Skye_Cohen

just for clarification: if the filer submits an i864 and has sufficient income for the current year but did not file taxes for the previous two years because they were not required to as their income was small enough. would they still be able to sponsor the foreign spouse or would they need to find a co-sponsor?

maybe somone smarter can help too but with NVC the big one is the i864, the affidavit of support. check out the nvc flowchart and the ling chi guide in the wiki

Can someone please help me here? I will attempt to frame my situation first. I got married in Dominican Republic 08-10-2010. I-130 & G-325a already sent to USCIS. I received a NOA on 08-24-2010. Received a RFI on 11-17-2010, they needed proof that my divorce was finalized. Proof was send back via UPS within 2 days. My case status is now (response review).

Can someone tell me what are the next list of forms I will have to complete and send back to USCIS or Visa Center etc. i want to get all these ready so as soon as I receive notice of approval i will have all documents ready.

Thank you for your help as I can't afford to pay a lawyer to get this information and help.

Thanks

Oh My Gosh :dance:

Finally, my I-130 application has been received and routed to VSC. I got the email text from Chicago Lockbox.

The text follows:

from Do_Not_Reply_Lockbox@dhs.gov

to myemailid

date Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM

subject USCIS Acceptance Confirmation

Dear Applicant/Petitioner:

Your USCIS application/petition has been received and routed to the Vermont Service Center for processing. Within 7-10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number EACNNNNNNNNNN. With the official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) you may visit www.uscis.gov where you can check the status of your application using My Case Status. We suggest you wait until you have received your Form I-797 before checking My Case Status.

This confirmation provides notification of the date USCIS received your application/petition. This notice does NOT grant any immigration status or benefit. You MAY NOT present this notice as evidence that you have been granted any immigration status or benefit. Further, this notice does NOT constitute evidence that your application remains pending with USCIS. The current status of your application/petition must be verified with USCIS.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

Loto

EXCELLENT NEWS!!!

My I-130 was kicked back today, why you ask.

Section C, Item 20: My wife's address in Thailand was not written in Thai...............yes, I'm pissed. Now I have to go to a Thai restaurant tonight to get one of the young ladies their to write it for me.

ouch, im sorry to hear that.

that might be worth entering in the stupid rfe thread

Guys, I have consolidated everybody's timeline in this thread and made a single Word document for easy reference.

Loto

daaang loto you rock! thanks for taking the time, that is awesome

HAHA Really? Well Guess what, the passport doesnt even use the pronouns.. Problem is people #### with these forms too much

I have the same fear in the back of my head, from the official US Embassy in Jakarta they say Akte Perkawinin (certificate of marriage) but mine says Kutipan Akte Perkawinan (kutipan means citation or transcript of) but i suppose we shall see. Good luck to you my friend! I would think that the embassies in countries would be used to the inconsistencies common to those official certificates

this link may be of some help: http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Colombia&cty=Bogota

My wife lives in Colombia, i am currently residing in Colombia with her, but permanently in Colorado

1.The fee for the I130 is $355.00USD Cant seem to get ahold of anyone who can tell me what i should do as far as the payment because the currensy is different.

2.Anyone know if the meeting I have to have with immigration services could be arranged at the Bogota embassy, or atleast in texas so i could save money on flying.

3.Can pictures for proof be on CD for with the forms that we send in?

I think thats it for questions-Thanks in advance!

maybe somone who knows more can chime in on question two but I'll give it a shot. there is something called DCF (direct consular filing?) where you can file from abroad but not all countries allow this, further more I think they all have different rules, for example, some US consulates will only permit DCF if you have had an address for at least six months in that country.

Please take this info with a grain of salt as it is from my memory only, use it as a direction to start googling but not as fact. Hopefully someone who knows more can correct me or add to this.

