Boggy1974

Happy July 4th! God bless America!

^{My latest pet peeve is: ('yo Mama!')}

Probably starting your own new thread will serve your energies better. "Flaming" off of a 2-yr old off-topic comment makes it appear unnecessary, odd and misdirected.

Sorry, but it is MY pet peeve. Another is unnecessary flaming and posting off topic.

How is this comment necessary? Please read the entire thread and refocus on background and context for this 'off-topic' subject matter.

Hypocritical grammar and spelling nazis, living in glass houses, throwing stones.

_{OP, you seem to have a good life and love in Greece. Please stay there!}

I support this advice!

I say to OP to apply, the worst that can happen is that you get denied, best case scenario is that you get a visa and get to see your girlfriend and figure out whether she is the one. Do it.

I fully support the sentiments! Very well said!!!

You don't seem to understand what the OP is having an issue with. It's not necessarily the petitioning, it's the threats of divorce if he does not comply that is the issue. From what the OP has said, his wife threatens divorce in order to get what she wants. That alone is unhealthy in a relationship and cause for concern.

it's not sad to be worried that your wife threatens you if you don't comply with her demands. It's what any normal, robust person with an ounce of self-esteem would do. He's not there to be his wife's doormat / administrator. They are supposed to be a partnership, working together. I don't know of many healthy partnership where one party just threatens when things don't go their way.

Congratulations and I'm glad you had a happy positive ending!

Good luck going forward!

OP, see link below. It may be of help with the FOIA request. Good luck!

http://www.uscis.gov/about-us/freedom-information-and-privacy-act-foia/how-file-foia-privacy-act-request/how-file-foiapa-request

OP, I second following Darnell's advice as exactly as he's laid out!

You'll get good results if you do. Best of luck!

Charles, I think you're being selective in your administrative editing -- I agree it is a good idea to remove "escertainLove" comments you deem as "personal insults". But I think you need to also go back and remove or edit the similarly condescending comments that precipitated the reaction from escertainLove. That's the only way to ensure fairness.

I would advice that, as senior members, we must act as example to others and not resort to talking down to and using condescending remarks in an attempt to 'silence' or 'correct' other members. There's a polite and respectful way to correct someone, even it is clear they have provided wrong information. We must think about the attitudes that drive people away from this site after they're through with their immigration process.

Awesome news! Congrats! You both deserve it!!!

Please can you provide the source of this information? - any 8 CFR chapter or immigration manual?

Each visitor visa applicant is presumed to have immigration intent, and must prove that they are not trying to immigrate to the US.

OP, you never know what will happen until they take the chance and apply.

Your in-laws' applications would be approved or denied based on their own merit.

They also have to show strong binding ties to their home country (DR).

Do not involve the senator or any such official, but they must submit good supporting documentation.

Good luck and congratulations on your upcoming wedding!

OP. read these two links. They would provide you with some clarity. Good luck!

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/534417-nvc-filers-february-2015/page-1

OP, I'm sure you know Lagos is a very tough consulate --definitely ask your wife to come down for the interview. Good luck!

Congrats! Happy for you both!

From what you have said, I think leave as it is.

Yes correct. You will get email notification, text and with option for online status check in case of RFE (but knock on wood, you should get straight approval per below). The time lag between when a RFE is issued and one checking online to see it and then change address to receive it may too late. But from what you've said, I think you should leave it alone.

Thank you a million for your replies and help!!!!!!!! I will leave it as is. I am *hoping* for a relatively quick approval since I filed from abroad and that seems to be the case, so if I still don't hear anything in a month or two, I will change the address.

If I do receive an RFE (and therefore need to change my address for the hard copy), that should reflect on my case status online or I will get e-mail notification of it, correct? Then I will have to deal with changing the address but I did put painstaking effort into the I-130 and submitted a library of evidence so I am not expecting one. . .

Just a quick addition. I think I would leave it as is, as you say ONLY if I am certain of a one shot approval and I can track my case status via text, email and online at uscis.gov website.

Also, if I filled all my forms to the 'T' and dotted all my i's and submitted all the requisite evidence and know I did everything 100% correctly, then I would leave it as is.

Please see my response embeded in red. Good luck!

