Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 3)

[jlvr 1]

The appt is for him to pick up packet #3, but if you guys already have the DS230 pt 1 filled out, he can turn it in they will take it. That will save you a little time, you won't have to make another appt to go back and turn it in.

Thank you, that's a relief to know. Now I just have to hope they actually sent the letter in the mail to him.

[BelwinMills 0]

Here is question for all the CR1 people.

Did you file your taxes jointly or separte before the interview. I sent my tax information into my tax guy on Feb 14th and he just sent me a form that I need to have him file for taxes. He said I will probably have to ask for an extension. I am so angry because I sent all my stuff in ahead of time and he know that I recently got married to a foriegner. I had my mutal funds changed to my new last name. I could just scream.

Do I just need a copy of his birthcertificate and a photo copy of his passport to send in to get him a tax payer number. UGH

Thanks

Jax

[Marlita 0]

Hello All,

I'm back to the questioning again. Since my last visit to Jamaica, I have been proposed to. Didn't think it would happen this fast, but I knew it would happen. Guess I wasn't jumping the gun afterall when I began writing on here, asking all kinds of questions.

Well now I am trying to figure out which process is best for Evan and I. I see I can either go for the K1 and not get married til after this one arrives, or I can do the K3 and get married prior.

Questions:

If i do the K3, which is stated as having the same processing times as the K1, what would be my advantage over the K1 exactly.

Does the K3 allow Evan to travel back Jamaica for visits, before we adjust status?

If I do the K1, when exactly will Evan be able to travel back to Jamaica?

I wonder about the travel back to JA so much because, I know this will be a huge adjustment for him to come to the states and I would like to know that we have the option to go back to Jamaica for a family visit every once in awhile. I would hate to get him here on the wrong visa and he becomes home sick without an option to visit home for a bit.

I also noticed that the K3 visa requires a I-129F AND a I-130 to process. Is this correct? Seems like a lot of money. Why would I need the I-129F if he is my spouse and not my fiance?

Any info is appreciated. Thanks!

[Texas Bound 0]

Anyone E-file the AP? Do you complete the form and sent the requested information later? How does it work?

Dee - did you e-mail the EAD?

Texasbound - I feel your pain. After what I just experienced at the embassy nothing surprises me. I DO hope you hear from them soon.

Okay. Here is brutal ordeal of our interview:

We arrive at the embassy early. We are let in 15 minutes before our appointment and there is no line. We are seated in Section A. We are called after about 10 minutes. We hand over the forms, his certificates and what she doesnt want she "throws" back at us. She asks for the Affidavit of Support I hand her everything. She takes the 134, bank letter, employment letter one years tax return and all three years of IRS transcripts and "throws' everything else back at us and tells us to go to section B.

We are called before we can even sit down and Ricardo is fingerprinted. We are told to go to section C.

We sit down and there are about 4 couples ahead of us. After the last couple if finished we are not called. More people from section B are coming over and they are being called before us. We wait for 30 minutes. We are finally called. We are sworn in and the woman tells me to go and sit in the the last row while she interviews Ricardo.

She interrogates him for 30 minutes!!!!!!! She calls him a liar 5 times, she asks him how we met, where we went out together and when we sex! She asks him if he knows how old I am (I am much older than he) when he says yes and tells her my age she says, "what is your problem? Dont you like women your own age?" When she asked him what I did for a living and he answered her correctly, she then asked him how long I had been a teacher, and then she made a comment about how he was just a little boy when I first started working. She told him that she didnt believe a word he was saying. She asked him why he loved me and when he gave her an answer she said that that wasnt good enough, try again. She asked him about MY phone bills for 10 minutes, why some of the calls were only one minute long and others were an hour. No matter what answer he gave her she wasnt satisfied. She grilled him and grilled him about everything. She even grilled him about his own family! She doubted how many siblings he had. She yelled at him and told him that everything that he was saying was being written down and she was going to catch him. All I could do was put my head in my hands and shake. When I did look around at the other people who were waiting to be interviewed their mouths were open and they looked more terrified than I felt.

