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Can I get my wife's petition speed up my daughter has a heart condtion and has falled ill. She is a US citizen but my wife is waiting on her I130 petition approval is there any thing we can do.

You can call and discussed this with USCIS possibly that you can provide your aughter has a heart condtion and she is a US citizen and with a Dr. Referral or some kind of medical emergency statement letter from your daughter Physician medical urgency from the country where she live now and send a letter to USCIS with your request for expedient process with USCIS procedure.

I wish you for expedient recovery for your daughter and good luck

Here is the link about request for expedient process

Expedite Criteria at USCIS

All expedite requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and are granted at the discretion of the Director. The burden is on the applicant or petitioner to demonstrate that one or more of the expedite criteria have been met. The criteria are as follows:

Severe financial loss to company or individual

Extreme emergent situation

Humanitarian situation

Nonprofit status of requesting organization in furtherance of the cultural and social interests of the United States

Department of Defense or National Interest Situation (Note: Request must come from official United States Government entity and state that delay will be detrimental to our Government)

USCIS error

Compelling interest of USCIS

If you are filing your application or petition:

You must provide a written explanation as to why the application or petition needs to be expedited. You may include supporting evidence with the request. Write “EXPEDITE REQUEST” at the top of your letter. When you file your application or petition, place your expedite request letter on the top of your documents.

If you have already filed your application or petition:

You can contact the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283. The NCSC will take a “service request” and forward your expedite request to the office with jurisdiction over the application or petition. You also have the options of 1). visiting your local office by scheduling an InfoPass appointment or 2). writing a letter to the local office or service center.

Congrats, great news, now, the interview, Best of luck!!

Thank you! meant2b2009 I hope we'll make it to July interview You and me

Wow, congratulations!

sachinky yes we did it Thank you for all your help.

Congrats to all of the recent SIF/CC and interview date set people.

Thank you TeyaValentina

It finally happened guys! I got my SIF!

When I log on to NVC .... on 06-11-2010

"...Sign In Failed

* Please be advised that the case that you have attempted to access is not eligible for further processing by the National Visa Center at this time. Please click on the Contact the NVC hyperlink if you believe that you have received this message in error...."

OMG... OMG...

Thanks God and all of VJ members and sachinky for help & support.

You're looking at a SIF by this Tuesday/Wednesday. Good luck!

When I log on to NVC i get this .... on 06-11-2010

Sign In Failed

* Please be advised that the case that you have attempted to access is not eligible for further processing by the National Visa Center at this time. Please click on the Contact the NVC hyperlink if you believe that you have received this message in error.

OMG... OMG...

Thanks God and all of VJ members and sachinky for help & support.

Thank you very much... this is very helpful and it doesn't look too complicated either lol. Congrats on your baby, hope the rest of your journey will be over soon too.

You welcome...You too your journey will be over soon

PASSPORT & CITIZENSHIP SERVICES

Children Born in Croatia to U.S. Parents

Children born abroad to U.S. citizen parents may have a claim to U.S. citizenship. If the parent(s) meets the transmission requirement, a child's birth may be reported at this Embassy and a U.S. passport and social security number may be obtained for him or her.

We strongly recommend that the birth of your child be reported to this Embassy as soon as possible after the birth. It is not possible to report the birth of a child over the age of 18. Even if your child holds nationality of a country other than the U.S., if your child has a claim to citizenship, he or she must be in possession of a valid U.S. passport to enter and exit the United States.

The following information will assist you in determining whether or not your child is a U.S. citizen and will provide assistance in the steps you are required to take to register the birth and obtain his or her passport.

Learn more about Eligibility for U.S. citizenship

If, upon reviewing the above, you believe your child is eligible for citizenship, please make an online appointment to visit the embassy to submit the necessary documentation.

CONSULAR REPORT OF BIRTH ABROAD & INITIAL PASSPORT

It is necessary to complete the following documents prior to your appointment:

Application for Consular Report of Birth, Form DS-2029

Please do not sign the application, you will be asked to do it in front of a consular officer.

