only4mikki

You can call there and see if they received it. I don't remember the number but there is a fee. You should be able to find the number and the fees on the us embassy manila website.

Always collect anything that may show you are an actual couple, take pictures of the both of you, birthdays, going to the beach, whatever, I suggest using Picasa on Google and make collages, add in the when, where and a heading, using the text edit key, then print these as you go...we had 35...get joint accounts and maintain them. Any proof of joint accounts and cohabitation are key to your success, any time of seperation keep phone records, calling cards, letters to each other, plane tickets, keep everything...good luck, stay focused and build a file, ours stands about 8 inches...never an RFE...start now.

We filed I-751 and it was received by the California Service Center June 5, 2012. Our case is still pending. We have tried and tried to get information on our case. We check case status online..."initial review" we called the hotline, the operator said "initial review" so we make an info pass appointment, we go to our local office, the lady types our case number in and states "its in initial review" geee thanks, that is why we are here, we can get that info ourselves online...we waited 3 weeks to go to the infopass appointment, do they do research prior to your visit? NO...they hand you a form and you fill it out and three weeks later we received that same form with a checkmark saying you will hear from us within 30 days...ok, it took someone 3 weeks to check a box and print the words "30 days" and send it back to us...now,

we received another appointment asking us to come back in with ALL our original documents from our application...yeah, ok, we submitted the original documents...so we will bring copies...and why do we have to bring all of our documents? Did they lose our file?

We asked USCIS for an update, they cannot provide us with anything...Our Senator is now being helpful.

USCIS needs a serious update.

We filed I-751 and it was received by the California Service Center June 5, 2012. Our case is still pending. We have tried and tried to get information on our case. We check case status online..."initial review" we called the hotline, the operator said "initial review" so we make an info pass appointment, we go to our local office, the lady types our case number in and states "its in initial review" geee thanks, that is why we are here, we can get that info ourselves online...we waited 3 weeks to go to the infopass appointment, do they do research prior to your visit? NO...they hand you a form and you fill it out and three weeks later we received that same form with a checkmark saying you will hear from us within 30 days...ok, it took someone 3 weeks to check a box and print the words "30 days" and send it back to us...now,

we received another appointment asking us to come back in with ALL our original documents from our application...yeah, ok, we submitted the original documents...so we will bring copies...and why do we have to bring all of our documents? Did they lose our file?

We asked USCIS for an update, they cannot provide us with anything...Our Senator is now being helpful.

USCIS needs a serious update.

What document we need to prepare for lifting condition requirements?

We just filed our AOS paperwork, We submitted anything that proves we are really a normal couple.

Any joint accounts you may have print the statements, they should have both your names as the account holders, you live at the same address ect...

Any insurance documents that you provide her insurance all the info is the same as above...

If she works, her pay stub and your pay stub, they show the same address

Drivers license yours and hers, again show the same address...

The fun project...my wife used Picassa (the photo app by google) and made "collages" of our vacations, special times, birthday, celebrations...she made 30 different collages! and printed them, she hand wrote the date and the occasion on each collage...

Another thing she did is made copies of all our birthday cards to each other, christmas cards etc...

My wife did a great job on her AOS package...

We received NOA1 the next week and today she received her biometrics appointment, so far so good...

Good Luck!

Hi All,

My husband got his tourist visa 2 weeks ago! Wooo hoooo! Our original plan was to purchase regular tickets, but my flight stewardess friend has offered for us to use her "buddy passes" to fly to the USA. It is basically a standby ticket. It still costs money, but saves a lot compared to regular tickets. We would book our standby tickets round trip of course, and way before his 6 month limitation is up!

Would this cause a problem when my husband goes through customs? Will they question his buddy pass ticket for the return home?

A ticket is a ticket...they don't care as long you have the visa...save money!

thank you so much...such a relief!!!thanks guys...

My advice,

try not to compare cases it will drive you crazy, each case is different which makes timelines different, frustrating all the time. As far as updates, can you imagine the work load in the USCIS office? Millions of files and hundreds of workers, the numbers are staggering. Hang in there, keep the faith and before you know it, your done...follow the instructions, dot i's and cross t's and you will do fine...good luck. M of M n M.

Did she already attend the required classes to leave the PI? CFO? She needs the certificates with her ticket to get out of PI...

What is the process and timeline for my sister to visit from Manila after the I-134 has been filed?

Thank you for your help.

don't believe everything you read on VJ, although most is good info...it is best to always check the facts with USCIS or NVC...if anyone ever has specific questions to their case I suggest signing up for an Info Pass at your local office...

Good Luck to ALL!

M

only4 - there really is no more choice, NVC will close the I129F leaving only the I130 to be pursued

Good luck

That is not true...

In our case I also received both NOA's at the same time, I then followed the guides for both routes, the I129f was faster so I abandoned the I130 application process and my wife came in on a k3 visa.

you should not comment if you have no idea what you are talking about...