July of 2009 filer here , kick back and wait years

I'm so sorry to hear that! it is a bit scary I wish you the best of luck. hopefully once it gets back on track from the RFE it will be a quick trip to NVC and your kinks will have been worked out in this USCIS process enabling a fly through at NVC

wow you are so lucky! Wish you a very fast process in the future too

Oh i didn't realize i was off to such a good start, maybe i worked up some good luck on the US side from my terrible luck on the Indonesian side. I originally planned on being a march filer but had a few bumps in the road chasing wedding certificate.

Anyway i wish you all the best of luck!

And to Loto: I'm wishing you good luck, im sorry to hear that your application hasnt moved yet! Maybe in this first phase it is luck of the draw having your file pulled from a huge box of incoming mail (?)

Lets all keep each other posted on this thread as we go through this process!! I know it is really helpful for my own piece of mind to see others in the same boat and see how their process is going.

.. Best to all of you! let's all hurry up and get this stressful precess over with!!!

Hi,

is there anyone who filed in July? We did it July 30 and waiting for our NOA1

Yes receipt # texted to me on july 30, "form I-797 to follow in mail" quick USCIS! go go go!!!

oops forgot to say check for 1-130 fee($355) cleared 08/02/2010

I am filling out the I-130 form to petition for my wife. The form is set up to only accecpt addresses which are similar to the American address style (section C, lines 2).

Example,

12345 Alexander Street

Berverly Hills, CA 90210

Japanese addresses are not in this form. They do not give street names in their addresses. They give District-Block-Bulding numbers, Ward, City, Prefecture, Postal Code.

Example,

2-11-7 Shimanouchi, Chuo-ku

Osaka-shi

Osaka-fu

T 542-0082

How do I imput a japanese address to avoid any confusion?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I wrote them all on an attached sheet of paper and wrote "see attachment" on the form. Mine wouldn't fit even if they could have met the format

I thought i couldnt do this electronically? i thought only asbaghastan or something turkmenistan cuidad, and montreal could do this!

Are you telling me, my wife could sign it, scan it as a PDF and email it to NVCinquiry@state.gov??!?!

I too was reecently confused about this but NVC likes E-mails in general, If you look on the wiki and click NVC and then find DS 3032 or here is a link http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/Email_DS-3032_form (thanks to Darnell for pointing that out to me just a couple days ago)

So i think the confusion is this: NVC has a pilot program for electronic processing and so far i think it only works for Ghanzau, Sydney and somewhere else, you can learn more about that either on the wiki or by going to the NVC website but it is a different thing entirely than being able to submit emails of forms etc. I think you will benefit from reading the wiki on NVC as it answers some of the questions you are posting

They may pick up 2 applications on the same day and look at the basics. Then they start the checklists and depending on your history that is where things get harder. John Smith may take longer at name checks than Izekel Hjekle ( more apt to get a fake hit ) If you have previous applications you may slow up, if you have had a government clearance you probably pass right though. Are there divorce papers to check, are there any hits for unfiled taxes. Then once they finish with the USC they start checking out the foreign national. Same thing happens. Some countries have better record ( UK ) and some are terrible ( Nigeria) Second petitions usually go faster than first ones ( for the same person)

USCIS looks at tax history? for some reason i thought that they only looked at that stuff at NVC in reference to the I-864, still i thought they just looked at it to see that the affidavit of support met it's criteria. How do i learn more about that? would un-filed taxes cause red flags?

EDIT: that the patitioner met the affidavit of support criteria

ah, found some more:

Marriage Certificates

Available for all marriages celebrated in Tunisia on or after August 1, 1957, regardless of the race, religion, or nationality of the contracting parties. They are obtainable from the Office of the Registrar (Bureau de l'Etat-Civil) where the marriage was performed.

Marriages which took place prior to August 1, 1957 - With regard to Tunisian Moslems or Tunisian Jews: If the marriage was celebrated before the magistrate in charge of the Office of the Registrar, application should be made to the office (Bureau de L'Etat-Civil) where the marriage took place. If the marriage was celebrated by a Cadi or a Rabbi or before two Moslem or Rabbinical notaries, the parties may apply for their marriage certificates or notarial acts to the Tribunal of First Instance of the place where the marriage took place.

