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I am about to file the I-751. I am a US citizen and have an adult child, 21 for a previous marriage. do I include him as a child in Part 5 or it this only for children with me and my new wife? I asked this question since I filed taxes my child in under me. He is still in college.

Quick update, received text and email yesterday 12/14 that card production ordered. Thanks GOD!

CONGRATS!

Are there no June approvals at all? .

that's how to keep your job. stretch it out. plus with Thanksgiving coming up next week, don't expect much work to get done

go to www.candleforlove.com and ask there.

a lot of others have overcome this.

this issue should have been address before the interview. It is a guarantee blue slip.

good luck on your overcome

don't rush your reply until you have everything ready to go.

don't want the blue to turn into a white slip

my file was touched the first time on 12/7 then again on 12/8, but no email updates nor anything from the USCIS site.

It's been 2 days since the last touched, so has anyone gotten a notice before in the mail WITHOUT every getting an update from email, phone or the USCIS update?

thanks! I was so happy to see the touch, I figured i'd get an RFE because i forgot a signiture, i just wished the USCIS site atleast reflects that so I know it's coming.

Thanks in advance.

don't get overly worried about touches. If after a period, say 30 days nothing happens, then look into it.

it's not like shipping FEDEX where you can check on it in real time.

Good luck

visit www.candleforlove.com for me info on China

BE Prepared!

Just wondering if anyone here has been married or honeymooned in U.S territory outside of the 48 states? Like Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or somewhere like Hawaii? These are all considered part of the U.S.A. but require passports to travel and return from there. If you did, were there any issues coming back through customs when you returned?

Huh? I never used a passport to go to Hawaii or PR. Never went through customs either.

Everything I have read says that if you are a non-US citizen, you will have to go thru customs when you return back to the port of entry, even for Hawaii. Technically we wouldn't be outside of the U.S., and the one time entry on the K-1 would still be okay because we never left. I just don't want any ugly surprises.

HAWAII IS the 50th State of the United States of America.

visit www.candleforlove.com and ask there. they can help you

answer all questions truthfully.

if member of CCP, you mostly likely will get blue slipped.

make sure you get all the info you need first before sending in anything.

Good luck

Negative

petitioner wont' be allowed in the interview.

you can get the details from your SO

Good luck

on CFL you can get what questions might be asked

I would like to know what peoples experiences are with shipping documents or packages to China? I have sent many things to China all by USPS and they can take forever to get their. I am specifically sending items to Guangzhou and they can take anywhere from 3-5 weeks for a post card to get there. If you send bunch of letters at the same time some will get their in 3 weeks and some in 5 weeks? I see that DHL is mentioned a lot when people ship things internationally? Is there any advantage to using DHL? I'm just trying to find the fastest way to get documents back and forth for signature purposes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Chris

I got a good rate with FEDEX only 5 days most include China one day ahead. DHL is more expensive I believe.

USPS Exress Mail will have it delivered by EMS. haven't tried it but have received it coming to the US, 5 days but less tracking info.

To all who responded. If you carefully check the time lines of K-1's virtually all those who had their cases transferred were approved without an interview

at their local office. I also have a friend who is an Imm. Attorney and he told me that if you provide "plenty of evidence" that you are factually married

and are living together there should be no problem. If there is any suspicion of fraud in your paper work on the I-485, you will get an RFI and probably

need an interview. (an RFI triggers an interview regardless of the outcome of the RFI)

He also told me that because of the massive case load it is virtually impossible to interview all applicants.

My belief is how close you are to the nears field office.

On the Island of Oahu, EVERYONE goes. Not sure of outer island, maybe not. they can chime in.

Just get ready for interview. It's easier than the K-1 interview.

If it get's transferred, consider yourself lucky.

that's the best bet.

P.S. your imm attorney's advice, forget it.

A couple I know very rich($50 million ) and wife 6 months pregnant still had to interview.

good luck on your upcoming interview!

My belief is how close you are to the nears field office.

On the Island of Oahu, EVERYONE goes. Not sure of outer island, maybe not. they can chime in.

JUST FORWARDING A MESSAGE I READ, I REALLY WANT TO HELP HER BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW.

Hi!

I am just new in this forum/site. I would like to ask for an advice on what to do. I apologize if my post is really long, I just want to you to know every details. And I'm sorry if I'm venting with you guys, I just want to be cleared on things before I go to look for a lawyer.

