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1) Yes, I would recommend the IR1 process. It is the fastest right now.

2) Yes, list all his children.

3) Something if he was forced to leave, select No.

4) Yes, put him in this section.

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Brandon

My foreign husband and I have been married for 10 years.

After our marriage, I successfully petitioned for him to come to the US. We stayed in the US for 2 years and then moved back together to his native country.

Now we want to move back to the US.

I came with our 3 children in August and am trying to find out the fastest way to get him here. My questions:

1. It seems the IR1 process is the quickest...is this true?

2. On the I-130 form under information about your alien relative, do I list our children in this section even if the children are US citizens??

3. On I-130 form, question 16: Has your relative ever been under immigration proceedings: are they talking about going thru the process of immigrating to US or are they talking about if something happened and he was forced to leave US??

4. Under section D/Other information: It asks have I ever filed a petition for this alien? Do I answer yes and list his previous approval to enter the US back in 1999?

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ANYONE WHO CAN ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our case with NVC was just completed on friday. My wife and I just arrived back in the Czech republic and probably have about 45 days before our interview. My wife is wanting to change her passport to her married name and add our new son onto her passport. It turns out her old passport is invalid in czech because she didn't change it within 3 months after officially changing her name. So she must apply for a brand new passport and not just a name change.

Does anyone know if it would cause problems changing her passport to her married name after we have sent the bio page to NVC?

Brandon

My wife is immigrating from the czech republic. Our son was born a US citizen and I am a US citizen.

Under the copies of things I noticed it said:

In addition to sending the original documents or certified copies of the documents to the NVC, the applicant and each accompanying family member must submit a photocopy of the original documents or certified copies of the documents.

I will be in Czech Republic with my wife, and our little one. We plan on all traveling back to the US together. Does this mean that our son and myself, both US citizens, must get together our police records, birth certificates and send them to NVC as well? or does the term accompanying means "non-US citizens" who are immigrating ...

I thought originally it was just my wife, her birth certificate, our marriage certificate and her police records. But now looking over that statement, I am unsure if they will want my records, and our sons records as well since we will be traveling with her?

If anyone knows the answer to this, please let me know.

Thank you very much,

Brandon

I'm still waiting too, August 3 NVC received. So your not alone. I think we should just wait for the message to change and then email in DS form. I'm checking it daily.

Brandon

Your not alone, mine neither, July 17, NOA2.

I would not file the I-129F at this time. I was just approved for the I-130 and my NOA1 was March 24. So they are not that far away from processing May. Maybe another month or two, or even 3. But even if 3 months, the K-3 is running 5 months right now per USCIS. So it would not speed things up, and might even delay things. And then I-130 (CR-1) is a superior visa. There is no adjustment of status when you get to america, costs less, and gives you an immediate green card upon entry. So I would recommend just sitting back and waiting for the I-130 to be approved. Your already 2.5 months into the 5 months stated wait time for the I-130.

approved July 17... still waiting. haven't even checked yet NVC yet... may on friday of this week. S

Are they just a visitor to India, or a resident card holder?

Still sounds like the I-130 process is the best for you.

Reason # 1: You should be able to expedite the process if your husband is on deployment.

Reason # 2: I-130 gives you an immigrant visa, which would give you a perm resident card... you are not required to become a US citizen.

Brandon

Hi everyone,

I have a two questions and am wondering if anyone can help.

We now just entered the NVC stage. My wife still has a passport with her maiden name on it. In all of the paperwork I sent to USCIS we used her new last name and listed her maiden name under previous names used. I have a few questions, perhaps someone might be able to answer.

1) Will it be a problem putting her immigrant visa in her old passport with her old name?

Secondly, I think she wants to get a new passport. I noticed when we fill out the DS-230 that we must include a copy of her biographical page of her passport. If we include that from her old passport, and then she gets a new passport before her interview.... would there be a problem putting her immigrant visa in her new passport?

