randy32
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As of March 28th, NVC is working on cases received on March 16th.
I think your notice email might be lost in your box somewhere.
Search for "NVC" in your email.
You can also contact NVC and ask for your case and invoice numbers. And also how to get your petition to Warsaw.
I'm not sure the embassy will be able to help you with just the IOE numbers.
With regards to doubts from your daughter and family, unfortunately this is happening more and more these days as things drag out longer.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html
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3 hours ago, Oserei Michael said:
I called the Nigerian embassy to book a date for my wife and daughters interview,only for her to tell me that I need a visa too. I told her it’s impossible and what’s the importance of my passport and then she said,she’s just letting me know that things has changed in the system with the Nigerian government and I said no problem. That’s the reason I thought as to ask.
This extortion is getting too much and I pray God help them to desist from such evil way of life.Nigeria has outsourced visa services to OIS. Link below.
Between the embassy page and the OIS page, you will get all the info you need to get the visa for wife and kid.
I don't call or deal with the embassy.
The visa appointment is booked on the OIS site. If you walk in, you get charged an extra $50 per person.
Even OIS will try to charge you all sorts of additional fees.
FYI I just checked the OIS site and they seem to have their equivalent of drop box with a fee of $105
Read the instructions, have all your documents, don't even use their computers or printer and you might escape without additional fees
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If you find one we all will like to know.
Only estimates based on when others have gotten their interview date.
Embassies don't post that info anywhere
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Sorry but I have to say this to all but particularly to those from high fraud countries.
The immigration system has a trust factor built in it which when broken and takes a long time to rebuild.
When people keep doing things like this, you make it more difficult for first yourself and others coming behind you.
Once you are discovered, I bet every case from your country will have one additional fraud indicator that the CO will be looking for.
Lets try to give the COs less to look for and get these petitions approved faster
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1 hour ago, Mike E said:
Canada is not part of the visa waiver program and has never been part of that program.
As I wrote visa exempt is not the same as visa waived. The visa exemption program has different rules and the rules are not uniform across all member countries.
I stand corrected on the VWP part.
But OP still needs ESTA when travelling via air. read the last couple lines of the CBP link above.
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57 minutes ago, Mike E said:
Good point about the no fly list versus an immigration issue.
Assuming OP is a Canadian citizen, OP is visa exempt which before ESTA had little distinction from visa waived (other than maximum length of stay and no paper I-94), but after ESTA, Canadians are still exempt from (and can’t even apply for) ESTA.
Possibly OP will become one of those rare Canadians who will hold an actual B-1/B-2 visa.
OP planned to travel by air as such needs ESTA unless I'm reading the requirements incorrectly
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FYI
For flights into and within the US, ALL passengers are checked to ensure that they are allowed to fly.
For international flights, document checks, ESTA, CBP pre-clearance.
For domestic flights, TSA checks, no fly lists
Somewhere in the mix the system caught you.
Since you were flying, did you have your ESTA? Do you have a "common" name?
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While you may not have joint bank accounts, you probably filed taxes, have wills, made him your beneficiary at work, healthcare insurance. Things like that along with a letter explaining his addiction and supporting documents from the rehab facility should be helpful.
I can understand why you will not want to have certain joint accounts with him so provide what you have and explain why the normally common proofs are not available.
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All you can get is an estimated time.
USCIS can process your application in as little as a couple weeks to about a year plus.
Then you will have to deal with the embassy.
Not sure what the backlog will be when your petition gets to the embassy
Best for you to apply and get in line.
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8 hours ago, pushbrk said:
Terms are being confused here based on common misuse of terms. Tax refund is often incorrectly called tax return. The tax return is what you file. You may get a refund or you may pay upon filing. It is correct that there is no extension needed if the taxpayer is sure of a refund.
Thanks that was supposed to be refund.
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4 hours ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:
Also, why do you think you need to file as MFJ? It would be simpler for your wife to file as MFS now and sometime in the future amend the tax return if you deem it is beneficial financially. There is no immigration requirement for you to file as MFJ.
Personal opinion, if his spouse will be here in May, I will wait and I would file MFJ with ITIN and skip having to amend the return. An extension (if needed is easier than amendment).
Also if you are expecting a return you don't really have to file an extension unless you need it
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4 hours ago, AfroKing said:
We are under review at the USCIS and we are trying to set things in motion so when we get approved, we don't wait too long to jump on to NVC part.
My Question:
1. Since we are planning to file jointly, does the Beneficiary have to be issued an ITIN before we can proceed with NVC (the affidavit of support part which involves Tax returns? Our approval estimate time is May, 2022 and we plan that my wife takes a trip down here in May, so she can visit and for me to sign the forms. Does it mean we have to wait till the joint filling is approved before we can present the Tax refund as "support affidavit" evidence? We are told it takes an average of 7-11 weeks to get an ITIN number. Why we aren't using the post to send from here to the States is because there have been issues of passport loss, damage etc.
Please, special contributions from individuals who have filed jointly for their spouse(s) from a third country, mostly Africa and the walk-through will be highly appreciated. Thanks
When you spouse gets her in May, file out the W-7 form, locate a Certifying Acceptance Agent (CAA). that way you can submit your tax without having to send the passport and she gets to sign the forms.
