vistajones

Hi i just flew in with my dog from Indonesia to Houston.

My dog was flying in as checked bag.

From what ive read and my experience, you should get flights with least transits. And if your pet flies as checked bag, you should fly with the same airline all the way. Also you should make sure that the airline transits in an airport with animal cargo facility. So they can take care of him/her during transit.

I flew with qatar, my pup made it fine at our destination, and i notice that her kennel was cleaned at transit, as  they replaced her pee pads however qatar air doesnt allow animals in cabin.

Its harder to find transatlantic flights that allow animals in cabin.

On 10/31/2018 at 11:34 AM, rehan120 said:

My wife stayed with me in Pakistan for 11 months. She is now back in states. and she does have US Bank account and driver license and house to live. Can we use that?

Yes, you can use those.

Have her parents to write a letter stating that she lives with them and Print out bank statements with the same address.

If she got a car under her name that would be great as well.

Good luck.

If your wife doesn't reside in the US, she can provide a letter explaining her intention to re-establish domicile.

What we used for our case:

1. US bank account

2. US credit card with US billing address

3. Current driver's license

4. Letter from petitioner's foreign employer that his contract ends before our plan of moving.

5. Temporary visa

6. my husband wrote a letter as well, just to elaborate on everything.

re-read the instruction, somewhere in there you can find a thing or two about it.

On 8/2/2018 at 4:20 PM, Beefy and Dairy said:

Hello all,

We will be expecting our NOA2 in Septemberish and was just looking over some medical stuff. I saw that we need to get a "sepum test"  for the consulate in Jakarta. Is this true? If so, I also heard that it will take 3 months to get the results, once again, true? Lastly, if both of these are true, should we get the test now to expedite the process? Thanks so much!

I just had my medical check up last month. I wasn't asked to do sputum test, however if they suspected TB from the chest x-ray, they'll call you after to return for sputum test. 

26 minutes ago, Ajt3 said:

Congratulations..kindly share the experience.

Will do, as soon as I get home

4 minutes ago, Mrs Prestige said:

Congratulations 

Thank you, I think we were waiting in Hellbraska together. Wish you a speedy process onwards.

12 minutes ago, Mr.Bob said:

Congratulations! I’ve been seeing you a lot here on forums.

Thanks, Im sorry I replied your massage late. I was taking a break from VJ for a few weeks.

22 hours ago, kendraf said:

Had my interview 7/23, got my passport back today! In shock!!! Leaving on 8/4 ...if I can hold on that long lol!! 

Congrats, my interview is next Tuesday. Wish me luck. Really hoping for an easy interview

26 minutes ago, MR.F said:

Yeah my uncle submitted IRS tax form along with W2 as a supporting document for AOS. My question is should my petitioner should also have to submit Affidavit of. Support form? Since she's just a student she doesn't have any job. 

41 minutes ago, MR.F said:

OK so my petitioner should also have to submit the required AOS with a letter that she's just a student? 

In the AOS section income and tax section what should I write? 

Yes, she must submit her affidavit of support even though she doesn't make enough. She has to file her taxes or a letter explaining why she was not required to file.

If she didn't make any money during the previous tax year, then you put in $0, same deal with current income.

I opened a dollar account with Bank danamon (they dont charge monthly fee if the balance is more than 100$). To transfer money it's 40$ to make sure the receiving account get the full amount but somehow wells fargo and capital one still take their 15$ out.

If you have BCA/other national bank id assume, i managed to take money out from atms in the US, with minimal fee and better exchange rate.However you cant take more than 1000$ a day (depends on your account policy) I like this alternative better.

Im planning on keeping my indonesian credit card open as well. 

15 hours ago, yuni_yuni said:

Just did my medical exam for k1 today, and they said they would send  the result directly to embassy within 10 days. Is it a new regulations of US visa?

They also doesnt ask me to have sputum test.. but im sure the GP already had the xray result. 

Yup same here. They whatsapp-ed me a week after the checkup, telling me that they sent the result to the embassy. No sputum test thank god.

23 hours ago, T+E said:

Hi Vistajones,

 

Selamat pagi! Did you receive the medical result report (in the sealed envelope) that you need to bring to the embassy? If so, then everything will be fine. If no, then we heard that there is a chance that the blood test could go one way or the other, and they would call you. If the doctor saw something in your chest xray, they would probably have already asked you to return for a sputum test during the exam itself, so I am optimistic about your situation!

