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On July 25, 2018 at 2:29 PM, Sabih Afzal said:

                                                               Hello/Salam and kindest regards to all the respected members in here.

 

 

 

My name is Sabih Afzal and I am from Karachi, Pakistan and this is the case of my immigration to the U.S to my parents as a child (under 21 years old) in the category F2A.

First I wanna make something clear that I am a complete newbie in these forums and the stuff related to the immigration process and I just created an account in here because I really need some help and I am really confused. So If I make any mistake or ask anything stupid please bear with me. Thanks...

My status shows :- Administrative Processing.
So here's my situation :-

 

Few things to notice in the first place :-

 

• My sister (living in U.S) is my Agent.
• My father (living in U.S) is my Petitioner.
• My brother in law (living in U.S) is my financial sponsor.
• My sister applied for the immigration for our parents after she was married in the U.S and after our parents reached there, they applied for my immigration to U.S as per the category :- F2A.

 

So everything was going fine until I had the immigration interview recently at the US embassy Islamabad on 23rd July 2018 for the category: F2-A. Everything went smooth until I went up to the interviewer. He asked me a couple of question which I answered them all and while asking me those questions he was checking my files he had which were submitted by sister to the NVC. Anyways while checking those files he told me that your sponsor filled out the wrong form which was (I-864). So he handed me a white paper saying that this paper shows what document you need to correct/submit so ask your sponsor to fill out the right form and submit it to the embassy in your city and you're all good to go. So upon looking at that paper and I came to know that the form they need is : Form I-864A as there's a cross on the line where it says "Form I-864A between my brother in law and my father. The form which the CO officer showed me was the Form I-864.

 

Now here comes the part where things get really confusing and messy. When my sister was submitting all the required documents to the NVC, she also submitted the form I-864A (which they are asking for right now) and she didn't submitted the form I-864 and after she submitted that form (I-864A). She got an email from the embassy saying that she didn't provided all the required documents.

Here I am copy pasting the exact words they said in the email she got from them :-


 

(   INSTRUCTIONS FOR: AFZAL, SABIH

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

______F - FINANCIAL EVIDENCE:______________________________________

We reviewed your I-864, I-864EZ, I-864W or I-864A Affidavit of Support form and supporting financial

documents. We found that you didn't provide all the necessary supporting documents or you had

incomplete information or you missed some questions on the Affidavit of Support form(s).

 

On the attached Affidavit of Support checklist, we have put an "X" by each item you need to correct. Go

to the Department of State's website at

http://nvc.state.gov/aos

for English or

http://nvc.state.gov/aos/espanol

for Spanish and follow the instructions for the Affidavit of Support

form(s). From there, you can fill out a new form, sign, and send the form(s) to the NVC. We require an

Affidavit of Support form for each case regardless of your income level.

Your case is on hold until you send us the items we need. When you return the documents and

completed Affidavit of Support form(s) to the NVC, please make sure that the documents are in the

correct order, as stated in the I-864 Important Notice instructions.

 

        

Please make the below corrections to your Form I-864 or gather the requested financial

evidence:

[ ] Hidden line.

[x] Form I-864, Affidavit of Support

[x]

Your Form I-864 Affidavit of Support is missing. Please complete and submit Form I-864. )

 

 

So after this she submitted the missing document which was (Form I-864) and after that my case processed further and I got the email for the immigration interview.
So basically thing is they already had the Form (I-864A) as my sister submitted it in the first place to the NVC.

 

And now they are saying the same opposite as they are asking for the form (I-864A). I dont get it that why are they asking for it again when they already have it in their records? and if they don't then why did my case proceed further to the point of interview?

 

One point which needs to be considered is that this form I-864 A would be the contract between my father (my Petitioner) and my brother in law (my Sponsor). So i am confused about "who needs to fill this form" either my petitioner or my sponsor ? because the submitted I-864 A form was filled by my sponsor and they are asking for it again so do they want that form to be filled by my petitioner ? i am confused....

 

Also how do I have to submit the form? I mean do I have to send it to the U.S visa services centre near Shaheen Commercial Complex in my city via courier or do I have to take it there by myself? Because on this paper it is written that send the required document to the embassy via courier but on this link here :- http://ustraveldocs.com/pk/pk-niv-documentsubmissioninfo.asp

It says that you have to go there so I am confused on here as well.

