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    I-130 Filers August 2018 [merged threads]

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

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    11 minutes ago, Jungy said:

    Hello everyone! 

    I’ve been following the thread but never actually posted anything before.. but I really appreciate all the useful information! I am very excited to say our petition was approved by uscis! Our NOA1 was 8/31/2018 and we got our NOA2 on 2/1/2019 (Potomac Service Center) 

    I wish everyone good luck!! 

    Wow!!! Congrats!! We are TSC...moving pretty slow. Did they update when you log into uscis le did your receive the approval in the mail? 

     

    Congrats again and good luck with NVC!! 

    I-130 Filers August 2018 [merged threads]

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

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    47 minutes ago, SCW said:

    Hopefully it's not accurate on USCIS website because for Potomac Service Center it's saying "8 to 10.5 months" and as reported on VJ timeline some September filers have already been approved at that service center. We also filed in August and my husband called them about two days ago, waited on the phone for about an hour and the officer was not helpful at all, he basically read what was written on the website that they were taking care of February filers and we should wait for a few more months....which was very frustrating

    Ugh...they really know how to test our patience. I am curious if any of those people who work for uscis has ever been through this process or watched a family member go through this? At this point, I’ve lost my mind pretty much that I just wonder and wonder....never EVER did I think I would have to prove to someone how real my marriage is or how much we love each eachother. 🤭

    I-130 Filers August 2018 [merged threads]

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

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    39 minutes ago, SM&RM said:

    Either one can contact NVC. Prepare to stay on the phone for 45mins to an hour though. NVC is so behind. It is taking 7-8 weeks just to get a case number. 

    Is there ever a time any of these agencies aren’t behind anymore? I mean come on, we have to wait so long just for the petition and then you move to step 2 just for another long wait. I lived in Argentina for 10 months and was surprised how long it takes to get something from a government office. But in all reality, we aren’t Any better anymore. It’s become pretty bad. 

    I-130 Filers August 2018 [merged threads]

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

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    2 hours ago, JC&BS said:

    There was one yesterday on visajourney. Something I try to remember is that even though this site is helpful, most visa applicants are not members of this site. So the centers are doing at least a bit more than we realize. 

    This is very true. We are just a small piece of a giant puzzle. And also, I imagine that there are many on here that have not updated their statuses to approved either or ever will. When I first joined this site, I was on here all the time. When I temporarily moved to Argentina, I was so happy to be with my husband and getting everything started that I somewhat forgot about this group. So I’m 100% certain many of these unapproved statuses that we are seeing are actually approved. 😏

    b2 cancelled without just cause. any options?

    in Tourist Visas

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    47 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

    I thought the 5 year bar was only for material misrep? 

    5 year ban for first deportation. Then it goes 10 years and 20 years and for misrep is permanente bar (you would have to remain outside the US 10 years before applying for another visa). In order for them to find you inadmissible for misrep/fraud. There has to be plenty of proof to the CO. From what you are telling me, it’s most likely they checked the 5 year ban on her paperwork and inadmisibilty 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I), (Immigrant Without Proper Visa or Travel Document), i.e. you are an immigrant who, at the time of application for admission, is not in possession of a valid unexpired immigrant visa, reentry permit, border crossing identification card, or other valid entry document required by immigration law, and a valid unexpired passport, or other suitable travel document, or document of identity and nationality if such document is required by the regulations.

     

     

     

    54 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

    I thought the 5 year bar was only for material misrep? 

     

    b2 cancelled without just cause. any options?

    in Tourist Visas

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    1 hour ago, user54321 said:

     

    I have no idea. she said they gave her papers to sign but she hadn't read them yet to know what exactly they say

    The papers she most likely signed were her expedited/deportation papers and her printed out interview. I’ve heard of other countries having people sign bogus papers.  But honestly, I don’t think the US would ever do something like that especially with everything that is going on right now with immigration. They don’t need any other lawsuits in their backs. 

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    b2 cancelled without just cause. any options?

    in Tourist Visas

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    3 hours ago, user54321 said:

    My gf entering from Colombia yesterday for a visit of 70 days was pulled aside for in depth interview. She told them the truth, was coming to visit me and my family. She has made 2 trips here in the past. The last was aug. 2017. she returned to Colombia Jan. 2018. 5 months, no overstay.  Before that was one month in 2016. CBP CANCELLED her visa and returned her to Colombia. They wrote across the face in ink cancelled several times. They said she violated the terms of her visa because she was living here. In the past 2 years she was here a total of 5 months. that is not living here!!  IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO? Have a review or an appeal for example. We/She have not done anything wrong or contrary to the terms of the visa.

    no haters please. we are devastated. A visa from Colombia is very difficult to receive. They told her she could apply for another but I feel that would be a waste of time and money.

