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if you could give some info on what they had to provide in the packet that would be great. trying to put one together now, also for a small crime.

by saying they filed a 212(d)(3) waiver does that mean there was a form they filed or just a packet of info they provided? trying to figure out how to get my husband a visiting visa waiver.

when you are talking about presenting the waiver package what exactly do you mean? do you just apply online for the regular b-2 visa and then when you go to the interview you bring evidence showing it was a small crime and such and such. i thought you had to file the i-192, kinda confused. also is there a filinf fee or any additional costs then the regular visa fee?

so my husbands greencard was denied at the interview. only hope is the i-601 waiver and proving extreme hardship. with everything i have read it seems pretty likely our case would be denied since apparently our lives aren't bad enough... but maybe years down the line something might change for us making us more eligable, like if i were pregnant or my parents or i had medical problems... of course i don't want to go through the entire process again (uscis, nvc..... all that). so my question is how long till they toss out our case if we dont file a waiver now? or will they hold onto our case and we can fiel a waiver on it in the future..?

here is a link with some hardship letters people have written and been approved.

http://discuss.ilw.com/showthread.php?27181-APPROVED-sample-letters-illustrating-extreme-hardship-under-I-601/page3

towards the bottom there is also some info it seems a lawyer specializing in this field made a little point system to estimate whether or not your case woudl be approved. might at least give us all somewhere to start.

i think you can still get it will just be harder. there are exception clauses and one fo them is "(I) the crime was committed when the alien was under 18 years of age, and the crime was committed (and the alien released from any confinement to a prison or correctional institution imposed for the crime) more than 5 years before the date of application for a visa or other documentation and the date of application for admission to the United States, or" it's act 212

http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-2006.html

anyways you would have to go through filing an i-601 waiver

dang, more money. at least i can get a 1 day police certificate here. thanks.

if the police certificate that you submitted with the ds-230 is still valid you don;t need another one right? i have a copy and they have a copy, still valid for a few more months. is it 2 passport photos the beneficiary needs to bring? they already have all our original documents. i will have my landlord write another affidavit saying a year after applying the 2 of us are still living together at her residence as before. can you bring a usb drive or burned disk with pictures or do i need to print them? i sent some printed pics originally with the i-130. interview is in 1 week.

well as i said no time was "served" because even though you are locked up for remands it isnt served time. i already told them of the arrests, but there is no documentation of them. the country is belize. i am thinking since he was innocent maybe they just tossed the records. it wouldn't surprise me here. but i don't know what to show them. i might give them embassy a call but i usually don;t get anywhere with them.

so my husband has had 2 arrests in the past but was not convicted either time do to lack of evidence and false accusations. his police record is clean and for some reason his court record came out empty which is weird since it seems like there should be something in the system. we were honest and put the arrests down on the ds-230 form. anyways when he was arrested on the first crime how it works here is you automatically have to do remands so he was in jail for 3 months waiting for a trial that was eventually just dropped. do i need a record from the prison for the remand time? he never SERVED time.

star by filing a i-130 which you will send in to the USCIS in america. some countries have electronic filing, check and see if china is one. otherwise you will be sending all your documents to the usa. you probably won't hear back on that for a matter of months and in that time can look at what will be required by the NVC and can get those documents ready. seems to take around a a year but is different for every case. i filed last july and it looks like all the papers will be done by june. i am guessing you never field for you last wife sicn eyou don;t know the process so i don;t think USCIS will care that you married a foreigner before but you will have to provide your divorce papers.

another fee. mother f******, ha sorry but i thought the fees were over now.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=ad70f58f7529b310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

do you know if they just email you the bill sam way how NVC does?

if you list the petitioner as the agent then it has to match to the same address as on the i-130 (i am the petitioner and messed that up the first time putting my foreign address which didn't match since i had moved) you can put yourself the beneficiary as the agent with your foreign address. i guess the point is it just has to match teh i-130 info.

his paretns can still be joint sponsors, doenst matter what state. for me my mom was my "joint sponsor" (we both filed i-864) and then my step dad filed a i-864A as HER "household member" so they do have to live together and show their relationship. if just one of his parents is the joint sponsor both he and the parent will file a i-864. (both must supply taxes) he will supply his taxes in that package which will help towards proving domicile.