Thanks for your help everyone,

Brandon

Hopefully there picking things up for everyone else in March too.

I got my approval notice today, normal processing, no expedite.

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Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On July 17, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

I got my approval notice today!!! I did not expedite. It was normal processing!

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On July 17, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

Is anyone else seeing this or is it just me and my computer. USCIS california service center processing times as of July 15 posting, reflect the I-130 for spouse, child under 21 or parent is now processing dates as of November 15 2003. Last month it said 5 months, this month November 15 2003? Anyone have any clues?

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/ptimes.jsp

Brandon

I was looking over the material I sent and I think I may have accidently only sent one page of the g325A per person along with the I-130. What do you think I should do, call them? just mail it in now along with the noa1, wait and see if I get an RFE? I can't believe I did this...

Brandon

Our son was born in the US while my wife is here on a visitor Visa. So he has citizenship automatically without having to file the CRBA. Do you think that will cause any problems?

Hi all,

My wife and I just had our first son on 6/13. My wifes I-130 (CR-1) petition is pending with USCIS. Does anyone know if we need to update our I-130 petition, section C/17 to show the birth of our new son? Our son, has USCIS citizenship, so he will not require an immigrant Visa of his own.

Brandon

I applied for the I-130 (CR-1) and received my NOA1 on March 24. I have not received any touches to date, nor any correspondence. I have seen some timelines where people sent in the I129-F and then got both the I-130 and the I-129F approved on the same day. Do you think if I were to send in the I-129F now that it would speed things up, make no difference, or cause a delay? I want to go with the I-130 but just want to get it processed faster.

Brandon

You just need to return before your I-94 expires or before your visa waiver runs out. You can file while you are in the US, you just cannot stay in the US past your visitor status. They will require you in your home country for your interview. Keep in mind, that once you leave, you may have difficulty returning... make sure you take proof with you that you intend to return to your country each time you go to revisit. Proof of residence, job, etc.

how long does the slow-down due to work visa's normally last?

I hope I don't get an RFE. My wife's alphabet is Czech. Its a version of the latin alphabet but contains a few other version of the english characters as well. Since she uses my last name, her name is in completely english characters, and does not have any of their funky marks over the letters. So I just put N/A in there. Think this will matter? I'd say to be safe, if I was doing this again, if her alphabet contains weird letters at all, I would write her name in that box and not put N/A. If her alphabet is completely english, then I would leave it blank.

How do you get a hold of VJ. I noticed that in the Igors list that an I-130 / CR-1 applicant put in there NOA2 date as December of 2009. Obviously this is incorrect as that date has not yet occured. I emailed VJ but didn't get a response and its still showing there... probably throwing off the graphs a little bit.

Brandon

Would my wife have to get a police certificate. We are applying for a immigrant CR-1 visa. She has visited on a Visitor Visa (B-2) in the USA in 2006 for 8 months, and is present now for 6 months. The total is over 12 months, would that matter?

I'm the same, NOA1 date of 3/24 and still no touches in the system. Grrr! What sucks is that the online estimate timeline on VJ says it should be adjucated between July 5 and August 2. I would hate to have to wait till July to get an NOA2 when 90% of those that filed 2 weeks sooner have their NOA2's already. I check online everyday and no touches... its agitating.

My case status online is:

Application Type: I130, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Current Status: Case received and pending.

Does it actually change to something else before approval? or go straight to approval from this screen?

Brandon

If the timeline on the homepage says 55 days and they are processing those as of March 5. And I got my NOA on March 24, why does it say under my profile then timeline:

Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated between July 3, 2009 and August 2, 2009*.

Thats much longer than the 55 days... ?

Also, would filing a I-129F speed up the process of the I-130 application or slow it down. We wish to do a I-130, but it looks like now the I-129F is being approved at the same time as the I-130 for many people. Would filing that I-129F speed up the I-130 approval or slow it down or not make a difference at all?

Brandon