I am a native of the Philippines, I met my husband (27yrs old -Hubby, 29 years old-Me) last February 2008 online while he was deployed in Afghanistan and after a month of chatting, calling, texting each other we decide to become a couple, we had a happy relationship, thou we can't prevent misunderstandi ng.

By July we decided we want to be together, and he wanted to get married on September 2008, it was our first time to meet in person too.(which i know the stupidiest thing I did for LOVE) And September arrived, He arrived and we got married in the Philippines.

December came and he went back to the states and was based on Fort Campbell,KY.

February 2009, we applied for CR1 Visa (Conditional Visa) and after my visa application was approved 1st week of August, I got a YM Message from him that he got another Filipina woman pregnant in the Unites States, and its already on her 2nd month. That very same they a girl who i dont know added me on MySpace, and I told him about it, and told me that it was the woman (mistress) The Filipina is from Nashville, 31 years old and with one son,and knows that my husband is married. My WORLD is so crashed, couldn't work, eat...alll those stuff. And because I love him so much I forgive him and told him that I will accept the babies (Yes, its TWINS!) and I agree of him visiting them weekly or staying with the his babies and his mistress overnight every week, but his mistress don't want that, she wanted him to divorce me and be wiht them permanently, and after 2 days he changed his mind and that he wanted a divorce,which I can't understand why?!! It seems that I'm the mistress here and im the one begging him for time and not leave me...and then changed his mind again that he doesn't want to lose me...and then change again ....he's been changing minds for a week or 2. The last option he wants is "IF there will be NO Babies (miscarriage) He will still stay with me, but if there will be babies, he would divorce me" what's up with that huh?!am I a spare tire for him to this to me?

And now he's been accusing me of cheating on him, coz a man from the Philippines called him and told him that he's in love with his wife (which is obviously me) he gave me the number and I was calling it, but it was not working. He doesn't have any proof of me cheating on him,he even emailed my mom that we both sinned against each other, and the reason he cheated on me its because I always assume that he was cheating on me, that's why he did it. (what a valid reason!!!)

And as for the Visa Process, I paid half of the Visa, since he always tells me that he is always broke, and couldn't find money to pay the remaining fees. I paid for my medical, and my plane ticket. And he don'thave any idea that I pursue the Visa by myself.

And now, I am already in the United States. And he keeps telling me that I only use him to become a US Citizen and that I just want his money and all those stuff! Oh come on! I would'nt be spending like $1,500 if I just want his money and the Citizenship. I went here to play a FAIR GAME, because I know he won't go visit me to the Philippines and talk,so I decided to come here and know my rights.

I already emailed his commanding officer right after he told me that he got a woman pregnant. He was so pissed of and calling me names. I got a reply from the CO that she will talk wiht my husband and just update me. its been 2months and no updated, so I called the legal office on what can I do? my rights, my benefits and everything as a wife of an army.

FYI, before we got married, we decided that I will stop working and he will just give me a monthly allowance of $200. The allowance stop by February 2009, and becausehe gets mad whenever I ask for money, I decided to find a job to support myself. All this time I don't know anything about Military Benefits. It was just my Army Wife friends who are just telling me about all those things. I don't know about his BAH, coz he never told me that. He just told me that he is just recieving $500 a month, but when i saw his paystub, its $822, and on his BAQ its stated there WITH DEPENDENT, and the Dependent is his SPOUSE.

Now here are my concerns:

1. I called legal office and gave me a number of a Commanding Officer, and I ask him if I can get a Military ID? He told me I am not recognize as a military wife over here coz we were married in the Philippines so I can't have a military ID even I come there with my husband. I should be married here and have a US Marriage certificate to be able to be recognized or buy a house or car, open an account together. Is it really true? So, its useless to be married in a foreign country and not be recognize here? But we applied for a Spouse Visa and obviously I am recognize as a wife of a US Citizen. I don't get it!Why are some of my friends recognize without them being married again here in the US. So, does that mean that I don'tget any benefits or rights as a Army Wife?

2. Is he getting extra allowance since he was married, coz it was declared in his paystub that he has a dependent and its his Spouse?

3. He will be deployed on December in Afghanistan, and one of my Army Wife friends told me that I will be recieving Separation Pay from being deployed.

