happy for you. And, thank you for guiding me along.

My poor brains stewed over this all night. Excuse my repetetivenss... so if I understand correctly, my having 20K in my checking account will not cover the poverty guideline because it is considered an asset and not income. That given, I would actually need 60K in order to meet the assets guideline. (3x the poverty guideline)

Can someone tell me how it's possible to have ongoing US income when I live in Mexico? In that case it would seem that unless you have a large pot of money, everyone doing a DCF needs a joint sponsor of some sort. Can't be in two places at the same time.

So, either I go back to USA and get job there, etc. etc. to meet guidelines or I need to have an I864 or I864A joint sponsor. I'm not sure why there is a differentiation as both forms seem to do the same thing? I must be wrong about that because their wouldn't be two different forms otherwise.

And if I understand correctly then... if I use one of my parents (say, my mother) as a joint sponsor they only need to fill out the I864 with tax return (no I130). And that, given that my parents file jointly, my father then needs to fill out the I864A. We then would have to meet the poverty guideline for four (4) individuals (mom, dad, jose and I), whatever that is. I'm not sure without looking it up right now.

So has dawn broken over Marblehead or am I still lost on this? Going to go make breakfast and give my worry cells a break :bonk:

Oops, well I'm aware now! My assets are not likely to achieve 3x poverty level. Do I need a full on joint sponsor or just have my mom fill out the I-864A contract.

If my mother were to be a joint sponsor, would she simply need to fill out the I864 form or does she need to fill out an I-130 with all the additional paperwork as well? I looked in all the instruction paperwork but didn't see anything or may have missed it.

thanks, I am so grateful for your help.

thanks for getting back to me. I'm swimming in a sea of papers! I'm still a bit scared to send the docs without translating, but glad to hear you didn't have any problems. I'm sure I'll be on the site a lot for the next months so will look forward to hearing how it goes for you.

Thank you himher. Exactly.

I'm new to this process, but after researching, I couldn't make heads or tails of the previous responses. How in the heck do you prove intention to return or proof of domicile in the US when you're living somewhere else? Seemed more than odd to me.

As well, no income, no tax return and you don't need to write to the IRS to tell them you don't have income! A letter to the USCIS for the green card application as explanation for lack of submitting a tax return is sufficient.

Government paperwork is hard enough. Let's not create mountains out of mole hills. As I always told my kids... Keep it Simple. We're here to help each other not create more confusion.

Hi-

I'm new to the forum, and hope that maybe someone here can clarify some things for me. I am the US Citizen (husband Mexican National). We are both living in Mexico. I have enough money in my bank accounts (US and Mexican) to cover the 125% poverty guideline, BUT, have not been working while in Mexico, so did not file a tax return as obviously, there is 0 income. When we get to the US, my husband and I both plan to be working, but, in the meantime I show 0 income as far as the uscis is concerned.

Will we need to have a joint sponsor for our application? Would it help if I were to show prospective job offers for our return to US?

Thanks for any help.