naam_2013

You might be eligible for i864, it may reduce some of those questions.

You might be eligible for i864EZ, it may reduce some of those questions.

I agree with you and I already filled out 864-EZ; but then read other posts on VJ, and decided to use 864, just to be on safe side: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/483206-nvc-filers-march-2014/?p=6911843

Thanks.

The instructions for I-864 are not crisp clear, so a few questions.

Page-1: Which information goes in sections "Mailing Address" and "Other Information"? Seems like it is of the beneficiary, but I want to confirm.

Page-2, Part-3: Since I am only sponsoring my spouse, and no other family member, I checked "Yes" on:

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I am sponsoring the principal immigrant in Part 2.

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Since I do not check box #2, my understanding is that I put "Not Applicable" in Family Member 1 through 5 fields - correct?

Thanks.

There was confusion around this and differing opinions were offered by senior members on VJ. However, I used the 864ez form and had no issue. My AOS section as been reviewed and accepted.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/468842-i864ez-most-income-from-w2-and-small-self-employment-income/page-3

You can't use I-864EZ since not all the three conditions apply to you.

I-864 is the form you need to file.

Good luck!

DearJohn and Waiting__

Thanks to both of you for your prompt expert advice - and both of you have valid data to support it.

But as "pushbrk" said in another thread http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/468842-i864ez-most-income-from-w2-and-small-self-employment-income/page-3 about this very issue "Belt and suspenders folks would file the I-864, as you can always use that, no matter how qualified you are to use the EZ version"; I am strongly leaning towards I-864.

Thanks again to both of you.

Since I have income from selling of stocks, which is not shown in W2, but reflected on 1099, does it mean I should use 864 instead of 864EZ?

Part-1, question b on 864-EZ is not very clear:

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b. I am only using only my own earned or retirement income, which is documented using IRS Form W-2.

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My answer is "Yes" to the first part: I am only using only my own earned or retirement income; but the sales of stocks is not reported on W2; though it is reported on 1040.

Is it safe to just use 864?

This is getting more complex than it should.

Thanks.

According to the US embassy Islamabad website, it says you do not have to submit a police certificate if you have resided in Pakistan, Afghanistan or the US. So you probably will have to get one from Saudi Arabia if you were there for more than 1 year after the age of 16. Pakistan police certificate is not required. Here is the link to the site where it is stated

http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/document_checklist.html

Excellent find Atrain01: Police certificates not needed if the applicant resided only in Pakistan - and I have asked my wife to get it from all cities (in Pakistan) where she lived for more than 12 months; and she was lucky to get those. I will still send them, does not hurt to send extra documentation, but I will also attach the print out from this webpage http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/PK.html" when i send the IV package.

Thanks.

Naam I did every thing they keep telling me that they are waiting for my husband background check from Pakistan and it can take from 90 to 120 days just feel very helpless

Oh, since the beneficiary is "male" from a Muslim nation - this could be the reason of this lengthy background check. There is another person on VJ, male beneficiary from Pakistan - took 12 months for NOA-2.

Same here its been 10 months and 4 days nothing still so sad miss him so much some time I think am I ever going to see him again what if something happens to me just crazy things go in my mind :-(:-(:-(:-(:-(

If you have not already contacted your senator, please do so; it helped me; they put inquiry for me on Friday, and I was approved on Monday.

I was also transferred to NSC on 12/12/13 - total time from NOA-1 to NOA-2: 8.5 months.

Good luck.

They're asking if it's possible for the IV to be invoiced before you submit the AOS paperwork, which yes it is.

It's possible with a lawyer for the IV and AOS to be invoiced at the same time

It's not possible without a lawyer for the IV to be invoiced before the AOS is invoiced.

But since the IV is not dependent on the AOS, you do not need to submit the AOS paperwork before you are invoiced for the IV. In fact you can submit the IV paperwork before you submit the AOS paperwork if it's not ready yet. I did this. Look at my timeline.

@NLR: I got the answer of my previous question to you from your another post about this very topic.

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Thanks.

They're asking if it's possible for the IV to be invoiced before you submit the AOS paperwork, which yes it is.

It's possible with a lawyer for the IV and AOS to be invoiced at the same time

It's not possible without a lawyer for the IV to be invoiced before the AOS is invoiced.

But since the IV is not dependent on the AOS, you do not need to submit the AOS paperwork before you are invoiced for the IV. In fact you can submit the IV paperwork before you submit the AOS paperwork if it's not ready yet. I did this. Look at my timeline.