Application for Passport, Form DS-11

Please do not sign the application for your child, you will be asked to do so in front of a consular officer.

If one parent/guardian is absent we will require original, notarized consent. You can use Statement of Consent or Special Circumstances - Issuance of a Passport to a Minor Under Age 16, Form DS-3053

Application Form SS-5 for a Social Security Number,

Please also bring the following documents with you to your appointment:

Note: If your documents are in a language other than English, a certified translation must be provided.

Child's Croatian birth certificate - "Izvadak iz matice rođenih" or "Rodni list"

Original Croatian birth certificate, issued by local authorities. This document must show the biological parents' names. Short form birth certificates, which do not indicate parentage, are not acceptable.

Parents' marriage certificate

Original certificate issued by local, state, or national government authorities. If your marriage certificate is in a language other than Croatian or English, a certified translation must be provided. The original certificate must be presented along with any translation.

Divorce decrees/death certificates (if applicable)

It will be necessary to show termination of all prior marriages for both parents. Please bring certified translations, if appropriate.

Evidence of parent's US citizenship

The U.S. citizen parent(s) must present his/her (their) U.S. passport(s). If the U.S. citizen parent(s) was (were) naturalized he/she (they) must bring the original Certificate of Naturalization in addition to the passport.

Passport / identification document for non-U.S. citizen parent (if applicable)

A non-U.S. citizen parent must bring his/her passport or other photo identification document.

Evidence of physical presence

The U.S. citizen parent must bring proof of living in the United States. Primary evidence documents that may establish your physical presence in the U.S. before the child's birth include: transcripts from high school and/or college, wage statements, DD214 separation statement (military members only). Secondary evidence include: credit card bills, utility bills, tax forms, airline ticket stubs, former/current passport with stamps.

If the parents are not married

Affidavit of Paternity and Support is required for an applicant born to an unmarried U.S. citizen father. DO NOT SIGN!

Application Fee

The fee for a Consular Report of Birth is $65. The fee for a child's passport under 16 is $85 OR $100 for children over 16. Payment may be made in U.S. Dollars, Croatian Kuna or by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or Diners Club). Personal checks are not accepted.

Photos

Two identical color photos taken within the past 6 months, 2" X 2" (5 cm x 5 cm) size with white or off-white background. Digital photos are not generally acceptable. There is a photo machine in the waiting room of the consular section which can take photos for a fee of 40 Kuna (payable in Kuna only).

If you do not bring the required documentation, we must suspend processing of the application and you will need to schedule another appointment.

K, so we're in the final stage with the NVC... and expecting everything to be done soon (if we don't get an RFE, of course). Our baby should be born on September 17 and we were hoping I'd actually be able to have the baby in the US but time seems to fly and I'm not so sure that will happen anymore, since there's no chance for me to get an interview before August, in the best case scenario. Am I right? And according to the airlines I can only fly by the 36th week of the pregnancy.

So, what I wanna know is... what happens if our baby is born in my home country (Croatia)? What happens with the baby's paperwork if I have an interview before the baby is born? And what happens if I have an interview after the baby is born?

Any ideas if we'll have to file a new I-864 if the interview happens after the baby is born?

One more thing... if I get an interview in September around the date that our baby should be born, I'm not so sure I'll be able to go cause the US embassy is like 4 hours away from where I live and I don't want something bad happening to me on the way there. Do you think it would be possible to get a new interview date in that case?

I know it's alot of questions, but I'm hoping someone on here could know the answers.

Thanks in advance,

Ivana

me too have a baby and i did this in Ethiopia at US embassy.

First of all, congratulation on your baby... If you are a US citizen and if your babies born in my home country (Croatia) you can go to US embassy to the counselor (country Croatia) My linkChildren Born in Croatia to U.S. Parents

Children Born in Croatia to U.S. Parents

Children born abroad to U.S. citizen parents may have a claim to U.S. citizenship. If the parent(s) meets the transmission requirement, a child's birth may be reported at this Embassy and a U.S. passport and social security number may be obtained for him or her.

