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Yes, he will get it! When you pay the IV and send all docs everything go really fast! Maybe in 1 week you are done with NVC.

I am very sad for read about the 3 to 4 months waiting after de CC.. and my husband is very upset about the whole process... and we are praying to have the interview scheduled ASAP.

I do not think it will take that long. We got our case complete letter and had an interview scheduled about 2 months later (which we delayed another 9 months). Also you can send an email to the embassy if you want, maybe they can set up an earlier appointment if you explain your circumstances (once you have received case complete, of course).

Some unrequested advice for dressalsl - I see from your info that you have been married 1 year 7 months. Have you (or your husband, haven´t read enough to know who is the USC) considered waiting 5 months to enter the US? Not to have the interview, just the entry - if you enter more than 2 years after you are married you enter as an IR1 and don´t have to adjust status in 2 years, saving time, $, and hassle. After so much time waiting to be together, a couple extra months might be worth it. Before I decided to move to Spain, that is what we were going to do.

Good luck!

By the way. Reading more about Visa laws I think this document may be more relevant for a Visa process where a couple is still unmarried, like a K1 for example. In that case before marriage the beneficiary would have to show proof of his civil status. I got married in Miami and passports were sufficient to arrange the wedding, which came totally unexpected. I don't see how being already married in the US this document makes any difference in my current situation towards obtaining residency.

However, I see all the problems it would make to obtain it right now. Not having to present it would quiet frankly take a huge weight off my chest.

Hello,

I think you already have your answer, but I can confirm that the only thing required to verify your status as married is your US marriage certificate (we had our IR1 interview last week).

If you want to register your marriage in Spain, you need to do it via the consulate in the US that corresponds to you. For us it was Chicago, for you I suppose it would be Miami. It´s easy, you send in the documents via mail, and they send you your certificate in the mail (complete with Tome and Page number). We have a libro de familia, too, but I remember reading that that was going to be phased out, not sure if it has been or not. For the rest of your life, you contact that consulate for copies of the marriage certificate (for most things they only have a validity of 3 or 6 months) but I haven´t had any problem with that either - I just sent the consulate an email and less than 2 weeks later have as many copies as I´ve requested arrive via mail (I don´t even have to send money for postage).

A friend of mine was born in the U.S. His dad was born and raised in Spain. For some reason his parents never claimed spanish citizenship for him. Well, he's 24 now and I'm kinda thinking 18 is the cutoff date to claim it, but I really don't know. His das had obviously spanish citizenship when he ( my friend ) was born. But I don't know if his dad still has spanish citizenship. Shouldn't matter though, since he had it at his birth. I already e-mailed the spanish consulate, but I haven't heard back. Maybe someone on here knows a little more about it.

Thanks a lot!

Hi, I'm not Spanish, but my husband is. I've spent a lot of time on the Spanish Government's websites for my own reasons, though, and here is a link that might help - it's in Spanish, but hopefully you or your friend can read the legal stuff.

http://www.maec.es/es/MenuPpal/Consulares/...cionalidad.aspx

Apparently they've recently changed a law, and it isn't too hard for someone who a Spanish parent to become a citizen (you used to have to have lived in Spain a certain amount of time). Basically, your friend needs to fill out a form, take his birth certificate with an apostille, his father's birth certificate (from the Registry where he was born, or maybe the local Consulate can get it for him but that usually takes months) and make an appt with the appropriate Consulate. From what I understand (and I may be mistaken) he has until December of 2010 to move forward with the process.

Not so difficult.

It won´t go through to Florida. You won´t have to recheck it, but you´ll go through POE, get your luggage, and go through customs the same as every other time. Then you´ll drop off your luggage with a Korean air (or whoever the codeshare partner is in the US) representative and go through security again. She´s probably confused because in some other countries you don´t have to take your luggage through customs - or, better said, not until you are leaving your airport at the final destination. Here, even the tiniest airport has a customs area, which is a guy who never looks at anything. POE (where they look at your passport in your arrival airport) is about the same as in the US.

This happened to us when my husband printed the papers out in Spain to sign. The forms are all 8.5 * 11 and paper sizes in Europe are different, so the dates were too big and printed as ++++ signs. Don´t know if that´s what is happening to you, but if the info you´ve typed in doesn´t fit the box, I think it shows up as + signs. There is probably some clever way to get around it, but all I did was delete those answers on the form and then he wrote them in by hand. It is computer-illiterate friendly.

That website is sweet!

Also, ORD isn´t always the fastest with luggage and sometimes the line through customs is long. Changing terminals out of T5 isn´t always great, either.

I think, though, that if you buy the ticket via the company website (ie not through expedia or orbitz) and you miss the connection they´ll try to put you on the next flight. So you could make the 2 hr layover, and if you don´t, you get on the 8 hour later flight, unless it´s too full. I missed a flight because customs took forever in Philadelphia and US Airways put me on the next flight.

If you´re booking though a website like expedia, I wouldn´t risk it. Transfer your bags, take the blue line to downown Chicago, walk around a bit, come back 2 hours before your next flight is scheduled to leave. You´ll have to go back through security anyway and the ¨L¨ isn´t expensive.

Hey April filers, my I-130 was approved on 7/30, and looking at Igor´s list, I wasn´t the only one.

Congrats to everyone else, and for the others waiting, looks like things are rolling again.

