Thomas1988

Hi, I have moved to the US about 1yr ago, and am going through the motions of finding a PCP (primary care provider), and seeing a few specialists, getting a few exams (in 2 different states). 

They all talk about MYCHART, I have no idea what it is though, is it a national individualized health portal ? Or do I have to sign up for the specific regional MyChart service?

Can anybody give me a crash course on this MyChart system and guide me in the right direction here?

From what I hear, it's an awesome tool, but I signed up for it with my SSN and it looks regional and has no records of my previous visits.

I'm just trying to retrieve a few exam results and forward it to an occupational doctor.

Thank you!

Updating, today, Nov 30, status went back to "Administrative Processing".

If anyone has any insight on the inner workings of the visa printing process/workflow of a passport inside a consulate, please let us know!

 

4 hours ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Yes. The going back and forth between ready and refused has been reported numerous times. Nothing to worry just because of that.

I was especially curious because, in the "refused" visa whatsapp group I belong to, the "ready" status is very rare. does that mean anything specific, when people reported it in the past?

My friend needs assistance, Rio consulate (Brazilian citizen residing in Canada, visiting Brazil)

(Medical exam September 21 2021, doctor had to email results to the consulate, emailed oct 26th 2021)

Interview November 3 2021 - refused because the consulate cannot receive attachments larger than 5mb, doctor resent it on the same day in a smaller version. Consulate confirmed receipt of medical on November 23)

Nov 24 - Administrative Processing

Nov 29 - Ready

Nov 29 - Refused

My friend has never been to any MENA country, no immigration proceedings, no overstay, etc. Consular Officer said everything looked good and the consulate would only have to sort out the medical file.

My friend emailed them asking if they need anything elsehas anybody seen it going back to READY? 

Thank you!

CR1

Fees - July 2nd
DS260 - July 9
All Required Docs - July 20 (that's what counted, when their "combo" was complete)
Additional Document - Sept 9

In fact, I thought that the best case scenario would be if they reviewed my July 20 documents, and then ignored my additional document until this new submission was reviewed, but they even reviewed and accepted the Sept 9 document based on my July 20 date.

Hi, for information purposes, I have been DQ'd based on the initial submission date, not on my most recent submission date.

Many mods and people will advise that what counts for DQ is the "date you submitted your last document", however, other people will share their first hand experiences that they got DQ'd based on their initial submission date. This experience may vary, and here's why I think that is:

From my experience and from the vague language on official emails and websites, NVC puts you "in line" for review once they receive the combo FEES + ALL REQUIRED DOCS + DS260. If, after you've already done all these, you upload and submit an additional document, under "additional documents", it is likely that your place "in line" won't change. and that was my experience.

Which is different than missing one required doc for weeks... and then uploading it days/weeks later. That would be the first date that NVC had all "required docs", so I can see why some people can interpret that as "last submission resets your review clock".

Thanks for your reply.

Turns out I uploaded an unnecessary additional document (no W2s required if you're filing I-864EZ and taxes were not filed jointly). 

Since it is an unnecessary document, I wonder if that is the only document that goes to the back of the line, while the original submission remains with the July 20 date.

If that is the case, they'd have everything they need to DQ me off of the initial date. 

The police certificate being absolutely required, I don't know how the CEAC "submit documents" button worked without that essential file. I did see some people writing a letter to NVC saying that they could not get their police certificates due to Covid Shutdowns and that they'd take it to the interview, and got DQ'd. 
 

Appreciate your help!
 

We may or may not have uploaded an incomplete document on July 20 (tax return without W2s, and we can't view the uploaded document), so we uploaded the W2s as Additional Documents under the Petitioner, and submitted that one too, today (Sept 9) just in case.

Our case still wouldn't be under review even with the July 20 submission date, and we would like to know if this one additional document would place us at the back of the line again, delaying our application, or if what counts is the date of the initial submission of DS260+Initial Documents?

We intend to do the same with the tax transcript (tax for last year was JUST processed now), can we upload it as additional document under the petitioner?

Additionally, our child was born after we initially submitted the documents to CEAC, should we upload the birth certificate to the CEAC as well?

