limejello

my fiance just came back from his medical but results will not be ready till tomorrow around 10.00 is this normal? I thought they were ready that same afternoon still more confusion now interview till friday

Don't jump to conclusions JUST YET, you've got enough stress going on! I think sometimes they get overloaded as well, and it doesn't necessarily mean something bad.

:joy: we just got approved. This is the best feeling ever, no kidding. After all that waiting, I'm so excited. My fiance just got back from his interview and he texts me, "start cleaning the house" so that means he was approved YAY!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I'm so happy for you!!!

Thank you!

Being hairy will just make it easier for the little tyke to grab on, I reckon.

I'm traumatized.

I got approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now the famous dhl wait. Thanks everyone for their support and their knowledge.

Regarding the payment it was indeed 1900 pesos. It is significantly less now because the dollar now is at 13,50 and a couple of months back got to be around 16.00.

Either way. Cheers everyone and now I can finally relax.

Thanks a lot to everyone who makes this site so incredibly useful.

Cheers!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!

BEST OF LUCK TODAY epifreak hope everything goes well now you got me thing because my fiance is going to pay in dollars hope he does not have any problems with that keep us posted

SORRY its now you got me thinking

See what I mean! This process fries your brain!!! hee hee

Hi guys my fiance just came back from the medical exam. So far everything went well.

He arrived at the clinic early in the morning at 5:40 and there was already a line. He said he was the first one out, around 12,no eye exam, or vaccinations for him. Typical check up, but he said that they first gave everyone a mask and sanatized there hands because of the influenza H1N1 thing. They drew blood and took urine samples, a physical check up, x-rays. He said that for the urine samples they gave him a cup and he had to pee behind a glassed door He said he was kind of uncomfortable because there was a girl behind the door watching him pee. I thought this was kind of interesting since I don't remember ever hearing about this here on vj. He also said that it was a young lady who did the physical check up. He was asked to undress and stay in his underware, then was weighed and asked questions about if he had done drugs before, if he had any kind of venerial desease etc etc. Then he was asked to fully undress and was physically checked, no touching though.

Later he went to pay for the interview at BanaMex. He said he had to go several times. At first he forgot his passport at home so he had to go back and get it. When he came back he let them know that he was paying for the interview and he gave them the money in US dollars but they told him that he had to pay in pesos!! I thought that he could pay either in pesos or us dollars but I guess not. So then he had to go to get pesos. The total fee he had to pay for the interview was 1900 and something pesos, which is the equivalent of 148 us dollars. So know I'm worried because lately I've been hearing that you pay 171 us dollars. I guess we will find out tommorrow. This is really frustrating because you can't even trust what the juarez consulate website has posted. In there posting it states you pay 131 us dollars and it says that it was updated on april 2009. But everyone here has been paying around 171 us dollars. I just hope that tommorrow everything will go well.

I know a lot of you have been asking about what the consulate will be with our interviews now because of the whole flu thing. I will let you know as soon as my fiance goes and he gives me all the details.

I was so nervous during the physical I can't imagine what it will be like tommorrow. Hope everything goes well. I just want to thank everyone here in vj for all there help and support. THANK YOU GUYS

Best of luck tomorrow! Everything should be fine...

That's really strange about Banamex, we definitely paid in dollars, not pesos. Maybe that's a new policy, who knows! It was also definitely $171 U.S. that we paid but it really fluctuates with the exchange rate, and lately the exchange rate has been really unpredictable, but I do know it was over 2,000 pesos. I've never heard of the costs going down instead of up, but I guess they know exactly how much it is, though, so if it's paid and you have the receipt, you should be just fine.

Just as an aside, I think I might know why they're doing that at Banamex (the not accepting dollars thing). At practically every bank in Mexico it's become extremely difficult to change dollars to pesos (it's getting worse all the time), and very few banks are now easily accepting dollars if you are Mexican. They would allow me to exchange dollars at a bank (I went to 4 different banks in Merida trying to change my money) and they wouldn't let me do it without my passport. When Marcos tried to do it they said he would have to open a bank account and present a bunch of different documents in order to change money. That might be why they didn't allow him to pay in dollars, just because it's difficult to verify the the authenticity of the bills, and they only let us pay in dollars because I was there with him.

just some info for you, I came in on a K1 also but when i got my ssc it said not authorised for work without dhs approval.

