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HELLO!

Hey guys... ! they cashed the checks yesterday..... So I think my package was complete!

I tell you something:

my mother in law is filing AOS for her new Irish husband, she sent their AOS package a week before us and 5 days later she got the whole package back!! with a red seal on it: received on 00/00/07) and a NOA with checks sttapled, saying:

"Your package is incomplete. Please correct following errors and resent".

(and a list of errors)

so, they sending back incomplete packages and not RFEs in the future? what do you guys know about it??

tHANKS,,

Yeah,, the form only says : A US CITIZEN.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Hello Everyone,

That's my question.

Can a permanent resident files the 129F for a foreign fiance?.

My best friend is permanent resident and he is gonna get married to a dominican girl.. I want to help him with the paperwork.

Please advice!!

Thank you very much!

Hello to everyone!

My AOS was received 4/23/07 please update my timeline in the list..

Ho many days does it take USCIS to cash the checks??

I;m also waiting for the AOS in New York City...

any comments?

Hello!!

We just sent our AOS package! Including the I-765 employment authorization..

Allie and Leo, Agnie... is it good to find you here!

Bren & Michael

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

HELLO!!

Im a K1, finally and hapily married

1.- The EAD.- application has to be mailed to the USCIS service centers? Is it not gonna go in the same package of the AOS to the Chicago Lockbox facility?

2.- Fee is $180 for K1's..?

3.- Besides I94, what evidence is required? marriage certificate..?

4.- THE immigration status even Im married, is K1..?

THANK YOU PJ..!! YOU HAVE HELPED ME A LOT!..

HELLO!! AGNIE GOOD LUCK!!

GIRLS LES TRAJE AN EXAMPLE OF THE K1 VISA

HELLO GUYS!!

IM SO HAPPY EVERYONE IS MOVING!! DANIELLE FELICIDADES GIRL!! AGNIE, EMMA FOR THE WEDDING! CONGRATS TOO..

WELL, IM HERE EXPERIENCING THE COLD LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY.. HAPPY, SENDING RESUMES, GETTING F*&^%$# EVERY NIGHT.. JAJAJA SINCE I HAVE A HUSBAND... WELL HE WILL BE MR BEAUX THIS VALENTINES DAY..!

SOME GIRL TOLD US, IS A LITTLE CHEESY GETTING MARRIED ON VALENTINE'S IN NYC.. LOL!!! WHAT DO YOU GUYS SAY? ANYWAY THE BIG WEDDING IS GONNA BE IN THE SUMMER, WE WANT ALLLL OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO ATTEND..

AND WELL... I HAVE NOT RECEIVED MY SS# BECAUSE THE WORK AUTHORIZATION ON MY PASSPORT IS KIND OF BLURRY (OR VERY BLURRY) AND THE SSA SENT ME TO IMMIGRATION TO GET THE STAMP AGAIN... ALSO BECAUSE THE COMPUTERS SHOWS MY LEGAL STATUS AS A B2-VISITOR IN 2003... THE SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE ME AS A K-1 YET...

WEIIRRDDD!! SO I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO FIX THIS IN MY LOCAL USCIS OFFICE.. LES CONTARE SI NO ME REGRESAN EN UNA NAVE ESPACIAL HASTA MEXICO OTRA VEZ!!!!!

LAS QUIERO

Hello,

Im a little confused! I just married on a K1 and we are starting our journey for AOS.

Is the I130 needed? has to be sent at the same time I485?

and as I entered US on JFK- New York I received work authorization.. Do I have to file again for it along with the AOS package?

oh and please! what AP means?

hello..

WE ARE IN THE SAME CASE... ANY ADVICE? A JOINT SPONSOR WILL BE AN OPTION?

CONGRATULATIONS ALE!!!!!!!!!!!

un saludo a todas!!

Hello girls!!

Who is going to Juárez? Good luck to everyone! ALE!! Im thinking of you..

Im in New York City!! I got here last tuesday.. it’s frezzzzing!

At POE= JFK

Immigration officer received the brown envelope from CDJ and checked all pages.. (I noticed the package contained almost all 129F, evidence, pictures, aff. of support, and a lots of papers from CDJ, every page is sealed at the bottom)

She did not take a picture of me or fingerprints as they do with visitors. (10 minutes)

Then she sent me to a little immigration office with a new folder in my hand (again package from CDJ) they received it and I just waited for 5 minutes to be called. They did not ask anything.. they just told me I have 90 days to get married, I have to AOS and that I have authorization to work!! Work permit is sealed on the back of my I-94 stapled to passport.

I went yesterday for my SS# and they have my last immigration record as a tourist (B2visa-2003). So I was told to wait about 10 days to get into the system as a K1 and come back to get the SS#.

