Sudowpa2

If you look at my timeline. I wrote up everything about the situatuon.

It's very sad that things have come to you going behind backs because no one will do their job correctly. Makes everything very frustrating. I ran into the same issue with getting a military id card for my wife. When I went to thr first office in beafort, sc. They told me that she needed a ssn to recieve the id card. I got the ssn and returned again bit went to cherry point nc They told me that they could have given my wife her id card first time go except the lady didn't process the application correctly. She told the application that she was a foreigner in another country and not a green card holder. Something to that degree. So they had different rules processing the id card.

It is just irritating that the government are the ones that set the rules and they can't seem to coordinate with anyone from all 50 states and say "doing this might cause issues for the new immigrant" red flag or something. Here is the other issue. North Carolina issues their IDs and Driver's License from central location which is in Raleigh. So, they give you a paper copy of the card to show that you have registered with the state, but they also tell you that not many people will consider that a real ID card because it is only the paper copy. Companies have the right to refuse it and its a hit and miss when you try to use it. They they told me that I might have a longer wait than usual because they have to process the refugees first and put the other visa classifications on the backburner. Not saying that refugees are not legal, but they should wait in line like everyone else. So, this is what I have to do. I mean its only a 45 minuet drive each way and it cost money and time each time you achieve a step. 1. Once I get the green card, then I have to go back to the DMV with the card to upgrade it to Real ID. 2. I also have to get a new card when she wants to get her permit. So, the NC ID will be converted to the NC Driver's Permit. 3. Once she is done with the permit, then we have to go back and get the permit changed to a full fledged driver's license. Each time this is done. You have to drive, spend money and time and actually wait weeks to get the physical copy in the mail each time. He said that the state id without the real id will be fine. It is fine for her because she has a military dependent ID card she can use to fly. Also, they are not in a real big hurry to fix it because real ID doesn't go into affect till May 2025. My question would be.. what happens when May 2025 comes around and people are complaining about how insanely difficult it is to get something you should be entitled to in the first place coming in the legal way. You have already been vetted by the US Immigration and SSA.

Just got back from the North Carolina DMV for my wife's ID Card. I wanted to get the real ID, but didn't get it because of the ignorance of immigration status and laws set. There were two options. 1. I-551 green card. 2. Valid, Unexpired Foreign Passport with unexpired visa and a I-94. Because I have the Temp I-551 CR1 visa with the endorsement, he was asking me for the I-94. I kept telling him that she didn't get one because the visa turns into a green card and isn't required for permanent residents. So, now I have to wait for the physical green card just to prove I was right all along. They didn't take thr time to read the visa and what it had to say. It gets so frustrating when government agencies don't talk to one another or people want to be incompetent and ignorant by not listening to the customer at hand.

My wife came in on December 5th 2023. I even checked the box on thr DS260. I waited till January 18 and went to SSA and they told me her information was not in the computer. I waited one week and returned with the SS5, Passport with CR1 visa, and her birth certificated with translation We filed on January 28th. We received her SSN number today and that was with a holiday on Monday. My suggestion is wait a week. Go into the SSA office with those following documents. If she is not in the system ask them to order one for you. Do not wait thr three weeks like i did. Another thing you will run into is that most people are very ignorant with the Temp I-551 with the visa and endorsement. When they hear green card, they only know about thr physical card. Prepare to fight with people.

My wife entered on December 5th. I waited 2 weeks and went to the SSA office and they had no record of my wife in their computers. I went yesterday and filed for her SSA Card even after checking the box on the DS-260. I was able to apply for the SSA card online. I cannot put the link down because they disabled my copy and paste from the website. Just type in google "First Time SSA Card" I did this and also brought a paper copy with me to the SSA office. I also brought her Passport, Visa FOIL and the endorsement stamp turning her visa into a green card. I also included the foreign birth certificate with translation. Took them 5 minutes to input all the information into the computers and told to wait 2 weeks.

DS-260: Checked the box to have DHS send the information to SSA to produce a card after POE entry. 12/05/2023 Entered MIA 12/18/2023 Stopped by Myrtle Beach SSA to verify information. Was non-existent. 12/21/2023 Called SSA Main Number, Hold for 1 hour and spoke with someone incompetent of the immigration services, was put on hold 4 times, extra 35 min and still got nothing to work with 12/28/2023 Decided to go to local SSA Office without an appointment. Brought the SSA 5 application, Passport with Visa and Visa Stamp, foreign birth certificate and its translation. Asked the women if she could double check the computers again to see if the information was transferred. No luck. The women took the SS5 and applied for the SSA card manually. Took about 5 min and was told to wait two weeks for the verification and delivery of the card. I would say give it a week and go to the SSA office with SS5 filled out, Passport with Visa stamp and their birth certificate (translated just incase). Check to see if your information is entered into the computer automatically from the DS-260. If it is not, request that they order a SSA number instead of waiting longer.

