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Hence the reason I photoshopped and saved my link for the image that I've been posting lately regarding questions asked multiple times per day/week.

Found this using the Search button

2) when the DS-230 form is submitted for the same CR-1 visa, should I check the "YES" box at the end of the form which says:

"Do you want the Social Security Administration to assign you an SSN (and issue a card) or issue you a new card (if you have an SSN)? You must answer "Yes" to this question and to the "Consent To Disclosure" in order to receive an SSN and/or card."

I say, yes, that will make it possible to get the SSN card as soon as possible (although it will be a special social security number beginning with 729 thru 733, if that matters to you). However, that being said, do not sit at home waiting for the SS card for very long after arriving in the U.S. Go into the SS office 5-10 days after you arrive with her passport and birth & marriage certificates (with translations), fill out Form SS-5, and for the question "Have you ever applied for or received a social security number before?", check "I Don't Know." They will check the computer to see if the SS card has already been processed, and if not, process your SS-5 number application then and there.

Source: Feb 26th Post

You could try some of these suggestions from various websites:

- Jumping jacks in the aisle

- Read a very long novel

- Crossword puzzle, soduku, etc

- Drink yourself to sleep

- Plan out the rest of the year on notepad

- Strike up convo with someone nearby

* I ended up talking to a lady in her 50's that pretty much did this process when she was my age (early 20's)

- Sketch some drawings on your notepad

- Try to get your fellow passengers to sing along to nursey rhymes (lol)

- If your neighbor is foreign as well, try to learn a few basic words of their language? (I like this idea)

Using the search , I found a post from mid-2007 stating one member encountered this:

Pink - Approval

Blue - Request for more information

Green - Administrative Review

However, other people found that Green was for an approval in some cases. Another post stated that Pink or Blue were Administrative Review slips. Still, others found that they were approved with no paper at all. I think it is based on the embassy and their own internal wishes, not some universal color-coded system. However, that was mid-2007, so perhaps things have changed since then.

For questions #1 & #2:

As Dave pointed out, you can likely make the process much shorter by marrying and filing overseas via Direct Consular Filing. I would use the above advice and research into it some more to see if you and your fiance prefer that option over the K-1, K-3, etc visas.

Originals with original petition. I believe its copies that are accepted at a later date? Such as the interview. The wait for mailing might be unfortunate, but the wait for an RFE or something to that effect could set you back further than just snail mail

Whether it goes well or bad, it'll be the 5th of May, so you can go out and drink!

See the bottom 2 sections of this page regarding proof and what is consider valid and what is considered irrelevant:

K-1 Guide

I presume English isn't your first language? Either way, I'm replying the best I can assuming I read your information right.

If you reside in Michigan, you should have sent the I-129F to the California Service Center:

USCIS

California Service Center

P.O. Box 10130

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0130

Source: Vermont & California Service Centers Update

If I'm not mistaken, isn't a J-1 visa for Exchange students or visitors? If so, this forum section is for K-... visas, which are marriage.

I would suggest marrying within, say, 45 days or so for one or two reasons.

1) If memory serves, the time for filing for the SSN & card runs out 2 weeks before the 90 day limit. If so, marrying earlier in the 90-day window lets you get that ball rolling sooner and avoid "cutting it close".

2) The advice given by that person about marrying early is more uninformed suggestion or possible opinion than anything else, at least thats I how I feel. As I stated in #1 and here, while there is no rush to do it, I think that getting hitched lets you start the next step that much sooner, Adjustment of Status and furthermore, its getting married! Why would you want to wait for such a happy event

While this board and members are here to help...a little searching helps some of the questions that get asked REPEATEDLY.

I am not trying to come off as sounding harsh, but I waited for a week before registering and simply read Guides & FAQ's and then decided to register to start with my process. All I'm saying to the Original Poster and future posters is that the information for such questions is the same information available to every visitor of this site, registered or not. Please take the time and effort to use the Search function in the future. While posting these questions isn't harming anyone, when they go unanswered, then people will understand why.

