CBP-SRT

If the US give anyone a chance to come here, and you think twice before saying yes to defending it; you shouldn't be here or allow to.

If the US give anyone a chance to come here, and you think twice before saying yes to defending it; you shouldn't be here or allow to.

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/medical/HCM-MED-ENGL-0001-1012.pdf
The price charged looks right, it is $110
Looking at the website for the first medical center listed, they do have the ability to do chest xrays.
http://www.choray.org.vn/xuatcanh_eng.asp
Also, I do remember reading on the State Department website that everyone is required to have chest x-rays, vaccine sheet, blood test and physical exam (if a woman).
So if they didn't do all of that, I would say they did a piss poor job but I would email or call the consulate and see what they say.

You said "I know that Customs n Borders P. job is to make sure ppl is bringing back lawful stuff." This is false. This is a great website for information, however, a lot of answers on here are true and a lot not true. But I know that everyone here is just trying to help each others; and of course no on is perfect. An officer has every right to ask you all those questions mentioned above, "How we met, what kind of job we have, our religions, if both family accepts this relationship, about my K1 file,everything." That is part of the job. In case you don't know customs officers and immigration officers are the same. They are trained to do both. That officer doesn't know who you are. Sure, you could be telling the truth, but a smuggler would try to do the same. Put yourself in her shoes. If someone come to your house and say he knows your son, uncle aunt, and so on, do you believe them without questioning the person??? Can you trust everyone to tell you the truth?
Now, if the officer disrespects you then ask to speak to a supervisor. Then ask for a complaint form. Believe it or not professionalism is important and they do investigate on complaints. They must talk to you respectfully. Interviewing to intercept potential "bad guys" is part of the game. Do not confuse that with being disrespectful. Good luck. Go to their official website and read up before you travel. Know your rights! Do not assume! Good luck...

Sounds like you get paid to say this by USCIS. This guy must work for them. They are as a efficient as a hummer is on gas. And 20 minutes to approve a petition; must be some random number flying in the air.

Sounds like you get paid to say this by USCIS. This guy must work for them. They are as a efficient as a hummer is on gas. And 20 minutes to approve a petition; must be some random number flying in the air.

Sounds like you get paid to say this by USCIS. This guy must work for them. They are as a efficient as a hummer is on gas. And 20 minutes to approve a petition; must be some random number flying in the air.

Sounds like you get paid to say this by USCIS. This guy must work for them. They are as a efficient as a hummer is on gas. And 20 minutes to approve a petition; must be some random number flying in the air.

Sounds like you get paid to say this by USCIS. This guy must work for them. They are as a efficient as a hummer is on gas. And 20 minutes to approve a petition; must be some random number flying in the air.

My wife's interview is April 28. I found the following list quite long but helpful and would like to share it with all of you to be interviewed in the future.
Petitioners Biography
Biographical Information
Who is the petitioner?
Who is petitioning you?
What is your SO’s full name?
Can you write it or spell it for me.
Has s/he used any other names?
Where does your SO live?
What is your SO’s address?
What is your SO’s phone number?
How old is your SO?
What is your SO’s birth date?
Where was your SO born?
Family Information
Are your SO’s parents alive?
Where do your SO’s parents live?
What are is your SO’s parents address?
What are your SO's parents (step parents) names?
What does your SO’s father do?
Have you met your SO’s parents?
Have you talked with your SO’s parents on the phone?
How do you get along with your SO’s parents?
Do your SO’s parents approve of your relationship?
Does your SO have any brothers or sisters?
What are your SO’s brothers and/or sisters names?
Where do your SO’s brothers and/or sisters live?
Have you met your SO’s brothers/sisters?
Have you talked with your SO’s brothers/sisters on the phone?
How do you get along with your SO’s brothers/sisters?
Was your SO married before?
How long was your SO married before?
How many times was your SO married before?
When were your SO’s divorces?
When was your SO’s last divorce?
Did you know that your SO was divorced in 199-?
What are the names of your SO’s exes?
Where do your SO’s exes live?
Does your SO have any children?
Does this matter to you?
Will there be a problem with your SO’s children from another relationship?
How many children does your SO have?
What are your SO’s children’s names?
Have you met your SO’s children?
Have you talked with your SO’s children on the phone?
How do you get along with your SO's children?
Who has custody of your SO’s children?
Will you be a good parent to your SO's children?
Employment Information
What does your SO do for a living?
What is the name of the company that your SO works for?
What is your SO’s job title at the company that he/she works for?
How long has your SO worked for the company that he works for?
Where did your SO work in the past and for how long?
Financial Information
Does your SO own or rent their home?
How much money does your SO earn?
Educational Information
How much education does your SO have?
Which university did your SO graduate from?
What kind of degree does your SO have?
Which subjects has your SO studied?
Religious and Additional Information

