susie123

Hi - my husband and I went in for our interview on Dec 23, 2009 and we were placed on Admin Review for six weeks. At that time the embassy will either tell him that he has the visa or he doesn't have the visa. If he doesn't get the visa, what are our next steps? I'm not sure what else to do. I contacted a lawyer and she did say that there is nothing I can do now until after the embassy makes there decision. But I want to know if anyone of you ever had to go through something like this and what were the steps you took after the admin review?

Thanks -

suz

Well me and my husband was on the same situation with the embassy. WE went through the same procedure. What we did was to take a lawyer now and let the lawyer get in contact with the embassy. In my case, they asked for a second interview and we went in in December I think it was December 12, 2008. My husband was so frustrated he took a lawyer who wrote a letter stating the evidence of relationship that we have and ask what other evidence was required? She wrote that letter in February 2009 and in March 2009 I got my visa. my thoughts to you is to work at the embassy before the papers are sent back.

Actually it helped our case because I had no problems bringing the child. My child is here with me we got our visas together although his papers was filed almost one year after mine. I had no RFE on his paperwork. I believe that when they see that you have all your papers in hand you have a straight case your papers is processed quickly

I read both the instructions on the I130 and the website information posted US embassy in Guyana and send them all the information that they ask for up front because I did not want to risk an RFE. with each RFE received it add up to an additional month or so in delay of the process and that is dependent how soon you send in the information requested. My child came with me and I was in a similar position to your wife.

yes those custody papers are very important. Send what you have on Monday and ask to expedite. Aso check the birth certificate of the child and see if the father name is on it. If the father name is not on it then check the Pakistani embassy website and see what papers are required for them to issue the visa for the child. In some countries if the father name is not on the child birthcertificate then it is not necessary to get custody papers.

Also she will need custody papers saying that she has sole custody for the child. permission from the non immigrating parent or permission from the courts saying that the child is permitted to leave the jurisdiction. With our application we had the following documents attached letter

1. letter to expedite case so that child visa will be processed with the mother

2. I130 petition

3. G325A I think my husband signed them on behalf of my son

4. birth certificates (me husband child)

5. Marriage certificate

6. divorce papers

7. custody papers

8. permission for child to leave country

9. approval letter for me

Talk to your wife and you can post your concerns here and I promise that I will come and search for your post and respond.

Good luck

My son approval at NVC also took a month. But you must write a letter asking to expedite based on the fact it is a minor child and attach all approvals appointment letters for your wife etc. Make sure your wife case number is recorded on the letter that you are writing to expedite. My case was delayed about 3 months until my son's papers was processed but the fact is I did not have to leave my child behind. My son was 8 years old at the time. I signed all the papers for my son my name for my child.

I was in a similar situation, after my approval at USCIS we realise my son was not going to get to migrate with me to the US. What my husband (USC) did was to file all the necessary I think I also file G325a for my son attach my approval letter. We then wrote a letter and attach it to the application explaining the circumstances and how we did not realise that we needed to file another I130 form for my son that this was the requirement and my son was a minor child and we also in that letter asked to expedite this case so that both mother and child papers will be processed together. Within one month my son got USCIS approval and then the matter went to NVC and long story short both me and my son migrated in March this year. We did not take a lawyer

I'm in a serious problem, my hubby is USC, I'm waiting for waiver for having lived illegally in U.S., I am living in Peru 4 years but these years I had a baby out of wedlock, my question is: Can I hope request for my baby or my husband can testify him as his son. He has forgiven me and is willing to do it for love of me and blame for having let alone all these years, help me please, `I can provide proof that my husband was in my country before become pregnant and have declared my son with his surname for to get his birth certificate, Can I derive my residence to my baby or my husband can do it??, I think that maybe Embassy request me DNA ??? ...my baby has 3 years old.

thanks a lot

Anamyle

I was married before and had a son from that marriage and then was divorced. I then remarried my current husband a USC. He petition for both me and my daughter (being 8 years old at the time of the petition) and we both received our visas in March this year and is living in the US. So your husband can petition for both you and the child ( file one I130 petition for you and another for your son) since the child is entitled to immigration benefits because of your marriage to a USC. Do not lie and say the child is your current husbands because DNA does not lie and it is becoming standard in these immigration cases. Misrepresention results in a life time ban from the US

Thank you so much for your advice. My husband took a lawyer to fill out the paper work and mail it in and so on. She did not even prepare us for the interview. My friend give me a list of possible questions which we used to prepare for the joint interview. The last time my husband spoke with her she said she is waiting for the papers to come back to the US before she could deal with it. Now we realise our mistake it has been about 5 months and still we do not know whether the papers are in Guyana or went back to the US. My friend (faith actually brought us together) she was in a similar position with me. We lived in the same apartment complex and we shared what we know on our cases. I know for sure her case had a lot of problems because the first time her husband sponsored her her visa was denied. She took this lawyer Susan B Henner and she got her visa within a month of this lawyer handling the case, and there another neighbor case she worked on but his is a work visa and he and his family got through. Susan Henner has experience with visa denials in my country but now we have more options in which to choose. I am so frustrated

What you should do also is to supply all documents to rebut their claims with the letter to revoke and more so if the lawyer prepared it your husband can get a second interview.

Yes it would. I have a friend who had a similar experience to yours. Her husband first filed I129F and that was denied he came back to Guyana and married her a couple of days before me. She kept the Intent to revoke letter and she used that letter to prepare for her I130 interview and provided documents to rebutt what their claims. She got her visa in March this year and is currently with her husband. So if you want to start the process over prepare your second interview based on that letter because all those questions will appear again.

Dear All

My husband (US ciizen) and I got married in April 2007, he filed the necessary paperwork in May 2007. I was approved in January 2008 and my visa interview was scheduled for October 2008 which was postponed by the Guyana Embassy to December 2008. I went for the interview and was told that I needed to bring back my husband for a joint interview. He came to Guyana in January 2009 and we had the interview on Friday 30 January. The interviewed us separately and after my husband the US citizen they told him the interview was over and the case is now under administrative processing.

The questions at the interview varied from what our sex life is like, when we last had sex, if we had sex the first time we met, I was really embarrassed but choose to answer all questions truthfully. I am a 48 year old woman and my husband is 62 we have both been married before. A mutual friend introduced us and we have the letter to prove it. We also submitted pictures of our wedding which we had at a hindu temple a small ceremony just between friends and family (which they did not look at) and other times when he came on vacation, western union receipts that he supports me financially, the rent receipts that our apartment is rented in both our names, phone records, letters we write each other, our joint US tax return.

April 2009 I received a letter from the Guyana Embassy stating that I did not establish that my relationship was genuine and my visa was denied under 221g and is being sent to the US for further administrative processing. This is August and I have not heard a thing from them. My husband did call the State Department and they said they wrote a letter to be sent out but they did not know the date it will be sent. I find that strange.

My questions are can the US embassy in Guyana deny an spousal immigration visa and what is the process of denying a visa when it returns to the US. I would love to hear your views