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Hi All!

My mother-in-law is immigrating, she was successfully, petitioned for the visa.  Yay!

I'm trying to pay the immigration fee.  After entering the A-Number and DOS Case info, I have to answer payer email and payer contact information.  Do I put myself, becuase it's going to my credit card information, or do I put my mother in law, since it is her visa?   The address I think should be her immigration address (which is also our address), correct?

12 hours ago, Mdanish4 said:

Hello guys. Can any one you please let me know if you are able yo check the visa status or can login to your CEAC? I cant seem to get the status of the visa and when intry to log in to CEAC, it gives me an "APPLICATION ERROR" msg.

I am also getting the same error.  We've turned in all our stuff wanted to see if there was a status update.  Guess we'll have to wait.

You can always check the visa bulletins to see which visa category are being processed.

FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES First: (F1) Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens: 23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference. Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents: 114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, plus any unused first preference numbers: A. (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit; B. (F2B) Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents: 23% of the overall second preference limitation. Third: (F3) Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences. Fourth: (F4) Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.

As a citizen, she would bring him as an F1, as a Permanent Resident, she would bring him as F2B.  As of August 2018, they were processing F1s filed from May 8, 2011, and F2Bs as of Oct 22, 2011.  Since it takes 5 years to gain citizenship from a LPR in most cases, if you know you want to request him, you're better off filing as soon as she becomes an LPR.

sorry she is petitioning her mother.  it is my mother-in-law.  sorry for the confusion.

Hi Everyone!  Not sure if this is something we should worry about but just since we're going to have to bring the document want to see if anyone thinks it's a problem.

My wife (naturalized US citizen) is petitioning her mother-in-law.  We are going through the DS-260 paperwork and translating documents.  Upon coming across the Marriage Certificate for my mother-in-law, we've discovered that on the document dated June 30, 1988, my father in law (born July 26, 1959) is recorded as age 29.  For those that don't want to do the math, he was actually 28.  This is a document from 1988, so i dont even know if that's something that can be changed now, but would hate for this to cause a problem in the interview.

Anyone had this situation?

34 minutes ago, Carwenoblueboots said:

Thanks for contacting your state etc. Please do keep us updated if you hear anything.

What did you say to your representatives and senators? I'm debating calling mine also.

I stated that I had an issue that I wanted to bring something to the senator/representatives attention.  they might ask for your address, to make sure you're one of their constituents.  I let them know that the issue was the department of state website, called it the CEAC by name, described how I had attempted to call the NVC on two different occasions to ask if there was any other options.  I emphasized that we were trying to follow the legal path to immigration for our family and that we have been at a stand-still since July 19th with no idea when we might be able to proceed.  I made sure I was very friendly, that I wanted to thank the representative/senator for their efforts in Washington and then asked if there might be anyone else that they suggest we reach out to as well

So I called again today.  Hoping maybe since it's dragged out for so long, maybe they'd give us a workaround.  Got a flat no to every question asked.  No timeframe, no i cant mail in payment, no there's no other way to handle payment.  

Anyway, I've made a call to my representative and both of my US Senators.  Representative's office advised I can reach out to an Immigration Caseworker and they gave me that information.  Not sure if they can be of any help but I'll keep others apprised of any progress.  Sent email today, will let anyone know if I get a response.

Well...it's still down this morning....

1 hour ago, russianlady said:

Yes, just did! 

 

I wish I knew how to report this to the media, so they can cover it on the news..... anyone here knows?

I have sent facebook messages to NPR and ACLU, sent whatsapp tip to NYTimes.  I wouldn't do facebook public, I wouldn't want to have my public name associated with shining light on what at best is a lack of concern for the hardship entailed to those trying to get through this process.  

Called as well.  They said it's been down since Thursday.  As an IT guy myself, websites don't need this long for maintenance.  Seems suspicious.

yes, unfortunately,  it has been a difficult situation for her.  I know she is still trying to get legal authority to take her son, but it seems Peru doesn't want to let the fact that the biological father has provided no monetary support or presence in the child's life let her take full legal custody.  she's still trying to get that.

thanks for the information.

question for a friend here.

my friend received a F41 visa along with her 2 children.  one of her children she is having difficulty getting custodial permission to take the child from her home country from the child's father who is completely absent and unable to be located.  

can she enter with the one who is free and clear (he's already 18 so he doesn't need fathers permission) and then return to home country to get younger sons permission?

Hi Guys, 

We are petitioning my wife's mothers with the I-130 and I had a question on the form.

Item 18 is Current Marital Status of Beneficiary.

What does Separated mean exactly?  My wife's mother lives in a different country than her husband, and has no intention of returning to live with him.  They are not divorced and have never pursued any legal separation.  However, I want to make sure that it is clear that we are not including my wife's father in the petition.

Do I fill out Married or Separated? 

Hi,  For the moment this is just a bill submitted to the Senate.  Rumor has it that it is not likely to pass.  However, within the text of the bill proposal it would take effect the 1 day of the first fiscal year after signed into law.  That would mean, I think that if it were to pass tomorrow (again highly unlikely, it would go into law on October 1).  However, if it were to pass after that, and remember it would have to pass both house and senate and be signed by president, it would go into effect the following year.  

The also appears to be a non-immigrant visa category being created for relatives, but I'm not waiting around, we'll be delivering our petition ASAP.

I think the answer to your other question is Yes, but again, it seems like different areas give you different answers, I'd defer to others who feel more sure about it.

Hello All,

Through the help of all associated with this forum my wife has been able to successfully and efficiently navigate the process from my Foreign Fiance to my American Citizen wife of 5+ years.  I want to first thank everyone who has offered content or given answers to questions along the way.  

