Roxy007

Thanks everyone! Good luck to all of us in the fight!

Thanks! The county clerks office says that my fiance either needs a social security number OR an alien registration number. Will he get an alien registration number when he comes here?

thanks! Does my fiance need a social security number to get married? Or is stamp in passport sufficient?

Hey Guys,

So... I have a question, I'm very confused... My lawyer said that once my fiance enters the country, we should immediately get married, then file for adjustment of status (EAD, AP), then wait to file for social security number until he gets his employment authorization.

However... on the flowchart of adjustment of status on this website, it says to apply for social security number BEFORE filing for adjustment of status and work authorization.

So the question is... can my fiance get a social security number before he gets his work authorization?

Thanks for any knowledgable advice. It is much appreciated in this chaotic situation!

Does it affect you in any negative way if you wait til like the 3rd or 4th month (of the six months after visa is issued) to enter US? ...and does it affect you if you wait til 2nd or 3rd month (of 3 months you have) to get married?

Please help! We were guna wait a little bit ($$$ issues) and I don't want to push the time limit if I shouldn't and mess up anything!

Thanks

I did two copies of the form done online (the one that generates a barcode), and only one of the one-page one that says "do not write below this line".

Be careful... don't sign either!!! We made that mistake, and had to re-send in barcoded form in duplicate, unsigned. On the checklist it says to NOT sign the electronic barcoded form, but on the actual form it says NOTHING about not signing it.

So annoying!!!

Good luck...

Hello to everyone!

We finally got our interview date (yay!): April 15th. Was just wondering, I'm about to send my fiance everything he needs from me for the interview. We are using a co-sponsor, and I was wondering...does he need our CO-SPONSOR's birth certificate/proof of citizenship, as well as mine, for interview??? I know he needs mine because I'm the petitioner, but my co-sponsor is having trouble finding his and if it's not necessary I don't want to make our co-sponsor go to the place he was born to get an official copy. Please let me know ASAP!

Thank you for everyone's help so far!

Yeah, my fiance just called this morning, and we got an email back saying they received it along with medical results. (*whew*) I really wish they could make directions more clear cut... sometimes they word things so generally it could be taken in a million ways!

Thanks for your help.

Hey!

I totally feel your pain... My fiance just sent packet 3 back with the required forms and checklist a week ago, and it was VERY confusing. First of all, the form you have to do online electronically (DS156) says on the form AND on the website TO sign...which my fiance did... and then after sending it to consulate we realized checklist said to NOT sign it and do it in duplicate, so he had to redo the form and send it in again unsigned. At first glance of the checklist, you think the DO NOT SIGN THIS FORM is referring to the DS156K, which clearly says on the form to NOT sign. If that's the one you say is asking to attach all of the stuff (affadavit, birth cert., etc.) to it, I wouldn't worry about it... because obviously that form will need to be signed AT the consulate at interview, and I'm sure the consulate officer will attach the information you bring to the embassy when you go for interview at that time.

I wish they would make that checklist a little more cohesive with what the forms say!!!

Hope I helped.

I have 2 questions for y'all:

1. Is it okay to put on employer letter: "______ makes ______ an hour and works ______ hours a week" instead of stating an annual salary? (Neither me nor my co-sponsor makes an "annual salary", we both work hourly.)

2. I've read in multiple places about this "sworn statement under the social security act" that you can submit along WITH the actual I134 affadavit... Is this really needed? And is it a free-form statement just saying you will support immigrant and understand your responsibility to US gov't. and social security act ...?

Thank you for your help!

Is it okay if employer letter states "she makes _____ an hour at ____ hours a week" rather than an annual salary?

Is it okay if employer letter states "she makes _____ an hour at ____ hours a week" rather than an annual salary?

What if you JUST started working the 2 jobs and you don't have W2s from them yet... and do you add an extra page for the second job or just squeeze it in under space provided...

My job gave me SUCH hard time about the freakin letter!!! It's been a week now since I've requested it, and I still haven't gotten it. I had to fax payroll about 7 pages of PROOF that I needed it! Just hang in there, and fight for it. It's the government requesting it, so just mention that... NO ONE likes to piss off the government.

Thanks!

They word everything so generally, it could be taken 10 different ways! I feel like I'm going crazy!!

Is number 10 asking if I have PREVIOUSLY submitted a petition to USCIS for someone, and I answer "none", or am I supposed to put down my fiance???

It's worded:

10. I have submitted a visa petition to USCIS on behalf of the following person(s). If none, state "none".

(The question before, #9, asks if I've previously submitted affadavits of support for anyone before, so I assumed #10 meant the same as well...?)

Please help! Thank you...

My fiance sent packet 3 back to the US embassy already... but I read something that really confused me. The mailing address on the embassy's website is 24 Grosvenor Square, London W1A 1AE (which is the one he used to mail packet to). BUT on the checklist, the address on the top of the page was Visa Branch 5 Upper Grosvenor Street, London W1A 2JB. (He didn't write VISA BRANCH on the envelope, either). I'm scared now that our packet won't get to where it's supposed to go. Am I worrying for no reason?

Hello everyone!

Was wondering...on the checklist from the embassy, it said to only complete PART 1 of DS-230 and return it to them. But I've seen posts on here of people completing part 2 as well.

Am I missing something...or just plain old different rules for different consulates?

thanks!

Yeah it is very confusing... my fiance called the embassy helpline and they were helpful. I guess either the checklist or the actual forms need to be updated. They just try to confuse you to see how crazy they can make you feel.

Yes... the government making sense is an oxymoron.

Thank you... I feel much better now.

This whole process makes you analyze and then re-analyze every single mark you make on those freakin forms.

Oh what we do for love!

Thank you for all your replies... I feel much better now!

This stuff can drive a person crazy!

The thing is, the form DS-156 said to sign it, that's why my fiance did. The only form we got that said to NOT sign was the DS-156K, which he did NOT sign. That's why I'm so confused. Isn't that weird, that the checklist said to NOT sign a form that the actual form tells you TO sign??

But the problem was that my fiance DID sign and he wasn't supposed to... that's still okay as well?

I posted this in a different forum area, but I need advice because I am very scared, and me and my fiance are freaking out.

We sent back the form DS-156 SIGNED with packet 3 to embassy. As I re-read the checklist we made a copy of, I noticed it said to NOT sign DS-156, and to send in a duplicate. (It is ridiculous, because on their website, instructions say TO sign DS-156...????) As we did not follow the checklist directions, I am scared to death. Can they deny us, or will we be able to just do it over and send it in again...

Please reply with any help. Thank you...