OKflyboy

All,

VSC is the most hopeless processing center in the entire USCIS centers. Does anyone know if i relocate to California in near future will it help my application.

Thanks

Anand

You'll have to file Change of Address. They will probably (I'm not sure how service centers are exactly assigned, I have had cases all over the place - Nebraska, Texas, California, Lee Summit, Vermont, while living in OK and AZ) transfer your case to CSC. The transfer itself will take some time.

They say it might take up to six months. So they're not out of their time frame yet.

I'm at CSC too, PD Sept 2014. No NOA-2 yet. Good to know they stick with 5 months, though. Means in the next 4-6 weeks we might be approved.

called NVC and they haven't reviewed my case yet. scanned date NOV 6. told me to call back on or before January 6.

I read that some NOV 3 filers have their case complete!

Nov 6 here too. Got case number today in the mail. By the date on the letter looks like it was done before the holidays. Just took long to get mailed and get here.

Got the case number and the AOS invoice from NVC today (would have been two months on the 6th from when the case was sent there). The date on the invoice is December 18. Submitted Choice of Agent form. Gonna pay the AoS fee in a couple of days.

You need to hire an immigration lawyer.

Or read the immigration guide. It's cheaper:)

At OKflyboy, ohhh lucky you that your spouse is here with you! It's awful for some of us being apart from our spouses :-(

I know. We were apart for a year and a half, although my husband is a natural born US citizen. Didn't even have internet, just a phone call once a week.

Thanks.. Is there any way to make it faster than normal. Perhaps "express"

Expedite? Not that I know of. Expedition is usually for people who need to enter the US ASAP. Naturalization applicants are already here.

I wonder if the parents of US citizen children who entered legally but overstayed qualify. Looks like only the illegals...

As soon as she sends in her citizenship application how long does it take from when she files to when she'll get her naturalization certificate?

Took me 8 months. Can be sooner, can be later.

My mom got her GC after a month, but their time frame is up to 6 months. ELIS status should be "case closed" or something like that, then you know they are producing the card.

SSC came after 2 weeks.

Really? I read somewhere on VJ that if the priority date stops being current while you case is at the embassy you do not get the visa. I hope that is not true. Do you think we can be fortunate to get our spouses here by August next year? I mean if PD becomes current after we are approved we can request NVC expedition.

I used an online calculator, and it looks like June of 2016 for September 2014 PD.

My spouse is a US citizen and he's here:) It's my 7-year-old brother that we filed for.

I don't quite understand how the PD can stop being current once it is. But it's my first time filing for a LPR relative, so I do not know much about the process.

I know, though, that the medical is only valid for 6 months, so if you don't get the visa at the interview, you risk losing your entry window.

Someone needs to write an article about minor children of LPRs. It is absolutely absurd that a minor child cannot come on a derivative petition with a parent. I understand the heartbreak of those who want to be united with adult siblings, but they are adults and can take care of themselves at least. My brother has no other family than my mom, he has a disability, and my mom is forced to leave him in the care of people who do not want to do it, and for whom he is a huge burden, not to mention that she has to pay for the care. Since nobody agrees to take care of him for more than a few weeks, my mom has to go back and be separated from me and her grandkids despite having gone through 18 months of the immigration process and being a LPR of the US.

Why don't they at least consider it on case by case basis and issue derivative visas to children who have no other relatives and nobody to take care of them while their parents are gone? At least in case of single parents. At least for children under 16. At least take the visa cap off for kids, so they only have to wait 10-12 months instead of over 2 years!

They way it works now does not make any freakin' sense.

Same here :-( I saw someones profile yesterday who is also at CSC saying they approved her yesterday, PD is June 18 2014, so I guess we have a lot of waiting to do. So can someone please advise, lets say the priority date becomes current after NOA2, what are the chance that a visa number is available at the time of the interview? Thanks

Not yet. I'm used to waiting at least 5 months, so I'm not even expecting anything yet.

I thought if they scheduled the interview visa number was available? Isn't current PD=available visa number?

It's fairly easy. I suggest you wait 6 month after their arrival so you don't have to do a homestudy. They will need their birth certificates for sure and some papers proving that their biological father has no parental rights and/or does not object to the adoption. They also wanted my greencard, my husband's ID, our marriage certificate and some proof that the children live with the adoptive father.

As long as you (or someone else) can sponsor them both, go ahead. You can file for any number of relatives.

The stamped letter serves as proof that you have done biometrics. You keep it.

No, you're fine. It does not affect either your status or his sponsor responsibilities.

Hello to all. First of all thanks for all your responses...

I have another questions.

I just called NVC to asked when am I going to received the IV invoice I also asked what are the docs needed to send for my IV packets/package, the lady said, I need to send my marriage contract. I told her I am divorced for over 5 years. She said it doesn't matter.

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Should I really need to send my marriage contract even though I was divorced? I don't see any connection why I have to.

Yes, you have to send them the original/certified copy of you marriage contract/certificate AND the same for the divorce document. No matter how many times you have been married and divorced, no matter how long ago.

Since you are sponsoring both parents you would not qualify for the EZ.

The petitions for parents are separate, though, and only one parent is listed on each petition. My guess would be multiple persons applies to the beneficiary with dependents, i.e. IR-1/2 or K-3/4.

AOS papers should be separate in the case of two IR-5s also.

To be safe I would probably file the regular one, which I did. But this is something to think about.

The child has to physically live with you for two years prior to filing the immigrant petition. There is no way around that. It doesn't have to be in the Ph, just outside the US, since she can't legally enter here.

I've been through similar process several times.

today i paid the IV fee for my mom, can i send the docs on monday even if its not paid yet on the ceac website?

Yes, you can send the packet any time. They will review them once the payment clears.

She's too old. And you would have to wait 2 years to fulfill the legal and physical custody requirements (meaning she would have to physically live with you) before you could file I-130 for her anyway.

My dad's petiton just got approved!

I wish I had his civil documemts and could afford the NVC fees right now... Unfortunately, we're going to have to wait a few months. Still good to know he's been approved.

Five months since my dad's PD today. Still at initial review.