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Nova77, 

As posted earlier, I had lived in the US for about 15 years with SS contributions in excess of the required 40 quarters before abandoning my first green card. I was really firm in standing my ground w.r.t applicability of exemption in my situation, even though not everyone working on my case was familiar. Eventually, my I-864W was accepted. Even after approval, this came up during my in-person interview. The officer claimed that my I-864 was missing! I insisted on speaking to the Consular General if no one was aware of the applicability of the rule. Fortunately, my officer took my case file to discuss with the consular general and returned to confirm that I was right. A few days later we returned to the US.

I agree with Dritan's suggestion. If you do not have clear 40 quarters of credit and your Social security statement does not explicitly state "benefits eligible", I too would recommend to not pursue that route. This will cause serious delay in addition to the RFE, if your situation is not the same. 

Good Luck!

Toronto2017,

I was successful in getting NVC to accept my I-864W after a great deal of effort.

As solicited by you, I have sent you a PM with a detailed email message on how I went about achieving that end.

In addition, here are some snapshot attachments that I shared with NVC as well, which may also benefit other(s) in the forum.

Good Luck!

I864W_NVC_Attachments.pdf

19 minutes ago, aleful said:

then until you receive the written request, It is just speculation

 

since they are separate petitions, I don't see why your son didn't file the i864 for your wife, you're the one that worked, your wife didn't and they are separate petitions and normally you would each need a separate i864

 

the i864A would be for your son's spouse or sibling living in the same house, if the other person is a joint sponsor, the other person would also file an i864

 

unfortunately, if they don't accept the i864W, then your son would need to send an affidavit for each of your the petition would be denied and closed

 

has he consulted with an attorney?

 

 

I agree that it will remain speculative, pending receipt of an email communication from NVC. Wished to be proactive and see if there was an outside chance of preempting generation of a checklist citing valid arguments (in case the checklist has not been generated already).

My wife can receive credit by virtue of my contribution to SSA. Therefore, she becomes eligible for i-864W as well as per the rules without the involvement of any Sponsor(s) - based on my understanding.

51 minutes ago, aleful said:

hi

 

did you live and work legally in the country all those years?

 

or were you both illegally in the country? did you enter on a visa that allowed you to work legally all those years?

Yes, both of us entered and lived legally during the entire period. While I worked with valid work authorization, my wife was a full-time homemaker that never worked.

We both also held Green Cards before we left the US Shores.

Changed to PAID, finally. (After 23 days of actual payment).

Good Luck!, Everyone.

UV1996 --  The page titled Document Cover Sheet comes with the bar code and your case number printed on the NVC Welcome Letter (which is the first communication from NVC to the Petitioner & Beneficiary, based on my experience).  I paid my IV Fees (after the AOS fees was PAID a few days before that) on 7/8, but still not posted as PAID to this point (7/28). Very disappointing. Although I could n't start the DS 260, I have gone ahead and submitted all my review documents to NVC. But, I did send them with the Document Cover Sheet attached to the front of the documentation packet. I understand that the case will not be taken up for review until the IV Fees is flagged as paid and the DS 260 is complete. Will let others share their knowledge/experience.

To those who share this common pain, interestingly (but sadly), the very same website via the url to check Immigrant Visa Application Status believes (and rightly so) that I am all paid up with respect to the fees. I shared this observation with NVC over a week ago - only to hear a puzzled reaction. Please see attached (intentionally clobbered the case number to mask out personal info).

Week 4 of hope and prayer begins.

Thanks!

I too had sent an email to asknvc well over a week ago without much luck. (I have been waiting since 11th).

Just got off the phone talking to NVC and have been told that CEAC website is down again (Update functionality), and that not much can be done until it is resolved. (Even though one is able to view the web page(s)).

It seems the website is not under NVC's control (from an information update and/or maintenance perspective), and hence an ETA of the fix cannot be provided. Sadly, the only option for those of us that is stuck with this issue is to just hope and pray. (Even though NVC receives our email complaints with the documented issue they will be unable to act on it for the above reason - I am told).

Can anyone else impacted by this issue please call and report back here to see if we are hearing the same?

Thanks.

12 hours ago, larnar1309 said:

I called NVC this morning and the woman told me due to a lot of people making payments over the last week the system is running slow. She gave me some instructions of what to do if it has still not gone through on Monday. Send me a PM if you want those and I'll happily share them with ya  

Hi -- I paid mine (IV Fees) on 8th July and it is still not posted. Called NVC multiple times to check. It seems there was an issue with the payment process during a certain time window, impacting those that paid during that time. None from the NVC is so far is either willing to share the duration of that impact period, or provide an ETA to trace those payments manually to resolve the issue - other than a high level guesstimate from 6 weeks to 3 months!

Wondering if you could kindly share it here for the benefit of others, just in case there are more than a handful that are impacted and do not know what to do. (NVC admits that there could be quite a few that is impacted).

Thanks!

PS: A detailed email about a week ago to ASKNVC with all the necessary screenshots of proof of payment from my end, has not yet helped.

I do realize that the above is not one of those common scenarios.

Can anyone with experience, knowledge or a view please respond.

I am real close to sending the package out and would be reassuring to hear from the interpretation of others before I actually sent it out.

Thanks.

Hi,

My wife and self are IR-5 beneficiaries exempt from filing Affidavit of Support (eligible for I-864 W).

