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    Preparing to follow LingChe

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Question about the I-864s:

    I have to do two (one for my wife, one for my stepson). My understanding is that I pay only once. How will that work when the rubber meets the road? Will I submit the two separately, with two separate copies of the cover sheet/payment receipt/whatever? Or do I submit them together? If together, one set of income verification documents, or two?

    Thanks.

    Mark

    AUGUST I-130 PETITIONS!!

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Thanks Mark! Now I have it figured out! Some of these timelines are strange. I saw one in which they got approved in one month, then their interview was three months prior. ha! I think people are making mistakes when they input their dates. Regarding the fast August approval, who knows what their situation was. There must have been special circumstances.

    At any rate, our time is soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Yeah. Most of the really old I-130s are very suspect (either people just went away from VJ, or they were fake accounts, or mistakes... one of them just didn't enter the NOA2 date...) I would be inclined to doubt the veracity of the 3 day approval, but who knows?

    There IS one from June (I think) that was approved in 9 days. I have spoken to that user and believe it to be true. I am at 10 days today, so I guess I can't beat the 9 days anymore :(

    Mark :)

    AUGUST I-130 PETITIONS!!

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Of course, we all know how timelines go...but I've been looking at the June forum and it's looking good for them! Two months or a little over two months. Of course, some are unfortunately still waiting. It just gives us hope though!!!! I think once a few of us get approved and some of us are waiting, that's going to suck. But we'll get thru it together!

    There has already been one August approval. 3 days!!! Check it out on Igor's list:

    http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/monthl...=2&sortby=2

    Mark :)

    Preparing to follow LingChe

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    When you hear on the AVR that NVC has issued a case number, talk to an operator and give them your email addresses.

    So after NOA2, I start calling the AVR? What do I give them, my name, my wife/stepson's name(s), my receipt number with USCIS, my social? Or do I wait for some notice from NVC before calling the AVR?

    Thanks for all the information. I hope that this thread will benefit all of us pre-NVC folks, get a handle on what's coming our way.

    Mark :)

    Preparing to follow LingChe

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    First, thanks a million for commenting. I have some further clarifying follow-ups, though, based on your answers...

    * Original or cert copy of marriage cert Obviously translated to English as well

    Well, I have the translation of this document (and the RENIEC registration, just to be safe), but my understanding was that no translations are necessary at this stage since all my docs are in English or Spanish and the interview will take place in Lima. Is this incorrect? Does one still need to make sure translations are provided?

    * Original or cert copy of marriage cert Obviously translated to English

    * PCC (for Peru there are 3) Do you have these yet? If so you need to be careful of the dates. You will most likely have to obtain them again.

    Not yet. I will have Clara get them at the earliest when I get the NOA2 hard copy and at the latest when the NVC sends out their first contact stuff to me. Around that time frame. I emailed the consulate in Lima and they told me that they honor the 3 docs for a year from issuance.

    Thanks again.

    Mark :)

    The DS 3032 does not have to be signed if email but IT HAS TO BE EMAILED FROM THE BENEFICIARIES EMAIL ADDRESS. Not the USC email address

    Will there be some process when we get to the NVC stage where we register our email addresses? Can you give a heads up as to what that is going to look like? I assume the answer to my final question is "no", but can I do anything now to get this set up? (I assume not because I do not have the fabled IIN :)

    Mark

    Unusual love story, how to present it during interview?

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    My wedding was kinda big, but I had a whole Peruvian family to make happy :) In my defense (so I don't seem weird here on this forum), none of my people were there... good lord, how many people would have been at the reception then!!!

    Mark :)

    PS. Your marriage sounds a lot my first marriage in 1993 in Bogota... Of course, I was living there at the time, so there was never any question of the bona fides of that relationship by the time we did the DCF.

    Preparing to follow LingChe

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hi all,

    Just got my NOA1 and am studying LingChe. I am planning on following that guide as my shortcut through NVC. Here is the checklist I have for myself. Do y'all think I am missing anything?? (Feel free to comment on any of the questions I posed to myself for further investigation).

    Clara (beneficiary - wife)

    * DS-3032 Change of Agent (can email, but must be signed by beneficiary???)

    * Barcode instructions (after payment, after shipped to NVC??)

    * DS-230 (part I and II, beneficiary sign part I??)

    * Original or cert copy of marriage cert

    * Certificate from Jesus Maria

    * Registration with RENIEC (don't send, but have ready for interview) [Note: these two are kinda Peru-specific]

    * PCC (for Peru there are 3)

    * Certificado Policial (from National Police in Lima)

    * Certificado de Antecedentes Penales (from Poder Judicial on Av. Abancay in Lima)

    * Antecedentes Judiciales a Nivel Nacional (from INPE on Jr. Carabaya 456 in Lima)

    * Embassy states we should wait until case in NVC before acquiring

    * Four passport photos (2 for 230, 2 for medical)

    * Photocopy of passport bio page

    * Original or offical copy of Birth certificate

    * Don't think I need it, but my divorce decree

    Klever (beneficiary - stepson)

    * DS-3032??? Who signs

    * Barcode instructions??

