Billyk

As we experienced and learned from this forum that once your case is in AP, we should not bother Embassy too much. Files get lined up when we submit documents but if we enquire again and again they get behind every time when they put back in line. It is hard to be patient after that long of the wait but good thing in your case is they asked for New Medical which is I believe they are ready to issue you the visa so please be patience. E-mails don't help when the case is in AP and in this situation patience helps unless a Congressman/Senator makes the enquiry for you. Good luck!

I personally would prefer to have name changed on the passport to the Current and legal name so never even have to clarify and get stressed for no reason. You never know the mood of IO at any POE which can ruin all your enjoyments. My two cents !

Claimed Income is whatever income your co-sponsor Mentioned on I-864 form. Regardless you attached the proofs already but at this point they are asking for proofs and certainly you don't want to tell them you already did. Better way to handle would be to get 'Benefit Verification Letter' from SSA or any which can accomplish the steady income and same with the Pension to establish steady income like most recent 'Pension Credit award'. Hope this will help and you will see more VJrs with other opinions !!!!!! Good Luck!

Feb. 6

Case completed on Dec. 19 and interview on Feb. 6th

Sorry to hear that - It is true as you learned by Google but this is also true we can not pin point the reason for AP. Yes - it can take from days to months but I suggest you for now to think positive and the result will be in your favor. Sometimes we have seen here and I also experienced the CEAC status changes daily and this process should be pronounced as Annoying Process. Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!!

Hello - I am not able to check the status on cases, The message I am getting below for few days now on CEAC website, I hope I am not the only one got locked out !!!!!!!!! Any clue what is this all about ?

unexpected error has occurred while processing your previous request processing........................................no further action is required.

Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Visa APPROVED!!!!

In WA State we faced the same issue because the endorsed visa serves the purpose of I-551 but not considered Stand Alone document as actual Permanent Resident Card does. They can ask to bring more proofs but can not deny. Take your Marriage Certificate, Previous Driver License or whatever available on his name. Good Luck!

Is it absolutely necessary that I and my cosponsor provide tax returns and w2 with i134 if I supply other forms of evidence of a stable job and income above the poverty guidelines (employer letter, pay stubs, bank statements, etc)?

Please help! Ive asked multiple times and can't seem to get a clear answer

No absolutely not as per USCIS instructions. If you can then you don't need to do a lot to establish stable income. You need to provide the bank statement summary for one year, current balance, your pay stubs for last six months, employer letter explaining your job whether it is temporary or permanent. Even you provide all this but providing Tax Transcripts for last three years always plus and law abiding individual.

The other thing the Consulate can make you to do anything. My two cents.......

in my case., we do resend the I864 ( all 9pages ) but not the SUPPORTING documents as per instructions..

Goodluck ?

Thank you - I just mailed the form today and here we go again for 20-30 days.............

No. Just the complete 9 pages of the I-864/A and let's say... like me I got a checklist for 2012 income tax then I need to resubmit i-864 and documents regarding my non-filling of 2012 income tax. But that's it. No longer need to resubmit the other documents like financial evidence for the current year nor income tax returns of my household members who filled up the i-864A. But just to be sure you can always call NVC which I did and they told me to send only the documents needed on the checklist.

Thanks a lot. The mistake was that I did not put the total number of intending immigrants in Part 3 item 7. Good luck with your process !!!!!!!

Interesting that my congressman's office called me today to check on my case on how it is progressing with NVC. I had requested their help a month and a half back to check on my case to know the status on whether it really left USCIS for NVC. They came back to me in 3 days when i asked them to check on my case and at the same time NVC received my case. They did send me an email that it has reached NVC though from a very generic account so couldn't email them back.

So today's call was a courtesy one i suppose to check on my case status. The person in charge of immigration at the congressman's office told me that dealing with NVC is difficult than USCIS and everytime they make an enquiry it slows things down. She asked me to call back around first week of Dec if i don't hear from NVC and also told me to let her know once the Interview is scheduled and was mentioning about a letter that the congressman can give during my wife's interview though i think it may not be a good idea to take it to the interview.

Looks like even congressional reps think NVC is a tough nut to crack than USCIS. :-)

Got RFE for clerical mistake in the form I-864. The way I read the instructions it says to do the correction, reprint the form and send back with cover letter. I am little confuse - do I need to send all the supporting documents with the form again? I did not add and put the total number in Part 3 item 7.

Got RFE today for correction on I-864 which is minor. The wording I read says to Reprint the form and mail it with Cover Letter. My question is, do I need to send the supporting documents again with the form?

