juana17

WATCH OUT for someone called ManInBlack , now what? I hate these creeps.

:wacko: Our folder of original (REQUIRED!) Birth certificate, marriage certificate, police/ military etc stamped papers was given to my husband in the sealed envelope , when he arrived at the airport and went thru immigration he was only handed back his passport stamped with the entry visa. Now as we wait for his Permanent Resident card, we are wondering will we receive our folder back as it was promised? Copies of these documents which we have are essentially worthless, the originals were given as requested and we do not have duplicate originals. Please someone tell me how to get these back. If its all easy and are heading our way, then sorry for the question , but for us now , this is just one more mystery .... thank you!

ps one week passed , and so so happy!!

do not worry one tiny bit!! The US interviewer at the Cuban Interest Section will say right to you, " hello, are you a US citizen?, don't worry, we are not the police, we do not care how you got here!" FOR ME I TOLD THEM I HAD A LICENSE, as I do and have had but not always , and they could not have cared less. believe me , I have had to go there to get a new passport when mine was stolen last December, I was much more worried then, and now,,, nothing. I will tell you that if you are traveling thru a gateway country Its soooooo much cheaper and much easier than going thru Miami with a license!! MIAMIsucks, and I spent 1+1/2 hours detained in immigration wi other cubans wi resident cards, I'll take cancun or Nassau or jamaica any day faster cheaper nicer. Most important thing, answer the questions about your relationship well and with good thought, and have evidence of all important aspects(support). Make sure the questions they ask about the cuban 5 and communist youth org are answered as NOOOO!!!!! I don't know and NO I was not and am not a member. I watched multiple denials of all sorts of cubans in my many hours wait. lots of reasons but those were the consistent trippers also. usually the reason was not a believable plan for living in the US and enough support... children were often a factor. sad.sad.

BUT I AM HAPPPPPPPPY< MY HUSBAND ARRIVES WEDNESDAY! we are going to celebrate for the rest of our lives. Buena Suerte , cuidate, Juana

OH HELL YES!!!

I just returned , yes it was huge burden , but as someone who has been in this for 2 years now, nothing is as important as your face, and solidarity shows. I saw personally many persons denied at the interst section on the 2 days we were there, and heard all of the reasons. I was interviewed in english and spanish and was told that our attention to presenting evidence of our relationship and how we would be able to live was exactly what they wanted to see. afterwards, when we had to go to apply for the carta blanca in our municipality of Boyeros , ( en La Vibora) again , it was my being there that made the difference and we were able to get it done a bit faster. Nothing in Cuba is quick and it is allllllll somewhat difficult , I will write separately a full account, I could def write a book of helpful what to do and what not to dos... any way. take $ lots of it and make or buy sandwichs ffor your day there, also wear cloths for being cold inside and so hot outside, because noe en cuba its reallllllly hot. prepare to celebrate afterwards if it goes welll, get a coffee and then hit the planchao!!! hahahha, but know its only 1/2 done at that point, the next 2+weks are a test of your endurance.

Juana

Hi!

My Cuban fiance's interview is in November, and we're debating whether I should attend or not due to financial burden. Because we have some difference in age, race, and recent divorce, I think it'd be best that I go, but just wanted to see what the forum has to say (in hopes of not having to drop a grand for an interview).

thanks for any input!

hi honey! so glad for you, hope I am in the same situ soon , can't wait to bring my husband home!!! I will go back to Santiago and the Sierra Maestras after the interview to see our family and say goodbye for now and I know emotions will run high, when we come back here it will be so different. I hope your fiancee and you are enjoying life now and finding out about what the future holds, for you both I wish it to be wonderful. much luck and always support from fellow cubanas y mujeres. cuidate, Juana

wow fantastic!!!! yes it will take some time as he must get the luggage and then the looonnnnnnnnng walk to the immigration , hopefully tomorrow is a light day at MIA, midweek, but summer is a busy time for visitors so , just don't chew your pretty fingernails off! I hope you have a wonderful plan for the night! and then you continue on your journey to your home together, how great is that? In another month I will be in cuba and then soon after doing the same as you!! I CAN'T WAIT, but for now , you made my night, I will be praying and happy for you, best of luck siempresiempre.... \

tu amiga,

juana

No worries mon, things will work out.. yuh are so close, things always get craZy toward the end Blesssings

SI si SIIIIIIIII! gracias por todos! SoY LOCA ahora I am def crazy jumping thru the hoops, and more to go, I will keep my magic jumping shoes tied on! I want that next step to be done, and thennnnnnn,,, cannpot wait to be making a celebration party with our family and friends there, even the tears of goodbye will be joy tears. the ones the rest of the family will cry here when we arrive ahhhhhhhhh que rico , that is what I DREAM about!!

so funny, I hope to go to a Juanes concert in Havana , and so I am gonna imagine us there, then the interview and then .... its all we want coming true, I pray, our glasses of water are full and honey carries our names... thank you for believing ! juanita

You guys are so close!