And as soon as you get your actual green card, you go back to the SS office with your card and your passport, and apply for a new card without that caption, just to avoid hassle later down the road, like in that period when you're waiting for your "removal of conditions" approval.

I have my ead now so i guess i can take that and my passport. tyvm

Correct. I did that (passport and EAD), and got a card with the "DHS authorization" caption the mail a week later.

Once I had my GC, I went back with that and a the passport, told them I wanted one without the caption, the lady typed away furiously at her computer, took the captioned SS card, handed me a letter "has applied for..." (I also got one of those the first time around), and a week letter, the new card, without the caption, was in the mail again.

My wife (US citizen) had to bring our marriage certificate in addition to her ID (name change).

So I can hope that it doesn't actually take the full 4 weeks that they're estimating for the document verification?

I vote Target over Wal-Mart, mostly because the Wal-Mart in our town is the busiest one on the eastern U.S.; it's insane trying to get in and out of there, though they do have the cheapest groceries around.

My brother also has his theory about Wal-Mart: the level of insanity at Wal-Mart doesn't decrease into the late night/early morning hours, it's just that the insanity is now concentrated into much fewer people (as in crazy drunks and people who talk/curse loudly to themselves).

I just got a job at Target, by the way. This is a temporary gig until law school starts next year.

stress is all I am having these days my fiance is going to his interview this week I just want an answer already so I can relax good thing it is almost here, but for right now I am just going over all the paper work mentally making sure I forgot nothing which I don't know if it is good or bad

For my affidavit of support I just included this years tax return is that enough? or should I include previous years, How about letter from bank, or employment letter?

I should really take a deep breath because this cannot be good for me

Most people recommend the last 3 years tax returns. If you didn't make enough to file any of those years, you should write a letter explaining that.

You ONLY need a letter from the bank if your income is iffy and you're using your bank account info to make up for lack of income (as an asset). Some people on VJ say that having bank account info as an asset really doesn't help much; on the contrary if you have it listed and you meet the income guidelines it might make things more complicated than necessary. I personally say use it at your own discretion. My mom was our co-sponsor and she didn't list her account info, but she did put her house/land down as an asset (along with a recent appraisal that she had as an attachment).

Employment letter IS important to confirm the amount that you say that you make. Also, be sure to attach a couple (at least 2) recent pay stubs. This is to back up the employment letter. Other people who have gone to Juarez have been asked to show pay stubs.

Once you get all your paperwork together, you can make a list here on VJ of what you're taking and generally you'll get some good feedback from others on whether you're all set or if you might be forgetting something.

just some info for you, I came in on a K1 also but when i got my ssc it said not authorised for work without dhs approval.

And as soon as you get your actual green card, you go back to the SS office with your card and your passport, and apply for a new card without that caption, just to avoid hassle later down the road, like in that period when you're waiting for your "removal of conditions" approval.

I actually asked about that today as well; I just confirmed that it was going to say something about him not being able to work without INS approval, and she said yes, that it would say that. We'll go back once he gets his green card. Thank goodness I'm changing my name and not him, one less hassle to deal with...

My fiance and I arrived in the US on April 30th on a K-1, and we went to the Social Security office today to apply for his social security card. I took along the POM document as per the Guide suggestion, but we didn't need it. They took a copy of his I-94 (it does not have an EAD stamp), and the photo page from his passport. The girl who "processed" us actually told us she was new and had never done a K-1 before, and at one point she asked another lady to verify that she had done everything right.

On the form, I checked that he IS eligible for employment (based on his K-1 status), and after entering all info, she printed out a letter saying that they had to do a document verification with DHS, and that it could take anywhere from 4-6 weeks. If he IS eligible for a SS card they will send it in the mail, and if not they'll advise us in writing why.

Does this sound correct?

Exactly

Awesome.

My fiance and I arrived in the US on April 30th on a K-1, and we went to the Social Security office today to apply for his social security card. I took along the POM document as per the Guide suggestion, but we didn't need it. They took a copy of his I-94 (it does not have an EAD stamp), and the photo page from his passport. The girl who "processed" us actually told us she was new and had never done a K-1 before, and at one point she asked another lady to verify that she had done everything right.

