California - April 2008 K3 Filers

[tchururu 0]

Renarchi,

Hi there, those touches is from the service center scanning your petitions into their system. But those touches sure give a person hope.

Now any further touches you will see from now on is great.

Good luck on your journey.

Paris Heart

Paris heart,

merci beaucoup! Yes, "touches" make us feel like our process is aliiiiive! lol

I haven't had any touches on my I129F. That's sad.... = (

[tchururu 0]

Well.. my USCIS Center is in Vermont, and i think that's why is taking that long!

The reason i didnt stayed in the US after the Wedding is that we didnt have anything planned, we meet when i was a Exchange student in his hometown and we dated for only 5 months(ago/2005 till July/2006), and when i had to leave we decided to broke up, i was 17 and he was 19... i we still keep in touch, but i dated other guys and he dated too, but we still had something.... When i got to college, they had a program u could work at Disney for the class break, i i went there on November the 28th till February the 14th, that period he went to visit me twice and i went to his city twice too, and we started to research about the K3 and K1 Visa and we thought the K3 was going to take less time, and i could come back to Brazil and planned the wedding (that is a big thing for my family!) and in 5 to 6 months i could be with him again! But it wasn't how we thought it would be!!!

my orkut profile is http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=2627803043371757480 and my MSN is nessa_ce@hotmail.com can you add me soo we can talk and i live in Fortaleza - Ceará, and tomorrow i will call USCIS center and try to know what is happening!!!

Vanessa, yes, maybe it's taking that long because you are at the Vermont CS. But don't worry, you'll get it soon.

I didn't understand your story. You got legally married in the US, right? You could have stayed there. After you got your green card you could have travelled to Brazil and have your religious marriage here in Brazil. If you are legally married in the US, you cannot be married again here in Brazil (not at the Cartório), just at the church!

Ooooh my dear Lord, my dreeeeeam is to visit Fortaleza! It's the most beautiful city in Brazil (after São Paulo, of course! lol)...

I'll add you on orkut, but let's keep talking here too so that people can see how our cases develop, right?!

Beijos

[Monica&Isha 0]

oi!!

I am sooooo glade to know i am not the only one is going through this hell!!

I getting crazy i sent the I129F on April the 25th and i still didn't get the NOA1... is this correct? should i send it again or call?? I dont know what to do, i see everybody getting their Noa1 and they send it after i did mine!!! it has being more than 16 days!!!! can somebody help me??

I got married on Feb the 9th and i had to leave the USA on the 14th, cuz my visa was over, and my husband is coming to Brazil for our "real" marriage at church and w my family in July, and he leaves on Aug the 5th and i dont wanna be apart anymore!!! do u know if i can go to USA for a while and then can back for my interview in Rio?? i know is a silly question, cuz if it had a way everybody would do it, but i would go there and stay for a month and get our house ready to live and be w him!!

I just hope i can be w my husband soon!!!

Sorry for the bad English!!!

Hi, Nessa!! Good to hear from another brazilian going through this awful process so we can share our anxiety! hehehe! My case is also at Vemont Service Center and so far, no updates.

I think going to the US on a tourist visa (or whatever you have) is too risky because they know you intend to immigrate. So I wouldn't take that risk. It is really hard to be apart for so long, but we just have to be patient. (I tell this to myself everyday!)

Ah by the way, I'm from Salvador... Also from the northeast. Too bad we don't even have a doctor registered at the consulate in our cities, han?

Good luck for you!

[Monica&Isha 0]

You guys, I have a question...

On my NOA1 for the I30 has the date of 04.21. But on the USCIS website, it says that the last update was 04.22. Does this mean I was touched that day?

Also on my NOA1 for the I29F, it has the of 04.30 but on the USCIS website it says that the last update was on 30.04. So, this means I haven't been touched on my I129, right?

I am confuuused.... lol

Renatchi, Yes, anytime the date changes, it has been "touched". So yes, your I-130 was touched on the 22nd. But your I-129F is the same date as your NOA, so I would think that that was just them receiving it.

I learned how to check for touches this week. I noticed that my cases were touched in a date near to the date they received, so I guess that's just them moving the papers to the table of the officer who will take care of my case, or something like that.

I also read in another thread, here in VJ, that we should compare what is saying about our case when we click on the case number. If something changed to other than CASE RECEIVED AND PENDING it means that something important happened. Otherwise is just moving the papers, or cleaning the dust and spider webs off the papers, as someone said! LOL

[tchururu 0]

You guys, I just got approved!

