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I guess if she gets denied the tourist visa we'll have to file the I130 and go from there. I've never heard of switching from the GC to a tourist visa.

Thanks Kathryn!

my mother-in-law has 2 sons, my father-in-law, mother, father, brothers and sisters in Brazil. She would only be visiting us the first time by herself to help us take care of the baby. The problem is they don't have a lot of money, so I hope the consular officer doesn't look at that as a major requirement. I was thinking of writing a letter and getting my senator or congressman to write a letter saying we're upstanding citizens, etc. I don't know if they do those things, but I'll try.

Thanks again!

Andy

Hello VJ!!

It's been awhile since I've been on this site. My wife's Citizenship oath ceremony is next friday on 9/11 and we will be happy to be done with her, but we have questions regarding her mom.

We are planning to start a family soon and Pamela's mom wants to come over for a month and help with the baby. The only problem is we think she might get denied a Brazilian tourist visa because of the monetary requirements.( Her cousin's mom got denied twice based on not having enough money). Would it be better, now that she will be a citizen to petition her mother/father to come over with the I-130?

If you come over with the I-130 do you automatically get a GC (and is it conditional, when does it expire?) or do they have to file for AOS? My mother-in-law doesn't want to be separated from a long period of time from my father-in-law. She would like to come and visit us (not to live permenantly)and go back to Brazil to live. What should we do????

Thanks for all your help!!

andy

You should be able to get an ID card at the DOT (Dept. of Transportation) without your EAD card. My wife didn't have her EAD card and got hers.

After you can go to Bank of America with your ID card and Passport.

Good Luck

Hey Nessa

I hope you like cold winters, because they're long and cold there!!

My wife and I moved back to Iowa in March and she had a fit. I told her to wait until December, when there's 2 feet of snow on the ground and it's -15 degrees Celsius. The midwest is a great place to live, the people are great, but those winters are a killer!!

I guess that's why we're living in Arizona now, lol

But you're right, the important thing is being with the person you love. For most of us going through this BS with immigration is a nightmare, when we only want to be with the person we love.

Anyway I wish you the best

Hey Matt!

From what I heard it's difficult to get a tourist visa to the U.S., unless you are well-off financially. They want to see assets from the petitioners, so they'd have a reason to come back to Brasil. I don't know how much $$ in assets they need to see, but it sounds complicating.

My wife and I got married in a civil ceremony in March, but are planning to visit Brazil next year and get married in a Church wedding. We thought it would be better for her friends and family and less hassles.

Good Luck

P.S. You and your family and friends could fly down there to have your wedding if $$ isn't a problem. It would probably be easier for you all to go there, then for everyone to come here.

My wife isn't a big fan of Rio, but I had to show her the pretty parts of the city....Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf mountain, Ipanema, etc. There are also the shopping malls and great restaurants. The subway in Rio is excellent and we made sure we were in a good area or our hotel room at night.

She's from Foz do Iguacu, so we waited for her visa (which takes 2 days after the interview) and left for the states on the third day. We said good byes to friends and family before we took the 24 hour bus ride to Rio, in hopes we'd get the visa. Thank God she was approved and we left without problems.

Good Luck

My wife isn't a big fan of Rio, but I had to show her the pretty parts of the city....Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf mountain, Ipanema, etc. There are also the shopping malls and great restaurants. The subway in Rio is excellent and we made sure we were in a good area or our hotel room at night.

She's from Foz do Iguacu, so we waited for her visa (which takes 2 days after the interview) and left for the states on the third day. We said good byes to friends and family before we took the 24 hour bus ride to Rio, in hopes we'd get the visa. Thank God she was approved and we left without problems.

Good Luck

Hello!

My wife didn't have her shot records and got them all taken at her local doctor in Foz do Iguacu. We then scheduled a doctor's app. in Rio with a US Consulate doctor, 2 days before her interview. We had to have him sign off on the vaccinations from the other doctors, transfer all results to papers for the consulate, and that was it. You can get all your shots at the consulate doctor if you want, but the cost is $200 or more. I recall we had to pay $50 for him just to verify, sign the papers, and seal them in an envelope. We had to hand deliver the envelope to the consulate when we got there.