On the form, I checked that he IS eligible for employment (based on his K-1 status), and after entering all info, she printed out a letter saying that they had to do a document verification with DHS, and that it could take anywhere from 4-6 weeks. If he IS eligible for a SS card they will send it in the mail, and if not they'll advise us in writing why.

Does this sound correct?

Also. How did you pay for the medical exam and the visa itself. Can you pay the medical with credit card or u have to pay beforehand at the bank? If that is the case do they give you the info for paying at the bank when u first go to the Consulate?

The same question for visa. I know they tell u to pay it at Banamex but do they give u the info to info for paying at the bank when u first go to the Consulate?

Thanks everyone and thanks JenandDavys for that very useful piece of information.

Cheers

Hi David-J,

The Holiday Inn you want to book is Holiday Inn LAS MISIONES. It's right across from Las Misiones Mall and literally a 2 minute walk to the consulate (you can see it from the hotel parking lot).

I don't know if you can pay the medical with a credit card, we paid in cash, and you pay AT THE CLINIC, not at the bank. The visa fee is paid BEFORE the interview, and you can pay at the Banamex at the mall across the street from the hotel. When you pay the fee, they give you a receipt that you take to the interview to prove that the fee has been paid. When you go into the bank, you have to take a number for a "ventanilla" as you walk in the door. Then you sit down and wait for your number to be called. When they call you up to the teller window, you tell them that you want to pay the visa fee (there is a flat fee for visas, so you don't have to specify that it's a fiancee visa). When we paid at the bank, I think the fee was like $171 US. I think they also ask you for your name. They print the receipt out, and you're done! You have to take this with you to the interview, I don't even think they'll let you inside the consulate without it.

They only give you one receipt, so make sure you don't misplace it. Assuming you are going to go to the consulate early in the morning for the interview, you won't have time to get to the bank to pay the fee beforehand, so pay it the day before. You can also get passport photos at the same mall.

Good luck!

Hello again

a new question has come out anybody familiar with I864-A how does it work? I want to know if my sister would fill this one out if I needed her income to qualify? what I don't understand if its going to be our income combined or does she have to qualify on her own. One more thing she has a baby so the household size would be 5 (her, her baby, me, my baby plus fiance) and both our incomes combined would have to be for 5 people? please

I assume you're asking this for the AOS, since the K-1 uses the I-134. As far as I know, the same rules apply for the I-864 as for the I-134 (except for the I-134 being 100% of the poverty guidelines, and the I-864 is 125%).

In the case of the I-134, the sponsors only list the people who are dependent on them for tax purposes. So your I-864 would have you, your fiancee, and your baby. Your sister's will have her and your fiancee. This is assuming that your baby together is an American citizen (with birth abroad report). The only reason why your sister's I-864 would have you and your baby listed is if she claimed you on her last tax return. She would need to qualify with her income alone, and in this case she would have to make 125% of the poverty guidelines with a household of 2.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about this, but if both types of affidavits are the same, then this is the way to go.

The 'worrisome' backstory is only that he has a prior arrest for marijuana possession. No conviction. My lawyer tells me that won't be held against him unless he admits to having used. Since there was no conviction only an arrest, he should be ok. We are worried about exactly how to word such a response tho. I've asked my lawyer but not received a response yet.

And, is there a specific place to create a timeline? Ours is really long :s We suffer from depression and we both have the 'hard to get things done' symptom....

Basic Timeline: met online playing video games in August 2004.

June 2006: attempted to visit him in UK, was turned away at the gate by immigrations, was not able to see him.

December 2006: Holiday together for 2 weeks, in Amsterdam.

March 2007: I get job and work towards promotions and raises and eventually earn enough (I thought) to qualify for sponsorship.

December 2007: I buy a lawyer and begin gathering everything for the petition. (Took a very long time, had to work for a year to generate an W2 with enough to qualify.)

April 2008: I129F Submitted.

September 2008: Petition Approved

December 2008: Lawyer informs me I don't qualify for sponsorship. I finally, after 2 years, talk my father into co-sponsoring.

January 2009: Effective Petition end date, we thankfully got an extension.

May 18 2009: Consulate Interview.

We ran into another couple who were interviewing (at the Juarez consulate in Mexico) and the foreign fiance's fingerprints came up during the fingerprint scan for a crime that (like your fiance) he was arrested for but never convicted (they just let him go), and those fingerprints were originally taken 15 years ago when he was 14 years old. He had to get something from the police/judge saying that he was not convicted. You might have to do something similar.

