JulianaSteve

The only original documents they will need is yours. 

What is your country and/or Embassy??

Hi y'all. I want to share some information if somebody who is going to have the medical exam this month and are taking some meds like Escitalopram or have some mental disorders, etc...

The doctor ask me for a letter from my psychiatrist when he describe:

-The length of the treatment
-Name of the medication
-Progress
-Prognosis
- illness code DSM V(5)

Hope this can help you. 

3 hours ago, Sean and Marie said:

Hi everyone!

 

NVC approved my CR1 case on August 19th 2019.
How long did it take for you until you received your Interview Date (Amsterdam, NL). I've been waiting two weeks now! 

 

Thanks so much for sharing,

Marie

Any Embassy have different times. Try to figure out with the people from NL here in the VJ.

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op7=Netherlands&dfile=No&op1=&op2=&op3=&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28&cfl=0

Mine took 3 weeks (Argentina).

Good luck!!

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Can you tell us more about your relationship and the evidences you presented? 

Maybe knowing more we can help you to find if they are not enough to prove the relationship. Because doesn't matter if you appeal or file for a new one, if the evidences are weak you will lose your time and money.

Is a photo like the passport one. White background, etc.

You need met her before apply to the K1 visa.

You will need proof of your relationship, etc.

I really don't know if is possible get this visa if you never meet her. 

Good luck 

5 minutes ago, Enemyz said:

No message from them. This was just the email from the embassy. I submitted the i-864ez because i met the requirements and there was no issues with the nvc for 3 weeks now. I even rechecked it earlier no issues.

The Embassy check every document with more attention. So if they find any other information or something they want to know more they can ask for it.

I recommend you send a email to the Embassy asking more about it. They normally answer fast. 

8 minutes ago, Enemyz said:

 

Hi there.  I get something like that. Did you get some message inside your CEAC page?

Check if your Affidavit of support have 10 pages and is everything correctly.

Is to present in the Embassy? 

They accept any document in Spanish without translations.

3 minutes ago, Guywhohasquestion said:

Hi!

 

This is my first time posting on this website so if I have posted this in the wrong place someone please let me know and I will delete/move the post.

 

Here is my situation and question. I am a USC petitioner and I moved overseas (for my job) where i am currently living and where I met and married my wife. To start the process so that my wife can come with me when i return home, we will be submitting the I-130 and I-130a forms. Though I have been living overseas for the last 7 years, my parents live in the USA (and i used to live at that address too). In the form i130 I would of course use my current overseas address as my Physical Address. My question is whether it would be better to use my parents USA address as the Mailing Address in the form? I am thinking that maybe it would make things faster/smoother in the event that USCIS mails out a RFE (or any other correspondence)?

 

Does anybody have any experience or suggestions for me?

 

Thanks!

YES. We did the same.

43 minutes ago, BKNnets said:

Hello!

 

A little background, My husband a US  citizen, have been here in the Philippines since March 2016, we got married March 2017 and had a baby August 2017. Now we are planning to move to US. I understand that he have to move back to US to file IR1 and IR2 petition. Will he be able to file the petition right away when he got back?

 

Thank you so much,

He don't need to move back. You can start the process in the local US EMBASSY  or having a lawyer in the US, like we did. I live with my husband outside of the US.

Call the Embassy/Consulate to get more information. 

Good luck. 

23 minutes ago, bbauer26 said:

Hello all!

 

Thank you in advance to any and all responses to this thread. 

 

My husband currently lives in the UK. We are attempting to make a change in our living situation. We've been married since November 2018 (filed form in Feb). Ideally we would like him to move here, start a family and our life together. However, we are nervous because we clearly don't have the approved paperwork as of yet. He has a travel visa, but we would like to avoid having him leave the country every 90 days, quitting his current job before he needs to, and getting here and not being able to work etc. 