We strongly recommend that the birth of your child be reported to this Embassy as soon as possible after the birth. It is not possible to report the birth of a child over the age of 18. Even if your child holds nationality of a country other than the U.S., if your child has a claim to citizenship, he or she must be in possession of a valid U.S. passport to enter and exit the United States.

The following information will assist you in determining whether or not your child is a U.S. citizen and will provide assistance in the steps you are required to take to register the birth and obtain his or her passport.

Learn more about Eligibility for U.S. citizenship

EMBASSY Certified Copy of a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) which you can report your new baby born and they'll give you a form DS-11 and DS-2029 Package and you have to pay and then US embassy to the counselor received and after you report your new born baby to the embassy and then they would check your application for Eligibility for U.S. citizenship than they'll issue you with your baby certificate's FS-240 Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) and a US passport so your baby would automatically become a US citizen. so you need to talk to the counselor at the US citizen service in (Croatia). Or you can call them now and inquire information you are to become apparent in your home country (Croatia).

July 12th, 7.30am What number do i put in on the DHL to track our stuff from the NVC now? i dont get it? lol.

My interview is on July 12th, any tipps for what date i should book my flight the earliest??

cool Congrats!!! Jonswifey Good luck on your interview.

NVC received iV packet this monday still AVR updates "waiting for biographical information from petitioner" ..waiting for the case completion..hopefully by next week i might hear something good news from them

Yes depressedwife you'll hear it, me too i'm hopping next week to hear good news from NVC !!!

You can see what?

the form on the site

Can you download the form on your browser?

I am getting an non existing page message.

I am getting this on top of the page:

Pulse aquí para un descripción del error en Español, por favor.

The requested page does not exist. Please check your URL.

yes i can see it

Where do I get Form 4506-T

The link on the IRS web site is broken:

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506t.pdf

I found Form 4506 but that seems to be about $60 a year:

http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq/0,,id=199557,00.html

Are Tax transcripts necessary? I am hoping they are optional.

the link is working ok

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506t.pdf

When do you need it? if you have time you can call IRS and ask for Forms and Publications call 1-800-829-3676 to place your order

or Contact your Local IRS Office

Sign In Failed

* Please be advised that the case that you have attempted to access is not eligible for further processing by the National Visa Center at this time. Please click on the Contact the NVC hyperlink if you believe that you have received this message in error.

OMG... OMG...

Thanks God and all of VJ members for help/support.

Major Step Complete... on to next one now.

Congrats!

APPPPROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

it was not too bad; like we thought, they just want to have a convo with you. will write the review later. we pick up the passport with the visa tomorrow after 3 from the VFS office.

thanks VJ family for all your thoughts and prayers. you rock!!!!

paaaaartay time!!!! :dance:

best of luck to the bears and everyone else interviewing today and next week :thumbs:

Congratulations!

VISA APPROVED!!!!!

This email came in about 2 hours ago:

Thanks for forwarding the requested information.

We feel glad to inform that upon review of the documents , consular officer had approved applicants application for immigrant visa. Applicant will be receiving her passport , visa and visa packet within a week by courier.

Chennai, IVU.

Congratulations! :dance:

After being sick for six weeks with a mystery illness and spending last night in the ER, we came home to a pleasant surprise: our I-130 has been approved! We have most of the documents ready for NVC (I think), but I can no longer find the information about Canadians opting to do Electronic Processing. Can someone link me please? Thanks!

Electronic Processing links

Electronic processing . There are only a couple of Canadians

http://travel.state.gov/visa/visa_4411.html

After being sick for six weeks with a mystery illness and spending last night in the ER, we came home to a pleasant surprise: our I-130 has been approved! We have most of the documents ready for NVC (I think), but I can no longer find the information about Canadians opting to do Electronic Processing. Can someone link me please? Thanks!

