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Hey - congratulations ! SuperDuper ! Yay ! burn some joss, la.

thx darnell! hope u get approved soon too!

got e-mail and txt this morning at work. approved!

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Decision

On February 1, 2013, your I130, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN was approved.  You will be notified of the decision by mail. Please check our website at www.uscis.gov for further updates on your case, including when the approval notice is mailed.  If you do not receive the approval notice within 30 days, please call customer service at 1-800-375-5283 for further assistance.

look what I got this morning while at work! now what should I do? wait for letter first? I'm leaving to china on the 18th

that's always do-able !

but is filing separately going to be ok for the interview?

wow hmm.. how about I file married separately and redo when my wife comes to US

how will I be able to get an ITIN for my wife? will she have to sign the papers and what else do I need with the W-7? copy of her passport? birth certificate? marriage certificate?

Thanks!

looks like SF office almost doubled the speed! http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=4&office=76&charttype=1

got all my receipts and pictures ready for when my I-130 gets approved and gonna go for electronic processing. does all my pictures and receipts have to be in .pdf also and how will I send everything if I got loads of evidence? do they accept everything zipped up?

I had the same problem recently and just sent it out on Monday. They request a certified marriage certificate with translation even though I already have sent it in. What I did was make a copy of the original marriage certificate and got it translated/certified AGAIN and sent it in.

Per my wife, the VO asked only two questions. Where does your husband live, how did the two of you meet? From relative or friend. Asked to see a few pictures, and took my 3yrs tax transcript. Then he said, ok you passed. You may leave now. My wife didn't even realized that, that was the interview. She had thought that they were still asking for evidences and then take her to a room to do the interview. My wife asked, huh? what does that mean? Does that mean I'm approved? VO replied, yes with a grin. Wait for the visa package, it should arrive in about 5-10 days.

Yes, my wife is from Taishan.

nice! hope mine will be the same when the time comes. what evidence did you send? did you send it all with the i-130 or after the approval? did u have a banquet? wifey is worried that we didn't have a banquet and they might delay us or something.

nice! congrats! i think it should take about a week. how did it go? still waiting on my I-130 approval

what evidence did you give and when? curious since your wife is from taishan too.

good luck!

I just went ahead and got the red book translated and certified. don't wanna take anymore risks and more delays. hope everything goes smoothly now. is the letter I got what you call an RFE also? it doesn't state that tho and how long do u think it will take now after they receive this?

hmm looks like the address on the letter is here http://www.yelp.com/biz/us-citizen-and-immigration-services-san-francisco. has a visiting hours sign.. mon-fri.. gonna check that out.

thanks darnell. i'll try to get this done quick. hating these delays!

the uscis website status always shows as initial review. no transfer, RFE, nada

looks like the most earliest date for infopass is feb 8th... should I just send everything? the original white book marriage certification and get red book translated and certified? give it all!

see, photocopies of white books are sufficient when CSC or VSC does the adjudication.

so SFO has their own rules for adjudication? yikes.

I say make a photocopy of a complete white book, label it .

marriage certifiate white book = Provide a certified marriage certificate with an English translation.

perhaps they want the original white book ?

seriously, they are not using the same guidelines for adjudication as CSC or VSC.

so it can't be the red book right? because that book isn't even translated. should I make a infopass appointment and just bring in the original white book and copies of it? how long do u think it will take after doing this?

I just got a letter from the SF local office. These following boxes are checked:

Certified marriage certificate for the petitioner and beneficiary

Notarial birth certificates and marriage certificates are not acceptable. Provide a certified marriage certificate with an English translation.

What are those? I sent in the white booklets I got with English translation when I got married. Could it be the red booklet?

Are any of y'all at a field office that you know of?

Mine got transferred to SF office on 1/10. Hope it will get approved soon

ya, don't forget - is best to slam it in sideways, with the DS-230.

see

bleuawolf - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/267559-usa-is-now-arizona/page__view__findpost__p__4100571

will do. anyone know any cloud service like dropbox or google drive that ain't blocked in China?

nice, I'll see what I can do. Thanks!

Thinking about applying for this credit card and adding her name to it. Gonna bring it to China when I leave on Feb 18. No foreign transaction fees and no annual fee. Good idea? She can use it over there adding more to evidence, ya?

Thinking about getting an extension til I can get my wife here then file taxes. Is that ok?