dirk_diggler

I did the same!! Is your spouse already here?

arriving this weekend

All he got was "Do not forget to pay the immigrant visa fee before you leave"

Mine was the same...but I used the one we have always been using..without the 01

thanks for the info. I just paid the immigrant fee and used the usual case number without the 01 and the USCIS site didn't have any problems

On my wife's visa, the dept of state case ID is the normal one we've been using all along (NVC, embassy, ...) with "01" appended at the end of it. Anyone else see this as well?

sweet!!! did the status change on the USTRAVELDOC website or did she get a call from them?

the USTRAVELDOCS status will change, and they will also email the address you gave them when you registered

did your wife get her passport back yet?

passport is ready for pickup

There's no duty on personal/household effects (including jewelry) for those immigrating to the U.S, right?

nevermind, found this: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=593&t=16

Can anyone provide a link about permanent residents and international travel? the only thing I've seen is: http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/international-travel-permanent-resident which doesn't say too much. I looked up canada on the dept of state webpage and nothing is said about US permanent residents

Is there a way for a new immigrant to build their credit easier/faster if their spouse is a USC with good credit? Will credit card companies be willing to adopt someone with no credit history as a joint holder?

So, I use Whatsapp to chat with my husband and viber to call him regularly (atleast twice or more in a day). I see an option to print message history from viber but not call history ...does anyone know how I can get a call history from viber and a chat history from whatsapp..? Thanks

I can give you the instructions for android... I'd guess iOS instructions are similar. Open the app, click and hold on the contact you're interested in. The last option in the popup should be "Email conversation". WhatsApp will email you the log

visa changed to issued... wow that was fast

My wife's experience was different. She got back the original marriage certificate, PCC and of course her birth certificate at the end of her interview at the Mumbai consulate. She also got back all the other evidences I had submitted - pictures, all the money transfer receipts, gift receipts, tel call records etc.

Thanks for the info. Perhaps they made a mistake, will check with them

You should get all originals back except PCC, handed to you at the end of the interview, not included in the sealed brown envelope.

Looks like they kept my original marriage certificate...

hey guys, did you get your marriage certificate back after the interview? or do they keep that? if they keep that, i'm thinking we need to get another one just in case for the SSA, DMV, etc

omg! booking flight was a huge pain in the a** >.< but made it

BDG-WAW-FRA-MSP on September 4th

woah 3 layovers?

easy enough, thanks guys

I know I can't pay it yet, but I wasn't sure if I could set up the account early or not. I was able to set it up no problem, I just can't do anything with it yet LOL

Thanks!

do you know when/how we get the alien #?

Hi Saylin, CR1 got approved yesterday. Thanks for your stickies/wikis!

Yayyyy congrats! So happy for you!! How long did it take in the embassy?

Congrats!!!

Yayy!!! That's exciting!!

Thanks! There were a lot of people at the embassy but it took around 2 hours total

YAY!!!!!!!!

SO AWESOME!!!!! ?

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I've gotta say, I have always thought your profile name was so crazy!! Loooool. Funny!

Thanks! Lol, glad you appreciate it

*** My apologies for posting country-specific info on here, but Chile doesn´t have its own forum and it´s NVC-related ***

I know there are a few other Chilenos on here, so a quick heads up regarding the IV documents:

I´d heard in the past about NVC document reviewers rejecting the birth and marriage certificates from Registro Civil because they´re not super fancy, so when my husband went to get his certificates he specifically asked the RC worker if she could add an extra stamp or something to make the typical paper they give out look more official. The lady said she´d heard of problems in the past with the unofficial-looking official documents, but that they had worked everything out.

Welp, guess who just got a checklist because "the document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the appropriate government authority."

I sent an email to NVCinquiry copying the Santiago embassy, and will call NVC tonight and the embassy tomorrow when they open. I´ll let you know what happens, but OJO con eso. Any suggestions are welcome!

Though I'm not going through Chile, I had a similar problem with a marriage certificate. Request a supervisor review (and if needed talk to one) and it should get sorted out; i do recommend getting a certified copy and sending that in just in case though (and add a letter describing the situation)

96 pages on the 7th day of the month, is that a new record?

nice!!

Okay, he said they kept his pp and the intrvw was like tens mins. Five for four ques amd five to go and make a copy of an original paper. He would not take the copy my husband brought.
The ques:
1. Where does she live?
2. Where does she work and spell it please
3. When and where did you meet?
4. When did you first meet in person?


He said the workers were making jokes, saying that our case is the biggest they have ever seen. This is bc I had included 600 pages, (that were originally 900, before I stretched the margins), of our conversations up to the I-130 application submission. And when my husband tried to give them the additional 2,000 pages, they were like, um, no, no more papers. Lol. He said they were laughing about it though.

I think his comment about, we will know in two weeks, is his way of not jinxing it.

So, we wait until visa in-hand before telling family.

Thank you guys!!!!

❤️??.
I am doing this, too. ?. So happy!!!

You know, without y'all, I would have been so clueless and lost for so much of all this process. Still will be when we get to each next stage. So, I will be here to stay for a while. .

Oh, I didn't know you could type the word "damn" on here!

I kept using "darn" since I thought I'd be blocked if I typed "damn"! LOL!

VJ should relax the profanity restrictions in NVC threads

wife's interview in 36 hours, hope to continue the positive vibes here