UKUS123

Of course the consulate/embassy knows that -- they're the ones who always say do not prchase tickets until the visa is in hand. That does not mean, however, that you don't make PLANS for the proposed trip. The application form requires you to put your planned entry date and planned length of stay. Anything less than the truth concerning your plans may come back to bite you, especially if you would be uncomfortable talking about your plans as written on the form versus your real plans.

I didn't mean to argue with you. I understand what you are saying. Plans change all the time though, especially depending on the outcomes of getting a Visa.

OP is not beholden to a 3 month stay now that he/she stated it on VisaJourney. When I applied for my B1/B2 it was for a 2 week trip and I got a 10 year multiple entry Visa. Subsequent to that trip I have stayed for over 3 months at times.

You are allowed to change your mind once you get a tourist visa and subsequently change your plans. There is nothing illegal about that.

Thanks

Hi, has anyone experience this before?

NVC sent a Case Complete letter and Interview Date letter.

Now there is a Checklist for the beneficiary to take corrected AOS to interview.

How is this possible? Does it mean the Visa will be delayed at the consulate?

No way not to talk about the planned duration of her visit -- it's on the DS-160 form. I'm sure you're not suggesting that they put anything other than the truth on the form...it's never a good idea to do that!

No I am not suggesting they lie. But I assume no return ticket has been booked yet so it's actually ridiculous to plan a trip when you don't even have the visa in hand. Surely the consulate/embassy knows this.

Yikes that sucks. I think you are going to have to go the CR-1 route now. She can't enter on B1/B2 anymore because her intentions are to immigrate.

When is the first time you can apply for removal of conditions on a conditional 2 year green card? 3 months before the expiry date of the card or when you have been married for 2 years?

I thought it was the former and not the latter.

I think all people going to interviews must not leave the building without asking - Does this mean I am approved for the visa?

You do have a right to ask this question.

I keep telling myself I will NOT let NVC get the best of me.....everyday I have to try to focus on what I'm blessed with because the past two weeks have been so emotionally exhausting. I keep imagining my file lost in the black hole of NVC it is hard to not think the worst.

This site is a black hole sometimes. Taking a break now and again is GOOD.

Since when student visa or asylum is a visa fraud?

Those are not fraud but using them in the way you mentioned sounded fraudulent.

A student visa is a non-immigrant visa - the person is supposed to return home at the end of their studies.

If their sole purpose for acquiring the student visa was to eventually apply for asylum and stay in the US, then this is considered fraud.

Just warning you from my limited knowledge.

UKUS123, you are more than welcome to hang out with us - no one implied anything else.

Thanks, we are ALL stuck at the TSC so we have something in common

From the topic I assumed this was a USCIS discussion. Sorry I'll go back to IR-1/CR-1, even though I am technically allowed to engage in discussions in any forum according to the TOS.

Yes, it will apply to the TSC filers, please use some common sense. It mentions the VSC specifically only because some of the I-130 petitions that were on file there have already been transferred to the CSC.

Anyway. I've created a new thread to track the progress of the transfers. SO. If you are transferred, please post there and let us all know how it's going!

Hi, I'm not a K-1 filer so I'm not aware of all the ins and outs. I feel you are being rather aggressive by telling me to use "common sense". It is not common sense to people who are not clued up on who processes what with regards to K-1 Visas.

Well, LPRs cannot file I-129Fs...so I guess the first sentence refers to VSC and the next section to TSC.

I am guessing they would beginn transferring from Nov/Dec...ugh, now I am terrified I will be in that batch and something will get lost/misrouted like what happened to so many people upon the last transfer.

I don't know how you can make the assumption it is TSC to CSC. Does it say that?

I might be wrong here but I picked something up - (I know I'm IR-1/CR-1 so please bear with me)

"USCIS recently began transferring some Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, cases filed by lawful permanent residents for their eligible family members from the Vermont Service Center to the California Service Center".

So... a USC is not a LPR...

