Bharat

What is the PO Box address that we supposed to send it to CA service center?

I got touched yesterday and today...I am sending my RFE first thing tomarrow.

Hello,

Can i mail the RFE to the P.O. Box address, under Priority Mail??

Attached please find information from the USCIS dated June 13, 2006 regarding recent changes and delays with Fiancée Visas petitions

If you have already filed a Fiancée or Spousal Visa petition with the USCIS you will receiving a questionnaire soon for you to complete and mail back to the USCIS. The questions are related to domestic violence and criminal convictions.

If you have already filed after 3/6/06 there is nothing to do but wait until you receive the questionnaire and complete it and return to the USCIS for processing. If you have not filed please use the attached new I-129F.

If you have additional questions you may call the USCIS at 800-375-5283 and push the following at the voice prompts – 1, 3, 4, 9.

Cherry Blossoms, Inc. is not a Marriage Broker and to our knowledge none of our clients use a Marriage Broker so the answer on the I-129F or Questionaire is that you have not used a Marriage Broker.

Aloha

CB Staff

BE CAREFUL! I also met my fiancee through this site. I got the same response from CB that they are not an IMB. I consulted an immigration attorney soon after and he explained why CHERRY BLOSSOMS IS CONSIDERED AND IMB under the law. He advised me to answer yes to the question and also advised that since we met prior to the law going in to affect not to worry about it.

Just wondering… what are you guys going to do if the USCIS asks Cherry Blossoms if they delivered the IMBRA-required information to your fiancé, and then Cherry Blossoms says that they have not?

Or what if any couple met two years ago on a dating site, which today, no longer has their correct contact information? How in the world is the dating site supposed to be able to say that they have met the requirements of IMBRA?

I think regardless of what the sites say that they are IMBRA compliant. I think we should take that information with a grain of salt. I think we should still say that we did use a marriage broker, according to IMBRA regulations.

WOW! all of these dating sites are considered IMB. it is not news to me..I saw it in the IMBRA law, and it clearly states that any paying company that provides services for dating, matrimonial , and acting as a medium between two individuals to communicate are considered IMB. Regardless of the purpose, including pen pals, or dating or etc..should be considered as IMB. however, i think this legal issue is only the problem with US government. Once our paperwork gets sent over to the respective abroad embrassy they can care less about it. I know that we have to be honest and etc...but my question for each one of you is how would they know where we met our significant other??

I am also going to say yes as well. But a part of me, i guess out of fear, is how would they know where we meet the girl/or boy

Thank you, Charuhans

For clearing it up. My other question is how would they know where i met the girl?

I agree that in the IMBRA law it says that a marriage broker is considered as a paying service that provides services for dating, marriage, or a form of communication between two individuals. However, it might be exempt because of the fact that it was culturally or religously based.

One of the exceptions to the rule, is that those companies that are linked by culture or religion are exempt from the IMBRA. As a result, most of these international sites, such as in the Phillipines, bharatmatrimony...and etc...should be exempt. what is ur thoughts?

I am confused about this marriage broker thing. I am not sure what i would put for that. I read the IMBRA requirements, and it says it is considered for any paying service that provides services for dating, matrimonial and etc. That would affect most of people because of arrival of such sites as Match.com. I met from my fiance from a site that is culturely....However that site is not just for US citizens..It includes applicants from Australia, Britain, and as well from USA. What would i answer??

Hello,

I have a question for the RFE, when it talks about the marriage broker. I met my fiance through an indian matchmaking service online (where i paid). This matchmaking service is similar to Match.com. I was wondering what i would put for the marriage broker question.

I am debating how to mail back my RFE. A part of me thinks i should mail it back in normal mail...because they are not going to speed the process if i mail it back earlier. what is your thoughts??

I got my RFE today; However, i am currently out of town; What kind of questions did they ask you on the RFE??

It is not fair that you guys mailed ur application after i did, and got RFE's. I am still waiting for mine. I am planning on making a trip to see my fiance in three weeks..and i hope to get my RFE before then. Do u think i will?

Anyone who received their NOA on May 10th?? i seem to be the only one in the mix...Those who have received it on that date, where is ur status?? This waiting game is really frustrating.

For those who got touched, are the applications at CSC or VSC??

Thank you Kit-Kat

Maybe it was automatically transferred to California Service Center, without the transfer notice. When i submitted the form, I do not remember filling it out about the IMBRA stuff. I guess that they did not update their webpage.

In order to speed the process, i think they should have to form for the IMBRA online, and those who did not submit it, to send it in.

When is the average time between NOA1 and NOA2??

Man! Everybody is getting touched. I have not!!

It looks like the VSC acts really fast...compared to others.

I did not receive the transfer notice. The only thing i received was the I-797, which had the California Address at the bottom. This waiting game, really sucks. does it ever speed up the process???

Yes i filed it in texas. the only hard copy i received was the NOA #1, with my number and on the bottom from California. Is there way we can get that IMBRA form??

Any one got touched after May 10; if the NOA #1 was on may 10th??

My NOA #1 is on May 12th. Since then, i have not been touched. I am not even sure where my application went to, either to California or to Vermont.

I know that, i submitted mine to the Texas Service Center, but they do not process I-129F....and was wondering where it would go. I see the status of "touched"; What is that?? how did u get that??

How do u know which Service center ur application would go to?? I submitted my I-129F and its entire packet to TSC. California Service Center is working very slowly compared to Vermont. Can we check if it went to NVC, before going to the consulate??

Is there a way we can find out about the status of our applications?? i checked the website, i got the same response.