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34 minutes ago, Bcoulter said:

Hi Everyone, 

 

I had been unable to read my messages on NVC website but know that my documents had been DQ'd, however there was also a case FE review note on there that I just saw that said:

"Brianna does not meet the minimum income requirement to sponsor the intending immigrants for this case. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this requirement at the time of the interview. For more information, please visit https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p. To avoid delays, an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 for a joint sponsor may be submitted. FINANCIAL SPONSORSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES: Financial sponsors, joint sponsors, and applicants should be aware of responsibilities when signing an I-864 and the consequences for a sponsored immigrant's acceptance of federal means-tested public benefits. For more information visit https://nvc.state.gov/aos."

 

I am not sure why this note is on there because I was under the impression that based on my current salary I do meet the minimum requirements. I did include my 2019 taxes and I did not make enough in 2019 for the whole year, however, in August of 2019 I began working as an Intern School Psychologist (I was finishing up grad school but received a salary of 21,900, which is just above the minimum salary requirements). Then, in November of 2019, my salary was increased to 30,000 because the state teacher minimum salary increased. While my taxes do not indicate the I made enough money, I also provided an updated version of my contract indicating that I made 30,000 from November-this August 2020 (which is when my contract ends). I also provided proof of direct deposit to my account for the last sixth months, which should have indicated that I am currently making enough money. Just for good measure, we also decided to include proof of assets, both for the petitioner and beneficiary, which exceeded the amount necessary to support my husband. 

 

Furthermore, as if this wasn't enough, I have graduated from my program and internship, and have just signed a contract for my new job, where I will make 65,000 dollars (which is far far above the minimum income requirement I am sure). I know they don't really care about future employment, but I definitely will not need to have somebody else sign an affadavit of support on our behalf. My contract begins on 7/1/2020 and I will make 65,000 dollars a year, which is more than double my current salary as an intern school psychologist (which I was under the impression still qualified). 

 

Does anyone have any experience with this or any suggestions for me? 

Bring everything with you to the interview.  I don't know how long the wait is in the UK....but for a lot of countries it can be 4-6 months after DQ, and that's without the pandemic.  You may have even more financial evidence by that time to back you up.  Bring your letters of offer (or letter from employer stating you currently work for them with an annual salary of _______) for any jobs where your salary is not yet fully reflected in your tax returns.  Bring your monthly pay stubs for those jobs.  Bring your school diplomas and any certificates that qualify you to work those jobs and a copy of them with you.  You can add assets to help as well.  If you have a parent or sibling willing to act as a co-sponsor, you can have them fill out the I-864A.  Bring the I-864A with you to the interview and keep it in your back pocket in the event that the issue of income arises.  I suspect that by the time your interview comes you will have ample evidence that you meet the income requirements and it probably won't be an issue.

37 minutes ago, aus2tx said:

Aww, I appreciate the sad emotes. I just sent in our doc again with a letter basically saying 'Hey you're not telling us what we need and we've sent you what you've asked for so we can't provide you with the document you want and can provide it at the interview'

 

I will let you know how that goes... It's just so demeaning. 

Is there an Australia forum that might have a picture of what they are looking for?  For other countries I've seen them buried deep in the bowels of this site...people posting pictures of the police certificates that ended up getting approved.  Just a thought...

7 hours ago, AllTheseGoneBy said:

Ma classe de visa est IR1, j'ai soumis mes documents le 18 mars (mais quand je suis soumis, nous étions en classe LRP mais maintenant nous sommes IR1 parce que mon mari est USC maintenant) et j'attends toujours.

J'ai décidé de soumettre un autre document pour voir si cela ferait avancer le processus.

 

Did you explicitly upgrade your case with NVC?  Some people are not aware that it doesn't happen automatically...

9 minutes ago, starboogie said:

Wow I really don’t understand why for some people the status changes to Paid rather quickly, and for others it takes so long. It is such an odd thing to me. But I guess not totally surprising as things with this entire immigration process tend to be very troublesome.

