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Thank You for the reference of the link.

Starting September 1, 2013, all immigrant visa applicants will apply online using Form DS-260 (Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration).

Let me know if there is any other questions.

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/forms.html

This website shows forms to be active. and DS 3032 is still active.

Are you sure?

DS-3032 is still active on the Government website and it was updated in 2013

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/80023.pdf

However, your form DS 230 was last updated in 2012...

Please double check and let us know...

Hi!

Me and my husband are about to apply for a CR-1 visa. We have already started to think about trying to have it expedited (We have not filed a

I-130 form yet tho)

We have a couple of reasonable reasons but I do not know if the USCIS & NVC will approve it.

Here are our reasons :

1. My husband's father just went for his left shoulder surgery, he was working as a millwright for years and years. That makes him not being able to drive very well right now. And he will need to go for his right shoulder surgery as soon as the left one heals up. We don't know if his arms will be functional like they were before.

2. My husband's mother had a knee replacement long time ago (They are old. They had my husband when they were almost 40) Now she can not walk so well, drive without feeling it hurt & can't stand for a long period.

3. On top of that, my husband has a 9-year-old daughter. She's currently being taken care of by all of them but mostly by my husband's mother because my husband and his father are a very busy workers

4. Now that my husband's parents are not doing so good anymore, they kinda want me back there to do a step mother & daughter in law job.

I know that this might not be a "Life or death situations" and it's not really about my husband himself. But things can get worse too and nobody wants that to happen. So we think that we should prevent it before any bad thing happens.

I'll really appreciate every advice & answer

Greetings,

In my experience dealing with CR1 Cases... This is very likely to happen. However, you can certainly expedite your case a lot faster than others by preparing all paper work in advance and having everything ready. So when they ask you don't waste any time in submitting and gathering the evidence.

Most delays in cases arise from lack of evidence, incorrect and incomplete forms, and insufficient attachments. It's best to prepare before hand, and walk through the entire visa process to learn the things you will need at each stage of the process so you can have the knowledge before hand, and breeze through the process.

If you are going to be saving money, and do the process yourself than you must learn and familiarize yourself with the entire process... That is how I became an immigration legal assistant. 2 Months before I got married, I dived into the Marriage and Fiance Visa to learn and master each content of the application and stay one step ahead of the Immigration Applications. And today, I am happily married and working as a specialist legal assistant in the Marriage and Fiancee visa. You should also learn, its preset simple process.. Its just few confusing aspects of the application process that looks daunting but with asking questions to understand what they want, need or looking for its a best place to ease your tensions.

Now if you really want to expedite the application process beyond the scope of what I have educated you above, you can do one thing.... Get a lawyer or legal assistant or even a persuasive writer, to write a persuasive letter that demonstrates above reasons you have mentioned as "Severe financial loss to company or individual"

This is not illegal, its just demonstrating that your above reasons may lead to severe financial loss to your partner due to the up coming treatments of the family members situations above. You can write this yourself if you are good in persuading. And I don't recomend you do such a thing, because from a logical stand point above reasons may not be able to lead your partner to severe financial loss where he would be ending up to starve himself. Just stay with the above advice for how to expedite it by staying a step ahead and error free.

For instance, when they request evidence, it will come to your mail box 10 days later, an average couple spends about 15-20 days gathering the required documentations and materials and than submits them. And it takes approximately 5-10 business days for it to be delivered. And than another 30-60-90 day waiting period till it gets reviewed. So the time you can expedite is the gathering materials in advance, before hand, and if you are really confident that everything they need you have it ready and its 100% accurate than you should use expedited mailing service so that instead of one week being wasted in reaching them it can reach them over night or 2 days. Expediting days as well.

This is the best method I instruct everyone to EXPEDITE Visa.

If you have any questions, or concerns don't hesitate to ask.

Greetings,

Interview dates are available when the consulate has an open seat on his schedule. It does not hurt to try, IF YOU ARE ALREADY COMMUNICATING WITH SOMEONE, than it makes sense to write a really needy letter requesting an interview ASAP.

Most likely, this is only available and such requests are gladly accepted most times when there is a danger of your well being, extreme hardship conditions in your society/area/city or country. Until than you should wait your turn as there are many thousands in line ahead of you waiting as well.

Thank you for the info! Unfortunately, he cannot stay at the house we are renting because the owner has sold it to someone else. My U.S. address will remain the same but his Mexican address is the one that is changing.

What I mean by "long" birth certificate is that in the IR1 Guide it states to provide the long birth certificate, which I can only assume has all necessary info on it versus an abstract birth certificate which is smaller with less information. Either way, Mexico only provides one type of birth certificate so no more issues there.

Thank you!!

Hello, I see...

Could you please provide me the section that states the LONG birth certificate on the IR1 Guide. Please provide a link for me to review. Just curious to see what its all about. But yes, whatever Birth certifficate that is issued by the local government authority, that is what you will send.

As for your address, Since you are in the USA at a permanent address for the time being, it is safe to say that you should act as an agent to receive all the mails on your fiance/husband behalf.

If I remember correctly, DS 3032 is what you need. But could you please let me know:

A. Are you working with an attorney or

B. is the Alien (your partner) filed I-130 by himself or did you do it,

C. A child is being adopted

Reason I am asking this is because FORM DS-3032 - Choice of Address and Agent for Immigration Visa Applicants is what you and your partner needs.

