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MSC here.

Received my biometric appointment letter today! Exactly 8 months from my filed date which is Nov.30,2020. My appointment will be in 2 weeks. 😊

Form received 11/30

Card charged 01/13

Checking my bank this morning to pay bills and saw they charged me yesterday! I didn't expect it TBH. Now I will call USCIS.

My husband (US Citizen) and I will move to our new apartment next week. We don't have any pending case/applications.
I know I will file AR-11 within 10 days after moving.
Does my husband need to file I-865 (Sponsor’s Notice of Change of Address) or no? Thanks!

23 hours ago, july_2017 said:

It should be okay. As far as I know, only the civil documents are required to be on orginal on the day of the interview.

everything else that were sent to NVC or uploaded in CEAC were not asked to be resubmitted. 

 

I had scanned copy of I-864 during my interview last Oct 16,2018 at the USEM. Got approved and leaving on the 29th.

 

although it's always safer to have the orginal copy if you have time to send it over to her. 😊 Goodluck. 

Going to send my original copy of I-864 this week. Just to be sure and don't want any delays. 

Thank you  and congratulations on your approval! Safe travels! 😊

On 10/21/2018 at 2:13 PM, pushbrk said:

Technically, a scanned copy is supposed to be OK, but I would not try it without confirmation from somebody who was successful in Manila recently WITHOUT the original signed document.

Thanks! I am going to send my original copy of I-864 this week. 

My  wife will have an interview on November.  Just want to ask if she needs the original copy of my I-864? She already had a scanned copy of it after I submitted it on CEAC website. 
 

28 minutes ago, Mariacol said:

Congratulations! Nov 23, the day after thanksgiving.. I though all embassies would be closed 22 and 23rd of nov. But that's good. 

Thank you!!

Got our interview schedule today!!!

CC: Oct 12, 2018
Interview Date: Nov 23, 2018 USEM Manila

Got our interview schedule today!!!

CC: Oct. 12, 2018
Interview Date: Nov. 23, 2018 USEM Manila

16 minutes ago, VALU said:

Congrats! What's a pivot case?

Thank you! A pivot case means that you will do the NVC process online. You will upload and submit everything on the CEAC website.

Just now, qianl said:

Well amen! Hope we get our interview dates soon

Thank you! Hopefully we will get it soon 😊

1 minute ago, FiliAm said:

Wow! Pretty fast! 

Congratulations! 

Thank you! To be honest we were surprised our case was competed a day after we submitted our AOS.

No we're not.  Our case is a pivot case though.

Just called NVC today and told us our case was completed.
Now we're waiting for interview schedule and email from them.

Oct 10, 2018 - Submitted IV
Oct 11, 2018 - Submitted AOS
Oct 12, 2018 - Case Complete

UPDATE

Called NVC today and we got our Case Complete! They said to just upload the documents they asked.

I was confused with the messages sent to us at CEAC website.

We received a message stating a case review note but we also received another one stating that our documents were received and approved. We checked our status and it stated "At NVC". It's Sunday and I cannot call NVC... So are we under review or case complete?
Oct 10, 2018 - Submitted IV
Oct 11, 2018 - Submitted AOS
Oct 12, 2018 - IV and AOS Accepted. We also got these messages

P.S. We already sent my mom's 2017 federal tax return and I don't know why they want us to submit it again.

Thank you!

We are now preparing our papers for the NVC stage. My mom agreed to be my joint sponsor. She and I live separately. I’m here in TX and she’s there with dad in VA. I know I will fill up I-864 and so does my mom. Should my dad fill up some forms too? Or is it okay for him not to fill up any forms? Hope you’ll help me. Thanks!!

Nebraska Service Center
PD - January 22, 2018

NOA2 - August 27

NVC sent - August 31

Received hard copy of NOA2 - Sept.4

19 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

You don't need ID/documents from each list.   You will do best to have ID from the primary and/or secondary list.   Two IDs.    (re-issued college ID should be fine)

 

https://www.dfa.gov.ph/2013-04-04-06-59-48

 

Getting an appointment with DFA will be too much fun, it appears that FIXERS have "stolen" all appointment openings and are selling them back to people .

 

 

 

Yeah. DFA removed passport appointment slots for travel agencies since last year.
There's gonna be someone  inside the DFA supplying all those appointment slots to the travel agency.

She doesn't have an Alumni ID? 
I am not sure if the school will issue another college ID for her because she's a graduate already.
The only thing the school can give her is an Alumni ID.

If she's going to get a driver's licence, the LTO will give her a student permit first. After a month, she can apply for the actual driver's licence.  I am not sure if the DFA will accept a student permit.

It should be PSA Birth Certificate. NSO is now PSA.

Please be reminded that walk ins are not allowed anymore.

15 minutes ago, geowrian said:

I would just send a good sample of chats over the length of the relationship. Please don't make a poor IO sit there with a pile of papers with chat messages. They won't read it anyway. I personally sent 1 page per month together as well, and even that seemed overkill IMHO.

 

The paper size is a non-issue.

 

This case is an I-130 for a spouse. Unlike the I-129F for a K-1, there is no need to show that you have met in person at least once within the past 2 years, which is where the photos & chat logs and such are "secondary evidence".

That said, yes, I would absolutely also suggest showing evidence of time you spent physically together...they do love to see that.

I will keep that in mind. Thanks!
I also made a timeline of our relationship from the time we started dating til we got married. It has our pictures w/captions.  

I met my husband during my internship in the US 2 years ago. Is it alright to put my J1 visa as well? Just to support that I went to the US before and I met him there. 

29 minutes ago, Michelle13 said:

For me, personally, I just did clips from every month that showed consistent talking.  I focused more on the dates rather than content to show the length and consistency of chat logs.  

I also took screen shots of our call time(s)/date that showed the length of time/consistency.  I took one screen shot from every month. 

 

While chat logs are great and important.  I believe the primary evidence they look at is flight stubs/boarding passes/receipts from being together/anything with your name and date attached to it etc.  

I would suggest focusing more on that then photos/logs which I believe are considered "secondary evidence" 

 

Best of luck

Thanks a lot! We're all good with our other evidences. It's just that we don't know what to do with our chat logs. 

My husband and I messaged each other for more than two years, so there's gonna be a lot of chat logs. 
How much chat logs do we need to send? Do we need to send the most current one? Or just a selection of our chat logs?
I am also worried on the paper size because some of our documents are on Legal size, not on a letter size. Is it going to be alright?

We are going to send our i-130 this week.

Thanks in advance.

Well if you just got married, the municipal or city registrar/registry office will endorse it to PSA. Normally this process takes up to six months.

I got married around mid August and I got my PSA marriage certificate after two or three weeks. Just tell your wife's local civil registrar/registry office to endorse to PSA asap