Neni315

3 minutes ago, Jane88 said:

Congratulations and best of luck to you guys at the interview phase! I kind of regret getting a lawyer myself now, I see lots of ppl who write waivers themselves from their heart get approved! You did great! I spoke to my lawyer yesterday and she doesn’t want to include letters from family and friends because she doesn’t see how that can help, in her words “they have to actually witness the hardships you are going thru, like if your husband had an anxiety attack per say, they were there and actually witnessed it happen “.... i already got RFE and I am afraid we can be denied...

Thank you, yes they have to write about how they see you suffer without your family member and they have to talk about seeing you as  a family and the effect of separating you guys.I sent letters from family members and from my children teachers saying how my husband was involved in their education and how not being close to their dad would hurt them.   I read that too about not sending children letters or from family members because it doesn't help but I still sent it.  Good luck as well

Hi, I did not get a lawyer for any of the process for my husband's green card.  Today I received the approval of his waver.  I wrote it myself and just made sure to get others to read for me for proof reading and grammar.  I did not pay anyone a cent only the application fees. I sent all the proof that I could from my bills to tons of pictures. Letters from my children and family members, people from the community and my job.  I did not have any medical or any grave conditions.  I wrote the hardship letter from my heart and detailed everything we have been through and detailing the reason why it was not good for us to go to Ecuador and sent proof of all the corruption of the politics, the kidnappings to US citizens. I also stated health and medical insurance and the lack of it in Ecuador. Education and how bad it is for my children.  I detailed everything with facts and sent proof.  Things I googled and sent. One time sent and we got approved.

Hope this helps.  Look for sample letters here of people who have been approved.  that helped me a lot.

good luck.

Neni315-

Congrats! I see your date was 2/22? I'm 2/12 and getting so anxious. I think I've been checking 10-15 times a day! Hoping for this week sometime.

Thank you, I hope you get a quick answer, too.

I am so happy!! today I received the welcome letter with the NVC case number and the invoice to pay the AOS. I already made the payment. Now waiting for it to clear so I can complete the following steps.

So Happy we got approved today. We got the First noticed 2/22/2016 and today it said it was approved in Pomatic. Ca't wait to receive the official letter and take the next steps.

I am also in the same boat as all of you. I petition for my husband and got a YSC number and in the case status page it does not recognize it. I called and the automatic system did not recognized it as well. Well, I guess I will have to wait like all of you. MY priority date is Feb22. and I received the noticed Feb24th.

Now the wait begins. You will receive a paper copy of the receipt (called NOA1) and then many months of wait until the approval (NOA2).

Next step will be going through the NVC processing. There are multiple guides and discussions for that on VJ (start with http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process).It will be a while, but we have already started thinking about and in the process of collecting the documents required for that, such as tax transcripts (of the petitioner, for AOS I-864), police clearance certificate so we are ready as soon as we get NOA2. Good luck!

Thank you. I will wait patiently.

Hello Everyone,

I am new here and started this journey with my spouse. I sent the package on February 17th, 2016 and today I received this text/email of the confirmation receipt. It was quick. Can someone please let me know what is the next step to this letter.

Any help will be really appreciated. Thank you.

Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS Potomac Service Center for processing. Within 7-10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number YSCxxxxxxxxx With the official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) you may visit www.uscis.gov where you can check the status of your case using My Case Status. We suggest you wait until you have received your Form I-797 before checking My Case Status.

This confirmation provides notification of the date USCIS received your case. This notice does NOT grant any immigration status or benefit. You MAY NOT present this notice as evidence that you have been granted any immigration status or benefit. Further, this notice does NOT constitute evidence that your case remains pending with USCIS. The current status of your case must be verified with USCIS.