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1 hour ago, W, W and W said:

I got NOA2 on Feb 20, then received an email from USCIS that they sent our case to NVC on March 2, just called NVC today and the women said that they didn't receive our case yet. Is this normal? Anyone else with the same situation?

I keep hearing "it can take up to 8 weeks for us to receive a package from USCIS." So I guess it's normal. I plan to just keep calling and calling and calling. They said they sent mine on the 19th, so I guess I should wait a week or so (but it just feels better when I call!)

My USCIS status changed from "we approved your I-130" to "we sent your petition to the department of state." I did not know that was going to happen. There were 14 days between the two dates. So, mail takes like 3 days to get from Nebraska to New Hampshire, so I should imagine they'll receive it anywhere between tomorrow and death.

In this day and age, you'd think these things would be more streamlined. 

Anyone else get the "we sent your petition to the department of state?" Do you think it means that it left USCIS that day? Phone calls to NVC continue to be a dead end.

I'm interested in this too. I can't find a definitive answer as to whether or not they just give you these vaccinations at the medical examination. They talk about "if you haven't had them before..." But I don't know if my husband's mother can find his vax records from when he was a kid? Will they just give him everything at the required medical?

Because on the website for the practice in our city that does this exam, they ask for the patient to BRING their vaccination records. What if he doesn't have them?

26 minutes ago, Azeem said:

Received at NVC

Congrats! When was your NOA2?

My husband and I married in a third country and I've lived with him (in a 4th, 5th and 6th country lol) for the past 2 years. We filed for the IR-1 and got approved from the USCIS so far. There was no problem with our marriage in Hong Kong despite the fact neither of us are Cantonese.

I also have a permanent residence in the US which is my mother's (who is also sponsoring my husband). That's my domicile requirement. I mean, I haven't "passed" the NVC stage yet, but from all that I've read, I'm not too worried about it.

On 16/03/2018 at 6:48 AM, Irina872212 said:

My case was recieved by NVC on 26/01 and we call every week. Today the operator told us that now they are very busy and the timeline for case number from 6 to 8 weeks... 

So keep waiting! Just two more weeks left....

How do you know that the NVC received your case? Is this information only available through calling? Or does the USCIS case status update? Will the USCIS case status website ever update again or is it now that they've allegedly sent it off, it's no longer used?

1 hour ago, Jhonny said:

Guys, NSC is in deed speeded up a lot (I don´t know what they did) but they are currently in the 6 months that requires, for example, my case was opened 6 months and 20 days! I´m an August filer, so they are fine now.!

NVC is the one who is a little backlogged now!

And isn't that a pain?! I mean, for us who have just been transferred or will soon be transferred to the NVC. I think you recent filers might have a shorter wait time than we did. So congratulations to you all!

It's so strange to see the trends and that it used to take only a few months for the ENTIRE PROCESS to be finished. I can hardly believe that. What a joy that must have been haha.

New Question!!!

Our joint sponsor makes above 125% of the poverty line and has done for the past 3 years. We have all the transcripts to show that. But she makes just barely over the 125% though. A few hundred to a thousand dollars over. But has, consistently. 

Should I be worried? And, if so, should we A.) List her assets (like her house and her IRA)? or B.) Use a second joint sponsor in addition to her just in case? Someone who makes thousands more than the required 125%? This person has also done so for 3 years, but has not held the same job during that entire 3 year period.

5 minutes ago, Knychala said:

Hi! they just tell YOU a date and you make your life work around that, people wait from 1 week to 3 months, sometimes 6 months, to have an interview scheduled. But I guess for Frankfurt, Germany, may not be a busy consulate and you'll get it fast!

Thanks for the information! I'm hoping it'll all go smoothly. Good luck to you.

It went by faster than I thought it would! Our PD is July 24th, 2017, and we got approved March 5th. So, yes, that is 7.25 months, but I was expecting 9-10 months. If you look at the graphs on this site, you'll see that their backlog is clearing and things are going faster and faster!

The beneficiary is the immigrant. Unless the spouse has adopted your two US citizen kids, then they are not his or her family (legally).

