Mr & Mrs T

17 minutes ago, Alix64 said:

OMG that is great news!

As for me, I am like many others on the forum, everything is on standby, very annoying but voilà, it is what it is.

I hope the Embassy will re-open by the end of May and give interviews at full speed. I was planning to move to the US at the end of the summer, not sure it will be possible now (I have to leave my flat by July 😨). And moreover, we are appart, which I think is the worst part.

Take care and bravo to you both, you have had your lot of problems too and it is now behind you 😊

Alix

I Hope  everything will re-open soon for those waiting to have their interview 🤞

we were supposed to leave our place but our landlord was ok for us to stay more due to the situation so maybe if it’s the case you will have no problem.
 

I can understand , even if I am not in this situation , how bad is to be separate 😥

thank you very much Alix , soon it’s gonna be your turn for sure . 
 

take care 😊😉

6 hours ago, Alix64 said:

I totally understand your stress about this.

France has NO POWER whatsoever to prevent a US citizen (and his lovely wife) from going back to his country.

From May 11th, you can reach the coast, right ? (less than 100km ?)  and from there, you reach Paris and hop!

You will make it, I'm sure.

With your marriage certificate and your husband next to you, I cannot see how policemen would stop you. Don't worry, you are almost there

Kiss and hugs

hey Alix,

I know , and talking about it I Reached  the

« ministère des affaires étrangères »( i am calling eveywhere to find answers lol 😂)  and they gave me the link to the text of J.Y Le Drian saying that no one can be unauthorized to leave the country . 
 

the village we are leaving in is at about 40Km from the airport so we are ok , ouf😅 

we will have to bring attestations with us and « attestation sur l’honneur «  explaining our situation _+ wedding certificate and I think we gonna be ok . 
 

we hope to leave very soon to start our new life in the house waiting patiently for us 😀

what about you ? Any news ? 

big kiss , 
 

Audrey 

1 hour ago, Alix64 said:

Hey Mrs T.

I am thinking of you 2 a lot.

 

I inquired about going to California to see my husband (4 months apart now...) and as you know California is among the states which have the most "secure" behaviour in the crisis.

What they do is : when you arrive, they ask you to stay at home in quarantine for 14 days. If any symptoms arrive, then you have to tell the authorities. So basically they trust you to have a responsible behaviour...

 

Have you tried to call the Embassy ?

 

Big airhugs Super Mrs T

Hey Alix , 

thank you 😊 

i read a lot about when we arrive there but the problem is to reach Paris From Corsica.

we called the embassy earlier but they don’t know a lot about the attestation . They tell us to bring the one we have for now at each time we go outside but they are not sure at 100% that the « motif familial impérieux » is gonna be ok.

they told us to have a wedding certificate and my visa with us . 

i just want to be sure to have everything to be able to travel from France to USA . 
and then once we arrive there we will self quarantine . 
 

it’s complicate and we have to go in may . 
 

big hugs to you too 😗

Hi guys, 

i hope everyone is doing ok .

i have a question about our future travel to USA.

France is still in confinement to may 11th minimum and even after that we heard today that we will still need an attestation to travel from region to region .

i have a question for those who flew recently to US. 
Did you find an international attestation ? What justification did you have to give at the airport to justify such a long travel ? 
 

I am a little bit confused and i don’t find anything online .

we would like to move in the end of may but it’s seems to be very complicate ... as usual ...

any help is welcome 🙏 

have a good day 😊

4 hours ago, Pavli said:

Since you're the spouse of a US citizen (right?) the Schengen travel ban doesn't apply to you. That means you're free to enter the country.

Yes I am the spouse of a citizen . 
thank you for your answer 🙏

Yes , sadly, it could be a problem .

maybe you can search and see to find a sponsor 

5 minutes ago, Quarknase said:

Correct - you can enter just fine. Lucky you!