Thank you,

"ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE NEEDED

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reviewed your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative and supporting evidence. You submitted a copy of your marriage certificate and divorce decrees, which indicate that the marriage certificate and divorce decrees were registered from 1st Notary Public and Protest of Letters and Titles Office of Americana, District of Americana, State of Sao Paulo, Joao Batista De Sousa Notary. According to information currently available to USCIS, marriages and divorce such as yours appear to be in conflict with the laws of the country of Federative Republic of Brazil. In order for the legal termination of a marriage to be considered valid for immigration purposes, it must have been registered with a civil authority. Therefore, please submit the following:

• Submit proof of the legal termination of the marriage(s) of (BENEFICIARY) and (BENEFICIARY'S EX WIFE), such proof would normally be a final (absolute) divorce decree, death certificate, annulment, etc. The document must include the Divorce Sentence (Certidão de Sentença or Sentença de Divórcio) from a court.

• Submit a photocopy of the original marriage certificate for the marriage of (USC PETITIONER, MARRIED NAME) and (BENEFICIARY). The document must include the Marriage Certificate (Certidão de Casamento).

Please note: The Department of State's Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) indicates that primary documents are generally available in Brazil, from Civil Registry (Cartório de Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais)."

45 minutes ago, JKLSemicolon said:

Which of these was that?

• Certidão de Sentença or Sentença de Divórcio from a court
• Certidao de divorcio

And is the document you provided registered/obtained at the Cartório de Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais

Certidão de Divórcio, it was obtained from the Notary that enacted it.

46 minutes ago, JKLSemicolon said:

Where did you do that online? And did you also do this part?

At the Cartório de Registro de Pessoas Naturais online.

48 minutes ago, JKLSemicolon said:

What state were you married in?

Washington State. We'll double check tomorrow, but we have the State document with handwritten signatures and County Seal, clearly staying "Certificate of Marriage".

I have also updated the Original Post with the exact wording of the RFE.

THANK YOU FOR THE REPLIES!

Thanks for your reply, I'm currently in Canada.

RFE Wording:

"ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE NEEDED

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reviewed your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative and supporting evidence. You submitted a copy of your marriage certificate and divorce decrees, which indicate that the marriage certificate and divorce decrees were registered from 1st Notary Public and Protest of Letters and Titles Office of Americana, District of Americana, State of Sao Paulo, Joao Batista De Sousa Notary. According to information currently available to USCIS, marriages and divorce such as yours appear to be in conflict with the laws of the country of Federative Republic of Brazil. In order for the legal termination of a marriage to be considered valid for immigration purposes, it must have been registered with a civil authority. Therefore, please submit the following:

• Submit proof of the legal termination of the marriage(s) of (BENEFICIARY) and (BENEFICIARY'S EX WIFE), such proof would normally be a final (absolute) divorce decree, death certificate, annulment, etc. The document must include the Divorce Sentence (Certidão de Sentença or Sentença de Divórcio) from a court.

• Submit a photocopy of the original marriage certificate for the marriage of (USC PETITIONER, MARRIED NAME) and (BENEFICIARY). The document must include the Marriage Certificate (Certidão de Casamento).

Please note: The Department of State's Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) indicates that primary documents are generally available in Brazil, from Civil Registry (Cartório de Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais)."

We have already sent doc#2, unless they mean a Brazilian marriage certificate with my USC wife, (they translated the document name in the end) which we have absolutely never had, we got married in the US.

As for doc#1, their own website says my initially sent document is good, I will provide the print screen below.

CR-1 - USCIS has issued us a RFE.TheRFE states that my previous marriage and respective divorce were processed at the same Notary abroad (they weren't)

The RFE Requests a "Sentence of Divorce" from a court (what I provided was "Certificate of Divorce" from a Notary, which is also eligible document as per travel.state.gov). Notary Certificates of Divorce are definitive proof of Divorce as per Federal Law 11.441 of April 4th 2007 in Brazil (divorce was in 2018). Just to be safe, we went online and got the "marriage certificate annotated to prove divorce" (which is also good as per travel.state.gov).

RFE also requests an original of my current marriage certificate (which I provided, I was married in the US, Certificate is in English) with my current (USC) wife, and they add the translated name of the document, so it seems that they would like me to send a (nonexistent) Brazilian Marriage certificate? We only have the US one, and have never even been to Brazil since we got married.

