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Good question that i'm not sure I know the answer to, but I sent copies of my bank statement from online and they didn't say anything to me about it, no RFE's or anything.

I suppose they'll probably ask to see it at the interview?

Hey everyone,

Can anyone tell me how long it normally takes before your case is at NVC? I received my NOA2 in the mail but it was never updated online to say we were approved, and I never got any emails. So I was told to make sure that it actually gets to NVC etc. I was wondering if now would be too early to try and contact them? I need to find out what the new case number is...

Thanks in advance.

Hey all,

I have a few quick questions. Our petition was just approved so I know shortly it will be getting to the consulate in London... My question is, I know after we get packet 3 we have a lot of work to do and it will probably take some time to send it back in. Does london wait until you've sent back your packet 3 before they give you an interview date? And also does anyone know what interview dates they are giving out now? My fiance and I are hoping for a late April early May interview, because his sister is getting married next October and he wants to stay for that, since we only have 6 months to activate the visa we are hoping the interview doesn't come too soon!! Anyone know any ways of kind of extending the time period out some? I know that's backwards from what everyone else is always asking!!

Congrats

We were approved right before Christmas, with an October 12th NOA1 date.

I think it all really depends on the type of pet. The biggest challange will be to find an airline that will allow you to bring the pet internationally. I believe most airlines have specific requirements on the types of containers that you are able to carry your pets in as well. There are quite a few websites online if you search "importing pets to USA." This is what I found on one website.

Dogs must be free of disease and be vaccinated against rabies at least 30 days before they reach the USA. Puppies younger than three months and dogs in rabies-free areas such as the United Kingdom are exempted, however. Unvaccinated dogs will be inoculated on arrival and confined for 30 days at your expense.

Cats must show no signs of disease and rabies vaccination is required in most U.S. states.

Birds are quarantined for at least 30 days in a Department of Agriculture facility, again at your expense. You must reserve quarantine space in advance and obtain a health certificate for the bird.

If it's a rare animal you might want to check and make sure that you are actually able to bring it into the United States ahead of time as well. This is also a pretty good PDF file that I found online that tells more about importing animals into the US.

http://www.customs.gov/ImageCache/cgov/con...pdf/v1/pets.pdf

Hope that helps some...

Thanks everyone for the congrats and Christmas wishes

Hey all,

What a joyous holiday gift to hear about on Christmas eve (GMT- I'm in England)! My Dad sent my fiance a message to tell him we recieved our NOA2 in the mail. With an approval date of December 19th. No updates online or emails sent out for approval, we did get a touch on the 20th of December, which kind of made me think we were probably going to get an RFE.

But nope, someone at CSC loves us! Even if they did forget to send out the emails

He said it read "The above petition has been approved.." will be sent to NVC yada yada yada, approved December 19th!

So YEY for Christmas!

Hey all,

With the delight of my recent touch on my case (Seeing at least something has been done after two months at CSC) I have started to think more about the later parts of trying to get this visa. With that comes the part about the affidavit of support.

Alright, so.. i'm a full-time student. I used to have a full-time job making, probably very close to the poverty guidelines, but the place I worked closed. Right now i'm getting unemployment, which is beans. But, i'm going to get a job when I get back to the US - It was too hard to find one with telling people in retail and etc, "oh yeah i'm going to be leaving Dec 9th for a month, will I still have a job when I get back?" Anyway. My income taxes from last year, I didn't make enough money to show I could support even myself I don't think, and my parents still claimed me last year I believe as a depedant.

So, i've asked my Mom to be a co-sponsor. She makes very good money, and has agreed to it. My question is, what does she need to be able to show? I'm sure just showing she makes this amount of money won't be good enough?

And also, will they take it against me how much I have in my bank account? I haven't had a job in nearly 5 months and have refused to get unemployment until now, because I don't like sponging off the governement. I know I have to get a bank statement showing how much i've deposited in my bank in the last year? Maybe that will help my case some, so they can see at one point I did have decent money saved up in there. Although by the time the interview comes, who knows what'll be happening.