3. And since I'm already here, and wasted much time and effort on this crappy marriage which I thought is my HAPPY EVER AFTER, and I'm not really ready to go home in the Philippines after all these mess, I would like to start my new life here. How can I Lift my conditions, coz i will just be here for 2 years, and I should lift my conditions with my husband. I heard of WAIVERS, btu I don't know how that thing goes.

I know he wanted divorce quick, coz he knows that having a babies and Hospital Bills are far expensiveif you don't have any medical benefits, and since he was not married to his mistress, his mistress and his babies can't get any insurance.

4. Can I lift my conditions alone? I never lived with him since I was here in the US. I don't have any proofs that we have joint accounts? So i don't know if the waiver will be approved?

Again, I am sorry for a long message. And Thank you in advance. I know this will be a Yuckie Process, but I am not the type who will revenge, like taking allhis money and stuff, or even go to his mistress and slap her BIG TIME!

I'm lifting all up to GOD, I just know what's my right. I don't want him to get out of this situation that easy. I don'twant him to think that he can just find a girl, marry her, adn if he's no longer having fun with the relationship, he can just fool around with some girl he wants and just divorce me that easy.

I know there will be violent reaction on this, or with me...But I just want to be clear.

Again, Thank you so much...God Bless you all.

sorry to hear your story

LOSE THE SUCKER & BUM!

Starting again is better than being recycled by this scum again and again

I think he's insane

Good luck

God bless

relax, you got at least 7 or more months before the interview.

passing is the interview at GUZ is the hardest part.

right now too easy

my two cents is that this will mess up your K-1

doesn't look good going on tourist visa and also applying for K-1.

I would cancel the tourist - which you are almost certain not to get-unless you have traveled to the USA before or have those reasons why they should give it to you.

good,

I would stay with the K-1 only

sorry to hear your story

#3 just do your best. Forcing someone to love you is not love. If you can't reconcile, time to move on. If you dwell on the past you won't have a future.

good luck

They just gave me a green paper and said that they do not know how long it will take. They also said" If i were you I would not book a flight yet" The only positive thing is that they kept my passport..... what a ###### day

IMHO you passed unless they find something in your background check. Keeping your passport is A+

keep positive.

we took 16 months and 'sh*t' but finally passed.

GOOD LUCK!

We are applying for a CR-1 and will be interviewing at US Consulate-Guangzhou.

My wife is from Shandong province, China. She went to high school & college in Japan for a few years, so according to the guidelines we need to obtain a Japanese police certificate (as well as a Chinese police certificate). We can obtain the Japanese police certificate from the nearest Japanese consulate but it comes in a sealed envelope. The "officialness" of the police certificate is broken if we open it.

Since we're doing electronic processing - where all files need to be scanned and sent via email - how do we send sealed official documents to NVC? Open it, scan it anyways and just show the original to the interviewer at US-Consulate Guangzhou? Or should we let the interviewer at US-Consulate Guangzhou open the Japanese police certificate himself?

good question.

I would not open any sealed envelope.

Ask USCIS. I would assume they will have you send it to them.

I would probably have it sent via FEDEX / USPS so you will have a signature. Make sure you have a cover letter indicating what's enclosed to CYA!

Good luck.

practice patience.

that's why this website is call 'VISA JOURNEY'

" a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert. "

It will take longer than you think.

good luck

congrats!

keep as much records as you can. also snail mail also counts.

do all you can prove that you keep in contact. It's only up until she goes for the interview. on your breaks, give her a call. Use something that will record the phone numbers called dates and times.

if you want her to pass, do all it takes to make it happen

good luck

Unfortunately, I read only the guide before heading off to my local civil surgeon. (The only one who didn't insist my wife needed another medical, that is.) The doctor wasn't sure exactly what was needed, so he filled out my outdated I-693A that I found (the guide said we needed one), and only part 2 of the I-693 that he printed out for us. Now that I wised up and started reading the AOS forum, I'm seeing that I need part 1, 2, and 5 of the I-693, (sealed in an envelope by the doctor?) which is not mentioned at all in the guide. So now I'm going to have to go back, and have him do it again, and pay for another office visit.

My point: Please revise the AOS guide!

yes

be sure you have the sealed envelope for the vaccination in hand. check with the civil surgeon that the USCIS authorizes in your area.

He will check to be sure you have all the shots and up to date. some with insist on another physical (to make extra money).

If you had the shots done in China, he will transfer it. we still need boosters.

maybe she was just HOT BLOODED!