Lara Rebecca

Hey guys,

I am a bit confused and hope that you can help me out.

Me and my husband have sent our visa application to the Nebraska Service Center about two weeks ago. We know that they have received it, havent heard from them yet though.

Now my question:

Will they contact us? Send us an email and let us know whats going on and where we are in the process?

Or do I have to call them or check somewhere about whats going on?

I dont know what to do next... please be so kind and let me know!

THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!!

You should receive a Notice of Action 1 in the mail one for your I-129 and another for your I-130 telling you when they received your petitions and it will also have a receipt numbers in which you can sign up and log into the U.S Citizen and Immigration website and it will tell you whenever your cases has been transfered or touched. Here is the website. https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

AWESOME... thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

Hey guys,

I am a bit confused and hope that you can help me out.

Me and my husband have sent our visa application to the Nebraska Service Center about two weeks ago. We know that they have received it, havent heard from them yet though.

Now my question:

Will they contact us? Send us an email and let us know whats going on and where we are in the process?

Or do I have to call them or check somewhere about whats going on?

I dont know what to do next... please be so kind and let me know!

THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!!

Thank you guys... I will try my best! And I will keep you updated! :-)

Oh wow, thank you guys... that was quick! :-)

I already did read the basics about everything... trust me I spent hours reading all of that. But, wether it is my stupidity or other things :-), I still dont understand most of it. So I ask questions to make sure not to make any mistakes.

So I appreciate your answers, they really help a lot!

Oh and to make it more clear to you guys: I am the foreign one (german!) and my husband is the american citizen!!! Just in case I wasnt clear before... So I guess I would be the benef... (however you call that) and my husband the petitioner??

Thanks again,

Lara

Hey guys,

first of all thank you so much for all of your replies to my first question.

Well... my husband and I finally got married on June 4th, so I couldnt be happier... except for that I miss him like hell!

I have a new question now. We decided to apply for the K3 Visa. I see that all of you sent in the I-130 fírst and then a bit later the I-129F. Why is that so? Cant I send these two forms in together? What other forms would I need? And do I have to sign them aswell, or just my husband (he is applying for it)?

I cant wait to get all of that started. I will have to take some passport pics on wednesday and send those to my husband... after that we will finally start the whole process!

Thanks again so much!

Lara

Hey guys,

I have another question.

Is it true that the DCF isnt working like it used to anymore?

"Thus, all I-130 petitions for family-based immigrant status must now be filed with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office responsible for the petitioner's place of residence "

And is it also true that if we apply for the CR-1 Visa, I wont be able to visit the states until it is getting approved?

"Applicant will most likely not be able to enter the US during this time."

That wouldnt be nice at all!

If that is the case, we will most likely go with the K3-Visa.

Ok... I am sorry but I have some more questions about this:

What does German PR mean?

He will be here in Germany anyways... so could we just fill the I-130 out together and send/bring it to the embassy in Frankfurt? I thought we have to send it to the USCIS Nebraska Service Center first and wait until it gets approved!?

Thank you so much for your help!!!

And we can do all of that as soon as we get married, right?

And then we will have to send the I-130 (in our case) to the USCIS Nebraska Service Center. Correct me if I'm wrong!

And as soon as it gets approved will they let me know what to do next? And how long does it normally take for the I-130 to get approved?

Can I send them the I-130 and the I-129F and the two G325A all together at once?

...sooo many questions!

Thanks again though! I just cant wait for all of this to be over with!

You guys are sooo great! Thank you so much!

I understand it a lot better now and think that the CR-1 will probably be better for us. Especially if it is only a time difference of a couple of months.

I am so excited about everything! The past year I've just been annoyed about being away from my fiance and I am so happy that we can finally start the whole process and do something, instead of just waiting for time to go by!

Thank you again and I will definitely keep you updated on whats going on!

Plus, I am sure that I will have soooo many more questions...

Lara

Hello,

my name is Lara and I am new in this forum. Right now I am engaged to an american and we will get married

on the 4th of June, 2007 (in two weeks! ).

So after that we will apply for the visa as soon as possible. Right now I am still living in Germany and I will have to stay here until January of 2008 because of my job.

I already spent hours and hours of trying to figure out what we will need to apply for... and as soon as I thought I had most of it figured out, I read about the CR-1 Visa.

We wanted to apply for the K3 Visa... (I-130). I was never really sure though what the I-129F does...

So I would be so happy if anybody could explain to me what the difference is between the K3 and the CR-1 Visa... and which one will be better and quicker!

And is the I-129F necessary? What exactly is it for?

I am still a trainee right now and will (hopefully) be done with it in January of 2008. So thats when I plan on moving to the states... so which Visa would be best for me?

I thank you so so much for your answers and any help... because we will have to start applying for it right after the wedding. Just so we dont have to be apart longer than needed.

Lara