Enrique&Nikki

Hello VJ'ers

10 hours ago, Hank_ said:

Yes to the child attending if you want.  Yest to you attending if you want.   NO to the mother-in-law.

 

Do remember to bring your CRBA certificate to the interview.

 

 

 

Yes will be bringing it to the interview. Assuming all goes well with CRBA. Thanks!

1 hour ago, Chris Duffy said:

Don't worry about the child, they have about 100 people who stand just outside the US Embassy entrance who can assist you.

 

For a small fee they offer services like Bullpen rental, They will hold your electronics, they will watch your child, etc all for a small fee.

 

The issue is will your items or them still be there when you get finish with your interview.

Bullpen . I feel sorry for anyone who wind up opting for those services as a last resort. I doubt they'd leave their kids but I bet some of those guys have made quite a bit of cash running off with some of those phones/ electronics.

I see thanks. 

6 minutes ago, PaoSelle said:

you can bring baby in with you

Good to know thank you. Any chance you know or read anything about in-laws coming with to help? 

Hello everyone,

       Hopefully someone can help us with a bit of dilemma before my wife's CR1 interview. Reading a few posts here, it looks like I, the petitioner can go in with my wife to her interview and that USEM allows it. My question is should or can I bring the baby with us? I've read and have been told multiple times that it will help to bring the baby with us. Now I'm left wondering.

- will they even allow my 3 month old daughter into the interview? 

- If we bring the baby with us. An idea of bring my mother in law with us to help out while waiting. Would she be allowed in? or does she sit outside the embassy.

Daughter is awaiting CRBA interview already scheduled. 

25Jan - CRBA interview

13Feb - CR1 interview

Thanks in advance for any ideas or input. 

11 hours ago, luckyching1212 said:

I just finish my crba 3 weeks ago and everything went well we just waiting for DNA results for me and for my daughter and after that we are good to go that's the consular officer promise me and all the requirements on their website is not really limited the important is your tax return, naturalization and the us passport and 5 years residence 

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully we don't end up with a DNA testing. I heard it's pretty expensive. Planning to send my CRBA in a few days here. Thanks and Happy New Year.

I see. I've been searching high and low for people who might have been asked in interviews and it doesnt seem to be the case anyways. Just a gray area that I wanted to verify somehow before I send in my docs. Thanks!

3 hours ago, OlaCurrency said:

Congrats!

Thanks!

Looking for anyone who've recently mailed these documents for the CRBA application in Manila. Did you include passport photos? Also did you include evidence papers that you won't have originals (i.e. previous flights or itineraries that could only be printed from airline website such as Air Asia and Cebu Pacific)? Obviously we won't be able to bring in originals at the time of appointment but is this something we might have trouble when it comes to the appointment since it says to send photocopies of all documents and forms but bring the originals.

Much appreciate it if anyone has any info regarding this. 

So just thinking ahead. Our petition for CR1 is currently at NVC and I'm just wondering what documents we'd have to bring to the interview. More specifically the documents for the joint sponsor. I understand I have to bring all original documents for me (petitioner) and the beneficiary's to the interview. Do I have to bring all original documents for the Joint sponsor as well? W2 and Income tax returns/Tax Transcripts are pretty doable but I am seriously wondering about the other docs (passport, marriage cert, driver's license) of Joint sponsor. As some of these are used on a regular basis specially for my dad that flies pretty frequently. Anybody that had just gone through the interview phase, that has a joint sponsor as well? Would be glad to hear what you brought with you. 

13 hours ago, Lazybones18 said:

Maybe they want to close the year strong and work at a faster pace to reduce the number of pending cases by end of 2017

 

Its the govt we are talking about though 

That'll make for a nice Christmas gift for the family. cc

11 hours ago, Sunny & Angel said:

Their year closes on Sept instead of Dec... they are on fiscal year instead of calendar year end so I won't count on that.

Very good to hear. Thanks for sharing that. I know things can go wrong but we are really hoping for a cc before JAN next year. fingers crossed.

