MistyB

There are no adjudicators in Dublin. The waivers go to the sub office in London. London is the main adjudicator for the Nordic countries, Denmark, Ireland, and the UK.

Sorry I am out. Don't understand your language. I am from Denmark

Hej och trevligt att träffas!

Som jag redan sa, så är jag en finlandssvensk så jag kan förmodligen skriva åt dej på svenska och få ett svar tillbaka på danska så att vi båda kan förstå varandra på våra modersmål . Dock är det självklart alltid lite svårt att läsa "utländska" . Jag studerade faktiskt lite danska två år sedan inom universitetet men mina studier satsade på att förstå talad danska, fastän jag också hamnade läsa en hel del. Det är ganska märkligt hur enkelt det är att förstå skrivet danska men ändå väldigt svårt att fatta talad danska för oss svenskspråkiga. Ni danskar har antagligen ett likadant problem ?

I alla fall, det är trevligt att det finns också andra aktiva skandinaver än finländare här i vårt lilla nordiska lag .

I used to live in Sweden. I read Danish much better than speaking it. So I totally understand what you mean by that. I would get amazed hearing it. There seems to be no enunciation at all. Everything runs together.

Men jag har inte en svenska skrivbord eller menar jag datorbord?? Jag glom det... men i alla fall, det ar skitbra att talar svenska till nagon. Ok how much of that is wrong? Because my grammar always sucked. lol

Ron, since no office can give you exact timing, it's pretty normal for one person to say one thing (3-12 months) and another to say something else (12-18 months). Post waiver approval, there is a second "interview"/visa pick up. If one year has passed, new documents and medical exam results are required.

I'm confused about the alcohol thing. "Alcohol abuse" or whatever they are calling it is NOT waivable. So it appears to me you are only dealing with the criminal issue. Do you have the exact denial codes to be clear on what needs to be addressed? Since you do qualify for a waiver, seems like you should go for it unless it's easier for her to move there. Just my opinion.

I beleive that the 221(g) for alcoholism is a REF only.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Date: 9-Aug-2007

Visa Symbol: K1

(LAST NAME, First, Middle)

Dear Visa Applicant:

This office regrets to inform you that it is unable to issue a visa to you because you have been found ineligible to

receive a visa under the following section(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The information contained

in the paragraphs marked with "X" pertain to your visa application. Please disregard the unmarked paragraphs.

(X) Section 221(g) which prohibits the issuance of a visa to anyone whose application does not comply with the

provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act or regulations issued pursuant thereto. The following remarks apply in your case:*

Need follow-up with medical for alcoholism

( ) Section212(a)(1)health-relatedgrounds.

( ) Section 212(a)(4) which prohibits the issuance of a visa to anyone likely to become a public charge.

(X) Section 212(a)(2)(A)1 Car theft 24-JUL-1976 in British Columbia

See Form DSL-851A for further details.

() Other:

() Further consideration will be given to your visa application after you obtain and present the documents

listed above and/or the following:*

() You are eligible for waiver of the grounds of ineligibility. To apply for a waiver, follow the instructions in the

attached Form 1-724.

*WARNING: IF YOU FAIL TO TAKE THE ACTION REQUESTED WITHIN ONE YEAR FOLLOWING

VISA DENIAL UNDER SECTION 221(G) OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, SECTION

223(G) OF THE ACT REQUIRES THAT YOUR APPLICATION BE CANCELLED.

Sincerely yours,

NSN 7540-00-149-0995

50194-104 PREVIOUS EDITIONS USABLE

OPTIONAL FORM 194 (Rev. 4-91)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

#######??????? Holding something against you that happened in 1976??? That's one year less than I am old! Totally ridiculous.! I could see one year ago or even maybe 5 years ago. But 31??? sheesh...Good luck!!!

Your reasons are good. You just need to word them in the best possible scenario. The hardship letter is all about the wording. The key is to make your situation as dire as possible.

You have depression. Play it up as much as possible. If you move from your family, your depression will deepen despite the meds you can count on it.

The medical system in AU? How is it? Is it cost effective or expensive? You already have a relationship with your US doctor. Do you want to lose that established relationship and have to develop another with another foreign doc?

Your line of work...what do you do for a living? Can it easily be transferred over to AU? If not, then you will be competing with native aussies for work. That is very hard to do. Not impossible but difficult.

Overstay...emphasize your spouse is NOT a felon. The worst possible thing he did was overstay. He is not a threat to the US population.

Your parents dont speak english well. Then they will need for you to be around to help out or else hire a translator (which is an added burden and cost)..emphasize this point. They cant move with you to AU as that is not feasible.

Your brother is an alcoholic. Play up your fears about him in your family ties section and intertwine among your depression. You would be depressed because you would be very worried about him if you moved away. Therefore i.e. you would become deeply depressed.