I hope so, I am filled with anxieties es cuba!!!! when I try to do the right thing sometimes it is like a trial by fire, right now I am freaking out that my passpot should be redone, the picture is only 8 months old yet it is so faded, that last time coming into the country(CU the officials were very very troubled... I now may not have time to send it off to re-doexpedite, as i need to keep it to get my ticket and visa ( hopefull for a another license) this is what happens ..it crazy making but god , my dear god, thank you for the grace that is bringing my husband and I together!!!!! thank you for your energy, J

thank you very much everyone for making me feel better about this, I also did call the NVC today and asked about the close dates and the woman said ahhh be glad you have a medical before your interview !! She was so nice and also told me to enjoy having my husband in this country OH I WILL!!!!

PS We have been getting a copy of the appointment cover letter and package of info sent every couple of days to us, must be a computer glich, she said oh how crazy , many people are not getting sent their letters, so I am just one of the lucky ones!!!JAJAJA! JUANA

:blink: I am worried this is not enough time to get whatever results he needs to bring to interview!! My husband went to the hospital in Boyeros and they could only give him a date of Sept 18, our interview is on the 24th. they said they werenot making appointments this month and that was the earliest he could have... AND somebody help me here, I have tried to send the appointment letter to him so he can print it to have and bring to hospital ( first) but it is a PDF file and correo de cuba cannot read... How can I turn it into a JPG file? or send it to his email so it is printable exactly as it is? I have not been able to copy it to send at all, it comes out as encoded text or something... please anybody who can tell me anything about the medical and also how to get this document printable for him please lemme know thank you..... Juana

I just purchaase a ticket from Camaguey to Miami (one way) and it was 287cuc with aeroazul. flying from havana is a bit cheaper. You can also used the airline skyking to fly out of Cuba to Maimi, but the price is the same. the purchase must be in cuba, and needed to before the carta blanca is given. I'm not sure whats the cost with the carta blanca as of now. hope this helps.

thank you for that info, I am going right before the interview with the hope that i we can get the visa and carta blanca in time for him to come home with me, but it impossible to plan cause of course you never know!! but it would be so great and also very helpful as together travel would be a dream seperately ehh not so much... any way again thanks, do you know anyone who books aeroazul or skyking from here for me?? probably well endup flying seperate but I hope not..

thank you Maire! is there any other fee(s) you know of? I just want to have all we need there and then for the travel... we are soooooo ready to be together!!! can't wait!!!!!!!!!!! Juana

I need to know the cost, as of now in 2009. and can someone tell me what airline and what cost for exit (one way) we are cr-1 and interview in septiembre... PLEASE we need to know!

La carta blanca is $150

I need to know the cost, as of now in 2009. and can someone tell me what airline and what cost for exit (one way) we are cr-1 and interview in septiembre... PLEASE we need to know!

I just got the email today that said we had an interview date of September 24 I AM SCREAMING WITH JOY!!! it said all sorts of things that indicated our papers were all good, and not needing a whole lot more need less to say I AM GOING to that Interview because I am not gonna take any chances! and to make it all better? my brother told me today I received the letter of approval of our 129-f case he was gonna scan me what it said as I am in another state working my buns off so that my sweet husband and I can be together as soon as possible an that we can both go back to school here!!! I am soooooooooo happy now I know the feeling that our vj families talk about here, its beautiful! Juana

since the OP is contemplating marriage in Cuba this is certainly not a K-1 visa issue... moving to regional thread

Yes it still is , she needs good information , not a shuffle to some other thread... She just wants to get married for her reasons and go thru the immigration process. I did it that way and I wish I had not , as Maire says , I would probably be happily together with my husband here already! Now I feel stuck, I can't even move on the 129-f I have that was just approved because I would have to pay all over again! is that CRAZY???! so I for sure recommend doing the 129 but , at least lets support another couple , they are in love. and cuba is a tough gig!

QUOTE (cali92057 @ Jul 27 2009, 10:28 PM) Hello All, I'm from California and I go to Cuba via Mexico. I am planning on moving to Cuba at the end of October and living there for about a year as my fiancee's mother is very ill. We would like to get married in Cuba and then I gather I file for a K-3. I have found that I need all my papers but translated in spanish. All the references keep taking me back to Canada. I would like for an American who wed in Cuba to contact me as to how this paperwork s to be done. My fiancee does not live in Havana but about 12 hours away and the largest city near him is Holquin. This process is making me crazy. You can reply to me by PM.

