delidana

The party is not familiar with the immigration procedures and has not been established in US yet to help him with this matter. He is a friend and i am trying to make sure he doesn't violate any of the immigration laws and leaves in good time to remain in goodstanding with BCIS.

I assume once the quota is met, it would be useless to try for a cap exempt consideration. Does anyone know if this kind of employment would be considered cap exempt. There is currently noone in US that the position can be offered to.

There may be other options, probably not. Something to discuss with the Immigration Lawyer of the political party.

Hello all,

I have a tough question for you. If a person is in US with a visitor visa B1-B2 and if this person is offered a position to be the representative of a foreign political party, can he be sponsored to apply for H1 visa?

The party office here is assembled as "incorporation" and he will be the only employee for now until more staff is acquired. He is about 1 month away from the 6 month visitation cap.

Please advice if you know any solid information on this type of situation?

Thanks for all your help.

Best.

Notice also came, yep. No interview for us.

Yes, I just verified. Thank you for your responses. I guess no more USCIS for us for 2 years until removal of conditions YYYYYYYAAAAAYYYYY.

Hello All,

I received an e-mail and text this morning. Below is what it says.

We have applied for AOS in September after K1 process was complete, received an RFE for medical, took care of it and sent back about a month ago. I thought the next step is for us to receive an interview day. But this e-mail sounds like they are skipping this step. Does this ever happen?

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USCIS USCIS-CaseStatus@dhs.gov

to me

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: MSC1---------

Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production

On February 27, 2012, we mailed the new card directly to the address we have on file. You should receive your new card within 30 days. If you do not, or if you move before you get it, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

This step applies to applications that result in an applicant receiving a card (such as a "green card") or other document (such as a naturalization certificate, employment authorization document, travel document, or advance parole). Applications will be in this step from the time the order to produce the card/document is given until the card/document is produced and mailed to the applicant. You can expect to receive your card/document within 30 days of the approval of your application.

If you do not receive your document, please contact our National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results

listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current

processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Check Processing Times.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

Sincerely,

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

We got married already and we will be going in to Social Security Office tomorrow, I will let you know the outcome.

Wow!! Congratulations on making it just in time!!

Thanks. It was a little bit patience and a little bit pushiness, I started bugging them on 26th, I believe they accelerated it because the lady I talked to was very cooperative and arranged for us to have it in time. I don't think it was going to happen otherwise, they were very busy the week of the interview.

The visa was approved on 20th, the flight was the 28th morning and the UPS courier delivered the package about 12 hrs before the flight. It was nerve wrecking but we made it !!!!!!!!

Got an e-mail today and was assured the wrong "attorney of record" was removed from case and that there were no communication/request for evidence etc. that I have missed out because of this. Relief. !!! Those of you who used an attorney in the past for any reason, unless if you remove them after the particular case is over, they remain in the system as your power of attorney. ( I am told by VCS)

If NVC and Embassy was notified to remove "attorney of record" via e-mail, how long does it take for them to start corresponding you directly instead of the attorney?

I don't have an attorney but they mistakenly show that I do. NVC told me to send them an e-mail to remove him, but in 12 days we have the interview. Do they ever contact petitioner/beneficiary this close to the interview for anything?

Mystery somewhat resolved. It turns out they NVC shows an attorney of record for me because I used a divorce lawyer 9 yrs ago, and he still shows in legal system as my power of attorney. NVC told me all I have to do it write a letter to them and ask this attorney of record to be removed. It's still unknown to me how they got a hold of that lawyer, I don't even know where he lives anymore Weird.

Lawyer VJ'ers probably help shed light onto this?

Consuls do background checks just like the USCIS and NVC. They have record of your previous I-130 and now they want to contact the lawyer that was part of it and want information from him as part of the background checks.

But even though that was my first gut feeling about what is going on, the letter states " if you wish to continue utilizing the attorney of record for this case, please provide us with his/her contact information" this sounds like they assume there is an attorney of record for this current petition.

Hello VJ community,

I would like to ask if any member here has received a letter from NVC, asking for contact information of attorney of record. The confusing part of this question is that we have never used one to submit our petition.

The letter says "if you wish to continue utilizing attorney of record for this case, please provide us with contact information."

That's it.

I called NVC and they told me the attorney of record's name they need, which was a lawyer that filed my I-130 petition 8 years ago. NVC said apparently consulate in Ankara needs information and cannot reach the attorney.

Now how is it that my 129F has no mention of attorney, I checked the box where I declared I prepared the petition myself, they have an attorney of record for it? I don't understand it. We have 12 days to interview what information could they be asking for....

I know I probably will find out once I call the embassy tomorrow, but the phone consultations are only 1 hr window in a day and that's in 15 hrs. I am curious if any of you experienced this, if there is an oversight I should be concerned of.

Thank you all.

Olcay

My fiance will have his interview on 20th of July and we booked our flight for 28th of July. I feel very nervous about this, the ticket was a sweet deal, direct flight but no reschedule is allowed . We took a chance and we'll take the result however it turns out. All we can do is be well prepared, have more proof than you'd think they will need. It's also a plus that I will be in Ankara, if they let me inside with him, otherwise waiting outside. AP is the only thing that scares me.