 

I’m sorry it is taking so long for you, and I hope it resolves ASAP for you! Hang in there! 

I have heard of quite a few people lately where it is taking a much longer than usual time for payments to go through...FYI.

24 minutes ago, starboogie said:

Hey everyone,

 

Can you tell me from your own experience how long after paying AOS and IV fees does it take for the status to go from In Process to Paid?

 

I know that the website says wait 2-3 business days. Has that timeframe been accurate for any of you?

 

Just wondering because I processed the payment on May 27th, and the funds were withdrawn from my account on May 28th. I’m curious, and lowkey worried that the adjustment could take weeks like I have seen some people experience as mentioned on some other VJ threads.

 

Ours took 5 business days...went through a weekend so it took a week.

30 minutes ago, IAQ said:

Got an RFE today (of course the dreaded issue of not being able to see the message), but when I click on our documents all are accepted. What could the RFE be about if all documents were accepted?

 

Any ideas on how to access the messages (besides calling NVC which I will do soon if I'm unsuccessful). Any help appreciated. We submitted on April 29.

Something that's missing altogether as opposed to just incorrect?

21 hours ago, T&S_MTL said:

For what's it's worth, some business are supposed to reopen on May 25th in Montreal. You could wait and see with commissionnaires. I ve read that they are professional and reliable, especially since the certified background check is tricky.

Some Red Seal notary offices will do it too if there's one within driving distance that offers the service.

I used commissionaires.  They knew exactly what was needed.  No experience with IdentiteQuebec.

See above for paperwork fees.  They could increase soon due to the pandemic.

Yes, medical (~400$ but varies from country to country) and vaccinations (if you aren't up to date).

Travel and lodging if you don't live near the embassy that you have to interview at (some of them are in other countries, or on the other side of your country).

Costs for other things like fingerprinting for police clearances from every country that you've lived (50-200$), a bunch of passport pictures (20$), notarized documents, certified translations, ordering copies of marriages certificate/other documents and obtaining other misc. documents that may be specific to your case (divorce decrees, adoption paperwork for kids, proof of relationship stuff etc.).

Then any legal costs if you choose to use a lawyer to just ask a few questions (~150$) or do your whole case (1000 - 3000$) or something in between.

8 hours ago, Zoisdem said:

Hi all

We just got accepted in the NVC stage (20th May).

As a fairly new to this process, it is not clear to me regarding the police certificates, do we need to provide from each single country that we resided for more than 6 months, including US?

 

thanks in advance!

 

You don't need one from the US, but every other country, yes.

48 minutes ago, JenIE said:

That's so frustrating. It's also really confusing as to why they seem so fixated on W-2s from people. I sent in a IRS transcript for my 2018 tax returns but then I went back in and uploaded the W-2 for that year because I saw so many RFEs coming in. Maybe I still didn't need to because I wasn't married and didn't file jointly at that point, but I'm so afraid of having to get back into line. Hopefully they don't penalize people for including this info if they don't think you should have.

It's strange what's happening with the W2 RFEs.

We got DQ with a transcript only, no joint sponsor, I-864EZ, income unquestionably above the minimums.  NVC submission mid March.

On 3/26/2020 at 12:54 PM, Ptitchou said:

Great, thanks for the clarification. If you have nothing to show on your record, it takes approximately 3 days for the check itself, then however long to mail you the document. I just called a place that has a location open for now, so time to gear up with all the Lysol and make a run for it! 

I managed to get mine done on the first day of general shut downs in Toronto.  Took 14 days to show up so you have an idea of what to expect.

1 hour ago, YasArr said:

If US born petitioner than submit birth certificate under section " Proof of Domicile" and under " Proof of US citizenship". 

 

If not US born petitioner and a citizen/LPR, then submit Driver license under " Proof of Domicile" and submit US passport or Green card under " Proof of US citizenship. 

Thanks so much for clarifying!! 

But the rest of the stuff pertains to the beneficiary, yes?

