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The Adam Walsh Act limits the rights of citizens or permanent residents to petition to immigrate their spouse or other relatives to the U.S. if the petitioner has a listed child sex abuse conviction. If that is the case, then the petition cannot be approved unless the Department of Homeland Security determines in its unreviewable discretion that there is no risk of harm to the beneficiary or derivative beneficiary.

Yes, your step son will become a US citizen automatically.

No, you don't need to file an N-600 (sorry, Nick) and waste$600 and time on it.

I have advised people in the same situation several times now on how to get a US passport and thus prime proof of US citizenship without a Certificate of Citizenship and they all were successful. It does work!

Just Bob is correct... see:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1312.html#7

Gracias Marymoon,

Realmente cuando me casé pregunté a la notaría que necesitabamos y no me dijeron nada, no le puse malicia ni mucha pensadera, asi pasan las cosas cuando son intencionales, a lo mejor fuí la excepción y tuve la suerte que nunca me dijeron nada en la Embajada, como conté no escondimos la información de la nena ni nada.. me alegro que no haya pasado nada =)

Chaito,

Hola Marymoon,

No quiero contradecirte ni entrar en polémica, es muy posible que sea como tu explicas, yo solo comparto mi experiencia. Yo soy la ciudadana Americana y mi esposo es el Colombiano, su niña es Colombiana.

Como comenté no la incluímos en los documentos del matrimonio civil de Colombia, pero SI la incluímos en todos los documentos de CR1 que envíamos a NVC y llevamos a la Embajada Americana en Bogotá. A la niña NO la pedimos para CR1,CR2, ella NO viajó a USA como residente, ella prefirió por ahora estudiar bachillerato y quedarse con su mami en Colombia, así que nos visita con su visa de turista.... no sé si esto influya en algo.

Saludos y mucha suerte.

Hola, sigo sus historias pero me mantengo al margen de responder ya que entre ustedes se ayudan mucho y responden rapidisimo! En este caso, quise dar mi opinión ya que pasé por el proceso CR1 el año pasado.

Mi esposo y yo nos casamos en Colombia y mi esposo tiene una niña de 12 años, pero nunca se casó con la madre de la niña, al casarnos el y yo, no incluímos la niña en los documentos del matrimonio civil, ya que sabíamos que tocaba hacer la escritura, pero SI incluímos la información de la niña en nustros documentos de CR1. NO tuvimos ningún problema. No sé si sea el caso siempre, es mi experiencia.

Suerte.

Hi there! I went through the exact same situation with my husband. I was the US citizen-petitioner- and my husband was in Colombia, we filed for CR1. He had a tourist visa well before we met. Since he had to come to the USA for work meetings while our case was in process, we didn't have a choice but to try.. (I must admit we were nervous at first... but nothing out of the ordinary happened)...he came at least 8 times to Houston before our case was completed by NVC. At POE he did not mention at all he was visiting his wife or if he had a wife (I also live in Houston). He just said he was either on tourist purposes or for a meeting. He stayed about 1 week at a time. This is our xperience, I hope this helps and she doesn't have any inconveniences. Thanks.

hi, my husband entered the USA on a CR1 visa and we were moving that same week, so at POE (Houston) when "they" were opening the envelope and doing biometrics, he provided the new mailing address for them to send the card to. He entered on 21 July 08, and received the "Residence card" in the mail at the new house on 12 August/08 !

Just don't forget to provide the new address at POE.

M/

Hola Carol08, casi no escribo en el foro, pero quería decirte que pasamos por lo mismo.

Mira mi esposo vivía en Cali y nosotros tuvimos la entrevista un Lunes 16 de Junio y nos llegó el sobre con el pasaporte a Cali el Jueves 19 de Junio a las 10am a la casa.

Asi que solo tomó 3 días, espero que sea rapidito para ustedes. Suerte,

Meta Carolina

Gracias Martesa por la informacion, le leere con cuidado.

Por lo pronto voy a sacar de nuevo el pasaporte aunque se me vence dentro de 1 ano, pero prefiero dejar eso listo, es valido por 10 anos.

