bgreed

The other thing that I find strange is that my wife is also supposed to bring the originals of these same documents with her to her interview. So how are the same original documents supposed to be in two places at once?

Do you know this for a fact? Have you seen a review from someone who interviewed at her Embassy or received written instruction from the embassy asking that you bring originals to the interview as well?

Most issuing offices will give you as many copies as you want, that is basically how it would be accomplished - IF it is required.

If you read the list of things that she is supposed to bring to the interview it includes all of the same documents that your supposed to send to NVC. As per the embassy site this is included in the KEV 3 packet.

Being as your dealing with Canada and not a former soviet country (actually two) you have no idea just how complicated these folks can make life to perform what is a simple task in a western country. Just to get married took visits to no less than four diffrent agencies each with there own fee and waiting time and two different agencies after we got married to properly register the marriage certificate.

The other thing that I find strange is that my wife is also supposed to bring the originals of these same documents with her to her interview. So how are the same original documents supposed to be in two places at once?

Yes but when your literally hindreds of miles from the issuing authority which makes it nearly immpossible to get copies from them. And if the mail loses your only originals then your screwed. They should go back to the old method of bringing the originals to the interview. just too much risk involved this way.

My concern is not with NVC but rather with the Ukrainian mail service as things can just disappear for no reason. To give you an example My wife sent me a small present for Valentines day it never arrived four months later she was notified that it had come back because the post office didn't charge her enough postage.

In these type cases I think is is truly assinine of NVC to request originals when they have to know how easy it can be for such important documents to become lost.

Here is the problem my wife and her son were born in different cities in Russia they now live in Ukraine it is extremely difficult to get documents from the issuing authority with traveling there to get them and even then it can be difficult. So any thoughts? How about a notary with apostille that says it is a true and complete copy of the original?

I read Lotofpatience fast NVC method the thing I can't find anywhere is the part about the orignals of birthcertificates and marriage certificates. To request such things is crazy on the part of NVC it is much too easy for such important documents to be lost. So anybody know if they will accept certified copies??

Received NOA2 today 6/24/2008 !!!!! So any ideas how long NVC will take?

Tara, my oldest son has aspergers (he will be sixteen in September) when you first get the diagnosis it is heart breaking as we all want our kids to be happy and healthy.

Here's some of the tough things he may have trouble making friends, and some types of school work will be very frustrating for him. The friends part is because people with Aspergers don't process social cues the way other people do so sometimes they can come off as a bit different. Not a bad different just different. They also tend to really get focused on a particular subject. When my son was your sons age trains were his world. As he got older he could tell you everything you never wanted to know about Pokemon.

Now for the good news. People with Aspergers tend to be really bright and definately process things on a higher level. Fo instance my son was using large words in his vocabulary very early and he knew the meaning of them. When he was in first grade he used to write books or rather have his mom or me write books that he illustrated. He would take several sheets of paper and make a series of drawings and then ask one of us to write what he told us below the pictures. This stuff blew his teacher mind when she first saw them. We had our tough times and our victories most of the tough things were based around social situations. Last summer he took drivers ed, he is active in the drama club and the forensics team (at 6'0" and heavier than me, but not into sports though he does like to fight with bokken) He even has a girl friend. If they realize that they are just wired a bit different than others and learn to make a few adjustments there is no reason that they cannot have a full and happy life just like everyone else. Now I will say this one thing and I really believe that this is one of the reasons he is successful is that his mom and I gave him a place where he wasn't judged and could feel safe we also didn't cut him any slack and give him any of the "oh poor you" stuff he was expected to behave in a particular way and he did (aspergers people like things to be regular and repeatable) I know that everythings going to work out just fine for him. Even though his mom and I are not together he knows that he has a safe place with either of us where he can find solutions.

Anyboby?.......Bueler?

About a year ago my wife and I got a document from her ex allowing her to take their son out of the country. (thought things were going to go a bit more quickly) There is no expiration date on it. So does anybody know if the consulate gives an allowed times that they see these as valid?

Hoping that it will still be ok as the last one was a real bear to get him to agree to.

Does my wife need to change her last name to mine in her Ukrainian passport before coming to the USA?

This type of thing usually comes about when people who have no business owning a horse feel that they want to fulfil their childhoos fantasy when they have no clue as to the costs and work it takes to own a horse and it's way more than just hay and grain.

