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Chrisclassic said: ¨but mmr only 4 weeks thats a little bit picky dont you think so if i had it done again this week and my interview was 6 weeks lets say id have to have it again ???? that cant be right.

No, you only need to have 2 MMR shots. After that it doesn´t matter about time, you are good to go.

I have found that having a lawyer has slowed the process down considerably and has cause way more stress than had we done this ourselves.

We were thrown unexpectedly into this whole process when immigration "cancelled" his previous status (pending condition removal) while were out of the country for 10 days on vacation. We had visited our local office a month prior to leaving the country to verify that everything was still okay, they stamped the passport and we were on our merry way. When Air France didn't 'like the look' of his passport at CDG, my husband was told that he would have to visit the American embassy and was then told about his status being cancelled/revoked or whatever (to THIS DAY we still have received no notification of what happened). Anyway, with my husband being kept from returning home we needed help immediately, so we contacted an attorney. We ended up having to start all over by re-filing the I-130.

The first 6 weeks that my husband was stranded in Paris, the I-130 application was sitting on the lawyer's desk. When I received the NOA1 and that it was dated a month after I expected, my lawyer explained that it was delayed "due to the holidays". That was my first indication that this was going to be a very long and stressful process.

Then in April we received an RFE because the lawyer neglected to include any of the evidence of Bona Fide marriage. (I had since read on visajourney that it is now a requirement to submit all the evidence with the I-130). When we sent all the bank statements, photos etc to him immediately, they didn't get forwarded back to the local immigration office for another 2 weeks. The worst part has been being told that "We are processing lots of applications with deadlines and we will process yours as soon as we are able". Meanwhile our world has been turned upside down, my husband has been stranded in a foreign country for 6.5 months and, of course, has lost his job here in the US.

We paid $2000 in fees for the I130 processing. Part of that fee is because he recommended that we file the fiancé visa at the same time (just in case it get's processed first). Of course, after reading this site, I see that it was a waste of money.

Now, they will want an additional $1,000 to move forward with the NVC processing.

In addition to all the money I've paid them, I feel that I have been doing most of the legwork on this anyway. Our attorney has never even sent us a listing of the documents that we will need for NVC (I guess to insure that we give him an extra $1,000). Thankfully, visajourney has been a terrific resource and we've already obtained the police reports etc that we will need for the next step (ELSE, we would have been further delayed by the lawyer processing).

I would NEVER recommend hiring a lawyer for this since there is this great site here for guidance. I wish that I would have had the opportunity to make an educated decision before hiring the attorney.

Hi,

We just received our I-797 NOA "Approval Notice" for the I-130.

The wording is very confusing because it states that "the person for whom you are petitioning is in the US and will apply for adjustment of status". This is not the case and I can't even imagine how any confusion may have occurred. SO, I'm assuming that these I-797 are more or less form letters - and that everyone's say the same thing. Is this correct???

It then goes on to say that "If the person for whom you are petition decides to apply for an immigrant visa outside the US based on the petition" (yes, that's us) that we need to complete form I-864 to essentially request that the petition be sent to the NVC. From everything that I've read on THIS site, forwarding of the petition is SUPPOSED to be automatic, no? Although I do see that a lot of you are experiencing problems with that actually happening (sorry).

Did any of your NOA2s have

1) Wording that didn't really apply to your situation (such as what I've stated above - about being in the country when it's obviously not the case)? or

2) Instructions to file I-864 in order to have your petition forwarded?

Thank you for help. This is THE most frustrating process I've ever had to deal with. Finding this website to help guide me through this has been the one bright light...

Hi all,

At some point I navigated to a page here that listed specific information about obtaining Police Reports for each country. Now, I can't seem to find it. Can anyone provide me with a link? It would be greatly appreciated!!

I remember reading something about Bermuda allowing its citizens to have information removed and how we had to request that the police report show EVERYTHING - which makes sense. However, there is nothing on Bermuda's web site that allows you to request EVERYTHING, and we just want to make sure that what we request/receive complies with what USCIS requires. Oh, the details are about do drive me mad.....

Thank you!!!