I am in the process of assembling the documents as per the Document Cover Sheet (please see attached). It is my interpretation that the entire set of documents solicited under the

heading 3. Signed Affidavit of Support(s) is only applicable to, and in the context of the petitioner being the financial sponsor of Affidavit of Support alone.

And that as filer's of I-864W, we are not required to furnish the documents as suggested under that section.

Would appreciate if anyone with the knowledge / experience of dealing with this situation could please advise if I am missing something.

Thanks!

Document Cover Sheet - Our Case.pdf

Sorry, a correction. My Bad.

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Note # 2: I emailed USCIS, the very next day of sending it in, requesting them to accept it the way it was - along with a screen capture of that outdated instruction that misled us

Please read the above as "I emailed Chicago Lock Box" and not as written earlier.  Thanks.

On 2/11/2017 at 10:13 AM, Damara said:

Huh I guess your post got lost in the forums- its odd for no one to reply all week!

So first thing- you want to be sure that the 40 credits you earned that you want to give to your wife were all accumulated during your marriage. Any credits from before you were married do not count. 

Second- I hope you ordered the SSA statement a while ago and its on its way soon (?) I get what you want to try to submit- the old printout and the proof you are trying to obtain a current one- and honestly its got a 50-50 shot at satisfying them. I can see how it technically meets the burden of proof, but its also out of date. They (the adjudicators) have discretion on what to accept and what to reject. So 50-50. If they dont like it you will get an RFE with 87 days to respond. Will you have the copy in time?  (thats if you filed in the US and not going through NVC.) If you are going through NVC I believe they are flexible in waiting for RFE proof. You basically are frozen until they get it because they wont send you to Embassy with out it being good enough for them. They dont actually approve it. They just look to see its technically OK and then it goes to the Officer in the Embassy to approve. So if NVC doesnt mind it being an old statement it will move on and then its up to the Officer to be ok with it or ask you for something newer. If NVC doesnt like it, it wont move on. 

Thank you very much, for the detailed response. Much appreciate it.

NVC will be involved, as we are doing CP (Living overseas).

A statement request (SSA-7004) has just been UPSed to SSA office in PA with a request to send out the statement to my daughter's address there.

Hope to get it in a few weeks.

Since my wife and I (beneficiaries of I-130 petitions) will be the one's that will be claiming the exemption (i-864W), I am assuming that my daughter (petitioner) will not need to do anything with respect to Affidavit of Support. Am I correct? If so, at what stage and through what form do I tell NVC to not expect a proper I-864 from my petitioner.

Thanks again.

Cheers!

On 2/26/2017 at 1:54 AM, TeamMattronica said:

Sooooo long story short, my hubs went to send out the package today and accidentally made the money order out to "USCIS" instead of what it was supposed to be... it is what it is, but I'm jut wondering if anyone knows how long it will be before we get it returned so we can send it back? lol 

 

thanks in advance!

We did the same thing a couple of months ago, and it was accepted.

Note # 1: We did so, as we unfortunately stumbled upon (and went by) an outdated guideline that did suggest making it in favor of "USCIS".

Note # 2: I emailed USCIS, the very next day of sending it in, requesting them to accept it the way it was - along with a screen capture of that outdated instruction that misled us.

I cannot say for sure if it was the email that did the trick, or a more forgiving officer that accepted it.

One other thing (Not too sure if it is connected) - We did not get notified despite the G-1145. And the Notice Date was 16 days later than the Receipt.

Hope you too are granted the same benefit of doubt.

Cheers!

Anyone?

Greetings!

My wife and self are beneficiaries to pending I-130 petitions.

I had accumulated more than 40 qualifying credits, while my wife was always a homemaker right through our previous stay in the US. Left in 2005. No benefits claimed during that period, or after.

Unable to obtain online access for self generating statements. The turn around time for a form based statement request (SSA-7004) is very high.

I was wondering whether the Social Security statement dated as old as 2004 (that has a record of all yearly earnings and contributions since 1992 and up to 2004) be sufficient to show as proof or documentary evidence. Both for myself, and my wife (who I understand may be eligible to 'claim' based on my contribution). Also have a screen print of SSA's mainframe application screen of my SSN for 2016, if that might help - Not a proper statement, though.

Appreciate your thoughts/advise on this.

Thanks.
 

Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

That's comforting to know. It was delivered 23rd Dec. Hope next week will bring in some cheer.

No word yet, and do not know if the M.O has been encashed.

But, as 13 calendar days have elapsed, as of this date, since physical receipt of the i-130 petition by Chicago Lock box, would it be correct to assume that if the lock box had to reject it (for the reason shared earlier), they would have done it by now, given that G-1145 was attached?.

Thanks!

Thank You!, for all your responses.

Interestingly (and unfortunately), the petitioner had stumbled upon a web page link while googling that advised payment to "USCIS". (Admit that the form instructions ought to have been the one to go by). As to the fees, $420 was the correct one applicable to petitions filed before 23rd Dec (which it was, in this case).

This url https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-an...pplication-fee must have been a real old one, for - it takes one to that web page on clicking the link...but, does not seem to show up on current url path structure while navigating through the website.

Screenshot highlighting the same is also attached.

Those preparing to file, please DO NOT fall in to the same trap that we did

Thanks again.

Hi,

A money order was made payable to "United States Citizenship and Immigration Services" for an I-130 petition instead "U.S. Department of Homeland Security".

The fee paid was $420, as it was filed before the 23rd of December.

Could you please let me know if the I-130 petition would be rejected because of this.

Thanks in advance.