Susan&Daniel

Okay, I'm 23yrs old and according to the vaccination requirements I need to have the HPV jab, which'll cost £120.00 if I have it done at Knightsbridge. I was hoping to get it done through my local GP on the NHS, but from what I've read it's a 3-part-vaccination that is done over the course of a year. Eeep! Does anyone know if the one at Knightsbridge is just on single jab and that's it...?

Bit of a stupid one, but I want to be 100% sure I've got the answer right here.

My son is a dual-citizen, he holds an American & a British passport. On the forms I need to complete it asks who will immigrate with me. Well he is moving with me to the US, obviously, but would he be technically immigrating because he already is a US citizen? So do I leave him out of the forms? It's only me who is applying for a visa so he doesn't count, right?

I was emailed on the 11th April to say my I-130 is going to be expedited and that they will make a "decision" last week. Does anyone know what the "decision" is exactly? I've not heard from them since

So two separate I-864 is the way to go, yeah? It's highly unlikely he'll have an income between no and when I'll need the forms by so I'll just go ahead with getting them to fill out one I-864 each. Thank you

Haha, I'm still confused

I'm viewing so many timelines where people did this the "normal" way, sent their petition in October, and are already getting interviews for last this month. So that's approx 6-7 months for them.. And now we're waiting 10months?! It would've been better off doing this the "normal" way and not through DCF.

I know this has been asked a hundred times, but my Googlefu fails me and I cannot find the answer I'm looking for.

My husband (US citizen) is the Sponsor. He's just left the military, is back in the US and is currently unemployed. His Dad (US citizen) who lives in the same house as him has agreed to be the co-sponsor.

QUESTION ONE:

So, if I've got this right, my husband fills out i-864 and my husband's father fills out i-864a, yeah? Does my husband's father also need to fill out i-864?

QUESTION TWO:

On the i-864 form, what box does my husband tick for Part 1? Box a, the petitioner? Box e, the first of two joint sponsors? If my husband's father has to fill out the same form, what does he then tick?

Thanks in advance!

I'm wondering this too - I'm currently staying with my parents because my husband has returned to the US now. However I don't have anything in my name - No rent, no bills, no job etc.

You could fly to visit him for the birthday, or he could travel to the UK?

He's going to Uni & we just don't have the $$ outside of what we're spending on the visa etc to spare right now.

This means my son & I wont be in the US until December. My husband is going to miss his son's first birthday

One thing -- we're really hoping to be in the USA by early June (I've been offered a job that starts on June 16), but time is now getting a bit short. Do you think if we asked them nicely to process our i-130 second attempt quickly, they might do it? As far as I can tell, actually processing it only takes the officer an hour or two, but it takes 3 weeks or so for them to get to it. If we plead, I wonder if they'll do ours quickly, since we've already sent it once?

dubbers

They wont process the visa quicker no matter how much you beg and plead. However the Dublin embassy is pretty fast so you might be lucky. Don't get your hopes up though!

For future reference, to change your address you need to send an email to:

uscis.london@dhs.gov

Yup, the marriage certificate is enough

It looks like that website is for people who are living in the US and are going through this visa process?

That's very weird, they should've accepted her US birth certificate. I'm guessing your American wife is a dual citizen? So her sending the Irish passport is definitely proof of residency.. Did you tell them that you followed the checklist and are very confused as to why those items are being accepted? I'm baffled too!

There's definitely nothing stopping you both getting the rest of the paperwork ready to be posted, just leave the dates blank & have a quick double-check before you have to send them off to make sure no info has changed since you filled them out! I filed in Feb and already have my police certificate in my hands as I applied for it the same day I sent off my first lot of forms to the Embassy, it's valid for 12 months AFAIK. My husband has filled out his portion of the I-184 forms and we're just waiting for his Dad in the US to get his section completed too. I, like you, want everything organised and ready to rock 'n roll for when I get the green signal for the next part of this process.

I wouldn't pin your hopes on getting the visa in hand by July 1st. The London office is super-busy and looks to be pretty backlogged right now. You guys probably wont get your NOA2 for another few months yet.. And then you've still got to go through the medical/interview.

Their website is updated pretty often nowadays, today it says they're processing petitions filed on 5th November. So they're still 4 months behind & wont be processing my petition until June! :'(

Okay, what do I need to do / who do I need to speak to to change the address on my (already submitted) I-130. I'm moving from my address that I put on the form to another on in a couple of weeks & I want to make sure anything I need gets sent to my new address.

Thanks

Thanks Christi I really just want the case # so I can book my medical appointment and get it over and done with. I'll try and find the right person to email so I can get my NOA1 sent over.

Okay, I've seen THREE timelines now for London DCF and each person would receive their NOA1 days after submitting their forms. I submitted mine on the 15th, payment came out on the 17th and I've STILL not received my NOA1. One person's timeline states they submitted theirs on the 16th and got their NOA1 on the 17th!

Is it worth me contacting someone over this?

"I know that when I file the I-130, the name on the form has to match the name on my passport"

You've answered your own question here. It needs to match so you'll have to change your passport.

Surely your wife can move to the US if she's on your military orders?

Okay, so July/August isn't too bad. I've re-sent the package today, special delivery like I did the first time around. Fingers crossed it'll get approved this time!

I tried breastfeeding, but my son has a tongue-tie (we're getting it sorted soon hopefully, waiting on his doctor!) so I have expressed using a breast pump since day one. We had a very traumatic birth as well and breastfeeding was impossible for the first 10 days as he was in intensive care. I struggled with my c-section recovery too so pumping was much easier than dealing with a baby at the #######. He is now 4 months old and I'm still expressing for him. In my opinion it doesn't matter how he's getting my milk, as long as he is getting it! I am definitely in the mindset that formula is "okay", but you cannot beat the benefits of breast milk. I've even received 80oz of free donor milk because I refuse to give him formula when my milk supply drops.

Okay, I'm really confused here. On their website it says as of 7th Feb 2011 they're processing applications received in Oct 2010.. However I've read on other forums that they're applications were processed within weeks! ...But some places are saying 5-6months is the wait time for the visa. So, by my calculations, my form wont get processed until approx June 2011 (if they remain 4 months behind).. So it'll be 5-6 months after that, which'll bring us to December 2011! That's crazy! Please someone tell me that's wrong! My husband leaves the military in April and is returning to the states. We planned for me, and our 4 month old son, to remain here in the UK with family until my visa (and our son's American passport) have arrived.. But December 2011?!!?!?!