sbarbie1914

11 months...DQ in July of 2020 and in early June 2021 we received an interview date of June 23, 2021

I created a profile, selected immigrant visa, selected location to pick up visas...

I will keep trying.  Thanks for your help

23 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

I did and under travel docs i found a place to schedule interview with the following instructions 

under schedule appointment and hitting that button and then going to bottom of page and hit schedule again

 

Sorry but many sites are not user friendly 

 

 

To schedule a visa interview or enter your visa delivery address, you will need to register and create a profile online. If you already have a profile, please do not create a new one. You can always modify your existing profile by logging in using your user ID and password. If you have lost your password, please simply retrieve it by clicking  Forgot Your Password? If you are a first time user, click New User? to create your profile.

 

There is a "schedule my appointment" under Nonimmigrant Visa Application

3 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Step 1: Register your embassy appointment and submit fingerprints

 

at the bottom of this section it says register  / hit that button

 

best to you both

Already tried that...see original post

We finally got an embassy appointment.  We are trying to follow the instructions as provided in the email, following the link provided to prepare.  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/SDO-Santo-Domingo.html says Step 1:  Register your embassy appointment and submit fingerprints.  There is a link below this that says "register".  It takes you to https://www.ustraveldocs.com/do/ which is a screen filled with everything visa related for the Dominican Republic.  No where do I see "register embassy appointment".  I used the "live support" chat...what a joke.  No chat actually takes place.  You wait for eternity, then when your time comes, you leave a message and they contact you by email.  That email said "email rejected...fatal error".  

My husband and his children already had their medical exams, which all went well.  My husband has the phone number to schedule his fingerprints, so hopefully he will do that today.  It's just this registering the embassy appointment that is holding us up.  Anyone out there know how to do this?

Every time my husband comes to the U.S. for a visit he is asked for evidence of a return ticket by TSA.  They are probably looking for an intent to return to his country and not stay illegally.  He just shows an email confirmation and they accept it.  He isn't a "resident" yet, just has a B1/B2 visa.

I know how you feel, my husband and his two kids have been DQ since July 2020.  Keep in mind that the Dominican Republic is second in the world in the number of immigrant visas issued per year.  In 2019 more than 38,000 immigrant visas were issued in the D.R. Unfortunately I think we are in for a long wait.  We can be thankful that we are further along in the process than folks just starting.  

On 1/31/2021 at 10:20 AM, Riley and SP said:

Hi guys. So happy I found this topic.  I have been trying to find information about bringing a stepchild but not many people apply separately. I am so pissed off right now that my lawyer didn’t advise us to include my son in my husband’s petition for me. 
 

My husband is USC. I came to the US on F-1 student visa three years ago, we got married in February 2020 and filed AOS package for me in August 2020.

 

Now, we are preparing to file I-130 for my minor son (11) who lives in Bulgaria. He was here on B-2 for the wedding but went home after that.

My lawyer advised me not to file AOS for him because he entered with a tourist visa. His visa expired two days ago (they gave him a B-2 visa only for a year to visit a mother who studies in the US). So, now he is not able to visit us anymore. I can’t travel because I am still waiting for AP and also, I am pregnant and travel is not recommended for me anyways. I just don’t know when I will be able to see my son and he is getting jealous of the baby already. Sorry for the venting - pregnancy hormones! 
 

My husband and I are preparing to file I-130 right now. Is there any other form we need to send with the I-130?

 

Evidence and supporting documents -  we prepared

1) a copy of my husband’s US passport,

2) copy of his naturalization certificate,

3) copy of our marriage license,

4) copy of my son’s birth certificate with certified translation,

5) copy of my divorce decree with my son’s father with a certified translation,

6) passport photos of my husband and my son,

7) and of course the check for $535.

Do we need anything else? 
 

Also, does anyone know the address we need to fed ex it to? Is it the same address my lawyer sent the AOS package to - Chicago lockbox? 
 

Thank you! 

I don't think you need your husband's passport or passport photo in the petition for your stepson.  Too much information can cause confusion with the processors.  Everything else is correct.

I don't think anything has changed.  I know several people have posted they scheduled appointments or know someone who has an appointment, but since they haven't updated about having interviews and such, I don't think that is the case.  To my knowledge, the embassy has never completely closed as it still provides services for American citizens or emergencies.  However, the embassy is not processing immigrant visas at this time, I assume that also means K-1 visas as well.  I continue getting notifications of the embassy Facebook page, hoping to get updates on the visa situation.  Unfortunately, I don't think anything will happen until the pandemic is under control.

Unfortunately the embassy is still not processing immigrant visas.  No one knows the timeframe, not even the embassy. 

Saw a news article online:  "The Embassy of the United States in the Dominican Republic reported today that consular services, including student visa applications, continue to be suspended...this closure includes all routine immigrant and non-immigrant visa services."

Looks like we continue to wait.

2 minutes ago, JojoandTomas said:

@sbarbie1914 how many photos did you submit? Ive been wondering how much is too many

two for each beneficiary

16 hours ago, MrTee12 said:

 I just updated the After NOA2 wiki page.