Monique

hi I sent you back the message about the translation, as much as you need it for filing for this immigration, get many fully notarized copies.

Ok. I got married last year in Cuba, thinking at the time we would not be in immigration so soon. wrong and now I suffer because of losing so much time and SSSSSSSSSOOOOO much $$. IMHO you should file now immediately for for the 129-f. and when the time arrives months from now he comes here and you marry. If his parents are unwell , I am sorry ,but that will not help you be able to stay en Cuba . after 1 month you must always go to immigration thereand re-do your tourist visa, if you are trying to do a family visa(A-2vs A-1) , it is 40 cuc compared to 25 and if you are thinking that you can change it after one month and just pay the 40 on the back half, no, you will pay 40, and 40 for the 2nd mes, and have lost the 25 you paid already in the shuffle. so it gets expensive. All this gets you is hmmmm what, peace of mind to stay in a relatives house, hmmm only one house is listed tho. SO after that, there is no extension, you must leave the country to re-enter. believe me I do it all the time, and don't ever think the(cuban) government doesn't keep track, they do, perfectly. they have on your computer file ever place you have ever listed on your card or in immigration. I spend days waiting for my papers sometimes its like that.. to marry en cuba para extranjero es muy muy caro... expensive, a waste in many ways. I would have rather had the money for 2 more trips or a mac laptop... or ... the fees of the immigration! As you will see , more people here on VJ are doing the fiancee visa, and I watch them passs me and get their interviews, bring their SO home and marry, I congratulate them and wait.... for my husband, it is very hard to take sometimes. And yes I have family far away in cuba too that we want to visit at least once a year so I think about all the aspects of the visas and how hard it is. I have one married couple friend married for almost 18 years that spends half the year en Habana where they own ( have the papers!!!) of their apt. every year gets harder, and they pay a lot for rafael to re-nter every time... but he says it is worth it all, their life is good and they are together!!! so think about it all, by all means marry just choose where with some background.... good luck! we are all here !

So, you're going the k3 route then?

We did the same thing for a number of reasons and I wouldnt change a thing.

Well congrats on the approval and I hope you get a quick interview date. Good Luck!

NO! I am gonna stick with the CR-1 that is already completed and in line for the interview scheduling, what they told me was that I would have to pay all the fees again and go thru the whole process of making the file, they have all our original copies!, noway I can do that.... this does make you crazy doesn't it? I just don't know what to think anymore!

but thanks anyway, and we all need all the luck we can get to get the interview date! god help us all....

today when i called to see if my new case had been assigned a number, I spoke to a supervisor who was VERY NICE. This was after speaking to someone who was very not nice, terse, impatient, and could not answer the question of what should i do next. Yes i understand they talk to thousands of people who are not all informed and ask some dumb questions, well then get a new job if you can't be ok with it. Most of us are honest, sincereand willing to spend everything we have to bring our families together , that's as my friend Ms. Martha says, "a good thing..." SO I was told on Friday July 24 email about my 129 approval to "Follow the instructions on the NOA2" when i received it. So my question was , since I had a already paid for all of the fees, what did they want? And the answer(s) were... that the cases were COMPLETELY separate , and yes would have to file all the docs again and fees etc. Well, since NVC has that all in the fileI asked if that could be sent to the consulate and they said NO> not possible although the 129 was gonna go there. ALL I wanted to know was , which is 1. better, and 2. faster. as we want to be together here asap , not another 6 months from now! so boom, the supervisor came onto the phone and was MUCH much more informative. She said it would be wiser to focus on the completed case which was in line for an interview appt. , and that (listen to this my heart skipped beating)they had already sent an expedite request to the embassy but since they had not received an answer they would send another!! I was so happy and at least i am seeing this as positive! so how confusing it was reading the wiki that is so so well written but then the reality is maybe a little different, nobody tells you you would have to pay twice!! that is crazy!!! so thats my long story , the only way i write. I feel like our luck is turning!!! :thumbs: juana

Juana

you can also look at the consulate section and do searches for cuba for example.

I had a look and found like you that there are not many married couples around

more fiances around

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thank you so much, it really is nice to have someone be interested, I often feel very alone with this , people who are not going thru it sometimes act like it is too much trouble , they just don't know. I am going to take the advice of some people here and go to the interview when ever it happens , it does seem like the safer thing to do. I just wish I could plan ANYTHING, this does take so much time and precious resources.... bless all who share their experience when you take the time to help another it is such a gift. J

yeah I know !!! it so frustrating isn't it? here we are , all complete, just dying to moe on to the next important step we've all been building for and then you call and get the crushing disappointment of no appointment made yet!!! Ay yi yi, I am feeling soooo bad because of this... when they tell you they just don't have any idea when, oh , it is too much. tha's why when I got my new notice of our 129-f approval I flipped , because from what I read it is a different procedure to get your interview, but now I am so confused!!! I really know that the NVC has all of the most important documents already filed so I just want to find out if they are gonna ask for moreof the same or use what they have and said was totally complete?