@NLR: On the NVC website, the AOS fee status is showing as "PAID" and the IV Fee is showing with a triangle sign, and I can also click on the "Pay" link, but on the next page, it does not have the check box to select to make the payment for IV fee!

Thanks.

Pls dwheels on the I-1864ez form what do I fill in part 5 no 19 asking for total income,is it the adjusted gross income?

Yes, it is the "Adjusted Gross Income".

Hi Saylin,

Naam checkin in

Case# and IIN# assigned today; I also updated the email addresses - the NVC phase begins today.

All -

Sorry if this has been answered already.

I call NVC to inquire whether they have received my case. The representative mentioned that it may take 8 weeks to send the letter regarding receipt of my case at NVC. This seems excessive!

I can keep calling NVC every week to inquire whether they have received the letter. If I call them excessively, would it backfire against me. What if they find my calling a nuisance and retaliate by deliberately delaying the case? Is this a potential?

Thanks.

There should be no "backfire against you" just because you call them, I am sure you are polite in your conversations.

I call them on Tuesdays and Thursdays of every week since my case arrived at NVC (2/14); they tell me it takes 30 business days; I do not argue with them because I know this timeline is normal by looking at others' timeline, so I just say thanks to them and hang up. I expect my case # to be assigned by 3/14. Please fill in your time line, and kindly also put it in your signature, so we know how long it is since your case arrived at NVC.

Good luck.

Post Decision Activity

Post Decision Activity

On February 12, 2014, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283

GOT APPROVED !!!!!!! God's grace!!!!

Congrats

amveam: Have you received the case # from NVC?

Since no letter went out last month and no effort seems to have been taken this month, I took the liberty of dashing off a letter for us to send next week. It's very rough, too long, and needs a lot of work. Let me know how we can improve it! I would like to send it off before the end of next week, earlier if possible.

Letter:

To: The Honorable Bob Goodlatte – Chairman House Judiciary Committee

Subject: Priorities of the USCIS Hurting US Citizens

Date: 14 February, 2014

Mr. Chairman:

Subsequent to my letter of December 20 expressing concerns regarding I-130 petition processing time, the US has updated their processing times for November, and now officially declares that they are adjudicating petitions which were submitted during or after March 2013.

Although moving the processing date a whole month was a welcomed change to the one day change witness during the month of December, I wish to direct the Chairman’s attention to the following press release by USCIS on November 20, 2013: “Furthermore, USCIS expects the processing of these Forms I-130 to be increasingly timely in the ensuing weeks, culminating in the return to an average processing time of five months for these Forms I-130 by May 2014.” The current processing dates of the USCIS service centers, which range from 6 March 2013 to 20 March 2013, now indicate an 11 month processing window. If the processing date continues to move ahead only one month at a time every month, simple mathematics dictates that USCIS’s processing goal of 5 months will never be met. In point of fact, USCIS will have to move their processing date up by at least 4 months each month for the rest of the year until May if they are to reach the stated 5-month processing goal by May of this year. In addition to this troubling trend of slowly moving processing dates, it should also be noted that, despite USCIS’s assurance that it “is ever-mindful of the need to process a U.S. citizen’s immediate relative Form I-130 carefully and expeditiously” the Nebraska service center, according to USCIS’ own data, only adjudicated 6,040 petitions in November while more than 52,000 (!) waited in its backlog. The Vermont Service Center only processed 939 I-130’s in November while over 14,000 waited in its backlog. Again to refer back to basic arithmetic, such a rate will result in more than a 14 month (!) wait for an I-130 petition for a US citizen, a far cry from USCIS’ stated goals. It is hard to believe with numbers like that the USCIS is taking this problem seriously or investing the proper resources into resolving it; it rather appears that their words were just that, words with no intent of action behind them.

As the issue of immigration reform once again rises to be debated in the US House of Representatives, I would also direct the Chairman’s attention to the current law of the land, the Immigration and Naturalization Act, as well as to the immigration reform proposals so far laid out by both the President and the Speaker of the House, which all highlight “family unity” as a high priority for any reform. Family unity must indeed be a priority for reform, however intentions of reform ring hollow when the already existing legislation promoting family unity is blatantly honored in the beach.

