Some info about IR1/CR1

[liawilson1978 0]

Hi all, I'm Lia and I'm new here

Ok here's the story...

My husband is military, we're here in Germany until the end of the month when he's scheduled to PCS to Arizona.

We received a letter about notice of approval of "relative immigrant visa petition", about 2 weeks ago.

It says here "that petition to classify the beneficiary as an immediate relative of a united states citizen has been FWD to the american consulate in frankfurt."

Ok one question is - what does this letter mean - i'm a total newbie to all of this - and my end basic down to the bone want/wish is to be able to be with my husband asap...

we received the "yellow check list" and my case number the day we filed here in frankfurt, along with the I-864 and the I-865 forms which my husband still needs to fill out

now as far as i understand i need to get a medical and contact the consulate in order for them to give me an appointment once i have all the documents i need - only waiting on my german police clearance...

I'm sorry this is coming up all jumbled.

I visited the States before on a J-1 visa - so I have a SSN, does this help us in anyway - considering that I might be in the "system"?

Since my husband is leaving in about 3 weeks - does anyone think I'll be able to get an appointment that soon?

And if not - will I be able to get an appointment in SA - where I'll be going if nothing changes in the next three weeks.

Basically I don't know who to contact or where to go from here or where we are in the whole process - so if anyone can give an opinion, you'll be helping me in a big way!

Thanks

Lia

Edited March 6, 2009 by liawilson1978

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

I don;t think having a SSN will make things faster, sorry, and I don't think you'll get an interview within three weeks, but your husband doesn't need to be at the interview. You can transfer your case to SA, but that may delay things as your case already seems to be on the way to Frankfurt.

The forum you posted in is for those doing DCF, which you didn't do. You'll find people with more experience applicable to you in the CR1/ IR1 forum: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=110

and in the German forum: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=175457

[liawilson1978 0]

I don;t think having a SSN will make things faster, sorry, and I don't think you'll get an interview within three weeks, but your husband doesn't need to be at the interview. You can transfer your case to SA, but that may delay things as your case already seems to be on the way to Frankfurt.

The forum you posted in is for those doing DCF, which you didn't do. You'll find people with more experience applicable to you in the CR1/ IR1 forum: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=110

and in the German forum: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=175457

thanks a mill - i honestly thought we were a DCF case - since we went through Frankfurt ourselves and all of that

anyway thanks again for the heads up!