If you guyz need any information or have any questions then feel free to ask me. I'll provide you as much information as i can that you need in order to help me with this case.

I know that this post has became quite long and I am sorry about that but I tried to be clear as much I possible could.

 

So please if anyone else on here went through the same or similar situation then please let me know how it went. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

                                                                                                             

 

 

                                                                                                                      ***THANK YOU***

 

 

 

 

HI, simple question before sharing some related information, share with us that r u over 18 years of age or under, if under why you were not sponsored with your parents? If over AOS needs different information to. Provide.

On July 16, 2018 at 12:42 PM, Lordofemrys said:

No update about it but I doubt they will cos Friday is my oath ceremony

Hi, congratulations, but about oath ceremony! I checked many official and non official sites about oath ceremony , I could not find any for this Friday. May be only for some individuals, as my cousin told  me the same. Though received only 10 year green card. No oath related communications. By the way where your oath is coming up this Feiday? We'r getting worried about her now and thinking why she did not get the oath cerem letter until now ?

23 hours ago, Marloon said:

I don’t want to put my life on hold just because of fears. That being said, after reviewing of LPR rights ( I created another thread ) it came to my knowledge that you entitled to a hearing with a judge in things go that way. I also think if something is not in proper order with petition then you at least get RFE or interview as a chance to prove your marriage. There is people still waiting for months AND for years like being stuck at background check etc. “Sit and wait” is not an option for everyone. 

You are absolutely right. May you proceed what you feel more important is for your .With all best wishes good luck.

On June 24, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Marloon said:

I don’t think you can appeal from outside of US, so that’s why it’s so hard for me to go about my travel plans. Stamp is valid for a few months to come, I’m just super worried what happens if denial happens while I’m away. This is what 18 months of silence does to you...  

If I were you, I will wait the approval of my case before traveling abroad because it will be extremely critical with all kind of difficulties  to handle that situation if the denial letter will be issued and I m not here in USA.

5 hours ago, Val2014 said:

I know this is a silly question, but I am wondering, if you receive an RFE, does that mean that all the other paperwork you have submitted is good & the only thing missing is the documents they are asking for. 

Or does it mean that once they get the documents they are asking for, then they look at your case and determine if it qualifies for a removal of conditions?

Hi, My understanding about RFE is that they want to refresh our folders with updated information from our end before they revisit our file and review it to make their final decision about our case.RFE does not mean that the papers previously received by them  are accepted as "good to go".. Actually the final review will be started once the response of the RFE is received by them. Let's see if some other more informative remarks will shine up more sides of this issue.

56 minutes ago, meandmine said:

Oaltawel , you can make a new Deed for ownership of your house , (I think that is your primary residence) in this Deed you can add the name of your spouse then submit this document to them as a proof of joint ownership of you and your spouse for your primary residence.

 

Tax transcripts for the yeses not submitted earlier, not tax returns, birth certificate of a birth, new joint house Deed are better additions to the package. Pregnancy certificate is not valuable compare to a live delivery. Good luck.

1 hour ago, meandmine said:

Hi, please post the third page of the letter you received so we can post our complete remarks, until then, just focus on the letter of REF  VERY SERIOUSLY as this IS THE LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT THE  documents they want,, like your all marriage documents, birth certificate of your baby born in USA and the financial ties with your spouse in USA. TILL  THAT TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR PAPER WORK AND post THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR REF you received. GOOD LUCK.

Oaltawel , you can make a new Deed for ownership of your house , (I think that is your primary residence) in this Deed you can add the name of your spouse then submit this document to them as a proof of joint ownership of you and your spouse for your primary residence.

On June 28, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Oaltawel said:

hello everybody,

congratulations for everyone got approved and best of luck for who's still waiting.

i'm about to lose my mind, today I received a RFE letter asking for more doc. I need your help please because I don't know what to do.

the following below are what I sent already:

 

 

·         A check of 590$ for I-751 and Biometric Fee.

 

·         Form I-751.

·         2  pictures.

·         Copy of USCIS Form I-551 (Permanent Resident Card).

·         Copy of ID and driving license card for both of us shows same address which living together.

·         Copy of the joint income tax statement for 2015 (2016 NOT wasn't filed that time).

·         Copy of joint bank statements.

·         Copies of our health insurance cards verifying a joint policy.

·         Copies of joint electric bills and internet bills.