Maybe Cuba and Jerusalem are a little bit alike , but maybe not, Cuba is an enigma, and I'm half cuban so I should be able to handle it right?!! ha, not!!!! by nature I am this person , but with this long long seperation , I am more than I should be...

well , thank god there are people to share this with here. thanks juana[

quote name=Free Jerusalem' date='Jul 26 2009, 10:13 AM' post='3152741]

it depends how jam packed the consulate the NVC will forward your case to is...

my case was complete July 17,2009 and when i called the nvc at 603 334 0700 they told me they don't have me scheduled for an apt yet

so i am wondering how jam packed the jerusalem consulate is, since thats where my case will be forwarded

how do i post under the nvc??

first/

as far as US citizens go,We have no embassy in Cuba it is an Interest Section and is a part of the "Swiss Embassy" . I know , crazy .... It is unique also in Washington DC, no embassy of their own, but stuck in a little bunker building attached to the embassy of Switzerland. believe me when the US ends the embargo, and re-establishes normal relations wi/ Cuba it will be so different , and We can't wait....

second./ I130 approved first and our case completed at NVC before 129-f this is pretty normal for married persons. K-1 not K3 we are designated Cr-1 and our case will be interviewed in Cuba

Our 129f was fee waived as we already paid the I130, Afadavit of Support, IV processing fees

apparently no other cubans now on VJ are married, all are fiancees. We are married. yes it would have been faster to have filed as fiancee and married here but that was over a year ago.

the NVc says that the cuban consulate is capacity controlled so we wait till.......

I will get the new case number and ask many questions , I would need to have all of our file from our case sent anyway

as it has all of our documents, we do not have any more certified copies to give, they have all of them.

sometimes VJ members answer questions, other times its hard to know what to ask for. thank you. j

I am a little confused by your timeline

you are talking about embassy in Cuba and at the same time your timeline says switzerland

your I130 was approved first and then your I129F got approved later? how weird?

where do you anticipate interview for K3? ?

where do you anticipate interview for I130? Cuba?

for K3, NVC just forwards to the embassy and embassy then contacts you

K3 and I130 have different case numbers

I would not expect NVC to use your I130 papers

if you go K3 now you may lose your fee and all your efforts at completing at NVC stage.

are you hoping the K3 scheduling will go faster and then get used for I130 instead?

suggestions

- post under NVC thread instead of K3

- ask other cuban for advice on scheduling

- call NVC operators for question

- wait for interview scheduling

Our 129-f (k-1) was approved today at USCIS but our approved I- 130 CR-1 is still sitting at NVC waiting to be an interview in Cuba to be scheduled .. Now what do I do? what's the best I could hope for??? will they give us date now???

the NVC has all our filed forms case is complete/ Will they use the forms and fees filed already? I will call to get new number at NVC, which will be sent to the embassy fastest? all confused, just want to get it done!!!

Hey

What probelms did you have to deal with? What would you do differernt if you had the chance to start the whole K3/CR1 process all over again?

Which "mistakes" are unnecessary?

not having certified copies to send was our biggest problem, (most of our papers were stolen in a robbery) so we could only send the originals we had left, and wait for some replacements it slowed us way down...

biggest problem, that there's no mail between cuba and the US. problem we are dealing with now, waiting for the interview to be scheduled , feeling at the mercy of the powers that be.

Do differently? do the fiancee visa and get married here in US , apparently much faster and I know much less expensive!!

I am praying this goes faster soon... praying....

well no, the I-130 is not staying behind , thats what's gonna go to the consulate, the I129 is still stuck in CIS as tey are only up to apps filed in December 08.......

they said I can request it be returned to me but could not guarantee anything else such as sending it to NVC.!!???

I had hoped the 129 could have moved, as the NVC said of course they process those faster..... why did I bother getting married ? it has really been a time loss! I just want my husband here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is too late... but you never include originals of anything unless specifically asked for...

These are two different petitions... they will not "marry" at NVC... The I-129F goes to the consulate for processing and the I-130 stays behind

Moving FROM AOS forum

I'd like that the documents that went withthe 129 package made it to the embassy as well , so whennnnnnn we finally get our appointment, all of the papers are there together. Is this something to ask for now??? (worried that my original divorce decree is in the other pile) please, answers not oppinions