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Haha what a question !

I use two services, one on my cell phone and one at home. The one on my cell phone charges by the minute, and in the past has cost as much as $50 in one month.

At home I primarily use Vonage to call India and spend only about $32 per month on that. I heard of a new promo offer from Vonage, so I will try to call and get a lower price. :-)

We usually talk twice a day - once when she wakes up and I am going to bed, and again when I wake up and she is going to bed.

We very rarely talk on email or use text chatting, it is usually on the phone.

Hey Bobby,

the two of us just keep "meeting" here on VJ

How many min. do you talk (I know that is quiete the question ). I am just surprised by those numbers, that seems aweful inexpensive.

Hey CR1-Filers,

so I was wondering how much you/your spouse spends on phone bills a month?

How many hours to you talk on the phone?

And since we are talking about "communication":

how much time a day do you spend talking/skyping/texting/emailing etc with your spouse?

I submitted a bunch of proofs of bonafide marriage with my I130 petition, including the Marriage Certificate, photographs, evidence of having taken trips together & hotel stays, and receipts for the marriage (wedding hall, engagement hall, rings, clothes, photography, etc).

However, the one thing I did not include were any Communication transcripts, such as phone logs and chats and emails. My wife and I almost exclusively talk on the phone but I lost a large portion of the phone logs due to the rules of storage by my international calling provider. I also listened to my lawyer and did not submit any of my communication because she said that this is more important for the Consulate to see later on in the process. Anyhow regardless of the reason, right now there is no evidence pointing to the communication we have established on the phone and email.

So, I want to know if it is possible to "update" my I130 petition at the California Service Center with an additional proof of bonafide marriage.

I received my NOA1 and have a receipt number and wanted to know a few things:

1) Does the USCIS support a process for submitting updates to the original I130 petition?

2) If they do support such a process, will submitting updates cause serious delays to my current

petition timeframe?

3) If I cannot send it now with the I130 petition, will the NVC accept such an update when it

arrives at their offices?

4) Finally, in the event I cannot successfully update the petition - how can I overcome this

potential "challenge" at this point going forward?

Thanks for the help !

Hey Bobby,

as far as I know you will just have to wait and see if you gave them enough information.

If not, you will get an RFE. That is only my 2 cents worth though, so I guess the only smart advise I can give you is:

Call and ask.

Goodluck

Hey,

when I try to log in my uscis account, I always get a failure notice "500 Internal Server Error".

Anybody experiences the same? What I can I do about it?

Canadiagirl,it would be funny if we got our approval the same date, too

It has been just 6 days since our NOA1 but the wait for the NOA2 already drives me nuts.

I know it is gonna take some time, no need to get all worked up. I also know that time is gonna go by fast and that I should enjoy my time here in Germany but...it is just hard.

Do you guys go through the same "struggles"?

What exactly does that mean?

*push*

We got our NOA1 today in the MAIL today, also when I went to check the status there was already a touch . We were extremely happy to get it. Call it our Easter present . We had a botch up on one of the forms so we had to resubmit. From the looks of things it was done in 8 days which is great.

Hey,

we got out NOA1s the same day! And both of our cases got touched on 4/1/10.

Consulate's don't care about expiration dates on police reports, only the issue date.

What exactly does that mean?

If they approved in a logical chronological order, I would be first. That doesn't seem to be the case though. I will def let the rest of the March ppls know!

Yea, I wonder how the decide which case to work on first? It sure does not seem like there is a pile and they just start with the first one.

A touch just means "something" has happened with the case, and yes, it could just mean it went from pile "a" to pile "b" - there's no rhyme or reason to it.

On the USCIS website, when the "last updated" date changes, it means the case has been touched - some have not had their cases touched before approval, others have had their cases touched many times, and are still waiting for approval.

It can mean you're about to be approved, it can mean they're sending you a request for further evidence, it can mean a change of address, a change of venue - better not to count on it.

Thanks for the answer.

I guess it makes the journey a little more interessting not just a plain wait but also a few highs "Honey, our case has been touched!"

Hi,

just wondering how many times your cases had gotten touched before they got approved?

And what exactly does a touch mean? Do they actually work on it or maybe just put it from pile A to pile B?

How come cases get touched and then nothing happens for weeks?

Questions, Questions, Questions...

Happy Easter

For a NOA1 from March1st.... my estimated NOA2 is May 5th to May 30th. That is a ton different than August!!!!!

It sure is!

I really hope that all of us March Filers are gonna get our approvals soon.

Congratulations I am happy for you guys.

That sounds like it was quite the stressful journey. Have a safe trip to the US

Got our NOA1

Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated between June 3, 2010 and June 28, 2010*.

Are you applying for a K3 or CR1? Did you file both an I-130 & I-129F?

I ask because there is no financial information required for the K3. It is suggested that you take tax transcripts, a letter of employment and W2's to your K3 interview. In your case, I would also take a sworn affidavit and tax transcript from the intending sponsor that he/she is aware of the commitment and has the income to support it. With the visa, you do not have to have the I-864 ready until AOS, which you can push out for quite a while after your spouse is admitted to the country.

CR1

FYI

Note: Present and former residents of the United States should NOT obtain any police certificates covering their residence in the U.S.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3195.html#police

I wasn'T a "resident" though, just a student and visitor?

Thanks so much for those links - I finally know what all this NVC-stuff is about!!

I have one more question though : I spent about 15months in the US - do I need an us-american police certificate also?

Probably a dumb question but I just dont know better.

