Can anyone please tell what are all the documents that are required to start the immigration process. I knew some of them. Please add if i am missing anything.
Parents Passport Copies.
Baby's Passport Copy
Baby's 4 pictures of 2x2
Baby's Birth Certificate.
I-130
I have a question do we have to submit some other forms along with I-130? Can you please name the form that has to be submitted along with I-130
Thank you very much for all your replies.
Regards,
MF
Speaking from first hand experience, it is NOT mandatory for the US citizen spouse to attend the interview at Mumbai consulate.
My wife attended the interview by herself back in 2012 and I did not accompany her to the interview.
Hey.. I'm from india too.. it simply took 2 days for me to get an interview latter but many of us are getting it within 7-10 days.
It really depends how busy your new delhi embassy is. Its never in the hands of NVC to schedule interview.
But well congratulations on your Case complete!
Quite sad to hear your story... If it were me, I would divorce, and then see how she proceeds with the 864... just for kicks! She's not worth it, either way. My take: DON'T sign that thing!
OP, what you posted is correct about the I-864A obligation. Kind of telling which family is more important for your spouse based on what you posted. Really sad.
You are most welcome my friend......I just want to give back my very best to support my fellow visajourney faithful....I hope it will be of great benefit to someone on this long queue...receive more grace.
I want to use this opportunity to appreciate every VJmember and also the initiators of this website.....i found this tool extremely useful and every single detail i got here worked for me....Would also like to appreciate those who dropped messages, started trends and persons who are still in the process. Thank you All.
I would say its been a journey through the heavens and i have learnt a lot about (My Spouse, Myself, documentation & our individual perspective towards life generally) in recent time. I want to encourage couples who are in this, stay strong together and please find reasons to look at the positive side of things even when nothing seem to be working. its not an easy journey, but it could be easier for you if both person's go through the process with high level understanding of the fact that the challenge is not there to make couples fight or disagree, its simply a time for you both to be a team, combine efforts together to face the pending distance that's ready to tire you both apart inspite of your marriage vows.
I had to wait for over 18 months to reunite with my wife and its given me a lot of training on how to be patient, study trends using the statistical data gathered here, read a single article over and over again, picture the mindset of the consular and why people often gets turned down during interview especially in a country where thousands of person's are fraudulent.....This is for those who's relationship are really genuine and are truly in Love with their spouses not those in search for a greener pasture or a Green Card.
The interview at the embassy wasn't that stressful, just the usual security checks from the main gate to the waiting room, am going to skip all that basically because i don't think there is a reason to discuss it here. if you have been to a bank before especially since the terrorist attacks in the North-East of Nigeria, then the routine wouldn't be alien to you. just the regular security search before you get to the main office.
STEPS AND PROCEDURES.
1. You will have to submit a few of your documents at the consular's office before your interview. please go with the ORIGINAL and 2 photocopies of the following documents
a. Data page of your International Passport
b. Birth Certificate
c. Spouse's International Passport data page (Photocopy)
d. Spouse's birth certificate
e. Passport Photo (4 copies) please ensure its a recent photo not more than 6 months
f. Marriage Certificate
g. Police Certificate
h. Medical Report (you don't need to make copies of this because its sealed and shouldn't be open till you are told to do so)
I was asked if there are other documents i will like to submit to the consular to push my case, that was when i submitted (C & D). i also had with me the following even though they didn't request for them, i wasn't ready to tell stories. of course you wouldn't know where the question will come from
I. NYSC discharge Cert.
II. 1st & 2nd Degree Certs.
III. WAEC result Cert.
IV. Employment Letter
Note: Please find out the details of the required documents for kids if you are going for the interview with your child(ren), i didn't attend my interview with one, am just writing from my own experience.
2. I went back to my seat and waited for my number to be called. (this number was assigned to me while entering into the main consular's section where my document was received by a Nigerian working at the embassy and interview conducted by the US consular).