I cannot believe that I was approved in only 16 days! SIXTEEEEEEN!

Freaking out here because I haven't started doing anything!

[Beth/ Paris Heart 2]

You guys, I just got approved!

I cannot believe that I was approved in only 16 days! SIXTEEEEEEN!

Freaking out here because I haven't started doing anything!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! MUST BE GREAT.

You are one lucky girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paris Heart

[tchururu 0]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! MUST BE GREAT.

You are one lucky girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paris Heart

Paris Heart, thank you!

I guess I am lucky! I have never been lucky, I guess there's always a first time, right?!

It is great and scary as well!

Thanks!

Renata

[Loolinette 0]

Congratulations Renatchi, u must be so excited !!!

[Nessa_ce 0]

Vanessa, yes, maybe it's taking that long because you are at the Vermont CS. But don't worry, you'll get it soon.

I didn't understand your story. You got legally married in the US, right? You could have stayed there. After you got your green card you could have travelled to Brazil and have your religious marriage here in Brazil. If you are legally married in the US, you cannot be married again here in Brazil (not at the Cartório), just at the church!

Ooooh my dear Lord, my dreeeeeam is to visit Fortaleza! It's the most beautiful city in Brazil (after São Paulo, of course! lol)...

I'll add you on orkut, but let's keep talking here too so that people can see how our cases develop, right?!

Beijos

Everybody is being soooo great, thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes.. i was legal in the US when i got married, i just got the wrong information, i thought i had to go back to brazil, and if i stayed to get my green card first it would take a long time for me to see my family (somebody told me i couldnt visit my family for 2 years and they couldnt go to US in that time either!)! I should had gotten more information about it, or called a layer!!! Renatchi, I will get married at church on July, but if i dont get married in the papers (cartorio) how am i going change my name to his??? do u know???

I have great news, i got my I129F NOA1!!!!! it took 7 days to the post office to send it to me! Renatchi, I am sooo glad u got already ur I129F NOA2, i hope i get that luck too, in fact i hope everybody that is applying get that lucky!!

Muito Obrigada!!

[Nessa_ce 0]

Hi, Nessa!! Good to hear from another brazilian going through this awful process so we can share our anxiety! hehehe! My case is also at Vemont Service Center and so far, no updates.

I think going to the US on a tourist visa (or whatever you have) is too risky because they know you intend to immigrate. So I wouldn't take that risk. It is really hard to be apart for so long, but we just have to be patient. (I tell this to myself everyday!)

Ah by the way, I'm from Salvador... Also from the northeast. Too bad we don't even have a doctor registered at the consulate in our cities, han?

Good luck for you!

HI!!!

Is great to see soo many brazilian people in this process!! Just today i learned how to read the NOA1, i put all dates wrong in my timeline and i changed today, i thought the date i received the Noa1, that was the real date, not the one in the paper!! hahahaha i can be stupid some times!!!

YEP.... its to risky to go there now, the bad thing will be to get a visa and then when u get there immigration deny you... i dont wanna pay that much money if we have a 50% chance to be denied!!! i think i have to be patient, like you always says!!! hehe

i know right.. we dont have anything near here!! We have to go to Rio to get the visa, go to the dr, everything!!!

Good luck for all of us!!!

[Steve Y Jessica 1]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! MUST BE GREAT.

You are one lucky girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paris Heart

Paris Heart, thank you!

I guess I am lucky! I have never been lucky, I guess there's always a first time, right?!

It is great and scary as well!

Thanks!

Renata

What do you mean you have never been lucky? I think all of us on VJ were pretty lucky when we met our spouses.

[Steve Y Jessica 1]

Hi, Nessa!! Good to hear from another brazilian going through this awful process so we can share our anxiety! hehehe! My case is also at Vemont Service Center and so far, no updates.

I think going to the US on a tourist visa (or whatever you have) is too risky because they know you intend to immigrate. So I wouldn't take that risk. It is really hard to be apart for so long, but we just have to be patient. (I tell this to myself everyday!)

Ah by the way, I'm from Salvador... Also from the northeast. Too bad we don't even have a doctor registered at the consulate in our cities, han?

Good luck for you!

HI!!!

Is great to see soo many brazilian people in this process!! Just today i learned how to read the NOA1, i put all dates wrong in my timeline and i changed today, i thought the date i received the Noa1, that was the real date, not the one in the paper!! hahahaha i can be stupid some times!!!