The last thing that I heard her ask him for was pictures, then she told him to tell me to come up to the window. I just shook my head at her and asked her if she wanted pictures and she smiled this sweet, friendly smile and said, "no". She told him to sit down where I was and she asked me about 5 questions. She started with, "I dont mean to judge you but you are a lot older than your fiance. We see a lot of that here, these young Jamaican men just want a greencard. So, I want to ask you why you are doing this?" I gave her my answer very curtly because I assumed we were done. She asked me when he proposed and I said, he didnt, I did. She seemed surprised. She asked me if I had met his family, their names and where I worked and for how long. She then told me to tell him to come back to the window. She asked him if he had ever smoked ganja and he said, "no" and then she said are you sure you never smoked ganja, not even once? He said no again and then she reached for the pink slip and told us to go across the street to Airpack.

I still dont know if it is real. I am assuming that we were approved because we went to airpack but the joy of the approval was never there because we were still reeling from the interview.

I hope that no one has to go through what we went through.

Anyone E-file the AP? Do you complete the form and sent the requested information later? How does it work?

Dee - did you e-mail the EAD?

Texasbound - I feel your pain. After what I just experienced at the embassy nothing surprises me. I DO hope you hear from them soon.

Okay. Here is brutal ordeal of our interview:

We arrive at the embassy early. We are let in 15 minutes before our appointment and there is no line. We are seated in Section A. We are called after about 10 minutes. We hand over the forms, his certificates and what she doesnt want she "throws" back at us. She asks for the Affidavit of Support I hand her everything. She takes the 134, bank letter, employment letter one years tax return and all three years of IRS transcripts and "throws' everything else back at us and tells us to go to section B.

We are called before we can even sit down and Ricardo is fingerprinted. We are told to go to section C.

We sit down and there are about 4 couples ahead of us. After the last couple if finished we are not called. More people from section B are coming over and they are being called before us. We wait for 30 minutes. We are finally called. We are sworn in and the woman tells me to go and sit in the the last row while she interviews Ricardo.

She interrogates him for 30 minutes!!!!!!! She calls him a liar 5 times, she asks him how we met, where we went out together and if we had sex that first night! She asks him if he knows how old I am (I am much older than he) when he says yes and tells her my age she says, "what is your problem? Dont you like women your own age?" When she asked him what I did for a living and he answered her correctly, she then asked him how long I had been a teacher, and then she made a comment about how he was just a little boy when I first started working. She told him that she didnt believe a word he was saying. She asked him why he loved me and when he gave her an answer she said that that wasnt good enough, try again. She asked him about MY phone bills for 10 minutes, why some of the calls were only one minute long and others were an hour. No matter what answer he gave her she wasnt satisfied. She grilled him and grilled him about everything. She even grilled him about his own family! She doubted how many siblings he had. She yelled at him and told him that everything that he was saying was being written down and she was going to catch him. All I could do was put my head in my hands and shake. When I did look around at the other people who were waiting to be interviewed their mouths were open and they looked more terrified than I felt.

The last thing that I heard her ask him for was pictures, then she told him to tell me to come up to the window. I just shook my head at her and asked her if she wanted pictures and she smiled this sweet, friendly smile and said, "no". She told him to sit down where I was and she asked me about 5 questions. She started with, "I dont mean to judge you but you are a lot older than your fiance. We see a lot of that here, these young Jamaican men just want a greencard. So, I want to ask you why you are doing this?" I gave her my answer very curtly because I assumed we were done. She asked me when he proposed and I said, he didnt, I did. She seemed surprised. She asked me if I had met his family, their names and where I worked and for how long. She then told me to tell him to come back to the window. She asked him if he had ever smoked ganja and he said, "no" and then she said are you sure you never smoked ganja, not even once? He said no again and then she reached for the pink slip and told us to go across the street to Airpack.

I still dont know if it is real. I am assuming that we were approved because we went to airpack but the joy of the approval was never there because we were still reeling from the interview.

I hope that no one has to go through what we went through.

Oh my gosh!!!! You sound like you had quite a long day. You are a survivor. You did good!!!!!

[Texas Bound 0]

What in the world is wrong with these people? I know it was bad before but it seems 100 times worse.