3 minutes ago, MrHanky said:

You won't get any notice, but the importance of the scan date is that's when you start counting down to case closed, or when you should expect something to happen. Currently its 6-7 weeks. 

Gotcha. Thank you!

1 minute ago, MrHanky said:

you could assume so, there's days off for holidays and people take vacation time.

 

scan date means nothing to NVC, scan date is when they get your docs into their system, you get this by calling them and asking them, but don't expect them to understand all terms used on this site.

I see thanks. lol no worries I'm not trying to use it for anything. I'm just curious from reading "Scan Dates" here trying to get an idea how long it will take before I can get a reply back from them. I thought I'd get something like "recieve NVC packet/package" or something so I started to wonder.

Hello,

  I just sent all NVC documents to Portsmouth, NH on 17NOV... and the wait begins (again). Does anybody know if NVC process slows down due to the holiday season coming up? Also wondering, where does everybody get their Scan Dates? i only know of my case number and IIN.

6 minutes ago, NikLR said:

The forms are correct btw. 

That's great thank you. I'm was already wondering if I even really do need the I-864A since my dad sufficiently have enough income to sponsor. I'm just going take the safer route I guess. 

20 minutes ago, NikLR said:

You also need evidence of current income and both your father and mother need to provide evidence of US citizenship or LPR status.  

Okay thanks. Just got done reading this in the I-864. Although I didn't see any requirement on the I-864A Instruction. Just the Tax return/Transcript. 

Hey thanks for your input sir. I decided I'm just going to include copies of the last 3 Taxes for my father as well. Might as well since I need the Total income from them. Any chance you have any idea about my I-864 forms question?

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

You need information from three tax returns for your parents but are only required to submit the latest one.

Actually very good to hear that. I just realized I only have one tax return of theirs on hand. Thank you. 

Hi,

I am currently preparing all I-864's for my wife's CR1 visa application. We are currently in the NVC stage. Preparing to send AOS and IV package along with supporting documents. Please bear with me as I am just a bit frustrated with what set of documents suit our situation.

       I am wondering if I have this right. Hopefully someone familiar with this could help out if I have this right. So I am the petitioner and my dad will be a Joint sponsor. How I understand this is, me and my dad will each have an I-864 filled out. Since my mom will be in the same household as my dad. She has to fill out an I-864A.

I-864 Me (petitioner)

I-864 Father (Joint Sponsor)

I-864A Mother (being in the same household as the Joint Sponsor and is filing taxes jointly)

Hopefully this looks right.. 

Also would I also need 3 Tax Returns/Tax Transcripts from my dad (Joint Sponsor) as I only have the most recent 2 on hand. 

Ok, thanks a lot!

Hi. I would just like to ask if what specific military records NVC is asking.

My husband is the petitioner and he worked in the military for 10 years but currently he is no longer on active duty.

Is he supposed to send his PREVIOUS military records? Or is this only for those who are in ACTIVE duty?

Thank you!

15 minutes ago, Netta said:

Call back and speak to someone else. USCIS mailed my package 10/13  received i called NVC every two days to find out if my package was received NVC received my package 10/24. I called them 10/26 and got my case and iin over the phone and the agent told me i would get notification via email with case and iin along with instructions. After 1am i got two back to back emails from nvc one addressed to me the other to my husband it was our welcome letter. So call them back later this evening and if they don't have a case and iin for you today call them back tomorrow. By the way the evening/night agents are a lot more friendly 

Thanks for that great info. I will try calling them again tonight then, hopefully they respond similar to yours. As in we get the email soon afterwards. 

Hello everyone. So I just called NVC today and was told that they've received our case from USCIS on 25 OCTOBER which was 5 days ago. Also said that I should just follow the instructions in the email (which was verified over the phone). Oddly there's no email. So I went to check the case in NVC web site and it says:

"Please follow the instructions you received from the National Visa Center (NVC) that list the six steps you must take before NVC can schedule your visa interview appointment. This includes submitting to NVC various fees, forms and documents. Once NVC has received all the required items, they will let you know if anything is missing or incomplete. You can also find these instructions online..."

Should I wait for the email, Since it says on the status online that the instructions are also found on the website?