ninjarocket

I read the link about the old woman you quoted, but widow still has to keep her husbands name unless she files a petition somewhere to revert back to her maiden name. Maybe that was the cause of her problem.

I'm still confused and trying to understand your problem. Was it caused by the fact that you changed your name to your husbands name after your I-130 was filed? If that's the case then I can understand why you were requested to do an NBI that included your new name with your husbands name.

My wife has opted not to change her name (for the time being). So I don't understand why they would insist on putting my name on the NBI clearance if that's not ctualy her name and it is only going to cause problems?

Incidentally, I haven't seen an NBI clearance yet. Does it state marital status? That's one thing that certainly needs to be accurate I could imagine.

hi again,

Please don't panic.

Please understand that the NBI document will be required the time NVC gather/request for evidences, it will not mixed up or what.

What is important is that you get the NBI clearance with all of your wife's name.

Maybe it's different case to case basis but as I told there was an old lady there that was requested to get her NBI togetehr with all of her names.

I'm trying to figure out whether I have a problem:

I filed my I-130 and I-12F (now approved) with my wife's maiden name.

Another VJ member informs me that the NBI clearance has to include the husbands name, even though my wife hasn't officially changed her name yet. (All her ID's and passport are with her maiden name). This then causes screw-ups with the names on visa and passports being inconsistent.

Have any other VJ members managed to get though the process using their wife's maiden name the whole way including on the NBI clearance?

or, does my name have to be included on my wife's NBI clearance?

or, does my wife have to change her name to mine in order to get through the visa process?

I'm trying to figure out whether I have a problem:

I filed my I-130 and I-12F (now approved) with my wife's maiden name.

Another VJ member informs me that the NBI clearance has to include the husbands name, even though my wife hasn't officially changed her name yet. (All her ID's and passport are with her maiden name). This then causes screw-ups with the names on visa and passports being inconsistent.

Have any other VJ members managed to get though the process using their wife's maiden name the whole way including on the NBI clearance?

or, does my name have to be included on my wife's NBI clearance?

or, does my wife have to change her name to mine in order to get through the visa process?

In my particular case, my wife is still using her maiden name in order to simplify the I-130 and I-129F applications. We did this in order to avoid her having to apply for a new passport, intending to do the name change later.

In this case, does the NBI clearance still need to be in the married name, or will the maiden name be fine?

yes, absolutely, what I did submit when NVC requested for evidences together with DS-230, is NBI clearance (bearing my married name, middle maiden name to be exact, this are very important details you should not miss) and should be specifically travel to US. as we all know there's NBI clearance that says "valid for local use only". No local police celarance required nor I submitted police clearances as evidence, just the NBI and it was enough. You can find it at NVC website, requirements by country,

More specifically I'm referring to the additional stuff that is required by the NVC that accompanies the DS-230

Among the listed requirements on the DOS website is "Police Certificates." I wonder if that just means NBI clearance in relation to the Philippines.

Maybe you could just let me know which documents you submitted with your DS-230 since you've already been there?

cheers

Just have some simple questions about the NBI that I'm hoping someone with experience can answer:

1) my wife has an NBI clearance that she obtained in May. Will the NVC consider that too old? My I-130 was recently approved.

2) is the NBI clearance the same thing as a police clearance (as required by the NVC), or will she need to ask for that separately?

1. NBI should say "Valid to travel to US" or "Valid for travel abroad". It has 1 year validity so it's still fine.

2. NBI is different from Police clearance but Police clearances are not required according to documents needed to be submitted in particular from USCIS website....Country: Philippines. Please check on the website for that.

I hope it helps

More specifically I'm referring to the additional stuff that is required by the NVC that accompanies the DS-230

Among the listed requirements on the DOS website is "Police Certificates." I wonder if that just means NBI clearance in relation to the Philippines.

