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Yes Nancy

We are aware that she can get her passport now, but the only way that she will be in the USCIS system as a U.S. citizen and to also receive her certificate of citizienship is by completing the N600 from what I understand.

I have read of children who received u.s. citizenship through their parents losing their passport and then USCIS not having anything in the system to prove they are citizens if the N600 is not completed.  This is what I want to verify.

On February 11,2021 I had my oath ceremony in Des Moines and received my certificate of citizenship.  My wife is American and sponsored my green card and my daughter's green card 4 years ago.  This entire time, my daughter has been on every application I have completed including the N400 citizenship application.

I was the only person invited to citizenship interview and oath ceremony which is normal because my child is a minor (16 years old).  Thus I was surprised when they did not give me my daughter's certificate of citizenship yesterday.

I asked the counselor at the ceremony and he said I would nee to file a N600 for her to receive her citizenship.  When I got home and realized the N600 is $1170 I almost passed out!   Is this the only way my daughter can get her certificate of citizenship??????  I do understand she can get her U.S. passport but I have read horror stories of people losing their passports and not being able to get any documentation from USCIS that they are citizens since they received it through their parents.  Since my child will turn 18 in 1.5 years  I really want to complete this process for her so it doesnt cause issues in the future.

Any help is appreciated.

2 minutes ago, Nutella said:

 

 

Congrats on the approval!

 

Can I ask how your interview went?? Are you a k1 visa or cr1/ir1? What questions did they ask?? 25 mins is great!! 😁Did you show your latest tax information? Sorry for the questions I have my interview soon and stressing!!

 

My interview was last year for my husbands K1 and now my daughters CR2 is tomorrow.   You can look at my timeline to see how the K1 was.  Super easy, super simple and fast, they just had a minor problem with the birth certificate and asked for a better copy, delayed us getting the visa in the mail by 2 weeks.

Tomorrow I will post review of my daughters CR2 on my other VISA JOURNEY page:  valentindadp

7 minutes ago, anniedanielle said:

I had my interview last Friday 19th, and was approved all within the space of 25 minutes! At the London U.S Embassy. I have been watching my case status and today 24th May it has changed from 'AP' to 'Issued.' I registered with DX courier for my documents to be delivered at a home address last month when I scheduled my visa interview. How long did it take you guys to receive your visa & passport after it had been changed to issued? Will my passport be in a separate envelope to my visa so I can retrieve it? It's just I'm flying in 2 weeks and this Saturday I'm planning on going out with my friends for a farewell party and I need my passport in order to do so! (Not a big deal right now at all, I'm just curious!) my main priority is receiving my visa 😌

 

Thank you so much! xxx

Annie, my daughters interview is tomorrow.  Where did you login to see the change from AP to Issued?  I dont remember from last year

Last year when my husband got ISSUED he received his passport in the mail in 7 days.  There was one envelope and inside this envelope there was the passport and visa information as well as another envelope that clearly stated DO NOT OPEN.  This envelope will be the one you give to the immigration border attendants at the airport.

We filed for AOS from a K1 visa on September 7, 2016 and FINALLY got approved today on May 4!  How many days does it usually take for the Green Card to come in the mail? 

My husband's father has cancer and will be having surgery to remove his prostate on May 13.  God Forbid something were to happen, is there a chance the Green card would arrive by this date?  My husband has a travel permit but I am so afraif of him traveling just with that.

CC on April 25, Documents in Transit on May 2, Documents Ready at Consulate on May 3.  Dont have an interview date yet as consulate will make the appointment since this was an expedite for my daughter's CR2.  Praying that the interview date will come this week still.

3 minutes ago, ASMS said:

Yes, I agree with you about realize that this process takes at least a year, but my point is that every person should have their financial documents ready before of the NVC stage.

 

I'm not sure, but your timeline says K-1, so is very different from a CR-1/IR-1, wish is the case of the OP.

