J.A.G 2016

6 hours ago, busyybeee said:

I will finally reunite with my husband after a week.  How long does Social Security card and green card take to arrive? Also, how soon before he can work, does he need a work permit? When can I put his name under my insurance? When can he open a bank account/credit card? When to apply for ID card? So many questions..... Thank you VJ family for always having answers 😀

From my experience here in NY, I had to wait 20 business days for immigration to process my SSN, but unfortunately after that they didn't so I had to apply at a SSA office, it took 1.5 weeks to arrive. For insurance (1199) ssn is required. As for bank account n state id, proof of address is required. I had to post a mail to myself (post marked mail), since I am new and don't have anything in my name (utility bill, lease, vehicle registration etc.). Bank of America is more flexible to open an account. After two weeks I applied for a credit card (secured one) because I don't have a credit history. All of the above was done with my temporary gc. My gc took 1.5 months after I arrived and was paid for before I entered the US.

5 hours ago, HelpNeeded101 said:

Thanks! Do you mind if I ask you what questions the CO asked you guys in particular since you were also at the guyana embassy recently. Like what do they really focus on, I've been living in guyana with my wife for almost 4 years and have 2 kids and its pretty obvious the marriage is real. Just wondering if there is any curveball questions I might get taken by surprise me that I should be ready for.

The CO only asked me two questions, who is my petitioner and how long we have been married and my visa was approved. The entire interview lasted about 7 minutes. Their main focus is to be convinced that your marriage is bona-fide and you are eligible for the visa that you have been petitioned for.

A plus for me was due to the fact that we frontloaded our case at uscis stage with enough evidence of our marriage being real and I saw the CO had the same file at my interview. 

Once your marriage is real and valid there is nothing to worry about, just be honest with the CO.

57 minutes ago, HelpNeeded101 said:

Thank you so much for the clarification! One more question if your able. Did you also need the petitioners birth certificate issued after 2010? Mine is the same one that was issued when I was born in 1995 ( I am the petitioner). I suprisingly was actually never asked to submit my birth certificate at NVC, just my passport page so wondering if I should get an updated birth certificate for my self. My wife's birth certificate was issued in 2012 and her police certificates will be less than a year old at interview and I have everything else ready so everything should be good to go thankfully.

 

I really appreciate your help! Thanks!

The CO didn't asked for the petitioner's bc, but I also updated it and took it to my interview to avoid any delay.

20 hours ago, HelpNeeded101 said:

So I just got DQed and want to get all the docs I need for the interview, but I read somewhere on the guyana consulte review page that some insane docs are needed at the interview, for example. My parents and spouses parents birth and marriage certificates as well as divorce decrees. Not just mine but my parents, is this actually true? My parents are from israel and I dont know how they can possibly go get those in the less than 2 months till the interview.

 

Also when they say they want a recent police certificate, it took like 3 months to get the canadian police certificate, do I already need to apply for a new one if we never traveled back there and the interview is sometime in december or january? it was issued on March 24th.

 

Last thing, when they say they want recent original birth certificates, does that mean I can't bring my actual original birth certificate or do I have to go and apply for a new birth certificate that is issued recently?

 

Thanks,

Any help is much appreciated.

 

Here is a pic of the thing I'm talking about

 

Hi, the document that you are referencing to is from a personal review back in 2016 and that's from a different category. I (Guyanese) had my IR1 interview back in August this year and the documents the consulate requested at the interview were:-

1. My birth certificate, NOTED if issued before 2010, updated one needed.

2. Police clearance, valid for one year from date of issuance. 

3. Marriage certificate, NOTED if issued before 2010, updated one needed.

4. Divorce absolute 

5. Petitioner 2022 tax transcripts 

6. Joint sponsor 2022 tax transcripts and proof of domicile. 

7. My medical report was uploaded directly to the embassy by St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.

As a safety I walked with all the documents NVC requested (hard copies) and even additional proof of our marriage.

Any update?...anyone?

Any update anyone? I received a 60 days letter from nvc.

