CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues

[xelance 31]

anyone else know? Now im a little confused, I thought the co sponsor (unless filling out an I-864A) had to make enough income by themselves, not combined...starting to second guess my previous answer.

[xelance 31]

DS-3032 accepted today and AOS bill showed as paid, woohoo alright...now we are on our way! night all

[_Erick_ 5]

anyone else know? Now im a little confused, I thought the co sponsor (unless filling out an I-864A) had to make enough income by themselves, not combined...starting to second guess my previous answer.

We're both right... and we're both wrong LOL.... here's info directly from the instructions:

If your income alone is not sufficient to meet the requirement for your household size, the intending immigrant will be ineligible for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status, unless the requirement can be met using any combination of the following:

• Income from any relatives or dependents living in your household or dependents listed on your most recent Federal tax return who signed a Form I-864A;
  
• Income from the intending immigrant, if that income will continue from the same source after immigration, and if the intending immigrant is currently living in your residence. If the intending immigrant is your spouse, his or her income can be counted regardless of current residence, but it must continue from the same source after he or she becomes a lawful permanent resident.
• The value of your assets, the assets of any household member who has signed a Form I-864A, or the assets of the intending immigrant;
  
• A joint sponsor whose income and/or assets equal at least 125 percent of the Poverty Guidelines. See question below for more information on joint sponsors.
  If the person who is seeking the immigration of one or more of his or her relatives cannot meet the income requirements, a "joint sponsor" who can meet the requirements may submit a Form I-864 to sponsor all or some of the family members.

A joint sponsor can be any U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident who is at least 18 years old, domiciled in the United States, or its territories or possessions, and willing to be held jointly liable with the petitioner for the support of the intending immigrant. A joint sponsor does not have to be related to the petitioning sponsor or the intending immigrant.

If the first joint sponsor completes Form I-864 for some rather than all the family members, a second qualifying joint sponsor will be required to sponsor the remaining family members. There may be no more than two joint sponsors. A joint sponsor must be able to meet the income requirements for all the persons he or she is sponsoring without combining resources with the petitioning sponsor or a second joint sponsor. Any dependents applying for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status more than six months after immigration of the intending immigrants must be sponsored by the petitioner but may be sponsored by an original joint sponsor or a different joint sponsor.

The I-864A is used for relatives and dependants that live in the same household as the sponsor.

• You may use the income of your spouse and/or any other relatives living in your residence if they are willing to be jointly responsible with you for the intending immigrant(s) you are sponsoring. If you have any unrelated dependents listed on your income tax return you may include their income regardless of where they reside.
• The income of such household members and dependents can be used to help you meet the income requirements if they complete and sign Form I-864A, Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member, and if they are at least 18 years of age when they sign the form.
  

DS-3032 accepted today and AOS bill showed as paid, woohoo alright...now we are on our way! night all

SWEET, congrats bro. I'm looking forward to the day when I can give them my money too

Edited March 4, 2011 by _Erick_

[SqdnGuns 21]

I still have not received a response from the Embassy, it is already Friday afternnon there so if I don't hear anything by the time I get up in the morning it will end up being a long weekend.

On my wifes email account, we just received an email from NVC saying that everything has been processed at NVC and forwarded on to the Embassy:

Your inquiry has been received at the National Visa Center (NVC). The NVC has completed its processing of the visa petition you mentioned in your letter and has forwarded the petition to the assigned US Embassy/Consulate General for further processing.

Please be advised that further forms and/or fees may still be requested by the US Embassy/Consulate to complete the processing of this case. Any further inquiries should be directed to the assigned US Embassy or Consulate General.

Great, fired off an email to them but no word yet.

She also received an email just after the one above with her IIN, how to make AOS payment and Choice of Address and Agent for Immigrant Visa Applicants..............................OK

The first email says: Please be advised that further forms and/or fees may still be requested by the US Embassy/Consulate to complete the processing of this case. Any further inquiries should be directed to the assigned US Embassy or Consulate General.

This is the confusion now; Do I make the remaining payments through the Embassy? If I pay through NVC, will the Embassy also ask for a payment?

Those are questions that I posed to the Embassy in my email earlier this week. I am not comfortable making a payment now through NVC fearing that somehow I will have to pay twice. This whole process have been a cluster ** up to this point I expect the worse............

I hate this process!!

[sarah et luc 7]

actually, thats not true. The co sponsor has to make it themselves, unless the co sponsor fills out an 864A form (relative living in the same household). If it is a standard I-864 form, they need to make 125% beyond the poverty guidelines by themselves.

You are right. The I-864 co-sponsor must be able to make 125% over the poverty line to support the immigrant and him/herself. (Almost as if the USC spouse's income is not counted) The I-864A is combined with the USC spouse's income since they are of the same household (As if the immigrant will be joining the USC spouse and USC co-sponsor's household)

[SqdnGuns 21]

HaHaHa............................15 minutes after posting the above, my wife calls and tell me the Embassy called her!!!