Since the start of the President’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Provisional Waiver programs (all brought into being unconstitutionally, without the express permission of the Congress of the United States whose job it is to draft such measures) the wait times for I-130 petitions of US citizens for the spouses and children have skyrocketed to the current 11 month waiting time while unlawful immigrants have seen their paperwork quickly and efficiently adjudicated, with few if any rejections, in less than 6 months. While I appreciate the compassionate intent of the President’s programs and the necessity of handling the problem of unlawful immigrants which is addressed by the Speaker’s proposals, it must be admitted that making the spouses and children of US citizens pay for the violations of immigration law by foreign nationals in the form of longer wait times to see their loved ones is beyond outrageous. The Chairman and his committee are requested to take immediate action to induce USCIS to handle quickly and promptly what the law says is its most immediate priority—the family unification of law-abiding US citizens— and to also ensure that any reform of the immigration system under discussion include measures to lessen the wait times for US citizens—not only Legal Permanent Residents, but the US citizens by whom, for whom, and of whom this government supposedly exists— not be punished for the immigration violations of foreign nationals. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter and God bless.

Sincerely,

thedude6752000

USCIS Customer

CC:

Senator John Cornyn – Ranking Member U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

Senator Chuck Schumer – Chairman U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

Alejandro Mayorkas – Director USCIS

Lori Scialabba – Deputy Director USCIS

Maria M. Odom – Ombudsman USCIS

Brandi Blackburn, Assistant Center Director for NBC Division 8 in Overland Park, KS

Nancy W. Guilliams – Director Office of Administration-USCIS

Rand Beers – Secretary DHS

AILA

USCIS Public Engagement

DHS Secretary and Director USCIS are not those people anymore; I will work on finding you the current names and fax number / email.

Also, I suggest we send this letter on Tuesday, like we have done before; so how about 2/18, since we just started this thread, I do not think we will get a lot of momentum in next 4 days (Tuesday, 2/11).

i did update it. I hope it is showing now

Your timeline is not showing any date.

Congratulations!!!!! who are getting approvED my 60 days period ends on 2-12-14 :-( nothing yet

I suggest you contact your senator and request their rep to put a congressional inquiry for your case.

Good Luck.

Today our I-130 has crossed 11 months and a day, it has been 90 days since transfer to Nebraska, 30 days since creating the e-request. Time to send another e-mail. I was a pessimist but USCIS even crossed my pessimistic expectations. When the lawyer had told it would take 7-9 months for the entire process at the time of filing, I had estimated that in a worst case scenario I would be with my husband in a year or less. Now 11 months gone by and not even approved.

Have you contacted your Senator?

I put congressional inquiry via my Senator's office on Friday (1/31); got an email about the "alien reg number changed" on Sat morning (2/1), and Monday morning (2/3) received the approval email.

Goodluck.

As I stated in another thread:

The US give visas to the spouse of F-1 and H-1 visa holders, in a matter of weeks or days; I am sure there could be some exceptions, though. Anyway, the US should similarly give visa to the spouse of USC, and I am not talking about K-3, I am saying visa similar to the ones for the spouse of H-1 and F-1 visa holders. The process should be that the foreign spouse apply for the visa in their country of residence, with all the paper work (marriage cert, birth cert, USC's affidavit of support, etc.) and the US embassy issue them a temporary visa for some time (6 months to year) so the two can live together; and during this time the couple needs to furnish all the required paperwork to grant the foreign spouse the green-card - Now is this too hard

our was tranferd at 3rd december .. and still nothing ...

My suggestion is call your senator's office, and ask them to put an inquiry.

I am 100% sure that my senator's inquiry did make a difference.

Your NOA-2 will happen soon, insha'Allah.

hello .. bro ... your wife is USC or LPR?

I am the USC, wife (beneficiary) is a citizen of Pakistan.

Approved today (received email) - Alhamdolillah (Thank God).

Put congressional inquiry via my Senator's office on Friday (1/31); got an email about the "alien reg number changed" on Sat morning (2/1), and this morning (Monday, 2/3) the approval email.

My prayers with those who are still waiting.

Thanks to everyone who helped me through this 1st phase of journey.

PD: 5/16

Transfer to Nebraska: 12/12

NOA-2: 2/3

Just like embassy issue visa for the spouse of F-1 and H-1 holders in a matter of weeks, sometimes even days; why not they do the same for the spouse of USC and LPR. Just issue a visa, with expiration time (may be 2 or 3 years); and during this time they can file all the required paperwork for IR-1 - the best part is that the couple will be living together while all this paperwork requirements get fulfilled. That's very logical approach - dah USCIS .

after Noa2, how much time NVC will take for interview?? my Noa2 was approved on 9th-Jan-14.

Average is 3 to 4 months.

Just agreed; it has now 6 votes, and ranked 93 - we need more people