You got through, it is over and done with. All I can say is UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

yea but you know what while I sat there I heard many, many, many people getting interviewed the same way. It was so unbelievable. I almost wish I hadnt sat so close to hear. Ricardo handled it. All future interviewees, prepare, prepare & drill your fiancee, because they certainly will. & they try to get you to change your story but you must repeat the same thing. Be firm.

[Texas Bound 0]

HEY YOU GUYS I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THAT YOU COULD HAVE THE CHOICE OF DELIVERY OR PICK UP? WHEN YOU SAY ACROSS THE STREET FROM EMBASSY WHAT PLACE IS THAT?

Its Kingston Tinson Pen Aerodome 876-923-0371 , it is truly right across the street. We only chose that location figuring it would be faster than waiting for it to get transferred to antoher city location in Jamaica. Sweetie will have to drive back another 2.5 hrs to get it. It is worth it though whenever it is ready. I couldnt survive another time delay or possibility of something getting lost. Im praying he will be here by Easter.

[Texas Bound 0]

Hello All,

I'm back to the questioning again. Since my last visit to Jamaica, I have been proposed to. Didn't think it would happen this fast, but I knew it would happen. Guess I wasn't jumping the gun afterall when I began writing on here, asking all kinds of questions.

Well now I am trying to figure out which process is best for Evan and I. I see I can either go for the K1 and not get married til after this one arrives, or I can do the K3 and get married prior.

Questions:

If i do the K3, which is stated as having the same processing times as the K1, what would be my advantage over the K1 exactly.

Does the K3 allow Evan to travel back Jamaica for visits, before we adjust status?

If I do the K1, when exactly will Evan be able to travel back to Jamaica?

I wonder about the travel back to JA so much because, I know this will be a huge adjustment for him to come to the states and I would like to know that we have the option to go back to Jamaica for a family visit every once in awhile. I would hate to get him here on the wrong visa and he becomes home sick without an option to visit home for a bit.

I also noticed that the K3 visa requires a I-129F AND a I-130 to process. Is this correct? Seems like a lot of money. Why would I need the I-129F if he is my spouse and not my fiance?

Any info is appreciated. Thanks!

"If I do the K1, when exactly will Evan be able to travel back to Jamaica?"--------------

Ok, if you do the K-1 after you are married you can do the following:

For Travel

If you are applying for Adjustment of Status (to get a green card) and wish to apply for Advance Parole at the same time then you can read the following Guide:

Filing for Adjustment of Status, Advance Parole and an EAD

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-131.pdf

Total cost is $170.00

After reading everyones history trend it takes approx 3-4 months for approval & he can travel back home. That is what Im going to do as soon as we are married. We want to go back for Christmas.

Here are some helpful links on this board that will help you:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1k3aos

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=309

[BelwinMills 0]

Hello All,

I'm back to the questioning again. Since my last visit to Jamaica, I have been proposed to. Didn't think it would happen this fast, but I knew it would happen. Guess I wasn't jumping the gun afterall when I began writing on here, asking all kinds of questions.

Well now I am trying to figure out which process is best for Evan and I. I see I can either go for the K1 and not get married til after this one arrives, or I can do the K3 and get married prior.

Questions:

If i do the K3, which is stated as having the same processing times as the K1, what would be my advantage over the K1 exactly.

Does the K3 allow Evan to travel back Jamaica for visits, before we adjust status?

If I do the K1, when exactly will Evan be able to travel back to Jamaica?

I wonder about the travel back to JA so much because, I know this will be a huge adjustment for him to come to the states and I would like to know that we have the option to go back to Jamaica for a family visit every once in awhile. I would hate to get him here on the wrong visa and he becomes home sick without an option to visit home for a bit.

I also noticed that the K3 visa requires a I-129F AND a I-130 to process. Is this correct? Seems like a lot of money. Why would I need the I-129F if he is my spouse and not my fiance?

Any info is appreciated. Thanks!

K-1 is the fastest visa and he will have to wait sometime to get his green card before he travels

You would apply for a CR1 first then after that you apply for the K-3. Cr1 is about the samtime as a K-3. Cr-1 is a better visa choice because all your paperwork will be done once he gets here for 2 years and the cheapest route out of all the visas. These visas he can leave the country right after he gets it and travel any where with muliple enters.