    * DS-230 (same form??)

    * Marriage cert?

    * No PCC necessary (he's 9, embassy site states 16 and older)

    * Four passport photos (2 for 230, 2 for medical)

    * Photocopy of passport bio page

    * Original or official copy of Birth certificate

    * Don't think I need it, but my divorce decree

    * Letter from Klever's father (notarized)

    Mark (petitioner)

    * I-864

    * Tax transcripts

    * 6 months current pay verification

    * Letter from employer (showing income and position)

    * Income should be more than enough so no assets necessary

    * Make sure to note 2 prior I-864As for ex-in-laws, but income is still good for 5 person household as opposed to 3 person household, so no issue income-wise.

    Mark :)

    Quick Question before we send I-130

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Someone else implied this, but let me just say it straight out:

    I didn't see you prove your citizenship. You either need to provide your birth certificate or a copy of every page of your passport. Make sure you do that.

    With the I-130, you are basically proving:

    1. You are an American citizen (or LPR).

    2. You have terminated any other relationships you have had (that may affect this relationship).

    3. You have a relationship to the person you are petitioning for.

    So you have to establish a legal paper trail of these three.

    Mark :)

    OBAMA'S SPEECH TO KIDS

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by mlybrand

    Obama is the President for all Americans. If the President wants to speak to children in school, why should this be a negative act as stated by the republicans... If you check history, several republican leaders over the years, did this very thing that they are now fighting. It is so ridiculos that they are attempting to block or stain his speech, why? is it because he is "Colored". :thumbs:

    This topic is probably OT, but I will add my two pennies before it gets moved.

    For full disclosure, I am about as leftist as you can get here in the states, so take my opinion for what it's worth. Nonetheless, when I was going to elementary school in Tennessee in the seventies, the righties forced us to watch state executions on TV. So, I think they can bear to have their kids be told to study hard, stay in school and not to take drugs. I don't think that message will scar them too much. But, I admit, I don't understand righties much. They tend to baffle me.

    Mark

    AUGUST I-130 PETITIONS!!

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    No Im not joking!!!!!!!!!!! CSC has been working 24/7 since early April due to the H2 visas and the 60,000 visa cap .

    Believe it or not they are still catching up, handling current petitions, and handling loads from Vermont since Vermont is processing K1's mainly and other visas. I dont kid about stuff like this, I too was in the waiting area for a long time. False hopes is the worst thing in this immigration process!!! I dont do that!

    P.S. Many government agencies work 24/7 CBP, USDA, FDA, DEA, ICE. all of them, many of us dont work just Mon-Fri. and have the weekends off.

    Do you have a source to verify that this is true?

    I don't doubt that federal agencies work 24/7. I just doubt that USCIS processing I-130s would work 24/7. That expense is usually relegated to emergency services of some kind. So I would find 24/7 I-130 processing surprising, to say the least.

    For full disclosure, I work for the government, albeit the government of the state of Washington and not the feds. Paris, you said "many of us"... can you disclose what agency you work for (I can understand reluctance to do so).

    Mark

    AUGUST I-130 PETITIONS!!

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by mlybrand

    wow really??? that's great news for us! wooohoo!

    She has to be joking. A government agency working around the clock to process paperwork? In this economy? I don't think even FEMA does this during disasters, so it seems hard to believe that USCIS would. I would be surprised if they got overtime to process backlog, but they certainly would NOT get staffing and overtime to cover 24/7 processing.

    Mark

    AUGUST I-130 PETITIONS!!

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Sheka I checked Igor's list today and WOW alot of june and july approvals

    august filers unoo time soon come!!!

    Yes girl mi caan waitmusic-037.gif

    Bring on the NOA2s!!! Nobody touched my case today, so there won't be anything until Tuesday. If I can take my mind off this, I plan on doing some major sleeping this weekend... looks like its going to be good Northwest sleeping weather (rain, rain, rain).

    Mark :)

    Registration of US Marriage W/ Brazilian Consulate

    in Mexico, Latin & South America

    Posted

    Got an answer back from the Atlanta Consulate (sort of)

    After a short explanation that there is no procedure to Certify by County Clerk in Mississippi

    I asked -

    "Will you accept a Apostille or Authentication issued by the Mississippi Secretary of State Office?"

    There complete email answer -

    "yes" :blink:

    SOooo, I'll take it as they prefer an Apostille and it's off to the Mississippi Secretary of State

    with my $2.00 check in the mail.

    If you haven't sent it yet, you might want to see if Mississippi can tell whether Brazil wants apostille or authentication. Here in WA, they have a big binder that tells them such things. The Tennessee SOS office, however, instructed me to find out...

    Mark :)

    Is CSC processing all new I-130

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Well, this sucks for me and my fellow August filers!

    CSC is much faster, Finny. :)

    But for how long if they have to pick the VSC slack. USCIS workers can only process so many cases, so if they add to the caseload, then all will suffer somewhat. On another thread I indicated I was torn on this: personally I want my case to process lightning fast, empathetically I want all of our cases to process as fast as possible.

    Mark

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