SlimLisa

Yes thank you being our champion and letting them know what is going on. By the time my husband get's here it will be five years since we met. I am drained from traveling 24 hours twice a year just to be with the person I love for 2 weeks at a time. Here I sit waiting for almost 8.5 months now...knowing it will be several more months before they even look at my application. I would wait forever to be with my loved one, but it does not take away the pain we feel from being separated. 

Aww sorry to hear... I'll pray for you to get your approval and answers fast. 🙏
 
This Nebraska center is too much.
 

Three years, I can't imagine! You are amazing! I so hope you and your husband are approved soon and are able to move to Florida! I am putting off law school until we are approved so I am very eager to return. I can't imagine being in Argentina with nothing to do for 3 years.. 😓

Hey there, i don't know from where these lawyers got it, but I got a j1 visa, an f1 visa denied, than later a b1 visa accepted, there is nothing about that will influence my chances about it, even if I get my b1 cancelled now, which my layers expressly said, and I read several times elsewhere. Keep your hopes high!

Thank you so much. It really has been a totally unplanned modern fairytale...haha Being happily single I really tried to fight the feelings, but I lost that battle. I have TOTALLY won though because she is amazing!😍😂😍  We both fell so fast and that isn't either of our personalities normally. Kinda obvious me being never married at 41 and her never married at 38...haha The first time I met her in person was in Manila airport and I saw her before she saw me and I stopped and stared at her for like 30sec or a min before I walked up and my heart went crazy! I knew with zero doubt I wanted to marry her. She looked even more beautiful in person than in pics and video calls... That first nervous hug was it, we were both head over heels at that point. It made the 25 or so hours of travel that I didn't sleep a second on seem totally worth it...haha 
 
So sorry to hear about your whole situation... I hope and pray we have no setbacks. If we do I'll be moving to Singapore! 😂

Awh, I love beautiful love stories! 

I don't know the answer, but I have back until ruffly a week after we started messaging in Aug 2016. We stumbled upon eachother purely by dumb luck and I knew from the first few messages we sent that she was the one. 41 years old with ZERO plans to ever marry and plans changed in an instant...😍😂😍😂  We've kept every little thing between the 2 of us because we both knew nearly immediately we wanted to spend our lives together. And you are correct, LOTS of old messages and call logs. I have my old phone I don't use anymore full of that stuff...Haha 

all the attorneys told me my husband would be here before 12 months but no later than 15.  My Inquiry # 1 outside of normal processing times online - I got the infamous letter that states allow 60 more days.  Then after the 12 month mark...I got the exact same letter.   Then on the 14th month exact date of our filing fee they began to review.....Sadly, we received notice of intent to deny - which required me submitting requested evidence by 30 days of the letter.
 
I got the evidence to them and that was 2 weeks ago.   My application will be approved, we will go through the NVC process.....but sadly, at the interview he will be denied.  
Then the bomb hits!   $5500.00 to the attorney, lots of homework and $930.00 waiver filing fee.   So sad.  So it will be almost 2 years wait. 

So I have been reading and reaching out.   I had 3 attorneys contact me and said my application I130 for my husband is caught up in the Muslim "Extreme Vetting" Process.  Wherein all Muslims are subject to delays, denials or very long processing times.    I am heart broken.   

I'm hoping to read your good news soon

Hey. Keep praying. Your prayers will be answered.

Good Afternoon everyone!  Well our Evidence has been confirmed received and we are back in the race again!  They started the re-reviewing April 8.   The Attorney states you never know these days.  They could deny at this stage for misrepresentation, but usually it will go to NVC, follow the normal process and day of interview high chances to be denied.
Praying for a Miracle!  

It was a NOID, because when my husband was young, his brother came to USA for college.  They were very close and he missed him.  He went and applied for a visitor Visa and they denied and told him go get married. So 2 years later, my husband became very very stupid.  He presented a fraudulent marriage document.   I remember him telling me this when we first met.   After I applied I130 and it was going over posted processing times.....this came to me and I asked him, did they say this would cause any problems, he said no...that the people at the embassy were very nice.    Then I became stupid....I should have known better, I should of read up on this myself.  I should of remembered.
 
So our NOID was to dispute that he is not married in his country.  No Problem, the proof is on the way back to Nebraska SC.  However, when he gets the NVC interview.  He will be denied for fraud.  We then have to file the 601 waiver with my hardship request as I cannot move to his country, and other reasons. 
 
Very Sad but positive! 

Happy Friday Everyone!   Well many of you have heard me vent and stress many months.  I finally got my update.  It is not pretty.  A poor choice can cause a hard lesson.
I finally received my notice from USCIS, it was a NOID.   It stated my husband had previously reported he was married to another woman, therefore our marriage was not recognized. 
My thoughts all came racing back, but my anger still took over.   
 
My husband over 15 years ago when he was just 22 missed his brother who had came to USA several years before to attend college.  He went to apply for visitor visa and they told him get married, he told them he doesnt love anyone to marry...lol    I have no other names to call him but stupid, desperate and depressed, went back and lied telling him he was married.   He told me of this and I was concerned and he felt it was not a concern.  I am ignorant as well for not researching. 
 