GOOD LUCK. I will post here what happens since we go about 8 days before you!

I got a date a week after they received packet 3 at Ankara.

Aaaah, the relief of having an interview date You must be so relaxed now.

You guys are one day after us

Congrats!

Kathryn has laid it it out very well. This is precisely why I am following the K1 route this time around. Back then I did not know the laws and did whatever my ex said was ok. Now I am more informed and I know how USA and laws work. Last year when we decided that we wanted to get married, we automatically ruled out tourist/student visa routes, because we had a clear intention of marrying and immigration. I recommend anyone who intends to migrate to US to take laws serious, as the consequences of not doing so can be severe and irreversible.

I will have to tell you my situation: I came to US on a tourist visa. I was dating but not engaged to my boyfriend then. I was not sure if I wanted to move to US and all that. I never saw his house, his friends and his life. I felt I neded to do that before I could decide he was the person I wanted to marry. So, I have come to visit on B2 visa, then I liked it here and decided to stay to marry him.

In essence, I really did come to check out the country and I told the interviewing officer exactly that! I told him I was not sure what my intentions were, and i cannot declare an intention if I am not sure of it. He asked why I did not return to my origin country and apply for immigrant visa, I simply told him I did not have the finances to make this happen and spent all my money at the time.

The only thing I had to do was to pay a $1000 fine for having married while on a tourist visa, which was the fee in effect back then ( 11 yrs ago) This is an old story I know and things change all the time with laws.

Also, more recently, a friend of mine was in a similar situation, he actually overstayed his tourist visa by couple of months, then got married to his GF who is USC, now he is removing his conditions to be a 10 yrs card holder.

Hope these experience samples help. But remember, they are experiences, not what the law says. I don't claim to know the negative consequences one may encounter in this circumstance just because I have not heard any.

Hi Tuana, below is the e-mail notification we received. One thing though, the e-mail was addressed to my fiancee, but e-mail was sent to me, not him. So be sure to check both the e-mail addresses you have provided, look in spam etc as well. Because they do not send a hard copy letter and missing the e-mail would be terrible. Good Luck.

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Dear AZAD Y...

Our office received the forms and documents you sent to our office and scheduled an appointment date for you for 20 July 2011 at 08:30 am. Please note that the case number for you is ANK2011633016

You may use this email in lieu of an appointment letter.

You will be able to see your case number in our web page http://www.usemb-ankara.org.tr/consular/english/schedule_iv.html by the end of this week.

You will receive another email, informing you of the items you need to provide at the time of your interview approximately one week before your interview.

Sincerely,

Immigrant Visa Unit

Before you send an inquiry to the Immigrant Visa Unit, please consult the updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section of our site at http://turkey.usembassy.gov/faqs_iv.html

I received an e-mail this morning of our interview date set for Jul 20th. I am hoping you have also received a date?

Thanks alot for ur msg..

theres this thing i'd like to ask.ds-156 form wont open..i think they've changed it to ds-160 as electronic form on internet. any idea??

It opened for me. I had no problem.

They are not sending the packet 3 home anymore, you get an e-mail with a link. When you click the link you get instructions on what to do. This was the email for me:

Dear A...., OLCAY

Greetings from US Embassy, Ankara,

This is in regards to the K1 visa petition you filed on behalf of A..... We would like to inform you that your approved petition has reached our office. Please click on: http://turkey.usembassy.gov/visa_forms.html to download the “Instructions for K1/K2 visas”. A separate paper instruction packet will not be sent.

Once the necessary documentation and forms are received by our office we will set up a final interview date for your fiancé.

I hope this information is helpful to you.

Sincerely,

Immigrant Visa Unit

US Embassy, Ankara, Turkey

Before you send an inquiry to the Immigrant Visa Unit, please consult the updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section of our site at http://turkey.usembassy.gov/faqs_iv.html

I am also waiting for an interview date for K1. I contacted Ankara and I am told someone will review and get back with me via e-mail in the next few days after my packet 3 is looked over. I believe they publish interview dates twice a month, beginning and mid month, so we should be getting an interview date soon. Did you know you can look up schedule here: http://www.usemb-ankara.org.tr/consular/english/schedule_iv.html . It looks scary seeing all these K1s at the end of August and September. If we wait any longer than couple more months I will loose it. Good luck and please post when you get a date.

Olcay

Hi all,

I am sending the package to embassy and have a question. On some of the application forms we have to fill out, the signature section says "subscribed and sworn before me..........on this day of...........at..........US consular officer............ " Does this mean we will literally sign these areas at the time of interview in front of them. Or do we sign before we send it in?

Alos, do we fill all 4 forms, DS230, DS156k, DS156 and DS157............ It seems like 3 of these forms are non-imigrant visa applications and the DS230 is an immigrant visa application. I am confused since they have not sent a paper package instructions, just an email with this link. http://turkey.usembassy.gov/media/pdfs/k1k2_instructions_052011.pdf

Thank you for your help.