Why VJ is so valuable

[YOUTOO 2]

My I-130 was approved last September, my lawyer filed the I-129F after he got the

approval letter. He did so, because he said that USCIS did not provide him with a

receipt number earlier. Yet, in some other thread someone made the statement that

it is against USCIS rules or policy to work on a I-129F if it is submitted after the I-130

petition has been approved. So that's one strike against him. As we all know, nothing is

happening and I am waiting for exactly six months with nothing to show than a touch on

Feb 10. Last week I decided I had enough and asked to go the CR1/IR1 way. The fees

were paid to NVA and the waiting begins anew. Then I found out from the lawyer that

" Automatically once the I-130 was approved the NVC issued the fee bills and a NVA

case number". This means everything was there and ready early last September!!! Yes,

sure no one ( maybe ) at that time could anticipate the upcoming K-3 problems, however,

a light bulb should have gone up and he should have suggested choosing a new path much

earlier in the game. Talking about not being proactive. Potentially we could have gone the

I-130 route way back then and I surely would be finished by now. If only I had known about

VJ then.

Edited March 8, 2008 by YOUTOO

[KEK 0]

Yeah I basically had to override my lawyer's intentions once the I-130 was approved, and tell her that I wanted to pursue the CR-1 (even though I had originally paid her to do the I-129 process). This doesn't make much sense to me - I thought the K3 was created bec. it took so long for the I-130 to go through (which wasn't the case for us at all) - so why would our lawyer keep insisting on sticking with the K3 visa?

Anyways I didn't know much about it then, except that I was incredibly impatient and just wanted to do whatever we could at the time. So I told her I would pay to do both, and to just keep working on the CR-1 paperwork. I'm glad we did, since it took only 6 months from the I-130 approval to the visa interview appt. Well now our visa is in an "administrative review", which I have read a lot about on VJ - so it could be any amt. of time from now, esp. since we are dealing with the Middle East.

But hopefully you won't have to wait so long. Good luck to you with your CR-1 now that you have made your decision!

KEKhan

[Enlighten one :) 5]

VJ people are helpful and knowledgable regarding the policy. I had a simular experience with my lawyer, but I was fortunate that I discovered the errors of his way much sooner. He did not submit our I129f until 2 months afer he submitted our petition. but he never discolsed this to me. I had to figure it out on my own. Then he just kept on making errors. Through VJ I learned how to check the status at the NVC which made me realize that he was taking 4 weeks to notify me of bills needed fromt the NVC.

Once he realized that I knew about the process, he stopped taking my phone calls and emails. It is a relief to have the immigration community.

My I-130 was approved last September, my lawyer filed the I-129F after he got the

approval letter. He did so, because he said that USCIS did not provide him with a

receipt number earlier. Yet, in some other thread someone made the statement that

it is against USCIS rules or policy to work on a I-129F if it is submitted after the I-130

petition has been approved. So that's one strike against him. As we all know, nothing is

happening and I am waiting for exactly six months with nothing to show than a touch on

Feb 10. Last week I decided I had enough and asked to go the CR1/IR1 way. The fees

were paid to NVA and the waiting begins anew. Then I found out from the lawyer that

" Automatically once the I-130 was approved the NVC issued the fee bills and a NVA

case number". This means everything was there and ready early last September!!! Yes,

sure no one ( maybe ) at that time could anticipate the upcoming K-3 problems, however,

a light bulb should have gone up and he should have suggested choosing a new path much

earlier in the game. Talking about not being proactive. Potentially we could have gone the

I-130 route way back then and I surely would be finished by now. If only I had known about

VJ then.

[Jasman0717 9]

VJ saved me a lot of time and money by joining VJ. When I first started looking at the visas a friend on another board recommended this place to me and the rest is history.