If you are working with an attornery/lawyer the USCIS will send you G-28. If you are on your own than at some they will send you this form to find out whom will receive the paper work for visa/interview: A. Your Partner, B. The Petitioner, or C. an Agent which can be anyone that you chose.

Kindly, let me know if there is anything else I can assist you with.

Ahsan Verma, Inc.

Immigration Legal Assistant

'll keep this in mind at all times for we have three cases at the uscis, two are approved now and currently at nvc. Thank you

Let me know, if you have further quraries.

Social Security Numbers are permanent and that is her life time identity. Use that on the application where appropriate.

It's better to send all the documents at once to avoid valuable time being wasted.

It's also advisable to send a copy of the original along with the originals if your sending the originals. Because if they are asking for the original than they will keep that for their records, but if you attach a copy of the originals with your file they will return your original.

Since, you guys have already submited the application, its best to stay at current address if at all possible or work with the current landlord to keep your mails at the current location. Or you can request a change of address, so you won't lose your mail.

Hi everyone,

Our I-130 Petition is currently pending at the Nebraska Service Center. I am trying to get some of the docs that I will need for the NVC/Consulate stage lined up beforehand and have a few questions.

(1) I see that a "long" birth certificate for the petitioner and beneficiary is required. I assume this may be the one that has both parents on it and is not an abstract right?

(2) Original or certified copy ok for long birth certificate. (I have my original birth certificate from approx. 30 years ago). Do I need to get a certified copy as well just in case this one is too old? May sound dumb considering they say "original" is ok but I still have my doubts. I don't want anything to get in the way of an approved visa (optimistically speaking)!

(3) Police reports. In Tijuana, MX, I have been told that they are processed same day and others say it takes weeks/months to obtain. Does anyone know how long they are good for (according to the consulate)? I want to see if I can order now and have them before I-130 is approved (wishful thinking!).

(4) Address change for beneficiary. My husband is moving to another home that we have rented jointly but I have no clue where to change that address with USCIS. Does it affect him if I change? Don't change? Per the notes I have read, he is going to receive a package from the NVC if the I-130 is approved and I don't want him to miss it b/c he moved from residence. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Greetings,

I-130 Petition is a general petition for imediate relative. Could you please reply with what are your immigration goals, I mean what visa are you trying to seek, ex. K1 Fiance Visa or Marriage Based Visa? And also whre are you guys right now, over seas or what. Who is the Petitioner or yourself?

Regardless of which visa your applying for the U.S. Citizen/Permanent Resident the person that is petitioning, should have a permanent residential/mailing address at the time of the immigration process. I am not a lawyer, but I am a consultant, however, it is advisable and more sensible to first change your address and move where ever you want and than start your visa journey. Because once the immigration application starts, you do not want to be bothered with change of address and contact numbers it just creates more suspense, time consuming and it also creates more anxiety and paper work. So I would recomend that you change your address first and than embark on the journey.

Now down to your next concern, birth certificates, all documents that are required should be original or copy of original, and if its to old or in another langugage make sure it is translated and attested recently. It is best and advisable to have all attested documentation attested recently like a 90 days old. The more recently its attested the more justifiable it is. NOW ONE MISTAKE MOST COUPLES MAKE: Is, that they send the original documentations which the government will never return to you. That is why you should always send them a copy of the required documents and or attested, but in the near future when you do have to submit original documentation, REMEBER TO SEND THEM A COPY OF EACH ORIGINAL DOCUMENT AS WELL. This way they will retun your original and keep the copy for their records. To be specific to your question, Attach both, the copy of the original birth certificate and an attested/translated one.

Police Report? Do you mean a certificate from your local police department? I am not aware of how long will it take to get one this you have to check on your own, but a recently issued certificate is good for a consulate. Like i stated above any document that is attested or new, should be at RECENT, I tell my clients to make sure it's 90 days old or less. But the consulate portion of the petition you do not need to worry about now, unless this is required for your immigration case.

Your first question is unclear to me, what do you mean by "long" birth certificate. Birth certificate is a birth certificate that was created when you were born. Every country functions differently and the name of both parents should be most likely present on the birth certificate.

If you have any additional questions, don't hesiatte to ask...

Ahsan Verma, Inc.

Immigration Legal Assistant

We've just finished my daughter's DS-260. Can we just bring the documents (birth certificate only because she's a minor) to the interview or should we send it to NVC?

You should start a new post with your question.

Ahsan Verma

Immigration Legal Assistant

I had my interview last Thursday and the officer told me that it was approved. Since that day My Case status has changed to these Ready/AP/Ready/AP I was not confused very much but now I am really confused. Hope everything is ok with it

I am sorry to hear that you have already purchased your tickets. If you have received your approval letter than you need to wait for further information for your visa and passport. However, you should not worry about your case because it has already been approved. What you should do now is, try to work with your travel agent to change your date... or request a refund. But first explain to the travel agent that your application is approved and just need to wait till you receive further instructions.

If you purchased the tickets within 7 days than there is a possibility that you will be able to receive your refund and or change your date.

Thank You

Ahsan Verma

Immigration Visa Legal Assistant