March filers 2009

[Beth/ Paris Heart 2]

We got RFE too coz of my NBI that has no thumb mark coz i forgot to put it. NBI clearance doesnt have thumb mark is not valid

This is the second time I see someone mention a thumb print on police certificate/clearance. I didn't see anything about it in instructions. Where did you all find out this info?

Is this country-specific or what?

vareska, I believe it varies from coutries to countries, my husband got his police cert. from ALgeria and France and there is NOTHING about thumb prints. Hope this helps. Have a good evening.

[ToAliwithLove 0]

OMG!!!! WE GOT APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you!!!

Congrats! Congrats!

[lilies 0]

OMG!!!! WE GOT APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey tngirl and tnguy.. congratulations !!! :dance: :dance:

One step closer to be with your loved ones.

Dear LORD, please give us more approvals..

[simps 2]

Congratulation Tngirl.. U lucky girl...Best of luck for NVC

[vareska 3]

vareska, I believe it varies from coutries to countries, my husband got his police cert. from ALgeria and France and there is NOTHING about thumb prints. Hope this helps. Have a good evening.

That helps me a lot, thanks! You rock! I was already panicking that the certificate will arrive and it will be the wrong one. Now I can sleep

Thanks again!

[tnguy21809 0]

We have really slow mail service where I am. Got home and have the 797 in hand! The notice date is April 30, 2009 We got it in the mailbox on May 5th. Status online still shows our last touch as 4/24/09

We called on March 27th to report no I-797. We were told we had to wait 30 days before we could find out any more info on it. We called back on April 13 and said we hadn't received the NOA1 (I-797)hardcopy. The lady told us she could see in the system that it showed sent but due to a glitch in the system it was never mailed and she would send one out.

Of course that didn't satisfy my IMPATIENT wifey so we called again on April 15th and said we hadn't received our NOA1 (I-797) hardcopy yet and the guy said he would mail us one out. We asked if we were assigned to anyone yet and were told our file was still in the mailroom. Still no updates on the website.

We called again on April 23rd and asked why others were being approved and we were still in the mailroom. I was told they get 3 to 4 hundred petitions a day and couldn't process them all that fast. He looked the case up and said it had been assigned to an officer on April 15th at 9:pm. I said I called on the 15th and it was still in the mailroom! He said it was assigned 2 hours after my call. (maybe calling did some good)

Even though my IMPATIENT wifey wanted me to call everyday I only made the calls listed here and refrained from calling every few days. I have a natural ability to piss people off so I figured it would be best if I didn't talk to them any more than necessary as I am SURE I would have said some things that would get my file dumped in the trash!!

Our first, last, and only touch occurred on the 24th due to the call on the 23rd.

[chinese_mutt 11]

We have really slow mail service where I am. Got home and have the 797 in hand! The notice date is April 30, 2009 We got it in the mailbox on May 5th. Status online still shows our last touch as 4/24/09

We called on March 27th to report no I-797. We were told we had to wait 30 days before we could find out any more info on it. We called back on April 13 and said we hadn't received the NOA1 (I-797)hardcopy. The lady told us she could see in the system that it showed sent but due to a glitch in the system it was never mailed and she would send one out.

Of course that didn't satisfy my IMPATIENT wifey so we called again on April 15th and said we hadn't received our NOA1 (I-797) hardcopy yet and the guy said he would mail us one out. We asked if we were assigned to anyone yet and were told our file was still in the mailroom. Still no updates on the website.

We called again on April 23rd and asked why others were being approved and we were still in the mailroom. I was told they get 3 to 4 hundred petitions a day and couldn't process them all that fast. He looked the case up and said it had been assigned to an officer on April 15th at 9:pm. I said I called on the 15th and it was still in the mailroom! He said it was assigned 2 hours after my call. (maybe calling did some good)

Even though my IMPATIENT wifey wanted me to call everyday I only made the calls listed here and refrained from calling every few days. I have a natural ability to piss people off so I figured it would be best if I didn't talk to them any more than necessary as I am SURE I would have said some things that would get my file dumped in the trash!!