With regard to persons of European descent: If their marriage was celebrated before the magistrate in charge of the Office of the Registrar, application should be made to the office (Bureau de l'Etat-Civil) where their marriage took place. If the marriage was celebrated by the Controleur Civil, the marriage record may be obtained from the French Consulate General in Tunis.

The Prelature of Tunis maintains records of all Catholic marriages celebrated in Tunisia.

-------------------------

hopefully that helps

here is the link: http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_4881.html?cid=3691

i may be mistaken about the uscis website having that wedding certificate by country info, the only thing i could find was this info from the us embassy in tunisia :

If you are filing a petition for a spouse…

The Embassy cannot accept any petition in which one or both spouses are under the age of eighteen (18).

You may need your marriage decree issued by the Tunisian or Libyan government (religious documents are insufficient evidence of relationship).

You may need proof of termination of any prior marriages.

the tunisia us embassy website is here: http://tunisia.usembassy.gov/file_a_petition.html

Hi Everybody , we just got a RFE for our i130 after 4 months since we got the NOA1, it's about getting a Marriage certificate signed by the Tunisian authority and foreign affairs , and we just sent it , but i got a hand written certificate , im worry if it will be a problem because maybe they are used to the regular Marriage certificate from the municipalities in Tunisia which is similar to the birth certificate , i want to know if anyone had a HAND WRITTEN Marriage certificate from Tunisia??? and if anybody thinks that this can affect the RFE..Thank you

I dont know about Tunisia but i know thant in Indonesia, where my wedding took place, there are several different types of wedding certificates, for example (translated) certificate of explanation of marriage, marriage certificate, etc etc, plus there are certificates of the religious ceremony. In Indonesia there are only two that the US will accept and of those two, only one that is valid for a Indonesian citizen marrying with a citizen of another country, the US for example.

My wife and I had three before we actually got the one we needed, challenges of a small village in our situation.

There is a place somewhere on the USCIS website(i think uscis, not sure) where you can look up the necessary documents for immigration by country, not sure where it is, i wil try to find it but in the meantime maybe somone else who knows where it is can post a link.

Good luck, I'm sorry to hear about your RFE

In case it helps, i will tell you that for us, i had already left the country and many people told us that we couldn't get the certificate while i wasnt there to recieve it but after being persistent we were able to by me signing a power of attorney over to my wife.

For us, the trick was to go to the civil office in the biggest town in the regency.

perhaps one who takes offense can enlighten me, what is offensive about bringing family members from other countries? "this village immigration" as someone put it (sorry forgot who). US immigration law does not allow one bringing their village over here as we all know, so if it is family, and it is a big family, what is offensive about that?

'not trying to be confrontational, just trying to understand a viewpoint 'i don't share.

Well, how to say...I hope nobody takes offense.

It seems that there are a lot of people that are immigrants themselves and are now "getting more people from their own country" to the US.

A lot of people that marry people from the country they emmigrated from.

A lot of Us-citizen-comments are in terribly English and seem to be more "immigrant" then "UScitizen".

I personally have my difficulties with it, how about you guys?

(Again: I do not want to insult anybody.)

I am a us citezen born here from my father who migrated here from south africa. I absolutely dont have a problem with it, in fact i fail to see the relevance of perfect English for a US citizen. Also i understand the need for immigration law and for boarders and i support that we have both, it is tightly wound into our economy as a nation, but the unfortunate human consequence is that many families are torn apart and no matter how much we need boarders and immigration law, it seems a bit wrong that a family should be kept apart by the laws of a country relating to that countries economy. reasonable people can appreciate both sets of challenges and still disagree.