[luvtravlin 0]

I am personally NOT surprised at all at the way they treated you guys, especially with the age difference!!

As I've posted in the past, my interview was ridiculous!! Only "I" was interviewed, not Craig and TRUST ME, I should have listened to ALL of the red flags!!!

I'm glad that he was able to "handle" the drilled questions as you PREPARED him for!!! but....it's done FOR a reason!!!!!

I have tried to prepare those that have that age difference (and are white/black couples) as best as "I" can.

I'm going to stress this once again, that this process is NOT easy ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARRIVE HERE !!!! There's a HUGE adjustment for them --well everyone!!! It does NOT matter how many times you say something and "prepare" them in advance. What they've seen, heard, watched in the movies...will NOT compare to how it REALLY is here in the states.

Do NOT go into this with blinders on and think that everything will be sooooooooo hunky dory.

IF you do not have children, it will be like having an ADULT CHILD for awhile !!! If you do not have patience ....

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to PM me.

Kelly

[rhondapayter 0]

I sent it to my sister -- I can't tell you how many times I pushed her down the stairs when we were little -- it was fun pulling her up by her hair too!! We were really bad!!! We fought like boys.....

Mindy, you're such a little devil

[rhondapayter 0]

He asked what the error was and he was told not to worry that he would be approved but they needed until the 8th to correct the error.

Sounds like the Embassy screwed something up I've never heard of them telling someone that.

[rhondapayter 0]

I have never seen a place so screwed up as the US Embassy. Since they have moved they are almost impossible to deal with. I wish you all the best in getting the passport on Friday....

They've ALWAYS been impossible to deal with It's hard to believe that anything affiliated with the U.S. could be that messed up!

[rhondapayter 0]

She interrogates him for 30 minutes!!!!!!! She calls him a liar 5 times, she asks him how we met, where we went out together and when we sex! She asks him if he knows how old I am (I am much older than he) when he says yes and tells her my age she says, "what is your problem? Dont you like women your own age?"

"I dont mean to judge you but you are a lot older than your fiance. We see a lot of that here, these young Jamaican men just want a greencard. So, I want to ask you why you are doing this?"

Ok, I have to ask, HOW OLD ARE YOU? And how old is your fiance? I have heard of them being really, really rough on couples with a huge age difference. You're lucky you were with him. If not, he probably wouldn't have gotten approved. For some reason a big age difference is a red flag to them. Sorry your experience was so awful At least the hard part is done now.

[*JG* 2]

I am personally NOT surprised at all at the way they treated you guys, especially with the age difference!!

As I've posted in the past, my interview was ridiculous!! Only "I" was interviewed, not Craig and TRUST ME, I should have listened to ALL of the red flags!!!

I'm glad that he was able to "handle" the drilled questions as you PREPARED him for!!! but....it's done FOR a reason!!!!!

I have tried to prepare those that have that age difference (and are white/black couples) as best as "I" can.

I'm going to stress this once again, that this process is NOT easy ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARRIVE HERE !!!! There's a HUGE adjustment for them --well everyone!!! It does NOT matter how many times you say something and "prepare" them in advance. What they've seen, heard, watched in the movies...will NOT compare to how it REALLY is here in the states.

Do NOT go into this with blinders on and think that everything will be sooooooooo hunky dory.

IF you do not have children, it will be like having an ADULT CHILD for awhile !!! If you do not have patience ....

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to PM me.

Kelly

I'd agree to some of this. And, I feel you got lucky.........here, in St. Louis, he couldn't get his SSN until after his AOS. My husband couldn't even look for work for 5 months and didn't find anything decent for 7. It takes a very special type of guy to find productive things to do with their boredom.

[rhondapayter 0]

What in the world is wrong with these people? I know it was bad before but it seems 100 times worse.

You got through, it is over and done with. All I can say is UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

They have always given a hard time to couples with a big age difference. As I said in my other reply, it's like a red flag to them and they interrogate extra hard to make sure the relationship is legit.

Edited March 29, 2007 by rhondapayter