HELP!! Embassy trouble.. What should we do?

[DMYERS 0]

We have a problem. Our 129F has been approved, and my fiance and I are about to submit our papers to the Embassy (DS-156, I-134, etc...). The poblem is....

The age on her passport is different than the age on her birth certificate. This is to say that over 10 years ago when she was seeking employment abroad the agency she went through knew she was too young to legally be sponsored to work in the country, and so they obtained a passport for her that had her as being 4 years older. So now she is still working in the country and we are about to give our completed paperwork to the Embassy there, but don't know what to do about this situation. Wanting to be completely honest we've only used her real age from the beginning and a copy of her birth certificate is provided to support it. But, her passport still has the wrong age on it.

What con we do? Do you think we should just submit everything we have, wait for the embassy to ask about the descrepancy, and try to explain the situation? Or are we destined for denial because of this? What can we do??

[baron555 934]

We have a problem. Our 129F has been approved, and my fiance and I are about to submit our papers to the Embassy (DS-156, I-134, etc...). The poblem is....

The age on her passport is different than the age on her birth certificate. This is to say that over 10 years ago when she was seeking employment abroad the agency she went through knew she was too young to legally be sponsored to work in the country, and so they obtained a passport for her that had her as being 4 years older. So now she is still working in the country and we are about to give our completed paperwork to the Embassy there, but don't know what to do about this situation. Wanting to be completely honest we've only used her real age from the beginning and a copy of her birth certificate is provided to support it. But, her passport still has the wrong age on it.

What con we do? Do you think we should just submit everything we have, wait for the embassy to ask about the descrepancy, and try to explain the situation? Or are we destined for denial because of this? What can we do??

Try emailing the Embassy and ask them. They most likely will extend your inteview date while you obtain a corrected passport.

But it also may depend on the Embassy. Since you provide no information in your timeline, we can not help.

Edited December 4, 2009 by baron555

[DMYERS 0]

Try emailing the Embassy and ask them. They most likely will extend your inteview date while you obtain a corrected passport.

Problem is she is currently working in the country under her previous passport. Trying to get a new one from her home country would be very difficult to do and possibly even not an option (as her work sponsorship is under the old passport and leaving the country would likely lose her the sponsorship; which eliminates her ability to return to the country to finish the paperwork anyway)... Is there no other way?

She is working in Dubai and is from Sudan.

Edited December 4, 2009 by DMYERS

[Dakine 26]

What country is she from? Philippines?

Putting your timeline will help.

[DMYERS 0]

What country is she from? Philippines?

Putting your timeline will help.

Sorry, I'm at work now so I don't have the documents with the dates on them (NOA1, NOA2, etc...). I can enter that in when I get home.

But as I mentioned above "She is working in Dubai and is from Sudan".

We were planning are dropping the paperwork off at the Embassy in Abu Dhabi soon.

Edited December 4, 2009 by DMYERS

[Boiler 45,402]

What country is she from? Philippines?

Putting your timeline will help.

Sorry, I'm at work now so I don't have the documents with the dates on them (NOA1, NOA2, etc...). I can enter that in when I get home.

But as I mentioned above "She is working in Dubai and is from Sudan".

We were planning are dropping the paperwork off at the Embassy in Abu Dhabi soon.

You need to contact the consulate to find out how she can get her passport corrected.

[Otto 83]

What con we do? Do you think we should just submit everything we have, wait for the embassy to ask about the descrepancy, and try to explain the situation? Or are we destined for denial because of this? What can we do??

I'm not sure what you would explain if you decided to explain anything. A falsified passport (or documents to obtain falsified passport) isn't something you'd necessarily want to explain. Not sure how you'd go about correcting this either.

Curious - what DOB was listed on the I-129F (and on the embassy-related forms)?

[DMYERS 0]

I'm not sure what you would explain if you decided to explain anything. A falsified passport (or documents to obtain falsified passport) isn't something you'd necessarily want to explain. Not sure how you'd go about correcting this either.

Curious - what DOB was listed on the I-129F (and on the embassy-related forms)?

All of our documents (I-129F and embassy forms) have the real birthday of 9/8/1983 (which is what is on her birth certificate). Her passport says 9/8/1979.

[Dakine 26]

There's no magic bullet to correct what she has done.

She committed fraud and needs to get a lawyer in her own country to try and fix her problem.