Maybe you could just let me know which documents you submitted with your DS-230 since you've already been there?

cheers

Just have some simple questions about the NBI that I'm hoping someone with experience can answer:

1) my wife has an NBI clearance that she obtained in May. Will the NVC consider that too old? My I-130 was recently approved.

2) is the NBI clearance the same thing as a police clearance (as required by the NVC), or will she need to ask for that separately?

1. NBI should say "Valid to travel to US" or "Valid for travel abroad". It has 1 year validity so it's still fine.

2. NBI is different from Police clearance but Police clearances are not required according to documents needed to be submitted in particular from USCIS website....Country: Philippines. Please check on the website for that.

I hope it helps

Just have some simple questions about the NBI that I'm hoping someone with experience can answer:

1) my wife has an NBI clearance that she obtained in May. Will the NVC consider that too old? My I-130 was recently approved.

2) is the NBI clearance the same thing as a police clearance (as required by the NVC), or will she need to ask for that separately?

I've already been to Manila a couple of times with my wife while on vacation, so we might stay in the same hotel. It's very close to the USEM. She'll have to go for the medical alone however because I don't have enough vacation time saved up to spend more than about a week or so.

Just a silly question that only previous interviewees will know the answer to: I'm planning to attend my wife's K3/CR interview. Do married couples get separated and interviewed separately or are they always interviewed together?

I attended my wife's interview in manila and we sat in one room for the interview... it was quite fun besides being nervous as hell....

oh btw where do you plan to stay at? when you go there in a hotel/motel?

Just a silly question that only previous interviewees will know the answer to: I'm planning to attend my wife's K3/CR interview. Do married couples get separated and interviewed separately or are they always interviewed together?

UPDATED LISTS:

I. CR1/IR1 VISA---------CASE COMPLETED------------INTERVIEW

1. John & Jean---------------June 13, 2008---------------------August 06, 2008

2. Chrisepic------------------June 13, 2008---------------------August 14, 2008

3. Honeyleen----------------June 13, 2008

4. DavidnMay----------------June 19, 2008---------------------August 22, 2008

6. boyceedith----------------July 01, 2008

7. onizuka--------------------July-02, 2008

8. Filiricans-------------------July 03, 2008

9. tzeksman------------------July 09, 2008

10.RickieandEva-------------July 11, 2008

11.shaman_goddess-------July 14, 2008

12.Marieford_20-------------July 19, 2008

II. K3 VISA----------NOA2/APPROVED----------------INTERVIEW DATE

1. onizuka---------------- May 19, 2008-------------------------July 28, 2008

2. o0pink0o---------------July 02, 2008-------------------------August 27, 2008

3. Irene & David---------June 13, 2008------------------------August 19, 2008

4. Val Sandra-------------June 24, 2008

5. Abspears---------------July 08, 2008

6. Nova&Neil--------------July 14, 2008

III. K1 VISA---------NOA2/APPROVED----------------INTERVIEW DATE

1. gabrielle08---------------June 10, 2008---------------------August 05, 2008

2. Rubchett-----------------June 18, 2008----------------------July 29, 2008

3. higantetingting---------June 20, 2008----------------------August 04, 2008

4. marizzacdo--------------June 30, 2008----------------------August 05, 2008

5. KandI_usa---------------July 02, 2008

6. yuki_lyka-----------------July 03, 2008

7. RussellandMarie---------July 09, 2008

8. shes-----------------------July 10, 2008----------------------August 28, 2008

NOTE: To the new members kindly fill in the applicable type of visa according to dates of approval to the above-stated. Likewise, I suggests/recommends to the existing member/s to give us interview updates &/or the status developments of your case/visa if any. Thanks.

Filiricans

After approval, I guess there's nothing that can be done to influence whether or not they forward the I-130 to the NVC in addition to the I-129F?

If you're pregnant, can't you be expedited?

Hi

Have October filers CR1 been approved?

After waiting so long and hearing nothing, what should I do? Is Vermont working?

I am 4 months pregnant and things are staring to get really hard.