Required original/certified civil documents.

Like marriage certificate, birth certified, passport photocopy, 2 pictures, police clearance certificates etc.

can you give me a list of all civil documents?

You can send it together or you can send it separately.

Just make sure the right barcoded cover sheet is on top of the respective packages.

Good luck!

Hop on over to the April 2010 NVC thread, ya?

What does theDS-230 packet consist of?

The DS-230 and.... ?

My husband is self-employed, too.

We, also decided to write up a "letter of employment". Ours is a little more "descriptive", has a business card with it, the business logo and we got it all notarized.

It probably is not necessary because we have tax transcript and all that (he's owned his own business for 22 years.)

We also added different certificates of insurance, licenses etc.

Maybe that'll help ya

It's true on what you are saying

The reason of "advice" is posted on here is getting away from the subject of the thread.

Older women marrying younger men.

What relationship doesn't do "little" test to see if you do love them or they love you enough to commit the rest of your life with them?

Hey...

what about the

"Younger Girls marrying older guys"? Can I keep writing here ?

Na ihr,

gefällts euch im Amiland? Ich bin noch mitten in der visa journey und kann es nicht abwarten endlich heim zu "dürfen" und ein normales leben anzufangen!!!

Ich hab gleich eine Frage an euch - und zwar:

welche Impfungen brauchen wir Deutschen für ein CR1?

Hoffe , es hat wer die Antwort für mich!

Liebe Grüße ausm schöna Schwabaländle

Franzi

Ähm..I don't know what to say.

If you are engaged/married to a person - aren't you 100% sure you can trust that person with everything???

And aren't people usually beyond the cloud *9 stage when they make such a comittment?

If you need to play the little games that you suggested then those people obviously aren't in a very good relationship and aren't very mature either.

What sane person would wanna be with a person they do not trust 100%?

And by the way: I am sure most couples do talk about where to live. And I am also sure that most US-citizens offer to move to the benificiary's country. If that talk is never held, then...I dont know. I guess there are alot of relationships that dont work out.

But assuming that most people here are responsible and mature makes me feel that your advise is a little "out of place"

I think you can choose who you fall in love with....just dont reply if someone 20 years youger msgs you. dont pursue the contact. check their age first before replying. Or if its someone you neet personally you dont have to let the relationship grow. Its your choice. And if you do pursue it I think youre asking for trouble. love dosnt happen after one email or one conversation. like and lust does but love takes a lot longer and i mean months or even years. I just look at all the sad stories on VJ of genuine american men and women who totally believed their beneficiary loved them but really they only wanted to get away from their own country to the usa. So as the last poster said "be careful".

dont rush in. give it a couple of years before marrying. make sure the commitment is real. the big age gap is a huge red flag. think about it. It seems to me its almost always older men wanting a younger attractive lady or young virile men wanting an older lady....why? because they know its so much easier to find someone older to "love" and get them out of their current difficult life to a new life in the US of A. Why dont they try and find someone around their own age .....Because the ones their own age generally arnt looking overseas.

My opinion. If youre going to marry, do everything you can to make sure it has the best chance of lasting. take your time, dont take big risks, and a big age difference is a huge risk......think about your liability if it dosnt work. The cost of getting in is so much cheaper than the cost of getting out....love is wonderful, the first year or two if youre lucky is full of passion and full on emotion, but that all settles down and then you have to work at it and be best friends and be able to live a happy life together. make sure you know the person your marrying. cheers

Dear Kiwi,

you truly belive you can chose who you fall in love with? That is very sad to hear. Because if that indeed is the truth, you have never experience love.

Love isn't something you can describe or chose to feel. If you love somebody, you love them. No matter what. Sure, you might know it is not smart to love him/her, but in the end it does not change anything. Because if you are in love you will have to follow your heart. Because not doing so will kill it..

And yes, love needs time to grow. Have you ever heard, that when two people fall in love they are usually the last ones to know?

Everybody sees they are in love, but they don't until it hits them - and when it hits them, it is too late.

Ok, Im going to go against the flow here. I think women or men who marry more than say 10 years younger than themselves are looking for trouble in the future. maybe the near future even, maybe a bit later. Especially if married within 1 or 2 years of meeting when you really dont know the person youre marrying as well as you need to!.

So in the honeymoon period of the first year its all about being in love and finding that special person, your soulmate who is all you want, isnt it. Age dosnt matter, romance is blooming and you just want to be together. We all know the divorce rate is high for couples close in age in america, how much more difficult for a couple where 2 or 5 or 10 years down the line the 15 or 20 or more year age difference is very apparent, ie you look old!! and the younger spouse is now integrated into the american( or other) culture and getting attention from men or women younger than themselves......divorce is easy in america isnt it...ok so love is not about the wrinkles and saggy areas that appear , I know that, but lets face it, if youre 20 years older than your spouse the risk is high that they will eventually be attracted to someone younger than them ie someone 25 or 30 years younger than you!!

I think its smart to take a longer term view before starting a relationship with a much younger person. i wouldnt do it for anything. My lady is 3 years younger than me and that suits me fine because, besides that fact we love each other and have been together for nearly 4 years I know she has that experience of life under her belt. People change with age, their desires and future priorities change. why take the risk that someone so much younger will feel like you do in 5 or 10 years.....

This is just my opinion. i know there are long term true love stories of marriages with large age differences....i just dont think theres very many....

Because Love is not a choise. Love is a feeling. You cannot chose who you fall in love with.