Algo que me tiene inquieta, aunque es algo pronto para pensarlo es que mi esposo no podra estarse muchos dias en Colombia y la idea es que despues de la entrevista en un tiempo maximo de 5 dias yo me vaya de una vez con el. Entonces me preocupa la demora de 8 dias normales mas o menos para la entrega del pasaporte con la visa por parte de Domesa. Que podria hacer al respecto? yo vivo en Cali, que me recomiendan los que ya han pasado por este proceso.

Un saludo para todos,

Carol

Hola Aracely, no había "posteado" anteriormente en este foro, pero no me pude resistir decirte que NO vayas a la cita de la Embajada a las 530am!!!!! Vas a estar pasando frío innecesario!!!

Yo acabé de ir el 16 de Junio y comprobé lo que había leído, NO importa la hora que llegues (por supuesto antes de las 7am), que apenas pases el filtro de seguridad adentro te llaman en el orden que "ellos" quieran... si quieres pregúntales a otros de VJ que han tenido sus entrevistas recientemente... una vez adentro, no importa a que hora llegaste a la embajada.... aparte que podrías estar ahí mínimo hasta las 1130am (si te va bien) o como yo, que salí de ahí a las 2pm.... (feliz porque nos aprobaron, pero la espera es una tortura!!!)

Bueno, entiendo la ansiedad y todo lo demás y a lo mejor no me prestes atención y te presentes ahí a las 530am... pero te acordarás de mi.....

Te deseo lo mejor,

Mucha suerte,

Meta Carolina

Hello, my husband and I had our interview 16th June (CR1), and I'd like to share my experience with you and give you some advice....

Don't get there any earlier than 645am..- it does not make any difference… once you are inside, they will call you in random order – (one of the ladies there told me they call the elderly and families with children first)…. you are going to be there all morning (in our case…the consul finally interviewed us at 2pm)!!!

You don't have to bring the x-ray results to the embassy… you are going to be stuck with it all day!!! They already have the results from the exam when you turn in the envelope they provide you with.

Please, please!!! Wear warm clothes!!! Even though Bogotá is not that cold, after about 4-5 hours it'll get to you!

Anyway, we were asked to go to "punto 40" which is a little stand (not a window number) where they give you a green folder with a list of docs you need to put in the correct order, don't rush, they called us at 1130am to turn it in!!!!

Then, you wait some more at windows 1-5, they do the fingerprints and wait again… after watching couples after couples getting denied (don't know why) we were really nervous!!! we were called at 2pm at window 5 , the consul was a guy in his 30's…. said hello to my husband, asked him to sign the IV Application and ask him to talk to me… I grabbed the phone and said to him: "finally!!!!" He said: Did you wait a long time in the cold? I replied, I'm not talking about this morning… I'm talking about I'm finally going to have my husband living with me!! He chuckled and thanked me for being there… then he asked me to have a seat… He did no want to see a single piece of evidence and ask my husband how we had met and what he did for a living…. It turns out the guy was originally from Houston, so when my husband told him about the restaurant we went to in our first date he got all excited and started talking about it and about how much he missed Galveston and Keemah (Houston places), then he said, your visa has been approved, you can pay at "Domesa"!!!! And that was it!!! We left the embassy at 215pm after paying 52 thousand pesos at the Domesa counter and received the "package" with the passport with the inmigrant visa and envelope thursday 19th June in Cali at around 10am. - no problems-

For some reason these people have the power to make you nervous, thank God we were able to make it thru and I really hope you do the same! Good luck, I'm sorry I went "overboard" with this email…

MC

Hola, That's correct! You don't have to attach any of that when you send the I130.

Good luck,

Meta

Hello to all....

First of all I hope everyone has had a WONDERFUL weekend....

I need to know if I have to translate the receipts I attach to my I-130. For example wedding band receipts, honeymoom receipts.... etc.

Thanks in advance

Kelvin

Hola, Yo también estoy en CR1, revisa mi "timeline" de mi perfil...Deberías llenar la de ustedes.

Meta

Hola a Todos!!

nuestro caso es CR1-IR1, quisieramos saber si alguien tiene un timeline similar al de nosotros:

solicitud enviada: 17 oct 2007

NO1: 11 ene 2008

nline uscis: 15 feb 08

NO2: ????

si alguien comparte similiar timeline, por favor escribenos para comparar y compartir. gracias!!

soy nueva en este foro, y es de gran ayuda pertenecer a este.