Somehow after ready 12+ different sources I'm still not 100% clear what documents are to be submitted at NVC stage.  I would like to mess it up as little as possible.  We are IR2, no kids, no previous marriages, no financial challenges, no issues with the law, documents all in English.

The only thing the petitioner needs to prepare is the taxes and I-864 correct?  No birth certificate or passport needed from the petitioner?

The rest of the documents pertain to the beneficiary right (passport, birth certificate, police check, marriage certificate)?

Thanks in advance to anyone who knows the answer to this!

 @KartineeKartoons could I also be added please.  

On 3/15/2020 at 4:36 AM, Alexsea said:

Are processing times affected by all this coronavirus chaos?! Or what is going on, because my priority date is July 15 at Texas Service Center.

 

According to USCIS processing time estimates, it should take 6.5-8.5 months. In 10 days, I hit the "inquiry" date for cases outside normal processing times. Last update on my case was January 7, over two months ago.

 

I used the app to check the status of other cases with the same date as mine and they are nearly ALL approved and have been since January/February. I am losing my patience! 😖😖 What is the hold up?! Is my application lost? 

 

Give me hope!! 

I was PD July 11 Texas an just got approval a couple of days ago.

45 minutes ago, Aali1 said:

Congrats!! I have the same PD and service center. I hope I hear back soon.

I hope so too....they definitely kept us till the very end!

On 2/10/2020 at 12:25 AM, Natasha19 said:

Just wanted to add that this is still going on now !😡

 

Arrived since Dec 7th 2019 and still no social security number. My green card only turned up on the 7th Feb  2020 and now I know for sure (after reading this forum) that the SSN isn't going to come. I'm Orlando Florida, the guy who handled my POE wasn't exactly helpful at all, so I guess I'm not surprised it never got sent now...and yes I did check that box on the ds-260 form. So now have to try and figure out how to get to my nearest SSN office and see what they have to say.

 

My advice, don't tick it. Just do it yourself when you arrive.

Any update on your trip to the SS office?  I would be wanting to work right away and I'm concerned about running into this issue.  

6 minutes ago, Ma Isabel said:

It is definitely TEXAS SERVICE CENTER.

Well that would be great since the Texas I-130 wait times are much much shorter than the Vermont ones.

Potentially silly question.....

How do I know which Service Centre is processing the application?  

Both lawyers that we used insisted that it would be Vermont.  We have an IOE # and the bottom left of the letter we received has the Texas centre address however...?

Anyone out there have Vermont as an original filing office?

Could you add me to the Montreal group please?

44 minutes ago, ice-qube said:

My wife and I are going through spousal process (consular, I-130 currently pending). Today I finally got my NEXUS interview and the U.S. CBP officer/interviewer asked me what I wanted it for. I told him my wife has relocated to the US for school and that we are going through consular process for immigration. He said that I am actually not supposed to come to the U.S. *at all* during the process, not even to visit--how can this be?

Strangely, he approved my NEXUS pass anyway... but warned me that they are likely to turn me back next time I come, if they ask the question. Now I am concerned about whether what he told me is true or not. Anyone else have this experience?

He is mostly incorrect.

It is at the discretion of the border agent to grant you entry via a visitors visa while you are awaiting your green card paperwork to be processed.  So yes, the border agent can decline your entry.  We've been going back and forth for a while with an I-130 in process and haven't had any issues, but we have been warned by others of the discretionary nature of the admittance to the US.  Keep paperwork on your person proving your ongoing Canadian ties (school enrolment, apartment lease, list goes on) and always have your return flight booked.

On 2/14/2020 at 4:19 PM, missileman said:

I don't think this is accurate.  The USCIS website makes it seem like they are probably processing ~January 2019 applications.  The posted Vermont wait times have nearly doubled in the last 18 months.  The inquiry date has moved forward a whole 7 days since early December 2019.  Seems things aren't moving fast at that office.  We are waiting with a June 2019 date.