Thank you

M of M n M

hello everyone.. we just got our noa2 thru email today and it was dated aug. 30..both of our petition has been approved I-130 and I-129f at the same time.. I'm very happy and wondering what are we gonna expect to happen soon..we filed for a K3 visa.

If they were both approved at the same time you should chose which to persue...The I130 will get you the green card in a shorter route as far as paperwork submission but may take a little longer...the 129f route takes a few more steps to end at the same result but is a little faster getting your loved one into the country, then you can be together while filing the rest of the paperwork.

We abandoned the I130 and went with the K3 so we could be together faster...she just got her green card yesterday...

Good luck to you

M n M

Hi VJ people,

Just checking to see if any of you reading this post may be from the Casa Grande Az area...

Thank you for your responses

M of M and M

Hi VJ people,

Just checking to see if any of you past or present VJers reading this post are from the Casa Grande Az area...

Thank you for your responses

M of M and M

On this Immigration topic:

I am an American who has lived in many countries, all of which have strict Immigration Laws. Everywhere i have ever lived, UK, Italy, Philippines, Kuwait and I have also visited many countries including Russia. If you are caught as an undocumented or with an expired visa of any sort you will be deported immediately, go home to your country where ever you came from. End of story. In most cases you will be fine and not allowed to return unless these are paid and they grant you permission in advance. Illegal is illegal.

You are actually helping illegal aliens by deporting them or having them become legal so that they can earn correct wages and be treated fairly by all government agencies and employers.

Illegal Immigrants are costing us natural American citizens and legal working Immigrants billions of our hard working tax dollars.

The down side of deporting all of these illegal immigrants, who will do all of these job, such as, fruit picking, agriculture, yard working, moving,house keeping (domestic), and all other jobs you are not willing to do even for a fair price. As stated earlier, being legal would require all of these immigrants to be paid and treated fairly which would now increase cost of all these goods and services. But i don't think deporting all illegals would ever decrease your taxes...

I have a problem with giving illegal immigrants anything, they need to be sent back to where ever they came from and charged for their ride home and learn the correct way to file all necessary paperwork and do things as stated by law. I also have a problem with illegal immigrants being given state ID cards and other social services, once they are found as illegal immigrants in any State in our great country they should be sent on their way home.

Illegal is illegal.

The only people making noise about all these Immigration Laws, old and new are either illegal themselves or have family members or friends that are here illegal or they are employers of these under paid mistreated illegal immigrants.

I can't wait to hear all of your great comments.

LOL , per this article

http://www.latimes.com/la-na-arizona-immigration-20100729,0,3606702.story

"U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on Wednesday halted implementation of the parts of the law that require police to determine the status of people they stop and think are in the country illegally. She also forbade the state from charging anyone for a new crime of failing to possess immigration documents.

Bolton's ruling found that the Obama administration was likely to prevail at trial in proving the two provisions, and two other ones in the sweeping law, were an unconstitutional attempt by Arizona to regulate immigration. Arizona is expected to immediately appeal the decision to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco."

Ahh yes civil rights win again!

I am glad you are willing to pay for all of these Illegal Immigrants to be in our country. I am not.

On this Immigration topic:

I am an American who has lived in many countries, all of which have strict Immigration Laws. Everywhere i have ever lived, UK, Italy, Philippines, Kuwait and I have also visited many countries including Russia. If you are caught as an undocumented or with an expired visa of any sort you will be deported immediately, go home to your country where ever you came from. End of story. In most cases you will be fine and not allowed to return unless these are paid and they grant you permission in advance. Illegal is illegal.

You are actually helping illegal aliens by deporting them or having them become legal so that they can earn correct wages and be treated fairly by all government agencies and employers.

Illegal Immigrants are costing us natural American citizens and legal working Immigrants billions of our hard working tax dollars.

The down side of deporting all of these illegal immigrants, who will do all of these job, such as, fruit picking, agriculture, yard working, moving,house keeping (domestic), and all other jobs you are not willing to do even for a fair price. As stated earlier, being legal would require all of these immigrants to be paid and treated fairly which would now increase cost of all these goods and services. But i don't think deporting all illegals would ever decrease your taxes...

I have a problem with giving illegal immigrants anything, they need to be sent back to where ever they came from and charged for their ride home and learn the correct way to file all necessary paperwork and do things as stated by law. I also have a problem with illegal immigrants being given state ID cards and other social services, once they are found as illegal immigrants in any State in our great country they should be sent on their way home.

Illegal is illegal.

The only people making noise about all these Immigration Laws, old and new are either illegal themselves or have family members or friends that are here illegal or they are employers of these under paid mistreated illegal immigrants.

I can't wait to hear all of your great comments.

Thank you everyone for all the advice, all the help. My wife arrived via NWA yesterday.

She was approved on Jan 5th, 2009 and received her visa via air 21 on Jan 7, 2009. Once the Visa was in hand, she went and got the sticker from PRISM then we spent the day looking for the soonest flight out, which was at 0700 the next morning. Manila to Portland Oregon (there were no seats to Seattle).

Thank God and Creation.

Thank you ALL!!!!!

Peace,

M and M

My wife had her interview for k3 visa already and asked for further documentation which we already provided,

as we all know a review can take time...since we also have an approved I130 I am still moving forward with the CR1/IR1...I paid the $70 AOS fee, it showed paid, I submitted the I864 and supporting documents, my wife sent the DS 3032 email and a hard copy fed ex to NVC, we are now waiting for the IV fee to appear on their website so I can pay and submit her DS230 and supporting documents,

She has already had her medical and passed, and is with her passport at the USEM...

My question is:

What happens when these papers for the CR1/IR1 go through and forwarded to the USEM?

She will have another interview, will they retrieve her medical and passport from the K 3 file?

Isn't the CR1/IR1 approval at the NVC?

what happens in this case?

Anyone been through this?

Thank you and happy holidays,

M of M and M

My wife had an interview for k 3 at USEM 15 dec, and asked for statements from me, she returned them and now we wait,

Do we also continue to file the documents for the I 130 as well? since we received NOA2 for both at the same time....

So,

Can I still move forward with the cr1/ir1 and the AOS payment ($70) online, Form D 3032, the AOS and supporting documents then send the d230 to the NVC? or do we just wait and wait for this K3?

Thank you

Dear VJ Members,

My fiance and I are quite worried about our K1 petition filed last July 30, 2009. We received our NO1 last August 5, 2009 and until now we didn't hear anything from them. We are quite reading news and updates from a lot of VJ Members which have the same timeline with us about the progress of their respective K1 petition. Some got so lucky, they had the process so quite speedy which some of them had already their final approval of visa or others are just awaiting for Interviews, etc.

We in fact follow-up and called USCIS to check about our pending petition, my fiance even went there personally to check and all they can say is that "The K1 petition is on Review". We fully understand the process and all the patience needed but the long waiting, anticipation, long distance are killing us both.

Any thoughts why there are some petitioners got the process quick and some like us who are very unlucky to be placed in the bottom of the waiting list?

Good luck to everyone and we are happy for those who got a very speedy process. We are fully in your side, same as our longing to be with each other arms. We are keep praying that one day, our turn will come and we will got that approval.

Thanks.

I advise you not to compare your case with others all are different...

Most take 5 months maybe more...

You cant even call or ask questions until it is over 5 months ...period

Hang in there

M and M

I would like to hear from any other Dec 15 (or other Dec 2009 dates) if you received a white slip and why?

what questions were asked at your interview?

My wife went 15 Dec 2009 and receive a white slip requesting other documents.

We provided those documents that day and they told us to again, wait.

I also gave them a letter from my mother's doctor about her cancer and chemotherapy treatments,

this could be our last Christmas with her and she has never met my wife. I asked them if they could expedite and also use the phone to call my wife if they need anything else, or email.

I also asked our Congressman to please help us.

I call but they have nothing to say but our consular is reviewing.

Any Idea how long?

I would love for my wife to spend the holidays with my Mother. We need a Christmas miracle.

I catch myself praying every minute they need nothing else and our consular has compassion to our case.

Thank you,

M of M and M

Sorry to hear your story, but at this moment nobody can help you to approve your case any faster not even congressman. It's all depend on consular. They review so many case in order" first come first serve". I can't tell you exactly how long you have to wait. However from my experience from the pass few years, my husband and I had to wait about 6 months after we supported all documents as they requested. I saw some case approve less than a month, but some case have to wait longer than mine case.

So whatever going on. I will pray for you both. I hope your wife will come soon.

6 months?

For what?

What happened?

I am sorry that happened to you

This topic shows the fiancee was asked to produce the USC's arrest record: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...=232890&hl=

Why on earth would they do that?

For a single marijuana arrest 11 years ago?

I have never been arrested for any domestic violence.

I would like to hear from any other Dec 15 (or other Dec 2009 dates) if you received a white slip and why?

what questions were asked at your interview?

My wife went 15 Dec 2009 and receive a white slip requesting other documents.

We provided those documents that day and they told us to again, wait.

I also gave them a letter from my mother's doctor about her cancer and chemotherapy treatments,

this could be our last Christmas with her and she has never met my wife. I asked them if they could expedite and also use the phone to call my wife if they need anything else, or email.

I also asked our Congressman to please help us.

I call but they have nothing to say but our consular is reviewing.

Any Idea how long?

I would love for my wife to spend the holidays with my Mother. We need a Christmas miracle.

I catch myself praying every minute they need nothing else and our consular has compassion to our case.

Thank you,

M of M and M

Did you ever state on any immigration form you hadn't been arrested?

I stated I never been arrested, because I forgot all about this, when I searched and searched, I found this arrest record from 11 years ago, I completely forgot about this, I thought it was a ticket, I thought it was removed after 3 years...stupid me...

So I wrote the statement as such...