     

    and to address my other post before I get questions...…. It was a curious question because she ask if she could clean houses of family members while she was here.

    Hi there, 

     

    I started reading all the replies and stopped half way through, so not too sure If you received a response like I’m about to give you. I can understand your frustration 100% right now. The same thing happened to my boyfriend (now husband) back in 2017. You feel like it’s not fair at the moment and they said she was living here when she wasn’t. I was there, I get it. He was denied entry and expedited back to Argentina. They wrote “revoked” in his passport. Long story short, there’s a process to all this madness and take it from me, we’ve been in this process for almost 2 yrs now. When someone is removed from the airport by expedited removal, their B2 visa is cancelled for good. Along with that, you receive a 5 year ban from re-entering the country. I can tell you right now, they will not give her another visitor visa. In their eyes, she will never leave here. Regardless of the truth that you both know. The only way she can ever return here would be either with a K1 fiancé visa or CR1 visa (ours). After I talked to tons of lawyers, I moved to Argentina for 10 months, took my job with me, we then married the last month I was there and when I returned, we filed I-130 petition. That’s NOT the end. Once that petition is approved, because she now has a 5-year ban, you then have to file an I-212 (permission to re-apply for visa to enter US). Which in itself is a very long process. You have to prove hardship on you the US Citizen if they don’t allow her to enter or the hardship you would suffer if you had to move to Columbia. There’s so much more to it but too long to write on here. The steps above are where you would need to start. Instead of stressing and being upset over what happened, now is the time to really focus on what you want in future with her. Don’t be pissed at immigration and CBP. I now fully understand why they did what they did and we are doing the “correct” things to get him here. If you want more info, you are more the welcome to send me a private message. Many on here have helped me to understand all this, I’m will do return that favor to you. Just breath and focus 👍🏼.

    I-130 Filers August 2018 [merged threads]

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

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    32 minutes ago, Love To Teach said:

    OMG, it weighed more than 6 pounds. Gate passes, etc., from 10 trips, receipts from when I stayed, papers showing he and I share credit cards, my will, chats and emails, letters of support from friends and family, pictures, just anything we could think of that proved we spent time together, etc. We are not big picture people cuz once you've taken the same ones over and over...lol. (I'm so glad he has moved to Dubai. His confidence is returning) He and his ex and kids did yet another testimony before a judge, he is taking another copy of his divorce papers dated this month when/if he gets another interview. I was going to go winter break, but prices tripled at the hotels, and at this time he has a room, not his own apartment. They won't let family stay in the rooms. By the time I will go back in March, he will have been promoted and will have his own apartment. Marriott furnishes everything. So we are blessed in some ways. It just worries me that once he wrote that paper, he's screwed. They even made him write that he understood these statements could be used against him. I am angry at him in one way, but I understand living in a police state, he felt so threatened for his kids and family. He just saw that as the only way to get away from the abuse. He even felt suicidal after that, and had to go to his doctor for physical illnesses, which are still there now. The ridiculous thing is that if he was a scammer, he would have left long ago for a better "target," not stayed 8 years.

    Wow, you have more evidences than I do. Because my hb doesn’t have a ss# I can’t add him to any of my credit cards. He’s a beneficiary along with my daughter on my life insurance and pics and chats I have galore. I also have some back up from my trips there. But that’s about it. 

     

    Its unfortunate that he signed that paper and you have every right to be frustrated. I’ve heard of other CO harrasing people to the point of them signing something just to get out which later, backfired. It’s terrible.

     

    Since he’s living in Dubai, which is beautiful. Has it ever crossed your mind to go and live there with him? I wouldn’t mind retiring in Dubai. Just a thought. 