Therefore our NOID stated that he previously reported he was married so therefore, until proved otherwise, our married in Palestine was not recognized in the US and would be denied, giving us 30 days.   NO PROBLEM, we have all the court documents and everything requested, so now we will be approved for the I130.  However, when he goes to the embassy for the interview he will be denied for his lie in an attempt to come to the USA.  (he never got approved anyways, never been to the USA).
 
We will have to file a Waiver and a Hardship something...it is all overwhelming.  A lie is lie but we have hope that since it is over 10 years, he has never entered the USA and the fact that I cannot live where he lives, we pray God and the United States allows a pardon.
 
This process will take most likely 2 years!   

Oh wow. Your husband's past has put you guys in a very tough situation. It's going to be a long journey but I pray that everything goes well for you guys. Stay positive and soldier on. The end will justify the means.

Sorry to hear that but keep your head up it might take a while but atlease you know there is hope for his situation.

It was a NOID, because when my husband was young, his brother came to USA for college.  They were very close and he missed him.  He went and applied for a visitor Visa and they denied and told him go get married. So 2 years later, my husband became very very stupid.  He presented a fraudulent marriage document.   I remember him telling me this when we first met.   After I applied I130 and it was going over posted processing times.....this came to me and I asked him, did they say this would cause any problems, he said no...that the people at the embassy were very nice.    Then I became stupid....I should have known better, I should of read up on this myself.  I should of remembered.
 
So our NOID was to dispute that he is not married in his country.  No Problem, the proof is on the way back to Nebraska SC.  However, when he gets the NVC interview.  He will be denied for fraud.  We then have to file the 601 waiver with my hardship request as I cannot move to his country, and other reasons. 
 
Very Sad but positive! 

It has been very stressful.  First the delay and now the mysterious notice.  Severe anxiety waiting to open the mailbox and nervously open that notice letter.
We have racked our brains and read online over and over.  We just do not know what else there is to provide Proof of bonafide marriage.  We sent everything on the list.  Much harder when the spouse is overseas and you are unable to travel.

Missing divorce decree.... Sent in and was approved 3 weeks later. 

Happy Friday Everyone!   Well many of you have heard me vent and stress many months.  I finally got my update.  It is not pretty.  A poor choice can cause a hard lesson.
I finally received my notice from USCIS, it was a NOID.   It stated my husband had previously reported he was married to another woman, therefore our marriage was not recognized. 
My thoughts all came racing back, but my anger still took over.   
 
My husband over 15 years ago when he was just 22 missed his brother who had came to USA several years before to attend college.  He went to apply for visitor visa and they told him get married, he told them he doesnt love anyone to marry...lol    I have no other names to call him but stupid, desperate and depressed, went back and lied telling him he was married.   He told me of this and I was concerned and he felt it was not a concern.  I am ignorant as well for not researching. 
 
Therefore our NOID stated that he previously reported he was married so therefore, until proved otherwise, our married in Palestine was not recognized in the US and would be denied, giving us 30 days.   NO PROBLEM, we have all the court documents and everything requested, so now we will be approved for the I130.  However, when he goes to the embassy for the interview he will be denied for his lie in an attempt to come to the USA.  (he never got approved anyways, never been to the USA).
 
We will have to file a Waiver and a Hardship something...it is all overwhelming.  A lie is lie but we have hope that since it is over 10 years, he has never entered the USA and the fact that I cannot live where he lives, we pray God and the United States allows a pardon.
 
This process will take most likely 2 years!   

Also, they would not allow my husband to travel to visit me either.  Even with letters from employers and so forth. 

This is what I am going through. Today marks the 14 months exactly our P D date.   Still in the dark.  The attorney states the NVC is taking up to 9-10  months to even schedule the interviews on his cases.  He told me to brace ourselves as since 2019 rolled around everything is moving very slow, told me 24 +++ months now for the entire process.   I watched everyone in January be approved, everyone in February.......etc etc...................but not us!    I feel you and hurt for you! 

You are welcome. I know your journey has been stressful but never let your guard down.

I don't know if anyone is even left on this January 2018 journey, but I finally after 2 months received an unknow in the dark update which I guess by next week I will receive the letter.
NOTICE EXPLAINING USCIS ACTIONS WAS MAILED - on March 14, 2019 we began reviewing your Form I-130. Petition for Alien Relative I130.. We mailed you a notice informing you of the action WE INTEND to take on your case.  Please follow the instructions in this notice and submit any requested materials......................Some say it is an intent to deny, but we do not know why.  All the papers request were sent.  Every proof of so many proof of our marriage is bonafide sent wedding photos our trips while I was in the country, Screen shots of everything we every spoke of printed out for their review.  Phones logs, joint bank account, he is on my 401K and life insurance as beneficiary, on my auto insurance (even if he is not in the USA) and 5 notarized letters from friends and my 2 children.   He has never had any problems with the law.      We just do not know what the letter will say.    Prayers Please 

Hey, any news is progress. Stay optimistic and wait for the letter in the mail. Hopefully, it's just RFE. Share with us if you need help. Keep being hopeful.