YEP.... its to risky to go there now, the bad thing will be to get a visa and then when u get there immigration deny you... i dont wanna pay that much money if we have a 50% chance to be denied!!! i think i have to be patient, like you always says!!! hehe

i know right.. we dont have anything near here!! We have to go to Rio to get the visa, go to the dr, everything!!!

Good luck for all of us!!!

Well be careful about changing your name. What name did you use when you filed your papers? Your married name or your maiden name? Because your passport needs to match the name you used on your papers. If you used your maiden name on your papers for the visa then you change your name on your passport, there might be problems.

This is why we decided to use my wifes maiden name on the visa papers. She lives in Buenos Aires but she is from Peru. And it is difficult changing her name in her passport through the Embassy of Peru in Buenos Aires. We do not want any problems with the visa process. So we decided we would just wait until she was in the United States to change her name.

[tchururu 0]

Well be careful about changing your name. What name did you use when you filed your papers? Your married name or your maiden name? Because your passport needs to match the name you used on your papers. If you used your maiden name on your papers for the visa then you change your name on your passport, there might be problems.

This is why we decided to use my wifes maiden name on the visa papers. She lives in Buenos Aires but she is from Peru. And it is difficult changing her name in her passport through the Embassy of Peru in Buenos Aires. We do not want any problems with the visa process. So we decided we would just wait until she was in the United States to change her name.

Steve,

I got all my forms with my married name. I don't use my maiden name. That's why I need to rush and get me a new passport with the married name. Thing is, as usual, everything involving the Brazilian Government takes ages to be processed - that means, I have to hurry otherwise my passport won't be done in time.

On top of that, I need this special NVC number that allows me to take the background certificates (certificado de antecedentes criminais), exams, vaccines, etc. I can't do any of those things unless I have that number. It will only be here with me in 1-2 weeks. Grrr....

Steve, I am praying for you guys! You are also at the CSC, you'll be the next one to be approved, believe me!

Renata

[Steve Y Jessica 1]

Well be careful about changing your name. What name did you use when you filed your papers? Your married name or your maiden name? Because your passport needs to match the name you used on your papers. If you used your maiden name on your papers for the visa then you change your name on your passport, there might be problems.

This is why we decided to use my wifes maiden name on the visa papers. She lives in Buenos Aires but she is from Peru. And it is difficult changing her name in her passport through the Embassy of Peru in Buenos Aires. We do not want any problems with the visa process. So we decided we would just wait until she was in the United States to change her name.

Steve,

I got all my forms with my married name. I don't use my maiden name. That's why I need to rush and get me a new passport with the married name. Thing is, as usual, everything involving the Brazilian Government takes ages to be processed - that means, I have to hurry otherwise my passport won't be done in time.

On top of that, I need this special NVC number that allows me to take the background certificates (certificado de antecedentes criminais), exams, vaccines, etc. I can't do any of those things unless I have that number. It will only be here with me in 1-2 weeks. Grrr....

Steve, I am praying for you guys! You are also at the CSC, you'll be the next one to be approved, believe me!

Renata

Yes, that is why we decided to wait for my wifes name change until she gets to the United States. It seems like everything is difficult in South America. It was a nightmare when we were trying to get married in Buenos Aires. And it made it harder because neither of us were Argentinos.

And it will take even longer for her to change her passport through the Peruvian Embassy in Buenos Aires.

I know what you mean, Last night I told my wife about your approval. She was saying she does not want approval so fast because of all of the things we are trying to get done that take time. She is working on getting her police clearance from Lima, Peru and that will take at least a month. And as far as vaccines, she has no record of her vaccines. So she is working with the doctor to figure out what she needs to get. The other day, she got about 6 vaccinations and she needs to wait a few weeks for the rest. So we would need at least another month to be ready.

Yes, I am praying every day for a fast approval also, as I explained to her, it will take time for the paperwork to be transfered to the embassy anyways. And all I want is the approval.

But right now I am so excited because Thursday I will be flying down to Buenos Aires to be with my wife for 5 days. The days are dragging. But I promised her that until the visa process is done that I would go down there every month until she is in the US. But I never look forward to that long flight.

[Monica&Isha 0]

You guys, I just got approved!

I cannot believe that I was approved in only 16 days! SIXTEEEEEEN!

Freaking out here because I haven't started doing anything!

Oh!!! That's good news!!! You really are lucky!! As we said before, we can't tell at all how long this process is going to take. Well, you won't have problems with your passport. I just got mine. It's pretty fast... about one week. You have to go online first and register at the federal police website. Anyway, congratulations!! And good luck for the rest of us! Specially for who is in VSC! hahaha!