·         Three sworn affidavits by U.S. citizen friends, attesting to our marriage and continuing relationship.

·         Copies of our airline tickets and reservations of our vacation to Sir Lanka in March 2015 including our visas.

·         Copy of airline ticket when we came to the USA.

·         Pictures of our vacation to Tampa, Florida in November 2015.

·         Letter from wife’s doctor verifying her pregnancy and due date.

 

 

My questions,

What can I send besides these 4 options (please correct me if I'm going to send wrong documents). 

1. My son's birth certificate. 
2. Joint income tax return for 2016 & 2017
3. My wife is pregnant now, I'm going to as her doctor to write approve of pregnancy. 
4. Joint homeowner insurance for last 2 years. 

 

Now, for shared responsibility for a common residence such as leases or mortgage, i paid off my house 3 months ago, and when I bought it my wife wasn't even in the USA so her name never mentioned as ownership besides the homeowner insurance.

 

What else can I send?

Thank you all in advance

Hi, please post the third page of the letter you received so we can post our complete remarks, until then, just focus on the letter of REF  VERY SERIOUSLY as this IS THE LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT THE  documents they want,, like your all marriage documents, birth certificate of your baby born in USA and the financial ties with your spouse in USA. TILL  THAT TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR PAPER WORK AND post THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR REF you received. GOOD LUCK.

On February 26, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Bill & Katya said:

Others may know better, but at this point, I wouldn't worry about informing them.  If you are scheduled for an interview, certainly you should update them, but otherwise, I wouldn't bother.

Thank you very much for your kindness that you provided comfortable information. I. Wil keep your words in mind.Thanks again.

On February 22, 2018 at 7:32 AM, Bill & Katya said:

We were able to piggyback an I551 Stamp Infopass appointment (walk-in) with my wife's biometrics appointment for her N400 in the Detroit office today.  There were no issues and we avoided a second trip there next week.

Congratulations, at least another step is completed successfully from your end. I have one question through you to all who have any related information about it, and that is, what if some one got a baby and still waiting for her apporaval of I -751,should she report this change in her family to USCIS at this point of time?

2 hours ago, dawning said:

I'm sorry, I don't know much about that aspect.  We live a long ways away from the field office, so we didn't want to come and risk being turned away due to no appointment. 

We did do an early walk in for his biometrics more than a year ago, but that was at a different facility closer to home.

Someone else may have a better idea of current rules about appointments.  Good luck!

I am very thankful for time to share your experience .God bless.

46 minutes ago, jlc201 said:

As far as I know, they do not allow anyone into the office without an InfoPass appointment. For Los Angeles, I had luck last week getting an appointment by logging onto the scheduling system at 6:45 AM. At that time, they had appointments available throughout the day for 13 days later (e.g., on Wednesday, Feb 14 they opened up appointments for Tuesday, Feb 27).

I really appreciate your time to address the issue.  thank you .

42 minutes ago, dawning said:

I can't speak to that specific office, but my husband and I have been twice to the San Jose field office for infopasses and brought our two children, and no one ever said anything about it.

 

Good luck!

Hi, thank you very much for very helpful information. Is it true that they do not see any one without infopaas appointment and walk ins are not allowed for I- 551 stamp pending decision on I-751?

On February 13, 2018 at 2:50 AM, meandmine said:

 

Hi, yes , I also have seen on the official site that they r working on files of Octuber now.I have a question I hope you all good people will be able to help me out of this problem. I after trying many times,got appointment for to get stamp on my passport.The appointment is just couple days from the last date of the expiry of my one year extension, I got the appointment but this time like past my couple times , I could not print the appointment page. I m afraid if I could never be able to print it and the page will continuously keep disappearing and the date of my appointment will come, do you think with the confirmation date and PIN number , they will take me in by checking the confirmation number and PIN number that I m the same person, at the gate and will let me enter  to se the. Immigration officer or what will happened to my situation . One time I cancelled the appointment just because of this problem and this time I re scheduled again and this time again it happened again. I know I will keep this appointment , ,but my concern stays the same, what will happen now? I hope some one will come up with the right answer which will solve my problem. Thanks in advance.

Had any body seen or experienced that at USCIS office at Los Angels field office, A US national infant( I have 4 months old son) was allowed with their parents with out info pass for him? My understanding is that this infant has nothing to do with their parents immigration issue.He is just accompanying his parents, so still he needs info pass ? Other question is that at the same office as I mentioned above, do they allow walk ins for to get one year stamp on our passport or we have to have appointment for this purpose . ANY BODY , ANY ANSWER RELATED TO THESE ISSUE ???,!!!!!,!,!!