Your mortgage and debts...Indicate that if you moved away to AU there will be no way you can pay your debts. You will definitely suffer a loss of income, so how are you supposed to pay off your debt? Indicate the full amount of debt you are in. Your parents cant help you pay this debt due to X factor, etc.

Your family is in the US not AU. Emphasize this. Also if possible whatever line of work your spouse is in, can it be transferred to the US? Can he make considerably more money?

What about your family visiting you in AU? Will there be enough money to pay for airfare?

What about your daughter? Is her father in the pic? Will he allow your daughter to move all the way to AU? What about uprooting her?

You say you support your parents. This is a big argument. You need to definitely speak out about that. If you move and they lose your support how will they be able to support themselves?

Well I can maybe write more later. Remember it's all in the wording and the evidence. Just make sure you back up ALL claims.

OMG Sweetie!!!!!!!! I know you have waited a LONG LONG time for this!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

I am a mod on that site and it has been having issues for a while. I filed a waiver for my ex husband through Sweden/London for a CIMT. We won it without an attorney. Did you need help with something in particular?

Any scandis living in or near NC? Just curious...

When my spouse and I married in NC, he was here on the visa waiver program. We got the license on a Friday afternoon and were married that Sunday. All he had with him at the time was his swedish passport. We got married in the county I lived in though so I dont know if that makes a difference or not.

Until I met my ex I had never been outside the US. I grew up in NC and lived here my whole life. When I moved to Sweden I felt in a way like an outsider like I didnt belong. I changed so much while being there. When I came back to the US I felt like I had been away for so long that I had turned into a swede. So in a sense I felt like I was no longer american. It was the worst and most conflicting feeling. I swore when I left Sweden that I wouldnt miss it but I guess I was wrong because I do miss it. Lots. I wish I had appreciated it while being there. Now I will probably never be able to get back to live there unless 1) I meet another swedish man, and 2) the children need to get a little older.

Pervez where in NC where you will be moving this fall? I am in the Piedmont region. Jag ar pa centralen men jag bor i en liten by. Sorry..I dont have a swedish character keyboard.

Yay! Congratulations! I hope you and your husband are very happy in the US! Lycka Till!!!

She's baaaack.....

Hejsan, hejsan....

Anyway..I had a desire to talk some swedish. I know I said I hated being there but given the gamut of my personal problems lately, I am almost sorry I left. I really didnt appreciate Sweden while living there. I am ashamed of myself..

I have been practicing lots. I really hope to get back there someday.

Angela we filed through Stockholm as well. There was no mention about a remorse letter or anything by the foreign citizen. I chose to write a brief detailing all the hardship information complete with documentation (ended up being about 20 pages), I wrote a letter (about two pages) and he wrote a letter (about three pages). The brief was huge but that was our situation. It was complex. We did not use a lawyer and he had multiple convictions. The cheapest lawyer wanted about $1500 to do the waiver. I even had one tell me I was better off doing it myself. I think it is up to you if you want to include a remorse letter but I think it's a good idea.

Anna I would assume he will need a waiver. It sounds like he has reformed his life quite a bit. I would get him to write a letter on his own behalf explaining his reasoning as to what was going on his head when these things were occurring. Also get some of his closest friends and perhaps his employer to write some character reference letters on his behalf.

You brought up a good point with your elderly friend you are close to. Do you provide care for her/him? If there is really no one caring for them and you seem to be it, then use it in your brief. Use the financial argument although that alone isnt enough according to guidelines.

Use your medical conditions and explain fully what can happen to you. I think you really need to focus on his reform.

I really hope you can get the other site to pull up. I am a mod over there and we have had issues with speed and downloading. Go to the forum and go over to the waiver section. The approval letters are in the sticky section after you get into the waiver forum.

Well it's always a chance they will approve you but better be safe than sorry and go ahead and prepare your waiver so you can turn it in to them at the interview in case it goes that route.

Did he get convicted? I am sorry I cant be of much help as I dont know much about the UK laws.

As for the waiver part..

Do you have community ties?

A desire for an american education, student loans, debt?

When I wrote my waiver I was based in Sweden living with my then spouse. I compared and contrasted and made my case for the worst possible outcome if I didnt return to the US. Although our situation was far more complex and we had children.

Dont worry, it will turn out just fine I am sure!

You can always go to Immigrate2US to see some waiver brief examples relating to the UK. (I hope I didnt overstep my bounds with VJ there..)

ha ha ha

That's because nobody wants to hang around this forum after there waiver is done. After spending over 20 weeks waiting on our waiver, I find it hard to come back in here but I do once in a while.

baileyj96

Ms Billy Bong,

I filed my spouse's waiver in Stockholm which was later sent to London. We had a decision 3 weeks after they received it but this was in early 2006 when they first began doing it that way. Now I think it is taking like 3-4 months. London is a very fair and usually nice embassy to work with.