I can't see it matters if she loses her job in Dubai if she's going to end up in the US.

Looks to me like she will have to go home to resolve her problem.

Have her check at her local consulate and see what's required.

US embassy will no doubt take a long look at this also.

[thongd4me 69]

Amigo,

You've been lurking around for a long time, much longer than I've been here.

You give absolutely no personal information and you have no timeline.

You want everybody to drop everything and empathize.

You have 10 pages of posts but none except 2 (February 2009 and today) can be viewed.

I'm willing to believe you are for real but you give no real proof.

I'm not a CO, just a VJ friend wanting to know a little more.

Troll

If this post violates the TOS in any way, I invite the mods to delete it and no hard feelings

[Guitarlo 2]

We have a problem. Our 129F has been approved, and my fiance and I are about to submit our papers to the Embassy (DS-156, I-134, etc...). The poblem is....

The age on her passport is different than the age on her birth certificate. This is to say that over 10 years ago when she was seeking employment abroad the agency she went through knew she was too young to legally be sponsored to work in the country, and so they obtained a passport for her that had her as being 4 years older. So now she is still working in the country and we are about to give our completed paperwork to the Embassy there, but don't know what to do about this situation. Wanting to be completely honest we've only used her real age from the beginning and a copy of her birth certificate is provided to support it. But, her passport still has the wrong age on it.

What con we do? Do you think we should just submit everything we have, wait for the embassy to ask about the descrepancy, and try to explain the situation? Or are we destined for denial because of this? What can we do??

Have you considered getting a new passport? If you expidite it will be quick. I recommend not going to the Embassy with different age or any mismatching information. It looks like you were involved in a scam and honestly accepting the work illegally abroad was ..... I'd be concerned the Embassy will really frown on that,

[milimelo 4,467]

So which one is it - she is from Eritrea or Sudan and she works in Dubai or Lebanon?

From your February post:

"She living in Lebanon now and working there. She's from Eritrea though... Fixing her home documents is something we can definitely try to do.

Fixing her local documents in Lebanon is probably not an option as she is working there based on what her paperwork with the "older" age information on it states. Discovery of errors on these documents may cause problems for her with the local government (don't want her to go to jail or anything...).

I'm the paranoid one here I guess... I only want to write the correct information on the paperwork I file, regardless of what her ID/papers say. So, now we're trying to figure out what we need to do because of her situation to make sure she has sufficient paperwork to get approved...while not getting in trouble locally, losing her job, and potentially facing jail time (maybe that's extreme, but I don't know what would happen if errors on her paperwork were discovered in Lebanon).

Will fixing her home (Eritrean) paperwork be enough though? If she can supply valid Eritrean information/birth certificate and is ready to explain her work situation in Lebanon to the US officials at the US embassy will that be enough to get us through the process? Or will having Lebanon papers with different age information on them still be a problem that could get her denied?"

[kokeb 0]

I agree. You have the same problem listed twice, but are using 4 different locations. That's why everyone wants you to fill in your timeline. It helps as it gives the specific Embassy information, so we can all research accordingly. It looks like you and her both are adept at giving false information. Do you think you'll get in trouble if you post your real timeline here or something? Being dishonest is not going to encourage anyone to desire to help you out at all regardless. I for one don't know how to help you and probably wouldn't if I did until you give an accurate timeline and apologize for any false information you have posted.

[M and F 3]

I agree. You have the same problem listed twice, but are using 4 different locations. That's why everyone wants you to fill in your timeline. It helps as it gives the specific Embassy information, so we can all research accordingly. It looks like you and her both are adept at giving false information. Do you think you'll get in trouble if you post your real timeline here or something? Being dishonest is not going to encourage anyone to desire to help you out at all regardless. I for one don't know how to help you and probably wouldn't if I did until you give an accurate timeline and apologize for any false information you have posted.

Kokeb - your petition hasn't left NVC yet?

[kokeb 0]

YES IT HAS My girl is just waiting on the phone call from the embassy. I was sent a letter that my approval was sent on to the embassy. How do you know when it has arrived? This may be the wrong place for this conversation. You can send me a private if you want.

To Orginal Poster: I am applying in Lebanon and have had great success so far. If the old information is the correct one and you fess up, let me know and I may be able to ask some questions for you with the contacts I have there.