What color are your SO's eyes?
What color is your SO's hair?
How tall is your SO?
How much does your SO weigh?
What is your SO's favorite food?
What are your fiance’s hobbies and interests?
What is your SO's religious background?
Does your SO speak and understand your language?
Does your SO have any medical issues?
Does you SO have any pets?
What kind of pets does your SO have?
What are your SO's pets names?
Please tell me more about your SO.
Beneficiaries Biography
Has your SO met your parents?
How do your parents get along with your SO?
Do your parents approve of your relationship?
Has your SO met your sisters/brothers?
How do your sisters/brothers get along with your SO?
Do your sisters/brothers approve of your relationship?
Have you been married before?
Do you have children?
Has your SO met your children?
How do your children get along with your SO?
What is your religious background?
What do you do for a living?
Where do you work?
What are your hobbies and interests?
Do you speak and understand your fiance(e)’s language?
Have you been in the military?
Talk about your experience in the military.
Have you ever traveled overseas before?
How many times have you traveled overseas?
What countries have you been to in your travels overseas?
How long have you been in each place you have been overseas?
Are you a terrorist?
Did you prepare the forms for your petition/visa yourself?
Relationship
Meeting

How did you first meet your SO?
When did you first meet your SO?
Where did you first meet your SO?
How long have you known your SO?
How long have you been corresponding with your SO?
Correspondence
How do you communicate with your SO?
How often do you communicate with your SO?
What language do you use to communicate with your SO?
How many times a day do you talk to your SO on the phone?
How many times do you and your SO talk on the phone each month?
Have you sent gifts to your SO?
What did you send to your SO?
Has your SO sent gifts to you?
What did your SO send to you?
What do you and your SO talk about on the phone?
Meeting in Person
How many times have you and your SO met?
When was the last time you and your SO were together?
How long were you and your SO together the last time?
How long were you and your SO together any other time(s)?
What are the exact dates of your SO’s visit(s)?
How long did your SO stay each visit?
What did you do when your SO came?
Where did you go when your SO came??
Do you have pictures of you and your SO together.
Who else is in the pictures of you and your SO together?
What are you doing in the pictures of you and your SO together?
When were the pictures of you and your SO taken together?
Personal Information
Why did you want to marry your SO?
Do you love your SO?
What do you love about your SO?
What do you have in common with your SO?
What made you decide to use the internet to find a SO?
Were you talking to a lot of men on the internet before you met your SO?
Do you still talk to men on the internet?
Why would you choose to marry so much older/younger than you?
Marriage / Children
When did you become engaged to your SO?
Where did you get engaged to your SO?
Did you have an engagement ceremony/party?
Where was your engagement ceremony/party?
When was your engagement ceremony/party?
Who was at your engagement ceremony/party?
Was any of your SO’s family at your engagement ceremony/party?
Why weren't any of your SO’s family at your engagement ceremony/party??
Do you and your SO have any wedding plans made?
What are your wedding plans?
When do you plan to get married to your SO?
Where do you plan to get married to your SO?
Does your family plan to attend your wedding?
Does your SO’s family plan to attend your wedding?
When were you and your SO married?
Did you have a wedding ceremony?
Where was your wedding held at?
Please describe your wedding ceremony.
Do you want children?
Does your SO want children?
Life In the US
Why do you want to come to the United States?
When do you plan on entering the United States?
Where do you plan to live in the United States?
Do you plan to stay in the United States forever?
Do you have any relatives/friends in the United States?
Where do your relatives/friends live in the United States?
Have you ever been to the United States?
Have you ever lived in the United States?
When did you live in the United States?
How long did you live in the United States
Where did you live in the United States?
What do you plan to do once you are in the US?
Do you plan to work in the US?
Do you plan to study in the US?
Trick Question
Interviewer: What do you want me to do
Beneficiary: Give me that K-1(3) visa so that I can go to the United States and be with the person I love.
Interviewer: Are you sure?
Beneficiary: Very sure.