the fees for the i-864 and the ds-230 can both be paid online but i think have to be from an american bank account so he should keep one open with enough money in it.

i have heard some people send the packages together and some apart. i sent my separately since i was billed separately but i don;t think it matters which way. when you get your NOA2 and are contacted through email by the NVC they will send instructions that make it more clear to you. the best thing you can do is start getting documents together that might take longer, police records, birth ceritficates, taxes.... stuff like that so you don;t have to wait for them later.

i am doing it from abroad and haven't had any problems yet. i got my NOA2 at the usa address since it was my dads address but they also emailed me a notification saying it was approved. since i have been transferred to NVC all communication from them has been through email which makes it a lot easier. the only annoying thing was that when i sent in paperwork it took a long time in the mail... right now my case is complete at NVC and am waiting on an interview appt. you will have to prove domicile in he USA when you file the i-864 but i think if you show you were working and paying taxes in the states as recently as this year then they won't question it too much. i didnt; send a whole lot of evidence and it seemed to be fine. just 2012 taxes and a letter from my boss in the states saying i was coming back. the only time i got held up was with the ds-3032 (choice of address and agent) listed my foreign address which did not match up with my i-130 address so they asked me to do it again and i just listed my usa address and email. as i said everything with NVC is through email anyways so the physical address doesnt matter much. here is a link that explains how to send the ds-3032 through email instead of through mail to save time. http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/Email_DS-3032_form

well i figure if they sent me that first email saying they had reviewed my documents and didn't ask for anything more then the AOS must be fine. that was the only one i was worried about getting an RFE cause i had lots of sponsors and taxes and well just a lot of paper work. so far all of my papers have gone through fine without needing naythign additional. either way, now it;s a waiting game till they send me another email.

thanks, i did call and they confirmed what you said. just waiting for that interview appointment!! getting excited.

so i sent in the i-1864 package but still had to wait to be billed for the ds-230. after i was billed i sent in the ds-230 application with the barcoded cover sheet. but about a day later (after it was sent but before they got it, still in mail) i got an email form NVC requesting the ds-230 and saying that i had to put that cover sheet on it. but it was already sent with the coversheet i printed after paying the bill. do you think i need to do anything with this new cover sheet? or it is just a fluke do to the length stuff was in the mail? also when those packages are approved is it correct that NVC then sends an email with the interview date, or send it snail mail? it usually is a wait around a month? i think that is what i see on most timelines. am hoping it's realistic to have the visa by mid june.

definitly would not be fare, i couldn't even apply for an i-130 till after more than a year of marriage since the money was so hard to make in central america.

i am outside the states and my mom inside, i am having her send the signed forms to me, then i am putting htem together and mailing them. sadly is taking longer then i want but then i can make sure everyhting is in order and all signatures original.

does this mean she should put the english address as her current residence and if so does she need to file a change of address since she listed the american one on the i-130. i am in the exact same predicament.

i agree with queen penguin. your mother will be your joint sponsor and your father will be considered her household member so he will do the i-864a (when it asks for the sponsors info on his papers you would list your mom since he is considered his household member). you and your mom would file i-864. on your form the household size would just be you and your husband. there forms would include the other family members they claim as dependants.

keep us informed on how things turn out for you. my husband was arrested for armed robbery a few years ago and eventually found innocent, his record is clean but i too worry. i talked to a lawyer who's a friend of the family and she said they will most likely respect the judges ruling and it won't be a big issue. maybe it's hard for americans to realize that in a lot of countries caribbean/central america the police can arrest you with absolutely no evidence, they don;t play the same down here. wish you guys good luck. i am having a problem though because the court refuses to give me any records and said they only issue police reports which i already have and it;s clean.

so on my i-1864 i should write 0 for current income, but then i can show them my 2012 taxes and a letter form my american employer stating i have work on my return to the states. sound good?

wait i thought for question 23 current individual income you put the number from your last taxes. this is wrong? i haven't snet mine in yet. i don't have a current income since i am living out of country with no work visa. my parents are joint-sponsoring and both self employed so no pay stubs. but i am submitting the last 3 years of taxes for them and me, is this ok?

alright