Our first, last, and only touch occurred on the 24th due to the call on the 23rd.

very good transcript of what occured to us. you're the best!

[No-Where-Man 147]

We got RFE too coz of my NBI that has no thumb mark coz i forgot to put it. NBI clearance doesnt have thumb mark is not valid

This is the second time I see someone mention a thumb print on police certificate/clearance. I didn't see anything about it in instructions. Where did you all find out this info?

Is this country-specific or what?

vareska, I believe it varies from coutries to countries, my husband got his police cert. from ALgeria and France and there is NOTHING about thumb prints. Hope this helps. Have a good evening.

CORRECT

everybody is different

here in Egypt the one we have must carry all the 10 fingers prints ..otherwise it wnt be valid at all

what happened to Tomaline is tht in their country they have TWO types of PC ...one for domestic use ..and another for the travelling use ...they issued the domestin one tht dont carry tha thumb prints...thts wht cause the problem

we shall be good .

[simps 2]

wow i think you are rite TNguy... my hubby told me he not gonna call them now.. I am the one all the time forcing him to call them. Guy your wifey loves u a lot thats why she want u too call them so process gets faster..lol..... i hope we have approval soon..

TNgirl i m so happy for u and i m sure there will be a lot of approval soon..

[Beth/ Paris Heart 2]

wow i think you are rite TNguy... my hubby told me he not gonna call them now.. I am the one all the time forcing him to call them. Guy your wifey loves u a lot thats why she want u too call them so process gets faster..lol..... i hope we have approval soon..

TNgirl i m so happy for u and i m sure there will be a lot of approval soon..

Mrs. Simps, also remember each case if different, and not all officers work at the same pace.

Some submit a marriage license and a few pics, hardly anything, couple of emails, one meeting, boom approved, some submit everything, such as I did, due to show that we were together for the honeymoon since we married via proxy instaed of trying to marry again in France,longer to go thru, plus we submitted the 3 other vacations together, basiscally we submitted 4 trips to see each other, 3 years of phone bills, emails, and chat logs, all the docs to show a bona fide marriage, joint bank accounts, life insurance on each other, joint credit Master card, 2 joint American Express cards, 1 joint VIsa card, all the statements to these credit cards, sowing purchases of his and mine, joint utility bills, everything to show a long 3 year relationship and a bona fide marriage, so takes a bit longer to process,all depends on the case.

Another thing, sometime the origin of the beneficary has to do with it at times, longer time for back ground searches.

India, Jordan, Algeria, Iran, and rest of Middle East countries. Not fair, but safety of the USA is what counts.

For calling, yes some can be ignorant fools, thinking bullying USCIS will help, no it dont, , some call crying and pleading, that does not help, some have true reasons to call, I had a reason too, one was for a possible change of address for husband, one time was a 2nd NOA 1 that came, then once i called just to check. Most of time if your polite, they will help you in finding status. then you get the tough, no hearted ones, who do nothing. But there are reason like TNguy said, he called due to not receiving NOA 1, Calling once every 2 weeks dont hurt anything, Now we have seen 5 approvals since last Friday, that is good, I bet yours is on a desk ready to be processed, and a officer did not have the kindness to just tell your husband that, give it till end of May, you will have NOA 2 by then.

It all boils down to luck, how fast officer process, first come, first serve does not apply to USCIS.

For now prepare for NVC and your interview. The interview is where it all counts, PROVE everything of a bona fide marriage.

Print emails, section all your visitis with each other, pics with dates on them, places, anything joint that you and him have, banking, credit cards, leases, purchases, we are keeping track of all for our USA house, and our house in France.Our house in USA we paid off, but re-financed our house in Paris, and Im on the paperwork. He is on my medical, and Im on his in France private policy, we pay out of our pocket, in case I get sick in Paris. These are all the things of a bona fide marriage to show at interview. So concentrate on that for now, takes the mind off NOA 2 for a while.

It will come right when your not looking for it.