I went on the 7th to get her a military ID card and the lady pissed me off. This was the one on the Air Station in Beaufort, SC. She went on to tell me that everything was on the internet and that I should have looked everything up before coming to the office. Then, not even 10 minuets later she has her big ### binder out looking up the primary and secondary IDs. I am thinking to myself. If this is your job and you have the gall to tell someone that they made a mistake, but then you just then become a hypocrite. One of the primary forms was the international passport. Then, a second form would be a green card. I told her that the endorsement on the visa created the green card. She told me that she couldn't do it because it was inside of the passport. So, because it was inside of the passport, she couldn't use the visa as a secondary. Civilians sometimes, I dunno. So, I told her that i read on the internet that they could give a temp military ID card while waiting for the SSN. She told me that only active duty can do that and I am sure that she means overseas. She was able to enter all her information into the computer, but could not issue the military ID card because of no SSN. Because i was fighting a loosing battle. I just gave up. I am just going to deal with it at the base that I officially live near by. since, I should receive the SSN within 2 weeks of entering. The main reason why I wanted the military ID card is because North Carolina requires 2 sets of ID card and I could have used that one. sometimes I think that people hardly question the system. They didn't know what a catch 22 was when it came to documents. My wife had her national ID card from Colombia. The lady at the office told me that she couldn't use it because it needed to be translated to english. Clearly if you study the card you could figure out everything on the card. I don't know. Sometimes I shake my head when it comes to things. why was i being yelled at about not checking the website for requirements when "she" herself had to look them up herself and that was her main job.

Has anyone every been successful in getting a military dependent ID card for their wife without a SSN? I would like for her to get something after she enters in on a CR1 visa. Wait time for an SSN number varies to much. To much uncertainty.

I would like to get my wife coming from Colombia on a CR1 visa setup in the system to be conditionally approved. As quickly as possible because I plan to make a trip back to Colombia a few months after first entry and I would like to be conditionally approved so that when we return she can finish the process. Would I need to wait for the green card to arrive in the mail or is that information I need to register for Global entry located on her CR1 immigrant visa? Or, is the green card number used to register with global entry. Is that generated as the card is being produce or do they take the previous numbers attached to my wife's visa and file and use that as the green card number?

Thank you for tht answer. Appreciate it.

Avianca has two flights for the day that I want to arrive. Early: 6:44AM MDE to MIA 10:20AM Later: 1:05PM MDE to MIA 4:35PM I need to be on a flight that leaves at 9:41 PM later that day. I need to know if 5 hours is plenty of time to go through the Customs and Border Control for my wife's CR1/IR1 registration and transfer our bags to a new airline, if I was to arrive at 4:35PM or should I arrive at the earlier time to be safe 10:20AM. Which will give me 11 hours to play with. If I am not mistaken, I think MIA has a military relaxing facility that we can wait out the day if we have to arrive at the earlier time. I do hold a military ID card. Can anyone give their experiences on waiting in line to see the officer and then being sent to secondary. How much time should I need to allocate for?

When you log into CEAC, what does your status say? Mine changed to Issue last Wednesday and they finally sent it out using DHL on Friday. It should be arriving Monday or Tuesday.

I was actually going to pick it up at the same spot as the fingerprints but my wife got slapped with a 221g for missing document. So we had to return back to Medellin and aquire tht document they asked for. Got issued yesterday. So I am thinking we might get a emai tomorrow. And passport might arrive Monday or Tuesday of next week

Just as the title states. I didn't pay for expedite services. It will be going to the DHL in El Poblado, Medellin. Can anyone give me some insight? Thank you.