I’ve missed you guys!

Good luck to everybody..

Brenda

thank you for the advice, so in my case there is no problem in the future when i go for my of adjustment status? or when removing conditions?

brenda

Emma!! Our wedding date is very close to yours!! We are set for February 14th - valentines day

I received my visa 2 days ago!! In Mexico.

VISA has a note that says:

"212 (a) waiver blanket"

DOES SOMEONE KNOW WHAT IS THA MEAN?

Thank you KIT KAT for all your support! I really hope you and your love marry soon..

KRISTEN, ALE, EMMA, DANIELLLE, AGNIE, ALLIE thanks!

Emma I wish you the best on your wedding day..

We are packing everything now and cleaning the apartment.. we will leave a nice weather in mex city! NY is 18 degrees..

I will think a lot in those going soon to Juarez.. Ale, agn, danielle... I know everything will be perfect and I really want us all to be happy with the man we love..

Un beso and have a happy weekend!

Hello girls!! Im posting with my fiancé next to me.. He says he is doing the proper translation for me..

Well Im back from Juarez. It really sucks!!!! It feels like we hit rock bottom in civilization!! We stayed in a hotel right next to the consulate, between a ton of mom and pop restaurants, Taxis, and immigration coyotes!!. They practically pull you into their cardboard offices with the promise of Free advice in any immigration issue and then the truth comes out: “ orale guerita! Son 200 dolares if i fill out any form For you. Jaja!

Now this was my journey:

Medical on wednesday: we went to the clinic at 6 am. They took my appointment letter and passport, then i waited for two hours to be called. They took blood samples and they left marks on my arm like i was a victim of domestic violence!! then waited for another 30 minutes

And I was called for x-rays, and physical examination. I felt like a porn star! Jaja. I was in a room with the nurse, she took my blood pressure and asked to strip down to my birthday suit!! Then a very nice female dr came in.. She asked me to lay down face up. She checked my eyes, mouth, nose and breasts, genitals too..

Ive been diabetic since childhood, so i decided to let her know ahead of time that ive been taking a loooooooot of medicines. Even Amphetamines to lose weight, and she asked to physically see the medicines in her hand, so i pleased her by showing her the bottle. I also offered my prescriptions and a letter signed by my doctor. She said it wasn’t necessary.

During the medical examination she took time to ask me questions about my case like:

have you

• ever had problems with immigration? What was your problem?
  
• do you have any kids?
  
• how long have you been on medication?
  
• do you feel fine?
  
• have you ever used drugs?
  
• when was your last cycle?
  

I left the clinic at 9 am and was asked to return at 2 pm for my results. I actually went back at 3 pm but the security gate was locked!! We had to push open the parking lot Gate to get into the clinic that was still open.. uff!! They gave me a big black envelope.

Interview day on thursday (now im writing English without my boy watching!!

I got in line at 7:20 am.. we were like 120 people.. I passed security (not even makeup, umbrellas and mirrors allowed) and I went to Building C. at the entry I had to give my app letter to a woman. (and everyone else too) I waited until 11:am and I was called, an examiner who already had all my 129F, received my papers as follows:

1. Passport

2. 2 pictures

3. Forms ds156 and ds156k

4. original birth certificate and copy

5. Letter of intent to be signed in front of her

6. payment –banamex

7. medical

8. Affidavit of support (she did not want to receive my own funds, got my fiancé’s and co-sponsor instead)

9. And I offered a special statement I wrote in detail about my overstay (I think this really helped me to be free of a waiver). She received it.

She did not even see NOA2 or any other paper.

QUESTIONS AT THIS WINDOW:

Have you

1. ever been in problems with immigration?
   
2. Where is your tourist visa?
   
3. Where is your fiancé right now?
   
4. Have you or your fiancé been married?
   
5. Whats the name of his ex-wife?
   
6. Did they have kids of that marriage
   

?

After that, I went back to my seat and waited 30 minutes for fingerprints just for the index. They are free.

Then I went to Building B and waited until 1.30pm. While I was waiting I talked to a lot of people.. most of them were there for the green card, waivers, not for fiancée visas.. That place was crowded and I found a seat just in front of a window where a consul denied alllll petitions.. he was so mean, rude.. (oh there are 15 consuls interviewing).. but I was checking on other consuls and people got their green cards.. I saw a lot, I mean a lot of approvals.

(the funny thing is from 1 to 2pm all consuls closed their windows and went for lunch..during that time only 2 people out of maybe 700 were called.. a guy and I!!

I was eating a fruit bar at the moment I heard my name.. I ran looking for the window and finally found it.

