Edu&Gaby

Always the day you enter using your visa. It is valid to mention that if you travel abroad (from the US to somewhere else) the time you are out of the country does not count for the naturalization processes. 

3 hours ago, Hilde said:

I´ve been DQ´d since May. Just got word that someone with appointment for November rescheduled for February...

 

Where did you get those news? Is there anything about reopening for something? My DQ is june too.

Just now, payxibka said:

CR1s are NOT tourist visas, which was what was being claimed by the other poster.

Oh that's true. I didn't read that part. But here they are not processing any kind of visas, as far as I know. We keep checking everyday. 

On 9/30/2020 at 12:09 PM, payxibka said:

Not according to the Mumbai website.  Consulate remains closed for routine visa processing 

 

https://in.usembassy.gov/visas/

It actually is processing some kinds of visas. Including CR1s, the one we are waiting on. But there's nothing we can do but wait, it is just a lot of suffering, it's hard. 

Hi guys!

Me and my wife are still waiting (for almost 2 years now) to finally be able to be together. Right now we already have our DQ for the interview in Rio, but the consulate is still closed. 

We read about the the reopening phases a long time ago and we just wanted to know if someone has any news or anything about when it will open again... this whole process is really stressful.

Thanks everyone, stay safe! 

Hi everyone, does anyone has news or an estimated time of when the US consulate in Rio de Janeiro will reopen?

I know we have to wait for official news, but me and my wife are really anxious because we have been apart for so long (our process started in Feb 2019) and we have been traveling to see each other as much as we could, but now because of the Covid it became even harder.

Our NVC documents are approved already so we are just waiting for the Brazilian consulate to reopen to schedule our interview... I know we might not get any information now, but we're just hoping to maybe get some good news soon since a lot of the embassies and consulates around the world are opened already.

Thanks for reading everyone, stay safe!

Hello! We are about to apply for the NVC part of the CR1 process and we are not sure about one thing. My wife's income is over the poverty guideline for the couple, but since we will be in 5 people together on the same household we will get co-sponsors.

The question is: should we get apply with two co-sponsors since it would make the income be over 250% over the poverty guideline or should we do it with just one to be enough for household number?

Is there a problem to apply with more than one or a reason we should do just one co-sponsor?

Thank you!

On 3/28/2020 at 12:05 AM, pushbrk said:

Send what you have.  If more is available by the time of the interview, take it with you.  This is ultimately not too important if the petitioner/sponsor is well qualified.  Spouse visa applicants with no higher education and no job experience get approved every day, as long as the sponsorship is well qualified.

Good, thank you for the information!

14 hours ago, Nockideetah said:

What’s the “list”?

I meant the stats here on VisaJourney. I kept checking everydays last updates on Nebraska transferred to vermont, it's a good way to keep track of cases.

Just now, X+S said:

Congratulations!!!!!!! wonderful news

I saw yours too on the list!! Congratulations!!! Good luck with the next steps now!!

2 hours ago, JGGA2 said:

Quick question, did you file online or sent paperwork? 

Thank you so much! We are really happy and now stressed with the next steps haha.

We sent the paperwork, when we did it there was no other option, we did everything handwritten.

I hope you all can get it very soon too and if you have any questions just ask us, we'll be happy to help if we can!

Good luck!!!

Hello!

We just got out NOA2 and we are about to apply for the NVC part.

The new rules ask us to prove education level and I have an university diploma, we sent it to an ECE evaluation company so we could have the US equivalent certification (exactly what they ask on the public charge form),

but now this company is shut down due to the Covid crisis and they have my documents stuck there. 

My questions are:

Can I send the NVC application without it, just with the diploma and the official translation? or is there another way?

Or if I should wait, how long can I wait to apply for the NVC part?

Thanks for the help, I know it is a hard question and very new subject to everyone.

2 hours ago, pushbrk said:

All US visas are applied for from outside the USA.  Sources such as "I read" are not a source.  Generally, yes, English proficiency is a  positive factor, but a minor one unless there's a reason for it to become major, like no way to effectively communicate with your spouse or unemployability once in the US, when other financial issues are borderline.  If you actually HAVE evidence of your English proficiency, provide it.  Best way to show English proficiency is to have the visa interview in English.  (and, of course, bring lots of toilet paper) LOL

 

haha great! Thank you so much for your answer. I have an EF proficiency test and I am about to take TOEFL too, although it might not be a major factor, I would like to make it as good as possible, so I'll send them. I am also validating my University diploma in the US to send it with all the files to prove the education level.