 

So my questions are as follows:

 

1. Is there any way to get a more concrete timeline on this paperwork? I've tried messaging, calling, etc. all to no avail. Zero phone call answers. Zero email responses. 

2. Will he be able to work in the US when/if his I-130 is approved? 

3. Can he live here BEFORE the paperwork is approved, even if he isn't working? *Would it be advisable to apply for some sort of work visa in the meantime?

 

We're really trying to do everything by the book, but (as I'm sure you know) this process is lonely, complicated, and extremely frustrating!

 

I am open to any and all suggestions/advice to make this process run more smoothly! Please share your wealth of knowledge with me!

 

THANK YOU so much! Your responses are GREATLY appreciated. 

 

Hi there. My process is taking now 1 year and 4 months (CR1 visa).

You can not live or working in the US based on a Visa in progress. 

Before the I-130, you have the NCV and next the Embassy step.

Is a long process and you guys need to find the better way to maintain the calm!!

Best wishes!!

56 minutes ago, Sana_G said:

Yeah, well thank you for your help! Just feeling helpless at the moment. 

I'm so sorry for all this bad situation.  I hope you can find the way soon as possible to be with your love!! Good luck 

2 minutes ago, Amir iqbal said:

I had uploaded my documents in may , but they have considered my passport invalid on 24 july so i resubmitted that again , its been more then a month i didnt get any response.. what should i do now ??

Probably you can try to call the NVC but is hard to get some answers 😕 HopHope they approves your case soon. Good luck. 

11 hours ago, Amir iqbal said:

 

When did you submitted the documents?

As of 26-AUG-2019 we are reviewing documents submitted to us on 19-JUL-2019. 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/collect-and-submit-forms-and-documents-to-the-nvc/step-6-submit-documents-to-the-nvc.html

Just now, G502 said:

Thank you! What consulate or embassy is yours?

Buenos Aires, Argentina. You?

2 hours ago, G502 said:

Hi! Anyone knows how long it takes NVC to send file to consulate? 

Hi there. Depends on the Embassy/Consulate. 

Mine took 3 weeks in total (send to the Consulate and give me the interview date).

Good luck. 

15 minutes ago, Aggie_A said:

Hi,
My wife have just received an email with an interview appointment. Should we expect an interview letter by mail as well? 

Thanks

Hi there. Is just an email. 

Props 👏🏼👏🏼

1 minute ago, missileman said:

It normally does not affect immigration......and I'm sure it did not affect the OP's AOS case.

Thanks for the info. Have a great day

16 hours ago, SafeTravels said:

Hi,
I'm mostly just posting to get an indication of whether our experience was normal or whether we got a particularly aggressive agent.
I came in on K1 last autumn and we married immediately before buying a house together in the spring. We had the deed for the house as part of two binders full of evidence of bona fide marriage, but the agent was unhappy that I wasn't also on the mortgage, he didn't seem to be swayed by the fact that any recent immigrant has no credit history and thus won't be able to co-apply for a mortgage. He said that he would have liked to have seen evidence of me paying my wife back for my half of the mortgage, something which we of course had not considered to bring, given that plenty marriages do not split housing costs 50/50 and that  finances between us are private, not very clearly organised and full of in jokes as venmo payment descriptions etc.

He also wanted to see the joint rental agreement for the apartment we had before bought the house, something which only exists online and which we had not printed off because we instead brought an actual letter from the rental company with both of our names instead.

 

Aside from this, we had joint tax returns from 2018 (he wanted to see 2019 even though it's impossible to have that already), joint gas/electricity/water/internet bills, life insurance and health insurance (he didn't understand that these were part of the same document, and would have preferred home insurance??) Photos of us together with friends and family as well as congratulatory wedding cards which he wasn't interested in.

He also wanted to see joint paperwork for our rescue dog, something which we also had not considered, but did not put both of our names on at the time as we would have only done so for artificial USCIS purposes regardless.

