azer_2000

hey guys. those of you who didn't get an email how did you find out that you were approved?? did you find out online or called USCIS?

Still have not been approved after million touches. Last touch on 10/17

Azer I am sure you will be approved very soon!!

How do you guys know that you got trasnferred to CSC?

Well I received email that was saying that it was transferred to CSC. In addition you receive letter by mail saying the same thing.

another touch on 10/16 and still not approved.

congrats Math Man and brnidokiegurl

I got a similar time line with you guys. Am I ever gonna be approved?

I was also transfered on 8/26. Last touch was on 9/27

Even CSC......I don't think we have seen any approvals......at this new letter that they have put on the USICS site has got me more worried.....

what letter was that?

hey guys,

any of us waiting transfers get a touch this week yet?

to be honest, i'm getting kind of nervous that it's taking so much longer than the average 30 days that most people encountered

had no touches since 9/27 and getting nervous as well. I'm just not sure how much longer this gonna take.

still waiting

Last touch 9/27 and still nothing since then. not sure how much longer I have to wait at CSC.

hi brnidokiegurl

The spreadsheet have not be updated recently. I think there are were few more approvals on 9/26. I think there is about 8 more left. I had my last touch on 9/27.Nothing since then.

Good luck

Got 2 touches 9/26 and 9/27 after almost a month of no activity. It's weird to see a touch on Saturday. Anybody got approved on weekend?

Hello!

I have few questions guys..

1-My wife and mother in law filling I 864 & I 864A respectively,what whould be the valid proof(Document) to prove thier same residency?Can it be their driving licences which has same resident adress on it?

We sent an expidition request to NVC coz my wife is very sick,and they have approved it and they have sent all documents to Islamabad US embassy now.So we did not send the DS 230 and I 864 & I864A to NVC,now US embassy sent me packet 3.5 to submitt these forms.

2-Will i have to send US embassy in islamabad DS 230 & I 864 Barcode sheets as they had requested before to send it to NVC?

Plz i need guidence!

Thanx..

2) We didn't have to use the barcode sheets, we just got the DS-230 and I-864 online, filled up, and submitted that to the US consulate.

Leah

ok I'm little confused. I864A is a form for sponsor? does the sponsor has to be a relative? Because I was planning to use a sponsor that is not related to my wife's family but he is a good friend of mine.

Thanks

i am still here waiting .. last touch sept 8, wonder whats happening?

Last touch was on 8/29 and nothing since then. All of you had touches in September. Start getting worried.

last touch for me 8/29. wondering why?

Hey guys.

If i have only one birth certificate is the notarized copy is good enough? It will need translation regardless. So if i get a copy of my birth certificate and get it translated, and then get it notarized should that be enough? I don't think in my country we can get another original birth certificate.

Also what they mean by certified documents? is there a difference between certified and notarized? Because I'm a little confused.

Thanks

Hi ,

In case of my birth certificate, I sent original birth certificate with original translation and the translation was not notarized but ( i choosed sworn translation agency)

I only have one brith certificate in my country they only issued one.

certified copy here means certified from the office which issued your birth certificate. but notarized birth certificate is not accpeptable so I didnt do this.

If you can get certified copy , you can send it to NVC but you have to show the original when you are interview with CO.

Good luck

so will NVC send you original birth certificate back?

Hey guys.

If i have only one birth certificate is the notarized copy is good enough? It will need translation regardless. So if i get a copy of my birth certificate and get it translated, and then get it notarized should that be enough? I don't think in my country we can get another original birth certificate.

Also what they mean by certified documents? is there a difference between certified and notarized? Because I'm a little confused.

Thanks

another touch today?! dammit. i'm nervous.

Me too - I think the same adjudicator is working on our cases...

I think all 3 of us files are stacked on top of each other another touch here as well

Was touched again today.

Got touched today again.

Now it says : This case is now pending at the office to which it was transferred

Interesting that is doenst say anywhere that case is in the CSC now.

Add me please. Exactly after 6 months after my last update I was transferred to CSC on 08/26/2008

I really hope this are good news.

Good luck all.

congrats!

was your case transfered to CSC?

ok ilya. It's all depends on if your wifes J1 visa had a 2 year home residency or not. You can find out by looking at her visa On mine it said that "212 E applies". Which means I had a 2 year hoe residency. If it doesn't say that, you still need to check IAP -66 . I think now it's called DS-2019. On IAP-66 at the bottom left corner there were check boxes. They will tell if your wife has 2 year HR or not.

But, as far as I know the 2 year home residency has to be completed by time your wife gets to the interview. Since you are in VSC, only god knows when will that happen. Also I believe you wife won't be rejected, but will be asked to obtain a waiver or just come back when 2 years are completed. In your case by time your wife gets to the interview, waiver wont be feasible anymore, because it takes at least 6 months and some fees to obtain one. So you might be better off just to wait for 2 years to complete.

Also if you read this thread : http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=37200

you can find out that there are cases when people had 5 more months to complete the requirement and still received there visa's at the interview.

The only thing is when your wife will be going through NVC on one of the forms she will have to indicate previous visas she was in the USA. And answer a question whether she has completed a 2 year home residency. I guess she can just act like she has know idea what these 2 years are all about and then just deal with it at the interview. But again everybody says that we have to be completely honest.

What if you had a J1 visa, and then after the J1 expired got a B1/B2 tourist visa? Does this still apply?

The DS-2019 (formerly known as the "IAP-66") would have a notation saying "subject to 212 (e)", which is the foreign residency requirement. If you are not able to locate that, your visa should also say "bearer is subject to 212 (e), two year rule does apply. If it does, you will have to have that requirement waived. If it doesn't say that, you are fine. See here for further information:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1267.html

I am currently on a J-1 and am subject to the rule, as shown by my signature. Feel free to PM me.

yes it still applies. It doesn't matter what visa you get after J1, you still have to complete 2 years of home residency before you are eligible to apply for immigrant visa. I personally had F1 visa after completing only 6 months of home residency. I got married in the USA and couldn't apply for GC over there. So i'm now back home waiting for my I-130 to be approved.

And of course you can apply for a waiver. It depends who sponsored you when you studying on J1. If it's a US goverment, then it will be very hard to obtain a waiver. If it was other sources then it shouldn't be that hard.

Filed in Feb. No touches at all.

if you are at Vermont Service Service Center then it takes ###### forever right now.

I hope they will start working on I-130 this months. But again, they still have a great excuse, that they are working on Citizenship applications before the election. So I won't be surprised if there will be no or very few approvals this months. I really hope that I'm wrong though.