K-3 visa is useless and make you even more struggle in the process. With K-3 which takes about same amount of time as CR-1/IR-1 and it is Non Immigrant and you can not work with it. After getting K-3 visa then you have to apply for AOS, while you are waiting for the interview if you need to work then you have to apply for EAD. After getting EAD then you apply for SS which is conditional. You again go for AOS interview and after getting GC then go to the SS office to apply again. This all we experienced in 2008 and not sure if they improved the process but so far people are not encouraged to go after K-3. She arrived here in US March 2008 and was able to legally work in August 2008 then her interview was in November 2008. My two cents!!!!!!

You never heard from NVC? Since you filed the case, did you move or updated the address? I would suggest to call NVC asap.

question on civil documents. i am ready to submit the civil documents for my parents however i only have original birth certificate is attached to my mom paper. and the photocopy of my birth certificate to my dad. will they reject my dad documents if i only send the photocopy of my birth certificate. everything is ok except this? please let me know otherwise i will just ask again for my mom and dad to send me an original b.c...i already submit the ds 260 online....

Did you file only one I-130 for your parents? If yes then you don't need to send your or their documents separately. Your Birth Certificate and their Marriage Certificate can be one if your father is getting derivative category visa. Your Birth Certificate accomplishes the relationship between you and your mother, Marriage Certificate establishes the relationship between your mother and father. Derivative category do get the interview together with the Principle Immigrant usually. No worries here !!!

Part 6. 5th point - you need to fill your current income whatever you are making now.

13a - Tax income you filed with IRS for the year 2012

13b - Tax income you filed with IRS for the year 2011

13c - Tax income you filed with IRS for the year 2010

Your amount can be the same as it was in 2012 if there is no change in salary/income.

Hope this will help!!!!

Yes - you should get it from the office where the passport issued with your address in it. Don't even open the Can of worms for different address because they will be asking to do the address change.

Question for I-864:

There is a part 2 - "Information on the Principal Immigrant" and in this section all information we have to fill regarding beneficiary and they asked Alien Registration Number - so what we have to mention there? As there is no Alien number assigned until they get Green Card.. Am i right?

So do we have to keep that Alien field empty or what to write there?

Yes - you need to keep it empty.

Dear sir,

You do not need to inform NVC but take your daughter with you to the interview even if her name not mentioned on I/L. We also faced this type of situation they asked for my sister PCC she was 25 at the time of interview. Unfortunately her name was not mentioned on I/L so we didn't took her to the embassy and her right to apply under CSPA was ceased so the 1st interview is ur only chance other wise this opportunity would cease.

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Well - I thought contacting Senator will help. My sisters case was in AP for nine months at New Delhi but our Senator helped to resolve the issue. My suggestion is to wait if you think the supporting documents and material you provided is completely genuine. It won't take other year to resolve the case but CR-1 will and definitely have impact of K-1 findings on CR-1 as well. Call Senators office and keep bugging them until they don't get any response.

In 9 months - did you contact the New Delhi Embassy or DOS here in US? If you did not then I suggest you to do so by calling DOS first. Of course they won't have any response to make you feel comfortable but next thing you should do to contact your local Congressman/Senator, that will stir the pot. You should not proceed to different category unless you don't have results for the first. If something is holding K-1 it certainly won't go away that easily by doing CR-1. You will get the results in matter of days not by looking at CEAC status but by contacting the people I mentioned. Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Billyk, am happy for u! Wish u a smooth process at NVC and the rest! We r still waiting! We sent an email to congressman but hv not got a reply yet. Sometimes I feel down but it's better to keep faith!

Thanks Barich ! It is always better to have faith to keep balanced and hope everything will be ok. We filed AOS and DS-260 with civil docs and again in the waiting boat !!!!!!!!!!!

Btw congrats for those of u who got ur case number and through to the next step.

Where are you in these days in process??????? Have not seen you here for a while.............. You started this thread and left ??????????

Hi All,

This is related to Choice of agent once the NVC generates the Case Number.

Can the petitioner be the choice of agent ? Or does it needs to be different from the petitioner ? what's the purpose of this document. could some one please elaborate.

Thanks

Yes - the petitioner can be the Choice of Agent and this person don't have to be different from the petitioner. The purpose of this document is very basic and it is

self explanatory, The Choice of Agent gets all the correspondence from the NVC as many of us have attorneys or relatives who can follow the instructions given

by the NVC. The applicant can be the self Choice of Agent by marking the form not to have any other one. The other purpose that serves well that the US mailing

system is quicker than some of the countries where chances are the mail can get lost or delivered wrong places. That's why NVC prefers to choose someone in

US rather than dealing with the delays in communication. Thanks !