Vizslafan16

My wife came across on October 8th and we just got her green card last Friday.  She was approved late September. We paid the fee before crossing if that matters.

We did the CR1 visa and filled in the I-864EZ form and there was no barcode on the actual form. When we submitted our info we had a cover sheet that had a barcode. Not sure if it is the same for the K1 visa. I am thinking it might just be normal for the I-864 form to not have a barcode on it.

Agree with above post...here you can see the link that proves it.

https://www.healthcare.gov/fees/fee-for-not-being-covered/

https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions-tool/#/results/2016/details/short-gap

appears like the fine is pro-rated. Since you had a coverage lapse over 2 months you can't do the short gap exception....

https://www.healthcare.gov/fees/fee-for-not-being-covered/

For the NVC stage I submitted the following in one email electronically. I thought I read they only wanted one package. This is all i submitted before my interview.

Document Cover Sheet

AOS

Tax transcripts for 3 years

Applicant birth Certificate

Applicant Marriage Certificate

Unexpired passport bio page

Police Certificate

I know I answered yesterday your question about the tax transcripts and people replied saying that W-2's were not needed. I agree they shouldn't have been needed since tax transcripts reflect the same as the W-2 but I also stated that the officer was not going to approve my case without last years W-2 copy.

I would inquire with your payroll department and they should be able to direct you.

That is what we did. I will tell you though that when my wife went to the interview in Montreal she presented just the tax transcripts and they did not approve her case at that time. Luckily before she left Montreal I emailed montreal and was able to email a copy of my latest W-2 and she was able to re-drop off her passport that day for case approval.

short answer for us it was okay to use the tax transcript for our initial packet support but we needed to have a W-2 at the time of interview.

Thanks to all the other Canadians or spouses of Canadians for the heads up about Montreal scheduling interviews. Called this morning and mine is scheduled for Sept 26th! Can I now call up for a medical exam or do I have to wait for an interview letter or something else before i schedule? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

just got an email checklist stating that i didnt pay my AOS fee or IV fee yet. I called and said I paid them and even she checked and said the CEAC website shows it also. She told me to send bank statement proof to asknvc@state.gov. Is that correct? or should i send to to nvcelectronic@state.gov?

Is this a possibly timing issue and my case is really complete?

Yes i got the invoice number as well

I was in similar situation as you recently where my case number and invoice number was given to me on a Wednesday and finally it allowed me to log in on Friday afternoon after I got an email. Seems like others though have been able to log in right away.

Can I ask if you sent your packet 3 info immediately after submitting documents to NVC? I was wondering the same thing if I could just send the packet 3 documents as i just submitted the larger package to NVC last night. I appreciate any feedback you might have.

Thanks

Can someone help me out with the documents i need to send in to the NVC and what checklist i follow? My wife will be interviewing in Montreal. The welcome letter gives a document cover sheet that is barcoded and lists several documents you need to send in and check whether it applies to your case. On the department of state website it indicates i will be receiving an immigrant packet 3 and packet 4 after or at the same time immigrant visa fees have been invoiced. I downloaded the montreal packet and it is slightly different from the welcome letter document cover sheet with one big difference that the montreal checklist appears to require DS-260 barcode. I would like to submit my information as soon as I can. If there is anyone who interviewed with Montreal that can speak to their experience I would appreciate it. Thank you!

also two other questions....as a petitioner for my wife do i need to submit a copy of my passport? I think the answer is no

second question is I was previously married do i need to submit a copy of my divorce decree? I think the answer is no as this stage the info is mainly about my wife who has never been married?

Thanks in advance.

Is it normal not to be able to get access to the CEAC site after entering in case # and invoice #? My case# was just assigned today and when i try to enter in the information to start filling in the choice of agent form i get an error message saying unable to process. Does it take another day to get into the system to be able to access this form? or should i call them? IT just simply gives me this error message below after i hit enter and have the case #, invoice # and typed in the robot random generated #'s.

Please be advised that the case that you have attempted to access is not eligible for further processing by the National Visa Center at this time. Please contact the National Visa Center if you believe that you have received this message in error.

NOA 2 date from Nebraska is 06/10/2016. My case status still just says approved for my I-130 and not Sent to the Department of State. Just curious if there are any other June approved I-130's from Nebraska still awaiting their files to be actually sent to NVC? In looking at the timelines there isn't many that have NVC date received filled in. If this process doesn't teach you patience then i am not sure what will

Good Morning,

Praying for Many Approvals this week..

Just approved....NOA 1 date of 02/16/2016. God definitely has had His hand all over our relationship and case! So good. I pray for continued fast processing within Nebraska!

Hi JFH

I'm trying to download that app but there are a buch of them can you tell me the icon or more if about that app. Thanks so much, sorry to bother

I think it is called USCIS Case Tracker & Searcher in the App store by Stephen Aldous. When the App is installed it says it does say Case Tracker below the APP and the picture has a USCIS badge...

I know we have a few Canadians on this thread....I was wondering if anyone has applied and received their police clearance letter? We went in and simply filled in the online application and it didn't have a recognizable place for a middle name so we just simply filled in Surname with her married name and then her maiden name in maiden name. For Given name 1 we filled in just her first name with in the comments specifying her middle name. The check came back fine but it only references her first name and both of her last names(maiden and married). In speaking with the records department in Toronto they specified if i wanted a search on middle name i should have included it on Given name 2 or included in in given name 1 area. I thought i would get others thoughts if they have gone through this already. Here is the link of the form we used.

https://clearance.torontopolice.on.ca/ClearanceLetter/Submit

   

Hope that helps .. Now what I do is add the cases to my online file so I can get detailed case status ( not sure if that is the right way but it works for me ) otherwise it just gives you general info i.e when it was received

one clarifying question...I have a number greater than 365 in my 3 digits after LIN16. How do I interpret that?

Well I have been on a mission all morning , I was able to confirm that Nebraska is working on 1/4/2016 cases a few were sent for RFE's and I found 1 that was sent to another USCIS center..

Can you explain how you are checking in on progress of applications? I would assume typing in on the egov site but i don't understand what all the numbers mean. Or is it via another site or app? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

I am an American citizen and have filed an I-130 for my Canadian wife which is being processed at the Nebraska Service Center. She will eventually be going to the Montreal consulate for an interview. I am trying to prepare and have as much information as possible completed to avoid delay so I have been looking at the DS-260. A little background is my wife's family won an immigration lottery about 25 years ago when she was 10 and went through this whole process. They ended up just abandoning their US residence and moving back to Canada after about 6 months.

Here are my questions:

*Previous US travel.....her parents live in a border town and frequently travel over the bridge to the States for shopping etc. Should I record these small visits as counting towards the 5 we have to detail out?

*Has she had any of her visas cancelled or revoked? Since she simply abandoned her residency several years ago is that deemed as being cancelled? I assume not but just want to verify.

*How important is it for the correct dates for places where she lived?

*Is there a way to register for an account before my file is approved at USCIS and sent to NVC so I get notified right away when NVC received the file and passes on to Montreal? Or do i just have to call every few days to see if they processed my file so I can began the DS-261,AOS, and DS-260 part of the process?

Any help would be appreciated!