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22 hours ago, DMoura said:

Hi... so. I have the same doubt since the web site say the same thing (no need of translation for documents in portuguese/english.

 

Do you already did your interview? were the tranlations needed after all?

 

thank you!

Débora

Hey, Débora!  Yes, we did the interview already and no translations were necessary   In fact, here's the generic list they ask for when you get there (at the consulate in Rio): 

Not that I would suggest taking only that, but that's their generic list

Trust me, I HAVE searched. Everything I've seen on here has told me that I haven't needed translations. We're in Brazil, applying in Brazil (no DCF). When we went to send the documents to the NVC, my lawyer said they all needed to be translated from Portuguese to English. After searching, I didn't agree, but I thought he probably knows better than me, so I had them translated. Now our interview is scheduled (in Rio) and my lawyer is telling me I need to take originals of all of my documents AND translations. I have most of them still, but the police reports have expired. Again, he's insistent that it IS necessary. Translations are expensive! Do I really need to take translations with me? I just can't wrap my head around the idea that I'll need to take English translations of Portuguese documents to an embassy in Brazil, but I also don't want to delay anything or have to return.

I know this has nothing to do with the expedite, but why can't you take back some of his stuff anyway?  I know you said it's in case something goes wrong, but I doubt you're going to give up the process if something goes wrong.  At some point you'll live together, right?  Or at the very least, at some point you'll visit each other again.  I don't know... we've been slowly trickling stuff to the US in people's luggage since we decided to move.  If something goes wrong, I guess we'll just trickle it back.  

Awww, I just wanted to throw out some support!  When I immigrated to Brazil I was miserable for like five years.  I hated EVERYTHING and cried and complained and just made myself and everyone around me miserable.  I also had babies here, so I can tell you that being pregnant and having infants is NOT helpful when you feel this way. I just kept thinking about all of the things that were better in the US.  And it was ridiculous things like "but it's 100 degrees out on Christmas!  It doesn't feel like Christmas!" and "WHY does everyone have to form a human wall on escalators and not let walkers pass!?!?!" Looking back, it's obvious that those weren't the actual issues I was having, but I just looked for every little thing that was "wrong" and just picked it apart.

After I let go of all of the crappy stuff that I just "couldn't deal with" and decided that I didn't want to be miserable forever, I started seeing all of the great things about living here. Now I've been here 9 years, and due to various circumstances we've decided to go back to the US (well, "back" for me... not for my husband)... I'm crying again!  I'm not even kidding, I keep thinking about things like the climate and the food and feeling rushed in the US.  I just looked at apartments and started crying because they all have carpet.  It's not the carpet... it's that change is hard.  Starting over is hard. Leaving your memories and your home is hard.  

So, after all that rambling and my entire life story, I just wanted to say to hang in there!  As rough as it is (especially pregnant!), try to let go of the bad things.  Think "is that REALLY a deal breaker?".  When you don't focus on the bad, the good will come. I've never been to California, but I'm sure there's some good there  I honestly think that no place is "better" than another.  They're just different.

5 days in my case. NVC received my case today.

Thanks! How were you notified that they'd received it?

Congrats to all the new approvals!

Any idea how long it takes the NVC to receive them after the app shows they've been sent?

Finally approved!!

PD 6/14, transferred to Potomac 10/31, approved 12/2

How do you actually talk to someone at USCIS? I call and get "to talk to a customer service representative, please call between 8am and blah blah". It doesn't give a time zone, but I've called at various times throughout the day and can never talk to anyone. Is there a secret?

Mine went to Potomac. (PD 6/14, transfer 10/31).

PD 6/14, just got transferred 10/31.

I also noticed a bunch of mid-May applications getting transferred. I wish they would get mine out of that black hole, too!!!

Yeah, I've read 2-3% denial rate. It would have to look SUPER sketchy for them to deny her. My husband got his before we were married and I was living in the US with our child. We were really nervous because he would have had much more reason to stay than return, but he DID plan to return and he got the visa. I think he only had this apartment lease and job to show.

His sister WAS denied, but that was years and years ago. She had no job, no money or assets, no education, was living with her parents. Her friend was living in the US and she was going to pay for her trip for her. So she literally had NOTHING to show intention to return.

Hi everyone! I'm new here today, but apparently registered with this website in 2009, so I must've been thinking about immigrating then and changed my mind We filed earlier in the month. Got the email on the 20th, receipt on the 24th, my priority date is the 14th. Our case got sent to Nebraska. Woohoo!