3. My number was called, I stepped forward with my big bag loaded with documents in various envelops (both originals & photocopies), i had my wedding & regular pictures with my spouse (over 200 copies), emails, PayPal transaction report, whatsApp chat with my spouse (i had 1682 pages...lolz)....people laughed at me cos i had a lot of documents (over 2600 pages of documents), it was as though i was handing over the affairs of Lagos State to the consular.....lolz
My slogan:
"It's better those documents ain't required for the interview than telling stories that touches the heart when a consular request to see a document"
QUESTIONS ASKED (the questions asked were not in this order, i just wrote down the questions i was asked)
1. Who is (wifes fullnames)?
2. How long have you known her?
3. Where and how did you meet
4. When exactly did you start talking to her?what month & year?
5. When did she first come to Nigeria and how many days did she stay?
6. Do you remember the date she arrived?
7. When did she leave the first time?
8. Give me the exact date
9. What about the second time she came?
10. What date did she arrive? (41). how many days did she stay on her second visit?
11. Does she have siblings?
12. How many are they?
13. Does her mother know that she's married?
14. Have you met her mom?
15 has she met your mom?
16. Show me a picture of her and your mom.
17. Why didn't your mom attend your court wedding?
18. Do you have any other picture of your wife & mom?
19. Did you have a traditional wedding ceremony
20. Show me pictures and tell me who are the persons there.
21. Who made your wedding cake?
22. What does you wife do?
23. Where does she work?
24. Is she a medical staff or just works at the hospital
25. Did you have a church wedding ceremony?
26. How many family member was there?
27. Show me pictures of your wife with your family
28. How many women did you meet online
Ans : about 3, 4 ladies and we were friends
29. How many of them did you date from the dating site?
Ans: I have friends I talk to online but I dated only my wife
30. What about here in Nigeria?how many girls did you date?
Ans: I was in a relationship for 3yrs, we broke up a year and some months before I met my wife
31. What's the ladies name?
Ans: C*********
32. When did you break up?
Ans: About a year and some months before I met my wife
33. Any other lady apart from the one you declared?
Ans: None
34. How old is she (Wife) ............of course am older...lolz
35. Has she been married before?
Ans: No
36. Does she have any sibling?
Ans: Yes
37. Does she have any child?
Ans: No
38. Does she live in a house or an apartment
39. Do you have kids?
Ans: No
40. Have you been married before?
Ans: No
Interview lasted for about 12 mins and 41 questions were asked in quick succession for about 6 mins without a break. the remaining 4-6 mins was spent on looking through the pictures and documents before the consular.
(Note that this questions are not arranged according to how they were asked)
4. I was approved and given a white paper to pick up my passport in a DHL location on the island.
5. I picked up my visa on the 9th of July, 2015 and travelled on the 15th of July, 2015.
IMPORTANT DETAILS
1. Please Note that you wouldn't have a lot of time (usually split seconds) to think while you are been interviewed so i suggest that you practise with your spouse and ensure you have facts and figures in your brain where you don't have to think deep before you speak.
2. I found 100 questions on VJ which i used to practise with my real life situation......i did a lot of practise with my wife via skype & personal practise of those questions even while at work. There were times i kept talking to myself and my colleagues wondered what was happening to me. some even offered me some counselling sections just to know what was wrong and all i was passing through....little did they know i was practising my interview questions and since i didn't want anyone in my business...i didn't talk about what was going on.
Sounds like a second phone line for something. Does he have a second phone for business? Maybe it is for a relative? It might not be anything bad, but you should have a conversation with him and he should explain what it is for.
Maybe call the number from another phone to see if he answers...
Properties located outside the US are not going to be acceptable. As mentioned before, US based assets are most readily acceptable. Move your money to US accounts and that can be used.
From the I-864 instructions >> Assets may supplement income if the consular or immigration officer is convinced that the monetary value of the asset could reasonably be made available to support the sponsored immigrant and converted to cash within one year without undue harm to the sponsor or his or her family members.
What are your friends and relatives "escaping" from? The obligations to pay back the government? The I-864 is not a just a piece of paper. It's a legal contract to pay back welfare benefits that you might get. Many people are not comfortable putting their families at risk for a relative. I would not sign an I-864 for an uncle, aunt, cousin, etc.
When you ask someone to be an I-864 sponsor and the answer is no, the person is not escaping anything. The person just don't want to put his/her family at risk for you.
Hi,
A Joint Sponsor must be over the age of 18 and must either be a US citizen or green card holder. Do you qualify?
Worldwide assets are acceptable as long as you can provide proof of ownership.
Best of luck.
Assets usually have to be USA based.
Is your Mother a US citizen, and living in the USA? If so, she would sell her home in India and move the money to the USA, then it would count.
It will always be that way where the aos fee says paid after they review your documents and everything is good to go that will change to n/a, your case cannot be complete without sending them any documents .
M.F got a reaction from Anitafeliz in Child of USC