Hola, you lucky people who are almost to the finish line! For my own knowledge (I really want to know what everything looks like in order to be on top of the process), when you move past the NVC stage and they tell you to schedule an interview, can you schedule it for any available time? Is there a calendar on a website that you can click a day (like if you were reserving a hotel room) or do they just tell YOU a date and you make your life work around that? I'm fine with anything, but I just want to know.

If this is necessary to know, we're trying to get our interview at the embassy in Frankfurt, Germany (when our times comes).

Just now, ALittleBritish said:

Did you guys provide an email address for either of you on your I-130? It's my understanding they will either send you a welcome email or a welcome letter. 

 

The rest of the processing will be done either by mail or through the online CEAC portal (known as a pivot case). You can check here to see if you consulate is one of the ones doing electronic processing: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/collect-and-submit-forms-and-documents-to-the-nvc/step-6-submit-documents-to-the-nvc.html

Yes we did indeed give an e-mail address. Funny thing, though, the USCIS only e-mailed initially, I found out we were accepted through the "check my case" on the website. And thank you for the website, will I have to get a new case number if I change the embassy? Obviously. That will slow things down I'll bet.

Hey you guys! I get to join this thread now. 

Is the NVC stage done entirely through the internet until the interview? Everywhere I look for an answer is info from 2010 or earlier.

If not, which address do they use to send something to the beneficiary? The I-130 asked for physical address and "last addresses outside the US" and the US address they intend to live. Those were 3 different answers for us. 

Also, we moved to a different country since I wrote in that "physical address." I wrote the NVC an e-mail, but, I don't even have a case number yet (my case was approved on the 5th by USCIS). Of course, they haven't responded. Those of you who are further ahead than I am, did they mail anything to your beneficiary? We'd kind of like to change the embassy we interview at too. Since, you know, we are residents of a new country now.

10a - You probably should put their names in the "In Care of" part, because you're not on the mailbox and you know how the post office can be. So yes.

12a - 12b has a space for apartment number and block number and all that. 

12a (2) - Where do you guys intend to live in the US? That's what they're asking. In the next step (The NVC step), they will ask you to prove domicile in the US. That means having a place to stay to prove you intend to go back to the US to reside. So that's what they're asking for.

25a - Yes, the spouse and any children if they exist.

62a - That's where you put the embassy that you want to get all this stuff done at. So, since you live in Myanmar, that's the one you want to put.

You're doing just fine! I know it's stressful.

We got our NOA2! Approval! I'm so excited!

Nebraska Centre

PD: July 24th

NOA2: March 5th

It really does happen!

On 19/02/2018 at 1:44 AM, pbjel25 said:

Is it possible that some of the earlier PDs in July are not assessed earlier due to more than one I130 application in the request (e.g., kids attached to the application)?? I see a number of couples approved mid-July and on, but I wonder if the decision is based on random pickings, or if family applications take longer to assess. What is your take? We are July 7 PD.

It's gotta be random because there are people at the same centre being approved in out of order dates. I do wonder how they organise it all.

9 hours ago, Kevin&Riza said:

Have PD of July 24, Nebraska Service Center. Monday called and talked to tier 2 to get case status update and was told that Nebraska is processing June. Just now while talking to my wife,  received email stating our case is approved. So happy! we are both crying tears of joy.

That is our PD and place. Maybe we're coming up soon!

Congrats!!!

9 hours ago, pushbrk said:

You are not part of your mother's household.  She is "employed" and has two sources of income.  Add her SS income to her employment income when calculating her current income.  Indicate you were not required to file tax returns because you had no income.

Thank you very much! So we only check that she is "employed as a/an..." and then add together her total income with evidence of that in the attached documents. Because there is no box for SS income. Only pensions and properties and the like.

1 minute ago, databit said:

Just because you have a drivers license doesn't equal domicile. One look at your passport, and the story of where you have been living will be clear to immigration. Search VisaJourney for what you will need.

 

 

I'm not doing anything wrong here. There's nothing wrong with living abroad. We're allowed to file from here and we did. We live together. 

I put my mother's address as my mailing address but my physical address as this one I'm in now. I still have a US bank account too. With her address as my billing address. It's also where I lived before moving abroad. I'm not worried about that. I'm concerned about how I don't live there now (which the USCIS knows), but I will. So how does that work on my mother's I-864? I'm not her dependent, and haven't been, but she has to "claim" my husband on the form. Does she have to "claim" me too?