 

If anyone of you has any additional information, let me know. It's been years since its been updated. Thx

 

The link is below

https://www.visajourney.com/wiki/dominican_republic_after_receiving_the_noa2/

I was looking at the link under Ir1/Cr1 Marriage Visa process and a few things have changed.  Here's a screen shot of the current NVC process per ceac:

IV Fee is $325

AOS Fee is $120

Once the fees are excepted then it shows "paid" and "incomplete" for the applications.  Then the applications are ready to be filled out and submitted.

When you upload documents, it gives you a pull-down list of categories to assign to the upload.  If they require more documents, they send an email to notify you that you have a message, so you'd go pack to this portal, log in and see "messages".  Be patient while waiting to open message, as it takes a minute or two to appear.

I submitted the most recent tax transcript, which was 2018 since my 2019 taxes hadn't been processed yet.  There was a space for me to add a comment to explain why.

For the Civil Documents:

There has been a lot of debate about the photos required.  I read that in the Dominican Republic passport type photos are taken at the medical exam for the embassy.  So I submitted a few wedding photos instead.  

The process is similar with my husbands minor children who are immigrating with him.  They had their own page like his to pay IV fees and upload documents.  The AOS applies to all three who are immigrating at the same time, so that is only paid once.  The children also had the same documents to upload minus the police certificate because they are both under 16 years old.  I uploaded photos of each child with their father and brother.

20 hours ago, trucphong said:

Barbie

if you dont mind, can you let me when you actual received your ITIN? Thanks.

mid March... about 6-7 weeks after i filed

Good to know.  I filed jointly in February of this year too, along with the ITN application, which only allowed us to paper file.  Received ITN but still waiting on my taxes to be processed.

It was my understanding the stimulus check was based on your most recent tax return filed.  For me, it was last year's 2018 tax return where I filed single.  We got married in June 2019, so I filed jointly/married this year, using an ITN for my husband.  However, IRS hasn't processed our tax return yet, so I got a stimulus check for a single person.

My husband, in the Dominican Republic, went to a place to have his passport photo taken and they sent them to me via email.  When they arrived, they weren't the correct size.  I downloaded a passport photo app to my phone which allowed me to adjust the size and put multiple photos on one page.  then I uploaded the photo to Walgreens online and printed it there for a few cents.

The app will also guide you to take your own passport photos based on USA requirements.  

There is nothing to report.  No one knows when the embassy will open.  The country is barely open for business.  It only seems reasonable that the actual embassy will know when it will reopen for immigration processing before a member of the public would.  No amount of searching and asking the same question over and over will get you an answer any faster.

You can also check the embassy website for updates and they also have a Facebook and Twitter account.  

We are at the NVC stage waiting to be approved and scheduled for an embassy appointment.  I figure there's a 3 month backlog of folks ahead of us, so I am just trying to be patient.  Meanwhile, airports in the D.R. are reopening to some flights and my husband will come for a visit in August or September.

12 minutes ago, Daria Parkinson said:

Can you please explain what is the difference between those two types of categories for each month?? Thanks so much.

My best guess at the difference between the two charts:  

    "IV Issuances by FSC or Place of Birth and Visa Class = the country of the intending immigrant

    "IV Issuances by Post and Visa Class = Post or Embassy (city) the visa was issued

Some people may be from one country, but obtain their visa from another due to their location.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

This website takes you to immigrant visas.  May 2020 is available.  I think the visa categories are more specific.

7 minutes ago, OrihimeandIchigo said:

 

That makes me think. How do we know exactly, how many spousal visas are given out each month or year per country. Like I was trying to think of how much of a backlog Sweden would have of spousal visas, so I tried to do research and I couldn't find out how many types of visas are given out per country each year. Does anyone know else know? 

Statistics are available online:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/annual-reports/report-of-the-visa-office-2019.html

We had a similar situation in the Dominican Republic.  Rural towns don't have house numbers or even street names.  They rarely receive mail, but whoever delivers the mail will most likely know them or the family.  Often, mail is delivered to one location in the village/town and they pick it up there.  I ended up putting the street address as "road with Maria de Hostas School", the town and the province.  There was no postal code so I checked "unknown".  Whatever you choose, keep it consistent on all the forms.

I am glad someone out there is asking that question.  My husband is immigrating with his two boys, ages 7 and 11 years old.  There doesn't seem to be a lot of input from VJ members bringing kids, both during the process and afterwards.  It would be nice if we could keep this thread going with experiences and suggestions.

ESL class is mandatory where my kids will be going to school.  We also live in a school district with the most minority students, 6-8% Latino, which is not much but hopefully they will have other kids to speak Spanish with, that is if school restarts.

15 hours ago, Timona said:

I used this a while back to translate some Spanish documents. I had no problem with USCIS. 

 

https://vananservices.com/Translation-Services.php

I also used this service to translate birth certificates.  They did a really nice job and it only took 2 or 3 days.  Costs about $20-25 per page.