Thank you very much for your answer !!! 😊

Hi guys , 
 

so , I married to a USC , we are both currently living in France .

i received my IR1 visa back in March so question : 

are we ok ?
with the ban on Schengen area , are we gonna be allow ?

we would like to leave as soon as the French lockdown is finish ( may 11th) 

if I remember ( please correct me if I am wrong ) the travel ban exempts usc and their spouse too ? 
 

thanks for any answer 🙏😊

20 minutes ago, LeoUSA said:

If the spouse visa is exempted from the ban, then I do not think you will have a problem obtaining a GC. Nothing is obvious for now lets just wait and see.

I have an IR1 visa myself so lets just hope we are good to go

Thank you for your answer .

we will see .

praying to be allowed to go 🙏🤞

Hi everyone , 

i know it’s a very difficult time for all of us . Especially waiting on the EO to « tell us » what’s it’s gonna happen ..

My IR1 visa was approved in Paris in March and I received my passeport with my visa in it .

we were supposed to fly but everything was cancelled and we were planning to fly after the end of the French containment ( may 11th) 

‘’but now there is « that » . 
 

i payed my green card fees March 15th and I have the tracking number . My question. Is , due to what’s going on and D.Trump suspending green cards for 2 months , as I already payed the fees . Will they suspend the production of my green card ? Because the « my USCIS » website says that I can receive it 120 days after 1 st entry or 120 days after visa fees being payed . 
 

right now , as a lot of it I am a little bit confused .. 

thanks in advance for your answers 🙏😊

I am in !!! 💪

2 hours ago, Sunshinestatefl said:

My documents are already submitted on ceac and waiting to be reviewed, which is sometime this monrh. However, one document was not uploaded. I want to upload the missing document before NVC reviews and request it,  which would cause a delay. Will the last submitted document start over my review waiting time or NVC will review my documents base on first submission???Anyone who has been in the same/similiar boat what was your experience .???

Hello, 

yes the last documents You gonna upload  will start over the waiting time .

19 hours ago, Alix64 said:

@loveinChicago @K-Kwette and @JulienR

thank you for your messages

 

In fact, we realised last Friday that our lawyer had uploaded only the translation and not the original French version. Do I need to say that my husband and I were super mega upset. The lawyer didn't even apologized.

Anyway, so I uploaded right after receiving the RFE, the right document (the date of submission remained Jan31) and we got DQed on Monday 🤪🤪🤪

I realise how lucky we are in all this. So first submission was Jan31 and DQ on April6

Thank you all so much for your support and you @MrandMrsT :)

 

You’re so welcome 😉 

34 minutes ago, LeoUSA said:

The long story short is that I have my IR1 visa that expires in mid of July. I just hate that I can only watch it getting expired and not be able to use since everything is shutdown in my country for now

Same here my visa expires in august and I am afraid to not be able to make it from France to US at that time 

4 hours ago, Inita said:

Hi all,

 

I am trying to check our status on the CEAC website. Every time I do I get the below message:

 

But the thing that confuses me is that we have uploaded all required documents on the NVC page, paid all bills and on the NVC site it also states that all is completed.

 

Is there something I need to do additionally?

Do I need to send all documents by email as well?

I am not sure what to do- anyone here that can shed some light please?

 

Thanks!

 

That’s normal .

till they review your documents you will see this message even if you submitted all the documents . 
Once they gonna Look at your case you will have no more “action required” but “At NVC”

if you have “submitted “/ “completed” next to your documents and AOS you have no reason to worry . Just wait 

1 hour ago, mark90 said:

Okay, so it sounds like you can still edit your name during the interview according to your answer. Thank you. 

Yes. at least , it’s the case in Paris embassy so I suppose that it’s the same rule everywhere .

8 minutes ago, mark90 said:

Hello, this is my situation.

 

I got married in October 2019. At that time, I decided to change my last name, so I received the marriage certificate with my new married name.