Got mine today as well. Actually got my Case ID # prior to today, after checking my bank account online and seeing the back of the scanned check Not that it helps much, but was good to see that it was cashed with important information on the back. Good luck to us all waiting on the NOA2 from March filing.

Yeah that is more likely the case...if both offices were managed identically with no differences in procedure or quality of work, then I would assume things would be smoother. Unfortunately, that is not the case. I wonder if the NVC suffers from the same difference in management, since there isn't multiple locations of that office...just the one and only location.

You are probably spot on with the pallet or "load" theory. I would imagine for such a distance, that ___ boxes need to be full or almost full before they consider shipping them cross country.

I wonder if distance has anything to do with the time, which I imagine it would to some small extent.

The distance from the VSC to the NVC is around 200~ miles, which is a couple hours tops.

The distance from the CSC to the NVC is around 3000~ miles, which is quite a trek, either by plane or truck.

If you want to test them out, try maps.google.com and use Portsmouth, NH as the END and Laguna Niquel, CA or Saint Albans, VT as the BEGIN...quite the difference I must say!

Not to venture off topic, but I wonder what constitutes a "wrong" answer in a POE officer's mind? I can think of very obvious answers such as why are you visiting...oh I'm bring my crop of weed to come sell to high school kids on the street. That would merit an arrest depending on your current country lol. Anyways, the reason I feel helpless sometimes is that if that POE officer is having a bad day, he just might end up picking you out of the 100+ people he/she processes that day and deny you entry. A lot of "power" in one person's hands.

I didn't see this link posted...

Marriage License Requirements of the 50 states

Seems to have all the information everyone would be looking for at this point.

They even break down the counties within the states and give you the contact # to reach them and the State laws/regulations on what you need in order to get the license, costs, etc.

With a certain amount of free time and access to some technology, I wonder if you could x-ray the enevlope at different levels. Its mostly stuff you see in movies, but I wonder if you were extremely bored and savvy, it could be done

While I am quite some steps away from reaching that point, I can offer a few general suggestions:

* If your fiance is there, the officer is more interested in your responses and input to his/her questions than the other person, since they are already the U.S. citizen. This being said, it would be best for both people to review your evidence, documents and so on, so that once you enter the room, it would be as though you were talking to your fiance like when you were practicing.

* BE HONEST

* If there are other people in your photographs or letters, be sure to know who they are and not just some random guy/girl

* Generally the officer is doing many appointments in a day, so unless you sense they are hesitating, don't offer to present tons of emails, letters, etc. As I stated above, with honesty and straight-forward responses comes trust from the officer

* Have your facts straight such as finances, living situation, employment (or future oppurtunities if thats the case), wedding location, etc. You may not need to tell all of it to him/her, but it can't hurt to know

* Dress professionally and be sure to provide documents that are clean, well-typed, grammar free, and readable (no 8pt font or anything)

Its late so some of this may seem redundant, but I hope it helps calm your worries a little bit.

I ended up using clips to hold individual sections together and used a sturdy one to bind the whole together. I sent it via USPS Certified Mail which only cost like $9 and it got to the VSC 3 days later. I ended up using some Tyvek envelope that was laying around the house. It was soft, but impenetrable and waterproof too.

I shouldn't worry just yet seeing as some people have gone weeks without hearing any positive confirmation of receipt of the package. However, I sent it tuesday via USPS Certified Mail and other than Delivered, March 28, 2008, 11:44 am, SAINT ALBANS, VT 05479 on the website for tracking, I have no other proof. Oh well, here's to checking my bank account on a daily basis You would think how greedy the government can be that your check would be cashed pretty quickly lol.

Dig up an old topic eh?

There's some irony here...I can take onto an airplane what I can't take into a building??? Doesn't that seem just a tad bit, oh I don't know....backwards?