    I-130 Filers August 2018 [merged threads]

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

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    4 hours ago, Love To Teach said:

    No, he doesn't come on social media. Just uses computer for business. This story has been going on for a long time. Yes, he has the official divorce degree from the council and he has the divorce registered. But they said too bad, you wrote that you were still married so your papers don't override that. We put what happened to him, but they don't care. AND how convenient that they don't record interviews, so he has no witnesses. They do what they want to people in that embassy. He has even gone before the top judge there and testified that he is divorced, as did his ex-wife, and his kids, who are age 16 to 25. I don't know what else we can do. They even screamed at him, "Who did you pay for those papers?" I mean, this is a man who has never had any interaction with the police or anything. He is very dignified and mild. He basically went into shock, wrote what they dictated to him, and ran out. He said he can hardly remember doing it, as he says, he was "not in his right mind" because of their abuse. When he is in Pakistan, he basically looks over his should the entire time. He really believes they can harm him or his family, which I have to agree as they have all the info about people. I have visited him 10 times during the past 6 years, we have tons of evidence. They just make up their minds and that's it. But we aren't giving up. Both of our health(s) (is that a word) are about ruined from the stress.

    PS---He's an old soul...older than me...lol

    It sounds like you both have done everything possible up until now. It’s a difficult country to deal with right now and I am sure the embassy is going to continue with “their ways.” It’s unfortunate that regardless of him standing before a judge and having proof of being divorced they are still doubting him. What type of evidences did you submit with each one? 

    I-130 Filers August 2018 [merged threads]

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

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    15 hours ago, Love To Teach said:

    We were denied once, appealed and they turned down our appeal. Long story short. Our red flags: I have been divorced 4 times, last time to an abusive Moroccan that I brought over. I'm 67, he's 52. Both of us are educated and self-sufficient. We have never gotten in trouble and have worked hard all our lives. I've been a teacher for 45 years. He is now a customer service manager at a Marriott in Dubai and has gotten a promotion in 6 months. I only say this to show you we are normal decent people. We have known each other for almost 8 years almost, married for 3.5. They decided they weren't going to give him a visa before he arrived, so they took him in a small room and proceeded to scream at him and verbally abuse him until he broke down. They use a Pakistani man to do their dirty work...screaming Islamic prayers at him in his face, laughing at him for being married to a woman who was divorced that many times, told him he was a terrible Muslim because he could never divorce his first wife, told him he would never see the USA, which he took as a threat. He was terrified they would hurt his kids. They dictated a statement for him to write that he was still married, which of course, he isn't. The papers were there in the room. My husband was in such shock he wrote and signed the statement to escape their abuse. We filed an appeal, citing their abuse. We even filed a formal complaint with USCIS-- we got a pat letter back. They said, too bad, he wrote that statement. We had a certified statement before a top judge by him, his ex-wife, and kids that he is and has been divorced for 10 years, as well as his doctor, whom he had told about what happened to him. He developed physical problems, insomnia, diarreah,  high blood pressure, headaches, stomach problems. He even became suicidal. He is a nice man who has never been treated like that in his life. He expected an interview. He got a torture session. They didn't and don't care. They do this to quite a few people. The people are just too embarrassed to tell about it. This embassy is horrible! I so glad he moved to Dubai. He has gotten his confidence back and is much better, but still has nightmares, etc. He's a mild quiet man. So we have refiled last August. We don't know if he will even get an interview because they won't believe he is divorced, even with the proof there in front of them. Whatever happens, they can't tear us apart. Everything they did has only made us stronger. We will never give up! 

     

    Oh wow. You know i think I’ve seen your husband post on here. I don’t remember his user name but your story sounds too familiar. I think that embassy is that way because of the many fraudulent marriages that have come through there in the past. There’s quite a few other embassy’s that are the same way. The age difference shouldn’t matter,  but I do see the red flag in their eyes as a wife being 15 years older than the husband in that country.  It is more common to see it reversed. Doesn’t he have an official divorce decree? I really hope you guys can work this out in the long run. The only words I can say is, don’t lose hope. 

    I-130 Filers August 2018 [merged threads]

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

    Posted

    On 1/16/2019 at 10:51 AM, Audrey & Clay said:

    You can call  but the answer is gonna be that they have between , for example for NSC , from 7 to 9.5 month to process your case . Unfortunately , You will not have more  informations .. 

    i know that because we tried few times and at each times they give us the processing time of our service center ( no more infos than the website ) 

    my only advise is to check VJ timelines of your Service center to have an idea .

    i know it’s a long and difficult process .

    Good luck ! 

    I figured that much! Thank you and same to you and yours! 

    On 1/16/2019 at 11:27 AM, SM&RM said:

    USCIS will only tell you if your case is completed. You can ask for a tier 2 officer if you are not satisfied with what the first officer is telling you. 

    Thank you. 

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