BRIAN AND ISA

Can someone explain to me the DHL process after you get approval at the interview? Does my husband (beneficiary) need to sign up for that before the interview or will they tell him to sign up for it after the interview? Please someone help me I'm confused on that.

After the approval at the embassy, they will have you go to the DHL kiosk outside of the building but still in the embassy walls to fill out the paperwork to get the visa in the passport, we had the choice of getting it delivered or picking it up at the DHL office in Lima. We had our interview on a Monday and picked it up at the DHL office on the Wednesday and left for the USA that night, although I hear we were pretty lucky and processing times can vary. I hope this helps and good luck with your journey.

Hello, we are traveling back to Peru for a much needed vacation and just wanted to get some reassurance on what documents my wife and step-daughter may need to get into Peru and then back into the USA.

1. Passports

2. 10 year green cards

3. Authorization from step-daughters biological father allowing her to travel to USA with her mother

Do we need to take social security cards or anything else? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Happy Happy Joy Joy. Isa and Isabella just received their 10 year Green Cards in the mail today. It took about 5 months for those who are wondering, now we just need to go to Chicago to get their passports updated before our trip to Peru in June. Good luck to all and hang in there.

Thank you everybody, I guess we will have to visit Chicago for a couple of days.

Hello all, we submitted the paerwork to remove conditions for my wife and daughter and wanted to see if anyone had some real life experience with the timeline, I know it says 6 mos. but wanted to her some encouraging news from those that have gone through the process. Also, we have booked our flights for a vacation to Peru in June and I just noticed that my wife's and daughter's passports expire in May, we live in Columbus, OH and going to Washington D.C. to visit the Peruvian Embassy does not look too realistic with jobs, school, etc. Is there any way to do it by mail like we do for US Citizens? I would appreciate any advice and help, thanks.

Sorry all, I meant removal of conditions. Thanks for the input and I have copies of our last two years tax returns incuded in the package. Thanks again

We are getting ready to file the Adjustment of Status I-751 paperwork for my wife and stepdaughter who came to the United States on a K-1 and K-2 visa and currently have their 2 year green cards. I have the form filled out along with supporting documents like copies of joint bank accounts car loan, utility bills, house info., insurance info., etc. but do I need to send proof of income? I did not see that mentioned and do not want to get the package sent back or get the infamous RFE. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

You will need a letter from the child's biological father and it needs to be notarized as well for the child to leave Peru and enter the U.S.. I believe that if you are doing the K1 & K2 at the same time, the child will have to be there for the interview but has 6 months before the visa expires and the child will either have go come to the U.S. or stay in Peru. Hope this helps.

You can use an online translator like babelfish.yahoo.com to help you along or you can contact a local university and speak to someone in their foreign language department. I did that and it was great, I talked to a lady that chaged me $45.00 for everything (about 10 pages) and she also sent a letter on university letter head stating that she was qualified to translate the documents. Good luck with everything.

Just wanted to say that we are sorry to hear about you guys getting divorced.

The co-sponsor not being a relative should be OK and yes you can pick up the visa at the local DHL office in Lima, you need to tell them that you will pick it up. We had our interview on a Monday and picked up the Visa on Wednesday afternoon and was on our flight to the states that night. Good luck with everything.

What we did was call the state police and they said that my wife was legally allowed to drive with her Peruvian drivers license until she received her green card and could then get a state issued drivers license. I am willing to bet that will be true for you as well. Good Luck!

Also, remember when you are shopping for plane tickets to delete you cookies and seach history on your computer every time you go in to look. This will save you a lot of money, these type of websites know your looking for airfare and everytime you go to their site it recognizes your computers address and will increase the fares on you, not by much but by $10-$20. I learned this when shopping for tickes to Peru.

There should be a date of the biometrics appointment on the letter. Just show up for your sheduled appointment and it should only take about 15 minutes. There are parking meters across the street and a few close parking garages. The process is very easy, just fill out a form and then they take your spouses picture and finger prints. Thats it. Good luck.

Congrats!!! That is great news, enjoy this time, best wishes.

It took us about 30 days before we received out NOA1. Hang in there and good luck.

Yes, that should work and thank you for your service!

Hi guys,

yeah make sure your packet is complete when you send it in, that will decrease the chance that you get an RFE. The letter of intent as stated can be either, I just used the format on here and it worked fine. I also sent in copies of boarding tickets, copies passport stamps, hotel receipts and pictures that were stamped with the date on them and our packet got approved. Good luck to you both.

I just wanted to say Happy Valentines Day to everyone here on VJ, may all your days be filled with love and you always be with the ones you love. Also, today is a very special day, it is the 2nd anniversary for me & Isa. Te Amo Mi Vida!

Hello, from what I have read and seen on here, if your file is transferred to California you more than likely will not have an interview. That is what happend with our case, it got transferred and then we received a notification that the Green Card was approved and then we received it in the mail without having to interview. I hope this helps.

I would resubmit the information like it is the first time, also send in the RFE and an explanation letter in big bold print. I had to resend in the same items back to USCIS 3 times for an RFE until I finally got lucky. The first time I just sent in what they asked for and it got kicked back to me saying it was an incomplete AOS package, after a couple of tries like this, I decided it to spell it out for them and that seemed to work. Good luck and let us know if you need anything else.

Congratulations to you both, that is great news.

For the US Embassy in Peru, you only receive 1 packet so you are OK. Just follow all of the instructions in the packet and everything should go smooth. Good luck with everything.

Go online and get a quote for individual insurance but be prepared for a lot of calls if you do. Typically individual insurance is half the cost of a group plan due to the individual underwriting and the possibility of be exculed or turned down. Group plans are higher because although they do underwrite they can not exclude anyone. If you get individual insurance you may be able to go to your employer and have them pay for it. Why would they do this? Because it would actually be cheaper for them; in a group plan then employer typically pays a portion of the actual cost that most employees do not even see. Good luck.

We live in Ohio and Isa and I were never asked to show any divorce decree but we did have them with us just in case. They only asked if we were "free to marry and came in of our own accord", they did ask for our ID's and then the whole process took about 15 minutes at the county courthouse. Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions.