photo4ron

There is a section in the Document Checklist.....If you are applying for naturalization on the basis of marriage to a U.S. citizen, send the following 4 items: number 4 Documents refering to you and your spouse It ask for tax returns, bank statements, leases, mortgages or ....... I am not sure if they are asking for all of this or just one of them and if so then are they wanting the whole tax return and three years worth and do they want the whole mortgage. all of these documents are severall pages long . Not sure what to do

Thanks for your help

Ron

look I grew up in New orleans La and Its not backwards and although mississippi may not be progressive it is a good safe place. by the way how old are you and do you have a daughter. I have not lived a sheltered life, traveled the world, so I know a little about what is out there.

I know that she is legally an adult, but this is not adult thinking and you hear these storys of 18 year old girl doing this type of thing and something happening to them like kidnapped or mudered. I know Iam being dramtic, but I don't want to lose my daughter.

My 18 year old daughter who lives with her mother about 45 miles from me in Mississippi Is about to graduate high school. She and her mother moved from Baton Rouge La where they lived for about 5 years. When she move back to Mississippi she always talked about moving back to Baton Rouge when she got out of high school. Since she moved back she started dating this one guy and then just broke up with him, but before she broke up with him she started hanging out with this other guy and now they are talking about moving to Vancouver. He has some friends up there and she is saying that they can stay at his friends parents house till she gets up on her feet they are saying that they can get thier work visa faster after moving there. She seem to think that she can save up about 2000.00 and that would be her stake money. I am so against this but can't stop her. This whole thing scares me to death. I want to ring this guys neck that is talking my little girl into this wild trip that Iam afraid will fail. Please help me with some advice. I told her that unemployment rate is 9.5 there and she hasn't even budgeted for winter clothes because winters up there are a whole lot different than here in Mississippi. Please help me to stop this from happening. HELP HELP HELP !!!!!!!!

It is unusual for USEM to ask for this kind of information, they let many women leave the Philippines with young children everyday without any evidence that dad knows they are leaving. I'm actually amazed that they allow this, but they really do. I wonder how many dads have lost kids to the US.... has to be lots.

I doubt that the US issues immigrations visas to young children so their moms can take them out of the Philippines "without any evidence that dad knows that they are leaving." What the mom doing is called kidnapping (yes, you can kidnap your own child if you are taking the child out of the country without the other parent's permission). I doubt the US is going to allow this. I doubt the Filipino government would allow the US to do this. Imagine the number of angry fathers that would result if mom took the kids out of the country without his permission.

I guess no one is reading just exactly what I wrote MY STEPSONS FATHER HAS WRITTEN A LETTER GIVING PERMISSION FOR HIS SON TO IMMIGRATE TO THE U.S. AND SIGNED IT AND NOTARIZED. IT JUST THERE ARE NO CUSTODY PAPERS FROM THE DIVORCE, WHICH IS WHAT THE EMBASSY IS ASKING FOR. HE IS 17 YEARS OLD AND HIS BIRTHDAY IS 2 MONTHS AFTER THE INTERVIEW.

Just thought I would relay an experence that some friends of ours had on the 2nd year anniversary. they were planning a trip to Italy and his wife had her green card so they called the Italian Embassy in america and ask if she need a visa to travel there and was told no visa need. they got on the plane and flew to Italy to be turned away at immigration. So they flew back to america and went to lake tahoe instead. But they wasted thier time and money in plane fare. If someone says you don't need a visa then get in writing.

My stepson has recieved his appointment date via e-mail. My wife and I have been married for almost 5 years. She was living in Hong Kong when we met. At the time she had been seperated from her husband for 5 years and her children were in the care of her then sister in-law. while in Hong Kong she filed for divorce ( no divorce in Phil). In the divorce there was no mention of custodyof the children. Her daughter married an American under a k-1 visa Jan this year. But 04/10/2008 we had filed I-130 for her son who will be 18 this nov 30. When we recieved the interview notice they requested custody papers to be presented at the time of the interview. They had requested these when they sent us a email requesting additional infomation before we recieved the interview date. When we got that we called NVC and we were told to have my stepson's father write a letter giving permmision for his son to immigrate to the U.S. and have it notirized and send that in. We don't know what to do now. Because there are no custody papers on the children. Please Help us. P.S. as petitioner do I need to be at the interview my wife is flying back to manila for that. and will the embassy set the appiontment for the medical or does my stepson just show up at ST Lukes with appointment letter in hand thanks for any help

Your step-son would not need his father's permission if he is 18. Perhaps, you or your step-son can asked that his interview be postponed until after Nov. 30th. If he interviews before Nov. 30th, he will need his father's permission to immigrate as he will still be a minor.

I don't believe that you or your wife can be at the interview. Call the US Embassy in Manila to check.

I understand but he does have his fathers permission to immigrate he sigined a notirized letter saying so. what Iam worried about it there is no custody papers during the divorce

My stepson has recieved his appointment date via e-mail. My wife and I have been married for almost 5 years. She was living in Hong Kong when we met. At the time she had been seperated from her husband for 5 years and her children were in the care of her then sister in-law. while in Hong Kong she filed for divorce ( no divorce in Phil). In the divorce there was no mention of custodyof the children. Her daughter married an American under a k-1 visa Jan this year. But 04/10/2008 we had filed I-130 for her son who will be 18 this nov 30. When we recieved the interview notice they requested custody papers to be presented at the time of the interview. They had requested these when they sent us a email requesting additional infomation before we recieved the interview date. When we got that we called NVC and we were told to have my stepson's father write a letter giving permmision for his son to immigrate to the U.S. and have it notirized and send that in. We don't know what to do now. Because there are no custody papers on the children. Please Help us. P.S. as petitioner do I need to be at the interview my wife is flying back to manila for that. and will the embassy set the appiontment for the medical or does my stepson just show up at ST Lukes with appointment letter in hand thanks for any help

My stepson has interview 9-29-09 in Manila can anyone tell me how long it takes after interview to recieve his visa

Thanks for the help

My wife of almost 5 Years has a son that will be 18 this Nov. 24. I have filed an I-130 for my stepson to come to the United states to live with us. In the process we recieved an e-mail....................

MISSING DOCUMENT LIST FOR: SAVILLA, SEAN PAUL ANDREW GERVACIO

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

______CUSTODY PAPERS:______________________________________________

Please submit evidence that you have been granted custody of this

child. Copies of original court custody documents are acceptable.

In addition to the above, in cases of joint custody or remaining

rights of a non-custodial parent, applicants must also submit a

notarized statement from the non-custodial parent granting

permission for the child to immigrate to the U.S.

No interview will be scheduled until ALL of the information requested has been returned to the National

Visa Center.

I called NVC about this saying that I was the stepfather and that I had no custody papers. They said that the notarized statement from his natural father saying he has permission to immigrate to the U.S. is all I needed but I have a hard time believing what they say. His father didn't have resources to type up a statement, so I typed one up for him to sign and get notarized. When I typed it up it was dated June 29 2009, but they had it notarized on June 26, 2009

I would appeciate any feed back on this thanks

Ron Strickland

My Stepson's (17 yrs old as of Nov30 2008) I-130 has been approved and its going to be sent to the manila consulate for pprocessing. what do we do next.? what documents do we need to start gathering. I know we need to get his birth certifcate, police clearance, certificate of unmarried and passport, but what else? Do we need to get his medical or what for him to get a packet with instructions. What do we do? your help is appreciated

Thanks Ron & Mylah

I filled out the I -130 for my stepson. But it is important that on your original K-1 that you put your stepson's name when you requested for your wife. When I submitted the application for my stepson his name was on the original K-3 form I submitted and it was required to submit a separate I-130 form for my stepson. I looked that the I-824 and I'm not sure if that is the correct form for you, I am not familiar with that form. I hope that this is of some help..

Good Luck

His name was not on the K-1 my wife didn't tell me about him until just this last year. Can he still be petitioned We have all the other documents ( His bith cert and hers and our Marrage license... ).

Ron & Mylah

Well it has been awhile since I have need the help of the immigration pros here at Visa Journey. It is good to know that I can rely on ya'll for the answers or a point in the right direction. So here is the situation My wife is filipino and came over from Hong Kong on a K-1 Visa. back in Nov 2004 and we were married Dec. 28 2004. At the time my stepson was 13 yr old and still in school with his friends. He is now 16 and is graduated from high school and is ready to come to the U.S. and live with us. What are we to do? Do we file the I-130 or the I-824. Please help to point us in the right direction. Thanks for your help

Ron & Mylah

Just like to say thanks for all the support this has worried us. We have an attorney looking into this. We hope he can build a case thanks again.

Ron and Mylah

anyone with this problem please contact us we need a support group Daughter has been denied AOS she is waiting for letter to start removal proceedings. See Bitter Sweet post for details.

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Ron & Mylah

This is a day that my wife and I should be celebrating. She had her interview today. We have really waited so long for this day prepared so hard. We crossed every "T" and dotted every "I". We thought we were ready for the big day. We where so organized, we had every document that we thought they would ask for. My wife and her daughter and I went to New Orleans for the interview today. It didn't take long at all. They called my wife in ask a few basic questions looked at her ID's and my Drivers License. Then with the drop of a hat announced that my wife will be granted status and in the same breath said but your daughter is denied. She said that based on her status as a K-2 she was too old. April 2004 I went to Hong Kong to see my fiancee. In May 2004 I petitioned for my then fiancee and her daughter as K-1 & K-2 . My wife arrived nov 2004. We married Dec 2004. Feb 2005 her daughter arrived. At the time that I petitioned for them her daughter was 19, but that Nov. 2004 she turned 20. By Jan 2005 she was granted her K-2 visa and arrived in Feb 2005. So she was granted a K-2 at the age of 20. After going to Hong Kong, paying all the fees for her and her daughter, airfares and the wedding and Christmas. I was tapped out of money. But I knew I had a little time to file AOS for them, in the meantime we worked on there SS cards and EAD cards. Then in Oct. 2005 we had the money to adjust status and we did. Hurricane Katrina hit about one month before and the devastation closed everything in New Orleans including the Immigration offices. So all case where postponed. In the meantime her daughter is getting older. Why would they grant her a k-2 at 20 if she didn't have time to adjust her status or if she did have time then deny her after the delay with all the cases because of the hurricane. Here it is 20 Months since we filed AOS. Just 4 months shy of 2 years. We are suppose to go before a judge so he can order her to be deported or she can take a voluntarily deportation. We were told we are allowed Legal representation. We are trying to find out if we have a case and should we fight this. Please Help us help our daughter.

Ron and Mylah

If I were you I would be making an infopass appointment to find out what is happening with your AOS.....

You would complete the EAD form the same as you did the first time with one exeption you would tick Renewal instead of first application...

Kezzie

thanks for the reply on Renewal of EAD card, How to renew card and what is our status now?

What is a infopass appointment

Well the task of jumping thru the goverment hoops never ends. Here we are and it is time to renew our EAD card. What steps do we take and on the form what is our status now. Please take a look at a portion of our time line to get and Idea of where we are at in our process. anyones help is appreciated.

11-07-04 Mylah Arrived In U.S. together again plane arrived 20 mins late

12-28-04 Our Wedding Day

02-27-05 Kathryn (Mylah’s daughter) arrived on a K-2 Visa she was 20 yrs old at the time.

10-03-05 mailed application for Adjustment of status & Employment Authorization. To Homeland Security office Chicago, Il.

10-04-05 Homeland Security office received application for Adjustment of status & Employment Authorization

10-14-05 Received NOA from Lee’s Summit, Mo. National Customer Service Center showing receipt of I-765 & I-485 Application for Mylah and Kathryn.

10-25-05 Received request for additional Information for I-485 on Mylah and Kathryn

11-07-05 sent in additional info for I-485 to Lee’s Summit, Mo. National Customer Service Center.

11-10-05 Lee’s Summit, Mo. National Customer Service Center Received Documents sent 11-07-05

02-23-06 Received appointment Letter from Lee’s Summit, Mo. National Customer Service Center for Biometrics I-765 & I-485 for Mylah and Kathryn.

03-15-06 Went to Federal Building in Jackson Ms. to U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services Office for Biometrics for Mylah and Kathryn.

03-23-05 Received EAD cards for Mylah and Kathryn (Mylah’s card was incorrect)

04-06-06 sent in Mylah’s EAD card back in with supporting Documents for correction

04-30-06 Received Mylah’s Corrected EAD card

10-8-06 Still waiting for I-485 interview

10-08-06 Need to reapply for I-765 renewal for Mylah and Kathryn

I am going to give you alitle history first. My wife arrived in the U.S. on Nov. 7 2004 she came over on a K-1 visa. We got married on Dec. 28 2004 We had to wait alittle while to start the adjustment and work permit. In Feb. 2005 her then 20 year old daughter arrived on a K-2 visa. I can't remember exactly when but we filed the papers for status and work. About 3 months ago my step-daughter met an american guy on the internet that was local to us and started dating him. It was just about 1 month ago she got her work authorization card and has been working for 3 weeks. A week ago she was looking for a car, but has no drivers permit. She was going to borrow the money from her boyfriend to get the car. she had turned 21 years old back in Nov of 2005. she has not had her interview yet for her adjustment of status. She has also talked about moving into her boyfriends parents house where he lives. I don't approve of this but she is 21years old. I told her she can do what she wants but I advised her not to. She is starting to distance her self from us..... working all the time and spending her all of her free time with her boyfriend. she has spent the last 2 nights with him..... she says in a seperate bedroom. My wife and i are beside ourselfs. What Iam wanting to Know is how does this effect her status if she moves out before her status has been adjusted. please help we are worried sick..