I am not really moving on to bigger and better but definitely more quieter. I need my freedom. I hate to use that word in regards to the end of a relationship as it was used by someone else that left me years ago. It sucks. Our relationship is not getting any better. He snapped at me today for no reason at all. I am tired of his BS. However the divorce requirement here in NC states that we need to be separated for one year. It's technically only been 4 months. I am unfortunately, named on the lease to the apartment and we have a joint account which will make it even harder to get a divorce. He has no idea I am even thinking of doing it. He says he loves me but I dont feel the same. Our relationship deteriorated after we got married. We have been married for almost 8 years. Most of it has been bad. It is time to move on.

I need to know if anyone has any advice, how this will affect his app for citizenship in a few years, how the DWI will affect all of it, and how the affadavit of support will work as well. Am I still responsible for him? He has been working since February. Please let me know if you got the answers. I'd appreciate it! I'd hate to call USCIS as they know nothing and I'd hate to shell out money for an immi attorney.

What's happening Nigel??? I havent heard from you in a while.

Thanks Munchkins. I really needed that! I hope you are doing well!

Hello all!

Congratulations Vicky! A little belated but I hope you are wonderful!

Nigel, I am here babe. Hanging around. I dont get online much anymore period. If I could just sit down and talk to you guys about the ####### I have been through in the last month you'd never believe me. I am busting out to talk to someone. I cant do it with my family.

Long story short, my husband has finally admitted he is an alcoholic. It took him really hitting rock bottom (which happened Oct. 12th) for him to admit it. I have known for years but I couldnt make him realize it or seek help to get better. Bottom line is he drove drunk, had a minor accident with another person's car (no one was injured) and he got arrested for it. I was totally devastated. I was angry. I still am. I am trying not to hold it against him but it so hard. This has cost us financially so much. More than that, his trial has been continued so he hasnt gotten convicted yet but it is coming, probably around February. The attorney is adamant he will not go to jail but will have to take classes. He is starting those next weekend. He has to attend 15 classes at $50/class. Let me tell you how expensive that is to us. Not only that he could have killed himself or someone else. I was disgusted with him for a long time. I am finally trying to see his side of it. Our lives have been utter hell. If someone would have told me when we moved over here that this would have happened, I would have said you are crazy.

I dont mean to air my dirty laundry in public here...I surely dont mean to bring anyone down. I just needed to tell someone. I cant talk to my family about this. I really appreciate any support I can get. I am torn between wanting to divorce him and get on with my life and trying to fix everything that is wrong.

If anyone has lost anyone to a drunk driver on here I sincerely apologize and I hope I am not offending anyone.

Nigel, I hope you are doing well. I hope things are better with you. Drop me a line. I could use some cheering up.

Vicky,

You hang in there sweetie!!!!

Hi Guys & Dolls....

Sorry i have'nt been on but...been very busy with honey do list around the home as the hurricanes the last few yrs beat up the house...so ive been busy as hell building a garage, fence , plumbing, ect...and ive been saying to myself man i need to get on that pc soon...

Anyway ive Got a SSN as i went to the local office with my passport as there is a stamp in the visa I-551 so the women used that number and 2 wks later i had my SSN then 6wks after that i had my P/R card...

Been offered a job as a maintance guy at the Hospital appox $15 hr start with then going up in time and has the perks like 401 , health insurance ect...but i need to get back to the uk to tie up loose ends home, credit card bills ect then ill make my choice about that job....

Anyway glad everyone's doing well ill check in here soon...

Cya later..

Misty how yall doing? ...well $23 hr wow thats not bad huh?

Nigel, he spends every bit of it by the time it reaches us. I am really sick and tired of his #######. I am telling you, divorce is in my future as much as I hate the idea. I just simply cant live this way. All I wanted for him was to save a little but he cant even do that. It really pisses me off.

I am glad your life is going great!!!!! Check in more often!!!

How's it going Vicki????? How are you holding up?

I dont think people are saying Bangkok is impossible to get approved at but it is certainly difficult. You were extremely lucky. Congratulations!

I told you so!!!!

Major congratulations are in order to you Beetee! You will be on cloud 9 for weeks! Just wait until you get your visa in your passport! It makes it all worthwhile! Where are you gonna go in the US?

NIGEL, YOUHOOOOOO??????? Where in the world are you Carmen SanDiego???????

I am so happy for you! Vicky, it's almost time for you!

I didnt mean that what you are feeling isnt important because it is. I am just telling you that although you are happy to have the card in your hands, it really makes you assess the whole thing and realize that everything you went through was garbage.

Beetee, what's up???

Never mind, I am not explaining myself very well today....*sighs*