"All this" lead to a great amount of suspicion from him and he interviewed us separately. When I couldn't remember whether the last restaurant visit we made to was on a weekend or a weekday he asked if I had a disability or was taking any drugs which would impede my memory. I was forced to tell him that I just don't have the strongest memory about dates but that I could tell him a million things about my life with my wife. I wish I could have asked him exactly when he last went to a restaurant. We prepped so many questions together but it seems like they want you to have a photographic memory of everything you have done in the last two years. The interviews continued in a very accusatory tone, he wanted exact dates for parental visits, argued with us about what counts as the last holiday and seemed dismayed that we didn't celebrate the 4th of July or Memorial day.

At the end he said he was putting it down as an RFE. The only documentation we can send in at this point is the rental agreement for the apartment. The mortgage and the dog adoption papers only have my wife's name on them. Is the rental agreement going to convince USCIS in a way that all of our other evidence didn't?

The whole thing was hostile. I thought that if you have a legit marriage and you do reasonable prep, you have nothing to worry about. Now my future here is in question, while I continue to live my life as a loving husband following all of the rules set out for me in this country. For the record, I am 28 and she is 25, we both went to college for arts subjects, both speak English, both have similar tastes and lifestyles. The only categorical difference between us is race.

TL;DR: Am I over-sensitive or was my interviewer really hostile?
 

I think you had a really bad experience.  So sorry for that.

Was not possible ask for a supervisor or somebody else?

Can I ask you about the race difference? This is something that scares me about it.  My husband is white and I'm black. In my country this is super common but I'm really scared if there people will look at me differently. 

Thanks.

5 minutes ago, pinano said:

I'm the beneficiary of an IR-1 petition that is waiting for a case number at the NVC.

 

My wife and two kids (all USC) live in Brazil with me, and we will all travel together. We have a good travel history, going to the US 2x a year, having never overstayed. I'm traveling on a B1/B2.

 

We're visiting the US in a couple of weeks for a stay of 3 weeks, and I'm trying to gather as much proof of current ties to Brazil as I can.

We're attending two weddings, and have the invitations for both, to explain the length of stay. 

We have a roundtrip flight booked since January.

 

I thought I would come prepared with:

  - Current title of car in my name, which will be parked at the airport in Brazill;

  - Letter from real estate company stating our lease is still ongoing;

  - Letter from school of one child stating she's enrolled and has paid tuition for the entire academic year (ends December);

  - Letter from my advisor that he expects me back at certain date (I'm a PhD student). 

 

Does this sound like enough? And more importantly, except for letter from advisor, all documents are in Portuguese. Should I have them translated before traveling?

 

Thanks a lot! 😄

Hi there. Is your wife the petitioner? Is she a US citizen or Permanent resident?

Any document that you need to present needs to have the transaction. 

I think you have enough proofs. 

Good luck 🍀

30 minutes ago, ItsBobby said:

Hello everyone,

 

I'm from Europe, my fiancee is from US and we want to live together so she wants to start the application process.

 

1. But what do we do about sponsorship and that affidavit of support? Neither of us are employed, we just finished college and want to start the life & work together in US.
2. My uncle is able to sponsor me but both me and my uncle are from Europe, not US. Is there any way I can apply for K1 visa without having USA-based sponsor and how much salary does my uncle need to have since all poverty guidelines I found are directed towards US citizens.
3. Also, since we're both unemployed do we need double sponsor or something?

 

 

Thank you in advance! Appreciate it!

 

 

 

 

What's about her family? Anyone who can support you?

The sponsor is necessary for the beneficiary, in this case, you.

8 minutes ago, dledingham said:

Thank you so much for your response,

do you know what paperwork comes after the case goes to NVC if any?

In my case they asked for those documents

In order of print screen 

1) My civil documents (I'm the beneficiary)

2)Join sponsor

3) Household 

4) Petitioner (my husband)

Hope this helps. 

Good luck.