funkyab

My wife is going to her biometrics appointment in less than 12 hours. She only has a copy of the letter, not the original. Is this going to be a problem? We can get the original to her but is will be a big ordeal with people having to basically start driving now to get it to her.

Thanks!

Talk to the folks at the UN. Surely they have run into this.

Indeed. We have. However their response was simple. The informed us that my wife is eligible to get expedited naturalization in the US because of her work. However, she has to give up her Norwegian citizenship to take US citizenship. That will not happen.

I'm really confused about importing vehicle.

I had to get rid of my leased vehicle. My father wants to give me his 1995 Plymouth Voyager mini van. I looked on the NHTSA - List of non conforming vehicles eligible for importation and the mini van is not on the list.

Right now, the van is under my father's name. I wanted to get a letter from the manufacturer to find out if i can import it. but they said they need the registration for the van, the owner's name (which my father is going to transfer to me if I can import it), the person importing it and etc. They said they can't tell me if this model/year of vehicle is not allowed to be imported until they receive all the other info + the VIN #.

Now, do i need to do all the work to find out if I can import the van if the NHTSA vehicle list does not have the 95 Plymouth Voyager on the list?

Why go through th hassle. Most likely it will be fine, but the car is worth less money than you would spend on the process.. A 95 minivan??? U could buy that van in the US for 400 dollars.

Thanks.Of course I know that I can view all and research them online . Just wanted to know someones experience,

In general. If you have driven in India... YOU DO NOT NEED A DRIVING SCHOOL. Just pay attention to how people drive here. My wife came here and passed her driving test immediately.

I can't read your question (BE is down) but I am sorry to hear it anyway... USCIS can be difficult with 'easy' cases, so i can't imagine how tough it must be for something of medium or (in your case) high complexity.

YEA.. BE is down for ervice. That was informed by their site earlier.

My wife (conditional green card) and I work in International Development.

We recently got a new 2 year assignment with the United Nations in Nicaragua. We were considering getting a reentry permit. We realized that if you are a conditional resident the permit is only good until the conditional green card expires.

We will be leaving in mid May. This would mean that the reentry permit would expire before even one year has passed, and considering she can be outside of the U.S. legally on her green card for longer than the reentry permit is valid, it does not seem to make much sense to pay for one.

We will file our i-751 from Nicaragua and come back to the U.S. before the year out of the country is up.

1. Is there any reason for us to apply for an reentry permit in our situation?

2. When we file the i-751 and get the year extension, would it make sense then to file for a reentry permit, and would it likely be valid for 2 years or just until the end of the year extension of i-751 being approved?

3. Considering the type of work we do there is a good chance that depending on our assignments we might not be in the U.S. for more than a few weeks or a month each year, for the next 5 or 6 years.

As long as we enter at least once a year to keep her visa valid and have good evidence of our field assignments with the United Nations, should we anticipate any problems?

4. If we decided to go the route of reentry permits now or after i-751 is approved, might there be a limit on how many they would grant us? I know that this up to the discretion of the issuing officer, but I would think that special attention and consideration would be paid to folks in our situation, especially working for the UN.

5. I know that some people say that it is advisable to make sure to enter the U.S. at least once every 6 months but it seems like many of the people concerned about that are those that do not want to "reset" the clock for their naturalization, which is not a concern of ours.

Sorry for all the questions. I have actually talked to a USCIS officer (not the call center people) twice in the past two days and although they gave me good info, I am still not sure the best route for us to take.

off topic ... is the most active section of the forums.

Sad, ain't it?

In a way BUT the info I have received from here has been VERY valuable and has made a difference in SEVERAL immigration situations I have been involved in.

Our situation is just so FUKED and confusing now. You know when a real USCIS officer says that he thinks my question should be used for training of younger officers... and that he hopes it is not a QC control from his superiors.. The question is complicated.

I normally would not post this in off topic, however it is the most active section of the forums.

I have NO current issue that I am stressing about. It is about a future and ongoing situation.

My VJ post is sitting unanswered and I understand this. My/our situation is WAY outside the normal box. Believe it or not.

Here is my thread from another forum.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=603780

I have a VJ post here but is in a section that I will likely receive any legit replies. And before posting this I called a friend who does immigration law and he even advised me that my issue was WAY outside his area of expertise.

Sorry again if any of you are irritated.

Thanks.

I really do not think this was the right section of the forum to post this in. Could someone viewing this suggest a more appropriate section to post my question, or could a mod move it please?

Really could not decide where the best place to put this this question would be.

My wife (conditional green card) and I work in International Development.

We recently got a new 2 year assignment with the United Nations in Nicaragua. We were considering getting a reentry permit. We realized that if you are a conditional resident the permit is only good until the conditional green card expires.

We will be leaving in mid May. This would mean that the reentry permit would expire before even one year has passed, and considering she can be outside of the U.S. legally on her green card for longer than the reentry permit is valid, it does not seem to make much sense to pay for one.

We will file our i-751 from Nicaragua and come back to the U.S. before the year out of the country is up.

1. Is there any reason for us to apply for an reentry permit in our situation?

2. When we file the i-751 and get the year extension, would it make sense then to file for a reentry permit, and would it likely be valid for 2 years or just until the end of the year extension of i-751 being approved?

3. Considering the type of work we do there is a good chance that depending on our assignments we might not be in the U.S. for more than a few weeks or a month each year, for the next 5 or 6 years.

As long as we enter at least once a year to keep her visa valid and have good evidence of our field assignments with the United Nations, should we anticipate any problems?