I have been trying to learn Russian for bout two years now. I have Russian Cd's that I have playing in my truck anytime that I am driving and as long as I have the CD playing I can actually speak pretty good unaccented Russian. As a matter of fact one time I called my wife and when she answered the phone my first couple of sentences were in Russian and she thought it was actually a Russian speaker. Unfortunately I have a terrible time remembering words or phrases to be able to bring them to command and then something will come along and it pops into my head. Lena is always surprisee when this happens like i have this hidden vocabulary of 10,000 words that I can only tap at wierd times. For instance at our sons baptism party she said something to one of her friends in Russian, but I swear I heard it in English and she was amazed that I knew those words.

We both want our sons to speak Russian and to have a bilingual household now if I can ever gain some fluency

Thanks Paris we think he's pretty cute too

No way I'm giving up just getting fired up for the next salvo. My dad is going to get to meet my wife and see those big blue eyes and hold him in his arms.

I called USCIS with my expedite request (IF you recall from another thread my father has terminal lung cancer and is at stage 4 out of 5) They took my information and told me someone would get back to me within 45 days!!

bgreed, have you received a reply yet ? Could they have said 4 to 5 days, which is what they told me. 45 days for an expedite is not quite right for them to respond.

I got a reply yesterday. Expedite denied petition will be processed in standard time period.

However I'm not going to let that stop me as I have already contacted my father physician and he is sending me a letter on my fathers condition. I fully intend to do as Sarah suggested up thread and see what happens. I really think they need to realize that I won't just go away in this situation. As my wife and I have a six month old who may never see his grandfather unless I can find a wayt o keep up the preassure for an approval.

I called USCIS with my expedite request (IF you recall from another thread my father has terminal lung cancer and is at stage 4 out of 5) They took my information and told me someone would get back to me within 45 days!!

bgreed, have you received a reply yet ? Could they have said 4 to 5 days, which is what they told me. 45 days for an expedite is not quite right for them to respond.

I got a reply yesterday. Expedite denied petition will be processed in standard time period.

However I'm not going to let that stop me as I have already contacted my father physician and he is sending me a letter on my fathers condition. I fully intend to do as Sarah suggested up thread and see what happens. I really think they need to realize that I won't just go away in this situation. As my wife and I have a six month old who may never see his grandfather unless I can find a wayt o keep up the preassure for an approval.

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I called USCIS with my expedite request (IF you recall from another thread my father has terminal lung cancer and is at stage 4 out of 5) They took my information and told me someone would get back to me within 45 days!!

Your spouse or im my case ex spouse need this permission letter to take our kids to go visit their aunt in Canada so more than likely you will need a permission letter. this all has to do with the hague Convention on child abduction.

Not to steal the thread, but my father has terminal lung cancer and is in hospice at stage 4 (you only get5) we would really like him to be able to see his grand child as he only has maybe a few months left. Would NVC expedite for this?

Yep, crainial injection of 230grains of lead.

Note the letters on his hat? ATF (short for BATF Beaura of Alchohol Tobacco and Firearms) and no I can't spell

An amazing thing is that the world was a much more peaceful place and the people in the countries that were under colonial rule much more prosperous than now. Now they are all about tribal rule and killing eachother or who is going to be dictator for life. Oh yes colonialism was a terrible thing

Oops need to change that. We filed the I-130 in January.

My wife has a son from a previous marriage who is eight and then in November we had a son who is now almost five months old.

OK so I need to file an I-864 for my wife and one for my stepson. Now what about my two kids from my previous marriage? Since I don't get to claim them on my income tax even though I pay child support do I necessarily have to show them as dependents?

Sometimes I think there should be a separate area just for I 864 questions.

OK I've read the instructions several times , but still am not clear on a couple of things so anyone with better government form reading skills is welcome to reply,

Here goes;

First do I file a separate I-864 for each person I am sponsoring (1 for my wife and 1 for her son as they are two separate petitions)

Since I don't get to declare my kids from my previous marriage as deductions on my income tax (even though I pay child support) do I need to show them as dependents? To me the wording says if they aren't on my tax form then I don't have to show them.

So depending on how you read it my dependent count could be four (including me) (my wife and I also have a son together) or six if I include my two other kids.

Any thoughts?

By the way got our NOA1 on February 16th file was touched on 02/24/08 nothing since VSC.

Josh,

under the new rules you must have lived in Ukraine for six months on a non tourist visa to apply for a DCF.