VivaBaños

Happy 2012 all!

Our checked was cashed Dec 30.

That should read: our check was cashed.

Happy 2012 all!

Our checked was cashed Dec 30.

Hi all.

We mailed ours to the Dallas lockbox on Dec 20, 2011.

It was delivered today, Dec 27, 2011.

Mailed our packet off this morning.

Joining the waiting game...

Hi all. Hope to be joining the December filers later this week.

This application process seems like the least complicated thus far. Am I reading this correctly that all we need, given that we've had no incidents with the law, are the completed N-400 application + $680 check, copy of PR card, copy of spouse's passport, marriage certificate + translation, and tax transcripts? All of the other applications required so much evidence and paperwork that this feels...strange.

Off to get the passport photos tomorrow and then getting this envelope in the mail!

Cut your losses. You don't deserve this, no one does. This could spiral into something much worse and more dangerous (the driving was enough for me) and you have to look out for yourself. This is not what you dreamed of when you thought of your future together. So, as countless others have stated--use that AOS money to send him packing.

I'm sorry to say this but it sounds like this relationship was a ticket out to him. And because of his insecurities he is controlling you (even if only mentally with the constant cheating accusations) and insulting you. Yes there are definitely cultural differences that take time and effort to work through--but the stuff you report here is not worth it, because you'll likely never get to a place where you are comfortable in the relationship. And I fear that it is not going to improve dramatically when you find a job.

I'm married to an ecuatoriano and let me just say, there is at least 1 who is certainly not machista. I wouldn't have married him otherwise.

Best of luck as you grapple with this.

Now, to finish packing. Flying off to Ecuador later this afternoon to visit relatives.

No there was no additional information requested. The lady doing the interview advised that there would be a wait of 3 months to a year until we would hear back from them(from the date of the interview Dec. 6, 2010). One of our friends from Iowa who is from the same city in Ecuador as my husband used the same attorney that we have and she said that it took the consulate 1 month to contact the attorney after she had been approved. The certified notification from the national visa center in Panama (Ecuador does not process their own applications) didn't even receive the packet to process until March 3rd this year. When we received the notification that the packet had been received it said that we would be notified 3 months to 10 months from the date Panama received the paper work to process. That means I guess that we could be waiting longer than a year from the original interview. Our attorney has not been very helpful since we have both been here in Ecuador. That is why I decided to try and get answers else where because his attitude since I left the states and have not been in their office to meet face to face has been "well good luck with the wait guys...hope everything goes well for you while your in Ecuador".

Wow! It's been a while since I've read up on immigration stuff (since we're in the clear for a while) but I have to say that I've never read this on the forum before, that it would take up to a year for a post interview decision to be made unless the person was put in AP (administrative processing). You see a lot of that in the MENA forum on here. And if you were put in AP you'd certainly know about it!

Have you tried contacting your Congressional reps in your home state? I know you've been in Ecuador for a while, but since your permanent address is still in the US I would try that route to get someone else to look in on your case. One of their office workers is assigned to the immigration cases and will ask you to fill out a document (you can fax or scan/email it) giving them permission to investigate the case with NVC on your behalf. It may take a few weeks before there's any movement but that Congressional rep's office can inquire about your case and maybe try to remind folks that you are waiting. I wouldn't expect any miracles from getting the Congressional rep involved, but somehow in this very complex and confusing game of paperwork having someone else check in on things for you can feel comforting.

Sorry this is taking so long for you. Best of luck while you wait it out.

I need information about if me and my children will qualify for government insurance in the U.S. once we get home without my father being responsible for paying it back as he is sponsoring us (my husband). I applied for my husband to come to the U.S. He had his final interview for his visa, with me and the children in Ecuador Dec. 6th 2010. We have been here for nearly 1 year waiting with him (July 3rd will be 1 year). Me and our kids are going home Aug. 16th 2011 regardless of hearing back from the National Visa Center or not on the status of my husbands visa because I am pregnant. Our concern is insurance because I will most likely be unable to find full time employment prior to giving birth and therefor securing insurance for myself and my children. I just want to verify if receiving T-19 or some other government insurance is an option for me (because I'm pregnant) and our chilren untill either myself or my husband is able to find full time employment (without making my father liable for paying it back).

Just out of curiosity, do you have any idea why you've been waiting for a decision on an interview from December 2010?

Were you asked to provide extra information/material at that interview? Have you been in touch with Consulate?

At no point in the immigration process is waiting easy, but it seems you're so close to the end that it's baffling to me why it's taken so long to hear something regarding the interview.

I'm getting all of the documents together to submit the I-30 for my husband here in Quito, Ecuador. Here they request the hand-written copy of our marriage certificate from the official book at the civil registry. While translating it, I noticed that they made a mistake and copied one number wrong in my passport #. However, on the typed copies of the certificate that we have from the civil registry, my passport number is correct.

Some people I've talked to think that fixing this may involve lawyers and several months. Should I go forward and try to get it fixed, or might presenting copies of the other certificates we have with the I-30 be enough to prove who I am?

One other (probably stupid) question. The marriage certificates list my mother's first and maiden name, but not her current legal last name, which is the same as mine and my father's. My parents are now divorced, but my mother kept her married last name. She will be filing an I-864 as a joint sponsor for my husband. Is it going to be a problem that our marriage certificate lists her maiden name and not her legal name? My birth certificate also lists her maiden name, would this be proof enough as to who she is?

