ViktorS

1 hour ago, millefleur said:

Oh weird, well, get that form translated and send it in. Very strange, not sure what form they would want, is that something from the US side or the Russia side?

It is form #7 - "Заявление о заключении брака"(Marriage Application). There is a negligible chance it could stuck to one of the documents I sent with the initial package, but more likely USCIS acquired it somehow.

Hm, just realized that it is NOT our marriage certificate translation that was requested, it is a form to apply for a marriage that I DIDN'T send! They've got it somehow - I'm really surprised.  

I've received the envelope with Saturday mail. It has the letter from my.uscis.gov and marriage certificate. I have it + translation sent and uploaded with the original packet. Guess, I need to do another/alternative translation and reply. It would be nice if for $500 fee they could create more personalized RFEs

Got this from the https://my.uscis.gov/account/applicant this morning: 

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SUBMIT ENGLISH TRANSLATION

If any document is not in English it must be submitted with a certified English translation. You submitted a foreign language document, which is attached. Submit a complete and accurate English translation and a photocopy of the corresponding foreign language document. Translations submitted without the relating foreign language documents are not acceptable. Extract or summary translations of the original document are not acceptable. The translator must certify that the translation is complete and accurate, and that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language to English.

 I'm sure that I submitted English translation for our marriage certificate and my wife divorce decree. 

There is no attachment, so I don't know what is "missing" and need to wait for the letter in my mailbox. I'm sure that I submitted translation for two documents I had in Russian: marriage certificate and my wife divorce decree. I also uploaded everything into the USCIS portal. The translation is made by Rev and USCIS never had issues with their translations in the past.  

• Can this letter be issued for inadequate translation?
• When I have the details should I request translation from two different translators and send both to be sure?     
• Should I mail (as requested) AND upload the response? 

I'm curious, what is involved in the I-130 processing at USCIS for IR category? Is there any security checks with other agencies? I believe that the security check was the explanation why other type of cases are processed out of order. But if there is none, I don't understand why these cases are processed so out of order: there are approvals with NOA-1 date from the end on June 2019 while there are open cases from beginning of the May at the same service center.  I understand that this information is unlikely to be actionable, but still interested in what's going on there.

Word of caution: your wife will need to fill DS-160 which has a question about relatives in the US. She should include you as her husband. Misrepresenting this info may lead to CR1/IR1 denial. Having husband as a relative on DS-160 will likely cause the questions about immigration intent which will lead to B1/B2 denial. So, Brazil may be a better place to celebrate the holidays. 

I've used https://www.rev.com/translation for everything official

I wonder what's going on in Potomac too. 

I think it depends which system is used at the embassy  CGI Federal used by the consulate Moscow allowed 4 - 5 daily logins in the past,  

2 hours ago, austinvisajourney said:

Thanks Victor! 

 

Where would I upload it?

Go to your account in  https://my.uscis.gov/  On the Home page you should see your IOE case with "Case Status" and "Documents" tabs. The Documents tab should have "Upload documents" button.

If you case is IOE you can try to proactively upload the scan of the proper certificate. I'm not sure that it will work, but it wouldn't heart for sure.

On 7/11/2019 at 7:05 PM, dmaan said:

Hey guys,

 

I know lately social media of applicants are heavily monitored. Does anyone know if USICS can see private posts on facebook? Has anyone experienced something like this firsthand where they were surprised to find that USCIS had seen pictures posted privately or even deleted? 

I'm pretty sure they can't. 

This "attached" service center should be on your NOA1. Mine is Potomac.

6 minutes ago, arken said:

NVC emails the instructions (Packet in your term) to the petitioner and the beneficiary, no physical mail.

Ok, I've read "mails" multiple times - this got me confused. Thanks!

From reading the instructions and forum I've got an impression that NVC is sending something, except the case #. 

7 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

That's the first thing at the NVC stage, you fill out a "Representative" form. Whoever is the beneficiary's representative (that could be you, the petitioner, or whoever) will get everything she gets. 

Thanks!

My wife lives in Russia and the russian post is definitely not the best in the world. I've sent I-130/a with my address (petitioner) in US and my wife address in Russia. Is it possible to use my US address for all correspondence from NVC?  I understand that "by default" they send the packet directly to the beneficiary.

Thanks,

Viktor  

Checked today my.uscis.gov: I can see our cases there. There are also multi-page TIF attached to each case where all the documents are mixed up and in disarray. I hope USCIS has normal copy somewhere.

On 5/10/2019 at 9:32 PM, ViktorS said:

The same story, going to call them Monday

Talked with tier 2 support specialist (tier one had a "computer problem"). He told me that this process is new and there may be few glitches in the customer facing software, but so far he doesn't see any other problem. 

34 minutes ago, Prin1992 said:

I created an online account in USCIS website that show in the I-797 but the website show only the us citizen name and address 

until now nothing update 

The same story, going to call them Monday

I've received I-797Cs for my wife and stepson. Entered 1st receipt # and online access code - no errors seen a page with my name. When I've started to enter the second case the following message was displayed:  "You cannot add this case to your account because it has already been linked to a USCIS account". 

I don't see any case on the home page. What's going on?

17 hours ago, LovinMe said:

Receipt number says validation error when i check it online. i filed i130 for my parents.  IOE #

I think one needs to use new case status thing in "my account": https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/

7 minutes ago, scdkl said:

Did they tell you the reason of K1 denied? 

No, but guess they had doubts about nature of our relationship

59 minutes ago, scdkl said:

Oh! It’s the same PD 

we could have the same issue

I hope this is not an issue for our case processing  

Not sure if it is related or not, but we got our K1 denied in the end of February (interview was mid-January)  -

On 5/5/2019 at 8:44 PM, scdkl said:

I just submitted I-130 to USCIS in Chicago by mail last week but I got IOE receipt number and can’t locate my case 

 

anyone face the same issues ?

I've received the text and email with IOE # yesterday. USCIS received our i-130 on May 1st (Chicago lockbox)

I couldn't fine any cover letter in the list of the required documents on the uscis.gov. I suppose, it is one of the things that people think is "nice to send". It should describe the content of your envelope, so an officer who will review your case will not miss a document or evidence lowering (in theory) a chance of getting RFE. I'm going to send one page describing the entire package.   

Please correct me if I'm wrong.