crmojica76

Good Luck to All of You In this Very Trying Process!

We got the visa via DHL about 3 weeks after instruction letter. ***OJO**ATTENTION** My wife did not have to go back to CDJuarez for a new medical exam or additional interview BUT the VISA arrived on June 4th and EXPIRED June 12th!! We had only 8 days to get to the border! The time clock was ticking because they gave her Medical Exam Dec. 12th....to June 12..=6 months! Our lawyer never mentioned this and it put a BIG strain on us, we were all happy she didnt have to go do another medical in CDJ, flights, food, etc..$$, and then they eat up all this time "processing" and then you have to get the flock out of dodge in a hurry, not cool at all. Deported from America and deported from Mexico! Ha! In the end, at least she is done and got papers. 4 years later!

@Camtovm- The instruction letter was sent to my address in the US and to my Lawyer's office in San Francisco, CA using Snail/Postal Mail. Took weeks. Anyways we are supposed to have Visa in hand this week! Will let you know. Look at my timeline in my signature to get an idea too. Hope that helps.

**UPDATE** We got our instruction letter May 18th, 2015. Thank God they did not require any more docs!! Registered via web like instruction say (which were not very clear). Called AIS-VISA center to confirm are registration and had them email us back up print out letters for courier selection. Today we took those print outs + copy of instruction letter and Mex. passport and DHL it to CDJuarez Consulate.

My wife just got her I-601 & I-212 Approved on April 27, 2015.!! We are now waiting for our official instruction letter. If anyone knows when that should supposed to arrive, please advise. Thanks.

See our time line below.

Thank you Lioness and Mrs Velasco.

Hello All,

My wife did her Medical and Finger Prints on December 12, 2014 in Juarez. She went to her interview on Dec. 16, 2014. She was denied and given the form to apply for an i-601 and i-212. Our lawyer submitted this immediately. (she knew it was coming and had us gather evidence for months prior). We got the i-601 & i-212 receipt date from Nebraska dated Jan. 2, 2015. Our case was approved per case status check on April 27, 2015!! We hugged and cried and danced because finally my wife, myself (US citizen)and our 2 children (US citizens) can go home and say "adios" to Mexico! We have been in this process since July of 2011!

Ok, my questions now are: How long are people waiting to get an instruction letter? Today has been 16+ day since case status approval, neither us nor our lawyer has received anything via email or dhl.

Because we are now just enter month 5 since medical, is there a need to go back to Juarez? Could it be possible that we just have to DHL in her passport to get the visa stamped into it and the they send it back to us via DHL.

We are so excited to finally be here! The final wait starts to drive you a bit crazy after almost 4 years of Immi processing outside of USA.

To all the rest of you going through this long, painful, and arduous process, do NOT give up hope. Failure is not an option!

God Bless you all.