K1 is for my husband I did a CR-1(2) for my daughter but the system wont allow me to post two timelines hehe

I was in the same situation as her, since I had been living in Brazil prior to moving back to the states.  I only had 6 months of work under my belt and no  previous tax returns and was able to sponsor my husband and daughter solely on showing proof of my work status and my last 3 months of pay stubs. They understand that people live oversees and may not have filed tax returns in the U.S.  The person in the situation has not even submitted the I-130 and is waiting for the husband to move back to the U.S. before submitting.  She needs to know the long road they have ahead of them as no one was ever kind enough to let me know I would be separated from my husband and daughter for an entire year.

4 minutes ago, ASMS said:

WRONG

After your husband send the I-130, 4/6 months later you will get to the NVC stage, and you will need to show all the financial documents.

It means you need to have everything ready by then, even before of the interview.

Does your husband meet the financial requirements for being your sponsor, I mean, besides of the taxes aspect?

Is the only way you won't need a joint sponsor.

4-6 months at USCIS and then another 3 months at NVC, in my situation in Brazil it took 11 months, so just short of a year.....why is this wrong??   NVC is taking LONGER and LONGER now so the entire process before documents are asked are estimated to take 11-13 months. 

9 minutes ago, LOUHAMILTON said:

 

Good morning, thank you for replying. We do not have relatives who could be co-sponsor in the process, so I'm very worried about our situation.

Have you already filled out the I-130?  This will take at least one year before you even need to show any financial documents.  If your husband is already employed in the u.S. and can fill out 2016 taxes and potentially 2017  before the interview I dont think there will be an issue.  I just filed on my own for our daugther and like I said did not have tax returns prior to 2016.  I make enough to money to meet the requirements and was only asked to show my W2 from 2016 and my tax return from 2016.  I also submitted a letter from my current employer stating that I have worked here for 10 months and what my annual pay is, also my last 3 pay stubs.  I was approved with this information.

I wanted to share my story to potentially help you guys out

I received an expedited process at USCIS for my teenage daughter by going to an Info Pass appointment and speaking with a consular about her health problems.  She has had a lot of anxiety problems being away from her parents for a year now and so I had a letter from her psychologist and her doctor as she fainted twice in school.  The doctors felt that this is all stress related but also felt she needed further neurological evaluation which, in our small rural farming community in Brazil, does not exist.  I found that going to the info pass appointment is what granted us the expedited process as I had already been waiting for 2 months for an expedited response and the consular was so nice and caring/concerned about the situation.  I went to Info Pass on a Thursday and by Monday she had been approved and documents sent to NVC.

Then I emailed NVC explaining she had already been expedited through USCIS and now I was requesting an expedited process through NVC, I also attached all medical documents to the email.  They emailed me within 1 day saying once I submitted everything and paid everything they would expedite it through NVC and the interview.  I called NVC every day and in 2.5 weeks they let me know over the phone CC.

Now yesterday on May 2 the system says IN TRANSIT.  I am like many of you that have not received interview information.  NVC says to contact embassy.  Embassy in Brazil ONLY accepts emails, no phone calls.  They also DO NOT respond to emails....what a joy.

So now I am in the waiting game to find out WHEN and HOW I will know about my daughters interview.  Considering I am in the U.S. and will fly down to meet her for the interview, I hope that they will give me at LEAST 1 weeks notice.

I am so very thankful though for the help I have received and happy that she will be reunited with us VERY VERY SOON.

4 hours ago, Auds said:

Sigh my interview date will only come from embassy given expedite (!).  Waiting from CC on March 1....

 

My embassy doesn't answer calls so waiting for an email ...

Im in the same boat NVC status is "IN TRANSIT" to US consulate in Brazil but I do not know the interview as it will be set by the consulate wince we were given Expedite!  Making me go crazy as you can only contact the embassy by email, they do not allow phone calls.....and IF they answer an email it takes 7 days...... My poor baby daughter is living with my in laws for 10 months, we need to be reunited with her :-(

20 minutes ago, LOUHAMILTON said:

 

Good morning, I'm a Brazilian married to an American three years ago. My husband is Brazilian / American by his American father. His documentation is in order and he will be coming to the United States soon to file my documentation. My question is, he will declare his tax on American soil for the first time this year. Would he have trouble being my sponsor? Has anyone experienced a similar situation? Thank you and I hope to help other people as well.