And I have used the search function. Closest I found still did not answer my question. Hence the thread. 

8 minutes ago, kris&me said:

if you had foreign income, you  do taxes 

a huge amount (over 100,00) is exempt 

if not,  then no tax return

you need to establish residency in the US  so how will you do this

and your mom will need to fill out joint sponsor form and include herself,  all people living under her roof ,  you and your husband

so ,  check the 124% poverty guidelines to see if her income is adequate

as far as her income, it will be total income

you are not living in the US, so how will you handle this? 

i do'nt need to know but it is needed for sponsorship

and what did you put for US address on the applicatio?

I had no income at all. So no taxes for me. I see on the form now where it says to check if I wasn't required to file them.

My residence on my license is my mother's address and it's my permanent address, I have evidence of domicile, but I don't live there currently and haven't for a while. We want to move to the US, though. So I put her address as my US address. We filed from outside the country, though. However, she's my joint sponsor because, as I said, I have no income.

I'm not living under her roof now, and won't until my husband moves there. But there's only a space for her spouse and her dependents, of which I am neither.

She does make more than 124%, so that's fine.

We are getting our I-864 ready and out of the way now.

I make $0. Completely unemployed.

My husband (the alien) is employed but it won't carry to the US, so that's null.

We live abroad right now.

My mother is sponsoring us. 

-I am not her dependent, but will be living with her and my husband after he gets his visa. Since I'm not a dependent to her, on her form, am I included in her household? I feel like I should be, but where?

-She is retired, but not "retired from..." I mean, she left her job because of disability years ago and now collects Social Security Retirement because of her age, does she just put her most recent employment from years ago? I mean, she's not really technically retired from them, she just left them.

-She is also currently employed, so do we put employed as an... AND retired from...?

Because I live abroad and make absolutely no income and haven't in years, my tax guy in America has told me the last three years that it IRS doesn't need my taxes. So I have no tax forms. Seems weird now that I say it [type it] outloud. 

I can't seem to find answers specifically to these questions anywhere, so maybe someone has had this happen to them. 

Thanks!

21 hours ago, lacolinab13 said:

Personally, I wouldn't list the address of a hotel where I stayed, or the address of any place where I was on vacation. The form asks for addresses of residences, and just staying at a hotel or even a rental home while on vacation does not make you a resident. 

 

I traveled for a full year in South America - on the I-129F, I put my address during that time as my permanent address in the US, from where I had left, where I was getting my mail, and where I was planning to return. 

 

If you took up residence somewhere, intending to stay for an extended period of time to live and work (and not just visit), then I would put that down. If you were just traveling, I wouldn't. 

On 2017-6-19 at 3:12 PM, millefleur said:

Just don't leave any time gaps in your address history and you should be fine. You don't need to submit any evidence for your addresses/places you lived, so just list everything in chronological order and don't leave any gaps in time. It shouldn't be a problem.

You're both right, I don't know why I was getting so confused. The US is my permanent residence, so it's not like it just disappears when I travel outside the US. I'm just overwhelmed I guess.

Does anyone know of a current I-130 packet checklist since the February 2017 change? Some places say I need his birth certificate, others say I don't; and some say that translations can be done by anyone and others say that it has to be notarised. Because we can both translate Czech and Russian to English and that would be much easier.

Thanks a million for everyone's continued help, you are all so wonderful!

Moscow said we cannot file at the field office so here we are filing outside the US! I have more questions now. And they are all about addresses. The only thing I'm sure of is that my mailing address is in the US and my current physical address is in Prague.

Past physical addresses:

In the past 5 years I've lived:

USA address 1 

USA address 2 (current mailing address)

Russia address (May as well call this a hotel address) Do I put this one? I stayed for 3 months.

Serbian address 1 (hotel) (1 week, not a big deal, but it exists)

Serbian address 2 (hotel again) (1 month)

Czech address

I mean, I didn't physically go directly from USA address 2 to Czech address, but USA address 2 is my license address and Czech address was the next place I was on a lease. Do those others count? It's the word "physical" that has really got me confused.

10 hours ago, NikLR said:

You won't be able to update an address outside the USA, however your spouse will need a country of residence for the NVC process. 

Oh, well alright then. And he always has that permanent Russian address and we can always return there fairly simply so I hope that that is what we need.