If there are October filers still out there please let me know that I am not alone...

Good Night

Thanks for the info.!

I was just approved yesterday, but am trying to move things along speedily.

Do they ask for the NVC case # during the medical appointment? (only someone who recently had their medical appointment will know the answer)

If not, then there's nothing to stop my wife from arranging her medical while we're still waiting for the NVC case # to arrive at the embassy????

My Husband just had his medical about two weeks back. He needed his case number to prove he was going for a visa. We asked the consulate if it was possible to go for the medical before we get the number her response was; "The Doctor needs to write the case number on the forms, after the medical the information will be sealed and given to your husband, without the case number it will be denied and you will have to pay for another medical and make another appointment."

I was just approved yesterday, but am trying to move things along speedily.

Do they ask for the NVC case # during the medical appointment? (only someone who recently had their medical appointment will know the answer)

If not, then there's nothing to stop my wife from arranging her medical while we're still waiting for the NVC case # to arrive at the embassy????

Some get processed quickly and some slowly. If you're lucky, you won't have to wait as long as I did. Hang in there!

Got a receipt...it's been about 7 months since i've filed my papers for my wife.

Nothing after the receipt though..

Shouldve never sent my papers from the states...

Does form I134 need to be filed with the USCIS service center (as explained on the USCIS website, see below) or does it need only to be handed to a consular officer or both?

Where to File :

To file this form, it needs to be sworn to or affirmed by a USCIS Officer at any USCIS Office, by a notary public, or other official authorized to administer oaths for general purposes. If the sponsor is outside the United States, the affidavit must be sworn to or affirmed by a USCIS Officer or Consular Officer at any U.S. Embassy or Consulate.

Once the form is affirmed, it should be mailed to the same USCIS office where the application was filed.

haha, thanks guys.. yes, probably you are right in that they keep a record of all the times that you call.. they said I have called 12 times from the time of April 2007 (when I filed) to December 2007.. and probably a lot more this year too.. another topic shows people getting approved after 365 days (2 of them recently), so I should probably just wait some more..

it's true that each time I enquired recently I was reminded of all the other times I enquired..... and all I was doing was following advice from others at VJ!

well, I've been to visit 4 times since applying......yes four times

wow - you two must be a very strong couple to have lasted through one year of USCIS bs! Congrats that amazing news for your two!

still hope even after the nasty letter about background checks and detailed case reviews etc...

Congrats!! YAY.. so there is still hope... :dance: :thumbs:

ninjarocket -

I hate to tell you this, but this looks to me like a case of a muddled-up filing, and it has taken USCIS some time to get the bits and pieces of it all put together.

I agree but in a way that's good news. They can figure this out but probably need a supervisor to sign off on it.

Well yeah, but that's why it's all taken so long.

Is this not THE perfect example of why we can't always tell what issues people have with their cases? Look how many questions it took us to get to what looks like the bottom of things!

Except that it's pretty standard for someone to Naturalize while they have a I-130 pending for their spouse. I've seen it happen on this forum with no issues.

ninjarocket -

I hate to tell you this, but this looks to me like a case of a muddled-up filing, and it has taken USCIS some time to get the bits and pieces of it all put together.

My hope is that the adjudicator is just confused by the sequence of events and filings. USCIS make mistakes too. After I received the naturalization certificate, I realized at the end of the ceremony that my marital status was stated incorrectly. I had brought up my marriage during the naturalization interview, but this information hadn't made it onto my certificate. I did obtain a corrected certificate the following week, which means that the date of the certificate and naturalization are different.

August 31, 2007

When did you naturalize?

You filed before you were official?

Sure. LPRs can file for their spouse too, just that the spouse is classified as a "preference relative" meaning that they have to wait years for a visa to become available.

So then did you send a request to upgrade your petition after you naturalized?

Yes, although a month or so late, because I initially thought submitting the I-129F would be sufficient enough.

August 31, 2007

When did you naturalize?

You filed before you were official?