4. If we decided to go the route of reentry permits now or after i-751 is approved, might there be a limit on how many they would grant us? I know that this up to the discretion of the issuing officer, but I would think that special attention and consideration would be paid to folks in our situation, especially working for the UN.

5. I know that some people say that it is advisable to make sure to enter the U.S. at least once every 6 months but it seems like many of the people concerned about that are those that do not want to "reset" the clock for their naturalization, which is not a concern of ours.

Sorry for all the questions. I have actually talked to a USCIS officer (not the call center people) twice in the past two days and although they gave me good info, I am still not sure the best route for us to take.

if you have ir1 you have ir1.

has been a life long dream, at least since i was 12 to receive VS catalogs so regularly!!!

if the PRE MARRIAGE has so many complications,,,

forget about it.... jeeze...

not rocket science

A 4x6 photo albums with 100 photos is only about 4X6X2 inches in diameter and weighs only about 1 pound. I really dont think bringing tons of photos is a big deal in my opinion.

much more than 1 pound.

WOW!!!!

THIS IS VERY DRAMAtIC AND SUCKS!!!!

Our agency said we have to present more than 200 pictures. Is this true?

I know i am outside this region but, i have seen many comments from Phil filers mentioning "agencies."

is this necessary or just a huge waste of money?? I have been maried previously and did the whole process without an attorney within the usa,, and recently did DCF filing..

seems to me that attorneys or representation become a waste of money. Is PHIL different? I have a colleague that is thinking of doing the process soon. is it a law that PHIL filers use external reps???? i would have told her not but this forum makes things confusing.

OMG......

THE MENA FORUM AND ESPECIALLY THIS THREAD IS SOOOO EXHAUSTING!!!!!!!!!

I am very sympathetic to all of you that face this!!!

i was being intimate with my wife..... she told me the earth was moving, and i thought i was on top of the world!!!!!

until i realized the earth was actually moving!!!

hahahaha

i felt it and woke up. But after working in indonesia after the tsunami.. it was a baby nudge.

p.s. you ask what "other MENA" members experienced this. Why restrict the question to this group??

BEST OF LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you going to Morocco for fun and to be with him or just for the interview???

provide proper evidence and you will be fine... these people suck.

Although I am not a muslim or non-muslim married to one, this is a question I am very interested in. I have seen many interesting answers in this forum. Just earlier i thought the pets/animals in the house issue was informative.

I am currently in Denmark on holiday/business with my wife and we just had this discussion tonight over dinner with friends talking about muslims in denmark, muslim immigrants, and danish culture.

Have you contacted the senior consulate at the embassy? It seems absolutely absurd that a temp trip outside should disqualify you from DCF. When we filed we had been in and out all over the place. i really think someone is interpreting this incorrectly. would someone be disqualified for going on a weekend holiday to a different country? Seems like the same difference. Look closely at the FAM and i bet you can find something to invalidate the consular comment you received.

BEST OF LUCK!!!

I feel for you.

However, look at the positive side. If it gets too unbearable, just meet up in toronto or somewhere closer to ohio!! Many people dont have this option!!

You can mix typing and handwriting. Its no big deal. When we turned in our initial form it looked completely mutilated with those little plus marks you mentioned. The good thing about DCF is that they are generally more flexible about mistakes and such as you hand it directly to them and they will tell you to correct things on the spot.

We just left 22 blank. Since your SO is applying in canada you could also put down that consular post.

a trick about the plus forms.. The forms at visa pro (i believe) have more typing room in the fields however, you will still get those plus marks on print out. To avoid this, fill out the form on the computer, then export the form to jpeg format, open it as a picture and print it out. there will be no plus marks and the form will look just as it did on the computer. I learned this after much trian and error then the consulate asked us to submit new versions of our g325a.

Also there are different formats of the forms here.

http://www.usa-federal-forms.com/

we stapled our forms. if they dont like that they will just unstaple it. many people put together a nice package of everything and the consulate just rips it all apart anyway so they really dont care about the aesthetics.

Good luck.

If departure was not timely reported, the consulate would not have issued the CR-1 visa. Again I would not worry about this.

That definately seems reasonable. Thanks for your input.

You can remove and discard the I-94w card, and also a person entering the USA on an immigrant visa like CR-1 does not have to fill out another I-94 for the POE. Only NON-Immigrants need I-94.

Thanks. But the fact that her departure was not officially recorded will not be a problem? I have read in several places that it could be a problem if this is the case.

For example, here is a section from the us embassy website in sweden. I have seen the text in other places as well.

Q. I just returned from the United States and discovered that I did not turn in my I-94W Departure Record (usually a green form stapled inside the passport) before departure. What should I do?

A. If you returned home with your Department of Homeland Security (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)) departure record Form I-94 (white) or Form I-94W (green) in your passport, it means that your departure was not recorded properly. It is your responsibility to correct this record. You must provide the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sufficient information so we can record your timely departure from the United States. This will close out your earlier record of arrival to this country.

If you do not validate a timely departure from the United States, or if you cannot reasonably prove otherwise when you next apply for admission to the United States, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may conclude you remained in the United States beyond your authorized stay. If this happens, the next time you apply to enter the United States, your visa may be subject to cancellation or you may be returned immediately to your foreign point of origin.

http://www.usemb.se/consulate/n7.html

it indicates that you need to send in evidence proving that you left before your visa expires. Obviously if she is coming next week there is not time to send anything in. Just hoping and assuming that her passport stamps will suffice.