The ITIN is not needed NVC stage but needed to file taxes joint
2021 taxes will be needed at the NVC and embassy stages.
Once you file your taxes, it does not get approved. It gets accepted and then processed by the IRS
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On 3/13/2022 at 12:33 AM, TBoneTX said:
Just throwing this out there: legitimate reasons include child support, loan payments, payments to support owned property, etc.
While legitimate, the problem is it will mostly end up being used for the wrong purpose.
Also part of the purpose of the sanctions is add pressure to Russia on all sides regardless of what the say about not hurting Russian citizens.
There is really no good way to apply it to just one group of people
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23 minutes ago, Corp668 said:
Does anyone know of a service that is currently working to send money to Russia?
PayPal does not work, Western Union does not work, and Moneygram just stopped offering service to Russia it seems. So what are people using?
FYI you are asking a question that implies you are going to do exactly what they US and Europe are trying to block.
Send money to Russia.
Might sound small but this of hundreds of people sending small amounts and it adds up.
FYI there are some countries that count remittances as part of their GDP.
Sorry but I would provide a suggestion much less an answer to this question.
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1 hour ago, Mike E said:
Perhaps compress the version without the SSN and then add an SSN to that version?
That I can tell you will not work.
Compressed files are flat files and can't be easily edited
3 hours ago, Kuchiki said:I don't want to use the free sites to compress the AOS as it has SSN. There could be a risk of identity theft. Wanna avoid that by installing a software. I tried with ADOBE pro but the size does not come down to 2MB. It is stuck at 2.5 MB.
You might have to use multiple options then but there is only so much you can do before the quality gets bad.
How did you save the document the first time? Trying to get the file with less resolution. Maybe scan in as black and white not colored.
I will let someone else chime in but the methods I listed above have worked for me.
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2 hours ago, Kuchiki said:
My question is what other additional documents do i need to upload other than the above? Please guide if I am missing on any. Do I have to upload the divorce certificate of the petitioner? I'm the beneficiary btw its my first and the only marriage.
Refer to the link below, sections "Marriage Termination Documentation" and "Petitioner's Documents"
You will have to upload documents of any terminated marriage. In this case none for you since you not been married before. Maybe for petitioner if he was previously married.
Same link below, section "Police certificates".
I think the beneficiary will have to get it but I defer the full answer to someone from the Pakistani forum. So far I have not heard of a country that will not provide one.
Someone correct me if am wrong.
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I used adobe pro. I already had it so no cost to me.
or install "pdfedit995". it has a free version that has ads. With this you can combine and split pdfs (combine/extract tab) and compress pdfs (web view tab)
You can print to pdf and tweaks the printer settings, works sometimes.
Alternatively you can google "compress pdf".
You will find multiple sites online that provide this service for free.
I have used/tested all the options above at different times in the past.
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Follow the info on the page below. You will need form DS-5504
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-passport/change-correct.html
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4 hours ago, Dhilman2 said:
I have 2 questions:
1. This may have already been answered but if it is I apologize b/c I couldn't find it. Is it a requirement by the Philippine Embassy to have a covid 19 Vaccination to have the K1 visa interview? Or will a PCR test be sufficient?
2. We received an email in early Jan 2022 from the NVC telling us they had forwarded our K1 visa file to the Philippine embassy. We have yet to receive a notice they have received it. What should we do now? We do have our MNL case# and invoice. Should we go ahead and complete the DS-160 without notice from the Embassy?
1. PCR test is not covid vaccination so no it will not be sufficient.
2. Yes I would.
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The first thing I would tell you is don't try to create or force items that are not possible or doesn't make sense because you are in 2 different countries.
It will give you more problems and headache than it is worth. Joint accounts, leases, sometimes even insurance, are difficult without SSN.
Go over the list of evidence and provide each one to the fullest and you will be fine.
As mentioned, time together, marriage certificate. Strong start.
If you want to go for joint accounts, get added as an authorized user (some credit cards allow this without SSN), filling tax together. They first time will have to be done via paper and is a pain.
However you go, don't try to force things that are not there because you are in 2 different countries.
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I see that someone has a date calculator in this thread.
Personally I say don't try to be smart to get exactly 90 days. Drop it in the mail at the earliest 89 days else you will up having to resubmit.
I don't know which time zone USCIS uses. Also if they use the postmarked date or the date of arrival.
89 days folks. That's when I will drop it in the mail.
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On 2/28/2022 at 10:32 PM, Ricca711 said:
Hello,
I appreciate all of the replies. Just now I received notification that all of our documents have been accepted ☺️ However, we did receive one message that they need the original divorce decree from my first marriage. I submitted that document in 2020 to USCIS with the original application. Why are they asking for it again? I mean, I have it and can submit it, but does that mean we still will be moved to the end of the queue again? 😞
One of the documents needed at the NVC stage is any marriage termination documents regardless of if it was submitted to USCIS
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents/step-7-collect-civil-documents.html
Mistakes/Error done By NVC employees.
in National Visa Center (Dept of State)
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Did you trying uploading the requested documents again?
That might be faster. Even if they are wrong in requesting already summitted document.