i-601: General Moral Support, i-601 app

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Marta, we all do.....

[mnmex 0]

Marta…

That didn’t work for my case # either. There is a very mathematical way the case number was invented, using the Julian calendar and all, but I don’t think it has anything to do when you will have an appt. The case number has to do with the day they assigned a number at the NVC.

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Elvia: Nothing really going on with the Javier's. Javier's brother is having some issues and I can't convince Javier of what he needs to do. Melissa just thought if he heard it from someone else it would mean more than coming from me. You know, us women, we don't know what we are talking about. Hearing it from another man might convince him.

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Stephanie - I am not sure that I will keep him. I know I will have to pay him anyway, but then I wonder what other charges he may incure that I would not. So I will meet with him and if I already have everything ready to go we may just go on and file without him. I am not sure how I would remove him as the lawyer from getting any more of our coorspondance. I have no fear of doing it myself, so I will get started tonight. I have already printed off the stuff from USCIS.

Marta, Did not work for me either, as the last 4 numbers were 470.

Melissa, Get your butt in gear and move out ASAP. Don't spend the money staying somewhere that you are not being respected.

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Forgot to tell you we stayed at Hotel Americano, it was clean, not very pretty, but it had good food in the restarurant.

BY THE WAY, I looked up the time frame on the AOS and Employement authorization for Louisville and now I am really mad at the lawyer.

AOS= Processing ones sent in December 17, 2004

Employment authorization= Sept 23, 2005

How sucky is that???

[Bootylicious!! 2]

Benita that is terrible. So that means Alex can't work until way up into the year. What are you going to do?

[Traviesa 0]

A lot of times those processing dates don't mean a whole lot. I would bet money that he gets the EAD in about a month and the green card within 8 months.

[mnmex 0]

Benita…I know you aren’t afraid of doing it yourself…heck you are the one who was on top of your waiver and calling the senators, etc. What I hope he doesn’t do is charge you to for his office to fill out the forms. That is what our lawyer did for the I-130 and NVC stuff and if I would have known I would have just done it myself. I think whatever address you put on the AOS stuff is where they will mail it. I don’t know how they’d have your attys office info unless they have filed something for you regarding AOS. But I could be mistaken. Regardless it is worth it to talk to your atty about it…at least so they apologize for the I-130 stuff and see if they will offer you a deal to keep you as clients.

Good luck! Oh and I have also heard those processing dates don’t always reflect the truth either.

[martaprestegui 0]

OK you guys.I called dhs again and guess what?

I got a real person!

Although I did not get anywhere.She told me they are processing May 2005!!!!!!!

How sick is that?

Well at least she didn't tell me we were denied. She also asked me when I filed and I told her I didn't remember.She said" Because we have 2 systems here.And I need to know whether you filed before October or after October."

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TWO systems and they can't get their acts together?

What a load of crepes.

I wonder if they have the same lady answering phones.When and if I get through I seem to get the same one.

[chagalafamilia 0]

I sure hope those dates do not reflect the actual time to process.

Marta: I think if I was in your shoes with them telling me they are processing May 05, then I would have to try to get the I-130 sent to CDJ, it would make things a lot easier later on. Otherwise you may want to contact your senators or congressmen for a congressional inquiry into the actual time it will take. Maybe that will move your file up in the stack.

I think Dr. Phil would say -----You all just need to stop feeling sorry for yourselves, you are in the situation because you put yourself there. I would agree, we put ourselves here, but who know it would suck this much (not the relationship part, but the USCIS part).

[martaprestegui 0]

Good Morning.

Hey have any of you guys ever had to send in more forms when you sent in the $450.00 for the 130 visa,to have it sent to cdj?My lawyer said that he charged $500.00 to fill out the forms and to send in the $$$$ so the 130 will be sent to cdj.

So all together he wants $450.00 for visa and fingerprints and $500.00 to fill out the forms.

What forms?

I'll probably call nvc and ask there too but I wanted to see if you all had to submit more forms.Hopefully I can get through to nvc and not have a robot answering the phone like cdj & dhs.

[chagalafamilia 0]

Marta: Sorry I did not do the I-130, but I know there are fees involved.

I can not believe he is going to charge you $500, get Melissa to help you I am sure she will give you a discounted rate instead of you paying a stupid lawyer.

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Charity: Hopefully the website is wrong and it will not take that long, Alex will go crazy. I am going to leave Emily in daycare, but only for 2 days a week. That will give him a little break and will keep her in the loop at daycare. I guess we will continue to pinch our pennies.

Benita that is terrible. So that means Alex can't work until way up into the year. What are you going to do?

I want to talk with eggbear, does anyone have her e-mail address that you can PM or e-mail to me???? She went through the I-129 with AOS and I want to see how that is working out for them.

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Chagala-click on members on top of page the where it say members click"contains" then type in eggbear and it will take you to their profile there you can send an e-mail.

I am calling dhs now to see what other documents they want.

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Charity: Hopefully the website is wrong and it will not take that long, Alex will go crazy. I am going to leave Emily in daycare, but only for 2 days a week. That will give him a little break and will keep her in the loop at daycare. I guess we will continue to pinch our pennies.

Benita that is terrible. So that means Alex can't work until way up into the year. What are you going to do?

I want to talk with eggbear, does anyone have her e-mail address that you can PM or e-mail to me???? She went through the I-129 with AOS and I want to see how that is working out for them.

Benita,, For us, it took just over 2 months from when we submitted the AOS paperwork until we got the EAD in the mail. Another thing to note is that the EAD expires one year from date of issuance. I don't know yet what we have to to renew it. The AOS for our district office is taking a year and a half according to the processing dates, but by looking at the timelines on VJ, it looks like it's actually taking 8-10 month average from when AOS is sent in until the interview date. I don't count too much on the processing dates, but for my sanity, I don't plan on him getting his greencard before the year and a half. That way if he gets it sooner, we'll have that much more to celebrate.

Have you or your husband discussed him taking ESL classes during his wait? I don't know what level of English he already speaks, but in our area there are free ESL classes for levels 1-5 and levels 6&7 are what you have to pay for at the community college. It might be something to look into; it's a good way to keep busy and to help build life skilsl in the meanwhile.

Edited February 8, 2006 by InLoveInMexico