Right after, I filed for AOS, requesting a name change in all the documents (I 485, I 130, I 131,  I 765). 

My SSN, driver licence, passport and everything are still on my madein name. 

 

After few months, I am considering to go back to my maiden name. There are multiple reasons: avoiding the troubles of changing my bank accounts, credit cards, passports, SSN.

Moreover my home country doesn't make it easy for a person to change their legal name

 

Could I request to go back to my maiden name during the AOS interview even if I filed the documents with my married name? 

 

Thank you!

 

 

Hi , 

when I had my interview in Paris they asked me which name I want on my visa at  the time they picked the documents I was supposed to bring and before to see the consular agent for the interview .

on the application it was my maiden name + my married name .

I said That I just want my married name and that’s what I have in my visa 😀

ask for it at the time of the interview .

i hope it helps 🙂

Hello, 

yes you can bring your dog .( I’m gonna bring my two cats with me )  Just be aware of what you have to do before your travel  (vaccinations , passeport, microchip etc according to US laws and the state you will fly to for ) 

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/pet-travel/bring-pet-into-the-united-states/pet-travel-dogs-into-us

Hi , 

sadly the hotel has no obligation to refund you .
you can explain your circumstances to the manager but it’s up to them and their solidarity due to the situation to say yes or no . 
maybe they can « offer » to replace the dates of your trip 
i worked as a receptionist for years and we always tried to understand different situations and find good solutions for our guests. 
if you made your reservation via booking.con , deal with booking.com and they gonna see with the hotel what is it possible to do . 

maybe do you have an insurance with your Visa that is maybe covering unforeseen situations ? 

23 minutes ago, SDNOMAD said:

Hi there I keep getting an “application error please try again” every time I attempt to upload my civil documents on CEAC does anyone know why this is happening? It’s a scanned PDF format under 2MB.... I’m confused and don’t know what to do 

Hi, 

maybe you could try to change server . 
for me , Firefox was the only one working . 

Safari, google chrome etc didn’t worked .
plus you have to be fast as the CEAC disconnect after 15 mn of inactivity.

i hope it help 

good luck ! 🍀 

5 minutes ago, Adeya said:

 

Check this out just found it 

Thank you 🙏 

4 minutes ago, Adeya said:

Dont worry alot of people had the same annotation.

Once you arrive they just going to tell you to contact the nearest phs. 

be calm & happy its all good

 

Oh ok thank you very much 🙏
again medical stuff after payed medical exam for the visa . ( how much  this stuff will cost again ?) 
could they denied me if there is something wrong ? 
 

Hi everyone , 

i received my visa today and on annotation I have :

”class B req. ATTN. of USPHS . At POE” 

i am kind of worrying. I just have thyroïd issues . My medical is ok .

will they require again test / medical ? 

22 hours ago, Jmeleecur said:

1 year marriage anniversary today!

 

Just venting, because I know you all understand the struggle 🤗.  I'm wishing we were already together, and able to celebrate this day together. It doesn't feel as special as it should, has anyone else thought that?? I'm ready to begin our next chapter and be able to celebrate special days together🙌

 

I do have to say, we are so very grateful to have moved along fairly quickly at the USCIS stage. I'm not going to complain about that, I see lots of people with similar pds still waiting, and being transferred all over the place. We're in week 5 of NVC review, so hopefully we'll hear something soon🤞

Happy wedding anniversary !!!!!🎉🎉🎉

20 hours ago, Quarknase said:

No, i tried several files all below 1MB, and either pdf or jpg. Two different browsers (chrome and safari).

Oh man... Financial documents worked just fine, civil documents ALL give me this error...

Did you tried Firefox? 

Just now, LewsTT said:

 

Good good, suspected that but since have heard about them mailing the physical 'package' just wanted to be sure it doesnt really matter.

 

Oh and and congratulations!

I never received any documents in another way than email . everything become electronic right now .

 

thank you very much 🙏🥳🇺🇸