THANK YOU in advance for your help!

The I-864 issue and your mother's maiden name should not be a problem. It wasn't for our case and we had the same situation.

Also, I think your first question would have a LOT to do with where you were married. If you married in a small town I think you could get it changed in the handwritten book very quickly by talking to the folks guarding the books, showing the computer copy and your passport, a big smile, and going with your husband and maybe a relative of his if he/she lives in that small town. This didn't happen to us, but with all of our planning for our wedding and the time spent in small towns dealing with paperwork I got to know the folks at our registro civil *really* well. If this occurred in a larger city then I think it'd probably be a serious relajo to get changed because of politics and bureaucracy. If you don't end up changing the handwritten copy--make sure this detail of different #s is mentioned in your cover letter.

Suerte!

Tash, we received our approval letter back in mid December and didn't get the card until about a month later. I think your card must be on the way because the "card production" email seems to be the one that is a "it's on its way" kind of notice. Hope it arrives soon.

None of the mail we received required a signature. The card does come priority mail, but no signature required.

Good luck prince and Tash!

10 year card received today!

Good luck to the rest of you waiting!

Congrats Tash !

VivaBanos, did you get an approval email or Card production Ordered email ?

In order of receipt we have now:

-Approval letter (hardcopy in US mail) dated 12/13

-Card ordered email last week

-Approval email today

Seems it's all backwards. Of course I'm not complaining since all of these notices are good news.

Congrats Tash and others who've recently reported good news.

Nearly a month after receiving a hardcopy of the approval letter I received an email this morning saying we've been approved. We're waiting on the card. I think their email system is strangely out of sync with what's happening on the ground.

Good luck to all still waiting.

After receiving the approval letter in the mail dated 12/13 we've been waiting patiently for the card to arrive. Our status had not been updated online and we had not been notified of anything via email (even though we were registered online). Then this afternoon I receive this email:

Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production

On January 6, 2011, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

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Hope the rest of you who responded privately to my earlier post receive card production emails soon or better yet, find their 10 year green cards in the mail pronto!

Anyone else out here been approved and still waiting for the actual card like we are?

I see many folks are receiving the letter and card in quick succession or even receiving the card before the approval letter.

We've still got over a month before hitting the 60 days the letter advises us to wait, but I'm anxious to see the new card!

Congratulations!! Did the case status update on the USCIS website?

No, it still says Initial Review.

I didn't receive an email (as I expected) but we did just get the I-797C in the mail today with the first sentences stating:

Congratulations! Your request for the removal of the conditional basis of your permanent resident status has been approved.

Yay! The decision date was 12/13/2010 so add us to the long list of filers please to give hope to those still waiting!

Yay! Yay! Yay!

Thank you Tbone once agan. I am so glad we newbies have people like you guiding us along.

I have looked at every form on Guayaquil CO website and cannot find one asking for sibling information

Im guessing its the G-325 (Biographic Information) which we already sent but they may want an updated copy of. Non-immigrant visa folks require: DS-156 but that's K1/K3, not CR1/IR1 which are Immigrant visas.

This form, I'll have to look for the name of it, is not for NVC at all and is NOT the G-325. You have not already completed it and submitted it because it's specific to the Guayaquil Consulate. When we were waiting for the interview a Consulate rep came around to make sure that we had completed said form. He had extras in his hand so maybe, if they are still requiring this form and you can't find it online, they'll give you a copy there. My husband is from a big family so it wasn't something we could do off the top of our heads (birthdays, birth places, etc of parents and siblings along with any visa information/dates).

The only place I found it before was on the Consulate's website. But since it's now been 2 years since we went through the process, maybe they no longer require it.

Either way, suerte!

Don't forget that there is a form for the CR-1 interview that you can download from the Ecuadorian Consulate's website that your wife should fill out and take with her. I don't remember the name of the form but it requests the information of all of her family (parents, siblings) including date of birth and their US-visa holding status.

WOOO WOOO!! Congrats on being the first Sept Filer to be approved! This very encouraging that the rest of us are not far behind...

My sentiments exactly!

Congrats!

I keep watching the filers from earlier months--it seems there is some action in the August filer thread. I'd love for that to trickle on down to our September group.

So happy to announce that we got this email today

On October 22, 2010, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

Good luck to all who are still waiting

Congrats happyinlove! You must be thrilled!

We had our biometrics appointment today. I'd read about how it's a quick 10-15 minutes and then you're done.

I think most people have a fast time of this appointment, but ours took about 45 minutes. Actually taking the biometrics info doesn't take long at all, but waiting in the line at our local office did. I know each office is different and the time of day is likely an important factor. Just a little FYI for those of you waiting to do biometrics.

Seems that you sent your application in a few weeks early. It should have been sent in 90 days before the expiration date on your card. USCIS has returned it to you and you'll probably see it in your mail box in a couple of days. When you get it back turn right around and refile it. You are within the window now.

Your ROC timeline is impressive Jamericanlove! I hope the rest of us fly through just as you did!

Happyinlove! Looks like we are all back in the waiting game again!

Thanks for the walk-in notice. I'm not sure if we will be able to, but just in case it's nice to know the protocol.