They have this in London already - they ask for a police certificate, which should show any convictions if they are there.

Ok, that's taken care of then. Sometimes they ask for them in Juarez, but most of the time not. I wonder, though, if "posession", even without a conviction, might connote "use". That opens a whole new can of worms, which, hopefully the medical exam will clear up all doubts (if in fact he hasn't used).

thank you so much I do try to relax but its so hard I can just image my nerves when he is in the actual interview

No, don't relax. Freak out. Drive yourself crazy thinking "what if he doesn't get it". Pace back and forth in the hotel room while he is in the interview. That's what I did when Ceci went in and it worked for me. =)

Hee hee, reverse psychology... might just work!

The 'worrisome' backstory is only that he has a prior arrest for marijuana possession. No conviction. My lawyer tells me that won't be held against him unless he admits to having used. Since there was no conviction only an arrest, he should be ok. We are worried about exactly how to word such a response tho. I've asked my lawyer but not received a response yet.

And, is there a specific place to create a timeline? Ours is really long :s We suffer from depression and we both have the 'hard to get things done' symptom....

Basic Timeline: met online playing video games in August 2004.

June 2006: attempted to visit him in UK, was turned away at the gate by immigrations, was not able to see him.

December 2006: Holiday together for 2 weeks, in Amsterdam.

March 2007: I get job and work towards promotions and raises and eventually earn enough (I thought) to qualify for sponsorship.

December 2007: I buy a lawyer and begin gathering everything for the petition. (Took a very long time, had to work for a year to generate an W2 with enough to qualify.)

April 2008: I129F Submitted.

September 2008: Petition Approved

December 2008: Lawyer informs me I don't qualify for sponsorship. I finally, after 2 years, talk my father into co-sponsoring.

January 2009: Effective Petition end date, we thankfully got an extension.

May 18 2009: Consulate Interview.

We ran into another couple who were interviewing (at the Juarez consulate in Mexico) and the foreign fiance's fingerprints came up during the fingerprint scan for a crime that (like your fiance) he was arrested for but never convicted (they just let him go), and those fingerprints were originally taken 15 years ago when he was 14 years old. He had to get something from the police/judge saying that he was not convicted. You might have to do something similar.

thank you so much I do try to relax but its so hard I can just image my nerves when he is in the actual interview

You might actually be surprised! I know I was freaking out up until the point where I left Marcos at the consulate to go in by himself, after that I felt like a huge relief because I knew it was out of my hands at that point, and at the same time all the buildup would be coming to an end in a matter of hours (whether the result would be favorable or not, the hard part would be over). I guess it's just realizing that it's OK to freak out up until that point, and giving yourself permission to do it (it's totally normal!).

Hi limejello

I have a question for you did your fiance take all the original paperwork sent with your 129F including pictures and proof of relationship plus did you sent recent proof for example recent pictures and telephone bills sorry but I am a nutcase right now trying to make all paperwork perfect and not forget nothing thanks for the help

Hi wheezy,

My fiance did take copies of the originals of everything sent with the original I-129F packet, but he didn't take copies of the forms (like the I-129F ITSELF or the biographical statements, etc.). I added the caveat to my original post about the results of our interview that I think our situation was unique, and I still think this is 100% true. In almost everyone else's case the consular officer looks at at least SOME of the evidence or SOME of the photos. I don't regret being overly prepared, and if I had to do it all over again I wouldn't have been like "I'll leave that out, they probably won't look at it...". In my opinion you get pretty much one shot to get it right. It definitely doesn't hurt to have documents that you *think* that *possibly* they won't look at or ask for (like Marcos's "not married" certificates), we just put them in the back of the accordian folder JUST IN CASE it comes up.

We had evidence from the days leading up to the interview: I included the boarding passes from our flights from Merida to Mexico City, and from Mexico City to Ciudad Juarez. He also had my original passport AND my Mexican tourist document to prove that I was there in Juarez with him. Of course this stuff was never asked for but I'm glad I included it just in case. The recent telephone bills and photos (along with your NEW letter of intent dated a couple of days before the interview) show that you have an ongoing relationship and you're still very much interested in your fiancee's having the visa.

