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    Need some serious advice

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    That's so frustrating Anna. They're hard to get a hold of especially when you don't know who to call. When you called the embassy did you get to speak to a live person? Cause sending emails didn't seem to help me much either. I think I had sent like 3 mails and no answer...then I started calling and being firm.Things started happening on our case when I got to speak to a live person and asked for an interview date. We got one within the week but that was too soon so we got another interview date.

    I hear that have increase visa fees for k1 visa ?

    in US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Iam confuse it's true they have increase the fees for k1 visa , it's said should be paid in national visa center , what does that mean ? We can't pay the fees at the embassy again ? Need help now , thanks all vj family all over the world happy Sunday ,

    I had that same question a few months ago. Here's the link to the answers. You pay the visa fee at the embassy just once.

    http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/505770-k1-visa-fee/

    http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/g-1055.pdf

    Help please

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    My fiancé filled it out but I looked it over before he submitted it. Before he did that we went over the example DS-160 guide that we found on VJ and used that to look over what it is asking him and talked about anything he may have a question on. As language/reading wasn't a problem for him he was able to do it himself but it may be a challenge for others. You can both do it together going over the online application but the beneficiary has to be the one to sign/submit it.

    Shocked when I shouldn't be

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    My husband went to his interview appointment today to be told, they didnt receive the package yet and took his contact info and told him they wold contact him once it arrived. The package is in transit??!!! So has this ever happened? what happens if the package is lost? I'm shocked but by now i should expect this... Im so mad :ranting::ranting::ranting::ranting:

    What?! I'm so sorry I didn't see this post before answering your other one. That's a bit odd...why did they give him a interview date and have not received it. They need time to look over your case to make a final decision after his interview with the CO. If they don't have your case how can they make a decision, that's so backwards! I would call NVC and ask if they can track it since they have the tracking numbers. I tried once to track where DHL goes from NVC...I don't get it and I didn't try further. I just called the embassy and they confirmed that its there and they haven't looked at it. Is it possible its sitting there on someone's desk? From what I heard about DHL, they deliver it right into the hands of the Embassy. They don't use second hand delivery system once it gets into the country they deliver right to the person that its intended for. I used DHL to send my fiancé my documents and with the tracking numbers that I got from DHL I was able to track it from start to end. It was less confusing that way.

    What a waste for your husband to make that trip! I would be so upset too...probably be cursing up a storm. Keep us posted if they find your case. Praying you will get approved soon!

    I cant track can anyone figure this out ?

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hi Anna,

    Its there already waiting for them to look at it. Send them an email asking if they have received it. It doesn't take long at all for the embassy to receive it. I didn't even bother tracking it cause I knew that it would get there within a week or so. I waited another week to give them time to look over my case before I sent the Consulate Office Section an email. If you do call, be persistent and firm cause the switchboard operator is rude and curt. I had to say that I'm calling from the U.S. and need to talk to a live person to get her to transfer me to a live person otherwise she will keep transferring you to phones that you cannot leave messages on.

    I don't know what the steps are for the spousal visa but be persistent cause that's how I was able to get my fiancé's appointment that same week that I called. We did our paperwork ahead of time so when I called we were ready to get an interview. Good luck to you both!

    immediate help needed

    in Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits

    Posted · Edited by Lena&Islam

    Hi, I am so glad that she left, that is the hardest part, when she actually takes the first step to not want to be abused anymore. It takes a lot of courage to do that.

    She should be able to get all of the help that she needs at the battered women's shelter. They will have a legal advocate who can help her navigate the legal system so she can get all of the help that she needs regarding, filing restraining order against her abusers, going to court with her, divorce and child custody and immigration. She will also have a women's advocate within the shelter that can help her with getting and setting housing, school, childcare assistant, medical and some financial assistance too. They will be great resource for her to get reestablished again and on her own, to heal and to have hope. The shelter will have or locate women's advocates that can speak to her in her own language so she feels comfortable, especially if she is living in California, there are many Southeast Asians living in California so they'll have many resources for her. Here are two of them that are in California:

    http://www.apiidv.org/about.php

    http://www.apwcla.org/

    Feel free to private message me. I worked in this field as a Women's Advocate. I'm also from Southeast Asia, if you or your friend needs additional help and resources let me know.