Thank God Pamela was approved and we left from Rio to the U.S. 3 days after her interview.

Good Luck

Wow, it feels like just yesterday we were in your shoes.

I find it unbelievable that immigration hasn't resolved this confusion yet, with the question of vacc. supp. or no vacc. supp.

My wife had her medical done in Brazil with the embassy doctor and we weren't given any copies (and my wife did ask for them, and he said you won't need them). Anyway, those sealed doc's were given to the immigration officer, which gave us sealed doc's to give to immigration at POE.

We saw the same thing about the vac. supp. when we filed I-485 and didn't know what to do. I did some research on this site and listened to a VJer, who said he wrote a letter stating that he never received any copies of his medical exam and gave the sealed docs to the immigration at POE. He didn't receive an RFE, so we decided to do the same thing.

Well, we never received an RFE, the immigration officer never asked us for the vacc. supplement, and Pamela should be receiving her GC any day now.

Good luck on whatever route you decide to go.

Parabens!!!!

Pamela also received her GC before her EAD....ridiculous huh???

As if we haven't spent more than enough money for all this @#*$ in the first place!?

Pamela got her full medical in Brazil by a consulate doctor and he said we didn't need copies of the medical.

When we filed for AOS, I printed up a letter saying that the sealed medical doc's were given to immigration at the POE. We never got the vacc. supp. or any other shots when she arrived here.

She received no RFE and no questions about this at the interview. We only assumed that the officer looking over her packet thought this was acceptable (Obviously, otherwise we would've received an RFE).

I got this idea from another VJer who typed up a letter and didn't send in the vacc. supp. and his wife didn't receive an RFE either.

Good Luck whatever route you choose.

Hi Everyone!!

I want to report that Pamela got her GC today and we are thrilled beyond words!!!

Thank you to all the members of VJ for making this website so great!! When we first started this process, we didn't know what was going on, but all of you were great at answering questions (even ridiculous ones) and we eventually figured things out.

We couldn't have done it without you!!

Thanks and Good Luck to everyone!!

Andy and Pamela

Hi Carol!!

Pamela just received her GC in the mail today and we wanted to personally thank you for your help!!

Good Luck on your interview!!!

Wow, it feels like just yesterday we were in your shoes.

I find it unbelievable that immigration hasn't resolved this confusion yet, with the question of vacc. supp. or no vacc. supp.

My wife had her medical done in Brazil with the embassy doctor and we weren't given any copies (and my wife did ask for them, and he said you won't need them). Anyway, those sealed doc's were given to the immigration officer, which gave us sealed doc's to give to immigration at POE.

We saw the same thing about the vac. supp. when we filed I-485 and didn't know what to do. I did some research on this site and listened to a VJer, who said he wrote a letter stating that he never received any copies of his medical exam and gave the sealed docs to the immigration at POE. He didn't receive an RFE, so we decided to do the same thing.

Well, we never received an RFE, the immigration officer never asked us for the vacc. supplement, and Pamela should be receiving her GC any day now.

Good luck on whatever route you decide to go.

Wow, it feels like just yesterday we were in your shoes.

I find it unbelievable that immigration hasn't resolved this confusion yet, with the question of vacc. supp. or no vacc. supp.

My wife had her medical done in Brazil with the embassy doctor and we weren't given any copies (and my wife did ask for them, and he said you won't need them). Anyway, those sealed doc's were given to the immigration officer, which gave us sealed doc's to give to immigration at POE.

We saw the same thing about the vac. supp. when we filed I-485 and didn't know what to do. I did some research on this site and listened to a VJer, who said he wrote a letter stating that he never received any copies of his medical exam and gave the sealed docs to the immigration at POE. He didn't receive an RFE, so we decided to do the same thing.

