Sparkles2013

Sounds like i am in the same boat as you...My understanding is that once the I-130 is approved, they more or less believe that you have a genuine relationship and now you need to prove that you are not a danger or burden to society. My plan is to bring additional/more current evidence to the interview in Montreal

Did some more digging.. Looks like you literally can just opt to do one or the other (but once you choose, you cant change your mind)

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/submit/how-to-submit-documents-to-the-nvc.html#GroupA

Hi everyone,

Sorry, i know i have seen similar topics to this but none of them quite answered the question i have.

In 2012 i purchased a new GM vehicle (and i love her). I am financing through GM (and subsequently through TD). I still have several years of payments left- so long as i continue to pay monthly, can i import my vehicle? Has anyone gone through this, or know someone who has, or know where I can get this information?

(I know that i will also need the compliance letter from GM)

Thank you!

Electronic seems like a much simpler way to go! How exactly do we opt to do that rather than snail mail...may as well save on postage if we can!
anyone know of any guides for this process?

Hi everyone,

I am just doing a bit of research about the medical. I know it is best to bring evidence of vaccination from your family doctor to avoid having to pay for the vaccines. However, it seems that certain expense need to be paid out of pocket (the actual exam with the physician, the chest x-ray..). Just wondering if anyone has had luck with having private insurance cover part of these expenses.

It's starting to feel like there are more and more fees every time this process moves forward ($465 for the I-130, $88 for the AOS, $230 for IV, $35 for a long form birth certificate, $80 for police checks, ~$200 for medical exam, $165 after the interview..passport photos.. travel expenses for the interview...) and it's starting to feel overwhelming. I know at the end of the day it will be worth it to be with my husband, but anything to help cut back on some expenses would be a welcome change!

Thank you all so much for your help! I really appreciate it!

Hi Everyone!

Hopefully some can help to assist me! I am sure i am not the first person to be in this situation!

I am currently prescribed to two medications by my OB/GYN. Will i be able to transfer this prescription to an american pharmacy after i obtain my visa, or will i have to find a physician in the US to give me a prescription?

Any guidance would be much appreciated!!

oops, i think i answered my own question. My local police service does not offer the appropriate check for Visas. From them, i obtained the name of a company that can do a country wide search.

If you're in Canada, here is a list http://www.morpho.com/morpho-in-canada/find-out-more-about-our-canadian-services/canada-locations/?lang=en
And here is a RCMP list http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/rtid-itr/vulner-eng.htm

In addition to pictures (i printed them out on a piece of paper and wrote the location, date, and who was in the pic underneath), plane tickets from trips we took together, greeting cards/wedding invites addressed to both of us (photocopy front and back) i included a LOT of electronic communication documents:

chat logs from facebook (i tired to find one/month)
screen shots of facebook public posts that were either about us both (tagged by friends) and that were back and forth to each other (ones about us being together, us on vacation, cute love notes)

Skype screen shots (one/month)

MSN chat logs showing dates

MSN conversations that were cute/lovey

Facetime screen shots

Emails between the two of us

You can download your facebook history as a document, and you can use the "view friendship" screen to get lots of info.
I have a mac, so was unable to get skype call logs, hence my using screen shots instead. I also used a hi-liter to show the dates.
I lost all my saved text messages when i got a new phone, if you still have yours, add that too.
We use google voice to communicate, but i didnt submit those call logs, as they look really awkward and were hard to follow.

Our I-130 was approved in about 5 months- no RFE

Hi everyone!

I just have a quick question about the police record checks. I have had the same perminant address my whole life. I have never registered any other address with the government. However, I did move out for a period of 4 school years to a city about 1.5 hours away while i attended university. Do i need to get a police check for that city as well? I held a lease there, but always kept my perminant address as my home town.

any advice would be much appreciated!

I called on tuesday (two days ago) and was told there was no case number yet...today we got an email with our case number!
Hopefully yours will be arriving soon!

hi!

After the I-130 is approved it will be sent to the NVC. Here is a great walk through of what will happen/what you will need to do at that stage

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

Hopefully this helps answer some of your questions!

Humm you should follow up with them... I have hada hell of a time getting a hold of them lately (i tried calling for 3 hours today, the line was always busy...finally got through and was then put on hold for 20 min. The girl who answered was very pleasent and told me that our case had been received but was not yet in the system. Our I-130 was approved 05 Jun).
I would advise calling until you are able to speak with someone... they are open until midnight EST, so try calling in the evening. Hopefully they can help you.

Hi Kooliz,

I am also canadian and recently married my American

We have a straight forward case (no kids, no arrests, no financial issues, no deportations) and decided to go for it without an expensive lawyer (this process will cost enough as is!) The guide here on VJ have been fantastic, and so far we have had our I-130 approved with no RFE, our case is now at the NVC.

I would say you can absolutely do this on your own. just TAKE YOUR TIME, read things twice and if you don't understand something ask around here for help! We even used a youtube guide to help put together our I-130 package.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1 here is a great place to get started!

Good luck!

Thanks everyone for your feedback!

I have been trying for the last 3 hours, and all i get is a busy signal... I will have to try tomorrow at the crack of dawn!

when we submitted out I-130 package we included:

12 photographs of the two of us together/ with family and friends (i wrote the names of the people, the location, and the date below the picture)

Airline tickets froma trip we took together

Key cards from a cruise we took together

copies of holiday cards/ wedding invites addressed to both of us

Skype conversations (i went back and found ones that showed the date.. one/ month for 4 years)

MSN conversations (again showing the date)

Messenger convos (Again, date was shown. I tried to get about 1/ month)

Our petition was approved with no RFE.

Some things that I was unable to gather but that were recommedned for us:

If you have made any purchases together where both of your names appear on the bill (things like furnature)

Any gift recepits that you have for each other (flowers, ebay, amazon when one of you is the sender and the other shows as the shipping address)

money orders

letters from family and friends

if your passport was stamped when you visited each other

if you had a wedding reception/ceremony you can send invitations (I was married at city hall, so i didnt have this)

if you are on eachothers insurance policies/ wills

good luck with your journey!

Hi Hath,

the checklist provided by Malo above is the one that you should follow- and follow it exactly! Your wife (the beneficary) will need to submit a birth certificate but not with the I-130 package. Once your petition has been approved, you will need to submit more documents to the NVC, that is when the birth certificate will be required.

Hi all!

Has anyone else expereince difficulty getting through to the NVC? I have only gotten through once in the last 3 weeks- and that was only after a 50 minute hold... I have trield calling in the afternoon, late at night and first thing in the morning....same thing every time. Is this normal?!

It's fine! Just make sure to fill out all your paperwork correctly and submit lots of evidence! Good luck on your journey!

we filed Jan 29, and I-130 petition was approved on Jun 05!! !

congratualtions!! I was approved on the same day as you!

Somewhere on here directed me to this page:

http://www.visajourn...php/NVC_Process
to help with the next steps! Good luck!

thank you all so much!!

Congrats!

Are you both outside the USA or is the petitioner inside the USA?

I am in Canada, hubby is in the USA

Our I-130 petition was approved on 05 June, no RFE!! I just wanted to thank this amazing community for all of the help and guidance it has provided! This process is so overwhelming and confusing, I am so grateful for all the guidance and insite that has been shared here!

Wow! Thank you all so much! I just checked, and our I130 was approved 2 days ago! Time to get cracking on all this!