Don't worry about being a nutcase before the interview! As much as I can tell you to relax, I know it's going to be really hard to do. But relax.

hello, when the consolate reopens, i am hoping to get news that they have recieved the peitition from the NVC. They sent it a month ago, nayway i was wandering when my fiancee gets past the interview and she is approved, can we just walk across the Border to El Paso that same day? thats what i would like to do or does she have to wait a while before she can enter the US or what? Thanks for all the info this thread is great

You can leave Mexico the same day that you have the visa in hand! Just remember that sometimes the visa might not reach DHL the same day as the interview/approval. When crossing, as is if you are flying to another point of entry, she will have to go through inspection. In our case we flew from Cancun to Pittsburgh airport, and we went together through the immigration line and the immigration officer scanned and stamped my passport and sent us to an office right there in the airport. When we went into the office I handed over my passport, my foreign fiance's passport, and the brown packet that you get at DHL along with the visa (the corner is cut on the packet, and you cannot open it). The officers there open it, stamp the I-94 arrival/departure record (basically invalidating the visa) and explain that you have 90 days to get married. They keep all the papers in the brown packet and the bottom half of the I-94. Sometimes they ask you a couple of questions like when you are getting married, etc. but in our case they didn't. Then they send you on your way.

On our visa, and I'm assuming everyone's visa it has under annotations: Blanket waiver. The officers at the airport asked "does your fiance have a medical condition? I see here that he has a blanket waiver." I said no, and explained about the vaccinations.

OMG, I must have been so tired when I posted last night! I meant we paid the Banamex fee at the same MALL, not the same HOTEL. Please excuse any past and/or future grammatical flub-ups as my brain has been completely fried by the stress of this whole process!

Hi David-J and Ivonne'n Jim,

The only forms that they asked for from Marcos were the DS-156 and DS-156K. I filled out and printed 2 copies of each and paperclipped them together. They did not ask for the DS-157, although I did fill out and printed out 2 copies of that as well, and kept it separate, just in case. There was another, simple form that they had at the consulate and I think the consular officer filled it out for him and had him sign it. I don't know the reference number for that form and I have no idea what the form was about. Also fill out the intent to marry form, don't sign any of the forms because the fiance signs in the consulate.

Remember that although others have not had problems at other consulates with 3 ring binders and sheet protectors (and possibly past interviewees at the Juarez consulate have also not had problems), when we were there 3 ring metal binders were prohibited, so we had to take a taxi to Office Depot to buy an accordian folder. It's best to be aware of this before you/your fiancee go there.

Ok, on to the amount of time it takes to get the visa. We arrived in Juarez on a Sunday afternoon and did nothing that day but check into the hotel. Monday was crazy because we went early to print out the invitation letter, did the medical exam, when Marcos got back from the exam he took his passport photos at the mall across the street from the hotel, we paid the bank fee at the Banamex at the same hotel, and then he went to pick his medical results up that afternoon. So basically Monday was really full, there was hardly enough time to eat from the time we got up in the morning til the time he got back from picking his results up at 4 PM. Tuesday morning he went to the interview, and got his DHL reference number, which we kept checking online and via telephone all day and at the last second before DHL closed it showed up as having arrived. So in all, we did everything, include receive the visa in 2 crazy days. The medical exam is what took the longest out of everything we did. What I would recommend is to plan for 4 full days in Juarez, 5 to be safe. If you can afford the hotel for that amount of time, go for it. I liked the hotel because it had a kind of communal feel to it, lots of the same people hanging out in the common area watching TV and chatting (a little like a hostel). Despite the stress of what was going on, it was actually kind of fun. We got to meet some really interesting people, the area that the Holiday Inn Express is in is safe, and you can kill some time across the street at the mall if you happen to be there a couple of days extra after getting the visa.

I have to say that the worst part of the whole thing was Juarez airport. I understand that security is a huge priority but it was a bit ridiculous having immigration and customs going INTO the airport (flying OUT of Juarez), where they not only x-ray your bags but also have security thoroughly go through them. We were planning on eating something once we got to the gate to catch the plane but it turns out there was nothing there and we had to leave the terminal completely to get some food and then go back through immigration and the security checkpoint/2nd x-ray/metal detectors. So eat BEFORE you go to the airport and plan some extra time to go through security.

Looking back on the experience, I don't regret at all being really overly cautious and prepared, but I do regret being so stressed and worried.