I LOVED MY CONSUL

Behind it was a beautiful consul (woman) she had all my 129F and papers I gave before to the examiner, all papers sprawled over her desk, also pictures we sent one year ago with the original petition!! (she told me they had a bunch of pictures of us and returned me a sealed envelope (Vermont letterhead) containing 60 pictures! (we sent 74)!!

My interview was smooth just because she was so nice to me.. my time in front of her window was 11 minutes but I notice that most of the interviews last 5 minutes. After all questions she told me, you’ve got your visa, go back to your seat and wait to be called again. She NEVER saw my original evidence.. so I carried 20 pounds of evidence just for fun

QUESTIONS IN MY INTERVIEW:

1. Where is your fiancé now?
   
2. What is your full name?
   
3. Have u ever used a different name?
   
4. What is your fiancé full name?
   
5. Have you or him been married?
   
6. When did he get married, what year?
   
7. How and when you met your fiancé?
   
8. Does he has kids from the ended marriage?
   
9. Do you have kids with your fiancé?
   
10. Are you diabetic?
    
11. Do u use insulin?
    
12. Where does your fiancé work? Doing what?
    
13. (I responded he works in a company in SoHo, NY)
    
14. where is soho?
    
15. What soho means? What is it there?!!
    
16. I know you have been in the US before, how did you enter?
    
17. Where is your tourist visa?
    
18. Why they cancelled your visa?
    
19. Ho do you know exactly how many days you overstayed?
    
20. -I offered evidence- but she said was not necessary.
    
21. So, how many months you overstayed?
    
22. Your I-94 was good for 6 months?
    
23. Where exactly do they took your visa off?
    
24. Whats the name of that bridge?
    
25. Did you get deportation? I said NO, voluntary departure and I left the US on time..
    
26. After you departed voluntarily, have you tried to enter the US?
    
27. Date when u plan to marry?
    
28. Where do you plan to marry?
    

after the interview I wait until 3.30 pm to receive the VISA (stamped in passport) and the famous brown envelope.. 3 fiancees received visa at the same time, same window, with same instructions.

-only if a fiance is planning to enter the US from Texas, needs to got o Cordova bridge and receive an I-94. if is entering by plane to any other state, it is not necessary.

- visas expire in 6 months. good for one entry.

and the brown envelope is cut open on a corner by the consulate. I can see whats in there. . almost all 129f-original petition and evidence.. pictures! medical with picture, a bunch of papers from consulate with fiancee name, case numbers, etc, paystubs and "original" evidence from the affidavit.

And that was all!

UN BESO A TODAS.. HOY ESTOY MUY FELIZ

THIS MONDAY WE ARE HEADED TO NEW YORK CITY!!

AMIGAs!! IM IN CD JUAREZ... WE HAVE VISA!!!!!!!!!!! IM SO HAPPY.. my visa has a note that says: 212 blanket waiver.. dont know what is that mean but im so happy now!!!

las quiero a todas!!

I will post more when I land in mexico city.

brenda

HOLA CHICAS!

THANK YOU ALE!! I KNOW, SOMETIMES I SOUND WEIRD WITH MY SILLY QUESTIONS BUT SINCE MY ENGLISH IS NOT PERFECT , I GET CONFUSSED EASILY..!!

IM FLYING TOMORROW 1.50AM TO JUAREZ!.. YA LES CONTARE COMO ME VA..

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP.. WITHOUT YOU ALL THIS COULD IT BEEN EASY..

LAS QUIERO!!!!!

HELLO GIRLS..

THANKS FOR THE GOOD LUCK! i LOVE YOU ALLLL! AS USUAL I NEEEED YOU..

DO I NEED FORM DS-230 I AND II..? I DID NOT FIND IT IN THE PACKAGE..

AND ABOUT THE QUESTION 36 IN THE DS156.

36. HAS ANYONE EVER FILED FOR A VISA ON YOUR BEHALF?

DO I HAVE TO WRITE MY FIANCE? OR IT MEANS "ANYONE" BEFORE THE ACTUAL FIANCE?

HELLO GIRLS

ALLIE! i FOWARDED YOUR JOURNAL WAITING OUTSIDE THE CONSULATE TO MY FIANCE, SO HE CAN EXPECT SOMETHING

IM TRYING TO TALK TO AN ATTORNEY TODAY. I HOPE TO GET AN ACURATE ANSWER ABOUT THE WAIVER.. after a lot of research im 70% sure Im not gonna need it, but Im still worried..

KIT KAT, THE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE WAIVER HAS TO BE ALL ORIGINAL? CAN BE COPIES? Anyway Ive got the hardship letter ready

HAPPY WEEKEND