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    Married to US Citizen, left to visit Canada but now denied re-entry to the US by CBP officer -- Help!

    in General Immigration-Related Discussion

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    Okay listen. I have already hit my 10 year visa and went through all of this.

     2015 my husband moved to stay with me so that we could see if our relationship was sustainable. 5 months in we decided to travel to the USA to visit and meet his family and to reset the 6 month period. We were rudely awakened that this was not how the border would allow us to behave and essentially I got told that he could finish the remainder of his 6 months and then we needed to leave. We were devastated and embarrassed by how the officer treated us ( basically calling us stupid and telling me that we had no rights because we were not married. After crying I began to research.

     

    I immediately applied to get my spouse a temporary residency for Canada, so that he could remain longer( as long as you have a pending application before your passport stamp runs out you are fine). We married in feb of 2016. After trying and trying to get PR in Canada I gave up and decided to go the other way. We applied in oct 2016. 
     

    during this time I continued to apply for temporary residency, 3 times in fact and when I got to the interview portion of the cr1 on sept 11 2017 because I did this and because we remained in domicile the entire time the officer changed their entire attitude! I had proven our marriage was bonafide simply because my husband remained with me, unable to work etc, through the entire process. 
     

    I had to remove conditions and truthfully 680 dollars will be worth it every time. Many petitions that begin in the United States first are deemed suspicious.

     

    I highly recommend having her enter to visit you, and take appropriate steps to make her a temporary resident while you complete all your processes.

     

    have someone on the USA side help you. STAY AWAY from the border. It’s hard but necessary because it proves you are there for them and not to evade immigration law. 
     

    I am in the process of naturalizing. I wish you luck! 

     

     

    September 2016 I-130 filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Hi everyone, 

     

    My interview was scheduled on September 11th, and i cried years of joy when the officer told me i was approved. Everyone was incredible in the waiting room and the experience, all though nerve wrecking, was not so bad at all. My husband and i drive down to new York State on Tuesday September 26th, and i can't say how much this website has helped me be able to achieve this.

     

    Best of luck to the rest of you and I'll talk to any of you that had to apply for adjustment of status. 

    October 2016 I-130 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    1 hour ago, carriiej said:

    Randomly I met someone from my hometown who is going through the same process and they were told that the NVC would take up to 11 weeks to finish the case.. but within 2 weeks they received the letter with an interview date! I'm a little jealous since they applied about 3 weeks after we did and their interview is already scheduled haha. Hopefully the NVC can continue to be that quick!

    It's not. I've been sick at this stage forever. I completed NVC May 19th and still haven't heard anything about an interview. They just keep feeling me to wait. 70 days in this step! Ugh. 

    October 2016 I-130 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    53 minutes ago, Beatriz and Luis said:

    I just saw this, thank you for your help. 

    Also, i got my numbers but they told me at NVC that i need to wait for the welcome

    letter in order for us to choose an agent and pay the fees. 

    Question!

    do i pay the AOS bill before the other bill or do they unloock at the same time? 

    Thank you!

     

    You do not have to wait for your welcome letter, i didn't!

     

    I got my nvc case number and my invoice number and you can start all the processes right now. 

     

    Go to the ceac website and log in.

    AOS opens first after you do the agent and then IV. 

     

    Don't wait! Getting an interview has been the longest part of this process. I finished in May 19 and am still waiting for the interview date. 

     

    Good luck! 

    October 2016 I-130 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    7 hours ago, Beatriz and Luis said:

    Hey can you gide me a bit on hos to go through NVC? I just got aporoved a few days ago... thank you! 

    Hey so what i did is i started calling nvc after about 3 days, and received my case number in a week after i was approved. Also ask for your invoice number and case number so you can go on line assign an agent and pay the fees even before you get your welcome letter. You have to pay them one at a time and this process actually took the longest. Once they are both paid check regularly if the ds-260 is available, you'll see buttons like start now but can't do them until everything else is done. You can check nvc.state.gov to see if you can electronically file like i did. They are really fast, i had two checklists and finished in 12 days. Scan all documents,  submit to nvcelectronic, only if eligible. If you can't, collect all your documents in one package and mail it out together. 

     

    My only advice is of you are using a joint sponsor, clearly identify everything. I created an additional document checklist after the second checklist i got from them because i kept getting asked for duplicates. 

     

    Also to ease your stress, everyone is passed through this part. Nvc does not make decisions on our cases it's our interview that decides. The lady told me they are just there to help and collect our documents!

     

    Hope this helps. I called alot lol. 

    October 2016 I-130 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Hey guys, when you are talking to tier 2, what are you saying to them or asking? I really think that part of my reason for them pushing through my case for approval was because i let them know that i knew what was going on, about tone lines and i brought up the fact that other cases were getting approved over mine when this is a first come first serve service, without being rude of course. I've had my fair share of genetic response, even one girl who was literally being coached what to say. 

     

    It's coming guys! 

    October 2016 I-130 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    Just now, October2016 said:

    I'm still waiting and mines was October 21 what in5 the world is going on with my case. Oh my goodness. But congrats to all being approved happy for you!

    If i could recommend, i made a call to uscis and started asking a lot of questions and telling them what i knew and saw from other months being approved. Next thing i knew we were approved. Possibly try to reach out?

     

    October 2016 I-130 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    3 hours ago, Djodrey said:

    Hello everyone!

     

    I have been patiently waiting and following this topic for some time now. I filed my I-130 for my spouse who lives in Colombia. We received our NOA1 on October 28th. 

     

    Today my app that I downloaded to track my case alerted me that my case has " been received at my local office". I did not receive a text or an email from USCIS but went on the website to confirm and sure enough it said the same thing. Below is the exact verbage of the notice:

    Case was received at my local office

    On March 14, 2017, we received your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt Number LINXXXXXXX, at your local office. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

    I was very excited to see some movement in the case after only 5 months but after researching this a bit i am concerned of why this is happening. Has anyone else received this notice or does anyone have any info on what this means? Should I try to contact USCIS for clarification. It doesn't give me any info on what to do next or what to expect next.

     

    I got this as well! I've hunted all over the Internet and all i can get is it means a possible decision or a possible interview. How stressful! 

    October 2016 I-130 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Just now, OsakaBen said:

    Immigrating from Canada is lucky, because I'm pretty sure you can do electronic filing for all your AOS and IV documents!  Saves loads of time apparently!

    So true! Only down side is in in Alberta and I've been researching medicals and they are all out of province and my interview is in Quebec eventually. So costly travel fees but if it gets us to new York quicker all the better. You are with Nebraska also? Where did you file from?

    October 2016 I-130 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, OsakaBen said:

    Basically setting up the Affidavit of Support (AOS) financial sponsor information, Immigrant Visa (IV) processing fees, medical/police checks, -and setting up the embassy interview. 

     

    Basically more fees, paperwork, sending more info, and waiting times. 

    I've been gathering things for this for the last few months, but do you know if we can fill out the AOS early? It asks for an alien registration number but are we provided one in NOA2?

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