Hi everyone!

I'm back in the US with my honey! We arrived yesterday through Pittsburgh airport without any problems.

The past two weeks have been really insane. After we got back to Merida from Juarez I only had one night with internet, but I spent that time packing so I really didn't have time until now to write about the interview. My apologies.

I have to preface this by saying that I think our experience was pretty exceptional, especially in comparison with other VJ'ers that I've been in contact with who are in similar situations.

Marcos and I were in line outside the gate of the consulate, and I left him there around 7 AM and walked back to the hotel. He knocked on the door of our room at 9:45 AM and said that he had been approved. The order in which everything happened was exactly the same as previous posters have said: they checked his papers, he went inside and stapled a number to his invitation letter, there was a screen where his number his passed, and a half an hour later, and he went to a window and they asked for the DS-156 and 156K and they gave him a paper to fill out that is NOT on the consulate website (I think they only give it on the consulate premises). He went to sit down again, then they called him up to take his fingerprints, then sat down again to wait for the interview. They called him for the interview and LITERALLY the only thing they took from him was a copy of our baby's mexican birth certificate. They did not ask to see the affidavit of support, photos, or anything else. Like I said, I think our case was exceptional. Marcos said that the CO was not friendly/nice but wasn't rude either.

She swore him in and then asked him:

What is your full name? What is your fiancee's full name?

Have you been married before? Do you have children with another person?

Was your fiancee married before? Does she have children with another person?

Have you entered the United States before? (Also asking if he had in the past some kind of US documents like a US passport)

Have you had problems with the law in Mexico? In the US?

How did you meet your fiancee?

How do you and your fiancee survive (financially)? This question was because the CO asked Marcos if either of us worked and he said no, so she wanted to know how we were getting by.

He said that most of the time with the CO was spent with her checking over the papers that I had sent as part of the I-129 packet. She said that they didn't have the results of the fingerprint check but if nothing came back on the fingerprint check, she was approving the visa.

I have to say that most of our time was spent with people at the Holiday Inn who were going through the waiver process. Marcos said that when he went to the medical appointment, he was on the bus with a couple that was going through the K-1 process, too, and he offered for them to meet up with us, and I could look over their papers to make sure they had everything, and explain to them what to expect. He said that the Mexican fiance was acting like he didn't want to do it (almost getting mad at the suggestion/offer) so Marcos didn't press him about it. As Marcos was leaving his interview, he saw that same guy again waiting for his interview and he was FREAKING out, asking Marcos what he was asked at what to expect (but it was a little too late at that point).

If anyone has an interview coming up and wants to ask any questions I'll do my best to answer them from our point of view.

Now, wedding plans!

Thanks, everyone, for the congratulations! I will be CERTAIN to write more about the experience as soon as I get the chance; we're incredibly busy right now traveling (we're in Mexico city now, and we'll be back in Merida tomorrow) and once we're in the US on April 30th I will sit down and write it all out (hopefully sooner if I get a chance to breathe!).

Congratulations to you cici!!!!

And thanks to all who responded for the info on the blanket waiver thing. I was worried about that, but it's good to know that it's nothing I need to freak out about!

For those who have upcoming appointments: relax and take a deep breath, I know I was a nervous wreck and it worked out just fine (no use giving yourself an ulcer over it!).

Hi everyone! Marcos's visa was APPROVED!!! He said it was "a piece of cake"! He was back at the hotel at 9:45 AM (record time, I think!).

Wow!!!!

That is amazing! Congratulations

Very unbelievable that your fiance came out so early but I'm very happy for you. Hope that DHL doesn't take that long and that you can go home soon!

:dancing:

We just got back from DHL, we now have the visa in hand! We kept checking online and finally at 5:40 we saw that it had been received at the DHL office, we called to find out which one, then hauled a%$ to get there before it closed.

The guy at DHL was a total jerk, he was like "you HAVE to cross at a border crossing, you can't fly", and I said "no" so he practically threw the packet at us and said "well, YOU KNOW what you're doing!!!". I proudly said "Yes, we do!" then turned around and walked out.

Ok, one question to those who have done this before. I THINK I read somewhere in this thread that people have on their visas under "annotations" the following: 212(G)(2)(A) BLANKET WAIVER. Does everyone have this, because it's on our visa. What does it mean?