Sure. LPRs can file for their spouse too, just that the spouse is classified as a "preference relative" meaning that they have to wait years for a visa to become available.

August 31, 2007

When did you naturalize?

Although I work at a government lab I don't have a clearance. One doesn't need one for work that is published in regular scientific journals. Many of my coworkers have one, although I view it as more of a hinderance than an advantage. The reason I haven't applied for a clearance is that I simply don't need one and it would require me to relinquish my UK citizenship. Hence I would lose personal freedom, privacy (which is restricted by having a clearance) and the benefit of retaining European citizenship.

So I guess the best case scenario is that the adjudicator wanted to deny my petition, or was confused by it, causing it to go to a supervisor, who hopefully will recognize my case as not be fraudulent.

Actually I read somewhere that adjudicators often approve suspicious cases, preferring instead to be denied at the interview stage (USCIS advises the consulate of their suspicions). A denial at the consular interview stage is more difficult to rebuff than one at a USCIS office, and can also lead the beneficiary to be permanently barred from entering the US on the flimsiest of evidence.

Push can tell you better than I if the stuff with names on your lease might impact the case. I kinda don't think it would.

Not picking on you, but were you reading carefully earlier when I spoke about line of work causing case delays? I don't know what scientific publications you are in, or if you have had government clearances before for sensitive work - but if you have - you could have been delayed while YOU personally were checked out.

Education hasn't got anything to do with matters of the heart, you know? Don't be embarrassed by what you feel - it's natural.

rebeccajo, thanks for your concerns.

I'm sure I have plenty of evidence for a legitimate relationship, and could provide an abundance of such if asked. My worry is whether USCIS overrule such evidence with something else they consider to be suspect.

I guess the issue is question 21 on the I-130. I took it to be "requirement" that husband and wife have to have lived together in order to file a I-130 (although I since have understood that it is not for recently married couples). Of course, we are living together the whole time each time I visit, although my visits are typically only 10-12 days long, limited by the amount of vacation time I accrue. I'm worried that USCIS will consider this is inadequate or even as a lie given that the time that we actually spend together is limited.

The address I entered into question 21 is also her official residence, as of a few days after our marriage. We cosigned a tenancy agreement, etc. However, I since discovered that my wife's name is her married name (including my name) is used on the tenancy agreement, whereas she officially hasn't started using this yet. I entered only her maiden name on question 1 of part C and entered "none" for question 11!

We decided after marriage just to use her maiden name for the I-130 application to avoid her having to renew all of her documentation. I didn't notice that the married name had been used in the tenancy agreement. Maybe the lawyer that handled the tenancy agreement just assumed her name to be that, or perhaps my wife was so excited to be married that she immediately used that name.

I'm worried that USCIS will associate the above with visa fraud.

It would be a pity if I had to give up my career in order to be with my wife in her country. I'm not even sure I would have sufficient income if I were to do that, what with being too young to collect my pension (which won't have amounted to much anyway). I might think like a chimpanzee sometimes, but I'm also an educated person (i.e. Ph.D., lots of high impact scientific publications, prestigious awards for my work, etc..). I never thought it would come to this.

ninjarocket -

I'm worried about you. Do you just have a normal case of petitioner 'heebie-jeebies' or do you really think you haven't proven a legitimate relationship? Remember, your wife really has to prove the bonafides at interview. If you've got enough stuff in your file to show you are legally married, that will probably get you a NOA2.

Getting a NOA2 isn't hard. Most chimpanzees can do it. Really. This isn't the normal 'denial' stage of a case. Adjudicators in service centers are mostly looking to see if the forms are filled out properly, if the petitioner is a USC, if the couple is legally married (or in the case of K1's - free to marry) and for a CR1, they will be checking the financials.

Your case has taken a long time and I can understand you being concerned. I would be concerned also if I learned I was in supervisory review. Is there any legitimate reason you can think of which could have caused the case to go to review - or to cause you a denial?