Congrats, gogo!!!

I think you'll get a lot of well-meaning but stupid questions/comments. And I think that's the same everywhere. People ask my husband about speaking "Mexican" - right, it's Spanish, he's from Spain, Spain is in Europe...but then when people learned that I was from the US they kept telling me how their kids like to eat hotdogs and hamburgers.

And the people who are rude are probably rude to everyone, not just immigrants.

Interesting topic, I'm trying to think of more things to warn my husband about and this has given me a few good ideas.

what.

Sorry, couldn't resist

Very different

Scratch that, then. They just aren't as suspicious. Better safe than sorry as far as the paperwork goes, I guess.

I tried looking at the UK immigration stuff for about 30 seconds, but it wasn't really clear - they apparently outsource it to some other company and there were 1000 links and I was too lazy, sorry .

Anyway, what I was looking for was something like Spain has - basically since I can apply legally for the equivalent of a CR/IR1 IN Spain (the Spanish consulate here does not issue visas for USCs, you just go to the police in your town within one month of arrival to start the process) they don't ask a bunch of questions about intent to stay. I'm married to a Spanish citizen (and have the papers to prove it), I am allowed to stay.

I don't know if the UK is the same way, but if they are it might explain why they don't ask too many questions.

Guess I'll pass, then.

If I were you, I would enjoy a nice few days at some remote island with my wife for that amount of money. Why give cash or gift, when few nice words do the trick.

If you still insist you want to do something with those $1000 dollars, please give it someone who needs it , like me i will put it on a real good use by spending sometime at a beach.......:)

agree with others on this one. ....

LOL, didn't think of this. gogo I am accepting donations, too...

B)

I'm probably going to send him a huge gift.. $1000 gift card or something like that.. hey, that is way cheaper than going back to China again.. what do you think? haha, this is not a bribe.. I never mentioned to him before, only to my wife.. this is a big life changing result and I want to thank him a lot.. if it comes true

Erm, I think I'd stay away from $ - he probably can't accept it anyway (in my company we can't accept gifts of more than $25 value - if ony to avoid a perception of impropriety).

But a heartfelt letter promising never to email him again would probably be worth more than $$ anyway

ahhhhhhhh....... good news again!!!

I just called DOS, and they are going to remove my I-601 Waiver from the system.. they say they were about to send it out, but I guess the DD had something to say about it.. more news to come though.. hopefully with the removal of the waiver, we should get approved?? :dance:

That's great!!!!

When you get your approval and your wife gets over here, you should send the DD a letter thanking him and maybe include a pic of you and your wife...it seems like, despite not enjoying being bothered, he has gone out of his way to help (after so much time, someone should have).

Right.

Time to try something new.

Little cousin: "I'm going to get a record for wiggling my eyebrows"

Me: "Don't do that, if you do, you'll get wrinkles!"

Little cousin: "Like you?"

Me: "Ouch"

Its only the confederations cup. Most of the players from spain and brazil don't give a hoot about it. Its a drain on them physically when they should be getting a full summers rest ahead of the World Cup next year. I don't doubt it was a good result from USA, despite the lack of significace to the game.

Not really, Confederation Cup is taken seriously in Brasil, and this team is probably pretty much what we're taking to the World Cup next year.

Yeah and it doesn't matter how non-important the game is, no one wants to lose to the USA in fútbol.

Hopefully they aren't taking the whole summer completely off - some of 'em get pretty chubby off-season

@ Lady - no youtube at work, I'll look at it later

the US is in the FIFA final? NEVER! They must have cheated

Yeah, already heard that one.

I can't believe they beat Spain, because the Spanish players are MUCH better actors.

USA USA USA

Not nearly as good of actors as the Argentine side

Spain will pull it together and win the WC!!!! Or at least prevent England from winning it!!

LOL. I just think they should learn to hold the same knee the whole time they are rolling around on the ground in agony...is it the right? the left? the right? And he's up and running again...

My Spanish prof (in Spain) always said that she preferred the English team...because they lost, but they lost with PASSION.

edit: spelling

Congratulations!! That's great news!

the US is in the FIFA final? NEVER! They must have cheated

Yeah, already heard that one.

I can't believe they beat Spain, because the Spanish players are MUCH better actors.

USA USA USA

I think about that sometimes, too - the time we aren't spending together now. I guess that it'll help to look back once this is all over and remember to appreciate the time we have. Also, I'm working to try and enjoy the time I have with my family now, in case things don't work out and I end up moving instead of him.

Well, you know your next step now. So keep us updated!

You know you'll probably get back a copy of EVERY email/letter/form you've ever sent and then at the bottom of the pile there will be an entry record for some 60 year old grandma with the same name as your wife who didn't leave on time because her grandbaby was born a week later than expected...

I'm sure you'll get it resolved. As dedicated as you both seem to be, I think they'll figure it out one of these days.

Well, if she's never been to the US that should be easy to dispute, especially considering the fingerprinting/passport swiping/visa requirements. Do they have some sort of entry record for her? Could it be misrepresentation on another part of the application? You guys have filled out so many forms that it would be easy to cross dates somewhere.

Ha, if that were a bad mark there are a lot of people on here with weirder stories who wouldn't be getting approved .

Who knows with the government.

But I agree - you've been heard, so now don't press your luck. No whammies, and whatnot.