Diana, hola, veo que eres una experta por este proceso que ya pasaron y que ayudas mucho, mira mi duda es que ya pagué elm IV bill y estoy esperando la forma 230.... cuando me llega esta forma, la lleno y mando otra vez a NVC o la llevo a la embajada? algun tip? Te lo agradezco mucho!

Meta

HI...can you give me an idea of how long the NVC process normally takes..

it's parents I130 and the consulate is Mumbai, India.

thanks.

On average it can take a couple of months, but lately it's been taking longer.

I'm soooo happy for you!

congrats!

Meta

Hi, I'm in the same situation, I just heard I got a RFE for I864, I don't know what is it about yet, do you mind telling me what was yours about? I am so nervous.... and still waiting.....

Thanks for any info you can share,

Meta

SO I AM 110% THAT I SENT 2 PASSAPORT PHOTOS WITH MY HUSBANDS DS230....I EVEN WROTE THE CASE NUMBER IN THE LITTLE BAG I SENT THE PICTURES IN. I CHECKED THE STATUS AND I HEARED AN RFE AUTOMATED MESSAGE ( I ALMOST CRIED!!)

I CALLED AND THE OPERATOR SAID..."YOU NEED TO SEND IN 2 PASSAPORT PICTURES."

I AM UPSET THIS HOLDS MY CASE ANOTHER 2 WEEKS BEFORE CASE COMPLETE!! ERR..IM SOOOO SICK OF WAITING FOR CASE COMPLETE...IM DESPERATE...

OK I HAD TO RANT TO SOMEONE THANKS FOR READING MY POST YOU GUYS!!

**I DONT LIKE TO RANT ABOUT THESE THINGS WITH MY HUSBAND..BECAUSE AROUND HIM I HAVE TO KEEP POSITIVE TO KEEP HIM POSITIVE** I FEEL LIKE IM BREAKING DOWN!!!!!! ER!! DUMB NVC!!!!!!!

THIS IS A FASLE RFE...BUT I WILL OVERNIGHT THE PASSAPORT PICTURES TOMMOROW ...THEN THEY WILL BE THERE MONDAY! AND I CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING AGAIN!

*** PLEASE GOD KEEP ME STRONG**

Call the operator at the NVC, they will tell you what you did wrong on your I864, You can start making the paperwork before you get the checklist. I got a false RFE for pictures on the DS230, and on my I864 i used the wrong form for my co-sponsor (this was a real FRE)

I know how it feels, but stay strong!!!! i got my case completed yesterday!! YAY! finally done with NVC!

Hi, I'm in the same situation, I just heard I got a RFE for I864, I don't know what is it about yet, do you mind telling me what was yours about? I am so nervous.... and still waiting.....

Thanks for any info you can share,

Meta

SO I AM 110% THAT I SENT 2 PASSAPORT PHOTOS WITH MY HUSBANDS DS230....I EVEN WROTE THE CASE NUMBER IN THE LITTLE BAG I SENT THE PICTURES IN. I CHECKED THE STATUS AND I HEARED AN RFE AUTOMATED MESSAGE ( I ALMOST CRIED!!)

I CALLED AND THE OPERATOR SAID..."YOU NEED TO SEND IN 2 PASSAPORT PICTURES."

I AM UPSET THIS HOLDS MY CASE ANOTHER 2 WEEKS BEFORE CASE COMPLETE!! ERR..IM SOOOO SICK OF WAITING FOR CASE COMPLETE...IM DESPERATE...

OK I HAD TO RANT TO SOMEONE THANKS FOR READING MY POST YOU GUYS!!

**I DONT LIKE TO RANT ABOUT THESE THINGS WITH MY HUSBAND..BECAUSE AROUND HIM I HAVE TO KEEP POSITIVE TO KEEP HIM POSITIVE** I FEEL LIKE IM BREAKING DOWN!!!!!! ER!! DUMB NVC!!!!!!!

THIS IS A FASLE RFE...BUT I WILL OVERNIGHT THE PASSAPORT PICTURES TOMMOROW ...THEN THEY WILL BE THERE MONDAY! AND I CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING AGAIN!

*** PLEASE GOD KEEP ME STRONG**