 Thanks again for your attention!

Hello! I have a question about the new public charge rule. I read that among the good characteristics you might show to have better chances on the approval is English proficiency.

I am applying for a CR1 outside the US and I wanted to know how we could prove that, would TOEFL or TOEIC tests be accepted or help in any way? And if yes, how to use this diplomas when we file for NVC?

Thanks everyone!

4 minutes ago, JGGA2 said:

Hello, I was part of the first transfers back in Jan 22. It’s been 56 days I have still not heard anything. However, I have seen some other cases approved. I have called and yes I was told it will take 45 days for decision once an officer has it. But again, there is no set plan of who goes first etc. I was transferred from Nebraska Jan 22, 2020 and submitted my paperwork PD 2-15-2019.

Hello! We also haven't heard of it yet. NOA1 from 2-15-2019 and transferred Jan 22nd. I am currently checking on that case tracker app too and there is no i130 around our number with a decision. It also stresses us a lot seeing plenty of people getting approved from march and june while we stand still.

2 minutes ago, Maria Castro said:

My NOA1 is 15th of March, let’s keep prying together to get an answer soon! And I recommend that app, it gives you updates in real life 

Yes, hopefully we will! Our date is still February the 15th, so we're behind yet. But I see people from March and June getting it a lot, so I don't really know how it works. 

1 minute ago, Maria Castro said:

We been checking from an app call “case tracker”, and most of the cases around our number haven been accepted, we are just 3 numbers left, hopefully tomorrow we will get news 🤞🏽

Oh really? What is your NOA1 date?  Thats good, we are hoping it comes really soon! Thank you for sharing!!!

4 minutes ago, Soraya Paes Leme said:

I got my no2 on the 25th February same case transferred like you all, my PD is feb 11 2019. It’s coming finally! 

Congratulations Soraya! I actually saw your approval on the forum, I keep checking everyday! Made us happy cause I'm also from Brazil, we are waiting still but hopefully soon now!

Thanks for sharing!

4 minutes ago, JGGA2 said:

I have not heard anything yet still waiting!

Okay, thanks! Hopefully we'll hear about it soon! We are also waiting.

On 2/26/2020 at 11:38 PM, JGGA2 said:

We are in the same NOA and transfer date 1/22/2020. I have not heard anything. I did call and speak to a level 2 officer and he told me it can take up to 45 days for my case that he said was with an officer for “adjudication” or a decision as of Feb 19, 2020. Honestly it’s just a waiting game and I haven’t seen much movement today. 

Hello! Have you got your NOA2 already? Since we are from the same date we are trying to keep track of what is going on. We are thinking about calling too, we just need to see if we can talk to a level 2 officer, otherwise they won't give us any information.

On 3/4/2020 at 3:18 PM, Kelsee said:

Everyone has been mentioning getting transferred to other offices without any notification. So I decided to send a message on the USCIS website to find out. I got an automated reply saying that I'm now at the VERMONT center. I was originally at the Nebraska center and thought that it was supposedly the slowest of them all. The second I looked at the processing times for Vermont, my heart sank. I don't understand how this could happen?! And why wasn't I notified? Feeling very upset right now... 😥. I don't want to wait up to 20 months now for approval 😕

It is really scary, we are from Feb, 15th 2019 we didn't get it yet. That being said, a lot of people from June 2019 are already getting it, so it might be way less, there's no way to know for now apparently. 

Any updates on cases transferred from Nebraska to Vermont? Our PD 2-15-2019 and we're still waiting, I haven't seen a lot getting approved here and still some are from June... any idea guys? 

We can't really just choose one of them. Our problem is that I still don't have an ITIN or SSC number, so there's no way to file the taxes as married. I'm wondering if there's a way to do it without this number or if we actually need to get one.

Hi! My american wife is currently filing her 2019 taxes and we are still waiting on the CR-1, so I am not currently in the USA.

Does she need to file as married? If so, do we need this ITIN number (W7 form) or how do we do this? It is quite confusing.

Thank you!