She has her interview on March 18th at 7 AM, WoooooHoooooo She is so excited, I had to tell her to slow down because I had no idea what she was saying. She said they have sent her an email as well so i logged into her account and there were three, one for Packet 3, one for Packet 4 and the important one:

Dear Applicant:

Bangkok's Immigrant Visa (IV) Unit is ready to begin final processing of the immigrant visa applicant(s) named below in this case. We have scheduled an appointment for a visa interview at the Immigrant Visa section on the date printed below.

Visa Appointment

Date Time

*****************************

18 Mar 2011 7:00AM

Please read and follow very carefully all of the Appointment Instructions located on the Embassy's web site at:

http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/immigrant_visas/iv_packet4.html

Please pay close attention to the Instructions for Medical Examination required for all intending immigrants and evidence of relationship. Submission of incomplete documents will delay your visa processing. When communicating with this office, please provide your name and case number exactly as shown in this letter.

Upon arrival at the Embassy, the applicant MUST present this e-mail to the receptionist and proceed to Window number 5. Those members of the applicant's family, listed below, must appear at the Embassy on the above appointment date. If the applicant cannot keep the appointment, please notify the Embassy at visasbkk@state.gov"]visasbkk@state.gov[/email] as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Immigrant Visa Unit

Ref.C

---------------------------------------

Now I have to package the remaining paperwork from my end, review the link that they sent her in an email for the documents that she need to download, print and fill out. I'll have to overnight documents this weekend to Thailand........

I am going to hold off paying NVC for now, looks like I'll have to pay via the Embassy or it will be "overlooked"..................hmmmmmmmm, that would be nice.

Are they really going to be home in a few weeks???

[sarah et luc 7]

I still have not received a response from the Embassy, it is already Friday afternnon there so if I don't hear anything by the time I get up in the morning it will end up being a long weekend.

On my wifes email account, we just received an email from NVC saying that everything has been processed at NVC and forwarded on to the Embassy:

Your inquiry has been received at the National Visa Center (NVC). The NVC has completed its processing of the visa petition you mentioned in your letter and has forwarded the petition to the assigned US Embassy/Consulate General for further processing.

Please be advised that further forms and/or fees may still be requested by the US Embassy/Consulate to complete the processing of this case. Any further inquiries should be directed to the assigned US Embassy or Consulate General.

Great, fired off an email to them but no word yet.

She also received an email just after the one above with her IIN, how to make AOS payment and Choice of Address and Agent for Immigrant Visa Applicants..............................OK

The first email says: Please be advised that further forms and/or fees may still be requested by the US Embassy/Consulate to complete the processing of this case. Any further inquiries should be directed to the assigned US Embassy or Consulate General.

This is the confusion now; Do I make the remaining payments through the Embassy? If I pay through NVC, will the Embassy also ask for a payment?

Those are questions that I posed to the Embassy in my email earlier this week. I am not comfortable making a payment now through NVC fearing that somehow I will have to pay twice. This whole process have been a cluster ** up to this point I expect the worse............

I hate this process!!

I don't think you should pay anything to NVC until you hear from the embassy. But I assume if you did happen pay the NVC it would transfer to the Embassy because you are paying a 404$ fee for case number XXX2011#######. You can't buy the same thing twice I think....

but with the government no one can be too sure, as we've already seen. Good luck Wade you're almost out of the sh!tty situation.

[aviatorbill 10]

Salin and other VJ friends: Here is an update for you. My IV Fee bill is "in process" as of today (03/03/2011). Sure is a good feeling to be in the NVC rather than TSC.

This week I sent in our year 2010 - 1040 to the IRS, married filing jointly with W-7 (for ITIN #) and 2555-EZ (foreign earned income exclusion). Also sent in 2011 estimated, to the IRS, so that the NVC can see that I am still employed. Then sent all of the foregoing along with the I-864 to the NVC.

Celldoc. Glad to see that the USCIS finally sent your documents to the NVC and you now have a case number.

Does anyone know how much expense will be forthcoming at the American Embassy in Jakarta (for the medical, visa, etc)?

[sarah et luc 7]

YAYYYY WADE THAT'S FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance: CONGRATULATIONS

Edited March 4, 2011 by sarah et luc

[_Erick_ 5]

I still have not received a response from the Embassy, it is already Friday afternnon there so if I don't hear anything by the time I get up in the morning it will end up being a long weekend.

On my wifes email account, we just received an email from NVC saying that everything has been processed at NVC and forwarded on to the Embassy:

Your inquiry has been received at the National Visa Center (NVC). The NVC has completed its processing of the visa petition you mentioned in your letter and has forwarded the petition to the assigned US Embassy/Consulate General for further processing.

Please be advised that further forms and/or fees may still be requested by the US Embassy/Consulate to complete the processing of this case. Any further inquiries should be directed to the assigned US Embassy or Consulate General.

Great, fired off an email to them but no word yet.

