WaitinforHubby3yr

Thank you! I'm busy apartment hunting!

UPDATE: Hubby received his visa and the package he is suppose to immigrate with! Yaay! Now im here searching for a place for all of us to live together. The plan is for him to come in 2 months. Wish he could come right now but at least i know he can.

@natty chic : definitely!

@sachinky: thanks...took me a lil longer but glad he finally got it

Thanks to everyone for the congrats. We're so ready to get on with our lives as a family with our son. So ready to do everything together. Celebrate our first christmas together and our sons 3rd bday. So many things.

Thank you guys so much! Its definitely been a long time coming. He has a couple of things

to do in Dominica, but should be here by november.

Thank you!

GUESS WHAT EVERYONE HE GOT APPROVED!!!! :dance: :dance:

His appointment was @7:30am so got up super early and caught a taxi to the embassy. They basically asked him for the documents they requested and the updated medical exam and police certificate and said Congrats you're approved! He didn't get his visa in hand as the lady said via email but they took his passport and had him arrange with DHL to pay for the airway bill to send it to him in Dominica. They said that he will get his visa next week.

I'm so relieved and happy. :dance:

Thank you guys. I'm sooooo excited. Cant wait for him to text me once he's done.

Yeah so after three years of this immigration process (including the 1 year wait for my tax return to reflect my qualifying income as a sponsor and the 3 month wait for his waiver) to be approved, tomorrow is my hubby's final interview appointment. :dance: He's in Barbados chillaxin right now and making sure he has everything for the millionth time. He basically had to do a new medical new passport photos and a new police certificate to bring along to his final interview because the last time he did all that was over a year ago.

The embassy representative did state in an email that if he has everything that they requested that he could get his visa in hand the same day. I'm so excited for him.

So hopefully all goes well. I'll be updating everyone in this thread so stay tuned.

I also honestly think you shouldn't call so much?? If you have nothing to worry about...that is! We ALL pay high fees to the immigration and there are thousands of other people and other cases pending i don't think because you paid you should be treated any differently.

She probably answers the phone all day deals with all kind of people and calling all day is just going to make yourself look stalkerish if i was you i definitely would just chill.

Good luck

And don't have them denying your case because of your suspect all day long calls maybe that will have them think you are hiding something lol

I agree with you on the frequent calling. Multiple calls within the hour is definitely excessive. Ease of to once every two or even three weeks.

I disagree on the reasoning behind the DOS lady's rude comments. At the end of the day, she is getting paid to do a job and that is to answer the phone calls and assist the caller with whatever they are inquiring about. I think she's lacking greatly in professionalism and in understanding the complete concept of customer service. Even if she wanted to tell you that statuses don't change that frequently and etc. there was a professional way to go about it.

She could have said, "The status of the case is .... please feel free to call back after 2 to 3 weeks (or however long). We do have an immense amount of cases and we do need some time to get through them all. Thank you and have a nice day."

Simple

@ Sergi9: Yeah well I disputed the fee but they said that since the last time we was there was over a year ago (May 2010) that we had to pay the fee again. Also some of the documents expired such as the medical exam and police certificates. Either way he still has to travel to Barbados to conduct the new medical exam.

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Congratulations Good luck on the upcoming interview!

Thanx much!

Hey Everyone,

So hubby and I saved up the money to pay the new visa application fee, medical fee, and travel expenses for when he will be in Barbados for his interview. So i sent an email yesterday letting them know that we have all the updated documents with the exception of the medical exam docs and that we would like to get an interview date that would allow hubby to complete his medical and get the medical results in time.

Sooo....

They responded back EARLY this morning and stated that his interview is scheduled for September 1,2011 @ 7:30am. YAAAY!! :dance:

They also said that if he supplied all the docs that they requested that he would RECEIVE HIS VISA the SAME DAY!! :dance:

This is awesome. So excited for hubby. So right now we're just waiting for the official interview letter that he would have to take to the Medical Clinic and to the Embassy for his interview.

Yeah during the waiting process you have no idea what the result to me. Your just waiting to find out if your gonna be moving forward or if you're gonna have another ordeal to go through if denied.

Like Spice Chile, my hubby also had to do a waiver because he illegally entered USVI and was there for a lil over a year. But I typed up the hardship letter. It was about 3 pages long. Just talked about how hard it would be for me to take care of our son on our own. Talked about the currency difference in USD and EC and how it's hard for him to support us the way he should when he's in DA. Talked about my aspirations to get my masters and how I would loose that opportunity if the waiver was denied because it would mean I would have to move to DA to be with him. I talked about the necessity of a father in a child (especially a boy's life). Showed that there are no employment opportunities for me in DA with my degree. etc. I even added pics of the times that we have had together which are only 4 weeks worth since he went back to DA three years ago.

USCIS Santo Domingo received the waiver app March 28 and it was approved June 13th.

Your case may require a lawyer considering the lengthy period of time that you overstayed your visa, but I have faith that you will make it through. Good Luck!

Awesome! Do you guys have to call to schedule an interview date or anything like that?

I WILL !!! Im just waiting for the letter to see if they ask me for the $404, i know we have to do the medical b/c it was expired. I will keep you in the loop.

Awesome.Well hubby already started working on updating things. He updated his immunization records (only needed a couple of shots). He got some birth certificates and certified marriage certificates in case they ask for one and so he can have them once he immigrates. All that's left is the police certificate and saving up for the big trip to barbados and to pay that the medical and IV app fee.

I already sent him all the other docs they requested.

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OMG!!!! YAAAAAY!!!! I'm so excited for you! So keep me posted cuz I really wanna know how things go.

Did they say whether or not you were eligible for a waiver or anything?

CONGRATS TO YOU! My hubby and I have been in this immigration process for about 3 years and we're working on his final interview so he can finally get his visa as well. Can't wait for him to get his visa in hand to come home to me and our son. :star:

@brokenfamily

thanks for the advice. The guest house we have in mind is one me the cheapest. Plus transportation to and from the clinic and

to the embassy are included in the price. He may be able to find a friend of family to crash with so that 350 can be used to pay that fee.

Yeah i guess since we're so close to the end ill just eat it and pay. Just have some intense saving to do. So far its 404 for app fee 350 for flight to Barbados 170 for new medical and 350 for hotel if Hubby cant find some friends to crash at. *sighs*m

I just called the national visa center and they said that i paid the immigration visa processing fee and if i hadn't paid it then it would not have gone to the embassy. He stated that there shouldnt be any other fee but i should speak directly with someone at the embassy.

We applied with the I-130. And went through the national visa center.