I now hope you dont take offence but it seems petty to worry about how good a persons English is as a measure of their worthiness to receive the benefits of a citizen or permanent resident particularly when the country in discussion is the melting pot of America with tons and tons of citizens whom English is not their first language, a country founded on immigration.

Great, ASCII template just means this, correct?:

DS-3032 Email Template

Subject: <NVC Case Number - Beneficiaries Name>

NVC Case No: <NVC Case Number>

CIS Case No: <USCIS Case Number> or <NOA Receipt Number>

Petitioner's Name: <Petitioner's Name LAST FIRST MI>

Petitioner's Date of Birth: <MONTH DD, YYYY> i.e. January 01, 1951

Beneficiary's Name: <Beneficiary's Name LAST FIRST MI>

Beneficiary's Date of Birth: <MONTH DD, YYYY> i.e. January 01, 1951

Re: Declaration of Choice of Address and Agent for Immigrant Visa applicant

To whom it may concern:

My name is <beneficiaries name>, my visa case number is # <NVC Case Number>.

Per the DS-3032 (Choice of Address and Agent for Immigrant Visa Applicants), I would like to appoint my <Husband/Wife> as my agent of choice to receive all future correspondence from the U.S. Department of State. <His/Her> contact information is provided below:

Name: <Petitioner's Name LAST FIRST MI>

Address:

<Petitioner's Address Line 1>

<Address Line 2> (optional)

<Address Line 3> (optional)

<City>, <State/Province>, <Postal Code>

<Country>

Phone: <Petitioner's Phone Number>

Email: <Petitioner's E-mail Address> All mail from the U.S. Department of State concerning my immigrant visa should be sent to the address above.

Please let me know if you need additional information. Thank you for your help.

Sincerely yours,

<Beneficiary's Name LAST FIRST MI>

Telephone: <Beneficiary's Telephone>

Email: <Beneficiary's Email>

awesome Darnell! -sorry but what does "SOLN" mean? great, i already got DS-3032 filled out and signed by her but I will heed yor other advise as well, great tip with skype too!

Hi, another question for my new favorite people ever! (that means VJ people) here is my situation but first just for clarity I am the USC petitioner my wife is the foreign spouse beneficiary, okay here we go:

I sent my I-130 in and it arrived on Friday(today is Monday). No check cashed yet and no NOA1 yet but i expect them soon.

My original plan was to wait until after wife has successful interview and then go and visit briefly before her and I head back to USA.

BUT! I have an oppertunity for free airfare and a month all expenses paid if i go there in december and if i do go in december i will just stay until her interview, if im lucky and no problems that would be six months from now putting it in early February

I would very much like to do that as i can swing it with work, money, etc.. and of course i miss my wife terribly.

My question to you all is: Can anyone see any potential problems if im not in the US while paperwork is going through, it would seem that i should be here in the US until after my I-130 is already at NVC (but of course who knows)

I have plenty of family here who can assist in sending things in to NVC or USCIS but of course I couldnt get things notarized ( or could i at us embassy?)..

Anyway.. thoughts??

Thank you!

UNKNOWN may also work or you could try an N/A

I dont think N/A is appropriate as the father, or mother for that matter, does indeed have a birthday. USCIS also is clear not to use N/A if the answer could be none, I would assume that to be true for UNKNOWN as well. I would go with UNKNOWN.

Gee i didnt use caps for NONE on my g325a, i said (none)i hope they dont kill me for that, Yikes!

thank you all for sharing your stories. It is difficult. It does make me feel better to know that my wife and I aren't alone.

Oh, I don't know about how they say it in bali

In Java (or at least Jakarta):

Mbak = miss

Mbok = ma'am

Mas = sir

Something like that..

Any ways..

No worries for your document. They care more about ticking every box, answering every question, and signature in appropriate spot.

Stuff like that.

Best of luck to you and your lovely wife on your journey!

great thank you all i'm all set.

and thanks for the lesson mbak