Can someone assist?

Thanks!

Hi, 

Thank you for your reply! Yes we have, but me being in the US while unable to work is not an option for us for several different reasons.

Hi everyone, hoping someone can guide us or give us some thread link or smth, fiancee(usc, Seattle) and I(PR in Canada, Vancouver) are getting married in May (in Washington State). She's a nurse, currently picking up a few shifts every once in a while in WA, and just got a job to work remotely for an NGO in Atlanta, (very mobile/flexible schedule), I work full time for a Canadian bank (not mobile/not flexible sched), we are planning on applying for the CR-1 once she changes her name on all her documents and spouses are added to insurance plans etc. I understand that having joint tenancy agreement is evidence of our bonafide marriage, I also gather she should maintain US domicile for CR-1 purposes, here's my question:

1 - Working mostly remotely, can she keep her parent's house mailing address as US domicile, while at the same time sharing a tenancy agreement with me for an apartment in Canada as evidence of bonafide marriage? 

2 - If so, should we apply for her Canadian residency(takes 8 to 12 months), or should she keep crossing as a visitor(max 6 months per calendar year) while we wait for my US residency? 

We would like to live together as much as we can, but understand that this may or may not be possible if we want our application to go smoothly.

(if there is some sort of Canada CR-1 group anywhere, that'd be amazing, I'm having trouble reading/finding stuff on VJ)

Thank you!

Hey everyone, so after a lot of church counseling, and a lovely trip to visit my family in Brazil, I proposed in January, she said yes \o/ and we are getting married in May! We are getting married at her parents ranch in Washington State.

I need guidance on this:

If she only works a few shifts in WA, or works online from home, making enough to sponsor the petition, would it be possible for us to unite in Canada immediately after the wedding, where I am a permanent resident and she would be a visitor, or would it look bad on our CR-1 petition? (She can stay for 6 months as a visitor and can extend it for 6 more months.) We would do it in order to wait together for the CR-1 approval instead of waiting apart, but would visit her family every couple of months, would we get flagged?

If so, does she still need to maintain residency in the US?

Thank you all!

Thank you everyone for your advice! It has made us realize how easy our situation is when compared to other relationships/marriages.

We have not gotten engaged yet, I need to talk to her dad, probably in the coming weeks.

Now, my next question is, I have read somewhere (can't find it again) that military members have expedited applications, does that apply to Army Reserve (if it exists at all)

Thank you!

Hi all!

My girlfriend (F29, nurse, Washington state, USA, us citizen, single) and I (M31, banker, British Columbia Canada, Brazilian citizen, Canadian permanent resident, divorced, valid B1/B2 visa) have been dating for 7 months, and started to seriously consider marriage lately. We have been spending almost every other weekend together, in Canada, in the US, and we are still getting educated on both the fiance visa and the spousal visa. We live within a 2h drive from each other.

For this process to work, we would have 2 priorities: staying together after the wedding, AND ability to work asap (for me in this case).

We understand that these priorities work against each other hahaha, so that's why WE NEED YOUR EXPERIENCE and ADVICE.

If we do get engaged (we are doing church counseling right now) it would be during the holidays when we are visiting my family in Brazil. (She shouldn't read this haha)

Please feel free to remind us of anything we may be missing.

While we do understand the basic pros and cons of each visa, a few questions are still unclear.

These are the things that freak us out about each visa:

K1: 
can't drive/open bank account/travel/study during AOS? (Even with a current Canadian drivers license? Education wise, I would look into certifications more than standard formal education)

Employers basically won't really take EAD seriously (due to expiry date/temporary status) so actual skilled work roughly 12 months after the wedding??

Must not have wedding plans upon Montreal interview for K1? Or is it ok to plan in advance and disclose it during the interview?

CR-1

Which country should we get married to pursue the CR-1 process?  

Should it include the wedding ceremony or are they just looking for the marriage certificate?

eventually getting married and still living a couple of hours apart, won't that be held against us?

Overall, does it look like a K1 case to you guys, or is it more of a CR-1?

Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you all!

Cheers