 

As an aside, for those who have done the TB sputum test in Indonesia (or elsewhere), you will most likely need to do a follow-up sputum test at the local Public Health Department after you arrive in the US, but only if USCIS has labelled you as having a "Class B condition". We were told that if they have required a sputum test overseas, you are labelled as Class B. They told us that Indonesia test results (which were clear and negative) needed to be repeated in the US because "climate and environment is different in the US".

 

Best of luck, and hang in there! Don't let the slowness of all the waiting, or the uncertainties, get you down...

Selamat malam

Well I didn't received the envelope.they said they will send it directly to the embassy in about 10 days. Which I find odd,cause everyone seems to pick up their results. Also, I don't think the doc saw my chest x-ray that day since they were pretty busy. I guess if they find something, they'll let me know next week.

Hopefully not!!!

But, we'll just have to "enjoy" the ride.

Signed copy is alright. Nvc doesn't need wet signature anymore.

On 2/24/2018 at 10:28 AM, T+E said:

Hi All,

My fiance went for the medical exam in Jakarta on 26-Nov at the designated hospital. They said they will require a sputum test, which takes 8-10 weeks. After 10 weeks, we contacted the hospital, and they said it's not ready yet, and that "the 10 weeks does not include weekends and holidays".  After 3 months (23-Feb), we contacted them again, and they said it is not ready yet, and that they sent the culture sample to a local university for medical students' experience. We feel like our lives are at the mercy of the hospital staff...

 

Has anyone else had this type of delay from the Jakarta hospital, or others? 

 

And any concern that our I-129f approval will expire while we wait?

Hey did the doctor asked for sputum test on the same day as the exam? Im a bit worried that they would ask the same thing after the exam is done. I really don't want to wait for 3 months. Plus since we're applying for IR-1 the interview date has been set by NVC for the end of July. If they want to do sputum test, does that mean I have to reschedule the interview?  I did the medical last Friday, wondering if they dont ask on the same day then they wont ask for it? :P*fingers crossed*

7 hours ago, Hk1610 said:

Hey,

 

Thank you so much for your help. We did send in the 864 and 864w but i was unsure about the W2’s since I cannot find hers and don’t remember if I even sent her W2 forms. Thanks again, I will ask for them from her. 

His wife should fill I864a not w. And tax return +w2 or IRS transcripts for both.

On 2/26/2018 at 11:27 AM, T+E said:

Thank you for your response. We emailed the Embassy twice to check if they had received the results (after 8 and 10 weeks waiting) and asking how we should proceed, but their responses were very brief, so we didn't want to annoy them by emailing too often. Agreed that it appears the hospital has the ball in their court, so there was nothing we could do to gain further clarity except wait...

Hello, where can I find jakarta US embassy email? Thanks.

2 minutes ago, Mv&Sh said:

AWESOME!!! Congratulations! I’m happy for you guys!!

Thank you I'm super excited. Good luck on your interview. And happy packing afterwards. lol. 

3 minutes ago, Matthew N Durango said:

Separate email, sent before case complete, requested the W2 be brought to the interview. Was told case complete in April, but the cc email was sent May 10.

I see. We haven't got our cc email yet. Received the interview appointment letter today. Finger crossed no checklist follows. 

5 minutes ago, Matthew N Durango said:

Got ours in Jakarta for July 24! 

Hey ive been trying to get a hold of you.

When was your cc? I saw in your other post that they wanted you to bring W-2 even though you've submitted it? Did they tell you that along with the appointment letter? or in a separate email?

1 minute ago, H&H. said:

have interview in 2 days so hopefully this month will be our last thread

Good Luck. Let us know how it goes :).

Update:

Hey guys I just got my interview invitation letter. Been reading it up and down, I don't see any checklist/missing documents anywhere. It's just an invitation.

So if you haven't got your cc email, doesn't mean something is wrong. Some people just won't get it.

The fact that I got the email from "askNVC" making me think that calling them is a good idea.

Good luck guys. Hopefully we get lots of good news today.

1 minute ago, Hypekicks said:

Ciudad Juarez consulate is taking FOREVER to give me an interview date. 

Its the busiest consulate in the world

It's closing in by the day.

Just called nvc

cc 5/23

interview 7/31 Jakarta consulate.

I think the eid holiday making them schedule at the end of the month? Either way, we're super happy.

We haven't received our cc email yet. Does it means we got checklists and need to bring more documents to the interview?

Quick tip: call them in the last hour before midnight EST. No elevator music