On February 14, 2018 at 8:13 PM, ApplyingforN400 said:

Yes they do, the print out is for security guard to let you in, showing it on the phone is enough. 

When you get to the info window, they will need your ID to search your app on their computer and print you a waiting number. They wont rely on your printout. 

 

Disclaimer: this is the common way of doing it, but with everything else USCIS has 100s of ways of doing things.  

 

Always say whether its on purpose or not, its a great security feature to keep criminals from figuring out the system lol

Thanks for your very helpful information , one more question, through your experience , I noticed that at Los Angeles USCIS Office, you noticed two lanes, one general and other with info pas appointment . Does it mean that if we can not make appointment through info pass, we still can go there for one year extension stamp on our passport by standing in the general line ,go inside the office on our turn after having guard check our documents like, the extension letter issued by USCIS, our passport and government issued I'd etc.and see the immigration officer. Is it true?

7 hours ago, ApplyingforN400 said:

Yes they do, the print out is for security guard to let you in, showing it on the phone is enough. 

When you get to the info window, they will need your ID to search your app on their computer and print you a waiting number. They wont rely on your printout. 

 

Disclaimer: this is the common way of doing it, but with everything else USCIS has 100s of ways of doing things.  

 

Always say whether its on purpose or not, its a great security feature to keep criminals from figuring out the system lol

Thanks for sharing information regarding Info pass.

6 hours ago, silverjetplane said:

Just had our InfoPass appt this morning at the LA Field Office - everything went perfectly. Appointment was at 8:15am (secured appt via the auto refresh option mentioned elsewhere). There are two lines: General and InfoPass. We arrived early at 7:45 and they were open - no line at InfoPass reception window, growing line of attempted walk-ins. The woman at reception was very nice and we waited a few minutes to be called to another window and agent. We explained what we were there for and the agent said no problem. 10 minutes later and we had the passport stamp and got the extension letter returned. Physical GC was taken, but the agent made a copy for us (we have one anyway). We were done and out of there by 8:13am - even earlier than our appointment was supposed to start! If you really need a quick appointment, schedule early and show up even earlier. The agent said CSC is working on September 2016 now... website says October but really, doesn’t matter at this point! Woo hoo! Good luck all!

Hi, congratulations, at least you have one year stamp on your passport . I have a question  and that is, what if I have the info pass confirmation and PIN number but don't have print out because I.have a hard time in printing the page, Do you think they will give a little of their time to check the confirmation of my appointment and accept my appointment when I will be there with all the information ?

On December 22, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Buggy0613 said:

You should call the USCIS customer service number because I believe you won't be able to find the local office phone number.

Or you can just go to the infopass without the notice as long as you are certain that you do have an appointment.

You can explain to them in the office and the guard/front desk should be able to print out your appointment notice from their computer.

But if you want to be safe, just call them to cancel this one then schedule another one.

Hi, I m facing the same issue. I cancelled the appointment on 7,9 and 13 th of this February just because of this problem and lucky enough I was that today again I got the appointment but the problem persists as same.  I could not down load PDF version or print the appointment letter. I have a concern that this appointment date is just couple days away from the last date of my one year extension letter which is compelling me not to cancel the appointment .The good thing is that I wrote the confirmation and PIN number before try to print it.Do you think they will accept me with confirmation and PIN number to take care of my appointment and let me see the immigration officer for one year extention stamp on my passport if every thing goes well other than this issue?

On June 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM, theresa said:

Hi,

I made an info pass appointment and wasn't able to print the appointme page that I was supposed to bring with me. Now I can't figure out whether I can access my appointment online to print the page. Does anyone know about this? If I just show up without the appointment page, would they allow me to get in? Should I make another appointment?

Hi, every body, Same problem we have also,even more.....At frist it did not let us print the page and on later time when we tried to put our information to reprint the appointment page it comes on the screen page" There is an issue with your request,please try again". Another thing , lucky we were that we  wrote the confirmation number and the PIN number on a piece of paper and when we put our confirmation number and PIN number on " Rescheduleing frame " on the screen it provides .The information that we have an appointment comes up on the screen page with the time date, name and location also.We don't have time to reschedule the appointment again because just couple days are left from the day of expiring of our letter of one year extention.Actually we came accross with this situation at least three times during this month. 