I was able to get the document. The reason mbassy recieved it 6 days ago, but still under refused. Just waiting for them to issue thr visa. I wish there was a database to show 221g tracking. How long someone had to wait just for a simple document missing

You could get an an apostle if that is tht best NC can do. Just send the paper to Raleigh and have them attach the apostle for that extra omph. You could use vitacheck https://www.vitalchek.com The issue with them is that you may need to give them a notorized paper and if your out of country that might be difficult. It was required to get my birth certificate from California. Each state has their own rules. I would definitely call the courts and see if they can issue you a new paper with a more defined raised seal. If you are in Colombia. You can have them send it to a family member and that family member can FedEx it to you. I just looked it up. It's $100.10 for two day delivery. That hurts especially when I was just in the us for four months. I could have taken care of that when I was there but my brain was somewhere else

I am not sure if we can change it because we had already decide to hand pick it up at the CAS near the Aloft Airport Hotel. Because there was a delay in the issuing of the visa. I am not sure if they opened up the option to allow us to change the delivery type and location of tht passport. They had a little side note that they closed the option to changed at 6am on tht day of the interview. I'll have to check that. We live on Cra 43a. In Medellin so it wouldn't be much of a Hassel to pick it up there.

We kept asking the guards if I can come in and they said only my Colombian wife. I thought that would be the answer because they work there and they do it everyday, but stupid me to think that brush up on the rules and regulations. By the way, I almost upchucked my lunch walking in front of the embassy on tht main highway. I don't know what is inside that moat but something has died. My dad is in the USA and I convinced him to recieve tht copies and he will FedEx them to me. They are charging 160usd to send them two day air. The bad thing is that I told the embassy I was going to pick up tht passport after the visa was issued. That means when they issue the visa. My wife will have to make a quick trip back to Bogota to the CAS from Medellin to pick up tht passport. I don't know. I just don't trust the post office here. I don't mind paying a round trip ticket for her to physically pick it up. They need the certified copy with the raised seal. The one I gave them was a copy of the certified copy. The document number is on the paper I gave them and it's public so they can easily go to the court house records online and easily see that it's a legit divorce. I think the us government loves to yank our chain. For shits and giggles.

We had our Interview at the Bogota Embassy today. My wife's visa status was given "Refusal" and was given the 221g Yellow paper stating that they need a certified raised seal divorce decree. I wasn't thinking and had thought I had a copy of the raised seal and didn't think to check if it was the real one, because I had so much on my plate. They kept my wife's passport. Now, I think I am just overthinking this, but I think it is a good thing that they kept it. I am thinking that once they get that final document that they will immediately issue her the CR1 Visa. My big issue is that I am in Colombia and the divorce decree is in the United States. I don't want to have to fly to Nevada to get it, but if I have to, I just might to get the ball rolling. Has anyone been in a similar situation?

I am actually having the biometrics completed today and having the interview on Monday. There was another fellow that was in the same boat as me that had it ready for pick up after 48 hours and that's why I made the hotel booking for two more days after and I don't mind staying a few more days. I just don't trust the postal service here in Colombia and I would just feel more better to physically pick it up myself. It's just that I live in Medellin and the pickup is in Bogota. The plane ticket is not that expensive to fly to Bogota. Like 45 round trip. If it's not ready then I may have to go home and wait and then just send the wife to Bogota later on to retrieve it

I requested to pickup the passport with the visa instead of them delivering it through the mail. How long is the waiting time for it to be ready for pickup? I gave myself two more days in Bogota after the interview? Am I kidding myself that it will be that fast?

I did thr same thing. Got married Nov 2021. Filed May 2022 Approved Feb 2023 Put NVC on hold 4 months. Have interview in Aug 2023 Visa will be good for 6 months Have until Feb 2024 to enter So I will enter between mid nov 2023- mid feb 2024 to recieve I 10 year. After document qualified. Thr appointment for thr embassy was exactly 2 months out.

I am going to try my situation first. I do have a joint sponsor lined up. I just do t want to out my dad in that situation if i can avoid it completely. Do you have a date when you are going to submit the affidavit of support? I am going to submit my whole package on May 2nd. It takes about 15-20 days to review and if all is well then it will be document qualified. I am asking about the dates on yours since you said you are waiting for the 10 year green card. I can be the guinea pig and submit those documents and see what happens. Of all goes well the. I'll tell you exactly what I submitted and you can do the same for same results.

All monies are directly deposited. It has been that way since the last 12 years collecting. proof is easy to obtain. What is not easy to obtain is a clear statement from immigration stating which documents are needed at a bare minimum for them to be satisfied. I have three years of deposits. All the award letters including the letters showing how much I will make in the future. I get a new one each year especially if there is a cola increase. The issue is that the I864 instructions are catered to people who work a 9-5 job. Who can generate w2s and tax transcripts. Not for any other scenarios.