And it says nothing about TSC.

She is applying for a Tourist Visa so she must act like a Tourist - no immigrant intent, strong ties to home, important reasons to return home soon.

Personally I don't think she should talk about the duration of her Visit with the Consulate - even with B1/B2 Visa, the officer at the point of entry determines how long the person may stay for. (up to 6 months on this Visa).

As the above poster has pointed out, working is not allowed on a Tourist Visa but visiting relatives is allowed.

Once we have received our visa I will be more than happy to give you my receipt number. As of right now, since we are so close to the finish line, I don't want anything to jeopardize that. Our interview is in 2 weeks.

Thanks for your assistance. I had a hunch that was why no-one wants to offer up information. Good luck and looking forward to your help with this.

Petitioning for relative, brother or parents will take couple of years anyway....it is a long period to wait.

Maybe he want to consider bringing hime here for studying in US or on tourist visa and then petition for asylum.

Your friend should consult a lawyer, if you need I can advice you one, she is doing a very good job.

What you are suggesting is known as Visa Fraud.

The issues your friend needs to consider are:

1 - His current mental state. The suicide attempt would disqualify many applicants. They specifically ask for this at the medical interview and will need evidence that the person is in recovery and has been treated. I would suggest he seeks treatment at home first before even thinking of immigrating anywhere. It is something that is more important than anything in his life at the moment and needs to be addressed as soon as possible. The immigration process in itself is very stressful and I would not suggest someone enters into it to escape a mental condition.

2 - Family based Visas can take many, many years to obtain as others have pointed out. Unfortunately there is no quick fix around this.

Can someone answer my question please., if the some of the chat/emails is written on different language will it need to be translated or is okay and can be sent to NVC without translating.

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I don't think the NVC will request chats/emails, especially for a K-1 visa.

Do you mean for the Interview in the fiancé's country?

I think translating things would be helpful, especially if the person interviewing the fiancé does not speak this foreign language.

I remember reading somewhere when I was preparing our petition last year that they don't need to know the content of the messages; just the frequency to establish there is an ongoing relationship.

Our Facebook chat log was in excess of 3,000 pages, so we cut it down to 30 pages from different time periods. We left the content in (because we thought, however deluded, that that would make us seem super serious about our intentions).

I also don't want to "black out" comments, it looks like one is trying hiding something.

Did you just pick like one or two days from each month?

So, in your opinion, do you think it would be ok to use a copy of just the message count page?

Rather go with too much info than too little - I would print out some of your conversations.

I didn't know about this app myself until you mentioned it - will the embassy/consulate accept the results as accurate?

Hi, I am in a similar situation. However our messages go back five years. We chat every single day so you can imagine how many thousands of messages we have.

My plan is to take a random sample from over the years. Maybe a hundred pages or so. I don't want to arrive at the interview with no evidence but I cannot take all of it and I don't really want anyone to read ALL of it - some of our conversations are private lol.

Philippines were expedited, due to a devastating hurricane. All cases may be equal, but no two cases are identical. Each case proceeds at it's singular pace, once your package enters the center. They take it all apart, cash the check, put into a file box in the order they want it, and it then waits for the adjudicator. Sometimes, as you have found, the wait is long.

It was actually a Typhoon called Typhoon Hagupit. 18 people died and 916 were injured.

It was the second major Typhoon to hit the Philippines in 2014.

While I realize this is tragedy, it's not exactly true that all applicants from the Philippines were devastated by this event.

Natural disasters hit most countries on a yearly basis causing casualties and injuries but these countries are not given a swift entrance into the US.

You sound lost. As the poster above said, read the guides on this site about adjusting from your J-1 status.

We can't tell you what to do because we don't know what your intentions were when you got married.

Please note that it's not just a simple case of filling out 1 form and getting your green card.

There seems to be more to this denial than just a lack of relationship evidence. They have told you he is committing fraud in some way.

I don't understand the reason they gave you.