Hi!  I am also a Brazilian/American and sponsored by Brazilian husband.  At the time I was living in Brazil and had not filed taxes in the U.S. for 3 years.  Before we filed I already had a job offer so I completed the Affidavit of Support with my sponsor letter but then I also had my mom and my sister fill joint sponsor letters just to make sure.  For them they just showed their work letters and last 3 months of pay stubs.  We had no problems. Send me a private message if you want to know more.

My status on the CEAC STATE system changed just now to IN TRANSIT and stated that NVC has notified me of the interview date.  When will they send me an email about this interview date???  Will it come by mail or email?

Thank you MLK

I waited 35 minutes on hold at NVC and then asked to speak with a supervisor because I never received an official expedited letter, only an email saying that I  agree to expedite it but nothing else.  The supervisor informed me that they will process my daughter's application this week at NVC...so maybe miracles do happen?

Hi MLK

Thank you, how did you find out which type of expedited process you were awarded?

Has anyone had any luck getting an expedited process through NVC? 

I was granted an expedited process at both USCIS and NVC and submitted all my final documents on April 18.  I called them on April 20 and the costumer service agent confirmed they received the documents but that it would still take 11 weeks for them to review my file.  I find this to be crazy considering the immigrant is facing a medical emergency and we have been approved for an expedited process.  Anyone else experiencing a wait of 11 weeks even WITH expedited approved?

Thanks Blooms!  Hopefully that happens to us too, It has been over a month since I responded to the RFE, so who knows.....maybe we will get results soon.  Finger Crossed

Yes we did submit a copy of the DS-3025 but still got a letter in the mail requiring the I-693 and had to send this I-693 within 45 days or the AOS would be dnied

My husband arrived to the U.S. on August 12 on a K1 and we were married on August 19th.  In September we submitted all paperwork for AOS and he received his EAD 60 days later.  On December 20th we received a letter in the mail requesting us to send the Medical From I-163.  I just saw on the USCIS link that immigrants that come on a K1 visa and marry in 90 days can be exempt from an interview and can get their green card directly if enough proof that the marriage was legitimate was given during the K1 process.  The reason why I am hopeful of this waiver is that they dont usually ask for the I-163 until the interview, but in our case we were asked even though we had submitted the sealed envelope from the doctor's report at the US embassy in Brazil --needed to obtain the K1 visa.
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Husband had a biometrics appointment with the local USCIS office in Iowa back in October to process his EAD.  Submitted fingerprints and photos.

Has any K1s out there had their interview waived and got their permanent green card in the mail without needing an interview?

When you apply for a K2 you have two optons 1. K2 travel with parent 2. K2 follow to join. We chose option 1, therefore we CANNOT do option 2. This has been made very clear by Immigration.

It breaks my heart that she must stay another year without her parents

No, we cannot get her K2 re-issued. This information I already know.

Please I just want to know if someone has the experience of first applying for the I-129F and then for the I-130

Hello

I wanted to know if anyone else has had to go through this process and what the outcome was.

I am a U.S. citizen and my husband came as a K1 Fiance visa and is now in AOS I-485 for his permanent residency (since September 1st, has already received EAD and travel permit)

We had gotten a k2 visa for my step-daughter but unfortunately due to Brazilian laws and issues with the birth mother she was not allowed to leave Brazil and her K2 visa expired.

We have now gotten all the proper judicial paperwork for her to leave the country (this has nothing to do with immigration, but Brazilian law)

My questions is, I will be applying for her the I-130. My fear is that immigration may not be too kind since they had already given her the I-129 and she did not use it.........anyone had this experience and got the I-130 accepted? Is it faster since she is already in the system? Will she have to go through everything again? (she had already had the appointment, gotten pictures, fingerprints, medical in June)

Is there any faster options to get her here? She is hurting, living with my mother-in-law and missing us badly.

Thank you for the information Merrytoh, very appreciated

Thank you, I did already email the consulate directly this morning, but they haven't been good about providing information in the past

reply to Georgia16: The K2 visa is not dependent on the approval of the other parent, why does this seem odd to you? It is not the U.S. that denied her visa, its the rules in Brazil that doesnt allow a minor child to leave the country without BOTH parent's signatures. The K1 or K2 application does not require parents to sign the form.