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Anyone with PD Feb 2014 received any email from CVC... Plz update...

March 11th PD.. I check everyday. nothing yet. I think they stopped at January... Hopefully by next month we should be able to access CEAC

Waiting for a good news of PD Feb-14..

Plz update if someone received welcome email from NVC..

Thnx

PD is February 11...i try to login every day but nothing yes

For now you don't do anything.

The passport copy will be submitted later on with the rest of the beneficiary's civil documents.

Thanks alot you've been very helpful

No unless you haven't submitted the IV package yet. If your case is complete already just bring the new passport to your interview.

Thanks for your response but I don't think I understand you

My case has only been approved and still with NVC.

I've not been able to access CEAC so far.

Where is the faster part?

Do you understand what limited resources mean? It means USCIS will be so busy with Deffered Action cases that it will affect those visa cutoff dates so fewer people will get visas quickly. If USCIS has more work, do you think they would want more work or less work from visa category cases? You think more because they can always work faster? Or more realistically slow down the number of those cases so they can work on DA? You know, this topic of DA slowing things down. There are a few threads on this if you missed them.

How you are interpreting what you posted to mean that the F2a category will run faster is just incredible.

I don't really know much about all these things but I know for sure that from the recent NVC emails I know a fast movement for F2A is just around the corner. It may not be this coming VB and it may not jump six months but a better movement at the pace of at least 7 weeks jump monthly is just around the corner

Now, however, the DOS is indicating that the executive actions may indirectly affect visa bulletin cutoff dates.

All Visa Bulletin category (including FB and EB) will be affect as well.

It's true that VB cutoff dates will be affected but how is it going to affect F2A is what matters. The above article did not specifically say it's going to make it faster or slower.

The recent emails from NVC most people got to make payments is a good sign though

Hi all. My case is approved and already at NVC. PD is March 11th 2014.

My passport is expired and I got a new one today.

Do I have to notify NVC or USCIS and update them with the new passport?

Thanks

I have paid all the fees and also submited DS-260 and send the required documents back in October 2014. I haven't heard anything since then.

PD April 21 2014

Are you sure you're in the F2A category.... Cos it sounds impossible.

Tried to access dd261 but its asking for the invoice number? Where can i find that. And does this mean i can fill out ds 261 already

Call NVC...I did mine mid last year... believe me it'd very hard to reach them on phone

I just saw on other page that someone with Jan 28, 2014 PD received letter from NVC to pay the fee and start the process.

Has anyone with january PD heard anything from NVC?

Sorce: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2015/02/april-2015-visa-bulletin-predictions.html#comment-form

Yes... I confirmed from December 2013 forum here on VJ... and NVC mailed them to start payment

With regards to April VB, there's a good possibility that it would go back to September 22nd 2013 i.e. Where it was before the retrogression

My priority dates is may 19 2014 is there any chance it will become current this year

Nobody can tell you as a fact that your PD will be current. But expect to get current between December, January and February.

Will regards to April VB, there's a possibility that it would go back to September 2013 i.e. Where it was before the retrogression

I don't know how you are doing your taxes. Paid preparer? TurboTax? Online? Bought a desktop version? It would depend on the software and if it will accept NRA as a valid entry and allow an efile. I haven't tried any so can't say. You know it's valid, but did the programmer think of that?

How Long?

I know If you are getting a refund, putting your bank account for a direct deposit is supposed to be faster than asking for a check. And if you file in February, it should be faster than waiting until the last week before the deadline .

Save a copy and mail to the correct address. .

Behold.. The new agent my wife went to meet insist she has to file as SINGLE.

So frustrating

I've seen a new agent that knows about the NRA stuff but she's asking for $350 as her fees

Current!!!!

But the way things are at the moment, I expect about 7 weeks movement because someone with September 26th 2013 PD was sent an email by NVC that his case is about to be current and that he should go ahead and pay the fees.

