Cassandra PC

Hello juarez club – so glad I found you! I’m almost through all your communication – it’s good reading

I’m Cassandra – back in the process and as confused as ever... My fiancé is from Oaxaca, where we’ve been living together for a few years. I recently moved home to California and he came with me (on a tourist visa). We were approved much sooner than I thought (thanks to my complete petition - due to all the great advice from this sight). Since Oaxaca is mighty far and he has until May on his tourist visa, I think the new “plan” is for him to stay here until we go to the interview together, traveling San Francisco to El Paso. This depends on getting our packet and letter soonish. I’ve emailed both NVC and CDJ to see if it was sent/ received.

Meanwhile I need to get my stuff together so I’m ready when I get the go ahead. I’ve done my research, I even have a useless book, but I’m still confused about the following CDJ specific info. Please help

The medical exams: which vaccinations did people need? My chico is 33 and doesn’t have his card – might have to get it sent from Oaxaca.

The Public charge provision: CDJ website doesn’t mention a form for Fiancé (and apparently the I-864 for other categories) but everyone is talking about submitting I-134, I missed something! I have a Co-sponsor, but not sure what I need from her.

Notarizing stuff: Do I sign the intent to marry form and then have it notarized?

Does anyone have a checklist of stuff they took to their interview at CDJ specifically? Would so appreciate it!

Gringos/as living in Mexico, have any of you applied for residency based on marriage to a Mexican citizen? I`ve been checking the websites for INM and SRE and the only thing I can come up with is the link at the bottom of my post. I`m wondering if any of you have gone that route. If so, does that get you work permision too? I`m thinking that it doesn`t, but not sure. What I worries me about these requirements is point five in the "documentos" section. If I understand it right (maybe I don`t because sometimes things get away from me in Spanish), this route to residency may only be for disabled. Or maybe that document is optional? If no one here has tried to make use of this, can anyone with better Spanish than mine give me an opinion on whether I`m reading it right? Thanks, guys.

http://www.inm.gob.mx/paginas/tramitesrequisitos/221270.htm

I was considering/investigating mexican citizenship before I started the K-1 process (and it still may be a possibility for me in the future). The office you want to be dealing with is La Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores (not immigration). At least in Oaxaca, immigration doesn't deal with Naturalization. As I understand it, your two routes to Mexican citizenship are residency for 5 years or marriage to a citizen and residency for 2 years. Once you're a citizen you can work, vote, drive, etc. The paperwork for this process is pretty incredible (I've heard) so the FM3 plan might be best to get you living and working in the country. I was on a tourist visa while processing my FM3 for the first time, the tramite process took about 2 months.

Check out http://www.sre.gob.mx/tramites/nacionalida...nalidad.htm#III or the "codigo civil" for the law but best to visit an office or talk to a real person.

Good luck! Let me know if you find out an tricks!

Hola-

Yo puse el I-129F el 12 de Septiembre y estuvimos aprobados hoy! Mi Fiance va a tener la intervista en el DF...no se como esta el proceso alla.

hijole no entiendo! Jess como que recibiste tu NOA 2 en menos que un mes?? Si es posible? hay otros casos asi? Quizas quieren mucho a la gente de Mexico je je.

Deberia preparar mi "packet 3" entonces! Ya vi el sitio de CDJ y todavia no entiendo que se necesita. Alguien tiene su propia lista? Les voy a molestar con esa pregunta despues pero ahora que estamos hablando de la entrevista...

I’ve been reading and reading all the advice on this forum about the I-129F petition. I’m finally getting ready to send it! But I couldn’t do that without having you all take a look at it first. Below is my checklist. Its about 70 pages - I guess I went for the “better to send too much than too little” ideology. Any comments are appreciated!

Our Situation: I have been living for the past two years with my boyfriend in Mexico. In the next week I plan to send the I-129F Petition from Mexico to the CSC. We plan to go to the US in November using his tourist visa and return to Mexico for his interview or when his 6 months is up (which ever comes first).

My I-129F Petition Checklist:

1. Check in the amount of $170*.

2. Cover Letter (contents and FC-029 statement)*

3. I-129F*

4. I-129F Supplement: Part B, Question 18, Explanation of meeting in person*

5. Proof of having met in person in the past two years, including:

...A. Evidence of petitioner residency in Mexico

......1. Copy of Mexican work visa and English translation**

......2. Copy of ID issued by employer and English translation**

......3. Copy of Bank Statement issued by Mexican Bank

...B. Evidence of residency together in Mexico

......1. Original apartment contract* and English Translation (Signed by Petitioner, Beneficiary, and Lessor)

......2. Copy of Property tax payment (proof of lessor ownership)

......3. Copy of two receipts for rent paid and English Translation**

...C. Evidence of travel together (to the US June July 2006)

......1. Copy of itinerary issued by airline (Name of Petitioner and Beneficiary)

......2. Copy of boarding passes (Petitioner and Beneficiary, same flight)

......3. Copy of Mexican Passport (Beneficiary) with stamps from trip

......4. Letter from Mother (beneficiary) about relationship / trip*

...D. 15 Photos (Digitally arranged on 3 pages and printed with names, place, and date for each)

6. Letter certifying intent to marry* (Petitioner)

7. Letter certifying intent to marry* (Beneficiary, written in English and Spanish)

8. G-325A*, attachments* (residence and work), and passport style photo (Petitioner)

9. G-325A*, attachment (work history)*, and passport style photo (Beneficiary)

10. Copy of Birth Certificate and all pages of US Passport (Petitioner)

* Signed and Dated

**Note: I personally translated the documents. Each page

includes a paragraph (signed by me) certifying accuracy and is stamped

by a Mexican notary.

Suerte con tu entrevista! y avisanos como te fue! Me imagino que es la parte mas dificil y importante. No puedo creer que vamos a tener que ir hasta Cuidad Juarez - es muy lejos de Oaxaca! Ya mero voy a enviar el I-129F a USA. Bueno, cualquier consejo que tengan sobre el proceso para gente de mexico - echamelo!

WOW! Thanks for telling me. When we processed the tourist visa in D.F they said we would need to "come back" if we wanted to get married and change status (I guess that's not what they really meant). Even lawyers I talked to failed to mention to me that we'd need to go to ciudad juarez!

I'm using the forms from the USCIS website. Thanks for sharing you experiences with me - you just saved me from a big surprise in the future.

Porque rebicieron un RFE? Apenas voy a meter mi I-129F y quiero saber como evitar problemas! Nosotros vamos a hacer todo por D.F. Algo de consejo que nos pueden ofrecer?

Because we live together, I don't have any "correspondence" proof of our relationship so I'm planning to send in my visa and work ID card to show I live in Mexico. I was also thinking about sending in our rent contract. I've heard we can write a joint letter of intent (in english).

Notary public, yikes!

I'm going to send in some documents in Spanish for my I-129F. USCIS says they have to be translated and then "certified" by the translator. Being fluent in Spanish, can I just translate them myself? They're pretty basic (a visa, an id card, etc.) and they're going to California after all - but I don't want any problems. Any experiences out there?

I haven't heard of anyone else in my shoes.

I'm a US citizen but live in Mexico with my boyfriend (I've been in MX for 3 years on a work visa). We've decided to go the K-1 route - I'm getting ready to file a petition so we can move to the US. I'm planning to send the documents to a friend and have them send it to the service center for me (so I don't have to return to the US). Is there any problem with this?

Also it seems like it would be easy to prove we know each other (since we live together), but I can't think of anything besides photos to send as proof. Any ideas?