Now, we are looking at the possibility of bringing over my mother-in-law, but we had some questions if anyone else has done so.  How are we able to secure insurance for her?  Ultimately, she will find work here and be able to provide this for herself, but from when she arrives, we will want to provide this for her until she's been able to get into the workforce.

She will be living with us, and at least at the very beginning not have her own income.  At that point when we apply for insurance for her (my work only offers for spouses and children), will she apply as a Dependent of us or will she apply under her own merits?

What will change with this once she begins to work?

Thanks for any help, including any links you can offer.  If I know where to look, I can investigate details myself.

Wow, its been a long time on this forum, we started back in 2011, starting my wife's fiance visa. Now she's applying for citzenship.

When my wife was in college, in her native country she did an internship for her Psychology degree with the Peruvian Air Force. Do you think we need to include this on Question 15 of Part 11?

Official wording is "Were you ever a member of, or did you ever serve in, help, or otherwise participate in, any of the following groups:

A. /military unit?

She did not get her own copy of the DS-3025 when she had her K-1 medical? There was no I-693 from a K-1 medical overseas. The medical forms are DS forms. Have her check her documents for the DS-3025. What did you send as proof of her vaccinations for her AOS? Did she not bring past vaccination records with her? You can try requesting a copy from wherever she had her vaccinations done. If that doesn't work, she could get titer tests to prove she had the vaccinations and has immunities in order to provide to her employer.

~Moved from K-1 Process to Working & Traveling During US Immigration- topic is not K-1 or AOS immigration process related and is about requirements for working ~

Thank you for your response. From what paperwork we have either she never received a copy or she didn't keep the copy of the DS-3025. As far as the AOS we did not need to provide these because we filed within 1 year of her medical exam.

I suppose that we can check with the Civil Surgeon where this was completed.

Good Day to All, My wife came through originally on a fiance visa and when she originally came through Immigration, they took her sealed envelope for her I-693 medical exam and vaccination document. Now we don't have a copy of her vaccinations, and she needs the for a job, is there any way to get a copy of that document now after the fact? Anybody else have this issue?

My wife has brought her birth certifcate from Peru and it is in Spanish. I know it needs to be translated. I am fully fluent in English and Spanish. Do I need to get it professionally translated or can I do it myself?

Excellent, thank you to everyone for your help!

Why not file for AP with the I-485 just in case you need to use it? it's free when filed in conjunction with the I-485. What's there to lose?

is that true? i thought it would be $360 on top of the I-485.

Hey All,

My fiancee is arriving to the US at the end of the month and we are planning on getting married in September. I'm trying to figure out now if we should be filing for Advance Parole with this or not because we are planning on doing the Civil go to the courthouse marriage ceremony here and then doing the ceremony next April in her country so her family can all go. I'm looking at the average time from application to receiving the green card and it would have us receiving her green card around the end of February. That gives us a month leeway, but I'm concerned if it should take longer for some reason.

If it starts getting close could I quickly apply then for the Advance parole or does this have to be filed with the I-485?

Thanks,

Brett

Dr. Situ no longer works with the Peruvian embassy. It is currently almost a 4 week waiting period to get your medical exam.

Please anyone applying in Peru be aware of this.

Does anyone know if there is another available?

They have given my fiancee her appointment the day after her scheduled interview. Anyone know any secret ways around this?

I called about 10 days ago. I'm not sure if it's a Peruvian thing or just my personality, but once with the embassy and once with the exam, they wouldn't schedule it when she called, but would when I did. That said, I think they should have something.

My fiancee is having a worse problem actually. She called today June 28th, she has her interview scheduled for July 20th, they said the first available was the 21st of July. This is over 3 weeks in the future. I have sent the embassy an email regarding the situation. However, I'm very nervous that when previously trying to contact the embassy I get zero help. We had previously ask it to be rescheduled because I wanted to attend as well but was unable in that date and they said there were no more available days in July. I called and they said they would call her and haven't. I'm not sure what to do.

Does anyone know if it may be possible for her to show up to the Clinica Anglo-Americana and just sit and wait for someone to not show up for the appointment.

Please any help you have, we're desperate.

Everything on this site seems to say DS-156 is what you need, and even one of the letters sent by one of our fellow VJers, but another pointed me to a site on the US embassy page that seems to suggest the DS-230 is needed.

Also, is the K-1 considered Immigrant or Non-Immigrant. It seems like it's saying both on the state.gov site. The title of the page is immigrant visa for a spouse or fiance. But then down below it says Nonimmgrant visa for fiance.

Immigrant Visa for a Spouse or Fiancé(e) of a U.S. Citizen

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If you are an American citizen you have two ways to bring your foreign spouse (husband or wife) to the United States to live. They are

•Immigrant visa for a Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1 or CR1) - An immigrant Petition for Alien Relative, Form I-130 is required.

•Nonimmigrant visa for spouse (K-3) - It is important to note that application for the nonimmigrant visa for spouse (K-3) who married a U.S. citizen must be filed and the visa must be issued in the country where the marriage took place. After the visa process has been completed, and the visa is issued, the spouse can travel to the United States to wait for the processing of the immigrant visa case. Two petitions are required:

■Petition for Alien Relative, Form 1-130; and

■Petition for Alien Fiancé(e), Form I-129F

Fiancé(e)

If you are an American citizen, you may bring your fiancé(e) to the United States to marry; and live here.

Nonimmigrant visa for fiancé(e) (K-1)- To travel to the United States for marriage. An I-129F fiancé(e) petition is required.

Immigrant Visa for a Spouse (IR1 or CR1)

Nonimmigrant Visa for a Spouse (K-3)

Nonimmigrant Visa for a Fiancé(e) (K-1)