Congratulations!!! :dance:

Waiting waiting waiting on my SIF

I just got my SIF tonight!!!! Given that Buenos Aires isn't a very busy embassy I am hoping for a July (early) Interview date!!! Good luck to all.

Congratulations to You

Yes, we are sooo happy!!!! Thank you for your kind words of support. It really means so much during this time.

You know, my husband and I have been calling the NVC every single day since May 24th when our paperwork arrived in their mailroom.

My husband would make his round of calls starting early morning and into the afternoon. Then wait for me to come home from work and we would do our nightly conference calls together. We must have spoken with almost all of their staff including Supervisors. Sophia, Anna, Jackie, Julie, Brad, Adam, Ethan, Dot, to mention a few that we can remember off the top of our heads. That is by NO MEANS a shout out to them, since all of them gave us different information and were extremely discouraging. They told us that my AOS was never received, and that we would never make July interviews.

When my AOS was in fact received on June 2nd!! Of course, we found that out tonight since our case is now closed tonight!!!

Sign in fail! something that all of the operators told us was impossible. Well, what do they know. that just goes to show you not to trust most of what they tell you. Even though they have a system, it is run by human beings who could forget to push a number, or scan a document, or sign in a binder, and then you would never know until the case was complete... which is what happened with my husband and I. This site has been so amazing.My husband and i went through timelines to come up with a formula and I put together an ideal "Production Schedule" for our case based on the avg. number of days people have been going through the nvc.

A worst case scenario and a best case scenario, and the best case happened, despite what the representatives were telling us. ******So please everyone, know this, continue to move ahead in your case with FAITH and believe that if you prepared everything as best as you can, that you will be fine, that time is on YOUR side, believe it and it will happen.

When they see organization and paperwork that is accurate and organized, it will help them to go through it quickly.

Trust me , they want to go through it as quickly as they can!!

Thank you to everyone who has helped us in moving through this process quickly by answering our questions.

and we are here to help anyone who has questions as well..

We are still waiting for our interview date., to be scheduled... yes yes, I know, I talk a lot, but it's a great day to celebrate, woohoo!!!!!!!

Time to celebrate for you and have a blessed weekend too!!!

Hey thanks for the information, we are trying to be patient, but the imcompetence is just amazing, they can´t even see if somebody has it, its a total joke, and as I said, its called Customer Service, at least you had somebody nice to explaing you the situation, I mean its difficult to get an agent that will help you, its frustrating :angry:

Thanks for your support, we are trying our best not to loose it. God bless

So, meant2b2009 now you are happy? i tld you you'll get your SIF

Hello Everyone...

My wife's interview went OK, except for the part where they found out that I messed up. I sent her the 2009 tax returns and forgot to include the W2s. How dumb of me!! I've been kicking myself ever since she told me that. But she did say that they told her to go home and email the W2s and that they will send out the passport and POE packet as soon as they receive the email. I hope I havent delayed the process too much by this one big ####-up!!

I'm so mad at myself right now.

P.S. I already sent her the email with the W2s. She's going to send it in by noon EST. Does anyone know if she will get an auto-reply to her email? How good are they at responding to queries? How long do they usually take?

So until she receives her package in the mail, I guess I cant celebrate... bummer

You'll be ok... you'll celebrate soon God be with you!!!!

OMG I GOT A SIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol yes! yes! OMG i can feel you Congratulations englandusa18 for your SIF

I hope i'm next i real need it

After 3 stupid RFE's and 2 supervison reviews today we FINALLY got a sif!!!!!!

Congratulations schopap for your SIF

Got the SIF tonight!!!

All documents received by NVC on MAY 20

AVR updated: all documents received MAY 28

Called NVC this morning and operator said They just started reviewing in our office on June08

and now tonight there is SIF lol. Damn they are fast... nah for sure they were lying to me haha.

Congratulations rochelle for your SIF