Advice For Your Interview


The following information may not apply to all Embassies/Consulates .. it is just a general guideline
1. Do not volunteer information. For most questions, the shorter and more direct the answers are, the shorter the interview and the higher the chance of success. If the question is a yes or no question, give yes or no answers only. If the question is a simple question like "What is your name?" answer simply with your name.
2. If you do not know the answer to a question, do not lie. Say, "I don't know the answer to that at this time." or "I don't remember."
3. The answer to many questions will be in the papers that were sent in the petitions. Questions like, "what are your husband's parent's names". They will expect you to know the information given in your petitions. Review everything in your paperwork with your wife before her interview, and do a mock interview to see how the information may be applied.
4. Avoid saying "I think . . .". Women do this a lot. The examiner will expect you to know not be unsure, of your answers. Also, avoid adding "umm", "you know" and "ahh" type fillers to your speech.
5. When applicable, don't just state, demonstrate. If the examiner asks a question that can be answered with a document or photograph(s), provide it along with your answer.
For example, if the examiner asks, "What does your family think of your husband?", give them a picture or two with your answer; "They like him very much. Here is a picture of him with my mother and father at my parent's home."
Or, "How many attended your wedding?" Answer, "(give a number, then say) We have some lovely wedding photos of our guests having fun. Here are a few that I can show you."
6. Give American answers for dates and times. 12/24/07, not 24/12/07.
7. Dress well, but not overdressed.
8. Try to appear calm, well organized, and friendly. Nervousness raises suspicions.
9. Remain focused. If the examiner makes jokes, smile and enjoy, but do not make jokes too.
10. Make proper eye contact when conversing with the examiner, and try to control your own facial expressions so that your face remains pleasant and cordial.
11. Be audible so that your examiner doesn't have to ask you to repeat your answers.
12. Organize your papers in a way that will allow you to retrieve them easily and quickly. Examiners appreciate order and someone who doesn't waste their time.
13. When the interview is over, always ask for the results. "What should I now tell my husband about my visa status after our interview?" Before you leave, have them explain any papers they give to you and/or any procedures they will be taking to complete your case. Try to get the examiner's name for future reference, if needed. Write it down.
14. If the interview is in another city than the one you live in, arrive a day or two early to complete biometrics and get the results of your medical exam.
15. Arrive early to the consulate, but also be prepared to wait for a time past your scheduled interview appointment time. Be careful of thieves around the consulate if you have to carry cash. Bring ID; you cannot enter without it.
16. It is rare for the consulate to give you a visa on the spot. Be prepared to return for it or have it delivered to you, if approved.
17. Many Embassies/Consulates do not allow cell phones or food inside. Eat well before your interview and be prepared to leave your cell phone outside.
For the interview, your SO should bring everything listed in the document sent from your embassy/consulate. As well you need to include the following.
1. Original marriage documents, translations and certifications.
2. Formal, long form birth certificate.
3. Copies of any divorce records or death decrees of former SO(s).
4. Passport, with an expiration date of no earlier than 6 months. Try to have more than 6 months before expiration.
5. Police certificate with "Nothing" written on it, indicating no criminal record
6. Fingerprints (consulate will instruct you regarding how, when and where these will be taken). There is a separate fee for this at some embassies/consulates.
7. Medical exam results (consulate will instruct you regarding how, when and where this will be taken). There is a fee for this. Make sure you get a copy from the medical examiner.
8. Passport type photos of each of you. (consulate will instruct you regarding these)

