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daboyz Experienced

daboyz   36

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Please help! My lawyer is telling me she needs to sign it now.

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand

Marriage : 2006-11-08

I-130 Sent : 2008-02-22

I-130 NOA1 : 2008-03-10

I-129F Sent : 2008-04-08

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-04-14

I-129F touched: 2008-05-06

I-130 touched: 2008-05-09

I-129F approved 2008-09-05

I-130 approved 2008-09-05

NVC received 2008-09-12

Pay I-864 2008-10-08

Pay IV bill 2008-10-08

Receive Instruction 2008-11-05

Case Complete 2008-11-18

Medical 2009-01-19/20 passed

Receive Pkt 4 2009-01-30

Interview 221g 2009-02-23

Second interview 2009-03-02 Approved

POE DFW 2009-03-07

Received SS card 2009-03-17

Received GC 2009-04-01

Done for 3 years or 10 years. Haven't decided yet.

(I'm going for the IR-1 and blowing off the K-3. Even if it takes an extra couple months, it's worth it to not have to deal with USCIS again)

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Note:

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trinket   30

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I am not sure about Thailand, but other countries of what I have heard, one signs DS-230 part 2 at the consulate, when you go for your interview, the first pre-screener, presents the applicant with DS-230 (part 2) and then they sign it.

You have to submit DS-230 both parts to NVC, just that PART1 will be signed and PART2 will be unsigned. Do check with NVC website and make sure you clarify thigns with your lawyer.

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payxibka   10,045

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Please help! My lawyer is telling me she needs to sign it now.

Does the NVC instructions give any guidance to the contrary?

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Ling Ling   22

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Sorry...your lawyer is incompetent.

The beneficiary only signs DS-230 pt 1 before sending.

It clearly states on the DS-230 pt 2 "DO NOT SIGN this form until instructed to do so by a consular officer".

This is a way lawyers bad information can slow down your case while it empties your wallet.

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daboyz Experienced

daboyz   36

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Sorry...your lawyer is incompetent.

The beneficiary only signs DS-230 pt 1 before sending.

It clearly states on the DS-230 pt 2 "DO NOT SIGN this form until instructed to do so by a consular officer".

This is a way lawyers bad information can slow down your case while it empties your wallet.

Thanks man. My wallet is empty. I just cant believe this guy has no clue. It just keeps going on and on. NVC sent the docs on Oct. 16. I guess they don't check their mail.

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand

Marriage : 2006-11-08

I-130 Sent : 2008-02-22

I-130 NOA1 : 2008-03-10

I-129F Sent : 2008-04-08

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-04-14

I-129F touched: 2008-05-06

I-130 touched: 2008-05-09

I-129F approved 2008-09-05

I-130 approved 2008-09-05

NVC received 2008-09-12

Pay I-864 2008-10-08

Pay IV bill 2008-10-08

Receive Instruction 2008-11-05

Case Complete 2008-11-18

Medical 2009-01-19/20 passed

Receive Pkt 4 2009-01-30

Interview 221g 2009-02-23

Second interview 2009-03-02 Approved

POE DFW 2009-03-07

Received SS card 2009-03-17

Received GC 2009-04-01

Done for 3 years or 10 years. Haven't decided yet.

(I'm going for the IR-1 and blowing off the K-3. Even if it takes an extra couple months, it's worth it to not have to deal with USCIS again)

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Note:

Please fill out I-130, wait 6 months for approval, then 3 more months for an interview. (Unless of course we've bombed your country into the stone age, then you qualify for expedited processing.)

Welcome to the USA!!!

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WaitingforRakesh   0

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My lawyer wasn't sure about that either. He sent two copies of page 4, one signed and one unsigned and just wrote on the letter that their request was unclear. I am sure that page 4 is unsigned.

I would call the NVC to clarify for your embassy. Make sure that your spouse keeps an unsigned copy to for safekeeping and to bring to embassy.

My lawyer wasn't sure about that either. He sent two copies of page 4, one signed and one unsigned and just wrote on the letter that their request was unclear. I am sure that page 4 is unsigned.

I would call the NVC to clarify for your embassy. Make sure that your spouse keeps an unsigned copy to for safekeeping and to bring to embassy. I trust no one.

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Ling Ling   22

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My lawyer wasn't sure about that either. He sent two copies of page 4, one signed and one unsigned and just wrote on the letter that their request was unclear. I am sure that page 4 is unsigned.

I would call the NVC to clarify for your embassy. Make sure that your spouse keeps an unsigned copy to for safekeeping and to bring to embassy.

My lawyer wasn't sure about that either. He sent two copies of page 4, one signed and one unsigned and just wrote on the letter that their request was unclear. I am sure that page 4 is unsigned.

I would call the NVC to clarify for your embassy. Make sure that your spouse keeps an unsigned copy to for safekeeping and to bring to embassy. I trust no one.

DS-230 pt 2 is a "Sworn Statement" that must be witnessed by a consular officer.

It's not country or embassy specific. It's a general requirement.

That is, there is only one DS-230 form, and the instructions for pt 2 are quite clear and specific.

Of course pt 1 is specific, but NOT clear. See the wiki or search for RFEs related to DS-230

Hi Sibtain

LingChe NVC Guide

Using this guide may allow you to fly through NVC in as little as 11 days.

visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/LingChe_NVC_ShortCut

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

Our Visa Journey

2006-11-01: Met online through common interest in music - NOT Dating Service

2007-01-28: Met in person in Paris

2007-10-02: Married in Tokyo

2008-07-05: I-130 Sent

2008-08-13: NOA2 I-130

2008-10-02: Case Complete at NVC

2008-11-04: Interview - CR-1 Visa APPROVED

2008-12-11: POE - Chicago

2009-01-12: GC and Welcome Letter

2010-09-01: Preparing I-751 Removal of Conditions

2011-03-22: Card Production Ordered

2011-03-30 10 Year Card Received DONE FOR 10 YEARS

Standard Disclaimer (may not be valid in Iowa or Kentucky, please check your local laws): Any information given should not be considered legal advice,

and is based on personal experience or personal knowledge. Sometimes there might not be any information at all in my posts. Sometimes it might just

be humor or chit-chat, or nonsense. Deal with it. If you can read this...you're too close. Step away from the LingLing

YES WE DID!

And it appears to have made very little difference.

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