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Dear all, I have an immigrant visa (just got approved at the US Consulate in Japan) My husband (USC) and I will be arriving in the states (LAX) and have 1 and 1/2 hrs before our connecting flight to get through customs and board our next flight ..IS THIS ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS WITH MY IMMIGRATION PACKAGE/TO GET MY FINAL STAMP? (Our paperwork is very simple as well, I am Canadian and have no criminal record/ we both have no prior marriages/children)

Appreciate any advice!

I agree with meauxna, for us waiting for our already approved cases to be re-adjudicated it is very frustrating, my husband is a US Marine, and is stationed in Japan, however he will have a duty station change next month and now our well planned timeline is all f##$%&d up..nothing he can do either, he has to move when the military gives the orders. Lets hope the name checks go quickly, he obviously (as a Marine with security clearance) has no criminal record whatsoever!

My husband (USC) and I are waiting for our final interview. Our I-130 was approved at the US Consulate in Okinawa, Japan in December 2006, in late January 2007 it was sent to be re-approved at the USCIS in Seoul Korea(due to the new law, they just have to check my husbands name) Has anyone in the Japan/Korea area been contacted about their final interview date? I heard rumors that they only had 2 people working on the cases at the USICS in Seoul Korea

ohhh...i see..thank goodness his record is clean...thanks for the advice!

Effective immediately, U.S. Embassy Sofia is no longer able to accept or process any family-based immigrant petitions.

ANYBODY ELSE AFFECTED?

hello all of you married coples waiting for God (in the name of USICIS) say you can finally live together

We filed our I-130 in Bulgaria and after approval , they turned it back to us saying we have to start all over again -now through the USCIS office!Somebody have any information what happens next?

I am in the same situation as you, except my I-130 was approved in December 2006 at the US Consulate Naha, JAPAN, they have sent my approved I-130 to be re-approved/re-adjuicated by the USCIS...i was quoted a timeline of maybe 12-18 months...they really didnt know what the hell was goin on...im waiting for God as well...

I have contacted my US Consualte General in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, and they said it was just a rumor that DCF was back...Im hoping and praying the US Consulates abroad will be able to process the applications again, as my I-130 was already approved by them in December 2006 but because of this new law, any approved I-130 between July 2006-Jan.23 2007 had to be sent to the USCIS to be reapproved...I of course had my medical on Jan.22nd and went online to book my final interview on the 23rd...had I known...had I known...I could have had an interview earllier..to avoid this frustration and heartache...my husband is a US Marine going stateside next month and I wasnt told much from my US Consulate here besides maybe I would have to wait in Japan for another 12-18 months...I am Canadian teaching English here (have been a resident here for the last 6 years) and my husband was stationed here with the US Marine Core so we both got married in Japan and proceeded with the DCF processing so that I could move with him to his next duty station...not goin to happen now....but im keeping my fingers crossed about them reversing this DCF law...surely my Federal RCMP fingerprint non-criminal police certificates & name based police certificates and same type of Japanese police certificates should prove I am not a sexual offender...Japan has been giving me a work visa for that last 6 years to teach children in the public education system here...its really not fair whats happening...so much for planning...any updates on the DCF with US Consulates abroad would be greatly appreciated.