CoreyJay

Hi all -

We had our interview in Lima, Peru yesterday and were approved! This post is to warn anyone that might not know:

If you are having a friend/family member fill out the Affidavit of Support for you, please note that the PETITIONER MUST ALSO FILL OUT AND SIGN A COPY.

At the interview, when they realized that I (the USC petitioner) had not completed an Affidavit of Support, they had me fill out and sign an Affidavit of Support copy to hand in together with the Affidavit that a family member had helped out with.

Because I was present at the interview, this slight inconvenience caused no delay or large problems, just a rush of adrenaline and a little panic.

However, for petitioners who cannot be present at the interview, or who are sending everything from the USA, not having a signed Affidavit of Support form could potentially cause very long delays!

For those of you with interviews coming up, please triple check that you, too (the USC petitioner), have filled out and signed a copy of the Affidavit of Support.

Quick question for those of you who have already received their NOA2 messages:

I applied for my fiance (Feb 18th) and we are still waiting on our NOA2 (nobody warned me the wait would be this excruciating - TSC please hurry up!). We both live in Peru, so we used an attorney from the USA to help us out.

When we finally receive our NOA2, how should we expect the message to arrive? I am assuming it is in the form of an email, but perhaps it will go first to our attorney? Does a hard copy letter get sent to the USA address provided on the application, as well? The snail-mail system to Peru is almost comically abysmal...

Thank you in advance for any help! Also, what exactly does the NOA2 contain? What type of information?

Our NOA1 came on Feb. 18th, 2014, and we're still anxiously waiting for any news. Seeing a lot of action recently in TSC cases with similar processing dates, fingers crossed we get some news SOON! Hang in there, I'm learning the true meaning of my mother's old adage "patience is a virtue!"

I had not heard that contacting your state rep could help expedite the process. Does anyone have any tips for a foreign resident (I live in Peru but my last permanent address was in Oregon) wanting to contact a state representative? Thanks so much!