transtronix

Hello All,

I need urgent help, my daughter was born in Hyderabad, India on September 6th 2010. My wife is scheduled to get the CR-1 visa on the 23rd. I was looking into the process for my daughter and I was told that I need to file the CRBA and then apply for the US passport. My child doesn't qualify because I do not satisfy the 5 year physical presence requirement, I am falling short of 35 days But then recently someone told me that I can apply for N600 for my new born child. Upon reading the instructions for the N600, I does say that this form can be used by children who qualify if one of their parents are US citizen.

I am confused as what should I do, I don't want to file I-130 for my child because it will take a long time to process but I cannot seem to find any other way either. Please help

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but your lawyer is a moron.

After the I-130 is sent to the Chicago lock box, they send an I-797C, Notice of Action (referred to around here as an NOA1).

The instructions (top right hand side of page 5) for the I-129F state the following:

If you are filing an I-129F petition for your spouse, mail your petition to the Service Center where the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending. Use the address listed on your most recent receipt notice or transfer notice and include a copy of that notice with your Form I-129F.

So you send the I-130 to Chicago, Chicago then sends it to California. That means that is where your underlying I-130 petition is currently pending...not Chicago. Your lawyer should know this because the instructions say to "Use the address listed on your most recent receipt notice. And make sure you include a copy of that notice with your Form I-129F. That means make a copy of the I-797C, Notice of Action and mail it along with your I-129F.

Good luck and tell your lawyer to read the instructions for the I-129F. If I were you I would be a bit upset...that's his job for crying out loud. How much are you paying this person? I hope it isn't much.

Thanks bud.......I am not paying the lawyer anything, its suppose to be a wedding gift from my cousin. Apparently my cousin is good friends with this stupid lawyer and that's he forced me to use him. To make matters ever worst this lawyer does not even handle family visa's, he is more into employment visa's. I just hope that I don't have to depend on him from now on for any further paperwork.

I am just not sure what other papers will I have to fill out from now on that I have to use this stupid lawyer.

This is exactly why I DONT have a lawyer... I would much rather be pi$$#d at myself, than think I was blowing my money on an over paid idiot

I know what you mean.....Bad move but the only thing I can do now is to play smart and just double check everything from now on. The moron of a lawyer is nothing now but just a pain in the butt.

If only I could fire him without any of my papers going over to his office. That is the only thing that is keeping me from firing him.

Not much consequence to no more than a week of delay.

I would fire my lawyer rite away but since he signed the forms as the document preparer all the papers from now on will go to him and I don't want him to take revenge and delay my case further.

Any ideas on how to have the USCIS send me the papers and not to my lawyer. What would I have to do for that? Definitely not anything that would delay my process.

Thanks for all your replies.

I just a real bad experience with my K3 application being rejected. My lawyer sent the I-129F to the Chicago lock box as the I-130 instructed but my application was sent back with a note asking it to be sent to the California Service Center. Its frustrating and as I lost almost 4 weeks due to the incorrect info provided by the USCIS instruction form.