Nicole_1228

I dont know what I would have done without this site and everyone who is a part of it. So many people that I talked to while waiting for my interview who used lawyers and it took them a year or two to get through this process and who had things done incorrectly.
If I could give advice from my own experience it would be to:
Gather all your documents needed for NVC as soon as you get your I-130 approved! NVC may go way faster than you think and having them ready speeds everything up. Call NVC after a within a couple days of completing your choice of agent form and casually ask if it has been reviewed yet, if they say no and it may take ____ days, try again the following day and ask again, eventually someone will. Call NVC and ask questions when your approval/interview scheduling dates are getting close, there's no proof but some (including myself) feel as though it triggers them to actually work on your case Use the monthly NVC/Interview threads as they help answer questions and gauge when you can expect approvals and such Get your immunization records ready for your medical exam Don't forget to register with Canada Post BEFORE your interview (this was a careless mistake i cant believe I made) Dont be nervous for the interview, it's a breeze in Montreal and expect to wait 2-3 hours from your scheduled time and dont arrive more than 30 minutes early as they'll turn you away Again, Thank you VisaJourney - my life as I know it is about to start

and by "under one" i meant under one clip per section or related group of papers

They should be in separate packages, i didnt paperclip anything in the IV packages as there's only a few things, just made a cover letter. For AOS i paper clipped the AOS papers, paystubs, transcripts, etc under one and then again for my joint sponsor and i used the school binder separators with the tabs and cover sheet to divide everything easily for whoever is reviewing it

If you have sufficient evidence of strong ties to your home country AKA school enrollment, proof of payment, a lease/mortgage, a job etc etc, you may be okay. You basically need to come with AS MUCH proof as possible to convince that guard that theres no way youre going to stay in America.

so i saw this link someone posted and it help me understand CSC a lot better
http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/Family-Based/I130_performancedata_fy2015_qtr1.pdf
I guess they mostly handle visas with relatives and not standalone beneficiaries. Only a select few randomly get sent there as stand alone. Scroll all the way to the bottom to see the numbers from each service center...helps make sense of the whole thing, but still sucks! These stats were as of Dec 2014