On 2/19/2022 at 8:52 PM, Loanrojas said:

 

On 1/11/2022 at 11:35 AM, Loanrojas said:

Yes. They are. So far pre covid cases is what I know. Hoping to see someone from last year that have gotten their interview

Hi, any update with Georgetown embassy?

6 hours ago, TedBrosby said:

This was after an RFE though, right?  

  

I think what people are interested in is:  

If you submit on Date Y, important docs.  

You found out you need an optional doc "Other" category, and submit that on Date X.  

  

Does your review date depend on Date Y or Date X?  

  

I've heard if it's RFE, you are moved to the back of the line. But if you don't submit any required doc, and only submit optional/other docs, you keep your place.  

  

I'd love to get more feedback on this.  

I submitted I-864, civil docs, proof of income on October 20th. Someone said you have to submit a statement about why you don't have W2, I added that in December. 

Initially submit documents to nvc on 25th July, and after nvc reviewed them on the 3rd October,they then asked for W2 for the joint sponsor although we submitted tax transcripts for both the petitioner and joint sponsorer. The W2 was uploaded under additional documents and we still had to wait another 3 months for dq.

I am not sure however, if u added a document before case review if that will change your place in line or it will be considered under your initial review date.

2 hours ago, Cynolly said:

Any more October submission gotten reviewed yet ?

Resubmitted on 5th October, got dq on the 7th January. 

On 12/28/2021 at 3:20 PM, Loanrojas said:

Please use this thread to post when your were DQ'd and when your interview was scheduled and for what date for the embassy in Georgetown, Guyana. Good luck to all!

Hi I got DQ on 7th January,  do you know of any update with our embassy?

5 hours ago, Booey_US_CA said:

Sorry for bumping this post again, but I had to do something similar. How much longer did you have to wait until DQ? I see mixed results on how long of a delay this may add to your original priority date.

 

My original submission was mid November. Submitted new docs Jan 7.

 

How long is everyone's delay? Is it true that your new priority date is the resubmission date?!

Mine took 3 months, first submission was 25th July, and second submission was 5th October, got DQ on 7th January 2022.

29 minutes ago, Wynona said:

Have you tried calling them? 

I called them 30 days after we received the notice of approval and they said that they haven't received our case. 
A week after that I sent an email to NVC and they replied to me and said that they just received our case and it will be processed online, so the next time I called NVC I pressed "5" for online processing case and the agent advised me that our case is scheduled to be put on the system til Aug 11. And fortunately, they were able to give it to us after that week I called. 

No I haven't,its been 40 days now since i got my approval.I sent an email to nvc 2 days ago and i am waiting on a reply.

11 hours ago, Sal11 said:

Thank you so much for the motivation!!! 😻

Ur welcome....

On 6/7/2018 at 11:22 PM, Sal11 said:

Oh so should I stick to f2a? 

I’m so confused atm bud

Don't get confused Sal11,you can apply for the tourist visa with a pending i130.I did and got tru' and i know a ton of ppl who did too.Don't get discouraged give it a try.

On 6/1/2018 at 7:58 AM, AhsanTX said:

It seems like USCIS is just playing games with us. Until yesterday they had a timeline of 15-19 months for approval of i-130 in the F2A category and they had a case inquiry date of November 11, 2016.

And today they changed it to 16-20.5 months and september 30, 2016. It appears to me like they can do whatever they want and we can't do anything except waiting and watching their game !!

 

AhsanTX, I don't think we should pay much attention to this cart, since we know for a fact that November 2016 filers have received their approvals and presently they are working on December 2016.The case inquiry date highlighted there does not make any sense.I think for now we should pay close attention to the VB,and its movements since that seems more accurate at the moment.

On 5/26/2018 at 9:05 PM, Sal11 said:

Hey folks;

Ive a question! 

My husband applied for me under f2a category last june. Im from Pakistan, i just need to know that while your case is pending under f2a category can you apply for tourist or visit visa? Im just so looking forward to meet him! please help!!

Yes you can Sal11.