[simps 2]

wow i think you are rite TNguy... my hubby told me he not gonna call them now.. I am the one all the time forcing him to call them. Guy your wifey loves u a lot thats why she want u too call them so process gets faster..lol..... i hope we have approval soon..

TNgirl i m so happy for u and i m sure there will be a lot of approval soon..

Mrs. Simps, also remember each case if different, and not all officers work at the same pace.

Some submit a marriage license and a few pics, hardly anything, couple of emails, one meeting, boom approved, some submit everything, such as I did, due to show that we were together for the honeymoon since we married via proxy instaed of trying to marry again in France,longer to go thru, plus we submitted the 3 other vacations together, basiscally we submitted 4 trips to see each other, 3 years of phone bills, emails, and chat logs, all the docs to show a bona fide marriage, joint bank accounts, life insurance on each other, joint credit Master card, 2 joint American Express cards, 1 joint VIsa card, all the statements to these credit cards, sowing purchases of his and mine, joint utility bills, everything to show a long 3 year relationship and a bona fide marriage, so takes a bit longer to process,all depends on the case.

Another thing, sometime the origin of the beneficary has to do with it at times, longer time for back ground searches.

India, Jordan, Algeria, Iran, and rest of Middle East countries. Not fair, but safety of the USA is what counts.

For calling, yes some can be ignorant fools, thinking bullying USCIS will help, no it dont, , some call crying and pleading, that does not help, some have true reasons to call, I had a reason too, one was for a possible change of address for husband, one time was a 2nd NOA 1 that came, then once i called just to check. Most of time if your polite, they will help you in finding status. then you get the tough, no hearted ones, who do nothing. But there are reason like TNguy said, he called due to not receiving NOA 1, Calling once every 2 weeks dont hurt anything, Now we have seen 5 approvals since last Friday, that is good, I bet yours is on a desk ready to be processed, and a officer did not have the kindness to just tell your husband that, give it till end of May, you will have NOA 2 by then.

It all boils down to luck, how fast officer process, first come, first serve does not apply to USCIS.

For now prepare for NVC and your interview. The interview is where it all counts, PROVE everything of a bona fide marriage.

Print emails, section all your visitis with each other, pics with dates on them, places, anything joint that you and him have, banking, credit cards, leases, purchases, we are keeping track of all for our USA house, and our house in France.Our house in USA we paid off, but re-financed our house in Paris, and Im on the paperwork. He is on my medical, and Im on his in France private policy, we pay out of our pocket, in case I get sick in Paris. These are all the things of a bona fide marriage to show at interview. So concentrate on that for now, takes the mind off NOA 2 for a while.

It will come right when your not looking for it.

you are rite dear.. Thank you somuch for such a encouraging words.. Wow i think u send them a lot of proof.. my hubby just send them photo copy of Marriage certificate, his birth cerfct, some of our photos together,bonafide marriage proof from my uncle. ours g-325a and passport size photos. I told him to send some phone bills and emails but he never did bcoz he thought too much stuff gonna make them confuse. i hope we wont have RFE .. what do u think is it enough proof or they might gonna ask for more??

[simps 2]

anyways dear from now i won't have much time to spend on USCIS website or just worrying about visa stuff. i m preparing for my final exam for my degree so probably won't be able to think about it lol.. i m happy i won't lol... I already collected some proof like phone bills, my chat logs and emails, print screen, some gifts recipes he bought me.. receipt of some stuff he got me from India using his visa card, his plane tickets for all the trip to india, his online phone cards bills(he bought phone cards which is use only for india and only for my state), photos of him attending my brothers marriage, emails from my mother in low and gifts receipt from my father in low, i changed my bank account name to my married name. Soon inshaAllah i will change my married name in my passport, filled out ds-230 and ds-3032. just need to make bar code. i need to do only name change in passport, translate birth certificate in English and police certificate but i don't think so i can do it now

Good luck everybody... And good luck to me too lol for my EXAM.......then ill be a fashion designer lol......

[Beth/ Paris Heart 2]

wow i think you are rite TNguy... my hubby told me he not gonna call them now.. I am the one all the time forcing him to call them. Guy your wifey loves u a lot thats why she want u too call them so process gets faster..lol..... i hope we have approval soon..