Awesome - just one more question for you then. Regardless of whether I go through with the address change, IF I never receive my NOA2 as a hard copy for whatever reason - is that problematic in the future? No. It was not a problem and we were NOT ever asked about NOA2 after approval, whether by NVC or at the Embassy. Will I ever need my hard copy NOA2 for any reason (i.e. to show at the interview or to include in the AOS package) or is it completely irrelevant if I have it on hand as long as the NVC receives my case? No. You and your spouse are going through the CR1/IR1 visa route. The NOA2 will be for your record purposes. As long as NVC receives your case after approval, you will not need it (NOA2). If there is no need for the NOA2 hard copy to reach me then I may leave my address as is so as not to complicate matters. . .This is a personal decision. You can leave it as is, as long as you can receive text, email notification and you can track case status you will be ok. (but the caveat is: Let's say you get a RFE, you will need that hardcopy notice to know exactly what you need to address in the RFE). So bear that in mind when you make that decision. Good luck.

Yes that is correct. If you change your address, the change is for mailing/contacting you purposes. That's what exactly happened with our case. You're NOT going to be penalized or questioned why your address change "conflicted" with some of the evidence you had submitted. I think you're over-thinking this issue (However, I understand your concern/you make sense. But note you already sent your petition so you can't overly worry over something which is out of your control now). What you CAN control is make that address change online and hopefully it gets updated on your casefile.

A claim of bona fide relationship can be proven with using several evidences. Check on this website to see more for yourself. Yes, you have submitted a lease to prove you live with your husband in Namibia but that does NOT stop you from making a change of address to receive your mail in the US. It also does NOT stop you from making a change of address for communication or contacting purposes with USCIS. USCIS understand foreign mail systems can be inconsistent and unreliable. Please note your issue is not entirely unique and that lots of folks do a change of address or go through what you're dealing with now.

No I do not think your change of address will present a problem. I also do not think it would be construed as you presenting "conflicting information". People change their addresses all the time after filing the petition.

This is irrelevant since you already submitted your petition. But I think you should have entered your parents address in section B-2 of the I-130 form. Then you would enter your beneficiary's address in section C-18. You then enter your address in Nambia in section C-19. If you wanted this to help "prove" that you live together in Namibia, you would enter it in section C-21 and state time: "From to Present". But this is all water under the bridge now. So deal with what you can control and go ahead to make that address change online to reflect your parents home in the US. You can only hope it get matched to your casefile.

My very best to you!

Ok, thank you very much. So if I do change my address online, they simply use this address as a mailing address and not an indication that I have moved from Namibia back to the States? I remain confused about that one point because to me, either they are asking for your address for mailing purposes, or they are asking for your address to see where you reside, and I want them to know that I reside with my spouse to support my claim that this is a bona fide relationship. Everything I had read when filling out the I-130 said that if you live with your spouse, show you live with your spouse and that your addresses are the same (as I said, I have even submitted a lease agreement in Namibia with my name in it). Hope that makes sense.

I also do not want them to have conflicting information (i.e. my claim that I live abroad with my spouse but providing a u.s. address) - would that be a problem?

But if they won't do anything with my change of address except use it for mailing purposes, then I will change it to a U.S. address. . .

#1. AmandaLane102, please NO need to panic at this early in your process. Immigration is stressful enough so calm yourself down and take the best advice given.

#2. Please do not start different threads on the same issue.

#3. Yes you can download all the NVC forms online. The new forms are fillable online to be submitted to NVC.

#4. Regarding the confusion with your "residence address", as a lot of the members already pointed out, you can track or check the status of your case with USCIS. You will get notifications through email if you sent an email with your petition.

At the NVC state you can check your case status also.

#5. As said earlier in your other posts, USCIS will 'forward' your email address along with other pertinent info to NVC when your case is approved. It is from your case info sent from uscis that NVC will get your email to contact you.

#6. About the section of the I-130form where there's residence addresss and where you want your mail received. You could have put down your parents address in the US so your approval notice or RFE notice should go instead. Since this is already done, no need to panic. You can still make that change on the uscis website. But as to whether this new change would be updated on your casefile is another thing altogether, knowing how uscis processes can be inconsistent.

I had tom move during my petition stage. I did a change of address online. I called to update the new address also. Yet our approval notice (NOA2) went to the old address. The only reason why I got it is because I knew and contacted the new occupant for it. Look on my page here for more info. So changing your address can be a crab shoot. But I would advice that you change where you will receive your mail online to reflect your parents address in the US.

Good luck!

My wife and I got married when I was on military duty tour of Kabul Afghanistan. I later travelled to Ghana, we both went to AMA to legally register the marriage. We filed soon after. We were approved one shot! No problems! She's here with me and we just had another beautiful baby girl!

OP, I don't think you will have any issues as others have pointed out. See my timeline for details. Good luck!

Get a new bc showing his complete date of birth.

Sometimes NVC payment portal do hv technical glitch. Refresh and try again. If not call them or try next day or a few hrs later.