Advice for Seminars in Manila



- Get there early. They have limited slots for the session times they have. She got there 9:45 and got the last slot for the 10AM session


- No need to bring your brown envelope, you know - the DO NOT OPEN envelope you get from the Embassy after your interview. Some people had them in hand.

- Bring Passport, make sure you photocopy the passport and visa. Photocopy also the following: NBI clearance, Birth Certificate and CENOMAR. Bring some pictures of you and your fiance together. I read here that some people were asked to show these. Joan was never asked for any of the above except for her passport and visa photocopies.

- No need to bring passport pictures. They take your pictures before the seminar

- We went to PRISM which was close to CFO building so it was easy to get from one to the other to get the sticker after the seminar. Joan noticed there were some who came from St Mary's in QC to get their sticker at CFO. So we're not sure that they were giving stickers at St Mary's too or you still need to get it at CFO. If that's the case then PRISM is a lot closer.

- Bring valid picture ID. They need one in exchange for a visitor's ID at CFO

- Be sure your fiance knows your Address, phone number, Educational background, Year of Migration (if Naturalized), Mother's maiden name of USC,

- One on one counseling wasn't too harsh or bad as I've read. They asked the following questions:

> How, When and Where we met

> USC's Educational Background

> Do we have kids?

> Do you really love him?

> Are you ready for life in the U.S.

Then she was just given advice on what to do if problems arise in the marriage.

The PDOS took 2 hours and 15 minutes. There's a film showing, then you're grouped by destination and given advice and instructions as a group. The one on one counseling followed.

The CFO sticker took another 2 hours. It may be because we went straight there after the 10AM PDOS and it was lunch hour and CFO. I'm still baffled why it takes 2 hours to put a sticker on her passport but oh well... we're done. I suggest you download the PDF application online and fill it up before going to CFO. That way you're ready and don't waste time when you're there.

This is 100% false. You need to declare anything over 10K on your 6059B (Customs form of declaration). Even if it's 1dollar over, you'd still need to declare it. There is no tax on it! If you don't once they find, you gonna have problems!

You should not equate the expiration of my patience with a belief that I should see an NOA2 tomorrow. In a properly run system, I should have seen my NOA2 last October, but in a system as poor as this one, reasonable time frames are a complete fantasy. I know that.
But I want to see movement in Vermont. I want to see 5, 6, 7 approvals a day like I am seeing now in California. That sort of thing would tell me that my NOA2 is coming in March, which I could accept.
But we don't have those 5, 6, 7 approvals a day. We don't even have 1 a week. We have ZERO. At that rate, it will take until Captain Kirk is flying in the Enterprise before I see my NOA2. That is why I am taking action and taking it now.