Did any body experience this kind of situation ? Any  helpful point will be appreciated.

17 hours ago, dburnt said:

I'm not sure I believe the September date, only because they would be using the same data that is on their website ("official" data).  Not holding my breath for sooner, but hoping for 15 months instead of 18.  I'm not sure why they haven't yet done some file transfers to Vermont

Hi, yes , I also have seen on the official site that they r working on files of Octuber now.I have a question I hope you all good people will be able to help me out of this problem. I after trying many times,got appointment for to get stamp on my passport.The appointment is just couple days from the last date of the expiry of my one year extension, I got the appointment but this time like past my couple times , I could not print the appointment page. I m afraid if I could never be able to print it and the page will continuously keep disappearing and the date of my appointment will come, do you think with the confirmation date and PIN number , they will take me in by checking the confirmation number and PIN number that I m the same person, at the gate and will let me enter  to se the. Immigration officer or what will happened to my situation . One time I cancelled the appointment just because of this problem and this time I re scheduled again and this time again it happened again. I know I will keep this appointment , ,but my concern stays the same, what will happen now? I hope some one will come up with the right answer which will solve my problem. Thanks in advance.

No visa, just the passport. Requested it back for travel purposes.

And it's a she (the beneficiary).

Wahaaaaa, you did the great job for your "FIANCÉ "'s future to live with her dreamed future-husband.

HAPPY NEWS............. Case close!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well done on your part.

Did he got visa or just the passport

Wah, you did the great job for your " FIANCÉ "s' future to live with her dreamed future- Hasband.

Happy news.............case close !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually in many states it is absolutely illegal to marry first cousins. If you are applying for a k-1 and marrying your cousin here in the US you need to make sure it is legal to do so in the state you will marry.

Here is a link to the states where it is illegal http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/state-laws-regarding-marriages-between-first-cousi.aspx

For k-1 visa ,marring in SOME states in USA it can be difficult / or impossible to get a marriage lisence thought immigration laws have no problem to accept a marriage lisence issued by another state of USA, also if u want to marry a first cousin in USA and your state of residence does not allow it . U can visit ur nearby state where it is allowed to marry ur first cousin.You can happily do so and immigration authorities will accept it !!!!!

Are you sure about that? Because I think some states still require a blood test when you are applying for marriage license and most will at least ask are you related. They do not like first cousins getting married. It's very much against the social norm. But they will not say anything to people who are first cousins and got married in another country.

We r not talking about social "norms". We talking about the Laws. When they ask "r u related." It usually means that marring a mother,daughter, son sisiter or father is not allowed. Immigration laws accept first cousin marriage!!! Yes for sure.

Are you sure about that? Because I think some states still require a blood test when you are applying for marriage license and most will at least ask are you related. They do not like first cousins getting married. It's very much against the social norm. But they will not say anything to people who are first cousins and got married in another country.

We r not talking about social "norms". We talking about the Laws. When they ask "r u related." It usually means that marring a mother,daughter, son sisiter or father is not allowed. Immigration laws accept first cousin marriage!!! Yes for sure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_law_in_the_United_States_by_state

America has freedom like no other. And yes, it is up to people if they want to marry their blood first cousins, that is their progative. I am not judging. (I do personally feel bad for any abnormalties the children may have as a result of this union.) And because of this, there are only a handfull amount of states that allow first cousin marriages by blood.

Here you can marry whomever you wish, except animals, immediate family (incest),,,,and apparently "aliens" because the Embassy's will try their darn-dest to hold it up in AP. This should be illegal. But LOVE is LOVE and we all should be free to marry whomever we wish... First blood Cousins is a debateable thing...which i don't wish to debate. I'm just sharing the facts.

Though I have many significant words to share about medical aspects of " first cousin " marriage issues and science, ( I m a medical doctor/ surgeon) and tons of the literature is also available in pros and cons about the topic but indeed here it is not needed.

What I meant when touching the issue was just for immigration purpose and not more than that. This is my humble wish to let all who r going through the long waiting immigration journey know,that immigration laws have no discrimination against the first cousin marriage . In these days even same sex marriages r also accepted for the Immigration purposes in USA. This is the beauty of freedom of the Great Amarica !!! ..lLastly thank you for understanding.