    We were prepared! How we got approved!

    in US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

    Posted

    I will write a review in the Consulate Office in Tunisia section but here's a summary of what happened at my fiancé interview yesterday morning. My fiancé saw that the CO was nice to the other beneficiary who were there for their interview, chatting and smiling. When his turn came up the CO completely shifted his attitude towards him when calling his name. My fiancé's name is ISLAM, which is also of his faith. He was interrogated and grilled! Why do you want marry her? You know that she is older than you? What does her son do, his he living at home with her? You speak 3 languages, why do you want to marry an American? Why not Arabic or French? Why American? You are too fluent in English, why is that? Write me a something in English? He did, he wrote a whole page in English for the CO. I've not heard of that being asked at an interview there in Tunisia...what is this? An English writing test? The CO got more and more upset as my fiancé kept his cool and answer everything honestly and gave him more information than he needed. Like all of my families name and where they lived, where my mother is living and with which sibling, my family history and background, my work and what I do, my state where I live and how cold it is here in the winter time. The CO was surprised by that, my fiancé knew so much about my state which is going to be his state too. He was being tested to see if he would crack under pressure or our relationship wasn't real but he passed every single question because he knows me and we do have a real relationship! All of our document and paperwork were completed, the CO looked at the I-134 affidavit of support which I met the requirement to support him on my own. He didn't even bother to look at any chat histories or pictures, or any other evidences. At the end of being grilled, when the CO couldn't shake my fiancé's confidence he just said come back tomorrow to get your passport, the visa may or may not be in there? He didn't tell him, you've been approved or denied, no 221G was given out. Just come back tomorrow between 1-2pm to get your passport. Yes, they kept his passport.

    My fiancé left there feeling unsure if he passed or not? But for some reason I wasn't worried because they kept his passport and he stood his ground and he answered the CO, not because he knew all the right answers but because he said it convincingly that he IS in a real relationship with me and when I think you are in a real relationship you aren't scared to stand your ground in answering everything truthfully because you know that other person intimately. I think the CO can see that, no matter how hard he was trying to see if my fiancé would fail, he didn't. We also practiced what we think the CO may ask him at the interview, like the worse case scenario, which I think really prepared him for the interview that wasn't with the "nice" CO. He went in there well prepared even though we have heard that the Consulate Officers there were "nice" people and pretty much they will approve anyone, at least that's what we heard that. That wasn't our case and we were worried about his name sake and the slight age differences between us although you cannot tell at all between us, if you didn't look our birthdates. Sometimes when you have a feeling there may be things stacked against you, like a name to give people a bad perception of you, or being different in faith practices, being aged discriminated against, you have to know your audience and know what they are looking for. We made sure our case was a strong case. We studied and did our homework and I think that is why we got approved!

    Today he went back to the consulate office and the man at the window said to him, come back on Tuesday your visa is not ready today. OMG! We are APPROVED! Was that so hard for them to let us know that?! My fiancé doesn't believe it until he gets that visa in his hands but for now...today...I need some sleep so I can dream about the rest of my life with him. I hope this will help some other couples from the harder countries to get visa approval from of our experiences. Good luck and best wishes to everyone who is still needing to get to their interview.

    YEY! Finally! VIsa in his hands this morning! Now we're finally on our way to a real life!

    We were prepared! How we got approved!

    in US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

    Posted

    Thank you to all the VJ community members. We would not have gotten this far without you and learning from you all. There was a time when I felt that I was losing it and then one of you would send me a message or a welcoming virtual hug and that would keep me going for one more day, then the next, then the next. I'm glad to know that I was never alone in this visa journey because you all knew what I was going through cause you were going through it too. Most people in my life think I'm just nuts going through this! Can't you find a nice man close to home? Does he have to be half a world away from you? Sometimes we don't choose who we fall in love with, it just happens when we least expected it to. But we know when we met that one person that we can't live without, we'd cross any ocean for them, climb any mountain, suffer through any government agencies and paperwork to be with them! It's an exhausting journey in more ways than one. I'm just getting over the shock of thinking its finally going to be over! He is finally going to be coming!