I finally got my final draft of my letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee complaining about the Vermont DIsservice Center.
It is eminently clear that Vermont will do nothing with our files and just let them collect dust if we do not force their hand. There has been no action in Vermont for two weeks except for one VJ member who was neglected for 7 months and did indeed force their hand. If we let VSC act voluntarily, they will not act, not now, and not ever.
I have been told here, time and time again, to be patient. Well, my patience has expired. The time for action has come.
Tomorrow, I will be sending this letter to my Congress Member. I will then wait two weeks for action on his part, and if there is none, it will then go to every Congress Member on the House Appropriations Committee.
If we don't draw attention to our plight, nobody in power will ever do anything, and the Vermont Disservice Center will hold our engagements hostage forever.
Anybody who wants to plagiarize my letter and sent it to his or her Congress Member as his or her own work, changing whatever you like, has my explicit permission to do so.
Together, we can conquer this evil empire. May the force be with you.
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I am a petitioner in a proceeding pending before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to bring my fiancé, ********** here to the United States for marriage. Towards that end, I filed an I129f Petition, which seeks approval for a K-1 fiancé visa.
There are no problems with my own petition, at least not yet, but there are multiple problems with the entire K-1/K-3 system at the Vermont Service Center that are causing needless hardships and delays for thousands of K-1/K3 petitioners and their beneficiaries throughout the entire region served by the Vermont office: First is that the delay in getting our petitions processed is growing every day and is totally out of line with any reasonable USCIS or other governmental need, and second, when a petitioner contacts the service with a legitimate inquiry about his/her case, he/she is met with no information, disinformation, and frequent hostility by USCIS personnel.
I realize that the USCIS is an administrative agency, under the jurisdiction of the President of The United States, but it is the Congress that funds the operation, and the Congress has a right, as well as a responsibility to ensure that the public monies that the Congress appropriates to USCIS are properly and wisely used.
I regret to inform you that this is not the case. Almost a year ago, the Director of USCIS appeared before the House Appropriations Committee seeking his appropriation for the upcoming fiscal year, promising to deliver excellent service and excellent public communication with those monies. Instead, USCIS has delivered poor service, poor public communication, and an endless plethora of excuses as to why it can’t do what the Director promised the Committee it would do.
Up until recently, the system worked well in that a petitioner could expect a decision on his/her petition in a reasonable amount of time, typically 30 to 60 days. But lately, that time frame has totally broken down such that the typical delay is now over 6 months and, in some cases, more than 7 months. And the USCIS’ own website shows a dangerous trend where receipts of I129f petitions remains fairly steady from month to month, but the processing volume is sinking rapidly. See http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=6&office=6&charttype=1
And to make matters worse, when a petitioner inquires about the status of the case, even after what USCIS deems “normal processing time” (5 months), he/she encounters a brick wall of bureaucratic insolence and often downright hostility. We are given an 800 number to call, with operators who have no idea what they are talking about and no better information than a member of the public can get off the USCIS web site. And that website is less than helpful, merely telling you that your case is “being processed”, without any hint as to how close USCIS is to a decision. The only thing the operator offers is a “service request”, which, when issued, gives no information but merely instructs you to call back in 30 days.
Lately, delays in I129f petition processing have gotten completely out of control, and USCIS communication with the public has as well. Petitions sit and sit at the Vermont Service Center, hardly any of them get processed, and backlogs just grow and grow, with no end in sight. Petitioners were being been told 6 weeks ago that the service was working on July 10, 2010, and only recently were they told the service is working on July 24, a mere two weeks of filings processed in that entire time. And for the past two weeks, there seems to be no movement of I129f petitions in the Vermont Service Center whatsoever. This fall off of the proverbial deep end should alarm any administrator, but USCIS seems to have nothing but disinterest in attending to this rapidly escalating processing crisis.
As of this point in time, the California Service Center is processing their petitions at a fairly normal rate and attending to their backlog in a responsible manner. They are already well into August 2010 and will soon start on September, while Vermont struggles to finish July.
Nobody at the Vermont Service Center is willing to tell the public what is going on, almost as if they are doing something wrong and have something to hide. I hear more and more stories about rude and obnoxious service personnel who are mean and nasty to the very petitioners who are the source of these people’s jobs, often making false statements of fact and even hanging up the telephone on them.