She also received an email just after the one above with her IIN, how to make AOS payment and Choice of Address and Agent for Immigrant Visa Applicants..............................OK

The first email says: Please be advised that further forms and/or fees may still be requested by the US Embassy/Consulate to complete the processing of this case. Any further inquiries should be directed to the assigned US Embassy or Consulate General.

This is the confusion now; Do I make the remaining payments through the Embassy? If I pay through NVC, will the Embassy also ask for a payment?

Those are questions that I posed to the Embassy in my email earlier this week. I am not comfortable making a payment now through NVC fearing that somehow I will have to pay twice. This whole process have been a cluster ** up to this point I expect the worse............

I hate this process!!

Wade,

Obviously, I'm no expert on this (as I am not as far along in the process as you) but... I've done a lot of reading in various forums on VJ and it sounds to me that the email she received (with the IIN) about the AOS and COA is just a boilerplate template. From what I have read and understand, once an IIN is assigned, they send a "bolerplate" email wth the IIN and details on paying AOS and submitting the COA. Your case is a little different because it has been expedited straight to the Consulate/Embassy. What I think happened is.... they assigned an IIN (which automatically generates the AOS/COA email) and forwarded your case to the embassy/consulate.

From what I have read and understand in other forums/topics within VJ, NVC assigns an IIN wether your case is expedited or not. Once an IIN is assigned, they send a "bolerplate" email wth the IIN and details on paying AOS and submitting the COA. I've also read (not sure which website: VJ, Consulate/Embassy, or NVC) that... once your expedite is approved.... NVC no longer processes your case... it is sent to the Consulate/Embassy and they will handle all the processing. I'm pretty sure that you will have to send all payments and documents to the Embassy/Consulate in Thailand. I'm confident that the email she received regarding the AOS payment, is nothing more than boilerplate. Either way, if you've already made payments... just send the receipts and you should be good-to-go. I will see if I can find where I read this and send it to you. Please keep me informed, as I am trying to get ours expedited too.

[SqdnGuns 21]

Wade,

Obviously, I'm no expert on this (as I am not as far along in the process as you) but... I've done a lot of reading in various forums on VJ and it sounds to me that the email she received (with the IIN) about the AOS and COA is just a boilerplate template. From what I have read and understand, once an IIN is assigned, they send a "bolerplate" email wth the IIN and details on paying AOS and submitting the COA. Your case is a little different because it has been expedited straight to the Consulate/Embassy. What I think happened is.... they assigned an IIN (which automatically generates the AOS/COA email) and forwarded your case to the embassy/consulate.

From what I have read and understand in other forums/topics within VJ, NVC assigns an IIN wether your case is expedited or not. Once an IIN is assigned, they send a "bolerplate" email wth the IIN and details on paying AOS and submitting the COA. I've also read (not sure which website: VJ, Consulate/Embassy, or NVC) that... once your expedite is approved.... NVC no longer processes your case... it is sent to the Consulate/Embassy and they will handle all the processing. I'm pretty sure that you will have to send all payments and documents to the Embassy/Consulate in Thailand. I'm confident that the email she received regarding the AOS payment, is nothing more than boilerplate. Either way, if you've already made payments... just send the receipts and you should be good-to-go. I will see if I can find where I read this and send it to you. Please keep me informed, as I am trying to get ours expedited too.

Thanks Ercik, it's a moot point right now. She my other post above!!!

[_Erick_ 5]

Ignore the first paragraph of my last post... I am keyboard challenged tonight Here is what I meant to say.....

Wade,

Obviously, I'm no expert on this (as I am not as far along in the process as you) but...

From what I have read and understand in other forums/topics within VJ, NVC assigns an IIN wether your case is expedited or not. Once an IIN is assigned, they send a "bolerplate" email wth the IIN and details on paying AOS and submitting the COA. I've also read (not sure which website: VJ, Consulate/Embassy, or NVC) that... once your expedite is approved.... NVC no longer processes your case... it is sent to the Consulate/Embassy and they will handle all the processing. I'm pretty sure that you will have to send all payments and documents to the Embassy/Consulate in Thailand. I'm confident that the email she received regarding the AOS payment, is nothing more than boilerplate. Either way, if you've already made payments... just send the receipts and you should be good-to-go. I will see if I can find where I read this and send it to you. Please keep me informed, as I am trying to get ours expedited too.

[_Erick_ 5]

Thanks Ercik, it's a moot point right now. She my other post above!!!

yeah I see it now.... stupid work is getting in the way of my forum reading/posting CONGRATS brother !!!

[SqdnGuns 21]

yeah I see it now.... stupid work is getting in the way of my forum reading/posting CONGRATS brother !!!

Thanks bro!! Working the night crew?

[_Erick_ 5]

Yeah... work from 1430 to 0130 (but it's only 4 days a week). I think I need to go home and get some sleep. A one armed blind man could type better than me tonight LOL

Thanks bro!! Working the night crew?