saralex

I wouldn't say I'm a specialist on the subject, but I would say that this shouldn't affect your I-130. The purpose of the I-130 is to establish if you have or not a real relationship.

However, I would assume deportation will probably affect the visa process later.

The website is functional again. It worked for my payment. You could try now.

I received my visa today!

I wanted to thank everyone on this website for their advice. VJ is a great community that beats any visa lawyer/facilitator/advisor/consultant/other scams!

I hope to be able to return the favor by sharing my experience.

Thank you again.

Hi,

Although I can't predict what's going to happen to your case, I doubt they would give an RFE for that. It probably depends on the person who is going to review your case.

I forgot to write my name on the back of the pictures I sent to NVC and it was fine. The embassy had me do it at the interview.

Their website seems to be under maintenance right now. I want to pay that fee today, I'll try to let you know how it goes.

I think that the interview can go any way. Sometimes they have no questions about the relationship because they are happy with the I-130 (like in my case), and sometimes they want to inquire more.

I agree with mimolicious and pushbrk, if you have a solid case and think she can answer the questions, it shouldn't be a problem. At the same time, if you have the opportunity to be there, it might be reassuring for your wife.

You would have a year or so to save up.

I agree with Boiler. But you should also know that if you need to delay your trip a little, you can choose to take longer to fill out the forms.

At the NVC stage, they tell you that they will cancel your application if they don't hear from you for a year. That allows you to be a little flexible with the timing of your application if needed.

Well,

First of all, this topic is probably in the wrong place because it's not really a visa issue so far.

Regarding your questions, to me, it's a matter of personnal judgement. There are so many things to factor for your problem. It all depends on your lifestyle and if you are ready to look for a job in the US. In my opinion if you want it bad enough, you'll find the mean to make it work financialy.

I actually sent my passport to the US to get an ITIN, it was fine except it was returned to me in a cheap envelope using regular (non registered) mail.

They also made a few bad staple holes in my passport.

Other than that it was fine.

We also contacted Paris ambassy at the same time we started that thread. They confirm. NVC it is.

Hopefully they will change that document.

Thank you!

Thank you so much for this answer which was exactly what I needed. I am probably going to send the civil documents to NVC then and ignore Paris specific instructions.

I wonder if there is such thing as DCF anymore.

Well we both live in France, so I guess we could qualify. Thank you for the link, but the subject concerns DCF for the i-130.

Has anyone recently filed an IV in Paris?

Hello everyone,

We are very confused on where to file the civil documents for the ds-260. Paris Ambassy website (and also special instructions on this pdf --> http://travel.state.gov/pdf/pk3_supplements/PRS-PK3-ENGL-0005-1309.pdf) say we should bring everything to the interview. (Paris embassy's instructions: http://france.usembassy.gov/iv-immediate.html)

But NVC's website says we should everything to the US: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3190.html

This situation is really confusing. Currentely:

• our i-864 has been mailed out to NVC,
• we filed the DS-260 online,
• sent a DS-2001 to Paris ambassy (as asked in the instructions).

We are now wondering if NVC expects the civil documents or if Paris should contact us for an interview.

How can we get out of this situation?

Thank you for your help!

Is there a reason why you want the visa issued in August/September?

Remember, once issued, a visa is typically valid for 6 months. So, even if you went through this process at a "normal" pace, you'd probably have a case complete by the end of March, with an interview sometime in May, I'm guessing, which would give you until around November to immigrate.

Yes and it's mostly complicated, I have a work contract tying me to France until Sept 31st, but for diverse reasons, I might have to stay longer (up to the end of the year) for reasons including work contract extension, baby and other things. Therefore, there is no reason for me to have my visa issued too early and it's better to keep my options open.

your control is at NVC stage. You have one year with them to submit required documents . So I would suggest make your payments ( you never know when they will have another fee inccrease) but delay your submission of I-864 and DS 230 documents until around June ending. They will complete complete your case in July( if no Checklist is sent) and schedule your interview august /sept

Thank you for your quick, clear and useful answer.

Hi all,

In one of our previous posts, we were mentioning how I need to obtain my visa for October. Following people's advice we filed the I-130 and as expected it was approved really fast since the USC lives in France with me.

We now received the bill from NVC asking for $88 for the AOS. However, we would like the visa to be issued ideally around the end of August or beginning of September; then the question is "what's the proper way to delay the NVC process? Do we wait to pay the $88? Do we pay the $88 and then take our time to send the I864, DS-3032 and DS-230? Or do we complete the NVC process and delay the process at the embassy (medical appointment or interview)?"

Thank you for your advice.

My process is at NBC as well but live in the states, does that mean that my process can be a fast? or is that only for people who live abroad?

Well, I'm not an oldtimer of VJ, but from what I understood, it is when the USC lives abroad, the petition gets more or less an auto-expedite.

Thank you, My petition was filed at NBC because we both live abroad. That is also why we go approved in 32 days.

1. Country USC resides in: France

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: 2013-01-05

4. How long had you been living abroad: 4 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: Went to live with my husband

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? no - sent it on the last day of our Christmas vacation.

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? yes, lease & french tax notice

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes, it appears in the forms, also the address on the cover letter

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 32 days

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!

Hi, if I were you I wouldn't worry, my petition, which just got approved, says the same thing. I think it's a general message they just put on their tracking system probably because they received a lot of calls about it.

Just relax a look into the next steps and prepare the documentation.

did your case status even have time to be up on USCIS?

Yes it did, about 4 days after they received it. I think it shows on their website quickly or not depending on how thorough was the person who opened the package (they might need to do two extra mouse clicks for it to show on the website, and I wouldn't be surprised if some employees didn't care and were doing a sloppy job). But that's just a guess (we have the same problem with the package tracking with the post office in France).

WOW, congrats!!! did you file from abroad??

Did you send a bunch of evidence and was it neatly organized? I know people say its completely random but I do wonder if the assembly of the packet has anything to do with it.

Yes, we do live abroad. But we sent the file when we were on vacation in the US for Christmas.

We didn't send too much evidence:

- a statement of the bank saying we have a joint account,

- a statement from our landlord saying we have a lease together (translating the lease would have been way too long),

- a statement from our electricity company saying we have a common contract

- a tax notice from the french government showing we file jointly.

Also what could have played a role is that we are married since more than 3 years now.

I tried to keep everything simple, logical and easy to understand. But I mostly think it's because the USC lives abroad with me.

I hope I have answered your questions!

So...

On Feb 8th, our file got approved in only 31 days!

So happy, we are waiting to receive the paper NOA2 now for further instructions.

Hope your applications will follow soon.

Hi all!

I'm a little late to show up, but we mailed our I-130 package on the 5th from Indiana, flew back to France on the same day. It showed up delivered on the USPS website on the 7th.

On the 9th, we got an email with a MSC number. Two days later the tracking number was showing up online. And about a week later we got our official NOA1 paper at home in France.

So everything is going smooth even if we don't really know where our file was sent, but I guess we'll see!

Not sure if the embassy in Paris allows for DCF/has a USCIS office. Rome has nothing to do with it. Generally, you would send the petition to Chicago Lockbox, and make sure your wife uses her French address.

Alright, duly noted.

I was mentionning Rome because they have USCIS office (unlike Paris), and France is under Rome's USCIS jurisdiction but DCF in France is only allowed under exceptionnal circumstances. We'll send it to the Chicago Lockbox then.

Thank you all again.