    I will miss some of you that I have met through this journey, from the April Fliers to the NVC...wherever your journey is now..thank you so much! I wish you all a speedy journey so that you may be with your loved ones soon.

    Thank you to the people who started and have kept VJ going. I am so thankful for your website it has made an impact in many people's lives. Thank you seems not enough to say what is in my heart for such a website like this.

    We were prepared! How we got approved!

    in US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

    Posted

    I will write a review in the Consulate Office in Tunisia section but here's a summary of what happened at my fiancé interview yesterday morning. My fiancé saw that the CO was nice to the other beneficiary who were there for their interview, chatting and smiling. When his turn came up the CO completely shifted his attitude towards him when calling his name. My fiancé's name is ISLAM, which is also of his faith. He was interrogated and grilled! Why do you want marry her? You know that she is older than you? What does her son do, his he living at home with her? You speak 3 languages, why do you want to marry an American? Why not Arabic or French? Why American? You are too fluent in English, why is that? Write me a something in English? He did, he wrote a whole page in English for the CO. I've not heard of that being asked at an interview there in Tunisia...what is this? An English writing test? The CO got more and more upset as my fiancé kept his cool and answer everything honestly and gave him more information than he needed. Like all of my families name and where they lived, where my mother is living and with which sibling, my family history and background, my work and what I do, my state where I live and how cold it is here in the winter time. The CO was surprised by that, my fiancé knew so much about my state which is going to be his state too. He was being tested to see if he would crack under pressure or our relationship wasn't real but he passed every single question because he knows me and we do have a real relationship! All of our document and paperwork were completed, the CO looked at the I-134 affidavit of support which I met the requirement to support him on my own. He didn't even bother to look at any chat histories or pictures, or any other evidences. At the end of being grilled, when the CO couldn't shake my fiancé's confidence he just said come back tomorrow to get your passport, the visa may or may not be in there? He didn't tell him, you've been approved or denied, no 221G was given out. Just come back tomorrow between 1-2pm to get your passport. Yes, they kept his passport.

    My fiancé left there feeling unsure if he passed or not? But for some reason I wasn't worried because they kept his passport and he stood his ground and he answered the CO, not because he knew all the right answers but because he said it convincingly that he IS in a real relationship with me and when I think you are in a real relationship you aren't scared to stand your ground in answering everything truthfully because you know that other person intimately. I think the CO can see that, no matter how hard he was trying to see if my fiancé would fail, he didn't. We also practiced what we think the CO may ask him at the interview, like the worse case scenario, which I think really prepared him for the interview that wasn't with the "nice" CO. He went in there well prepared even though we have heard that the Consulate Officers there were "nice" people and pretty much they will approve anyone, at least that's what we heard that. That wasn't our case and we were worried about his name sake and the slight age differences between us although you cannot tell at all between us, if you didn't look our birthdates. Sometimes when you have a feeling there may be things stacked against you, like a name to give people a bad perception of you, or being different in faith practices, being aged discriminated against, you have to know your audience and know what they are looking for. We made sure our case was a strong case. We studied and did our homework and I think that is why we got approved!

    Today he went back to the consulate office and the man at the window said to him, come back on Tuesday your visa is not ready today. OMG! We are APPROVED! Was that so hard for them to let us know that?! My fiancé doesn't believe it until he gets that visa in his hands but for now...today...I need some sleep so I can dream about the rest of my life with him. I hope this will help some other couples from the harder countries to get visa approval from of our experiences. Good luck and best wishes to everyone who is still needing to get to their interview.

    Waiting the interview

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Aren't you given an interview date before his medical exam? Cause we had a date set up for his interview with the embassy and then he got his medical done a few weeks earlier. We didn't have to do anything but wait for the interview, which is tomorrow or in a few hours his time.

    Did he get all of his shots? I heard there was a vaccination shortage for one of them?

    Possible Ways to Overcome the Delay at TSC

    in USCIS Service Centers

    Posted

    ok what you think ??

    That's great! I really like it and I'm appalled how great of a distance both of the center's processing timelines are from each other! I'm at a loss for words! Its time for action now...quite frankly its disgusting! Cause I don't have a word for it...not clean ones...all I can say is what can I do to help?

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