PD is March 11th 2014.. Unable to login yet. From calculation I should be able to log in by July

Hi how did you filed married filling separate? Because i had the same issues and the person who did my taxes told me that when you filed as married they need your spouse Social security in order to done it correctly. What ss did you put for your spouse if she or he it's not here?

It's so sad that some of these agents don't know much about this issue.

What you'll actually do is file as "married filing separtely." In the section where SSN is asked for NRA will be inserted. NRA means Non Resident Alien

Thanks.... Well explained.

Funny enough after trying to fill as joint married without success the agent then advised her to file as single which she did.

I just spoke to my wife explaining every to her and she said she'll have to look for another agent and correct the mistake before April 15th.

Thanks alot

Only one person can claim someone as a dependent if the sister already has then your wife can't. Did you read the material in the second link.

Yeah I read it. But still have a question though. Thanks

I think going through joint married with spouse living abroad will be too cumbersome

So my question is what's the benefit of the quote below

"If you file as married, separate AND your spouse has no income from sources within the US AND is not claimed as a dependent of another US taxpayer, you CAN claim an exemption for your NRA spouse (See IRS Publication 17). You need to be sure to obtain an Individual Taxpayer Identification number for your spouse before filing the return."

If there's no benefit we can easily write NRA

Who claims the niece as a dependent on their taxes ? Probably one of the siblings. So she is NOT head of household. She needs to file for an IITN number for you If you made little money you can file jointly and you have to report your world wide income. http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Taxpayer-Identification-Numbers-(TIN) Read this it is helpful https://americansabroad.org/issues/taxation/us-tax-implications-of-a-non-american-spouse/

Her younger sister is the mother of the niece. I think her younger sister has filled for her tax return and must have definitely put her daughter as a dependent.

My wife carries majority of the financial responsibilities, can she still file and make her sisters daughter her dependent?

Does she have dependents and is hoping to get the earned income credit (EIC)? It may be possible for her to file as "Head of Household". It would allow her a higher exemption and opportunity for the EIC. This is from the IRS site:

Nonresident alien spouse. You are considered unmarried for head of household purposes if your spouse was a nonresident alien at any time during the year and you do not choose to treat your nonresident spouse as a resident alien. However, your spouse is not a qualifying person for head of household purposes. You must have another qualifying person and meet the other tests to be eligible to file as a head of household.

Thanks... She actually stays with two of her siblings and a niece. They share the financial responsibility of the house.

Does that mean she should have filled as SINGLE

You're married, the only options for her filing is 1) married filing jointly 2) married filing separately. It does not matter where you are, once you are married, she has to file as married. Obviously at the interview you need to show that she filed her taxes as married.

Thanks alot for your response.

I don't really know much about this tax return issue...

But.. Since I've never been to the United States, Which is advisable for her to file. Jointly or separately?

Guys please I need your help urgently.

My wife a green card holder is petitioning for me and we got married in our home country.

I've never travelled to the United States.

My petition has been approved and sent to NVC.

She was about filling for her income tax return weeks ago and I then told her she need to change her status to married in the form because i felt it wont make sense of me taking the income tax return form to the embassy during interview and her status will reflect that she's single.

We got married January last year

Guys please i'm I right or wrong here?

Heres where the problem starts

She went to process and income tax return today hoping to be successful for her to be reimbursed as usual but the agent told her she won't be reimburse because she filled in her form that shes married and her husband(me) is not resident of the US.

She was hoping to be reimburse over 3000USD and now shes blaming me.

Im really feeling confused and guilty about it...Perhaps she would have filled the form as single

My second question is; during my visa interview, would the embassy accept her income tax return reflecting single when she married to me?

Urgently help needed plz

Omg just till june 22 what the hell

At least it's moving.. Way better than the previous three weeks movements

What u mean??

It's means VB moved, almost 6 weeks

Only way is to call NVC. be warned the number hardly goes through and even when it does, you have to wait in line for about 30mins plus