Well, we never received an RFE, the immigration officer never asked us for the vacc. supplement, and Pamela should be receiving her GC any day now.

Good luck on whatever route you decide to go.

We didn't have any copies of the medical since they were sealed and given to the immigration at the POE.

We wrote a letter stating what happened and Pamela didn't receive an RFE. I don't know whether this is acceptable, or we were just lucky, but Pamela was approved for her Perm Res last week.

Good Luck

There's a chance that you might not get an RFE.

When Pamela filed her I-485, we didn't know what do do at this stage. We didn't get any copies of the vaccinations she received at the consulate doctor and her results were given to the immigration at the POE when we arrived in the states.

We didn't see why we'd have to get another supplement when she got all the shots she needed at the doctor in Brazil that we didn't get the supplement. I read from another VJer, who wrote a letter stating he didn't have copies of his medical exam and the results were given to immigration at the POE. We decided to do the same thing and Pamela never received an RFE. Whether we were lucky or not, Pamela and the VJer didn't receive an RFE and were approved for their GC's.

So all you can do is sit back and wait and maybe you won't get an RFE.

Good luck!

We moved from Des Moines to Phoenix after my wife had her interview date set and we'll see what happens. I called the customer hotline, mailed in the AR-11 and also mailed a letter stating that we wouldn't be able to attend the interview in Des Moines because we moved. It also went along with the copy of the NOA for interview notice. I mailed the letter with a return receipt so I could make sure it got there and who signed for the letter, to try to cover my rear if anything happens in the process.

Shortly thereafter, I received a letter from the USCIS saying that they made the address change.

We're praying that all goes well.

Hey guys!

Pamela and I received a letter for her initial interview for the I-485 scheduled on July, 27. We're pretty bummed now, because we moved to Phoenix, AZ and will now have to do a change of address.

I called the USCIS cust. service center and changed the address there, so that's good. The lady said we needed to fill out a AR-11 and mail it in. First, on the AR-11 at the top where it says, "I'm in the US as a:" should my wife put Permanent Resident or check other and write K-1? She's technically not a P.R. because the case is pending. Also towards the end of the form there's a box that says: "If not a P.R., my stay in the U.S. expires on:" ....do we write the date her K-1 visa expired, leave it blank, or write adjusting status?

The USCIS lady said I need to make a copy of our paper that gives the date for initial interview and mail it with a letter to the office in Des Moines saying we moved to Phoenix. Does that sound right?

I figured I'll wait for a few days to write my I-865 until we find our perm apartment, but I wanted to get this case transferred to Phoenix ASAP, because I'm sure we'll end up being delayed.

Thanks for all your help!

Pamela and Andy

Hi everyone!

My wife had her biometrics over a month ago for her EAD and AOS and we haven't received anything yet. I got onto the USCIS.gov website and put her case number in which says the normal processing dates, but doesn't say anything else.

Is this where I see if it's been touched or is there another place I need to go? Also should I try calling the 1-800 number or my local office to get some info.

I know it hasn't been very long, but it seems that a lot of people are getting there EAD without waiting very long.

Thanks for your help!

andy

I lived in Brazil with my fiance and we filed for the K-1 visa living there. We just used my parent's address for them to mail the paperwork.

There's something in the initial I-129 paperwork that says if you live out of the country you can mail it to the USCIS service center of the location where you last lived.

This enabled me to be with my wife until she got her K-1 visa (which took 4 months) and we came back to the states together.

There are many helpful hints on this site and I'd also check out the USCIS.gov site for some clarification.

Good Luck

andy

Actually because her case got transferred to California she probably won't get an RFE. Most of the cases that go there get approved without the interview process.

You're lucky Johanna!

I think you should be alright because you didn't overstay your visa

Yeah that guy is great!

Did you see all the pictures he has with famous people from Brasil?!

tchau

We got married first and applied for the SSN after getting married. We didn't see any rush for her to get her SSN first when she can't work anyway. Plus now we don't have to do a name change again.

andy