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    get divorced after 6 months

    in Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits

    Posted

    Since you are not able to give any evidence of being self-supporting, there is no leg you can stand on with respect to arguing for staying in the U.S. Unfortunately, then, you belong in China as soon as you can get there.

    my 17 years old daughter is with me.... with her K4 visa is she affected for my case too?

    both have to go back to china otherwise staying illegal here these days wont do you any good

    My wife was denied for a Colorado Identification Card. Need Help

    in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas

    Posted

    Hello everyone,

    Ran into a bit of a snag today at the local DMV when trying to get my wife a government issued identification card in preparation for her green Card AOS interview taking place on the January 16th.

    Im really upset because I didnt think this would be an issue due to the fact that to me, she had everything she needed according to the Identification Requirements Elements Sheet.

    Am I in the wrong on this, or was the lady justified in telling us we were crazy to think we should be able to get my wife an identification card?

    Its getting closer to the interview date and we are just so nervous and scared something is going to be wrong, or missing. Im so worried they will freak out at the interview if we dont have an Id card for her.

    These are the things I brought with us to the DMV.....

    -Copy of My wife's I797C(Form 1-485 Application to Resister Permanent resident or Adjust Status Notice that shows her interview date to be on the 16th)

    -My wife's SSN

    -Certified Marriage License

    -My wife's Thai Passport.

    -My wife's expired K-1 page from her passport

    -My wife's 1-94. Also expired.

    According to the elements sheet that say that we need XXXXXX in order to get an identification card, she had everything she needed.

    The lady argued several points with me...

    1) She doesnt have a green card and thus cant have an id card.

    2) her I-94 and K1 visa are expired (this is to be expected, we have been married since the 19th of may 2008. )

    3) Her SSN doesnt mean anything

    4) She doesnt have an Employment Auth Card or 1-551 (my wife doesnt need to work. So we haven't filed for a work permit and figured we would just wait for the green card so that if she wanted to work later she could.

    It says on their form that they can get Identity, Age, Name and Lawfull presence evidence off of the Poreign passport, us visa and I-94

    They also said they could get lawfull presence off of a SSN card.

    So am I crazy in thinking this should have went smoothly? Or was the lady correct?

    And if she was correct.... how are you expected to get all of this done while waiting for your AOS meeting?

    My wife's Visa would have expired on 04Sept2008. Her I94 was valid through June 14th. Im just lucky we got the interview as soon as we did. i would have done this earlier, but I didnt have the interview notice(I-797C) until just recently. Way after both of those were expired. How do they expect us to get these things when we have no real way of showing we are in pending status waiting for an interview WHILE doing what we were told which was getting married in the correct time frame?

    Any help, or advice would be greatly appreciated. Im really freaking out right now on top of being nervous. so close...yet still, so many issues that shouldnt happen.

    I had the same issue when applied for DL/State ID they gave me a sheet that say SAVE with a case number hopefully I get cleared before Jan 23 to not have to take the written test again.

    You need to go to Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles Located at 1881 Pierce Street, Lakewood, CO

    They will give you a sheet stating the following:

    SAVE customer

    in 2005, the Federal government enacted the REAL ID Act. As part of this Federal law, states must verify lawful residency in that state before any state identification card or driver's license can be issued. Colorado law also requires any person issued a driver's license or ID card to show proof of lawful presence.

    On August 1, 2006, Colorado began using the System Alien Verification for Entitlements process to verify all immigration documents presented by applicants.

    The process is as follows:

    Every person asking for a Colorado ID or driver's license must show lawful presence in the U.S. This is done by showing documents from the list found on our website at: http://www.revenue.state.co.us/mv_dir/wrap...aqdrli/faqdrli1

    At the Driver's License office, the official will examine any documents presented to them and enter either the I-94 or Alien Identification Number on those documents into the SAVE system for verification approximately 80% of those initially entered into the system clear immediately and we proceed with the process in the standard way.

    Approximately 20% of those people who are entered into the system do not immediately clear. Those people must then go to the Pierce Street office of the Division of Motor Vehicles located in Lakewood, so that the Investigations Unit can complete a more in-depth review of the documents and correspond directly with the Bureau of Customs and Immigration Service (BCIS) regarding the validity of the person's status. There are plans for the opening of satellite SAVE stations throughout the state, but no specific date has been determined for these offices.

    This process can take from 3 days to 9 weeks, depending on what research is necessary on the part of the BCIS. The State completes our part of the review in approximately 30 minutes and the remaining time of the projected processing period is that time necessary for BCIS to review databases, examine documents, enter the thousands of I-94 documents are generated everyday at all the airports and other ports of entry to the United States.

    The average time to process an individual's review is 3 weeks.

    To reduce the likelihood of being without a valid license, renewing early, well before the expiration date on the card, is recommended.

    We regret any inconvenience this law or process cause, but this process is the only current means of assuring that documents are only issued to lawful present residents of the U.S.

