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average about a week

My name is Kim, and I am a USC working to file the spouse visa for my husband who lives in Mexico. We filed the I-130 2 months ago and are currently working on what we will need for the i601a waiver. Best wishes to everyone with their cases!

Hi, remember the i601a is filed if your spouse is currently present in the US and the i601 is filed if he is not currently present in the US.

My waiver was sent to Arizona then forwarded to Nebraska service center for adjudication.

mine took a little over 6 mos. sent in september, approved in march. did he have his interview already?

you need to file i601a if spouse is in us, entered without inspection, and other qualifying factors, go over to immigrate2us.net for how to's, timelines of when to file what, etc.

my husband also stayed at Ibis hotel and flew in to CDJ from Mexico City, and no issues in Juarez at all. he said everyone is welcoming and really helpful. he took a taxi from the airport to Ibis and also back to the airport and never felt scared or anything. good luck.

Lizz Cannon is pretty well known with waivers and ineligibilities her no. is 617-806-6450, google her also, her website says first consult is free. also at the immigrate2us page there is a list of attorneys that do waivers, bans, appeals, etc. good luck.

They ask if you want interview in English or Spanish both are readily available.

mine took about a week after they closed the case i think and the interview date was about three weeks from the date NVC completed my case.

contact your local congressional office, they can submit a congressional inquiry on your behalf.

my husband said they are really helpful there too, and i can only assume that due to your circumstances they should get you across asap, good luck!

I think CDj is a little quicker I think by a couple of days I have heard.

Good plan, but make sure he mentions it. There are often errors on this issue but they can be corrected.

thank you!

Poe ... Wait and enter after the 2 year mark... Be sure to tell the officer that you are past the 2 year married mark so they file the appropriate GC

awesome!! that is what i thought i just wanted to make sure. we are planning on flying in on June 9, so that will be two years and one day and i will bring a copy of my marriage certificate too. great, thank you so much!!

Not sure if I am posting in the correct place however, i am confused and just need clarification on something. My husband had his waiver approved on 3/28, he is going tomorrow to update his medical exam and send in his passport to the consulate. they then mail him his passport back and he can now enter the US. We will have been married for two years June 8, 2014. If we wait and fly in to the US on June 9, 2014 can he get a 10yr card instead of the 2yr card? i guess my confusion do they go by the date stamped on his passport that gets mailed to him or do they go by the date of his first POE? thanks!!

which dhl post did you choose? cdj or other city? that dhl post is where you will receive the visa within a couple of days usually unless there is a different process for the expedite.

I don't know, I still think that there is some difference from country to country.

I'm asking those questions because there were cases of brazilians being approved in 1 to 2 months last year. I saw that on immigrate2us.

It's confusing having all those informations everywhere, but none is specific.

Thank you anyway.

time frames have changed since last year and you may be looking at expedites also. but the norm right now is around 6 months. some take longer when the 601 is for criminal as opposed to overstay only. However they do not adjudicate mexico faster than brazil waivers. some are processed faster than others however i think it just depends on the officer that is doing your waiver, they all go to the same place. however in any case, good luck.

1. Maybe. Mine took a little over 6 mos. they all go to Nebraska unless they are the 601a, those go to different offices. 2. They technically go by your receipt date, but at the same time I was approved at 6 mos some people only waited 5 and others 10 mos and still nothing but I think 6 months is a good estimate.

yes.

Hi everyone,

Our I-130 Petition is currently pending at the Nebraska Service Center. I am trying to get some of the docs that I will need for the NVC/Consulate stage lined up beforehand and have a few questions.

(1) I see that a "long" birth certificate for the petitioner and beneficiary is required. I assume this may be the one that has both parents on it and is not an abstract right?

(2) Original or certified copy ok for long birth certificate. (I have my original birth certificate from approx. 30 years ago). Do I need to get a certified copy as well just in case this one is too old? May sound dumb considering they say "original" is ok but I still have my doubts. I don't want anything to get in the way of an approved visa (optimistically speaking)!

(3) Police reports. In Tijuana, MX, I have been told that they are processed same day and others say it takes weeks/months to obtain. Does anyone know how long they are good for (according to the consulate)? I want to see if I can order now and have them before I-130 is approved (wishful thinking!).

(4) Address change for beneficiary. My husband is moving to another home that we have rented jointly but I have no clue where to change that address with USCIS. Does it affect him if I change? Don't change? Per the notes I have read, he is going to receive a package from the NVC if the I-130 is approved and I don't want him to miss it b/c he moved from residence. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Mexico doesnt require a Mexican police cert unless he has been arrested in Mexico while he has been there. as for the birth certificates, my husband just went to the registro civil, civil registry where he was born and got what is basically a certified copy there, and i the us citizen just took a certified copy also. you need to use his correct address in Mexico dont put that he is living in the US when he is not, that can complicate things, with NVC, each country is a little different on requirements, etc but with Mexico at the NVC stage, they do everything via email with you and your spouse. you scan in and send the documents they request and then just take the originals/certified copies to the interview. as far as the address change form, not sure what form no. it is but they are on the USCIS page to download and send in. I dont know how to paste links of other threads on this site, but look for the NVC filer threads here, they have tons of information and others that are at the same stage as you and how to guides, it makes it so much more easy to understand. good luck.

I don't have an opinion on either attorney. I filed my waiver without an attorney.

did you try contacting the county that he got picked up in? was he arrested? maybe local court records would show arrest.

congratulations!!

go over to the immigrate2us.net page. they have a list of good attorneys and they have tons of information on i601 waivers, good luck. that page helped me a lot when i did my waiver.

congratulations!! That is great!