Oh, and one last question. I know W2's and all will be coming soon.. It's appearing that we need our interview to be around the end of April, which means tax time will have come and gone... If my fiance gets an interview in like April will I need to show taxes from 2006 as well? I can always file early I suppose if I needed to...

Sorry this is a bit long winded.

If they are coming over with their visa it does not matter. You can get one-way or round trip whichever is cheaper

If they are immigrating over with their visa, then why would they need a return ticket anyway? I doubt the airlines would give you any hastles about it.

Congrats!

By the way. I think you meant 12/21 on your timeline on your signature not 10/21?

I think if the NOA2 petition approval is expiring then the consulate automatically extends the expiration date on it for you. I've read that from someone else on here before. I'm not sure about scheduling the interviews though. Good luck!

Agreed.

From what i've heard after POE before Marriage is when you should apply for a SSN number.

Yes you are describing self employed. I have seen others on here go that route.

However, you say that it shows no income on your tax returns the last 5 years. This will be a problem when you get to the point that you have to fill out the affidavit of support because you have to show your tax returns to show your sufficient income (Which has to be 125% above poverty level) to support your fiancee. I'm not sure how you would get around that, maybe someone else with a similar situation can elaborate more.

I also agree with the fact that you can probably do it without a lawyer. Unless you have some really strange case you probably won't be needing a lawyer that will fleece money out of you to fill out a few pages and send them in. You'll probably still be in charge of gathering all the evidence needed. So you'll be doing a large part of the work for the visa. They have guides on here to show you exactly how to fill out all the forms and even templates for the other pages that you should include. It took me about a day to gather all the information, make photo copies, etc. and send it out, without a lawyer!

Good luck in your journey!

Well if you want to marry in the US you will need a K1 visa, I believe if you marry in China you would have to apply for a k3 visa. Onto which i've heard people say k3's take longer to process. Possibly someone knowing more about China can be more help.

Where's mine??? Same date NOA1!

Congrats none the less! Hope the rest of the process goes smoothly.

Congrats!!

Just in time for the holidays! Hope it's great!

I hope they process some more Octobers too...

Woot! That's great news. October 7th, my NOA1 is Oct 12... hope mine comes before Christmas.

Happy holidays!

I totally agree. CSC should approve them all for Christmas. Just make everyone happy!

Then they could start on a clean slate for the New Year!

I agree, i'm thinking no age discriminations. I am 20, my fiance is 21. We haven't gotten approved yet, but we haven't been denied either. I agree that as long as you are able to marry you should have problems. In the states you are legal to marry when you are 18, so why would this be any different?

Anyhoo, good luck on getting approved soon! You should be, i've seen a lot of septembers recently. I'm hoping they start Octobers soon!!

Woo! Congrats!

Makes me excited that mine might be soon!

In the View My Timeline feature on this site.

Where it states your I 129F may be adjudicated as early as Jan 11 2007.

Does that mean everything my interview and the Fiance' Visa in my hands

Exactly what does that date mean

Thanks Allie

That's probably meaning NOA2 which is the approval to be sent to the foreign country.

I've heard a lot of people talking about doing this. Just make sure that the government doesn't think you are already married when the beneficiary comes over or else it could cause problems.

I think it depends on how quickly you get back your background check and medical exams. If everything checks out it shouldn't be long. Someone will correct me here if i'm wrong, but I believe you can actually get the visa same day? Not 100% certain on that though.

I'll let you know if they make any comments at our interview in Rio. I doubt they will though. In Brazil the risk of fraud is probably mail order brides and much older men, honestly. I think being a girl would make it easier at the interview.

I'ts not like in the ME/NA where so many men scam older women into marrying them. I'm not saying that's the case on VJ, I'm just saying that relationships of older women and younger men in that region can send up a red flag. So in the ME/NA I'll bet fraud is less likely to be suspected of a male USC.

Doubt that's true in our region.

Sorry, am I missing something here or what is ME/NA?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gotta love the government offices and their enthusiasm for work! I think CSC needs to kick it up a notch and catch up with the processing times of VSC! The fact that Christmas is coming won't help much either, i'm sure this is their least productive time of the year.