    Hopefully that helps you

    help needed,k1 visa approved,but fiance disapered

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    your Fiancee probably find out you falled in love with the country than her so she move on even though you got your visa, I dont think theres nothing you can do to gain her feeling back again since she already choose not to marry you boy move the freak on with your life, dont you see that she doesnt care anymore, K1 visa cant say it more clean than that if you are no longer with the petitioner do not use that visa just let it expire and tell your friend to start a relationship with you and marry you in your country or file again for k1. that is your best option right now.

    Question on Medical for those using Montreal Consulate

    in Canada

    Posted

    Same for Consulate in P-au-P, Haiti, they make you do your Medical to submit with packet 3 to have an appointment date, I already did my medical and have vaccination documentacion and we are still waiting for Interview date. they made me submit packet 3 through a local courier and I was told to return on Sept. 20 to get Packet 4. and also they told me medical exam are good for 1 year.

    Support Needed!

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    chat alot online, talk alot via phone, send text messaging as much as you can, talk about the wedding plan, talk about things you like to do together, try to keep your mind busy when you cant talk during the day, GOOD COMUNICATION IS THE KEY FOR A SUCCESS LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP, the waiting time really stink. thank God we are getting closer to a deadline.

    I hope that help you.

    Case sent to the wrong consulate!

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    So, my Nigerian fiance has been living in Kenya for the last 5 years (where we met!) for school, and when we started this whole K-1 process we thought he would be in Nairobi for the duration of the procedure. Alas, life doesn't always work as planned, and he had to return to Nigeria at the end of July. As soon as I got his address I called USCIS to change the destination of our case from Nairobi to Lagos, but lo and behold, I called the day AFTER our petition was approved! Good news, yes? You'd think so, but because the case was already marked for transit to the NVC, they couldn't help with the address change. I called the NVC immediately, and was told that I needed to write a letter explaining the change of address and send in copies of my fiance's passport as proof of Nigerian citizenship. Fine. BUT I call back the next day to make sure they are holding my case and not sending it off... only to find out that they already assigned it a Nairobi case number and shipped it off to Kenya!!

    It figures that after 5 months of waiting around, they would suddenly start to move way too fast on my case!

    So I called... someone... today (the State Department I think? I've been on the phone so much I don't know who I'm talking to anymore!) They said that in order to have the case moved, I have to first talk to the consulate in Lagos and get them to agree to accept the case. Then, I have to talk to the consulate in Nairobi and get them to agree to send the case to Nigeria. This seems like such a monumental feat of coordination that I feel like crying at the thought of it. So, I'll begin making calls to Lagos tomorrow morning.

    Anyone have advice for me, or similar experiences to share? I could use some comiseration at this point :bonk:

    Thanks for reading, anyway :)

    Me and your Nigerian Fiance are in the same boat, I am a haitian citizen and ive been living in the Dominican Republic for the past 10 years, NVC shipped our case to the Consulate in Haiti instead of the Dominican Republic, now its a pain in the neck, I dont have any address in Haiti right now they told us they was going to send me packet 3 to my address in D.R. and to my Fiancee in the US, untill now we are still waiting for packet 3, our case has been in their hands since June 26, my fiancee called they said they received a transfer authorization from the Consulate in Santo Domingo and was going to mailed packet 3, NOTHING still, but still they dont even answer to our emails. We are in the air right now we dont even know where exactly we are going to have an interview.

    NVC sent K-1 to wrong embassy

    in US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

    Posted

    :o So hey everyone its been a long time since I have been on....but here is a little information and update since I was last on...

    June 9th approved by CSC.....and recieved notice shortly after

    June 16th got notice from NVC of the packet being sent to embassy...but they sent it to the wrong one......it went to Haiti when it should have gone to Dominican Republic!

    June 18 contacted NVC to see what I needed to do to have in sent to the correct embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...and NVC gave me phone numbers for the embassy in Dominican Republic and Haiti and told me that I have to contact those embassys to have them transfer our case.

    June 19th contacted the US embassy in Santo Domingo and they said I needed to call back the next day.

    June 20th called US embassy in Santo Domingo and spoke with someone in the Immigrant Visa Unit and told them our sittuation and she told me to fax over a letter requesting them to transfer the case from Haiti to them and a copy of my fiances resdient card....I DID IT RIGHT AWAY! Later that day they got my fax and the same lady said she would call Haiti to request the transfer and asked for my fiances contact information and told me that the embassy would contact him when they recieve the case from Haiti and are sending the interview notice to him!

    So this week I decided to have my fiancee follow up with both embassys since its been 3 weeks and we have heard nothing. He was not able to get much information....expcept that Haiti said to fax them a request to transfer the case...he did!

    July 4th I contacted the embassy in Haiti to see if they have our case! THEY HAVE IT.....BUT.....said they cant transfer it unless they recieve the paper from USCIS to transfer.....I-824....

    WHAT DO I DO? I AM GOING CRAZY! It says on the USCIS website the time line for that paper is 4 to 6 months.....I CANT WAIT FOR THE LOVE OF MY LIFE ANOTHER YEAR.....its almost been a year since we have been together.....being we where waiting for our interview....but now if we have to file the I-824 we will be back in USCIS.......NO NO NO....waiting again!

    ANY ONE CAN YOU OFFER SOME SUGGESTIONS??? :crying:

    Should we file the paper? Should I contact a lawyer?

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