TNgirl i m so happy for u and i m sure there will be a lot of approval soon..

Mrs. Simps, also remember each case if different, and not all officers work at the same pace.

Some submit a marriage license and a few pics, hardly anything, couple of emails, one meeting, boom approved, some submit everything, such as I did, due to show that we were together for the honeymoon since we married via proxy instaed of trying to marry again in France,longer to go thru, plus we submitted the 3 other vacations together, basiscally we submitted 4 trips to see each other, 3 years of phone bills, emails, and chat logs, all the docs to show a bona fide marriage, joint bank accounts, life insurance on each other, joint credit Master card, 2 joint American Express cards, 1 joint VIsa card, all the statements to these credit cards, sowing purchases of his and mine, joint utility bills, everything to show a long 3 year relationship and a bona fide marriage, so takes a bit longer to process,all depends on the case.

Another thing, sometime the origin of the beneficary has to do with it at times, longer time for back ground searches.

India, Jordan, Algeria, Iran, and rest of Middle East countries. Not fair, but safety of the USA is what counts.

For calling, yes some can be ignorant fools, thinking bullying USCIS will help, no it dont, , some call crying and pleading, that does not help, some have true reasons to call, I had a reason too, one was for a possible change of address for husband, one time was a 2nd NOA 1 that came, then once i called just to check. Most of time if your polite, they will help you in finding status. then you get the tough, no hearted ones, who do nothing. But there are reason like TNguy said, he called due to not receiving NOA 1, Calling once every 2 weeks dont hurt anything, Now we have seen 5 approvals since last Friday, that is good, I bet yours is on a desk ready to be processed, and a officer did not have the kindness to just tell your husband that, give it till end of May, you will have NOA 2 by then.

It all boils down to luck, how fast officer process, first come, first serve does not apply to USCIS.

For now prepare for NVC and your interview. The interview is where it all counts, PROVE everything of a bona fide marriage.

Print emails, section all your visitis with each other, pics with dates on them, places, anything joint that you and him have, banking, credit cards, leases, purchases, we are keeping track of all for our USA house, and our house in France.Our house in USA we paid off, but re-financed our house in Paris, and Im on the paperwork. He is on my medical, and Im on his in France private policy, we pay out of our pocket, in case I get sick in Paris. These are all the things of a bona fide marriage to show at interview. So concentrate on that for now, takes the mind off NOA 2 for a while.

It will come right when your not looking for it.

you are rite dear.. Thank you somuch for such a encouraging words.. Wow i think u send them a lot of proof.. my hubby just send them photo copy of Marriage certificate, his birth cerfct, some of our photos together,bonafide marriage proof from my uncle. ours g-325a and passport size photos. I told him to send some phone bills and emails but he never did bcoz he thought too much stuff gonna make them confuse. i hope we wont have RFE .. what do u think is it enough proof or they might gonna ask for more??

NO you wont get a RFE, see we had more to prove then other filers, we had to prove we spent honeymoon together cause we marreid via proxy due to cirstances. So I felt we had MORE to prove, and that is all.

But see I showed from day one of our meeting to our first marriage, to our second marriage, more complicated, but I wanted to show USCIS all due to our cirstances of when we first filed back in Jan. 2008 and did not want to think we were hiding anything.

You will be fine of what you submitted!!! You did good. Start on interview binder, phone bills, emails, car letters and etc. and you will do just fine to show a true marriage!!! Dont worry!! NO RFE for you!!!!!! HUGS!!!

[No-Where-Man 147]

UPDATE :

I-864EZ was recieved and entered into NVC system for review on April 27 (today its complete and done )

DS-230 entered into system May 5, and under reviewing now ...

Good Luck all

[TayRivers 4]

UPDATE :

I-864EZ was recieved and entered into NVC system for review on April 27 (today its complete and done )

DS-230 entered into system May 5, and under reviewing now ...

Good Luck all

I just called and was told IV Checklist entered 05/05/09 case now under final review!!!!

Almost there..