And to add more uncertainty and more stress to these United States citizen petitioners, the petitions are not processed in the order received, despite USCIS claims to the contrary. Some petitions are acted upon shortly after 5 ½ months, some are held to 7 ½ months and sometimes longer, and there is no rhyme or reason for this disparate treatment of one U.S. citizen over another. Nobody can determine, based on historical data, even the remotest estimate of when a decision will be reached on their petitions. This disparity would not be quite as bad if the USCIS would offer a reason or rationale for it, but, like everything else, USCIS maintains this part of their operation in secrecy as well.
There is no excuse for USCIS to be secretive. As a governmental agency which serves the public, its operation should be as transparent as glass. And there is certainly no excuse whatsoever for any USCIS personnel to ever be rude and hostile towards the members of the public they are paid to serve who simply want to know what the near future holds for themselves and their fiancés.
The USCIS does not act like it is a branch of the government of the greatest democracy in the world, behaving more like the KGB than anything else. The United States of America deserves much better.
Keeping families separated for months and months, with no end in sight, poses great hardships on these families. And mind you, these are not indigent people looking for handouts. These are families consisting of United States citizens who paid good money to have their petitions filed and who commit themselves on paper to support their new spouses out of their own funds, and foreign fiancés who get thoroughly screened for illness, criminal history and other undesirable attributes.
This failure by USCIS does not only hurt these petitioners and their beneficiaries. It hurts the family unit as well; the very fabric of the strong society the United States is built on. This is not just my own thought. It is, as well, the thought of the drafters of the Utah Compact, a wise and thoughtful group of individuals who were concerned about our broken immigration policy and how it is tearing our society apart. You can read about the group here: http://www.utahcompact.com/
While I cannot be certain as to why the USCIS is delaying I129f petitions for as long as they do since they are so secretive, I have a reasonable idea: USCIS, in their implementation of the Help Haiti Act of 2010, took it much too far. Instead of protecting Haitians legally in this country from having to return to the post earthquake chaos of their native land, USCIS is using the act to give all Haitians, even illegal aliens, broad based priority service, very much at the expense of fee paying United States citizens and their fiancés. Haitian citizens who are already here legally are safe and secure and in no need of any sort of priority. I12f petitioners and their fiancés, on the other hand, are forcibly separated and enduring long and substantial hardships while their petitions collect dust on USCIS shelves.
While USCIS may deny processing TPS claims from illegal aliens, the New York Times discovered otherwise. Here is a link to their article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/world/americas/16immig.html?_r=2
And while it might be argued that illegal aliens need protection too, those people made a conscious decision to operate outside of the law, thereby waiving any protection the laws that they shunned might otherwise have given them.
Now, despite the deadline for new TPS petition applications having passed, our i129f petitions are still collecting dust in the Vermont Service Center and going nowhere, and our fiancés are still exiled in their countries of origin, effectively banned from their rightful marital homes, with no end in sight. I do not know what the Vermont Service Center is doing with its time, maybe more TPS petitions, or maybe something else. But I do know what it is not doing: Attending to its responsibilities to U.S. citizens.
During the upcoming budget cycle, the Director of USCIS will no doubt make his annual appearance before the House Appropriations Committee, requesting his appropriation for the upcoming fiscal year. I ask that you refer this correspondence to the members of that committee so they can ask the Director what the citizens of this country want to know: Ask him why his agency has failed United States citizens so miserably. Ask him why delays in attending to the needs of United States citizens have been spiraling out of control with no sign of any interest by his agency in fixing them. Ask him why USCIS personnel refuse to communicate with fee paying petitioners and give them any meaningful information, not to mention proper courtesy and respect. Ask him why his agency is allowing families to suffer needless months of separation and hardship while persons already safe and secure in the United States get pushed to the front of the line. And ask him when he intends to make his agency responsive to the needs of the public it is supposed to be serving.
I thank you for reading my letter and wish you to know that I will be tracking the budget process as it pertains to USCIS to see if the changes that agency desperately needs become implemented.

:rofl: See, that just goes to show you that even CBP officers have to wait! Sorry for your delay.. hope the process goes a bit quicker for you!